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HISTORY 


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IDAHO 


A  Narrative  Account  of  Its  Historical  Progress,  Its 
People  and  Its  Principal  Interests 


HIRAM  T.  FRENCH,  M.  S. 


VOLUME  III 


ILLUSTRATED 


V.3 


HISTORY    OF    IDAHO 


JOSEPH  C.  WHITE.  The  Coeur  d'Alene  citizen 
who  is  the  organizer  and  manager  of  the  Red  Col- 
lar Steamship  Line  is  a  remarkable  man  in  that 
every  project  he  has  ever  attempted  has  met  with 
success.  A  most  emphatic  quality  of  appreciation 
and  credit  is  due  him  for  his  very  valuable  achieve- 
ment in  regard  to  the  important  transportation  line 
for  which  the  residents  of  Idaho  and  Washington 
owe  him  so  much  gratitude.  A  man  of  unusually 
keen  judgment,  he  is  pronounced — even  by  those  who 
meet  him  for  only  a  short  interview — "a  hustler,  a 
mover  and  a  pusher."  His  life  is  one  that  is  worth 
reviewing  in  some  detail. 

Joseph  C.  White  was  born  in  Wyoming,  Otoe 
county,  Nebraska,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  March, 
1865.  He  lived  in  that  locality  until  about  eleven 
years  of  age,  at  which  time  his  parents  removed  to 
Colorado  and  he  with  them.  The  public  schools  of 
Otoe  county,  the  graded  schools  and  high  school 
of  Denver  contributed  to  his  education.  The  courses 
of  higher  education  he  later  pursued  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Denver.  Not  to  be  satisfied  merely  with 
the  advanced  studies  along  lines  of  literature,  science 
and  classics,  young  White  looked  ahead  to  his  future 
needs  as  a  man  who  must  have  dealings  with  the 
business  world.  Unlike  many  young  men  with  a 
university  degree  but  with  a  pathetic  lack  of  prac- 
tical knowledge,  Joseph  White  combined  with  his 
collegjate  courses  a  season  of  evening  study  at 
a  business  college  in  Denver. 

Engineering,  homestead  holding  combined  with 
mining,  and  transportation  activities  in  his  present 
capacity  have  been  the  larger  elements  of  Mr.  White's 
career.  His  first  Idaho  location  was  in  Wallace, 
where  he  remained  for  one  year,  while  engaged  in 
the  duties  of  an  engineering  position  in  connection 
with  the  Corbin  railroad.  From  that  employment 
he  passed  to  one  of  a  similar  nature,  with  residence 
at  Spokane.  During  a  part  of  this  time  he  was 
in  the  government  service  and  during  all  of  his 
engineering  experience  was  financially  fortunate.  His 
last  service  in  that  line  was  for  the  Seattle  Lake 
Shore  Company,  for  whom  he  worked  while  living 
in  Spokane  and  for  whom  he  went  to  Seattle.  In 
1892  he  closed  this  engagement  and  returned  to 
Idaho,  which  ever  since  has  been  his  home. 

In  the  year  mentioned  Mr.  White  took  up  a  home- 
stead in  Kootenai  county,  which  he  occupied  for 


about  eight  years.  His  peculiar  gift  for  trans- 
portation enterprises  and  allied  activities  was  not 
to  be  wasted,  however.  He  moved  into  Coeur 
d'Alene  and  associated  himself,  first  with  the  lum- 
ber business  and  later  with  the  electric  railroad 
which  was  operating  between  Coeur  d'Alene  and 
Spokane,  being  chief  engineer  for  the  railroad  com- 

Eany  during  the  construction  of  the  road.  This 
ne  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  equipped  in  the 
United  States,  and  as  Mr.  White  built  and  completed 
it?  the  road  is  regarded  as  a  worthy  monument  to 
his  ability.  It  was  in  1904  that  he  severed  his  con- 
nection with  this  company  and  entered  upon  the  en- 
terprise for  which  he  has  been  most  highly  com- 
mended. 

Citizens  had  long  felt  the  need  of  a  properly  man- 
aged steamship  line  between  Coeur  d'Alene  and  St. 
Joe.  Boats  were  manipulated  by  single  owners, 
without  definite  method,  without  satisfactory  regu- 
larity and  without  the  needed  equipment  and  con- 
veniences. It  was  with  a  realization  of  the  much- 
desired  improvements  that  Mr.  White  organized 
the  Red  Collar  Steamship  Line,  which  has  brought 
about  a  new  era  in  transportation  in  this  locality. 
All  the  former  shipowners  were  induced  to  merge 
their  interests  into  that  of  an  organized  company; 
new  and  modern  boats  have  been  added;  a  double 
daily  schedule  service  was  established ;  arrangements 
were  methodically  differentiated  for  passenger,  mail, 
express  and  freight  service.  All  this  service  is  first- 
class,  and  for  its  initiation  Mr.  White  is  almost  wholly 
responsible.  He  is  still  the  company's  manager  and 
active  head,  a  position  which  his  many  friends  and 
the  public  at  large  hope  he  may  continue  to  fill 
for  many  more  years. 

Such  is  a  brief  outline  of  the  career  of  Mr.  White 
in  practical  affairs,  omitting  his  youthful  efforts  as 
a  cadet  in  industry.  His  early  mining  speculations 
he  does  not  consider  of  great  importance,  although 
in  buying  leasts  and  speculating  on  them  he  was  for 
a  time  almost  phenomenally  successful. 

In  political  affairs  Joseph  C.  White  is  conserva- 
tively and  independently  a  Democrat.  He  is  one  of 
those  up-to-date  thinkers  along  economic  lines  who 
believe  that  party  theories  are  of  great  value  m 
unifying  and  making  purposive  the  desires  of  the 
people  along  national  lines ;  but  he  does  not  believe  in 
narrow  bondage  to  party  views  because  of  inheritance 


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or  previous  affiliation.  He  takes  a  very  active  in- 
terest in  politics  and  is  noted  for  his  sane  opinions 
in  local  affairs.  He  served  his  county  as  surveyor 
for  two  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
education  for  six  years,  acting  as  its  president 
throughout  that  period.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  legislature  in  the  session  of  1898-9,  serving 
that  body  as  chairman  of  the  fusion  caucus  and  of 
the  committee  on  state  affairs.  As  a  tribute  to  the 
high  quality  of  his  service  in  such  capacity,  Mr. 
White  was  presented,  at  the  close  of  the  session, 
with  a  beautiful  gold-headed  cane,  the  gift  of  Gov- 
ernor Hunt  and  others. 

The  fact  that  Mr.  White's  genial  personality  makes 
him  a  great  social  favorite  is  attested  by  the  fact 
that  his  membership  has  been  sought  by  the  Coeur 
d'Alene  •Commercial  Club,  the  Spokane  Social  Club, 
the  Inland  Club  of  Spokane,  the  Rotary  Club  and 
the  Transportation  Club  of  Spokane.  In  the  follow- 
ing secret  societies  he  holds  high  place :  The  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  which  he  has 
passed  all  honors  up  to  the  thirty-second  degree,  be- 
ing now  past  high  priest  in  his  chapter;  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks;  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  the  Knights  of  Pythias; 
and  the  Hoo-Hoos. 

The  home  life  of  Mr.  White  began  in  1895.  In 
February  of  that  year  Miss  Harriett  Whitmore  of 
Farmington,  Washington, — a  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
M.  R.  Fish  of  that  place, — became  Mrs.  Joseph  C. 
White.  She  and  Mr.  White  have  in  the  ensuing 
years  become  the  parents  of  a  quartet  of  children. 
The  eldest,  a  son  named  Clarence,  died  in  childhood ; 
Frances,  the  first  daughter,  is  now  in  school ;  Alfred 
K.  is  still  at  home;  and  little  Constance  is  yet  in 
her  babyhood. 

In  every  phase  of  his  useful,  upright  and  nobly 
ordered  life,  Mr.  White  is  a  citizen  of  the  highest 
standing.  To  few  is  it  given  to  succeed  so  unfail- 
ingly in  all  undertakings;  to  be  so  fortunate  mate- 
rially; to  be  so  potent  an  influence  in  things  intel- 
lectual and  civic;  and  to  hold,  withal,  such  high 
regard  in  the  eyes  of  his  fellow-men.  The  loyalty 
he  professes  for  the  splendid  state  he  has  made  his 
home  and  the  faith  he  holds  in  her  future  is  no 
less  than  the  faith  and  the  loyalty  entertained  toward 
Joseph  C.  White  by  all  who  knew  him. 

ERNEST  F.  HUNT.  Among  those  whose  activities 
in  the  mercantile  field  have  served  to  give  prestige 
in  their  various  communities,  the  name  of  Ernest 
F.  Hunt,  of  Meridian  has  a  conspicuous  place.  The 
son  of  a  merchant,  reared  in  the  atmosphere  of 
trade  and  commerce,  and  following  that  vocation 
from  the  time  when  he  first  began  his  business 
career,  when  he  decided  upon  Meridian  as  his  field 
of  operations,  he  brought  to  this  city  a  wide  and 
practical  knowledge  of  his  business  that  has  served 
to  materially  advance  the  commercial  importance  of 
this  section.  His  energies  have  not  been  wholly 
confined  to  the  business  of  which  he  is  the  directing 
head,  however,  for  he  has  at  all  times  found  leisure 
to  interest  himself  in  behalf  of  public  movements, 
and  his  reputation  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  is  only 
equaled  by  the  high  regard  in  which  he  is  held 
among  his  business  associates.  Mr.  Hunt  was  born 
September  17,  1871,  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  and  is  a 
son  of  Samuel  R.  and  Mary  Frances  (Hardy)  Hunt. 
His  father,  a  native  of  New  York,  brought  the 
family  west  as  far  as  Kansas  in  1871,  and  there 
first  began  work  as  a  carpenter,  a  trade  which  he 
had  learned  in  his  youth.  Subsequently,  however, 
he  established  himself  in  a  mercantile  business  at 


Peabody,  Kansas,  and  he  continued  to  be  a  suc- 
cessful merchant  throughout  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  his  death  occurring  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  May 
13,  1912,  when  he  had  reached  the  ripe  old  age  of 
eighty-three  years.  His  wife,  also  a  native  of  the 
Empire  State,  died  in  Kansas  in  1898.  They  had  a 
family  of  seven  children,  of  whom  Ernest  F.  was 
the  next  to  the  youngest. 

Ernest  F.  Hunt  was  still  an  infant  when  taken 
to  Kansas  by  his  parents,  and  there  his  education 
was  secured  in  the  pioneer  schools  of  Peabody.  On 
completing  his  educational  training,  he  at  once  was 
initiated  into  the  details  of  the  mercantile  business 
in  the  store  of  his  father,  and  eventually  he  opened 
a  store  of  his  own,  which  he  conducted  with  uni- 
form success  for  about  ten  years.  At  that  time  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  and  came  to  Idaho,  locat- 
ing in  Boise,  from  which  city  he  traveled  for  three 
years  as  salesman  for  the  Shaw  Advertising  Com- 
pany. On  leaving  the  employ  of  that  concern,  Mr. 
Hunt  came  to  Meridian  and  opened  a  small  mer- 
cantile establishment,  which  has  since  been  devel- 
oped into  one  of  the  leading  enterprises  of  its  kind 
in  this  part  of  Ada  county.  As  a  business  man 
there  may  be  said  to  be  three  excellent  reasons  why 
Mr.  Hunt  has  attained  success — energy,  system,  and 
practical  knowledge.  It  has  ever  been  his  policy 
to  give  to  his  patrons  the  best  of  quality,  and  his 
stock  compares  favorably  with  that  of  the  large 
stores  all  over  the  state.  His  sterling  integrity  and 
honesty  of  purpose  have  gained  him  many  friends 
and  the  confidence  of  his  patrons,  and  no  man  is 
more  highly  esteemed  in  his  community. 

In  1892  Mr..  Hunt  was  married  in  Kansas  to  Miss 
Anna  M.  Nusbaum,  and  to  this  union  there  have 
been  born  five  children:  Helen,  born  in  1894  in  Kan- 
sas, a  graduate  of  the  Meridian  public  and  high 
schools ;  Hazel,  born  in  1896,  in  Kansas,  and  now 
attending  the  schools  of  Meridian;  Herma,  born 
in  1899,  in  Kansas,  also  a  student  here;  Fred,  born 
in  1903,  in  Boise,  Idaho,  and  a  scholar  in  the 
graded  schools;  and  Frank,  born  in  1907,  in  Boise. 
Mr.  Hunt  has  always  had  supreme  confidence  in  the 
future  welfare  of  Idaho,  and  his  faith  in  Meridian's 
development  as  a  commercial  and  industrial  center 
of  importance,  as  well  as  his  high  abilities,  have 
caused  him  to  be  elected  to  the  office  of  secretary  of 
the  Meridian  Commercial  Club.  His  fraternal  con- 
nection is  with  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  in  political 
matters  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  not  found  time 
to  enter  the  public  arena.  When  he  can  command 
leisure  from  his  business  activities,  he  is  usually 
found  at  his  comfortable  residence,  of  which  he  is 
very  fond,  although  like  all  virile  men  of  the  west, 
outdoor  life  and  sports  also  attract  him.  Mrs.  Hunt 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  church,  where  her  numer- 
ous friends  testify  cheerfully  to  her  popularity. 

CHARLES  W.  PARKS.  The  president  of  the  Rose- 
berry  Milling  Company  of  Roseberry^  Idaho,  is 
inevitably  an  important  man  in  the  business  world 
of  this  section,  for  the  company  is  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful and  important  industries  of  this  part  of  the 
state.  Charles  W.  Parks,  who  holds  this  position, 
has  lived  in  Long  Valley  for  twelve  years  and  is 
widely  known,  not  only  through  his  business  rela- 
tions, but  also  through  his  personal  friendships.  He 
is  the  son  of  a  western  pioneer  and  has  inherited 
from  his  father  the  spirit  that  knows  how  to  with- 
stand disappointment  and  defeat  and  also  how  to 
do  that  much  harder  thing,  take  success  when  it 
comes. 

Charles  W.  Parks  was  born  on  the  24th  of  August, 


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1860,  in  Jo  Daviess  county,  Illinois,  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Rachel  (Dunlap)  Parks.  His  parents  were 
both  natives  of  the  state  of  Illinois  and  a  full  account 
of  their  lives  is  given  in  the  sketch  of  Mr.  Park's 
younger  brother,  R.  M.  Parks,  elsewhere  in  this 
volume. 

Charles  W.  Parks  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Jo  Daviess  county  and  then  his  education 
completed  he  went  to  work  on  his  father's  farm. 
His  father  removed  to  Iowa  in  1883,  the  son  accom- 
panied him,  locating  himself  on  a  farm  in  the  north- 
west section  of  the  state.  He  farmed  here  from 
1883  until  1802  when  he  went  to  Minnesota  and  took 
up  farming  lands.  He  remained  in  Minnesota  until 
1900  and  then  came  west  and  located  in  Long  Val- 
ley, Idaho.  He  bought  a  fine  half  section  of  land 
which  he  cultivated  for  a  time  and  then  he  sold 
this  property  and  took  up  a  homestead.  He  im- 
proved this  land  and  brought  it  to  a  high  state 
of  cultivation,  and  is  the  present  owner  of  a  very 
fine  piece  of  property.  He  has  numerous  interests 
in  Roseberry,  although  his  first  care  is  for  his  farm. 
He  is  president  of  the  Long  Valley  Milling  Com- 
pany, and  is  also  interested  in  the  successful  firm 
of  merchants,  of  which  his  brother  is  an  active 
member  Peterson  and  Parks,  hardware  merchants 
of  Roseberry.  Mr.  Park  is  a  member  of  the  Town- 
site  Company  and  also  of  the  Long  Valley  Advo- 
cate Publishing  Company. 

In  politics  Mr.  Parks  is  independent,  preferring 
to  vote  as  he  thinks  and  not  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  party  leaders.  He  may  be  placed  in  the 
class  of  the  "big  men"  of  Roseberry,  and  he  has 
done  much  for  the  progress  of  the  town,  believing 
that  this  section  has  resources  that  are  as  yet 
untouched  and  that  it  has  a  great  future. 

Mr.  Parks  married  Sarah  E.  Thompson  at  Bel- 
vedere, Illinois,  on  the  i6th  of  February,  1889.  Mrs. 
Parks  died  on  June  i,  1901,  at  Van  Wyke,  Idaho, 
and  there  lies  buried.  Two  children  were  born  to 
this  union.  The  eldest  of  these,  Flora  B.,  was  born 
in  Sioux  county,  Iowa,  December  14,  1890,  and  is 
now  Mrs.  Stredder,  of  Roseberry,  having  been  mar- 
ried in  January,  1912.  The  second  daughter,  Nellie, 
was  born  in  Pipestone  county,  Minnesota,  on  March 
'3.  1893,  and  now  resides  with  her  father  in  Rose- 
berry.  She  has  been  attending  the  schools  of  her 
home  city,  but  is  now  a  student  in  Idaho  College,  at 
Caldwell.  Mr.  Parks  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  being  a  member  of  the  coun- 
cil at  Roseberry. 

R.  M.  PARKS,  of  Roseberry,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the 
citizens  of  that  thriving  town  who  is  generally 
looked  up  to  and  consulted  when  important  busi- 
ness deals  are  to  be  put  through,  or  when  matters 
of  public  interest  are  under  discussion.  As  one  of 
the  prominent  business  men  and  successful  mer- 
chants of  Roseberry  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  the  entire  population  of  Long  Valley,  and  the 
varied  interests  in  which  he  is  concerned  show 
clearly  that  he  is  a  man  of  exceptional  ability. 

The  father  of  R.  M.  Parks  was  Samuel  Parks,  one 
of  the  early  pioneers  of  a  large  part  of  the  far  west, 
he  having  been  a  resident  at  an  early  date  of  Idaho, 
Dakota,  California,  and  Oregon.  Samuel  Parks  was 
born  in  Illinois  in  Williamson  county,  April  25,  1831. 
He  received  his  ^education  in  this  county  and  then 
went  over  into  Jo  Daviess  county,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  where  he  worked  for  two  years.  He 
next  went  up  into  the  pine  forests  of  northern  Wis- 
consin and  there  worked  in  the  lumber  camps  for 
two  years.  The  lumber  camps  at  any  time  are  not 
luxurious,  but  in  those  days  they  were  indescrib- 


ably rough  and  the  life  was  not  only  the  crudest 
of  existences  but  the  hardships  that  had  to  be 
endured  quickly  made  a  man  of  a  youth  or  ruined 
him  for  any  future  usefulness  in  the  world.  Sam- 
uel Parks  was  of  the  type  of  boy  whom  these  expe- 
riences only  strengthened,  and  in  1853,  a  lad  of 
twenty-two  he  started  across  the  plains,  with  an 
ox-cart  and  a  meager  outfit.  He  was  with  a  party 
who  went  by  way  of  Fort  Laramie,  and  then  across 
the  trackless  waste,  untraveled  as  yet  by  the  im- 
migrant trains,  to  the  Dakotas.  Crossing  this  ter- 
ritory they  came  to  Montana  and  then  passed  on 
into  Idaho,  crossing  the  Snake  river  where  Salmon 
now  stands  and  then  passing  up  Indian  creek  to 
the  spot  where  Boise  was  to  spring  into  existence 
in  later  years.  During  this  journey  the  travelers 
were  in  constant  danger  of  attacks  by  Indians,  but 
they  were  hardy  frontiersmen,  who  knew  that  the 
chief  danger  from  the  savages  lay  in  carelessness, 
and  therefore  kept  an  unceasing  guard,  and  the 
Indians  not  being  able  to  use  their  usual  method  of 
surprise,  did  not  molest  them  at  all.  From  Idaho 
the  party  passed  through  Malheur  county,  Oregon, 
and  on  to  the  present  site  of  Baker  City.  Then 
they  came  to  Grand  Ronde  Valley  and  to  The  Dalles, 
thence  passing  down  the  Columbia  river,  and  cross- 
ing the  stream  continued  on  to  Cascade  Falls  and 
so  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  the  party  of  intrepid 
adventurers  broke  up.  Mr.  Parks  went  first  to 
Corvallis  and  then  southward  to  Crescent,  Califor- 
nia. He  only  remained  a  short  time  at  the  latter 
place  and  then  went  to  Bridger's  Creek,  where  he 
engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining.  He  was  so  for- 
tunate as  to  locate  some  valuable  gold  bearing  prop- 
erties, and  had  started  to  work  on  these  claims 
when  the  news  was  brought  him  of  an  Indian 
uprising  and  the  more  alarming  word  that  they 
were  close  at  hand.  Nothing  was  to  be  done  but 
abandon  the  property  and  seek  safety  in  flight.  He 
had  only  gone  a  short  distance  when  the  Indians 
arrived  at  the  camp  and  in  a  few  minutes  his  little 
cabin  was  going  up  in  smoke.  He  lost  everything 
in  this  raid,  and  so  proceeded  directly  to  Canby, 
California,  where  he  enlisted  for  service  against  the 
Indians,  determined  that  as  far  as  it  was  in  his 
power  he  would  aid  in  the  prevention  of  such 
destruction  of  property  as  he  had  himself  suffered. 
He  served  for  five  months,  being  eternally  on  the 
march,  fighting  a  difficult  and  ceaseless  battle 
against  the  savages.  At  the  end  of  this  time  when 
the  Indians  had  been  partially  subdued,  he  again 
took  up  mining  at  Josephine,  California.  But  here 
again  the  Indians  destroyed  his  property  and  decid- 
ing that  the  risk  to  life  was  too  great,  and  the  yel- 
low gold  itself  too  small  a  reward,  he  determined 
to  go  back  to  his  old  home  in  Illinois,  where  there 
was  at  least  peace.  He  therefore  crossed  the  plains 
a  second  time,  this  trip  being  equally  as  dangerous 
as  the  first  had  been.  Upon  reaching  his  native 
state  he  bought  a  farm  in  Jo  Daviess  county  and 
settled  down  to  a  quiet  life.  This  was  in  1857  and 
until  1883  he  remained  a  prosperous  farmer  and  then 
the  wanderlust  seized  him  again,  and  the  call  of  the 
frontier  was  too  strong  to  be  resisted,  so  he  sold 
out  his  farm  and  removed  to  Sioux  county,  Iowa, 
where  he  bought  another  farm  and  settled  down 
to  an  agricultural  life  again.  He  remained  here  for 
nine  years  but  it  was  not  near  enough  to  the  wilder- 
ness to  suit  him,  so  he  next  moved  to  Pipestone. 
Minnesota,  where  he  again  bought  farm  lands  and 
where  he  stayed  with  his  family  for  four  years. 
At  the  end  of  this  time  he  removed  to  a  farm 
near  Woodstock,  Minnesota,  and  lived  there  for 
three  years.  In  1899  he  came  back  to  the  scenes 


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that  had  fascinated  him  in  his  early  manhood,  but 
what  a  change  had  come  over  the  face  of  the  coun- 
try since  he  had  last  seen  it.  He  came  to  Boise 
Valley,  Idaho,  first,  and  then  went  over  to  Long 
Valley,  and  there  he  has  lived  with  his  children 
ever  since.  He  is  retired  from  active  business  but 
he  is  hale  and  hearty  at  the  age  of  eighty-one. 

During  the  Civil  war,  Mr.  Parks  enlisted  in  the 
Forty-second  Illinois  Regiment  and  for  the  four 
years  of  this  great  struggle  he  followed  the  fortunes 
of  the  Stars  and  Stripes.  He  participated  in  four 
of  the  greatest  battles  of  the  war,  taking  part  in  the 
six  days  continuous  fighting  in  and  around  Colum- 
bia, Tennessee,  there  being  engaged  in  the  battle  at 
Spring  Hill,  Tennessee,  which  lasted  a  whole  day. 
On  the  next  afternoon  came  one  of  the  hardest 
fought  and  fiercest  battles  9f  the  war,  at  Franklin, 
Tennessee,  which  although  it  only  lasted  six  hours, 
was  so  bitterly  fought,  that  General  Hood  admitted 
losing  seven  thousand  men.  Then  came  the  Battle  of 
Nashville,  which  lasted  from  December  I4th  to 
December  i6th.  After  this  battle  the  Forty-second 
Regiment  followed  the  gray  army  down  to  Flor- 
ence, Alabama,  under  the  command  of  General 
Thomas.  Here  about  nine  thousand  of  General 
Hood's  men  surrendered  to  Colonel  Swain,  and 
Captain  Thomas,  and  this  was  one  of  the  last  events 
of  the  war  which  he  witnessed,  for  the  end  was 
near.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge  and 
returned  to  his  home  in  Illinois  in  1865. 

Samuel  Parks  married  Rachael  Dunlap,  who  was 
born  in  Illinois  on  the  igth  of  March,  1835.  The 
ceremony  took  place  at  Galena,  Illinois,  September 
24,  1857,  and  Mrs.  Parks  was  as  courageous  and 
hardy  as  her  husband,  rejoicing  as  did  he  in  the  free 
life~  of  the  frontier.  She  died  in  Roseberry,  Idaho, 
March  18,  1906.  Six  children  were  born  to  Samuel 
Parks  and  his  wife,  of  whom  three  are  still  living 
in  Roseberry.  Charles  Parks,  of  whom  a  more 
extended  notice  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  vol- 
ume, Sydney  T.  Parks,  and  R.  M.  Parks. 

October  g,  1886,  was  the  date  of  the  birth  of  R. 
M.  Parks,  and  Jo  Daviess  county,  Illinois,  is  his 
birthplace.  He  was  the  youngest  member  of  his 
family  and  started  to  school  in  the  district  schools 
of  his"  native  county.  He  left  school  at  an  early  age, 
however,  to  go  to  work  on  his  father's  farm.  Upon 
the  removal  of  the  family  to  the  farm  in  northwest 
Iowa,  he  accompanied  his  father  and  helped  with 
the  work  of  the  new  farm,  and  he  also  went  with 
his  father  to  Pipestone,  Minnesota.  Here  he 
remained  for  seven  years,  coming  to  Long  Valley 
in  1899.  He  took  up  a  homestead  near  Van  Wyke 
in  this  valley  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  1906.  He  then  came  to  Roseberry  and  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  Peterson  established  a  hard- 
ware business,  also  dealing  in  building  materials. 
They  established  the  concern  with  a  stock  of  three 
thousand  dollars  and  it  has  been  prosperous  from 
the  very  beginning.  The  firm  now  carries  a  large 
and  we'll  selected  stock  of  hardware  and  building 
materials  valued  at  $20,000.  They  have  a  large  and 
increasing  patronage,  and  the  firm  bears  a  high 
reputation  in  the  surrounding  country. 

Mr.  Parks  has  other  interests  in  addition  to  that 
of  his  store,  for  he  is  a  director  in  the  Long  Val- 
ley Milling  Company,  and  holds  the  same  office  in 
the  Advocate  Printing  Company  and  in  the  Town- 
site  Company. 

In  politics  Mr.  Parks  gives  his  allegiance  to  none 
of  the  big  parties,  preferring  to  decide  for  himself 
as  to  the  merits  of  the  various  candidates,  and  he 
has  never  cared  to  take  any  active  part  in  the 
political  game. 


In  January,  1909,  Mr.  Parks  was  married  to  Miss 
Edna  Mertz,  at  Vail,  Oregon.  Two  children  have 
been  born  of  this  marriage :  Francis  Parks  who  was 
born  in  California  in  1910,  and  Robert  W.  Parks, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  June,  1911,  in  Roseberry. 

WERNER  KLINGLER.  A  resident  of  Payette  since 
1905,  Mr.  Klingler  is  manager  of  the  Payette-Weiser 
Milling  Company,  and  a  thoroughly  experienced 
miller  and  business  man. 

Werner  Klingler  was  born  in  St.  Gallen,  Switzer- 
land, September  9,  1876,  a  son  of  Franz  and  Mary 
(Anderau)  Klingler,  both  natives  of  Switzerland, 
the  former  of  whom  died  in  1903  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty years.  Mrs.  Klingler  survives  and  still  has  her 
home  in  Switzerland.  During  the  last  forty  years 
of  his  life  Franz  Klingler  owned  and  controlled  a 
mill  at  Gossau,  Canton  St.  Gallen,  Switzerland,  and 
was  a  man  of  considerable  prominence  in  his  com- 
munity. He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  concerning  whom  the  following  data  is 
here  incorporated :  Herman  is  a  rancher  in  the 
vicinity  of  Vernon,  Texas;  Anna  is  the  wife  of 
William  Brunshweiler,  a  wholesale  wine  dealer  of 
Switzerland ;  Otto  lives  in  Switzerland  and  is  a 
manufacturer  of  lace  curtains ;  Robert  is  a  miller 
and  owns  and  controls  a  loo-barrel  mill  in  Switzer- 
land; Walter  is  a  miller  in  Chile,  South  America; 
Werner;  Mary  K.,  is  the  wife  of  August  Kurrer, 
a  '  lawyer,  who  resides  in  Switzerland ;  Hedwig, 
married  Joseph  Huber,  cheese  dealer  in  Switzerland, 
and  Oscar,  a  civil  engineer,  is  also  a  resident  of 
Switzerland. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Switzerland  Werner 
Klingler  attained  his  preliminary  education,  includ- 
ing a  three-years'  course  in  the  high  school.  Sub- 
sequently he  attended  a  French  institute  for  one 
year  and  thoroughly  learned  the  French  language. 
Under  the  direction  of  his  father  he  then  acquired 
the  trade  of  miller  and  for  one  year  was  a  student 
in  a  miller  school  at  Dippoldiswalde,  Saxony,  Ger- 
many. In  1900  he  began  his  practical  career  with 
the  management  of  a  mill  at  Dole,  France,  where 
he  remained  eight  months  and  was  then  employed 
in  a  Swiss  milling  plant  for  a  short  time.  He  was 
connected  with  different  trades  for  several  months 
and  subsequently  went  to  Russia,  where  he  was  in 
a  shoe  factory  at  Warsaw  for  one  year.  Going  to 
England  in  1902  he  spent  the  first  eight  months 
studying  the  English  language  in  a  private  school. 
From  England  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Old  Mex- 
ico, where  he  took  charge  of  a  flour  mill  in  the 
state  of  Sonora.  Eighteen  months  later  he  went 
to  Oregon,  being  associated  with  his  brother  Wal- 
ter for  one  year  in  conducting  a  mill  near  Port- 
land. Having  sold  out  his  interests  in  that  place 
in  1905,  he  came  to  Payette.  Idaho,  establishing  the 
milling  concern  known  as  Thomas  &  Klingler.  The 
business  name  of  this  concern  was  Thomas  &  Kling- 
ler Milling  Company  for  the  first  three  years,  since 
which  time  it  has  been  the  Payette-Weiser  Milling 
Company.  The  company  own  and  conduct  two  mills 
in  Payette,  Idaho,  and  one  in  Weiser,  Idaho,  and  the 
firm  also  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grain  busi- 
ness. The  Payette-Weiser  Milling  Company  in  the 
past  few  years  has  become  one  of  the  largest  con- 
cerns of  its  kind  in  Idaho  and  its  business  and  prod- 
ucts are  of  substantial  benefit  to  the  people  of  the 
state. 

Mr.  Klingler  maintains  an  independent  attitude 
in  his  political  opinions  and  activities,  and  is  a 
Progressive  and  energetic  citizen,  one  who  dis- 
plays a  deep  and  sincere  interest  in  all  matters 
effecting  the  good  of  the  community.  He  is  a  well 


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read  and  well  informed  man,  and  has  command  of 
several   languages.     Mr.   Klingler   is   unmarried. 

JOHN  C.  ROGERS.  The  town  of  Burley,  in  southern 
Idaho,  situated  in  the  valley  of  the  Snake  river  and 
resting  under  the  shadow  of  the  Goose  Creek  moun- 
tains, has  grown  up  in  recent  years  with  the  build- 
ing of  an  extension  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  into 
this  part  of  the  state,  and  is  now  not  only  one  of 
the  best  towns  on  the  south  side  but  has  greater 
possibilities  of  development  so  that  the  future  will 
know  of  it  more  favorably  than  the  present. 

The  first  lawyer  to  establish  himself  in  practice 
in  this  fortunate  and  happy  locality  was  Mr.  John 
C.  Rogers,  who  is  not  only  the  dean  of  his  pro- 
fession locally  but  a  citizen  of  leadership  and  in- 
fluence. Mr.  Rogers  is  not  a  newcomer  in  Idaho. 
He  has  been  identified  with  this  state  and  adjoin- 
ing parts  of  the  Northwest  for  many  years.  It  is 
doubtful  if  anyone  more  thoroughly  comprehends 
the  real  beauty  and  resources  of  this  splendid  state. 
During  years  spent  in  the  mountains  and  on  the 
plains,  in  the  forests  and  by  the  rivers,  he  has  used 
the  scholarship  of  a  broad  mind  to  understand  his 
environment  both  from  a  practical  and  esthetic  stand- 
point. As  Idaho  is  the  favorite  of  all  the  states  he 
has  known,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  him  to  answer  from 
his  store  of  exact  knowledge  any  inquiries  of  pros- 
pective settlers  concerning  it,  and  it  is  doubtful 
if  more  disinterested  and  convincing  information 
could  be  obtained  from  anyone  than  from  this  lawyer 
and  citizen  of  Burley. 

John  C.  Rogers  has  had  a  varied  and  interesting 
career.  With  many  a  valiant  fight  against  bodily 
infirmity  and  ill  health,  he  has  lived  by  constant  work 
and  a  vigorous  will  until  he  has  already  attained  the 
psalmist's  span  of  three  score  and  ten,  and  seems 
good  for  many  more.  He  has  traveled  hopefully 
all  his  years  and  has  found  true  success  in  labor. 

In  Claiborne  county,  Tennessee,  he  was  born  June 
19.  1843.  When  he  was  five  years  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Platte  county,  Missouri,  and  five  years  later 
to  Clinton  county,  in  the  same  state.  His  boyhood 
was  thus  spent  during  almost  the  pioneer  period  of 
northwest  Missouri.  He  worked  on  the  farm  and 
attended  such  local  schools  as  existed,  and  later 
entered  William  Jewell  College  at  Liberty,  Missouri. 
In  disproof  of  the  generally  accepted  axiom  that 
man  and  his  actions  are  controlled  by  environment, 
Mr.  Rogers,  though  born  a  southerner,  of  slave- 
holding  progenitors,  and  surrounded  from  childhood 
by  kinsmen  and  neighbors  who  vigorously  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  Confederacy,  remained  loyal  to  the 
flag;  and,  almost  alone  among  his  college  fellows, 
followed  its  fortunes  during  the  trying  vicissitudes 
of  the  war  in  the  West.  He  was  in  the  midst  of 
his  studies  when  the  war  broke  out,  and  he  enlisted 
before  the  close  of  the  school  year,  joining  Company 
F  of  the  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry.  He  was  with  his 
regiment  throughout  the  war,  in  most  of  the  engage- 
ments in  which  it  participated,  and  the  effects  of  a 
wound  in  the  left  thigh  have  remained  with  him  all 
the  rest  of  his  life. 

After  this  service  for  his  country  he  returned  to 
Missouri,  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Albany,  where  he  remained  in  practice  four  years. 
Then  occurred  his  first  breakdown  in  health,  which 
caused  him  to  give  up  his  profession  temporarily, 
and  during  the  two  years  following  he  traveled  in 
South  America  and  in  many  of  the  eastern  and 
;\v  ester n  states. 

At  Denver,  Colorado,  he  again  resumeti  practice. 
Some  three  years  later  he  went  to  Virginia  City. 
Montana,  and  soon  after  to  Glendale,  in  the  same 


state,  where  he  had  his  office  about  three  years.  A 
recurrence  of  his  old  trouble  made  is  necessary 
to  abandon  his  profession,  and  for  a  year  he  sought 
health  and  strength  in  the  mountains  of  California, 
and  Nevada. 

After  this  second  enforced  vacation  he  came  to 
Idaho,  in  1888,  and  has  never  changed  his  residence 
nor  his  affection  from  this  state  in  the  subsequent 
quarter  of  a  century.  Albion,  the  old  county  seat 
of  Cassia  county,  was  his  first  home,  and  he  remained 
there  until  1906,  when  he  set  up  the  first  law  office 
in  the  new  town  of  Burley.  He  has  always  enjoyed 
a  large  practice,  and  has  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  all  people  with  whom  he  has  been  associated 

Mr.  Rogers  was  married  at  Albion,  in  April,  1890, 
to  Miss  Mary  Ward,  who  was  formerly  a  resident 
of  Utah.  In  church  matters  both  Mr.  Rogers  and 
his  wife  incline  to  the  Methodist  faith.  He  has 
passed  all  the  chairs  in  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  and 
has  also  taken  the  three  encampment  degrees. 

A  Democrat,  taking  a  keen  interest  in  politics, 
he  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Montana  legis- 
lature, was  for  two  years  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Cassia  county,  and  later  elected  district  attorney  for 
five  counties,  holding  that  office  four  years.  By 
appointment  Mr.  Rogers  served  about  six  years  as 
a  regent  of  the  Albion  State  Normal  College.  Dur- 
ing that  time  he  did  effective  work  in  getting  the  con- 
tributions from  private  sources  which  enabled  the 
erection  of  an  additional  building  on  the  school 
grounds,  and  in  other  ways  did  much  to  promote 
the  efficiency  of  the  college.  In  former  years  Mr. 
Rogers  was  much  in  demand  as  a  campaign  speaker. 
His  learning  is  by  no  means  confined  to  the  fruit  of 
his  school  days  and  legal  studies,  for  he  has  always 
been  a  student,  of  men  and  books  and  things.  It 
is  not  difficult  to  discover  his  interest  for  outdoor 
life,  and  he  has  many  pleasant  reminiscences  of  moun- 
tain camps.  He  is  also  very  fond  of  music. 

Concerning  Idaho  he  says:  Idaho  has  the  mak- 
ing of  one  of  the  greatest  states  in  the  Union.  Its 
great  valleys,  comprising  millions  of  acres  of  rich 
agricultural  land,  lie  almost  within  the  shadow  of 
the  surrounding  mountains,  whence  the  accumula- 
tions of  winter  snows  are  sent  down  through  rushing 
rivers  carrying  enough  water,  when  judiciously  used 
and  applied,  to  irrigate  all  the  adjacent  valley  lands. 
This  fact  alone  warrants  us  in  saying  that  some  day 
we  shall  possess  a  dense  population.  But,  more  than 
this,  the  state  has  its  immense  water  power  and 
mineral  resources,  and  last,  but  not  least,  its  health- 
ful and  delightful  climate.  No  homeseeker  could 
make  a  mistake  by  choosing  Idaho  for  his  location. 

DANIEL  P.  DONOVAN.  The  early  life  of  Daniel  P. 
Donovan  was  passed  in  farm  life,  that  being  the 
occupation  of  his  father,  and  when  he  quitted  home 
he  entered  into  that  line  of  industry  on  his  own 
responsibility.  It  is  only  since  1909  that  he  became 
identified  with  the  real  estate  business,  which  he  has 
found  so  profitable  in  Payette,  Oregon,  and  in  addi- 
tion he  is  interested  in  fruit  raising,  operating  sev- 
eral hundred  acres  of  the  finest  orchard  lands  in 
Oregon. 

Born  in  Ppttawattamie  county.  Iowa,  on  March 
10,  1877,  Daniel  P.  Donovan  is  the  son  of  Timothy 
and  Julia  (Callahan)  Donovan,  both  natives  of  Ire- 
land. The  father  was  a  young  man  when  he  came 
to  America  in  1856,  and  settled  first  in  Iowa,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  pursuits.  In  the  later  sixties 
he  removed  to  Idaho,  locating  in  the  Boise  Valley, 
or  Basin,  and  there  followed  mining  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Iowa.  He  thereafter 
gave  his  entire  attention  to  agriculture,  and  in  recent 


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years  retired  from  active  business  life,  although  he 
still  makes  his  home  on  the  old  home  farm  which 
he  settled  in  1856.  The  wife  and  mother  came  to 
America  in  1862  with  her  parents.  They  first  set- 
tled in  New  York  City,  later  moving  to  Iowa. 
Twelve  children  were,  born  of  the  union  of  Tim- 
othy and  Julia  Donovan,  Daniel  P.,  of  this  review, 
being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

Daniel  P.  Donovan  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa,  and  his  schooling 
was  varied  with  the  work  of  the  home  farm.  In 
1897  he  left  home  and  began  farming  in  the  vicinity 
of  his  birth,  continuing  thus  until  1909.  In  that 
year  he  came  to  Payette,  Idaho,  here  engaging  in 
real  estate  operations  and  in  fruit  raising.  He  has 
expanded  his  interests  rapidly  until  today  he  is 
operating  several  hundred  acres  of  the  finest  orch- 
ard land  in  the  state,  lying  close  to  Payette.  He 
has  been  active  in  real  estate  matters,  and  has  been 
instrumental  in  locating  many  desirable  home  seek- 
ers on  the  fine  lands  of  this  district,  more  than 
two  hundred  families  having  settled  here  through 
his  activities.  He  has  in  that  way  materially 
advanced  the  growth  of  the  region  roundabout 
Payette,  and  in  other  ways  had  demonstrated  his 
capacity  and  character  as  a  citizen  of  the  highest 
order.  He  is  president  of  the  Boise  Water  &  Land 
Company,  of  Boise,  Idaho,  as  well  as  being  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Fruitgrowers  Bank  and  a  member  of 
its  directorate.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  some  of 
the  big  irrigation  projects  of  the  state  and  is  largely 
interested  in  the  development  of  water  power  in 
Idaho. 

Mr.  Donovan  is  a  stanch  Republican,  but  has 
neither  sought  nor  filled  public  office  at  any  time 
in  his  business  career.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Payette  Commercial  Club,  to  which  all 
good  citizens  of  the  town  belong. 

On  October  10,  1900,  Mr.  Donovan  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Nettie  Barnes,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Barnes,  natives  of  Iowa.  She  was 
born  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  and  there  reared.  Two 
daughters  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dono- 
van, Irene,  born  July  7,  1902,  and,  Gladys,  born 
March  6,  1904,  both  at  Logan,  Iowa.  The  Donovan 
residence  is  located  at  No.  1227  First  avenue,  South. 

As  a  successful  man,  Mr.  Donovan  is  eminently 
deserving  of  credit  for  his  worthy  achievements, 
and  of  a  place  in  the  pages  of  this  work,  dealing 
with  the  biographical  and  historical  aspects  of  the 
state.  Mr.  Donovan  left  home  as  a  youth  under 
most  untoward  circumstances,  unaided  by  the  bene- 
fits of  material  wealth  of  an  education  beyond  the 
merest  rudiments  of  learning.  He  has  again 
demonstrated,  as  so  many  men  have  done  before 
him,  that  success  is  not  a  matter  of  opportunities 
presented,  but  rather  of  opportunities  recognized 
and  laid  hold  upon,  and  this  quality  of  discernment, 
coupled  with  his  splendid  energies  and  his  many 
worthy  traits  of  character  have  been  sufficient  to 
place  him  in  his  present  agreeable  circumstances. 

DAVISON  H.  EASTMAN.  Through  his  interposi- 
tion in  the  agricultural  and  stock-growing  indus- 
tries in  Idaho  Mr.  Eastman  has  gained  independ- 
ence and  definite  prosperity,  and  he  is  still  the  owner 
of  one  of  the  valuable  landed  estate  in  the  beauti- 
ful Boise  valley,  though  he  is  now  living  virtually 
retired  in  an  attractive  home  in  the  city  of  Boise. 
He  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  for  more  than  a 
score  of  years  and  has  fully  availed  himself  of  the 
splendid  opportunities  here  presented,  with  the 
result  that  he  has  achieved  marked  success  through 


his  well  ordered  efforts  and  has  become  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  of  the  state,  even  as  he  is  lib- 
eral and  progressive  in  his  civic  attitude.  A  man 
who  commands  unqualified  esteem  in  the  community 
and  now  incumbent  of  the  office  of  county  commis- 
sioner, Mr.  Eastman  is  eminently  entitled  to  specific 
recognition  in  this  publication. 

Davison  H.  Eastman  was  born  in  Benton  county, 
Iowa,  on  the  I4th  of  December,  1864,  and  is  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  the  sterling  pioneer  families 
of  the  Hawkeye  state.  He  is  a  son  of  Harmon  and 
Caroline  A.  (Shields)  Eastman,  both  of  whom  were 
born  in  Indiana,  where  the  respective  families  were 
founded  in  the  pioneer  days,  and  both  of  whom  now 
maintain  their  home  in  East  Boise,  Idaho,  the  former 
being  seventy-seven  years  of  age  and  the  latter 
seventy  years  at  the  time  of  this  writing,  in  1912; 
they  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  anniversary 
in  1909  and  both  are  held  in  high  regard  in  the  com- 
munity in  which  they  have  chosen  to  pass  the  gra- 
cious twilight  of  their  lives.  Harmon  Eastman 
was  reared  to  adult  age  in  his  native  state,  and  as 
a  young  man  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  was 
identified  with  agricultural  pursuits  for  a  number 
of  years.  In  the  late  '503  he  went  to  Iowa  and 
numbered  himself  among  the  pioneers  of  Benton 
county,  where  he  secured  a  tract  of  government 
land  and  developed  a  productive  farm.  He  was  one 
of  the  representative  citizens  of  that  county  for 
many  years  and  finally  disposed  of  his  interests  in 
Iowa  to  pass  the  residue  of  his  life  in  Idaho. 

He  was  one  of  the  loyal  sons  of  the  republic  who 
went  forth  in  defense  of  the  Union  when  the  Civil 
war  was  precipitated  on  a  divided  nation.  In  1861, 
in  response  to  President  Lincoln's  first  call  for 
volunteers,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Twenty- 
eighth  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  he  pro- 
ceeded to  the  front  and  with  which  he  took  part 
in  a  number  of  important  engagements  marking 
the  earlier  period  of  the  great  conflict  between  the 
North  and  South.  After  a  year  of  faithful  and 
efficient  service  his  health  became  impaired  to  such 
an  extent  that  he  was  unable  to  continue  in  the 
ranks,  with  the  result  that  he  was  given  an  honor- 
able discharge,  on  account  of  physical  disability. 
He  has  ever  retained  a  deep  interest  in  his  old  com- 
rades in  arms  and  signified  the  same  by  his  affilia- 
tion with  .the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  in  the 
affairs  of  which  he  has  been  active  and  appreciative. 
He  has  ever  been  a  stalwart  advocate  of  the  prin- 
ciples and  policies  of  the  Republican  party  and  both 
he  and  his  wife  are  zealous  members  of  the  Chris- 
tian church.  Of  the  five  children  Davison  H.,  of 
this  review,  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

Davison  H.  Eastman  was  reared  to  the  sturdy 
discipline  of  the  old  homestead  farm  in  Benton 
county,  Iowa,  and  his  early  educational  advantages 
were  those  afforded  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
locality  and  period.  He  continued  to  be  identified 
with  agricultural  pursuits  in  his  native  state  until 
he  went  to  South  Dakota  and  took  up  a  claim  near 
Redfield,  Spink  county,  where  he  effected  the  devel- 
opment of  a  considerable  part  of  his  claim.  There- 
after he  was  for  a  time  a  resident  of  Topeka,  Kan- 
sas, and  later  he  established  his  residence  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  where  he  engaged  in  business  in  the 
locating  and  boring  of  artesian  wells.  He  devoted 
a  few  years  to  this  line  of  enterprise,  in  which  he 
was  successful,  and  then  came  to  Idaho,  with  the 
civic  and  industrial  interests,  of  which  state  he  has 
been  closely  and  worthily  identified.  He  obtained 
government  land  in  the  Boise  valley,  and  through 
close  application  and  judicious  management  he  here 
developed  a  fine  property,  becoming  one  of  the 


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representative  farmers  and  stock-growers  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  A  substantial  competency  rep- 
resents the  concrete  results  of  his  well  directed 
endeavors,  and  he  has  no  reason  to  regret  the  fact 
that  he  thus  early  availed  himself  of  the  opportuni- 
ties afforded  in  the  state  which  is  consistently 
termed  the  "Gem  of  the  Mountains."  As  a  cattle- 
grower  Mr.  Eastman  utilized  an  extensive  range 
and  built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  in 
connection  with  which  he  shipped  the  major  part  of 
his  live  stock  to  the  eastern  markets.  His  valuable 
ranch  property  is  now  leased  to  a  reliable  tenant, 
and  in  1911,  on  account  of  the  delicate  health  of  his 
wife,  Mr.  Eastman  removed  to  Boise,  the  fair  capi- 
tal city  of  the  state,  where  he  resides  in  an  attract- 
ive and  modern  home,  at  1600  North  Eighth  street. 
He  is  fond  of  sports  afield  and  makes  frequent  hunt- 
ing and  fishing  trips,  besides  which,  with  his  high- 
grade  touring  automobile,  he  and  his  family  find 
diversion  in  making  long  tours  through  the  beau- 
tiful mountains  and  valleys  which  give  Idaho  its 
picturesque  charm. 

In  politics  Mr.  Eastman  is  a  stalwart  advocate 
of  the  cause  of  the  Republican  party  and  he  has 
given  effective  service  as  a  worker  in  its  local 
ranks.  In  the  autumn  of  1912  he  was  elected  to 
represent  the  second  district  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  commissioners  of  Ada  county,  and  his 
progressiveness  and  public  spirit  insure  effective 
service  on  his  part  in  this  important  office.  He  is 
affiliated  with  the  local  camp  of  the  Sons  of  Vet- 
erans and  both  he  and  his  wife  hold  membership  in 
the  Christian  church.  In  the  Boise  Valley,  at  the 
home  of  the  bride's  parents,  was  solemnized,  on 
the  29th  of  October,  1894,  the  marriage  of  Mr.  East- 
man to  Miss  Nellie  Everett,  who  is  a  daughter  of 
Phelps  and  Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Everett,  sterling 
pioneers  of  Idaho,  where  they  established  their 
home  fully  forty  years  ago.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  East- 
man have  five  children,  whose  names,  with  respec- 
tive dates  of  birth,  are  here  noted :  Clifford,  August 
28,  1896;  Helen,  January  8.  1898;  Harold,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1901 ;  Vernon,  October  2,  1903 ;  and  Muriel, 
in  April,  1908. 

WILLIAM  H.  O'KANE  first  commended  himself  to 
the  business  men  of  Roseberry.  Idaho,  by  the  effi- 
cient way  in  which  he  handled  the  affairs  of  the 
high  school  of  that  city.  His  executive  ability  and 
his  qualities  and  leadership  plainly  showed  them- 
selves in  this  capacity,  therefore  his  selection  as 
cashier  of  the  Roseberry  State  Bank  was  no  sur- 
prise to  his  fellow  citizens.  Mr.  O'Kane  has  only 
been  a  resident  of  Idaho  for  three  years,  but  dur- 
ing this  time  he  has  become  a  popular  member  of 
the  community  in  which  he  resides,  and  is  well 
known  in  the  business  and  financial  world  of  this 
section  of  the  state. 

William  H.  O'Kane  has  a  fine  combination  of 
Irish  and  English  blood,  his  maternal  grandparents 
having  come  from  England  and. settling  in  Illinois 
in  the  early  days  of  the  state.  His  maternal  grand- 
father was  named  John  Light,  and  his  paternal 
grandfather,  Michael  O'Kane,  came  from  Ireland 
and  also  settled  in  Illinois  at  an  early  period  of  her 
history.  William  O'Kane  is  a  son  of  Henry  M.  and 
Ellen  (Light)  O'Kane,  both  of  whom  are  natives 
of  Illinois.  Henry  M.  O'Kane  was  born  in  1850 
and  his  wife  in  1852.  They  are  still  living  in  Ogle 
county,  Illinois,  where  Mr.  O'Kane  is  a  retired 
farmer.  Eleven  children  have  been  born  to  William 
O'Kane  and  his  wife,  all  of  whom  are  living  with 
one  exception.  They  are  as  follows :  Michael.  Fred- 
erick, Harry,  Robert,  William  H.,  Clarence,  George, 


who  is  deceased,  Mrs.  Cora  Travis,  Mrs.  Ross 
Hedrick ;  Miss  Fannie  O'Kane  and  Miss  Ivy  Blanche 
O'Kane. 

William  H.  O'Kane  was  born  in  Polo,  Ogle  county, 
Illinois,  on  the  2d  of  March,  1880,  and  he  received 
his  elementary  education  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Polo.  Being  an  ambitious  lad  he  then 
took  a  special  course  at  Steinman's  Business  Col- 
lege, at  Dixon,  Illinois,  and  then  attended  the  Wells 
Training  School,  of  Oregon,  Illinois,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1904,  having  completed  the  spe- 
cial teacher's  training  course.  Not  content  with  this 
preparation  for  the  teaching  profession  which  he 
had  determined  to  enter,  he  entered  the  State 
Normal  School  at  De  Kalb,  Illinois,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  teacher's  course  of  this  institution 
in  1908.  He  now  began  his  professional  career,  his 
first  experience  as  a  teacher  being  had  in  the  schools 
of  Fairdale,  De  Kalb  county,  Illinois,  where  he 
taught  for  a  year.  In  1909  he  received  the  offer  of 
a  position  in  Roseberry,  Idaho,  and  came  here  to 
take  the  principalship  of  the  high  school.  For  two 
years  he  held  this  position  and  during  this  time  the 
efficiency  of  the  school  was  noticeably  increased. 
He  was  then  appointed  cashier  of  the  Roseberry 
State  Bank  and  has  since  filled  this  position  very 
successfully.  In  addition  to  being  an  official  of  the 
bank  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  directorate. 

In  politics  Mr.  O'Kane  is  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  in  religious  affiliations  he  belongs 
to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  being  a  valued 
worker  in  this  church.  He  is  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  School,  and  is  active  in  other  ways. 

Mr.  O'Kane  married  Miss  Amber  Groff,  of  Fair- 
dale,  Illinois  in  1909.  Mrs.  O'Kane  is  a  daughter  of 
A.  F.  and  Annie  J.  Groff,  who  are  still  living  in 
Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Kane  are  the  parents  of 
two  children :  Leita  Belle  O'Kane,  who  was  born  in 
Roseberry.  on  January  8,  1910,  and  William  Harold 
who  was  born  November  7,  1912. 

The  enthusiasm  and  firm  belief  which  Mr.  O'Kane 
holds  in  regard  to  the  bright  future  for  the  state 
of  Idaho  was  very  clearly  shown  when  he  returned 
to  his  native  town  and,  by  his  eloquence  and  the 
very  evident  faith  which  he  had  in  his  adopted 
state,  persuaded  some  of  his  relations  to  invest 
money  in  this  section  of  Idaho.  He  is  sure  that 
any  money  invested  here  will  be  returned  many 
times  over. 

WILLIAM  REMBER.  Nearly  thirty  years  ago  Wil- 
liam Rember  landed  at  Hailey.  Idaho,  and  here  he 
Tias  since  maintained  his  residence  and  worked  at 
his  trade,  that  of  blacksmith.  His  interests  have 
been  interwoven  with  the  interests  of  this  locality. 
He  has  identified  himself  with  its  social  and  political 
life,  he  has  won  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  he  has  made  his  influence  felt 
for  good. 

Mr.  Rember  is  a  native  of  Canada.  He  was  born 
June  6,  1858,  and  the  first  sixteen  years  of  his  life 
were  spent  in  the  vicinity  of  his  birth.  On  leaving 
home,  he  went  to  New  York  state,  where  he  spent 
two  years,  working  at  the  trade  of  blacksmith. 
From  New  York  he  started  westward,  and  came 
as  far  as  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he  continued 
his  labor  at  the  anvil,  and  where  he  made  his  home 
for  five  years.  After  this  he  spent  one  year  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  and  nearly  three  years  in  traveling 
about,  visiting  many  states  and  territories,  and  finally 
drifting  into  Idaho.  That  was  in  1883.  He  took 
up  his  residence  at  Hailey,  and  here,  as  above  indi- 
cated, he  has  made  his  home  for  nearly  thirty  years. 


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All  this  time  he  has  had  a  blacksmith  shop  and  has 
conducted  a  successful  business. 

Politically,  Mr.  Rember  has  always  been  a  Demo- 
crat, active  and  influential  in  party  affairs.  He 
served  two  years  as  sheriff  of  Elaine  county,  and 
the  past  six  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  at  this  time  being 
chairman  of  the  board.  Under  his  administration 
many  improvements  have  been  made  in  roads  and 
bridges.  Also  it  has  been  during  his  incumbency 
that  an  addition  was  made  to  the  courthouse,  as 
well  as  other  improvements,  including  a  double 
vault  and  new  walks.  Another  important  action  of 
the  board  since  he  has  been  a  member,  was  the 
purchase  of  the  new  county  poor  farm. 

A  few  years  after  his  settlement  in  Idaho,  in 
1886,  Mr.  Rember  and  Elizabeth  Kingsbery  were 
married.  Mrs.  Rember  is  a  native  of  Oregon  and 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  women  of  Idaho.  She  came 
from  Boise  to  Hailey.  To  them  have  been  given 
seven  children,  all  sons,  of  whom  the  first  and  fourth, 
William  and  Thomas  respectively,  are  deceased.  The 
others  in  order  of  birth  are  as  follows :  George  A., 
a  mining  engineer  of  California;  Walter  A.,  Arthur, 
Lawrence  and  Frank,  all  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rember  affiliate  with  the  Episcopal  church  and  have 
reared  their  children  in  this  faith.  Fraternally,  he 
is  identified  with  the  Eagles  lodge,  of  which  he  has 
been  a  trustee  for  more  than  six  years. 

Like  the  typical  western  man,  Mr.  Rember  is  fond 
of  hunting  and  fishing.  While  his  early  educational 
advantages  were  limited  to  the  public  schools,  he 
has,  by  a  generous  amount  of  reading,  acquired 
a  valuable  store  of  useful  information  which,  to- 
gether with  his  practical  experience,  has  given  him 
a  broad  viewpoint  of  life.  In  regard  to  his  adopted 
state,  he  is  enthusiastic.  He  takes  a  just  pride  in 
her  institutions  and  resources,  and  has  great  faith 
in  her  future  development. 

WILLIAM  H.  Ross.  Although  he  cannot  be  said 
to  have  been  a  pioneer  in  the  implement  business  in 
Canyon  county,  few  men  have  been  more  closely 
identified  with  its  growth  than  William  H.  Ross, 
of  Nampa.  Mr.  Ross  is  amply  fitted  by  nature  and 
training  for  the  manipulation  of  large  interests, 
and  his  success  is  in  no  small  degree  due  to  the 
fact  that  he  does  not  despise  small  things.  All  the 
minutiae  of  his  extensive  interests  are  familiar  to 
him,  and  his  practical  experience  enables  him  to 
give  attention  to  the  smallest  detail.  This  habit 
has  been  ingrained  in  him  during  a  long  and  useful 
career,  through  which  he  has  raised  himself  from' 
obscure  youth  to  business  success  and  public  promi- 
nence. Mr.  Ross  is  a  native  of  Darke  county,  Ohio, 
born  February  27,  1867,  the  oldest  of  the  four  chil- 
dren of  E.  C.  and  Eliza  (Green)  Ross,  also  of  the 
Buckeye  State.  Mr.  Ross's  father,  a  farmer  by 
vocation,  died  in  1900,  when  sixty-five  years  of  age, 
while  the  widow  still  survives  and  makes  her  home 
on  the  old  farm  in  Darke  county. 

William  H.  Ross  spent  his  boyhood  in  attending 
the  country  schools  during  the  winter  months,  while 
in  the  summer  seasons  he  worked  on  the  old  home- 
stead, it  being  his  father's  intention  that  he  should 
become  an  agriculturist.  On  attaining  his  majority, 
he  engaged  in  farming  on  his  own  account  on  rented 
land  in  Darke  county,  but  about  eight  years  later 
disposed  of  his  interests.  He  had  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  his  undertakings,  working  industriously 
and  carefully  saving  his  earnings,  but  had  decided 
to  enter  business  life,  and  eventually  moved  to 
Eaton,  Colorado.  He  subsequently  went  to 
Brighton,  in  the  same  state,  and  then  on  to  Greeley, 


spending  about  eleven  years  in  these  two  cities, 
where  he  was  the  proprietor  of  farm  implement 
establishments.  Finally,  seeking  a  larger  field  for 
his  labors,  he  came  to  Nampa,  and  has  never  had 
reason  to  regret  his  choice  of  location,  for  success 
has  been  his  since  the  start.  On  coming  here  he 
purchased  the  business  of  the  Central  Implement 
Company,  which  had  been  the  first  establishment  of 
its  kind  in  Nampa,  but  the  firm  style  was  changed 
to  William  H.  Ross  &  Company,  and  as  such  has 
since  continued.  In  addition  to  carrying  a  large 
general  line  of  buggies,  wagons  and  farming  imple- 
ments, Mr.  Ross  is  representative  for  the  interna- 
tional line  of  implements  and  those  of  John  Deere 
&  Company.  Mr.  Ross  occupies  two  floors,  140x100 
feet,  and  his  trade  comes  from  throughout  Nampa 
and  the  surrounding  country,  having  enjoyed  a 
healthy  and  steady  increase  in  volume.  In  political 
matters  Mr.  Ross  is  a  Republican,  but  his  business 
interests  have  been  of  such  an  extensive  nature  as 
to  preclude  the  thought  of  his  entering  public  life, 
and  he  only  takes  a  good  citizen's  interest  in  affairs 
of  a  political  character.  He  belongs  to  Ohio  Lodge 
No.  652,  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  has  many 
friends.  Mr.  Ross's  home  is  at  Fifteenth  and  Fifth 
streets,  and  he  also  owns  and  operates  a  ten-acre 
fruit  farm  close  to  Nampa. 

In  1892  Mr.  Ross  was  married  in  Ohio  to  Miss 
Lissa  Holer,  a  native  of  the  Buckeye  state,  and  three 
children  have  been  born  to  this  union :  Orland,  Earl 
and  Ethel.  The  family  attends  the  United  Breth- 
ren church. 

BURT  R.  FITCH.  In  estimating  the  relative  suc- 
cess of  men  more  consideration  should  be  given  to 
the  difficulties  they  have  overcome  than  to  the  posi- 
tion they  have  attained.  Always  more  interesting 
is  the  career  of  one  who,  unaided  by  the  advantages 
of  birth,  of  education  or  capital,  and  with  only  those 
resources  within  himself  upon  which  to  rely,  builds 
up  a  definite  success.  Burt  R.  Fitch,  one  of  the 
alert  and  enterprising  business  men  of  Fruitland, 
Idaho,  started  out  independently  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen and  in  the  twenty  years  that  have  passed  since 
then  has  experienced  many  ups  and  downs  but  has 
never  swerved  in  his  determination  to  finally  suc- 
ceed. Such  pluck  and  resolution  seldom  fails  of 
its  merited  reward. 

Mr.  Fitch  was  born  March  23,  1876,  in  Burt 
county,  Nebraska,  and  received  his  Christian  name 
for  the  county  of  his  nativity.  His  father,  a  native 
of  Indiana,  removed  to  Nebraska  in  1873  and  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Burt  county.  He 
established  friendly  relations  with  the  Indians, 
numerous  there  then  and  for  some  years  afterward, 
and  frequently  loaned  them  his  shot  gun,  in  return 
for  which  favor  they  kept  his  family  well  supplied 
with  deer  meat  and  other  game.  As  a  blacksmith 
he  followed  his  trade  forty-two  years  quite  suc- 
cessfully, but  he  had  many  misfortunes  and  had 
the  care  of  an  invalid  wife  for  twenty-two  years. 
He  is  now  a  retired  resident  of  Omaha,  Nebraska. 
The  mother  was  Josephine  West  as  a  maiden,  a 
native  of  Indiana  who  came  to  Nebraska  with  her 
parents  when  she  was  a  young  girl  and  was  mar- 
ried in  that  state.  Her  father  was  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  war  and  lived  to  the  age  of  seventy-six;  her 
mother  lived  to  be  ninety-nine  years  old.  Joseph- 
ine (West)  Fitch  passed  away  at  Omaha,  Nebraska, 
February  27,  1904,  when  fifty-two  years  of  age. 
Of  the  twelve  children  that  came  to  these  parents 
all  are  living  except  two  that  died  in  infancy. 

Burt  R.  Fitch,  the  second  in  this  family  in  order  of 
birth. .  was  educated  in  Herman,  Nebraska,  to  the 


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age  of  sixteen,  and  after  leaving  school  was  appren- 
ticed to  learn  the  printer's  trade.  He  served  but  a 
few  months,  however,  and  then  became  owner  and 
editor  of  the  Herman  News.  After  continuing  this 
publication  eighteen  months  he  sold  the  plant  and 
joined  a  surveying  outfit  in  Nebraska,  with  which 
he  remained  two  years ;  then  once  more  he  entered 
newspaper  work,  this  time  as  a  half-owner  of  the 
North  Bend  Eagle  published  at  North  Bend, 
Nebraska,  but  shortly  afterward  he  married,  sold 
his  newspaper  interest  and  rented  a  farm.  Two 
years  later  he  removed  to  Kearney,  Nebraska,  and 
during  the  hard  times  period  of  1897  he  worked 
on  a  celery  farm  for  $i  per  day,  walking  five  miles 
to  and  from  his  work  and  boarding  himself.  That 
fall  he  took  employment  as  deliveryman  for  a  fur- 
niture store  at  Kearney,  improved  his  opportunity 
for  business  training  and  ended  his  five  years'  serv- 
ice for  this  firm  as  their  head  buyer.  The  next  two 
years  he  farmed.  In  1904,  on  account  of  his  wife's 
ill  health  and  by  the  advice  of  her  physician,  he 
came  to  Idaho,  locating  at  Payette;  he  first  engaged 
in  farming  and  fruit  raising,  but  subsequently 
entered  the  real  estate  business.  In  February,  1912, 
he  established  his  present  business,  that  of  B.  R. 
Fitch  Mercantile  Company,  and  conducts  one  of 
the  largest  stores  in  Fruitland.  The  business  was 
a  success  from  the  start  and  from  sales  that  aver- 
aged $10  per  day  the  business  has  now  increased  to 
average  $100  per  day.  Mr.  Fitch  has  had  a  long, 
hard  struggle  but  Idaho  has  given  him  opportunity 
and  lie  is  improving  it.  He  is  not  definitely  aligned 
with  any  party  in  politics,  but  has  always  taken  an 
active  part  in  furthering  prohibition,  and  while  a 
resident  of  Payette  he  served  as  a  director  in  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  there  two  terms. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Highland- 
ers and  served  as  state  deputy  of  that  order  in  1908. 
In  church  connections  he  is  identified  with  the  Bap- 
tist denomination,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Fruit 
land  Commercial  Club. 

He  was  married  at  Fremont,  Nebraska,  October 
2,  1895  to  Miss  Emma  Lucas  Howard,  a  daughter 
of  Fayette  Calvin  and  Ella  A.  Howard  and  a  native 
of  Nebraska.  To  this  union  have  been  born  four 
children,  two  of  whom  survive — Neal  Rutherford 
and  Charlotte  Kathaleen. 

LEWIS  PETERSON  had  the  will;  he  found  the  way. 
A  little  more  than  twenty-five  years  ago,  an  Illinois 
youth  still  in  his  teens,  he  started  out  in  business 
life  with  no  capital  in  the  way  of  money  but  with 
strong  assets  in  the  way  of  energy,  an  industrious 
disposition,  good  business  acumen  and  a  tenacity 
of  purpose  that  has  made  him  the  master  of  every 
adverse  situation.  Today  he  is  one  of  the  substan- 
tial men  of  Payette,  Idaho,  and  during  the  few 
years  of  his  residence  there  that  thriving  city  has 
found  him  a  veritable  bundle  of  energy  and  enter- 
prise. The  story  of  his  struggle  upward  may  give 
incentive  to  other  ambitious  youth,  for  however 
much  opportunity  may  abound,  the  law  of  success 
remains  ever  the  same. 

Lewis  Peterson  was  born  to  Lewis  and  Frances 
L.  (Lee)  Peterson  in  McHenry  county,  Illinois. 
September  17,  1866.  The  father,  a  native  of  New 
York,  had  removed  to  Illinois  early  in  the  '6os  and 
there  followed  farming  with  moderate  success  until 
his  death  in  1872  at  the  age  of  forty-eight.  The 
mother,  born  in  St.  Charles,  Illinois,  remained  a 
resident  of  that  state  many  years  but  now  lives  at 
Mandan,  North  Dakota.  Three  children  came  to 
these  parents,  Lewis  being  the  youngest  and  the 
only  son.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 


of  Richmond,  Illinois,  to  the  age  of  sixteen  and  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  became  apprenticed  to  learn 
the  tinner's  trade.  He  served  two  years,  receiv- 
ing $25  and  his  board  and  room  the  first  year,  and 
the  same  the  second  year,  except  that  his  remunera- 
tion in  money  was  increased  to  $50.  The  next 
three  years  he  spent  as  a  journeyman  at  his  trade, 
and  following  that  he  worked  two  years  as  a  tinner 
at  Mandan,  North  Dakota.  Then  returning  to  Rich- 
mond, Illinois,  he  purchased  the  business  from  the 
man  under  whom  he  had  learned  his  trade  and  also 
purchased  a  hardware  store  there.  Combining  the 
two  lines,  he  was  engaged  in  this  business  two  years; 
then  he  sold  his  interests  there  and  removed  to 
Duluth,  Minnesota,  where  he  followed  the  real 
estate,  loan  and  insurance  business  until  the  panic 
of  1892-93  wiped  out  all  of  his  savings.  Undaunted 
by  this  misfortune,  he  started  over  again,  bravely, 
determinedly.  Returning  to  one  of  his  former  loca- 
tions, Mandan,  North  Dakota,  he  made  arrange- 
ments to  enter  into  the  hardware  and  furnace  busi- 
ness there,  having  practically  no  capital  of  his  own, 
and  there  he  set  about  resolutely  to  retrieve  his 
losses.  Mr.  Peterson  continued  this  identification 
at  Mandan  until  1905,  when  he  sold  his  interests 
and  realized  from  them  a  very  comfortable  capital. 
He  then  purchased  a  hardware  business  at  Devil's 
Lake,  North  Dakota,  but  sold  this  establishment 
three  years  later  and  in  1908  came  to  Payette.  Idaho. 
Here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  D.  D.  Hambly, 
the  firm  known  as  Hambly  &  Peterson,  to  engage 
in  the  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business,  but 
after  a  year  and  a  half  the  partnership  was  dis- 
solved and  Mr.  Peterson  took  up  the  same  line  of 
business  independently.  He  was  the  first  director 
and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Payette  Heights 
Irrigation  Company  and  he  is  also  an  active  pro- 
moter in  the  Dead  Ox  Flat  Irrigation  Company. 
the  largest  irrigation  project  in  this  section  and  one 
affecting  over  7,000  acres  of  land.  Among  the  per- 
sonal holdings  of  Mr.  Peterson  is  a  forty-acre 
orchard  one  mile  from  Fruitland,  and  he  also  has 
other  city  and  landed  interests  here,  as  well  as  an 
eighty-acre  farm  on  the  Payette,  Oregon,  slope.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Payette  commercial  club,  and 
fraternally  is  affiliated  with  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  and  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at 
Devil's  Lake.  North  Dakota.  In  church  member- 
ship he  is  identified  with  the  Presbyterian  denomi- 
nation. Mr.  Peterson  is  well  satisfied  with  Idaho 
and  feels  that  the  United  States  affords  no  place 
where  are  combined  better  climatic  conditions  and 
better  advantages  for  a  home  and  business  than  are 
to  be  found  in  this  state. 

At  Mandan,  North  Dakota.  Mr.  Peterson  was 
married  on  November  27,  1900.  to  Miss  Jennie  M. 
Miller,  a  native  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and  of 
German  descent.  Mrs.  Peterson  is  a  highly  accom- 
plished musician  and  is  prominent  in  the  church  and 
social  life  of  Payette,  being  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star  and  of  different  women's  clubs 
of  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peterson  have  one  son, 
KviTitt  M.  Peterson,  born  November  14,  1908,  at 
Mandan,  North  Dakota.  The  family  enjoys  one 
of  the  modern  and  attractive  homes  of  Payette, 
built  in  1911  and  located  at  1612  Second  Avenue, 
south. 

MATTHEW  H.  PAPE.  It  was  a  little  more  than  a 
half-century  ago  that  a  restless  youth  of  twenty  to 
whose  ears  had  come  wonderful  stories  of  the  op- 
portunities to  be  found  in  a  new  land,  forsook  his 
home  and  friends  in  his  native  England  and  em- 
barked for  America.  His  assets  with  which  to  make 


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his  way  in  life  consisted  of  the  thorough  knowledge 
of  a  good  trade,  a  character  strong  in  honor  and 
integrity,  an  industrious  nature  and  a  good  stock  of 
pluck  and  self-reliance.  That  youth  was  Matthew 
H.  Pape,  now  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  who  is  the 
leading  architect,  contractor  and  builder  of  that  city 
and  through  his  works  and  his  master  workmanship 
is  known  in  almost  every  part  of  the  West.  He  is 
emphatically  a  self-made  man.  "Excellency"  has 
been  his  watchword  throughout  life  and  in  all  of 
his  work  he  has  ever  applied  the  old  adage  that, 
"What  is  worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  doing  well." 

Born  in  Ejigland,  March  25,  1840,  as  a  boy  he  be- 
gan to  earn  his  own  way  as  a  laborer  in  a  brick- 
yard. When  thirteen  years  of  age  he  began  to 
learn  the  cabinet-maker's  trade  and,  with  a  natural 
gift  for  the  craft  together  with,  his  inherent  ten- 
dency for  painstaking  effort,  he  advanced  very 
rapidly.  He  has  now  long  been  a  master  workman 
in  his  line  and  can  build  anything  made  of  wood, 
even  violins  with  their  exacting  delicacy  of  frame 
and  fineness  of  finish.  With  the  artist  in  his  nature 
he  very  naturally  took  up  architecture  in  connection 
with  his  other  work  and  has  developed  fine  abilities 
in  this  line  also.  He  had  reached  the  age  of 
twenty  with  a  very  limited  education  as  far  as  in- 
debted to  schools,  but  up  to  that  time  and  in  after 
life  with  a  vigorous  mind  he  availed  himself  of  leis- 
ure moments  and  acquired,  from  self-instruction,  a 
very  practical  knowledge  of  the  essentials  of  educa- 
tion. Today  he  is  a  well  versed  man,  with  substan- 
tial abilities  that  are  wholly  the  offspring  of  his 
own  exertions. 

On  his  arrival  in  the  United  States  he  settled  first 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  spent  two  years  work- 
ing as  a  carpenter,  and  from  there  he  went  West, 
locating  first  in  San  Francisco,  California.  Later  he 
went  to  Portland,  Oregon,  but  subsequently  re- 
turned to  San  Francisco,  and  removed  from  thence 
to  Utah  in  1872.  During  more  than  thirty  years  as 
a  citizen  of  Utah  his  residence  was  divided  between 
Salt  Lake  City  and  Park  City  and  one  year  was 
spent  in  Alaska,  where  he  left  a  number  of  build- 
ings to  exhibit  his  skill  as  an  architect  and  the  sub- 
stantial order  of  his  work  as  a  contractor  and 
builder.  He  has  had  to  do  with  practically  all  of  the 
large  buildings  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Park  City  and  in 
various  other  towns  of  Utah,  as  well  as  with  many 
in  San  Francisco  and  Portland.  While  a  resident  of 
Park  City  he  was  chief  of  the  fire  department  eight 
years  and  when  he  left  there  the  city  council  pre- 
sented him  with  a  diamond  badge  as  a  token  of  their 
appreciation  of  his  service  and  of  their  high  esteem 
of  him  as  a  gentleman.  He  came  from  there  to 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  when  the  town  had  yet  virtually 
no  beginning,  but  from  a  large  experience  in  places 
and  conditions  in  the  West  he  judged  its  future  and 
decided  to  stay.  Less  than  a  decade  has  been  neces- 
sary to  confirm  his  foresight  and  judgment.  Here 
he  has  built  many  of  the  business  buildings,  school 
buildings  and  residences  of  the  city  and  his  busi- 
ness has  extended  to  all  parts  of  the  county  and  to 
adjoining  territory.  He  has  a  fine  office  and  factory 
in  Twin  Falls  and  from  the  latter  turns  out  very 
fine  cabinet  work,  while  in  his  office  are  to  be  seen 
numerous  drawings  and  plans  that  fully  demonstrate 
his  ability  as  an  architect. 

Mr.  Pape  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife 
was  Charlotte  Dalstead.  He  married  Anna  Richens 
second.  He  has  four  children  living,  three  sons 
and  one  daughter,  namely:  Delbert  H.,  Oscar,  Byron 
and  Birdie  H.  Mr.  Pape  was  reared  in  the  Epis- 
copal faith.  Fraternally  he  has  sustained  member- 
ship in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 


thirty-five  years,  being  affiliated  the  whole  of  that 
period  with  the  same  lodge  and  having  during  that 
time  "passed  all  the  chairs"  of  the  subordinate  lodge ; 
he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks.  A  Republican  in  his  political 
views,  he  takes  no  active  part  in  party  affairs  but 
condemns  apathy  on  the  part  of  the  voters  and  be- 
lieves that  every  man  should  exercise  his  franchise. 
In  the  way  of  recreation  he  enjoys  camping  and  is 
fond  of  hunting  and  fishing.  He  joins  in  the  al- 
most unanimous  sentiment  of  Idaho  citizens  that 
this  state  is  second  to  none  in  its  natural  resources, 
and  consistent  with  this  belief  and  his  firm  faith  in 
its  ultimate  development  he  lends  his  influence,  en- 
ergy and  abilities  to  any  project  that  has  as  its  aim 
the  progress  of  Idaho.  Mr.  Pape  stands  highly  re- 
garded by  all  who  know  him,  both  for  his  business 
ability  and  for  his  personal  good  qualities  of  char- 
acter, and  the  city  of  Twin  Falls  not  only  claims 
him  as  one  of  its  pioneer  citizens  but  as  one  of  its 
most  worthy  and  honored  as  well. 

E.  M.  KIRK  PATRICK,  who  is  actively  identified 
with  land  and  banking  interests  in  Idaho,  makes 
his  home  at  Parma.  He  is  deeply  interested  in 
community  affairs  and  his  efforts  have  been  a 
potent  element  in  the  business  progress  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  He  has  with  ready  recog- 
nition of  opportunity  directed  his  labors  into  various 
fields,  wherein  he  has  achieved  success  and  at  the 
same  time  promoted  the  commercial  activity  of  the 
state. 

A  native  of  Illinois,  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  was  born  in 
Livingston  county,  that  state,  December  12,  1870. 
His  father,  George  M.  Kirkpatrick,  was  born  and 
reared  in  Ohio,  whence  he  removed  to  Illinois  in 
1846,  becoming  a  pioneer  farmer  in  the  latter  state. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  was  a  member  of  a  com- 
pany in  the  Ninety-fourth  Illinois  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  he  participated  in  the  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg,  the  Red  River  campaign,  the  siege  of  Mobile 
Bay  and  in  a  number  of  battles  in  Arkansas.  He 
retired  from  active  life  in  his  seventy-fifth  year  and 
he  is  now  living  in  Parma.  Idaho.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Sarah  C.  Wright,  was  likewise  a 
native  of  Ohio  and  she  died  in  Illinois  in  1899,  aged 
fifty-six  years. 

E.  M.  Kirkpatrick  had  a  twin  sister  who  died  at 
the  age  of  four  years.  He  attended  the  country 
schools  'in  Illinois  and  in  1888  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school.  He  then  entered  the  Illinois  Wes- 
leyan  University,  at  Bloomington,  in  which  excel- 
lent institution  he  was  graduated,  with  honors,  in 
1893.  For  one  year  thereafter  he  was  a  student  in 
the  law  department  of  his  alma  mater  and  in  1804 
engaged  in  the  grain  and  elevator  business  in  Illi- 
nois, becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  of  W.  H. 
Haines  &  Company,  with  which  concern  he  was 
connected  until  1907.  In  1898  he  came  to  Idaho  for 
the  first  time  and,  being  favorably  impressed  with 
the  possibilities  for  the  future  of  the  state,  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  near  Roswell,  on  which 
he  engaged  in  fruit  raising.  In  1905  the  family 
home  was  established  in  Parma  and  here  Mr.  Kirk- 
patrick has  since  won  renown  as  an  unusually 
energetic  and  successful  business  man. 

October  19,  1903,  the  Parma  State  Bank  was 
organized,  with  a  capital  stock  of  thirty  thousand 
dollars,  which  sum  has  since  been  increased  to  fifty 
thousand  dollars.  Following  are  the  names  of  some 
of  the  principal  stockholders  in  this  institution :  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Kirkpatrick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B. 
Hurt,  Fred  E.  Fisk,  R.  H.  Sammons,  B.  C.  Sam- 
mons  and  George  M.  Kirkpatrick.  Mr.  E.  M. 


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Kirkpatrick  has  been  president  of  this  bank  since 
the  time  of  its  organization ;  F.  E.  Fisk  is  vice 
president;  and  R.  H.  Sammons  cashier.  Mr.  Kirk- 
patrick is  likewise  a  director  in  the  Riverside  Irri- 
gation Company,  at  Roswell,  and  in  the  Union  Loan 
Company,  at  Parma.  He  is  the  owner  of  vast  tracts 
of  valuable  fruit  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  Parma  and 
has  considerable  real  estate  within  the  limits  of  this 
city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  is  a' Progressive  Repub- 
lican and  in  religious  matters  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  in  whose  faith  he  was 
reared.  He  is  affiliated  with  a  college  fraternity 
and  also  holds  membership  in  a  number  of  local 
fraternities.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  the  growth 
and  development  of  Parma  and  while  he  has  never 
aspired  to  public  office  of  any  description  gives 
freely  of  his  aid  and  influence  in  support  of  all 
measures  and  enterprises  forwarded  for  the  advance- 
ment of  progress  and  prosperity. 

June  20,  1895,  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Sterry,  of  Pontiac,  Illi- 
nois. Mrs.  Kirkpatrick  is  a  daughter  of  Christopher 
W.  and  Mary  C.  Sterry,  well-known  pioneers  of 
Illinois,  whither  they  removed  before  the  time  of 
railroads.  The  Sterry  family  at  one  time  lived  on 
the  present  site  of  the  widely  renowned  Marshall 
Field  store  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Sterry  is  deceased  but 
his  wife  is  still  living  and  her  home  is  at  Pontiac, 
Illinois.  The  Kirkpatrick  home  is  maintained  in  a 
beautiful  residence  in  Parma,  the  same  being  located 
in  spacious  grounds  full  of  fine  shade  trees.  Hos- 
pitality is  extended  to  everyone  and  intimate  friends 
of  the  Kirkpatricks  are  lavishly  entertained. 

DANIEL  L.  KOSTENBATER  is  the  owner  of  extensive 
farming  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  Payette,  Idaho,  and 
he  is  likewise  one  of  the  owners  and  promoters  of 
the  Payette  Vinegar  Company,  which  was  organ- 
ized in  1909  and  which  has  since  developed  into  one 
of  the  prosperous  business  enterprises  of  the  Pay- 
ette valley. 

A  native  of  Freeport,  Illinois,  Daniel  L.  Kosten- 
bater  was  born  February  24,  1861.  He  is  a  son  of 
Erin  and  Margaret  (Newcomer)  Kostenbater,  both 
of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Pennsylvania, 
whence  they  removed  to  Illinois  in  early  life.  They 
were  married  in  the  latter  state.  The  father  settled 
in  Illinois  in  1845  and  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer 
by  occupation.  On  account  of  physical  disability 
he  did  not  serve  in  the  Civil  war  but  he  had  three 
brothers  who  gained  renown  as  gallant  and  faithful 
soldiers  in  that  sanguinary  conflict  Mr.  Kosten- 
bater died  in  Illinois  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 
His  wife  died  in  1864,  aged  thirty-five  years.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kostenbater  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
Daniel  L.  was  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth. 

In  a  district  schoolhouse,  six  miles  west  of  Free- 
port,  Illinois,  on  his  father's  farm,  Daniel  L.  Kosten- 
bater received  his  early  educational  training.  After 
reaching  mature  years  he  worked  on  his  father's 
estate  until  his  marriage.  After  that  event  he 
bought  a  farm  in  Illinois  and  later  removed  to  a 
farm  near  Spencer,  in  Clay  county,  Iowa.  On  the 
latter  estate  he  resided  for  a  period  of  four  years 
and  at  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  lived  in 
Spencer  for  one  year.  In  April,  1903,  he  came  to 
Idaho  and  located  on  farm  lands  in  the  northwestern 
section  of  the  Payette  valley.  In  1909  he  became 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Payette  Vinegar  Com- 
pany, his  associates  in  that  enterprise  being  a  Mr. 
O'Neil  and  a  Mr.  Larsh.  The  headquarters  of  this 
company  are  maintained  in  Payette  and  it  is  recog- 


nized as  one  of  the  most  progressive  business  enter- 
prises in  this  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Kostenbater 
is  likewise  a  director  in  the  Greenwood  Avenue 
Pipe  Line  and  he  has  money  invested  in  other  busi- 
nfcss^projects  of  a  local  nature.  He  is  independent 
in  his  political  attitude  and  in  religious  matters  is 
a  zealous  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Kostenbater's  success  in  life  has  been  on  a  parity 
with  his  own  well  directed  endeavors.  He  is  recog- 
nized as  a  man  of  sterling  integrity  of  character 
and  he  is  ever  on  the  alert  to  do  all  in  his  power 
to  advance  the  general  welfare  of  his  home  com- 
munity. Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  the  time-honored 
Masonic  order. 

At  Freeport,  Illinois,  Mr.  Kostenbater  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Bennett.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  six  children,  concerning  whom 
the  following  brief  data  are  here  incorporated: 
Benjamin  is  a  resident  of  Payette,  Idaho;  Christ- 
man  is  the  wife  of  Ben  Grinlly,  telegraph  operator 
at  Payette;  Clinton  lives  in  Payette;  Elwin  is  en- 
gaged in  business  with  his  father;  Inez  is  attending 
high  school  at  Payette;  and  one  is  deceased. 

CLARENCE  D.  BRAINARD,  who  has  prominent  busi- 
ness interests  at  Cottage  Grove,  Oregon,  and  at 
Payette,  Idaho,  is  a  young  man  of  extraordinary 
energy  and  unusual  executive  ability.  He  was  born 
in  Keokuk  county,  Iowa,  January  26,  1881,  and  there 
resided  until  1889.  His  father,  Clarence  E.  Brainard, 
was  a  railroad  operator  until  he  came  to  Payette, 
Idaho.  Here  he  built  a  prominent  irrigation  ditch 
and  here  he  was  engaged  in  real-estate  operations 
for  twenty-five  years  prior  to  his  demise,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1910,  aged  fifty-nine  years.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Julia  D.  Hunter,  was  born  in 
Illinois  and  she  now  resides  in  Payette. 

To  the  public  schools  of  Keokuk  county,  Iowa, 
Clarence  D.  Brainard  is  indebted  for  his  early  edu- 
cational discipline,-  which  was  later  supplemented 
with  a  course  of  study  in  a  collegiate  institute  at 
Salt  Lake  City.  He  also  attended  Westminster 
College,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  was  graduated  in 
Wetman  College,  at  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  in 
1902.  In  the  summer  of  1901  he  visited  in  Idaho 
and  after  leaving  college  he  engaged  in  the  whole- 
sale grain,  coal  and  lumber  business  at  Ontario, 
Oregon,  where  he  resided  for  three  years,  at  the 
end  of  which,  in  1905,  he  went  to  Canada,  living 
for  a  time  at  Vancouver  and  later  at  Prince  Rupert. 
He  became  manager  of  the  Idaho  Title  &  Trust 
Company,  at  Caldwell,  Idaho,  and  in  January,  1911, 
he  established  a  sawmill  at  Cottage  Grove,  Oregon. 
After  his  father's  death  he  came  to  Payette  to  assist 
in  closing  up  the  tatter's  estate  and  here  his  interests 
are  gradually  assuming  important  proportions.  A 
great  deal  of  his  attention  is  devoted  to  the  affairs 
of  the  Orchard,  Land  &  Timber  Company,  of  which 
he  is  general  manager. 

In  politics  Mr.  Brainard  is  a  stalwart  Republican 
and  in  a  fraternal  way  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
Blue  Lodge  Free  &  Accepted  Masons. 

In  Portland,  Oregon,  September  29,  1909,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Brainard  to  Miss 
Gertrude  Rowland.  Her  father  is  deceased  and  the 
mother  is  living  in  Portland.  Mr.  Rowland  was 
a  pioneer  settler  in  Oregon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brainard 
have  no  children.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  and  she  is  connected  with  the  Chris- 
tian church.  They  are  popular  amongst  their  fellow 
citizens  at  Payette  and  their  attractive  home  is 
renowned  for  its  genial  hospitality. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


WILLIAM  HENRY  ELDRIDGE.  There  is  probably  no 
city  in  Idaho  that  has  paralleled  the  record  of  Twin 
Falls  in  rapid  development.  Among  the  contribut- 
ing causes  have  been  the  exceedingly  favorable  nat- 
ural conditions  of  the  surrounding  territory,  but  the 
most  forceful  factor  of  all  has  been  the  brain  and 
energy  of  strong  men.  One  of  those  who  settled 
there  when  the  city  had  barely  begun  its  existence 
was  William  Henry  Eldridge,  merchant  and  banker, 
who  from  that  time  to  the  present  has  been  one  of 
the  strongest  forces  in  the  commercial  life  of  the 
community  as  well  as  a  leader  in  various  other  rela- 
tions to  society.  He  is  a  New  Englander  by  birth, 
a  scion  of  colonial  and  Revolutionary  ancestry,  and 
a  college  man,  and  besides  the  bearing  of  these 
influences  in  the  shaping  of  his  character  he  has 
been  endowed  inherently  with  those  qualities  that 
conduce  to  the  highest  order  of  citizenship. 

Mr.  Eldridge,  a  son  of  George  Henry  and  Eliza 
Ann  (Judge)  Eldridge,  was  born  in  East  Middle- 
bury,  Vermont,  July  23,  1873,  and  was  reared  in  his 
native  state.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Middle- 
bury  high  school  in  1891,  and  from  Middlebury  Col- 
lege in  1895  as  an  A.  B.  Entering  the  employ  of 
the  Vermont  Marble  Company  at  Proctor,  Vermont, 
in  1896,  he  continued  as  their  bookkeeper  there  and 
at  their  branch  office  in  New  York  City  until  Sep- 
tember, 1898,  when  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
Proctor  Trust  Company  at  Proctor,  Vermont.  This 
position  he  held  until  October,  1905,  and  during 
that  time  served  as  village  treasurer  of  Proctor  and 
from  1903  to  1905  as  the  first  president  of  the  Proc- 
tor Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  then 
came  West  and  traveled  over  almost  every  part  of 
this  great  section,  looking  for  some  place  that 
would  combine  favorable  climate  with  opportunity. 
This  he  found  at  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  during  his 
seven  years'  residence  there  has  never  experienced 
discontent  or  disappointment  in  any  way.  He  lo- 
cated there  in  December,  1905,  and  took  up  160  acres 
under  the  Carey  act;  then  in  the  following  April 
he  established  the  Eldridge  Clothing  Company  and 
conducts  one  of  the  finest  mercantile  establishments 
of  that  city,  one  that  not  only  draws  the  represen- 
tative trade  of  Twin  Falls  but  also  that  of  a  wide 
radius  of  country  of  which  this  city  is  the  com- 
mercial center.  Besides  these  interests  he  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Twin 
Falls  and  is  now  vice-president  of  the  institution. 
Citizenship  with  him  has  not  narrowed  down  to  the 
pursuance  of  personal  business  affairs  but  he  has 
entered  heartily  into  the  public  and  social  life  of  the 
community.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  the  pro- 
motion of  progress  and  development  in  this  sec- 
tion and  in  different  relations  has  given  of  his  time, 
energies  and  ability  to  that  purpose.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  Twin  Falls  Commercial  Club  in  1908 
and  1911;  was  president  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers  Association  of  Twin  Falls  in  1911 
and  1912;  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Irri- 
gation Congress  at  Spokane,  Washington,  in  1909. 
Himself  the  recipient  of  excellent  advantages,  he  is 
highly  appreciative  of  higher  education  as  a  force 
for  increasing  the  efficiency  of  men  and  women  for 
the  most  useful,  worthy  and  noble  living'.  He  served 
as  secretary  of  the  Twin  Falls  board  of  education 
from  1908  to  1910,  and  by  the  appointment  of  Gov- 
ernor Hawley  as  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Albion,  Idaho,  during  191 1  and  1912.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Republican  and  he  is  now  serving 
as  chairman  of  the  Twin  Falls  County  Republican 
central  committee.  Fraternally  he  is  associated  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 


tive Order  of  Elks  and  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  col- 
lege fraternity.  By  virtue  of  lineal  descent  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in  Ver- 
mont and  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
and  is  affiliated  with  the  Idaho  society  of  the  latter 
order.  He  associates  with  others  from  his  native 
Vermont  as  a  member  of  the  Green  Mountain  Club 
and  the  Twin  Falls  Society  of  Vermonters,  and  he 
is  a  director  in  the  association  of  the  Old  Settlers  of 
Twin  Falls  County.  In  New  England,  where  family 
descent  has  always  been  made  much  of,  more  atten- 
tion has  been  given  to  the  organization  of  genealogi- 
cal societies  and  to  the  keeping  of  genealogical  rec- 
ords than  in  any  other  part  of  our  country.  The 
tendency  is  rapidly  growing,  however,  and  the  work 
is  worthy  and  inspiring,  tending  to  promote  respect 
and  reverence  for  the  worthy  deeds  of  those  who 
helped  to  found  the  country  and  for  those  who  have 
since  toiled  in  its  development.  Mr.  Eldridge  is  a 
member  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  of 
these  organizations,  the  New  England  Historic  Gene- 
alogical Society.  He  is  the  author  of  The  Descend- 
ants of  Samuel  and  Lurana  (Henry)  Cady,  and  has 
in  preparation  the  history  of  the  Eldridge  family. 
Idaho  is  far  removed  from  New  England  in  many 
respects  besides  distance,  but  Mr.  Eldridge  says  it 
is  his  firm  belief  that  some  day  this  new  little  state 
of  Idaho  will  become  the  leading  star  of  the  Union 
and  will  attract  the  attention  of  the  whole  world. 

PETER  E.  JOHNSON.  Idaho  has  been  and  remains 
a  veritable  mine  of  opportunity ;  but  like  the  mine, 
her  treasures  are  inaccessible  save  to  those  of  stout 
heart  and  mind  who  are  willing  to  labor  energeti- 
cally to  wrest  from  her  her  store.  Peter  E.  John- 
son, a  Westerner  by  birth  and  rearing,  came  to  Idaho 
about  1900,  a  young  man  determined  to  succeed, 
and  having  the  will  he  has  found  the  way. 

Born  December  25,  1883,  at  Park  City,  Utah,  he 
is  the  fourth  of  twelve  children  born  to  John  O. 
Johnson  and  Margaret  Edfors  Johnson.  Both  par- 
ents were  born  in  Sweden,  the  father  in  1856,  and 
they  were  married  in  Heber  City  in  1877.  They 
were  successively  located  at  Heber  City,  Park  City 
and  Santaquin,  Utah,  and  during  this  time  the  elder 
Mr.  Johnson  followed  merchandising  quite  success- 
fully. In  1900  he  removed  to  Payette,  Idaho,  where 
for  three  years  he  operated  a  racket  store;  then  he 
removed  to  Fruitland  and  was  among  the  first  to 
engage  in  the  merchandise  business  there,  estab- 
lishing the  business  of  which  his  son,  our  subject, 
is  now  the  proprietor.  He  is  now  retired  and  con- 
tinues to  reside  in  Fruitland. 

Peter  E.  Johnson  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Santaquin,  Utah,  to  the  age  of  sixteen,  and  after 
leaving  school  he  followed  mining  and  prospecting 
in  Montana  and  Idaho  for  several  years  with  fair 
success.  In  1907  he  became  the  owner  and  operator 
of  a  pool  hall  at  Payette,  Idaho,  but  in  1908  gave  up 
this  business  to  become  associated  with  his  father 
in  the  management  of  the  latter's  mercantile  estab- 
lishment at  Fruitland.  Peter  E.  had  had  several 
years  of  clerical  experience  previous  to  this  and  was 
therefore  not  unfamiliar  with  the  principles  of  suc- 
cess in  this  line  of  endeavor.  On  April  23,  1911, 
the  co-partnership  was  dissolved  when  Mr.  John- 
son purchased  his  father's  entire  interest  in  the 
concern  and  since  then  he  has  conducted  the  busi- 
ness alone.  It  is  the  largest  retail  store  in  Fruitland, 
with  a  complete  stock  in  all  its  lines  of  general  mer- 
chandise, and  in  1911  its  business  amounted  to  ap- 
proximately $50,000.  Thus  far  the  year  of  1912  has 
shown  an  increase  of  business  of  at  least  twenty- 
five  per  cent  over  that  of  the  previous  year.  Besides 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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this  business,  Mr.  Johnson  owns  mining  interests  in 
Idaho,  a  pleasant  residence  in  Fruitland  and  has 
a  number  of  other  valuable  realty  holdings.  Idaho 
provided  him  a  splendid  business  opportunity  and 
he  has  had  the  foresight,  the  acumen  and  business 
ability  to  seize  it  and  improve  it.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Fruitland  Commercial  Club  and  one  of  its 
energetic  workers  in  pushing  the  development  and 

Erogress  of  this  section.     Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
er  of  the  Royal  Highlanders  at  Payette,  Idaho,  and 
politically   his   tenets   are   those   of   the   Republican 
party. 

At  Payette,  Idaho,  he  was  married  on  July  26, 
1909,  to  Miss  Edna  Ayers,  a  native  of  Oregon  and  a 
daughter  of  \V.  A.  Ayers.  Mr.  Ayers  is  one  of  the 
well  known  sheep  raisers  of  Idaho  and  is  one  of 
Payette's  wealthy  and  honored  citizens.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Johnson  have  one  daughter,  Mildred  Irene, 
born  November  8,  1910,  at  Payette,  Idaho. 

JOHN  T.  WOOD,  M.  D.  None  of  Coeur  d'Alene's 
progressive  and  successful  young  men  deserves  more 
credit  or  commands  more  regard  than  does  Dr.  John 
T.  Wood,  ex-mayor  of  the  city.  English  birth  and 
American  breeding  have  produced  in  him  a  type  of 
manhood  and  of  professional  character  which  are 
worthy  of  both  nativity  and  adopted  home.  Dr. 
Wood's  parents.  William  and  Sarah  Ann  (Heaton) 
Wood,  both  born  in  England  and  married  there, 
were  of  the  steady,  unpretentious  class  that  make  up 
the  staple  population  of  that  country  as  well  as  of 
this.  They  were  members  of  the  Episcopal  church 
and  were  devout  Christians.  It  was  on  November 
25,  1879,  in  their  English  home,  that  their  son,  John 
I  Wood,  the  fourth  of  six  children,  was  born. 

In  1889,  when  ten  years  had  passed  over  the  head 
of  the  English  boy  who  was  destined  to  be  an  Amer- 
ican physician  and  mayor,  the  Wood  family  came 
across  the  seas  to  Manitoba,  Canada.  After  a 
year  of  residence  there,  they  came  to  North  Dakota, 
settling  in  Cavalier  county.  There  they  lived  for 
several  years,  during  which  time  the  young  John 
Wood  was  gathering  educational  material  from  the 
public  schools  of  the  community.  His  father  fol- 
lowed rural  pursuits  for  a  time,  later  going  into 
mercantile  business  in  Searles.  As  the  son  pro- 
gressed toward  vocational  independence,  his  inter- 
ests passed  beyond  the  bounds  of  his  rural  advan- 
tages, which  he  had  from  early  years  turned  to  the 
best  account.  When  a  mere  boy  he  had  earned 
$30.00  per  month  in  working  on  the  land  of  a  North 
Dakota  farmer.  From  the  beginning  he  had  turned 
over  whatever  he  earned  to  his  parents.  He  con- 
tinued farm  work  in  the  summers  and  study  in  the 
winters  until  he  reached  the  age  of  eighteen.  Ever 
an  ambitious  youth,  he  qualified  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
for  pedagogical  service.  At  nineteen,  having  taught 
for  one  year,  he  secured  a  first  grade  teacher's  cer- 
tificate. He  continued  teaching  for  several  years, 
saving  his  earnings  for  the  medical  course  toward 
which  his  aspirations  were  directed. 

Becoming  a  student  in  the  Detroit  College  of 
Medicine,  John  T.  Wood  engaged  in  various  light 
occupations  such  as  might  be  combined  with  his 
studies,  thus  financially  assisting  his  progress.  In 
1904  he  completed  the  prescribed  courses  of  the  in- 
stitution, receiving  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. 

Dr.  Wood's  first  practice  of  his  profession  was 
in  his  own  home  town  in  North  Dakota.  There  he 
remained  for  one  year  with  his  preceptor,  after 
which  he  sought  a  new  field,  leaving  the  region 
which  he  had  for  twenty-four  years  called  home. 
There  his  mother  is  still  living,  the  father,  William 


Wood,  having  lived  there  until    1912,  his  life  clos- 
ing in  that  year,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine. 

Coeur  d'Alene  has  been  the  scene  of  Dr.  Wood's 
independent  professional  life  and  of  his  achieve- 
ments as  a  citizen.  From  the  first  he  has  secured 
the  confidence  of  residents  of  the  place  and  his 
practice  has  grown  in  a  gratifying  degree.  One 
of  the  phases  of  his  work  which  have  brought  him 
distinction  is  that  in  connection  with  the  Coeur 
d'Alene  Hospital,  of  which  he  is  president.  This 
hospital  is  well-known  and  highly  valued  through- 
out this  region  and  is  acknowledged  to  be  a  com- 
plete and  modern  institution  in  every  way. 

Two  years  after  his  coming  to  Coeur^  d'Alene,  Dr. 
Wood  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret 
O'Deil  Thomson,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  B.  Thomson — an  old  pioneer  family  of  this 
city.  The  Thomson-Wood  marriage  was  solemnized 
on  May  5,  1907,  and  the  succeeding  years  have 
brought  to  Dr.  Wood  two  children — a  daughter 
named  Dorothy  W.  and  a  son,  William  Travers. 
'  Dr.  Wood  has,  from  the  time  of  his  coming  to 
Coeur  d'Alene,  been  socially  most  acceptable  to  the 
townspeople.  He  is  particularly  popular  in  the 
different  organizations  of  secret  societies — including 
the  Masonic,  in  which  he  belongs  both  to  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter;  the  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  is  a 
member  of  both  subordinate  lodge  and  encampment, 
being  sur-canton  of  the  latter  and  surgeon  general 
of  the  order  for  Idaho;  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America;  the  Royal  High- 
landers; and  the  Modern  Brotherhood  of  America. 
Politically,  Dr.  Wood  professes  indorsement  of  the 
fundamental  principles  of  Socialism.  He  takes  an 
active  part  in  politics  and  was  mayor  of  Coeur 
d'Alene  from  1911  to  1913. 

Dr.  Wood  is  pronounced  by  his  fellow-citizens  to 
be  not  only  able,  honorable,  but  also  an  up-to-date 
man  of  broad  interests.  He  is  of  a  decidedly  intel- 
lectual bent,  with  a  taste  for  oratory,  literature  and 
philosophy.  His  character  and  influence  are  valued 
in  Coeur  d'Alene.  No  citizens  of  Idaho  are  more 
loyal  or  more  appreciative  of  her  opportunities  than 
is  this  young  physician,  the  esteemed  ex-mayor  of 
this  prosperous  young  city. 

JAMES  V.  HAWKINS.  In  a  signally  emphatic 
and  unconstrained  degree  are  the  citizens  of  Idaho 
loyal  to  the  state,  for  none  can  reside  any  appre- 
ciable time  within  her  gracious  borders  without 
being  impressed  with  the  manifold  advantages  and 
resources  of  this  favored  commonwealth  and  with 
a  firm  belief  in  its  still  greater  future.  One  of  (he 
loyal  citizens  who  is  specially  earnest  and  enthusias- 
tic in  exploiting  the  claims  of  Idaho  and  who  is 
numbered  among  the  representative  members  of  the 
bar  of  the  state  is  James  V.  Hawkins,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Coeur 
d'Alene,  Kootenai  county,  and  who  is  known  as  one 
of  the  most  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizens 
of  the  northern  part  of  the  state. 

James  V.  Hawkins  was  born  in  the  village  of 
DeWitt,  Saline  county,  Nebraska,  on  the  I7th  of 
April,  1874,  and  is  a  son  of  John  P.  and  Hattie  C. 
(Gray)  Hawkins,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in 
the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  the  latter  in 
the  state  of  Iowa,  where  their  marriage  was  sol- 
emnized, and  where  the  Gray  family  was  founded 
in  the  early  pioneer  epoch  in  the  history  of  the 
Hawkeye  state.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  the  United 
States,  and  received  his  education  in  the  school  of 
experience.  His  active  career  was  one  of  close 
identification  with  the  retail  drug  business,  in  con- 
nection with  which  he  was  duly  successful  in  his 
independent  operations  in  the  western  states.  He 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


was  a  valiant  soldier  of  the  Union  in  the  Civil  war, 
as  a  member  of  an  Iowa  volunteer  regiment,  and 
he  took  part  in  many  engagements  marking  the 
progress  of  the  great  conflict  through  which  the 
integrity  of  the  nation  was  perpetuated.  In  later 
years  the  more  gracious  associations  of  his  army 
life  were  vitalized  through  his  affiliation  with  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  his  political  adherency  and  both  he  and  his  wife 
were  devout  church  members — folk  of  superior  men- 
tality and  steadfast  integrity.  John  P.  Hawkins 
died  in  1898,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years,  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where  his  remains  were  interred, 
and  his  wife  was  summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  1889, 
in  Denver,  Colorado,  where  rest  her  mortal  remains, 
her  age  at  the  time  of  her  death  having  been  thirty- 
eight  years.  Of  the  four  children  three  are  living, 
and  he  whose  name  initiates  this  review  was  the 
second  in  order  of  birth.  ^ :  .?•' 

James  V.  Hawkins  gained  his  early  educational 
discipline  in  the  public  schools  of  the  village  of  Ed- 
gar, Clay  county,  Nebraska,  where  his  training  in- 
cluded the  curriculum  of  the  high  school.  In  the 
meanwhile  he  had  assumed  association  with  prac- 
tical affairs,  for  when  but  ten  years  of  age  he  took 
upon  himself  the  responsibility  of  raising  _  some 
hogs,  a  venture  through  the  medium  of  which  he 
earned  his  first  money.  From  the  age  of  twelve 
onward  he  devoted  his  summer  vacations  to  farm 
work  until  he  was  about  sixteen  years  old,  and  by 
later  efforts  he  defrayed  the  expenses  of  his  higher 
academic  education,  as  well  as  that  of  professional 
order,  so  that  he  has  been  in  the  most  significant 
sense  the  architect  and  arbiter  of  his  own  fortunes. 
After  leaving  the  high  school  the  next  step  in  the 
educational  advancement  of  Mr.  Hawkins  was  made 
by  his  entering  a  normal  school  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, and  after  completing  a  course  in  this  institu- 
tion he  taught  one  year  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
great  western  metropolis  and  one  year  at  Kanka- 
kee,  Illinois.  He  then  returned  to  Nebraska  and 
began  the  study  of  ,  law,  in  the  office  and  under  the 
able  preceptorship ;  of  Charles  G.  Ryan,  a  leading 
member  of  the  bar  of  Grand  Island,  that  state.  He 
finally  entered  the  law  department  of  the  Univer- 
sitv  of  Nebraska,  at  Lincoln,  where  he  was  prose- 
cuting his  studies  at  the  time  of  the  inception  of  _the 
Spanish-American  war.  His  youthful  patriotism 
manifested  itself  in  definite  action,  for  he  withdrew 
from  college  to  enlist  in  Company  M,  Second 
Nebraska  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  he  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  his  regiment  having 
passed  the  major  part  of  the  time  in  reserve  camps 
in  the  south.  After  receiving  his  honorable  dis- 
charge, Mr.  Hawkins  resumed  his  studies  in  the 
law  school  at  Lincoln,  and  in  the  same  he  was 
graduated,  with  high  honors,  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1899  and  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws.  He  was  forthwith  admitted  to  the  bar  of  his 
native  state. 

After  his  graduation  Mr.  Hawkins  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  South  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  and  about  one  year  later  he  transferred 
his  stage  of  endeavor  to  Gandy,  Logan  county,  that 
state,  where  he  built  up  a  substantial  practice  and 
where  he  was  elected  county  attorney  within  little 
more  than  a  month  after  taking  up  his  residence 
in  the  county.  He  held  this  office  for  two  terms  and 
continued  as  one  of  the  valued  members  of  the  bar 
of  Logan  county  for  four  years,  at  the  expiration 
of  which,  in  1905,  when  he  removed  to  the  city  of 
Spokane.  Washington,  where  he  exploited  a  radi- 
cally different  phase  of  his  personal  talent  by  assum- 
ing charge  of  the  athletic  department  in  the  Blair 
Business  College,  an  institution  of  more  than  local 


reputation.  This  incumbency  he  retained  two  years 
and  he  then  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  at  Saint 
Joe,  Kootenai  county,  Idaho,  where  he  resumed  the 
practice  of  his  profession  and  where  he  remained 
two  years.  He  then  removed  to  the  thriving  little 
city  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  the  metropolis  of  the  same 
county,  where  he  has  since  continued  in  active  gen- 
eral practice  and  where  he  has  built  up  a  substantial 
professional  business,  in  connection  with  which  he 
is  known  as  a  specially  versatile  and  resourceful 
trial  lawyer  and  well  fortified  counselor.  He  is 
now  serving  as  city  attorney  of  Coeur  d'Alene.  Mr. 
Hawkins  relates  as  the  most  pjeasing  incident  of  his 
professional  career  that  touching  his  first  case  after 
he  engaged  in  practice  at  South  Omaha,  Nebraska. 
He  was  called  upon  to  defend  a  young  man  charged 
with  theft,  and  two  prominent  attorneys  were  ar- 
rayed for  the  prosecution,  one  of  them  having  been 
specially  retained  for  this  purpose.  The  case  was 
fought  with  utmost  vigor  on  both  sides,  two  trials 
resulting  in  disagreements  on  the  part  of  juries 
and  the  third  giving  a  most  decisive  victory  for 
Mr. .  Hawkins.  He  was  specially  gratified  with  the 
results,  as  he  had  not  only  succeeded  in  effecting 
the  acquittal  of  a  client  in  whose  innocence  of  the 
charge  he  firmly  believed,  but  had  also  achieved  an 
initial  victory  at  the  very  outset  of  his  professional 
career  and  when  pitted  against  lawyers  of  marked 
ability  and  wide  experience. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hawkins  is  a  stalwart  of  stal- 
warts in  the  camp  of  the  Democratic  party  and  he 
has  been  a  most  active  worker  in  its  cause,  whose 
triumph  in  the  national  election  of  November,  1912, 
causes  him,  at  least  in  a  metaphorical  way,  to  raise 
his  voice  in  loud  acclaim.  He  was  president  of  the 
Wilson-Marshall  club  of  Kootenai  county,  one  of  the 
most  active  Democratic  organizations  of  the  inland 
empire.  He  is  a  most  polished  and  effective  public 
speaker  and  thus  his  services  in  campaign  work 
have  been  of  distinctive  value  to  the  party  which 
he  represents  and  of  the  principles  and  policies  of 
which  he  is  an  admirably  fortified  advocate.  His 
services  have  also  been  much  in  demand  as  an  orator 
in  other  public  lines  and  as  an  after-dinner  speaker. 
He  is  captain  of  Company  C,  Second  Regiment, 
Idaho  National  Guard;  is  identified  with  the  Span- 
ish-American War  Veterans'  Association;  is  exalted 
ruler  of  Coeur  d'Alene  lodge,  No.  1254,  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks;  and  in  his  home  city 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Tilicum  Club.  He  has 
a  distinct  fondness  for  and  indulges  himself  in 
sports  afield,  and  finds  diversion  and  recreation  in 
occasional  hunting  and  fishing  trips.  He  subordi- 
nates other  interests  to  the  demands  of  his  pro- 
fession and  is  one  of  its  able  and  honored  represent- 
atives in  the  state  of  his  adoption.  Mr.  Hawkins 
is  specially  enthusiastic  in  regard  to  the  advantages 
and  attractions  of  Coeur  d'Alene  and  believes  that 
it  is  destined  to  become  one  of  the  important  in- 
dustrial and  commercial  centers  of  the  great  north- 
west, as  it  offers  special  attraction  for  manufactur- 
ing enterprises,  with  its  fine  water  power;  is  sur- 
rounded by  a  fine  agricultural  country,  with  the  best 
of  irrigation  facilities;  is  accessible  to  the  principal 
mining  districts  in  the  state;  and,  situated  on  the 
beautiful  Coeur  d'Alene  lake,  is  unsurpassed  as  a 
healthful  and  beautiful  place  of  residence.  In  sea- 
son and  out,  Mr.  Hawkins  sets  forth  on  every  pos- 
sible opportunity  the  claims  of  his  home  city  and 
state,  and  he  is  insistent  in  his  loyal  support  of 
those  measures  and  enterprises  that  are  projected 
for  the  general  good  of  the  community.  He  is 
president  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  of  his  home 
city,  and  he  attended  as  a  delegate  to  the  National 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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Good  Roads  Convention  held  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
in  March,  1913. 

At  Spokane,  Washington,  on  the  6th  of  June, 
1908,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hawkins 
to  Miss  Ora  B.  Stark,  daughter  of  J.  Wesley  Stark, 
a  representative  citizen  of  Tunkhannock,  the  judi- 
cial center  of  Wyoming  county.  Pennsylvania.  The 
two  children  of  this  union  are  James  Wesley,  named 
in  honor  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  and  William 
Stark.  Mrs.  Hawkins  was  born  and  reared  in  the 
old  Keystone  state,  where  she  graduated  from  the 
normal  school,  and  also  read  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  her  native  state.  She  is  a  woman 
of  most  gracious  personality  and  is  a  leader  in  the 
best  social  activities  of  her  home  city. 

CARLOS  O.  MEIGS.  The  mayor  of  a  city  should 
be  a  representative  of  its  best  worth  and  intelli- 
gence, should  have  an  inherent  devotion  to  public 
interests  and  the  general  good  of  the  community 
should  be  his  first  concern.  In  Carlos  O.  Meigs 
the  city  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  has  such  an  executive 
head  and  he  is  also  numbered  among  its  pioneer 
and  prominent  business  men.  He  is  now  serving 
his  second  term  in  his  high  official  position. 

Born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  August  2,  1874.  at  the  age 
of  five  he  left  that  state  with  his  parents,  who  lo- 
cated in  Wisconsin.  He  had  reached  the  age  of 
eleven  and  had  begun  his  schooling  there  when 
the  family  once  more  changed  its  location,  this 
time  becoming  residents  of  South  Dakota,  where 
Mr.  Meigs  attained  his  majority.  Concluding  his 
education  there,  he  at  the  same  time  began  at  the 
early  age  of  sixteen  to  earn  his  own  way,  doing  so 
part  of  the  time  as  a  farmer  boy  and  part  of  the 
time  as  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store.  In  1896,  shortly 
after  he  had  reached  the  legal  age  of  manhood, .he 
came  to  Idaho  and  he  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
state  ever  since.  Settling  first  at  Rocky  Bar,  he 
followed  mining  for  a  short  time  and  then  went  on 
the  range  and  followed  the  sheep  industry  until 
1904,  when  he  came  to  Twin  Falls.  The  first  year 
here  he  ran  a  freighting  outfit;  then  in  1905  he  es- 
tablished his  present  business  as  an  implement 
dealer,  carrying  a  full  line  of  implements,  harness, 
buggies,  wagons  and  all  kinds  of  heavy  hardware. 
He  is  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  in  his  line  here, 
has  an  extensive  establishment  and  draws  trade 
from  a  large  territory.  He  is  now  mayor  of  Twin 
Falls  and  in  the  same  energetic  manner  in  which 
he  conducts  his  business  interests  he  has  given  of  his 
best  endeavors  to  provide  the  city  good,  clean  gov- 
ernment. 

Mr.  Meigs  is  a  son  of  Oliver  C.  Meigs,  a  native  of 
Canada,  who  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled 
in  Wisconsin.  He  became  a  prominent  Mason  in 
that  state  and  took  an  active  part  in  Republican 
politics  there,  voting  for  the  best  men  as  his  son 
does  now.  He  passed  away  in  Wisconsin  in  1879 
and  is  buried  there.  Margaret  Fletcher,  whom  he 
wedded  in  Wisconsin,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  passed  away  in  Wisconsin  in  1903,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-seven.  She  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  and  was  an  active  Christian 
worker. 

At  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  on  April  19.  1908,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Carlos  O.  Meigs  and 
Miss  Louisa  A.  I^orow,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  Dorow,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in 
Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meigs  have  three  sons: 
William  C..  Oliver  J.,  and  Hartley  A. 

While  Mr.  Meigs  affiliates  with  no  denomination 
he  recognizes  the  value  of  churches  as  a  factor  in 
community  building  and  contributes  to  the  sup- 
v,  i  111—2 


port  of  all  in  the  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  has  "filled  all  the 
chairs"  of  its  different  branches  and  has  served  as  a 
delegate  to  the  grand  lodge  of  that  order  in  Idaho. 
Politically  he  is  independent  in  his  views  and  voting 
and  takes  no  active  part  in  political  affairs.  For 
himself  he  has  found  Idaho  the  best  place  in  the 
world  and  feels  that  it  will  provide  a  pleasant  home 
and  profitable  opportunity  for  any  one;  that  great 
as  has  been  its  past  progress,  its  future  will  be  still 
greater. 

ROBERT  E.  MCFARLAND.  Within  the  pages  of  this 
publication  will  be  found  specific  mention  of  many 
of  the  representative  members  of  the  bar  of  Idaho, 
and  to  such  recognition  none  is  more  clearly  en- 
titled than  Mr.  McFarland,  for  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Idaho  since  the 
territorial  days  and  had  the  distinction  of  serving 
as  attorney  general  of  the  state  for  two  years, 
within  the  first  decade  after  the  state  was  admitted 
to  the  Union.  For  nearly  thirty  years  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Idaho  bar  and  few  of  its  repre- 
sentatives have  been  more  prominently  and  success- 
fully identified  with  important  litigations  in  the 
courts  of  the  territory  and  state,  while  it  is  equally 
true  that  he  had  much  to  do  with  formulating  and 
fixing  the  early  system  of  jurisprudence  after  the 
state  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  He  has  shown 
himself  possessed  of  high  professional  attainments 
and  through  the  same,  as  well  as  through  his  high 
standing  as  a  man  among  men,  he  has  honored  his 
profession  and  also  the  state  to  which  he  came 
when  a  young  man.  He  has  been  one  of  the  build- 
ers of  the  fine  commonwealth  which  has  long  been 
his  home  and  is  known  and  honored  throughout 
its  entire  compass.  Mr.  McFarland  now  maintains 
his  home  and  professional  headquarters  in  the 
thriving  little  city  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  Kootenai 
county,  and  here  controls  a  large  and  representative 
practice  as  an  attorney  and  counselor,  with  his  eldest 
son  as  his  associate  in  his  professional  work,  the 
latter  being  numbered  among  the  aggressive  and 
well  fortified  younger  members  of  the  bar  which 
has  been  so  significantly  dignified  by  the  character 
and  services  of  his  father. 

Robert  Early  McFarland  is  a  scion  of  old  and 
distinguished  families  of  America  and  in  the  agnatic 
line,  as  the  name  implies,  the  genealogy  is  traced  back 
to  staunch  Scottish  origin.  Representatives  of  the 
name  were  numbered  among  the  colonial  settlers 
of  New  England,  and  aided  in  laying  the  founda- 
tions of  the  nation,  even  as  members  of  the  family 
were  found  enrolled  as  valiant  soldiers  in  the  Con- 
tinental line  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  Rev. 
William  B.  McFarland,  father  of  Judge  McFarland, 
of  this  review,  was  born  and  reared  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  afforded  excellent  educational 
advantages  and  prepared  himself  for  the  ministry  of 
the  Metnodist  Episcopal  church,  in  which  he  labored 
for  many  years,  with  all  of  consecrated  zeal  and 
devotion  and  with  marked  intellectual  vigor.  He 
removed  from  his  native  state  of  Virginia,  and 
there  was  solemnized  his  marriage  to  Miss  Elvira 
Early,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  that  historic 
old  commonwealth  and  who  was  a  sister  of  General 
Jubal  A.  Early,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  offi- 
cers of  the  Confederacy  in  the  Civil  war.  From 
Virginia  Rev.  William  B.  McFarland  removed  to 
Missouri  in  an  early  day,  and  he  became  one  of  the 
prominent  and  influential  clergyman  of  his  church 
in  that  state.  His  cherished  and  devoted  wife  was 
summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  1896.  at  the  age  of 
seventy-three  years,  and  he  passed  the  closing  period 


920 


of  his  long  and  useful  life  at  Lewiston,  Idaho,  where 
he  died  in  1904,  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-five 
years.  His  remains  were  taken  to  Corder,  Lafay- 
ette county,  Missouri,  for  interment  beside  those 
of  his  wife.  Of  the  eight  children  two  sons  and 
three  daughters  are  now  living,  the  subject  of  this 
review  having  been  the  third  in  order  of  birth  and 
the  eldest  of  the  sons. 

Robert  Early  McFarland  was  'born  at  Independ- 
ence, Jackson  county,  Missouri,  on  the  21  st  of 
November,  1857,  a"d  it  was  his  good  fortune  to 
have  been  reared  in  a  home  of  distinctive  culture 
and  refinement.  With  the  exception  of  about  two 
years  passed  as  an  employe  on  the  great  cattle 
ranges  of  Texas,  he  was  a  resident  of  his  native 
state  until  after  he  had  attained  to  his  legal  majority. 
His  early  educational  advantages  were  those  afforded 
in  the  common  schools  of  Lafayette  and  Saline 
counties,  Missouri,  and  the  discipline  thus  gained 
was  supplemented  by  higher  academic  study  in 
Central  College,  at  Fayette,  Howard  county,  that 
state.  In  the  meanwhile  he  utilized  the  pedagogic 
profession  as  a  means  for  supplying  the  financial 
resources  which  enabled  him  to  prosecute  his  studies 
in  preparation  for  the  profession  of  his  ultimate 
choice.  He  taught  in  six  different  schools  in  Mis- 
souri, and  in  these  later  years  he  recalls  with 
pleasure  these  experiences  in  "teaching  the  young 
idea  how  to  shoot."  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years 
Judge  McFarland  began  reading  law  under  the  able 
preceptorship  of  Hon.  George  Vest,  of  Sedalia, 
Missouri,  who  later  represented  his  state  with  great 
distinction  in  the  senate  of  the  United  States.  Later 
technical  discipline  was  received  by  Judge  McFar- 
land under  the  direction  of  George  L.  Hayes,  of 
Sweet  Springs,  Missouri,  and  Judge  John  L. 
Strother,  of  Marshall,  that  state.  At  Marshall,  the 
judicial  center  of  Saline  county,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1880,  and  in  the  same  year  he  was 
likewise  admitted  to  practice  before  the  Missouri 
supreme  court. 

Shortly  after  having  thus  proved  his  eligibility 
for  the  work  of  his  chosen  profession  Judge  McFar- 
land went  to  the  territory  of  New  Mexico  and 
established  himself  in  practice  at  Socorro,  the  judi- 
cial center  of  the  county  of  the  same  name.  He 
was  successful  in  this  field,  but  its  limitations  were 
such  that  he  did  not  long  remain  there.  In  the 
autumn  of  1883  he  was  elected  representative  of 
Socorro  county  in  the  territorial  legislature,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  session  in  March,  1884,  he  came  to 
Idaho  and  located  at  Murray,  Shoshpne  county,  in 
the  famous  Coeur  d'Alene  mining  district.  In  the 
fall  of  the  same  year  he  had  the  distinction  of 
being  elected  the  first  probate  judge  of  Shoshone 
county,  and  he  continued  the  incumbent  of  this 
office  until  May  of  the  following  year,_  when  he 
received  from  President  Cleveland  appointment  to 
the  position  of  register  of  the  United  States  land 
office  at  Coeur  d'Alene,  Kootenai  county,  where  he 
continued  to  serve  in  this  capacity  for  five  years. 
He  then  resumed  the  active  practice  ^of  his  profes- 
sion, at  Coeur  d'Alene,  and^  soon  it  was  his  to 
achieve  more  than  local  prestige  as  one  of  the  able 
and  resourceful  members  of  the  bar  of  the  terri- 
tory. In  1894  he  was  admitted  to  practice  ,before 
the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States,  and  in  1896, 
as  candidate  on  the  People's  Democratic  ticket,  rep- 
resenting a  coalition  of  political  forces  in  the  new 
state,  he  was  elected  attorney  general  of  Idaho,  an 
office  in  which  he  continued  to  serve,  with  marked 
acceptability,  until  the  expiration  of  his  term,  in 
January,  1899,  his  home  during  his  incumbency  of 
office  having,  as  a  matter  of  course,  been  at  Boise, 


the  capital  city  of  the  commonwealth.  Concerning- 
Judge  McFarland's  administration  the  following 
pertinent  statements  have  been  made,  and  the  same 
are  well  worthy  of  reproduction:  "In  the  responsi- 
ble position  of  attorney  general  of  the  state  Mr. 
McFarland  won  the  highest  commendation  for  his 
faithful  and  capable  discharge  of  duty.  Thoroughly 
versed  in  the  principles  of  jurisprudence,  he  was 
well  fitted  to  handle  the  intricate  problems  which 
were  presented  for  solution  in  this  formative  period 
of  the  state's  history,  and  his  success  affords  the 
best  evidence  of  his  ability." 

After  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  attorney  gen- 
eral. Judge  McFarland  removed  to  Lewiston,  the 
capital  of  Nez  Perce  county,  where  he  entered  into 
a  professional  partnership  with  his  brother,  Samuel 
L.  McFarland,  and  where  he  continued  in  active 
practice  for  the  ensuing  eight  years.  He  then,  in 
April,  1906,  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Coeur 
d'Alene,  Kootenai  county,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained and  where  he  continues  to  hold  precedence 
as  one  of  the  most  able  and  distinguished  members 
of  the  Idaho  bar.  From  a  review  prepared  several 
years  ago  by  the  writer  of  the  present  article  are 
reproduced  the  following  pertinent  statements  touch- 
ing the  professional  career  of  Judge  McFarland: 
"While  practicing  in  Kootenai  county  in  the  early 
days  he  made  a  specialty  of  criminal  law,  and  dur- 
ing a  period  of  eleven  years  he  was  retained  by  the 
defense  in  every  important  criminal  case  tried  in 
that  county.  He  lost  only  three  out  of  all  the 
number,  and  his  reputation  in  this  department  of 
practice  extended  far  throughout  the  territory.  As 
a  lawyer  he  is  sound,  aggressive,  clear-minded  and 
well  trained.  The  limitations  which  are  imposed 
by  the  constitution  on  federal  powers  are  well 
understood  by  him.  With  the  long  line  of  decisions, 
from  Marshall  down,  he  is  familiar,  as  are  all 
thoroughly  skilled  lawyers.  He  is  at  home  in  all 
departments  of  law,  from  the  minutiae  in  practice 
to  the  greater  phases  wherein  is  involved  the  con- 
sideration of  the  ethic  and  philosophy  of  jurispru- 
dence and  the  higher  concerns  of  public  polity. 
Judge  McFarland  has  been  a  staunch  supporter  of 
the  cause  of  the  Republican  party  and  through  his 
brilliant  oratory  and  fine  dialectic  skill  he  has  done 
much  effective  campaign  work." 

Like  all  men  who  achieve  success  in  the  best 
sense  of  the  term,  Judge  McFarland  has  been  an 
indefatigable  worker,  and,  notwithstanding  the 
breadth  and  exactness  of  his  legal  learning  and  his 
facility  in  applying  the  same,  he  has  never  been 
known  to  present  a  cause  before  court  or  jury 
without  preparation  as  thorough  as  time  and  means 
rendered  possible.  This  has  been  one  of  the  secrets 
of  his  success,  and  no  man  has  a  higher  conception 
of  the  dignity  and  responsibility  of  his  profession 
than  has  this  really  distinguished  and  highly  honored 
member  of  the  Idaho  bar.  Like  all  who  have  lived 
long  in  the  state,  he  is  fond  of  the  sports  with  rod 
and  gun,  and  he  has  found  relaxation  and  diversion 
through  such  medium.  He  has  unbounded  faith  in 
the  great  future  of  Idaho,  and  is  convinced  that  no 
state  in  the  Union  has  made  greater  advances  along 
industrial,  civic  and  economic  lines  within  the  past 
decade  than  this  fair  commonwealth,  which  is  justly 
termed  the  "Gem  of  the  Mountains." 

At  Murray,  Shoshone  county,  this  state,  on  the 
2ist  of  November,  1885,  was  solemnized  the  mar- 
riage of  Judge  McFarland  to  Miss  Marie  Pendy, 
who  was  born  in  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and  whose 
parents  were  pioneers  of  that  state,  as  were  they 
later  of  Idaho.  Concerning  the  five  children  of 
this  union  the  following  brief  data  are  given: 


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William  B.,  who  is  well  upholding  the  prestige  of 
the  family  name  in  connection  with  the  legal  pro- 
fession and  loyal  citizenship,  is  associated  with  his 
father  in  practice  and  is  one  of  the  alert  and  rep- 
resentative younger  members  of  the  bar  of  Kootenai 
county ;  Kathleen  R.  remains  at  the  parental  home 
and  is  a  popular  factor  in  the  social  activities  of 
the  community;  Robert  Early,  Jr.,  is  a  student  in 
Gonzaga  College,  in  the  city  of  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington; and  John  A.  and  Joseph  C.  are  attending 
the  public  schools  of  Coeur  d'Alene. 

JOHN  C.  ROONEY.  Identified  in  a  prominent  way 
with  a  line  of  enterprise  that  has  direct  and  distinct 
bearing  upon  the  civic  and  industrial  development 
and  progress  of  the  community,  Mr.  Rooney  is  one 
of  the  representative  real-estate  dealers  of  Idaho, 
with  residence  and  business  headquarters  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Stites,  Idaho  county.  He  is  aggressive  and 
enterprising  in  his  operations,  has  the  fullest  confi- 
dence in  the  great  future  of  Idaho  and  is  enthu- 
siastic in  exploiting  the  resources  and  attractions 
of  the  state.  Straightforward  and  honorable  in  all 
of  his  transactions,  he  holds  secure  place  in  popular 
confidence  and  esteem,  and  he  is  well  entitled  to 
specific  recognition  in  this  publication. 

Mr.  Rooney  was  born  at  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis- 
consin, on  the  I2th  of  June,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of 
Dennis  and  Margret  Rooney,  who  were  numbered 
among  the  pioneers  of  Nebraska,  to  which  state 
they  removed  when  the  subject  of  this  review  was 
three  years  of  age.  Dennis  Rooney  passed  the 
closing  years  of  his  life  in  McPherson  and  Margret, 
his  widow,  now  lives  at  Casper,  Wyoming.  The 
father  devoted  the  major  part  of  his  active  career 
to  stock-raising.  He  whose  name  initiates  this  re- 
view gained  his  early  educational  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  Fort  McPherson,  Nebraska,  and 
ne  recalls  that  in  his  boyhood  days  William  F. 
Cody,  commonly  known  as  "Buffalo  Bill,"  was  then 
a  scout  stationed  at  that  place.  After  residing 
about  nine  years  at  Fort  McPherson  the  family 
removed  to  Sidney,  Nebraska,  and  soon  afterward 
John  C.  initiated  a  somewhat  itinerant  career,  in 
which  he  traveled  extensively  through  the  western 
states  and  territories  and  followed  various  occupa- 
tions. In  1885  he  returned  to  Nebraska  and  be- 
came proprietor  of  a  meat  market  at  Crawford, 
Dawes  county.  About  two  years  later  he  removed 
to  Wyoming,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  raising 
of  live  stock  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1893  he  sold 
the  greater  part  of  his  stock  and  drove  his  remain- 
ing horses  through  to  Arkansas,  where  he  pur- 
chased land  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  Somewhat  less  than  a  year  later  he  sold 
the  property  and  removed  to  Marionville,  Lawrence 
county.  Missouri,  where  he  opened  a  meat  market. 
Later  he  passed  about  one  year  as  traveling  sales- 
man for  a  wholesale  clothing  house,  and  he  then 
returned  to  Wyoming  and  located  near  Casper, 
where  he  was  again  engaged  in  the  stock  business, 
for  a  period  of  about  three  years.  He  then  engaged 
in  the  general  merchandise  business  at  Casper,  but 
six  months  later  he  disposed  of  this  business  and 
removed  to  Cody,  that  state,  where  he  conducted  a 
livery  stable  and  engaged  in  the  buying  and  selling 
of  horses.  He  later  made  a  trip  to  Alaska  and  upon 
his  return  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in 
the  city  of  Seattle.  This  enterprise  engrossed  his 
attention  about  one  year,  after  which  he  traveled 
through  the  west  for  nearly  an  equal  period,  in 
search  of  a  favorable  location.  In  the  fall  of  1902 
he  established  his  home  at  Stites,  Idaho,  where  he 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building,  and  where  he 
finally  opened  a  meat  market,  in  connection  with 


which  he  conducted  operations  in  the  handling  of 
jive  stock.  With  these  lines  of  enterprise  he  is  still 
identified,  but  the  business  has  been  placed  in 
charge  of  a  capable  manager,  while  he  himself 
gives  the  major  part  of  his  time  and  attention  to 
his  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business,  in 
which  his  operations  have  been  extensive  and 
through  which  he  has  done  much  to  foster  the 
upbuilding  of  Stites  and  the  development  of  the 
surrounding  country.  He  has  identified  himself 
most  closely  with  local  interests  and  has  shown 
himself  at  all  times  liberal,  progressive  and  public- 
spirited.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  village 
council  and  of  the  board  of  education ;  was  formerly 
chief  of  the  volunteer  fire  department,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  zealous  members  of  the  Stites  Com- 
mercial Club,  of  which  he  has  served  as  secretary. 

Mr.  Rooney  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  his  politi- 
cal allegiance,  has  passed  the  various  official  chairs 
in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is 
liberal  in  his  support  of  the  various  churches,  with- 
out being  formally  identified  with  any  religious 
organization.  He  is  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing 
and  also  of  automobiling,  and  he  was  the  owner  of 
the  first  automobile  brought  to  Stites.  Genial  and 
whole-souled,  he  has  a  wide  circle  of  friends  in 
northwestern  Idaho,  and  no  citizen  has  shown  a 
more  vital  interest  in  those  things  which  make  for 
social  and.  industrial  advancement. 

On  the  I2th  of  October,  1904,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Rooney  to  Miss  Maude  Pretty- 
man,  daughter  of  George  H.  Prettyman,  a  repre- 
sentative citizen  of  Stites,  and  the  five  children  of 
this  union  are  Chester,  Pearl,  Norval,  Flossie  and 
Melvin. 

CHARLES  F.  BURR.  Prominent  among  the  active, 
prosperous  and  influential  business  men  of  Latah 
county,  Idaho,  is  Charles  F.  Burr,  of  Genesee,  whose 
twenty-five  years  of  residence  and  business  activity 
there  as  a  real  estate  dealer,  dating  back  to  the  ter- 
ritorial year  of  1887  entitles  him  to  mention  among 
the  pioneer  promoters  of  Idaho.  His  interest  and 
activities  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the 
state  have  not  been  narrowed  to  his  business  opera- 
tions, but  in  different  relations  to  society  he  has 
given  effectively  his  force  and  influence  toward  the 
development  of  one  of  the  most  progressive  com- 
monwealths of  the  Union. 

A  native  of  Illinois,  he  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Momence,  March  31.  1857,  a  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
P.  Burr  and  Almira  J.  Burr,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  is  the  fifth  of  the  eight  children  of  these  par- 
ents. Until  sixteen  years  of  age  his  home  con- 
tinued in  Illinois,  during  which  time  he  secured  a 
common  and  high  school  education.  There  also  he 
gained  his  first  business  experience  and  gave  evi- 
dence of  that  business  ability  which  has  charac- 
terized his  activities  in  his  later  career.  At  the 
age  of  twelve  he  began  working  in  a  seed  garden, 
his  wages  being  fifty  cents  per  day  for  the  first 
year  and  seventy-five  cents  per  day  for  the  second 
year.  The  third  year  his  services  commanded  and 
he  received  fifty  dollars  per  month,  he  having  been 
made  foreman  over  a  working  force  of  fifty  peo- 
ple. He  was  then  but  fifteen  years  of  age.  The 
next  year  he  took  up  farming  independently  but  only 
continued  it  one  year  there,  as  he  then  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Madison  county,  Nebraska,  where  he 
resumed  the  vocation  of  fanning  and  followed  it 
about  four  years.  In  1877  he  went  to  Portland, 
Oregon,  where  he  remained  one  year  occupied  in 
various  kinds  of  employment;  then  he  returned  to 
Nebraska  and  engaged  in  farming  about  three 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


years.  Responding  once  more  to  the  call  of  the 
West,  he  returned  to  Oregon,  where  he  had  been 
employed  about  two  years  in  various  ways,  when  he 
again  returned  to  Nebraska,  this  time  to  close  up 
the  estate  of  his  father.  In  1887  he  turned  his  way 
westward  for  the  third  time,  locating  this  time  in 
Latah  county,  Idaho,  where  has  remained  his  home 
to  the  present,  a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  He 
was  the  first  postmaster  at  Genesee,  serving  four 
years,  and  now  a  quarter  of  a  century  later  his  son, 
Daniel  C.  Burr,  is  filling  the  same  office.  On  his 
location  here  he  entered  into  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness and  has  been  engaged  during  the  whole  period 
of  his  residence  here  in  a  general  real  estate,  loan 
and  insurance  business,  being  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful men  in  this  line  in  this  section  of  the  state. 
In  Madison  county,  Nebraska,  on  November  30, 
1876,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary  E.  Wigg, 
daughter  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  William  Wigg,  of  that 
state  and  county.  Of  a  family  of  six  sons  and  five 
daughters  born  to  this  union,  eight  are  living  and 
are  as  follows:  Roy  B.,  who  is  married  and  resides 
at  Portland,  Oregon;  Samuel  P.,  married  and  a 
resident  of  Montana ;  William  W.,-  a  resident  of 
Genesee,  Idaho ;  Daniel  C,  married  and  previously 
referred  to  as  the  present  efficient  postmaster  at 
Genesee ;  Fannie  G.,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Cecil  G. 
Crawford  and  resides  at  Spokane,  Washington; 
and  Dora  B.,  Alta  M.,  and  Mary  A.,  all  at  the 
parental  home. 

In  religious  views  Mr.  Burr  leans  toward  the  Meth- 
odist faith,  while  Mrs.  Burr  affiliates  as  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church.     Fraternally  Mr.  Burr 
is    a    prominent    figure    in    the    circles    of   both    the 
Masonic  order  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  in  this  state  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Modern    Woodmen    of    America.      He    is    a    thirty- 
second  degree  Scottist  Rite  Mason,  is  a  past  master 
of  his  blue  lodge  and  has  been  its  secretary  for  two 
years.     He   is   also   a   past  patron   of  the   auxiliary 
branch  of  this  order,  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
of  which  Mrs.   Burr  also  is  a  member  and  a  past 
matron.      In    the    Independent    Order   of    Odd    Fel- 
lows he  has  filled  all  the  "chairs"  in  the  subordinate 
lodge  and  local  encampment,  the  grand  encampment 
of  the  state,  and  is  a  past  grand  representative  of 
the    Sovereign    Grand    Lodge    of    the    Independent 
Order   of   Odd    Fellows.      Both   he   and    Mrs.    Burr 
are    members    of    the    Daughters    of    Rebekah.      In 
political   affairs   Mr.    Burr    is   actively   interested    in 
the  work  of  the   Republican  party  and   in   an   offi- 
cial   way   has    served    as   postmaster,    as    previously 
mentioned;     as    a    member    of    the    school    board 
twenty-one    years,    first    in    Nebraska    and    then    in 
Genesee ;    was   the  first   city   clerk   of   Genesee   and 
served  in  that  capacity  over  ten  years,  and  is  now 
city  clerk  and  police  judge.     He  has  been  a  justice 
of  the  peace  twenty-three  years  and  served  one  year 
as  clerk  of  the  district  court.    There  can  be  no  ques- 
tion of  Mr.  Burr's  loyalty  to  Idaho,  for  in  every  way 
that  has   offered   he  has   improved  the   opportunity 
to    add    to    its    growth    and    development    and    his 
name  well  deserves  a  place  on  the  roster  of  Idaho's 
builders. 

DANIEL  C.  BURR.  One  of  the  popular  and  highly 
estimable  young  citizens  of  Latah  county,  Idaho,  is 
Daniel  C.  Burr,  postmaster  of  Genesee,  who  is  all 
but  a  native  of  Idaho,  as  he  has  lived  here  since 
four  years  of  age.  Born  February  12,  1884,  in  Mad- 
ison county,  Nebraska,  he  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Genesee,  Idaho,  in  1888,  and  when  of  proper  age 
he  entered  as  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  this 
town,  completing  also  a  high  school  course.  Fol- 


lowing  that   training  he   entered   the   University   of 
Idaho  at  Moscow. 

He  began  to  realize  the  value  of  money  in 
terms  of  his  own  labor  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  when 
he  entered  the  employ  of  a  mining  company,  in 
which  capacity  he  continued  one  year.  He  then  en- 
tered the  services  of  the  first  bank  of  Genesee, 
where  he  continued  until  January,  1910,  when  he 
resigned  to  enter  into  the  real  estate  business  with 
his  father,  C.  F.  Burr.  This  business  identification 
was  continued  for  one  year,  during  which  time  Mr. 
Burr  was  also  in  the  government  service  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  census  department.  On  February  7,  1911, 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Genesee  by  Presi- 
dent Taft  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  faithful  and 
efficient  discharge  of  those  official  duties.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  political  views,  but  while  he  takes  a 
keen  interest  in  the  work  of  his  party  his  activity 
in  that  direction  is  not  such  as  to  designate  him  as 
a  politician.  Any  project  that  means  the  advance- 
ment of  his  town,  community  or  state  always  enlists 
his  heartiest  support  in  sentiment  and  in  any  prac- 
tical way  that  offers,  and  he  is  now  a  member  and 
treasurer  of  the  Genesee  Commercial  Club.  Frater- 
nally he  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  in  which  order  he  has  "passed  all  the 
chairs,"  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  religious  belief  he  is 
inclined  toward  the  faith  of  the  Congregational 
church,  while  Mrs.  Burr  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  The  latter  was  Miss  Mae 
G.  Keane  before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Burr  on  No- 
vember 20,  1906,  a  daughter  of  Timothy  J.  and  Eliza- 
beth Keane,  of  Genesee,  Idaho.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burr 
have  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Gwendolyn  Burr. 

DR.  WILLIAM  H.  TURNER.  A  man  of  splendid 
abilities  and  attainments,  Dr.  William  H.  Turner,  of 
Kimberly,  Idaho,  is  an  acquisition  to  the  citizen- 
body  of  this  state  that  for  character,  ideals  as  to 
worthy  living  and  capacity  for  usefulness  places  him 
among  the  strong  men  of  the  commonwealth.  As 
cashier  and  active  head  of  the  Bank  of  Kimberly 
he  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  the  financial  circles 
of  Twin  Falls  county,  and  though  his  residence  in 
Kimberly  covers  the  brief  span  of  but  six  years  he 
has  become  recognized  in  that  community  as  a 
leader,  not  only  in  commercial  interests  but  in  other 
of  the  responsible  relations  to  society. 

Born  at  Centralia,  Missouri,  March  18,  1876,  Dr. 
Turner  was  reared  in  that  state  and  there  received 
the  most  of  his  education,  which  has  been  broad  and 
has  fitted  him,  both  by  discipline  and  by  the  knowl- 
edge acquired,  for  different  lines  of  endeavor.  After 
completing  his  earlier  education  in  the  common 
and  high  schools  of  Centralia,  Missouri,  he  en- 
tered the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia  and 
remained  a  student  in  that  institution  nine  years 
pursuing  both  literary  and  professional  courses. 
He  was  graduated  first  in  1898  as  a  civil  engineer, 
and  then  from  the  medical  department  in  1901. 
This  training  was  followed  by  a  post-graduate 
course  in  the  medical  department  of  Northwestern 
University,  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1902.  While  a 
student  in  the  University  of  Missouri  he  was  major 
and  acting  commandant  of  the  Missouri  State  Uni- 
versity Cadets  in  the  military  department  of  that 
institution  and  in  this  way  secured  the  means  to 
pursue  his  medical  studies  there.  After  leaving 
college  he  returned  to  Missouri  and  practiced  medi- 
cine about  two  years ;  then  he  drifted  into  the  bank- 
ing business  and  this  has  since  been  his  line  of  busi- 
ness activity.  In  1904  he  went  to  Oklahoma,  where 
for  two  years  he  was  cashier  of  the  Cherokee  Na- 


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tional  Bank  at  Tahlequah,  Oklahoma;  then  in 
.March,  1906,  he  came  to  Kimberly,  Idaho,  and 
organized  the  Bank  of  Kimberly,  of  which  institu- 
tion he  has  since  been  cashier  and  active  head. 
The  bank  has  already  won  the  reputation  of  a  sub- 
stantial and  conservative  institution  and  has  been 
an  effective  force  in  the  commercial  and  industrial 
upbuilding  of  Kimberly  and  this  section  of  Twin 
Falls  county. 

At  Sturgeon,  Missouri,  on  June  u,  1901,  were 
pronounced  the  marriage  rites  which  united  Dr. 
Turner  and  Miss  Cynthia  G.  Toalson,  daughter  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  T.  B.  Toalson,  of  Clark,  Missouri. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Turner  have  three  daughters — Ruth 
V.  Marian  F.  and  Helen  P. 

Dr.  Turner  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church, 
while  his  wife  affiliates  with  the  Baptist  church  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society  of  that  de- 
nomination at  Kimberly.  As  a  member  of  the  time- 
honored  Masonic  fraternity  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
blue  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of  that  order, 
has  filled  offices  in  each  of  these  bodies  and  was  one 
year  eminent  commander  of  his  commandery.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  another  of  the  oldest  of  fra- 
ternal orders,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. As  a  member  and  vice-president  of  the  Kim- 
berly Commercial  Club  he  gives  practical  evidence 
of  his  interest  in  the  advancement  of  his  commu- 
nity and  thereby  is  a  factor  in  the  whole  state's  up- 
building. He  has  been  well  satisfied  with  his  ex- 
perience in  Idaho  and  says  that  for  number  and 
ch-iracter  of  opportunities  this  state  surpasses  all 
others  that  he  has  visited.  He  predicts  that  its  fu- 
ture will  far  outrival  its  past  for  rapid  development. 
With  the  wealth  of  its  natural  resources  and  with 
the  usually  large  quota  of  strong,  forceful  and  capa- 
ble men  who  have  enlisted  as  its  citizens  there  is 
every  justification  for  expecting  Idaho  to  eventually 
take  a  place  among  the  foremost  commonwealths  of 
the  Union.  Dr.  Turner  is  not  merely  an  onlooker 
of  what  is  being  accomplished  in  this  direction  but 
has  his  own  shoulder  to  the  wheel.  In  political 
views  he  is  a  Democrat  but  takes  no  part  in  political 
affairs  beyond  performing  his  duty  as  a  voter.  He 
has  been  connected  with  the  Kimberly  board  of  edu- 
cation for  some  time  and  is  now  treasurer  of  the 
board.  Bees  form  a  most  interesting  and  pleasurable 
study  to  Dr.  Turner  and  as  an  apiarist  he  has  been 
quite  successful,  both  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of 
their  habits  and  ways  and  in  making  their  culture  in 
Idaho  a  profitable  venture.  He  now  has  over  sixty 
hives  of  the  tireless  little  workers. 

Louis  GARRECHT.  Born  of  sturdy  pioneer  stock, 
reared  amid  the  stirring  scenes  of  the  early  settle- 
ment of  the  Boise  Basin,  receiving  his  education  in 
the  primitive  early  Idaho  schools,  and  participating 
for  years  in  the  rush  and  bustle  incident  to  the  min- 
ing camps,  the  whole  career  of  Louis  Garrecht,  sher- 
iff of  Boise  county,  has  been  crowded  with  the 
experiences  typical  of  western  life,  and  his  advance 
has  been  commensurate  with  that  of  his  native 
state,  whose  industries  he  has  assisted  to  develop  in 
material  manner.  Mr.  Garrecht  was  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1865,  in  what  was  then  the  little  settlement 
of  Moorestown  (now  Idaho  City),  Idaho,  a  son 
of  John  Garrecht,  a  native  of  Germany. 

Like  thousands*  of  others  of  his  native  country- 
men, who  saw  before  them  in  the  Fatherland  only 
long  years  of  hard  labor,  with  little  hope  of  ever 
acquiring  more  than  a  nominal  competence,  John 
Garrecht  turned  his  face  toward  the  New  World 
when  the  news  that  gold  had  been  discovered  in  the 
state  of  California.  He  was  one  of  the  early  pio- 


neers of  1849,  and  for  four  years  followed  his 
business  of  butchering  in  the  mining  camps,  but  in 
1853  made  his  way  to  Idaho,  settling  in  the  Boise 
Basin  and  engaging  in  the  cattle  and  butchering 
business,  a  vocation  with  which  he  was  connected 
until  his  death  in  June,  1891.  From  the  early  trials 
and  hardships  of  pioneer  life,  when  he  was  strug- 
gling to  obtain  a  foothold  in  business,  he  became 
one  of  his  community's  most  highly  respected  citi- 
zens, served  Idaho  City  as  treasurer  for  two  years, 
and  reared  his  family  to  become  citizens  of  worth 
and  responsibility.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Elizabeth  Garrecht,  but  was  no  blood  relation. 

The  education  of  Louis  Garrecht  was  secured 
under  many  difficulties,  but  throughout  life  he  has 
been  a  keen  observer  of  men  and  affairs,  and  he 
has  gained  a  wide  and  compresensive  knowledge  of 
general  topics.  When  still  a  youth  he  left  his 
^tudics  to  enter  the  butchering  establishment  of  his 
father,  and  when  only  eight  years  of  age  was  a  com- 
petent assistant  to  him,  skilled  with  the  knife  and  an 
expert  in  slaughtering.  He  followed  this  business  until 
within  one  month  of  his  father's  death,  when  the  busi- 
ness was  sold,  and  Mr.  Garrecht  began  his  career 
as  a  miner.  During  the  next  seventeen  years  he 
held  positions  with  just  two  concerns,  the  first  six 
years  being  spent  as  foreman  and  superintendent 
for  the  Ashby  B.  Turner  property,  of  which  he  had 
charge.  For  the  next  eleven  years  he  was  superin- 
tendent for  the  War  Eagle  Placer  Mines  of  Idaho 
City.  In  1909  Mr.  Garrecht  engaged  in  business  on 
his  own  account  as  the  proprietor  of  a  teaming 
and  freighting  enterprise,  in  which  he  has  met  with 
well-deserved  success.  He  has  not  entirely  disposed 
of  his  interests  in  mining  properties,  however,  as 
he  is  the  owner  of  a  good  producer  in  Boise  county, 
and  his  chief  enjoyment  is  to  pack  his  prospecting 
kit,  take  his  gun,  and  strike  off  for  a  jaunt  into  va- 
rious parts  of  the  county.  On  these  trips  he  inva- 
riably returns  with  excellent  specimens  of  deer  and 
elk  heads,  which  he  presents  to  his  friends.  Mr. 
Garrecht  is  the  owner  of  a  pleasant  home  in  Idaho 
City,  where  his  many  friends  are  frequently  enter- 
tained with  true  western  hospitality.  He  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  in  March.  1912,  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Boise  county, 
and  now  has  the  nomination  of  his  party  for  the 
same  position. 

On  December  11,  1890,  Mr.  Garrecht  was  married 
too  Miss  Julia  Foster,  a  native  of  Boise,  Idaho,  and 
daughter  of  John  Foster,  a  pioneer  of  the  state, 
and  they  have  had  four  children :  John  and  Sophia, 
who  are  attending  school  in  Idaho  City ;  and  two 
who  are  deceased. 

GEORGE  ALTENEDER,  a  prominent  florist  and  green- 
house man  at  Orofino,  for  which  city  he  has  been 
\yeather  forecaster  since  1904,  was  born  in  Musca- 
tine  county,  Iowa,  the  date  of  his  nativity  being 
September  15,  1855.  His  rudimentary  educational 
training  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place  and  as  a  boy  he  worked  on  his  father's 
farm.  In  young  manhood  he  learned  the  trade  of 
stone  mason,  but  subsequently  turned  his  attention 
to  farming,  gardening  and  greenhouse  work.  He 
was  a  resident  of  Iowa  until  November,  1901,  at 
which  time  he  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Oro- 
fino, where  he  has  since  maintained  his  home  and 
business  headquarters.  In  1902  he  established  his 
present  business,  that  of  florist  and  gardener. 
He  grows  and  handles  a  large  line  of  flow- 
ers, plants  and  fruit  and  all  his  work  is 
done  along  scientific  lines.  He  is  constantly  exper- 
imenting and  has  produced  some  very  wonderful 


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results,  demonstrating  successfully  everything  he  has 
undertaken.  He  actually  grew  and  raised  on  hun- 
dred and  eighty  different  varieties  of  fruit,  vege- 
tables, grasses  and  flowers  on  less  than  four  acres 
of  land,  thus  proving  conclusively  the  productive 
power  of  Idaho  land.  In  eight  months'  time  he 
raised  in  his  hot  house  dahlias  of  different  colors 
that  weighed  as  much  as  twenty  pounds;  in  his 
vegetable  department  one  pumpkin  seed  brought 
forth  forty-three  pumpkins,  with  a  total  weight  of 
•seven  hundred  and  sixty-three  pounds.  From  the 
ioregoing  it  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  Alteneder  has  met 
-with  unqualified  success  in  his  life's  work.  His  fa- 
vorite amusement  and  pleasure  lie  in  experimenting 
in  his  business. 

In  politics  Mr.  Alteneder  maintains  an  independ- 
ent attitude  and  although  he  is  deeply  interested  in 
all  that  affects  the  welfare  of  the  community  he  does 
not  take  an  active  part  in  public  affairs.  He  has 
been  government  weather  forecaster  at  Orofino  since 
1904  and  is  considered  an  expert  as  regards  the 
•weather.  Religiously,  he  is  a  devout  member  of 
the  Church  of  God,  in  which  he  is  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school.  He  owns  a  finely  improved 
ranee  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  adjoining  the 
townsite  of  Orofino.  He  insists  that  for  general 
gardening  and  the  raising  of  fruits  and  flowers  he 
has  never  seen  the  equal  of  northern  Idaho.  In  his 
opinion  the  conditions  for  this  particular  line  of 
business  could  not  be  more  perfect  and  he  honestly 
and  conscientiously  advises  all  looking  for  homes  or 
business  locations  to  investigate  this  country. 

November  9,  1882,  Mr.  Alteneder  married  Miss 
Anna  C.  M.  Schmidt,  a  daughter  of  George  Schmidt, 
of  Muscatine  county,  Iowa.  This  union  was  prolific 
of  six  children,  as  follows :  Anna  is  the  wife  of 
Len  Herzel,  of  Clarkston,  Washington;  Olive  mar- 
ried Harry  White  and  resides  in  Orofino;  Clara  is 
the  wife  of  Herman  Smith,  of  Orofino ;  Frank  lives 
on  a  ranch  near  Orofino;  and  Ruth  and  Ralph  are 
at  home.  Mr.  Alteneder  has  lived  an  exemplary 
life  and  is  honored  and  esteemed  by  men  in  every 
walk  of  life.  He  is  possessed  of  a  brilliant  mind 
and  is  exceedingly  well  read  and  his  generous 
heart  causes  him  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  all  less 
fortunately  situated  in  life  than  himself. 

MARCUS  D.  WRIGHT.  The  history  of  Idaho 
would  be  by  no  means  complete  without  a  record  of 
that  splendid  pioneer  of  Kootenai  county  and 
founder  of  Rathdrum,  who  since  1903  has  been  such 
a  valuable  addition  to  the  citizenship  of  Coeur 
d'Alene.  Esteemed  not  merely  for  his  abundant 
material  resources  and  his  historic  importance  in 
the  community,  it  is  the  sterling  honor  of  Marcus 
D.  Wright  that  is  his  greatest  asset  in  the  eyes  of 
his  neighbors  and  acquaintances,  every  one  of  whom 
is  an  admirer  and  friend. 

Marcus  D.  Wright  is  a  son  of  the  Reverend  John 
W.  Wright,  a  Baptist  clergyman  of  Kentucky,  an 
author  of  a  number  of  published  books  and  a  Mason 
of  prominence  in  his  locality  and  period.  Mrs.  John 
W.  Wright,  Marcus  Wright's  mother,  was  in  her  girl- 
hood Miss  Mary  Gipson,  a  native  of  the  Blue  Grass 
state,  which  was  the  scene  of  her  marriage  and 
her  early  domestic  life.  In  Warren  county  of  that 
state,  Marcus  D.  Wright,  the  fourth  child  of  seven 
and  the  only  son  of  his  parents,  was  born  on  the 
i6th  day  of  April,  in  1851.  Until  about  the  age  of 
fifteen  he  remained  in  his  native  community,  which 
was  the  home  of  his  parents  through  the  greater 
part  of  their  lives.  The  father  lived  to  the  age  of 
sixty- four,  passing  from  this  life  in  1880;  and  the 
mother's  earthly  life  closed  in  1898,  when  she  had 
passed  her  eighty-seventh  milestone. 


Destined  to  move  by  degrees  to  the  westward, 
Marcus  Wright  as  a  youth  became  a  resident  of 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  for  four 
years,  variously  employed  at  useful  occupations. 
His  ambitions,  however,  were  larger  than  his  op- 
portunities, which  he  knew  might  be  improved  in 
the  newer  country  that  lay  toward  the  setting  sun. 
He  therefore  traveled  overland  to  Corinne,  Utah, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  freighting  business,  driving 
a  twelve-mule  team.  His  route  lay  between  Co- 
rinne, Utah,  and  Salmon  City,  Idaho,  also  reaching 
various  points  in  Montana.  The  region  traversed 
by  young  Marcus  Wright  was  a  wild  one  in  those 
days  and  many  were  the  skirmishes  with  the  In- 
dians which  fell  to  his  lot  during  the  seven  years 
that  he  spent  in  this  occupation.  While  conducting 
his  freighting  business,  he  also  was  interested  in 
mining  operations  and  altogether  made  an  excellent 
financial  success  of  that  period  of  his  activity. 

In  1877  Mr.  Wright  again  advanced  further  west, 
settling  at  Boise,  thus  adopting  Idaho  as  his  home. 
He  has  ever  since  maintained  his  home  within  her 
borders,  with  the  exception  of  three  years  spent  in 
Spokane  in  livery  and  stage  business.  From  the 
year  1881  he  has  had  an  ever-increasing  and  active 
interest  in  the  commonwealth  that  has  since  become 
so  progressive  a  state. 

It  was  at  that  time — 1881 — that  he  entered  a 
homestead  in*  the  locality  adjoining  the  present 
site  of  Rathdrum.  During  his  residence  there  he 
located  the  original  townsite,  being  the  owner  of 
half  the  land  upon  which  it  was  built.  He  was  a 
leader  in  organizing  the  corporation  and  was  pri- 
marily active  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  built 
one  of  its  first  stores  and  was  one  of  its  first  mer- 
chants. When  Kootenai  county  was  organized  he 
was  in  the  forefront  of  activity  in  all  that  promoted 
systematic  management  of  her  affairs  and  facilitated 
civic  matters  for  the  residents  of  the  community. 
Mr.  Wright  was  Kootenai's  first  assessor  and  first 
tax  collector,  continuing  for  many  years  as  one  of 
the  most  prominent  officials  of  the  county. 

Though  always  deeply  interested  in  public  affairs, 
Mr.  Wright's  personal  affairs  have  been  skillfully 
managed  and  have  prospered  to  an  unusual  degree. 
He  became  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  his  part 
of  the  state,  not  only  haying  a  flourishing  store  in 
Rathdrum  but  also  establishing  branch  stores  in  St. 
Maries  and  later  one  in  Post  Falls.  He  bought  and 
sold  lands  until  he  was  the  owner  of  twenty-five 
thousand  acres  in  Kootenai  county  alone.  He 
handled  railroad  ties  for  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
way Company,  receiving  from  that  organization 
more  than  seven  million  dollars  for  ties  alone.  One 
of  his  chief  lines  of  business  was  contracting,  among 
which  enterprises  was  that  of  grading  for  the  elec- 
tric line  between  Spokane  and  Coeur  d'Alene. 

In  1903  Mr.  Wright  came  to  the  last-named  city 
as  a  permanent  resident.  Here  he  established  his 
present  business  of  real  estate  and  lumber  opera- 
tions, which  are  very  extensive.  He  owns  two  saw- 
mills and  handles  his  owjn  property  through  his  real 
estate  firms.  He  owns  much  valuable  property  in 
this  district,  including  Wright  Park,  which  adjoins 
Hayden  Lake.  He  is  the  possessor  of  a  large  ranch 
nine  miles  north  of  Coeur  d'Alene  and  resides  on 
that  estate,  going  daily  in  his  motor  car  to  and 
from  the  city  to  attend  to  his  business  interests 
there.  These  are  numerous  and  varied,  including 
connection  with  the  First  National  Bank,  of  which 
for  several  years  he  was  president. 

The  memorable  year  in  which  Mr.  Wright  was 
so  active  in  the  establishing  of  Kootenai  county  was 
also  notable  as  the  year  of  his  marriage.  His  union 
with  Miss  Bertie  Piper  was  blessed  with  eight  chil- 


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drcn.  The  eldest,  Florence  A.,  became  Mrs.  M.  F. 
Darling,  of  Dayton,  Washington.  Mary  W.  is  now 
Mrs.  H.  D.  Edmonds,  of  Wyoming;  Elida  R.  is  now 
Mrs.  M.  S.  Anderson  of  Los  Angeles,  California; 
Zella  Z.  is  now  Mrs.  W.  L.  De  Merchant,  of  Spo- 
kaire,  Washington;  John  J.,  of  Coeur  d'Alene;  Ber- 
tie D.,  at  home;  Stella  H.,  deceased;  and  M.  Gor- 
<loii,  at  home.  The  mother  of  these  sons  and 
daughters  passed  to  another  world  on  February  9, 
1900.  Mr.  Wright  was  remarried  in  September  20, 
1902,  the  present  Mrs.  Wright  having  been  well 
known  in  Spokane  as  Mrs.  Marie  Bennett,  a  step- 
daughter of  the  late  A.  M.  Cannon,  of  that  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright's  religious  interests  are 
broad  and  inclusive,  the  Baptist  church,  however, 
claiming  their  attention  more  than  others.  Mrs. 
Wright  is  active  in  club  and  social  life  in  the  city, 
\vliile  her  husband  is  a  valued  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  Com- 
mercial Club.  The  Democratic  party  is  the  politi- 
cal camp  with  which  Mr.  Wright  is  connected  and 
he  has  been  always  active  in  public  affairs.  He  was 
for  some  time  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Coeur 
d'Alene  and  is  particularly  energetic  in  bringing 
other  able  men  to  the  front  in  civic  affairs.  He  is 
deeply  interested  in  all  affairs  that  mean  a  better 
city  or  a  better  county,  and  is  remembered  by  Rath- 
drum  citizens  as  a  most  efficient  member,  for  a 
Ii-iitf  term  of  years,  of  the  board  of  education  of  that 
place.  Although  his  way  to  affluence  has  been  to  a 
great  extent  along  the  pathway  of  rough  pioneer 
life.  Mr.  Wright  has  a  deep  appreciation  for  culture 
in  all  its  forms  and  his  beautiful  home  is  graced  by 
all  desirable  appointments.  Remarkably  capable,  un- 
usually successful,  exceptionably  honorable,  Marcus 
D.  Wright  deserves  the  hearty  good-will  accorded 
him  by  the  county  and  the  communities  he  has  been 
so  largely  instrumental  in  creating. 

WILLIAM  F.  BRECKON,  a  prominent  business  man 
and  one  of  the  progressive  and  public-spirited  citi- 
zens of  Kimberly,  Idaho,  may  really  be  classed 
among  the  pioneers  of  this  state  for  his  advent  here 
dates  back  to  1891,  when,  as  a  young  man  and  like 
the  state  to  which  he  had  come,  he  was  just  enter- 
ing upon  an  independent  career  and  had  yet  to 
prove  his  merit.  Idaho  in  the  interim  of  a  little 
more  than  twenty  years  has  made  remarkable  strides 
in  its  development  as  a  commonwealth,  and  Mr. 
Breckon  in  that  period  has  earned  a  place  among 
the  representative  men  of  the  state.  He  is  a  prod- 
uct of  the  central  west,  born  October  2,  1869,  in  Ne- 
braska City,  Nebraska,  and  grew  up  not  unfamiliar 
with  western  ways  and  the  progressiveness  that  has 
become  proverbial  of  the  people  of  that  great  sec- 
tion. The  pioneer  era,  in  the  old  sense,  had  passed 
ere  he  reached  man's  estate  and  the  frontier  lines 
from  time  to  time  depicted  as  pushed  farther  west- 
ward had  entirely  disappeared  from  the  maps. 
However,  the  same  restless  spirit  that  had  caused 
civilization  to  advance  steadily  from  one  ocean  to 
the  other  led  the  young  man  farther  westward  and 
in  1891  he  came  to  Idaho  to  try  out  the  merits  of  the 
new  state  and  his  own  ability  to  achieve  success  in 
life. 

When  he  was  three  years  of  age  his  parents  re- 
moved from  Nebraska  to  Missouri,  and  from  thence 
to  western  Kansas  three  years  later,  residing  in  the 
latter  location  about  twelve  years.  Returning  once 
more  to  Nebraska,  the  parents  located  this  time  in 
Merrick  county  and  William  F.  remained  with  them 
about  two  years  before  coming  to  Idaho.  He  earned 
his  first  money  when  a  lad  about  thirteen  years  of 


age  driving  cattle  from  Kansas  to  Nebraska  and 
after  that  and  until  he  left  the  parental  home  he  as- 
sisted his  father  in  farm  work.  His  schooling,  be- 
gun in  Missouri,  was  concluded  in  the  public  schools 
of  Kansas.  Upon  coming  to  Idaho  he  settled  at 
Payette,  Canyon  county,  in  which  vicinity  he  re- 
mained some  sixteen  years,  being  engaged  the  while 
in  farming  and  in  mercantile  pursuits.  From  there  he 
came  to  Kimberly,  Twin  Falls  county,  where  for  the 
first  three  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business  and  served  as  the  postmaster  of  the  place 
for  three  and  one-half  years.  In  1911  he  estab- 
lished his  present  business,  that  of  the  Kimberly 
Store  Company,  of  which  organization  he  is  secre- 
tary, treasurer  and  manager  and  which  handles  a 
full  line  of  everything  usually  carried  in  a  general 
mercantile  establishment.  The  business  has  pros- 
pered and  this  has  been  largely  due  to  the  good 
business  acumen  of  Mr.  Breckon  and  to  his  prin- 
ciples of  fair  and  honorable  dealing.  He  has  been 
influential  in  furthering  projects  tending  to  advance 
his  town  and  county  along  civic  and  material  lines 
and  has  taken  more  than  usual  interest  in  the  edu- 
cational affairs  of  his  community.  He  is  president 
of  the  Kimberly  Commercial  Club,  and  has  been  a 
member  of  the '  Kimberly  board  of  education  for 
several  years,  having  during  that  time  served  as 
clerk  and  then  as  president  of  that  body.  Under 
his  administration  as  president  of  the  board  many 
new  improvements  were  made  in  the  school  yards 
under  his  care  and  at  all  times  he  has  manifested 
the  same  progressiveness  in  regard  to  educational 
matters  that  have  characterized  his  activities  as  a 
business  man  and  citizen.  Mr.  Breckon  is  a  Re- 
publican in  political  views  and  to  some  extent  ac- 
tive in  party  work,  being  now  a  precinct  committee- 
man.  He  has  "passed  all  the  chairs"  in  the  local 
lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Royal  Highlanders.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  National 
Guards  of  Idaho  and  has  had  the  honor  of  having 
risen  from  the  rank  of  private  to  that  of  captain. 
After  his  resignation  from  the  company  of  which 
he  was  first  a  member  it  was  disbanded  but  subse- 
quently was  reorganized  and  once  more  Mr.  Brec- 
kon became  successively  second  lieutenant,  first 
lieutenant  and  captain.  He  had  been  similarly  con- 
nected in  Nebraska,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
National  Guards  of  that  state  and  out  in  active  serv- 
ice when  Sitting  Bull,  the  famous  Sioux  Indian 
chief,  was  killed  in  1890.  Mr.  Breckon  is  one  of 
Idaho's  many  enthusiasts  and  very  loyally  claims 
that  the  state  is  surpassed  by  no  other  of  the  Union 
in  the  opportunities  it  affords  in  all  vocations. 

At  Payette,  Idaho,  on  December  25,  1906,  Mr. 
Breckon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Mary 
Lemp,  formerly  of  Boise,  Idaho.  Both  are  attend- 
ants of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  Mrs. 
Breckon  is  a  member  of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society  of 
that  denomination  in  Kimberly. 

LUDWIG  ROPER.  An  enviable  distinction  is  that 
of  Captain  Roper  by  reason  of  his  long  and  gallant 
service  in  the  United  States  army,  in  which  he  en- 
listed when  but  sixteen  years  of  age,  about  two 
years  after  his  immigration  from  his  German 
fatherland  to  America,  and  he  continued  in  active 
service  for  the  full  period  of  thirty  years,  when  he 
was  honorably  retired,  as  a  non-commissioned  staff 
officer.  Captain  Roper  had  his  full  quota  of  experi- 
ence in  connection  with  Indian  warfare  in  the  great 
west  in  the  early  days  and  was  stationed  at  various 


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frontier  posts.  In  the  later  period  of  his  military 
career  it  was  given  him  also  to  serve  in  the 
Spanish-American  war,  and  his  record  throughout 
in  the  military  service  of  the  land  of  his  adoption 
is  one  that  will  redound  to  his  lasting  honor.  In 
1890,  the  year  which  marked  the  admission  of  Idaho 
to  the  Union,  Captain  Roper  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Sherman,  a  post  that  was  located  near  the  present 
thriving  little  city  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  Kootenai 
county,  and  one  that  has  been  abandoned  as  a  gov- 
ernment military  headquarters.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  an  interim  of  three 'years  he  has  continu- 
ously maintained  his  home  at  this  point  during  the 
intervening  period,  and  since  he  retired  from  the 
army,  in  1903,  he  has  continued  to  be  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  popular  citizens  of  Coeur 
d'Alene.  He  is  well  known  in  military  circles  and 
to  the  general  public  in  Idaho  and  other  states  of 
the  northwest,  and  it  is  a  privilege  to  accord  to  him 
specific  recognition  and  a  .brief  tribute  in  this  pub- 
lication. 

Captain  Roper  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany, 
on  the  I3th  of  January,  1857,  and  his  parents  passed 
their  entire  lives  in  the  Fatherland.  He  gained  his 
early  education  in  the  excellent  schools  of  his  native 
province  and  was  about  fourteen  years  of  'age  when 
he  severed  the  home  ties  and  set  forth  to  seek  his 
fortunes  in  America,  his  youthful  spirit  of  adventure 
having  been  on  a  parity  with  his  self-reliance. 
During  the  first  two  years  of  his  residence  in  the 
United  States  the  captain  indulged  his  boyish 
propensity  for  investigation  and  sight-seeing,  as  he 
traveled  about  and  visited  various  sections  of  the 
Union,  including  numerous  important  cities. 

In  1873,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  Captain  Roper 
enlisted,  at  Chicago,  in  the  United  States  army,  in 
which  he  was  assigned  to  the  Fourth  United  States 
Infantry,  in  the  Department  of  the  Platte.  He 
continued  in  active  service  for  thirty  years,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  he  was  retired  and  accorded 
his  honorable  discharge,  in  June,  1903,  a  record  of 
long,  faithful  and  gallant  service  as  a  loyal  soldier 
of  the  republic.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  and  was 
retired  as  a  non-commissioned  staff  officer,  and  for 
two  years  he  served  also  as  captain  in  the  Idaho 
National  Guard.  While  with  his  command  in  the 
Department  of  the  Platte  the  captain  participated 
in  the  various  campaigns  in  which  that  division  of 
the  national  military  forces  was  involved,  and  in 
1876  he  was  in  the  command  of  General  Crook,  one 
of  the  most  intrepid  and  successful  concerned  in 
the  conflicts  with  the  hostile  Indians  on  the  frontier, 
and  in  the  Big  Horn-Yellowstone  expedition  against 
;the  Sioux,  in  1879,  Captain  Roper  took  an  active 
part,  as  did  he  also  in  the  military  activities  inci- 
dental to  the  Thornburg  massacre. 

In  1886  Captain  Roper  was  transferred  with  his 
regiment  from  the  Department  of  the  Platte  to  the 
Department  of  the  Columbia,  and  was  stationed  at 
Fort  Spokane,  Washington.  In  1890  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Fort  Sherman,  at  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho, 
and,  as  previously  stated,  he  has  here  resided  since 
that  time  with  the  exception  of  three  years  of 
service  at  Fort  Flagler,  Washington.  His  reminis- 
cences of  the  pioneer  days  are  most  graphic  and 
interesting,  and  few  have  had  a  more  intimate  and 
thrilling  experience  in  connection  with  frontier 
Indian  warfare  and  life  in  the  military  posts  of 
the  west.  About  five  years  prior  to  his  retirement 
from  the  army  Captain  Roper  had  opportunity  to 
serve  in  a  field  of  operations  radically  different  than 
that  in  which  he  had  been  active  during  the  previous 
quarter  of  a  century,  for  his  regiment  was  called  to 
the  front  in  the  Spanish-American  war,  in  which 


it    continued     on    active    duty     until     victory     had 
crowned  the  arms  of  the  United  States. 

Since  leaving  the  army  Captain  Roper  has  not 
identified  himself  with  active  business  of  any  kind, 
but  is  living  retired,  enjoying  the  good  things  of  the 
"piping  times  of  peace"  and  free  from  exactions. and 
onerous  duties  of  the  soldier's  life.  His  circle  of 
friends  in  the  west  is  large  and  in  his  home  city 
and  county  is  coincident  with  that  of  his  acquaint- 
ances. 

In  politics  Captain  Roper  has  ever  been  a  stalwart 
advocate  of  the  cause  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
he  has  been  a  zealous  advocate  of  its  principles  and 
policies,  his  faith  in  which  has  not  been  dislodged 
by  the  results  of  the  national  election  of  1912.  He 
is  identified  with  the  Spanish-American  War  Vet- 
erans' Association,  and  during  his  connection  with 
the  Idaho  National  Guard  he  was  one  of  its  most 
popular  officers.  He  has  passed  all  of  the  official 
chairs  in  the  ancient-craft  body  of  the  time-honored 
Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  is  now  the  oldest 
living  past  master  of  the  lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  at  Coeur  d'Alene.  He  has  like- 
wise filled  all  of  the  official  chairs  in  the  lodge  of 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  at  the 
present  time  district  deputy  grand  master  of  Dis- 
trict No.  34,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Idaho 
grand  lodge  of  this  order.  His  many  years  of 
active  life  on  the  plains  and  in  the  mountains  have 
given  him,  as  may  well  be  inferred,  an  inalienable 
predilection  for  life  in  the  open,  and  he  thus  finds 
indulgence  and  satisfaction  in  hunting  and  fishing 
expeditions  and  equestrian  exercise.  He  is  an 
enthusiastic  admirer  of  Idaho  and  a  firm  believer 
in  the  great  future  of  the  state,  to  which  his  loyalty 
is  of  the  most  unswerving  order. 

At  Fort  Fetterman,  Wyoming,  on  the  24th  of 
December,  1878,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of 
Captain  Roper  to  Miss  Dena  Lendburg,  daughter 
of  James  Lendburg,  a  sterling  pioneer  of  Ottumwa, 
Iowa,  in  which  state  Mrs.  Roper  was  born.  The 
two  children  of  this  union  are:  Mabel,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Emanuel  H.  Klein,  chief  musician  of  the 
Eighteenth  United  States  Infantry,  now  stationed 
at  Fort  McKenzie,  Wyoming;  and  Frederick,  who 
is  married  and  resides  at  Long  Lake,  Washington, 
where  he  is  an  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the  Wash- 
ington Water  Power  Company. 

GEORGE  WILLIAMS.  The  architectural  profession 
has  an  able  and  popular  representative  in  Idaho  in 
the  person  of  Mr.  Williams,  whose  residence  and 
business  headquarters  are  in  the  thriving  little  city 
of  Coeur  d'Alene,  Kootenai  county.  He  has  had 
broad  and  varied  experience  as  an  architectural 
designer  and  supervising  architect  and  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leaders  in  his  profession  in  the  north- 
west, his  operations  having  here  extended  into 
various  states,  in  each  of  which  stand  enduring 
monuments  to  his  technical  ability  and  practical  skill. 
Steadfast  and  honorable  in  all  the  relations  of  life, 
he  has  accounted  well  as  one  of  the  world's  pro- 
ductive workers,  and  as  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  influential  members  of  his  profession  in  Idaho, 
as  well  as  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen, 
he  is  well  entitled  to  specific  recognition  in  this 
history  of  his  adopted  state. 

Mr.  Williams  was  born  at  Kewanee,  Henry 
county,  Illinois,  on  the  nth  of  November,  1860,  and 
is  a  son  of  Robert  E.  and  Lucretia  (Lester) 
Williams,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  the 
state  of  New  York  and  the  latter  in  Connecticut, 
both  families  having  been  founded  in  America  in  an 
early  day.  The  marriage  of  the  parents  was  solem- 


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nized  in  the  old  Empire  state,  whence  they  removed 
to  Illinois  in  the  pioneer  days,  the  father  there 
engaging;  in  agricultural  pursuits,  as  did  he  later  in 
Iowa,  a  state  in  which  he  established  his  home  about 
the  year  1865.  He  there  reclaimed  a  productive 
farm  and  he  became  one  of  the  honored  and  influen- 
tial citizens  of  Pottowattamie  county,  where  he  was 
active  in  public  affairs,  though  never  a  seeker  of 
official  preferment  for  himself.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  individuality  and  inflexible  integrity  of  pur- 
pose, a  devout  Christian,  as  was  also  his  cherished 
wife,  and  he  made  his  life  count  for  good  in  all  its 
relations.  The  devoted  wife  and  mother  was  sum- 
moned to  eternal  rest,  in  1900,  in  the  state  of 
Oregon,  where  her  remains  were  laid  to  rest,  and 
she  was  seventy-five  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  Her  husband  survived  her  only  a  few  years 
and  his  death  occurred  in  1903,  while  he  was  visit- 
ing at  the  home  of  his  son  George,  in  Coeur 
d'Alene,  where  interment  was  made.  He  attained 
to  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-eight  years,  and  is 
survived  by  one  son  and  four  daughters. 

George  Williams  was  about  five  years  of  age  at 
the  time  of  the  family  removal  to  Pottowattamie 
county,  Iowa,  where  he  was  reared  to  adult  age 
under  the  sturdy  discipline  of  the  farm  and  where 
he  gained  his  early  education  in  the  excellent  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  severed 
the  home  ties  and  went  to  the  Black  Hills  district 
of  South  Dakota,  where  he  remained  one  year, 
during  which  he  was  variously  employed.  He  had 
previously  attended  the  high  school  at  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  and  had  shown  a  distinct  predilection 
for  the  line  of  work  in  which  he  has  gained  marked 
prestige  and  success.  From  South  Dakota  he  re- 
turned to  the  parental  home  and  soon  afterward  he 
initiated  the  practical  study  of  architecture  and 
building.  When  about  twenty-one  years  of  age  he 
went  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  about 
five  years,  where  he  gave  as  much  time  as  possible 
to  continuing  his  professional  studies,  besides  which 
he  gained  practical  experience  in  connection  with 
building  operations.  From  Sioux  City  Mr.  Williams 
went  to  the  Ozark  mountain  district  of  southwestern 
Missouri,  in  the  employ  of  the  Kansas  City  Lumber 
Company.  He  served  as  general  foreman  in  the 
construction  department  of  this  company's  opera- 
tions for  a  period  of  about  thr^e  years,  and  then 
located  at  Castalia,  South  Dakota,  w-here  he  was 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building  about  three 
years,  in  the  meanwhile  maturing  his  talents  as  a 
practical  architect.  His  next  base  of  operations  was 
at  Weston,  Oregon,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
same  line  of  enterprise  for  twelve  years,  during 
which  he  erected  many  excellent  public,  business  and 
private  buildings  and  gained  high  reputation  for 
professional  ability  and  for  fairness  and  integrity 
in  all  business  transactions. 

In  1903  Mr.  Williams  came  to  Idaho  and  estab- 
lished his  home  at  Coeur  d'Alene,  where  he  has 
since  maintained  his  residence  and  business  head- 
quarters, though  his  operations  have  in  the  mean- 
while extended  into  other  states  of  the  northwest. 
Among  the  more  important  buildings  erected  under 
his  supervision,  brief  note  is  made  at  this  juncture, 
and  the  greater  number  of  these  were  designed  by 
him.  with  the  best  of  plans  and  specifications  fully 
worked  out  with  authoritative  estimates  of  cost : 
City  hall,  Masonic  Temple,  the  Graham  and  the 
Nixon  blocks,  and  seven  school  buildings  in  Coeur 
d'Alene;  school  building  at  St.  Maries,  in  the  same 
county;  high  school  buildings  at  Sandpoint  and 
Blackfoot;  public  school  buildings  at  Harrison, 
Moreland  and  Elk  River;  Union  church  and  public 


school  building  at  Potlatch,  and  the  fine  county 
school  building  recently  erected  at  Plummer, 
Kootenai  county.  He  also  erected  a  number  of  public 
school  buildings  in  the  city  of  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa, 
including  the  high  school.  Mr.  Williams  has  been 
successful  from  both  a  professional  and  financial 
standpoint,  and  none  in  the  least  familiar  with  his 
character  and  career  can  doubt  that  this  success  has 
been  richly  merited.  He  is  a  valued  member  of 
the  Architects'  Club  in  the  city  of  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, and  of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  Commercial  Gub, 
of  whose  high  civic  ideals  he  is  a  zealous  supporter. 
He  is  fond  of  outdoor  sports,  especially  hunting  and 
fishing,  and  finds  opportunity  for  most  pleasing 
recreation  along  these  lines  in  the  beautiful  moun- 
tains and  valleys  of  Idaho,  a  state  that  in  his  judg- 
ment offers  unrivaled  advantages  and  attractions. 

Though  never  imbued  with  aught  of  ambition  for 
political  office,  Mr.  Williams  is  found  arrayed  as  a 
stanch  supporter  of  the  cause  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  has  been  an  appreciative  student  of  the 
history  and  teachings  of  the  time-honored  Masonic 
fraternity,  in  which  he  has  completed  the  circle  of 
each  the  York  and  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rites, 
in  the  latter  having  received  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree. He  has  passed  the  various  important  official 
chairs  in  the  different  Masonic  bodies  with  which 
he  is  identified,  and  was  grand  lecturer  of  the  grand 
lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  for  eastern 
Oregon  for  nearly  four  years.  His  Masonic  affilia- 
tions also  include  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  the  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  of  which  he  has  served  as  worthy 
patron  and  with  which  Mrs.  Williams  likewise  is 
prominently  identified.  He  also  holds  membership 
m  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

At  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  on  the  i5th  of  November, 
1883,  Mr.  Williams  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Emma  C.  Jones,  daughter  of  the  late  Alexander 
Jones,  an  honored  pioneer  of  that  city.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Williams  have  two  sons,  both  of  whom  remain 
at  the  parental  home — Carl  and  Frederick. 

JAMES  H.  FRAZIER,  who  has  for  the  past  three 
years  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Coeur 
d'Alene,  Idaho,  is  essentially  a  western  product,  his 
birth  occurring  at  Crested  Buttes,  Colorado,  on 
July  8.  1882.  Thus  from  his  birth  he  has  imbibed 
the  spirit  of  the  west,  and  none  is  more  enthusiastic 
than  he  with  regard  to  the  many  charms  of  the 
great  western  country.  He  is  the  son  of  Gideon  B. 
and  Alice  Mary  (Gibson)  Frazier.  The  father  was 
born  in  Iowa,  and  came  to  Idaho  in  1889,  settling 
in  Boise.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  his  younger  days, 
but  never  engaged  in  the  practice  of  that  profession 
in  Boise.  He  was  prominent  in  politics  and  while 
a  resident  of  Colorado  was  probate  judge  for  three 
terms,  and  United  States  Commissioner  of  Indian 
Affairs  under  Grover  Cleveland.  Mr.  Frazier  was 
a  devout  churchman  and  a  man  of  excellent  Christ- 
ian character.  He  was  a  prominent  Mason,  also. 
He  died  in  July,  1910.  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine,  and 
is  buried  in  Boise.  The  mother  was  born  in  Cali- 
fornia and  she  is  now  a  resident  of  Boise.  She 
met  and  married  her  husband  in  Colorado,  and 
there  spent  the  first  decade  of  her  married  life. 
Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frazier, 
James  H.  being  the  third  born  of  that  number. 

The  early  education  of  Mr.  Frazier  was  obtained 
in  the  public  schools  of  Boise,  Idaho,  .after  which 
he  went  to  work  on  his  own  responsibility  to  earn 
money  for  his  college  course.  He  followed  various 


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occupations,  such  as  mining  and  farming,  and  for 
four  summers  was  in  the  employ  of  the  government 
in  the  reclamation  service.  In  these  varied  ways  he 
was  able  to  save  sufficient  money  to  make  furthet 
study  practicable,  and  he  accordingly  passed  through 
a  six-year  course  of  study  at  the  State  University  at 
Moscow,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1907,  re- 
ceiving his  B.  A.  degree.  After  his  graduation  Mr. 
Frazier  was  engaged  as  city  superintendent  of  schools 
at  Moscow  for  two  years,  and  one  year  as  principal 
of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  high  school,  but  in  1910  resigned 
from  his  educational  labors  and  identified  himself  with 
the  legal  profession  in  Coeur  d'Alene,  in  which  he 
has  since  been  actively  engaged.  Thus  far  he  has 
made  worthy  progress  in  his  profession,  and  is  men- 
ti.oned  in  Democratic  circles  as  a  man  destined  for 
high  political  honors.  His  ability  as  a  lawyer  is  well 
established  and  he  is  frequently  called  upon  to  assist 
as  deputy  county  attorney. 

Mr.  Frazier  was  married  at  Moscow,  Idaho,  on 
June  10,  1898,  to  Miss  Edna  Herren,  the  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  C.  Herren  of  Chicago, 
where  Mr.  Herren  is  assistant  city  attorney.  Three 
children  have  been  born  to  the  Fraziers :  Helen 
Herren,  Mary  Marjorie  and  Elizabeth  Eleanor. 

Mr.  Frazier  is  fraternally  associated  with  the 
Elks,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  Com- 
mercial Club,  as  well  as  of  the  various  bar  associa- 
tions of  the  city,  county  and  state.  The  family  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  Mrs.  Fra- 
zier ia  connected  with  the  different  organizations  of 
the  church,  and  of  the  Mothers'  Club  of  the  city. 

JOHN  J.  WHYTE,  M.  D.,  C.  M.,  is  one  of  the  men 
of  sterling  worth  that  our  great  northern  neighbor, 
Canada,  has  contributed  to  the  ranks  of  Idaho's  citi- 
zens. He  came  to  Kimberly,  Twin  Falls  county, 
in  1909,  is  the  only  practicing  physician  of  the 
town,  and  though  but  the  brief  period  of  three  years 
has  passed  since  his  location  there  he  has  won  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice  and  a  strong  place  in 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  those  to  whom  he  has 
ministered  and  of  the  community  at  large.  His 
nativity  occurred  in  Shakespeare,  province  of  On- 
tario, Canada,  on  February  10,  1867,  and  he  re- 
mained in  the  vicinity  of  his  birth  until  1892.  As 
a  boy  he  was  given  the  advantages  of  the  common 
schools  at  Lancaster,  Ontario,  and  of  the  high 
school  at  Williamstown  in  the  same  province.  He 
then  took  up  preparatory  work  in  Bishop's  Acad- 
emy at  Montreal,  Canada,  and  following  his  course 
there  he  matriculated  in  McGill  University  in  the 
same  city,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated 
in  1889  with  the  degrees  of  doctor  of  medicine  and 
master  of  surgery.  To  add  practical  experience  to 
his  already  varied  and  valuable  training  he  served 
for  a  period  as  a  hospital  interne.  These  educa- 
tional advantages  Dr.  Whyte  made  the  most  of  and 
when  he  began  the  independent  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession he  did  so  unusually  well  prepared  in  every 
way.  In  1892,  after  two  years  of  practice  in  Mon- 
treal, he  crossed  over  into  the  United  States  and 
located  in  Minnesota,  where  he  practiced  seventeen 
years,  or  until  his  removal  to  Idaho  in  1909.  As 
previously  mentioned,  he  is  the  only  active  mem- 
ber of  his  profession  located  there  but  this  has  had 
no  bearing  on  the  efficiency  of  his  professional  serv- 
ices, for  he  labors  assiduously,  as  sympathetically 
and  with  as  much  self-sacrifice  in  the  relief  of 
human  suffering '  as  if  he  were  competing  with  the 
best  medical  talent  the  state  affords.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Twin  Falls  County  Medical  Society,  the 
Idaho  State  Medical  Society,  and  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  throughout  his  professional 


career  he  has  been  a  close  and  discriminating  stu- 
dent, keeping  in  close  touch  with  the  advances  made 
in  the  science  of  medicine.  Dr.  Whyte  is  licensed 
by  examination  to  practice  in  Minnesota,  North  Da- 
kota, Iowa,  Texas  and  Idaho  of  the  United  States 
and  in  the  entire  British  possessions.  He  is  now 
deputy  county  health  officer  for  his  district. 

In  politics  Dr.  Whyte  is  unbound  by  party  ties 
and  exercises  his  voting  power  as  a  Progressive, 
supporting  the  men  and  measures  he  feels  will  best 
conserve  the  public  welfare.  He  favors  all  churches 
but  affiliates  with  no  special  denomination.  Frater- 
nally he  is  associated  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  Modern  Woodmen  of  Amer- 
ica, and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Kimberly  Commercial 
Club. 

At  Bertha,  Minnesota,  on  January  2,  1903,  he  was 
united  in  marrage  to  Mary  Delphina,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  J.  Courtright,  the  former  of  whom 
is  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Staples  (Minn.) 
Headlight.  Dr.  Whyte  says  that  upon  his  arrival 
here  he  was  amazed  at  the  progress  already  accom- 
plished by  the  Twin  Falls  and  southside  tract  and 
was  at  once  convinced  that  southern  Idaho,  once 
thoroughly  developed,  will  be  one  of  the  greatest 
agricultural  and  horticultural  sections  of  the  whole 
United  States.  He  promptly  gave  evidence  of  this 
confidence  by  making  a  number  of  investments, 
among  his  holdings  being  a  beautiful  ranch  near 
Hollister.  He  positively  insists  that  no  man  will 
make  a  mistake  in  locating  here. 

ALBERT  A.  ROBISH.  One  of  the  coming  men  of  Coeur 
d'Alene's  future  is  Mr.  Albert  A.  Robish,  a  well-edu- 
cated and  talented  civil  engineer.  Although  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  Coeur  d'Alene  only  since  1909, 
he  has  already  evinced  his  local  patriotism  and  his 
ability  in  individual  lines.  He  is  a  son  of  Martin 
Robish,  also  well  known  here  and  a  man  whose  life 
has  shown  both  vigor  and  success.  The  details  of 
his  career  will  be  briefly  noted  before  taking  up 
the  personal  history  of  his  son. 

Germany  was  the  home  of  the  elder  Robjsh,  who 
came  to  this  country  in  his  boyhood  and  settled  first 
in  Wisconsin,  where  for  a  number  of  years  he  fol- 
lowed agricultural  pursuits.  In  1872  he  removed  to 
Iowa,  which  continued  to  be  his  home  for  thirty 
years,  his  vocation,  during  that  time  being  mercan- 
tile business.  He  is  now  a  resident  of  Coeur  d'Alene, 
his  present  activities  being  chiefly  along  the  line  of 
mining  investments.  He  is  a  member  of  various 
secret  societies,  having  been  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  for  twenty-seven  years  and  with 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  for  more 
than  forty-two  years.  He  has  also  given  political 
service  in  his  former  Iowa  home,  where  for  six 
years  he  filled  the  office  of  county  commissioner,  in 
which  capacity  he  saved  the  taxpayers  of  Bremer 
county  $250,000.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Martin  Robish, 
was  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  They  were  married  in 
that  state  in  the  year  1870.  It  was  after  their  re- 
moval to  Sumner,  Iowa,  that  the  birth  of  Albert 
Robish,  their  eldest  son,  occurred  on  July  10,  1876. 

The  public  schools  of  Sumner  and  the  high 
schools  of  the  same  place  provided  the  general  edu- 
cation of  Albert  Robish,  who  entered  the  University 
of  Iowa  for  his  professional  course  after  having 
spent  one  year  in  teaching.  Before  he  left  the  Uni- 
versity he  was  elected  county  surveyor  of  Bremer 
county  and  immediately  after  his  graduation  he  en- 
tered upon  the  duties  of  that  office.  He  served  in 
the  capacity  of  county  surveyor  for  six  years,  in 
the  meantime  acting  also  as  manager  of  the  Sumner 
Telephone  Company.  At  the  close  of  his  last  term 


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as  surveyor  Mr.  Robish  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Chicago  Great  Western  Railway,  acting  for 
three  years  as  assistant  division  engineer.  At  the 
«nd  of  that  time  the  same  company  appointed  him 
roadmaster,  in  which  capacity  he  continued  in  their 
employ  for  three  and  one-half  years  more.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  considerations  of  health  brought 
him  to  Idaho,  which  he  has  made  his  permanent 
home,  haying  been  engaged  in  his  profession  of 
civil  engineer  ever  since  his  coming  to  Coeur 
d'Alene.  Mr.  Robish  is  well  calculated  for  success 
in  a  country  in  which  water  power  and  mining 
operations  call  forth  the  skill  of  well-trained  engi- 
neers, such  as  he  represents.  As  city  engineer  of 
Coeur  d'Alene,  important  interests  are  in  his  keep- 
ing and  are  looked  after  with  the  utmost  conscien- 
tiousness and  care.  Ever  since  his  college  days 
Mr.  Robish  has  been  an  enthusiast  in  his  line,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  engineering  society  of  the 
University,  of  which  he  served  for  one  year  as  busi- 
ness manager,  one  year  as  secretary  and  one  year  as 
librarian,  with  one  year's  abje  service  as  editor-in- 
chief  of  the  Transit,  the  official  engineering  publica- 
tion of  the  University. 

The  local  affiliations  of  Mr.  Robish  include  his 
membership  in  the  Lutheran  church ;  in  the  frater- 
nal societies  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  and  the  Yeomen;  and  in  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  Rod  and  Gun  Club.  He  is  active 
in  politics  and  his  political  theories  in  general  coin- 
cide with  those  of  the  Democratic  party.  His  tastes 
are  those  of  the  typical  western  gentleman  who  en- 
joys the  activities  of  the  open — particularly  those  in 
which  good  horses  are  a  prominent  feature — and 
who  also  has  literary  and  artistic  interests.  In  the 
latter  line  Mr.  Robish's  specialty  is  music  and  he 
has  been  connected  with  many  bands. 

The  Robish  family  is  considered  a  truly  desirable 
acquisition  to  the  life  of  Coeur  d'Alene  and  one  of 
real  value  in  developing  this  promising  city,  county 
and  state. 

NICODEMUS  D.  WERNETTE.  Among  the  sterling 
citizens  contributed  to  Idaho  by  the  fine  old  Wol- 
verine state  is  this  well  known  and  honored  member 
of  the  bar  of  Kootenai  county,  and  he  is  established 
in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profession  at  Coeur 
d'Alene,  as  junior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Black 
&  Wernette,  his  coadjutor  and  valued  friend  being 
Roy  L.  Black,  with  whom  he  has  been  here  asso- 
ciated since  1007,  when  both  established  their  home 
in  the  thriving  little  city  that  is  the  stage  of  their 
present  successful  endeavors. 

Mr.  Wernette  was  born  in  Mecosta  county, 
Michigan,  on  the  £th  of  May,  1885,  and  is  a  son  of 
Jacob  and  Catherine  (Bolz)  Wernette,  the  former 
of  whom  was  born  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  of 
staunch  French  lineage,  and  the  latter  of  whom 
was  born  in  Germany,  their  marriage  having  been 
solemnized  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  Canada.  Jacob 
Wernette  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native 
province  and  as  a  young  man  he  went  to  New  York 
city,  where  he  remained  sixteen  years.  He  then 
established  his  residence  in  Michigan,  where  he  has 
since  given  his  attention  principally  to  agricultural 
pursuits  and  where  he  is  now  one  of  the  substantial 
farmers  and  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Mecosta 
county.  He  is  a  ttaunch  Democrat  in  his  political 
proclivities  and  is  a  devout  communicant  of  the 
Catholic  church,  as  was  also  his  cherished  wife, 
who  was  summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  1905,  at  the 
age  of  sixty  years,  and  of  whose  twelve  children, 
four  sons  and  five  daughters  are  now  living, 


Nicodemus   D.,  of  this  review,  being  the  youngest 
child. 

Reared  to  the  sturdy  discipline  of  the  home  farm 
and  afforded  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county,  Nicodemus  D.  Wernette 
waxed  strong  in  mind  and  physique,  and  early 
found  his  ambition  quickened  to  practical  activity 
in  the  matter  of  extending  his  educational  training, 
the  expense  of  his  higher  education  having  been 
mainly  defrayed  by  money  earned  by  him.  He 
attended  the  high  school  in  the  village  of  Remus, 
in  his  native  county,  and  thereafter  completed  a 
two  years'  course  in  the  Ferris  Institute,  an  excel- 
lent institution  maintained  at  Big  Rapids,  Michigan. 
In  preparation  for  the  work  of  his  chosen  vocation 
he  entered  the  law  department  of  the  celebrated 
University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  in  which 
he  completed  the  prescribed  course  and  in  which 
he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1907, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was 
graduated  on  the  2Oth  of  June  and  the  3d  day  of 
the  following  month  found  him  on  his  way  to  Coeur 
d'Alene,  Idaho,  in  company  with  Roy  L.  Black, 
who  had  been  a  classmate  in  the  law  school  and 
with  whom  he  has  been  continuously  Associated  in 
his  professional  work  since  establishing  his  home 
in  Idaho,  where  his  success  has  been  on  a  parity 
with  his  recognized  ability  and  where  his  sterling 
character  and  genial  personality  have  gained  to  him 
the  staunchest  of  friends.  That  he  has  gained  se- 
cure place  in  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
people  of  Kootenai  county,  is  shown  by  the  fact  in 
the  fall  election  of  1910  he  was  elected  prosecuting 
attorney  of  the  county.  He  assumed  the  duties  of 
this  office  in  January,  1911,  and  his  able  and  dis- 
criminating administration  has  amply  justified  the 
popular  choice  as  well  as  heightened  his  profes- 
sional reputation.  In  politics  Mr.  Wernette  is 
found  arrayed  as  an  uncompromising  advocate  of 
the  cause  of  the  Democratic  party  and  he  has  been 
an  active  and  effective  worker  in  its  ranks,  so  that 
he  was  not  in  the  least  disconcerted  at  the  results 
of  the  national  election  of  November,  1912.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  are  communicants  of  the  Catholic 
church,  and  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  deputy 
grand  knight,  and  with  the  local  lodge  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  takes 
a  lively  interest  in  all  that  touches  the  welfare  of 
his  home  city  and  county,  looks  with  enthusiasm 
for  the  still  greater  prestige  and  prosperity  of 
Idaho,  and  is  essentially  loyal  and  public-spirited 
in  his  attitude  as  a  citzen.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Coeur  d'Alene  Commercial  Club. 

On  the  4th  of  April,  1910,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Wernette  to  Miss  Ozzalinda  E. 
Blanchard,  daughter  of  Joseph  Blanchard,  a  well- 
known  citizen  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  and  the  two  win- 
some little  daughters  of  this  union  are  Frances  C 
and  Bernice  E. 

EDWIN  M.  CLARK.  It  was  in  1904  that  Edwin  M. 
Clark  organized  the  Bank  of  Glenns  Ferry,  at 
Glenns  Ferry,  Idaho,  becoming  at  that  time  a  heavy 
stockholder  in  the  bank,  and  assuming  the  duties 
of  cashier,  a  position  which  he  has  since  continued 
to  hold  and  to  fill  in  the  most  capable  manner.  His 
banking  experience  began  some  years  previous  to 
that  time,  and  he  was  assistant  cashier  of  the  Bank 
of  Vail,  in  Oregon,  for  some  years.  Since  coming 
to  this  place,  he  has  filled  an  important  niche  in  the 
civic  affairs  of  the  community,  and  has  well  earned 
the  right  to  be  called  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
the  city. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Born  on  November  10,  1872,  Mr.  Clark  is  the  son 
of  John  L.  and  Ruth  N.  (Beckwith)  Clark,  the 
father  a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  mother  of  New 
Hampshire.  The  paternal  ancestors  of  the  subject 
are  of  Scotch-Irish  blood,  while  the  maternal  an- 
cestors are  English,  and  among  the  early  settlers 
of  New  Hampshire.  In  about  1868  John  L.  Clark 
moved  to  Nebraska  and  settled  in  Knox  county, 
where  Edwin  M.  was  born  a  few  years  later.  A 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  John  L.  Clark  was  a 
member  of  the  Thirty-seventh  Indiana  Infantry, 
later  being  transferred  to  the  Fourth  Regular  Cav- 
alry. He  was  three  years  in  the  Thirty-seventh 
and  participated  in  many  of  the  hottest  engagements 
of  the  long  conflict.  Six  months  Mr.  Clark  lan- 
guished .  in  Anderson  prison,  and  when  his  release 
came  once  more  entered  into  active  service,  continu- 
ing to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  died  in  Newport, 
Lincoln  county,  Oregon,  in  1896.  As  a  farmer  and 
merchant,  in  which  he  spent  the  latter  years  of  his 
life,  Mr.  Clark  was  fairly  successful.  He  became 
a  resident  of  Oregon  in  1895,  his  death  following 
one  year  later.  The  mother  is  now  a  resident  of 
California,  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  of  which  number  Edwin  M.  is  the 
oldest  living  at  this  time. 

In  Nebraska  Edwin  M.  Clark  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  after  the  removal  of  the  family  to 
Oregon  he  finished  a  business  course  at  Portland. 
When  he  was  twenty  years  old  his  father  gave  him 
a  dollar  as  his  entire  cash  capital,  and  the  young 
man  bravely  set  out  to  make  his  own  way.  His 
first  independent  work  after  leaving  the  home  place 
was  in  the  lumber  woods,  and  for  five  years  he  was 
identified  with  the  lumber  industry  in  one  capacity 
or  another.  He  then  entered  business  college  at 
Portland  and  pursued  a  thorough  course  in  busi- 
ness training,  after  which  he  secured  a  position  at 
Corvallis,  Oregon,  in  the  hardware  store  of  R.  H. 
Huston,  his  duties  being  largely  those  of  clerk  and 
bookkeeper.  This  was  in  the  spring  of  1897,  and 
he  continued  thus  until  November,  1902,  when  he 
came  to  eastern  Oregon  and  settled  at  Vail,  there 
entering  the  employ  of  the  First  Bank  of  Vail,  as 
assistant  cashier.  Until  May,  1904,  Mr.  Clark  was 
connected  with  that  institution,  and  on  the  15th  of 
May  in  that  year  he  brought  about  the  organization 
of  the  Glenns  Ferry  Bank,  in  which  he  became  one 
of  the  leading  stockholders,  as  well  as  cashier  of 
the  institution.  The  bank  has  made  admirable 
progress  under  his  regime,  and  is  known  for  one 
of  the  sturdy  and  stanch  among  the  younger  finan- 
cial concerns  of  this  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  -Clark  is  a  Republican,  and  has  long  been 
active  in  the  work  of  the  party,  wherever  he  has 
found  himself.  Since  coming  to  this  place  he  has 
served  as  state  committeeman  during  two  terms  and 
was  reelected  in  November,  1912.  His  activities 
have  extended  into  civic  affairs  as  well  and  he 
is  known  to  be  the  advocate  of  every  movement  set 
into  action  for  the  betterment  of  the  community. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board*  of  trustees 
that  presided  in  the  village  of  Glenns  Ferry  and 
has  held  other  positions  in  a  public  way.  His  fra- 
ternal relations  are  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

On  February  12,  1903,  Mr.  Clark  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Josea  Gotner,  the  daughter  of 
M.  U.  Gotner,  a  native  of  Iowa.  One  son  has  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarke — Leslie  L.,  born  in 
Vail,  Oregon,  in  January,  1904. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  Mr.  Clark's  career, 
as  in  that  of  so  many  other  successful  men  who 
have  made  their  way  in  life  unaided,  the  quality 
of  perseverance  has  shown  bright  throughout  the 


years  of  his  uphill  climb.  The  best  part  of  his 
education  came  to  him  without  assistance  from  any 
quarter,  and  only  hard  work  and  rugged  determina- 
tion made  possible  the  success  that  is  now  his,  and 
which  is  but  the  promise  of  a  greater  success  to 
come. 

ERNEST  J.  OSTRANDER.  It  is  one  of  the  most  en- 
couraging facts  which  can  anywhere  exist  that,  in 
this  country,  and  especially  in  the  Northwest,  a 
large  proportion  of  those  individuals  who,  by  their 
public  service,  have  attained  a  greater  or  less  de- 
degree  of  eminence — or,  mayhap,  by  their  profes- 
sional or  business  acquirements  and  talents — have 
risen  by  their  own  exertions.  In  a  sketch  of  the 
career  of  Ernest  J.  Ostrander,  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Ostrander  Lumber  Company, 
and  one  of  the  most  progressive  business  men  of 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  there  will  be  found  something 
to  encourage  the  exertions  of  those  youths  who, 
without  fortune  or  influential  friends,  are  strug- 
gling to  overcome  obstacles  in  the  acquirement  of 
wealth  and  position.  They  will  see,  in  the  example 
before  them,  how  difficulties  were  surmounted,  and 
what  was  achieved  by  perseverance  and  the  ability 
to  grasp  opportunity  when  it  presented  itself. 

Ernest  J.  Ostrander  was  born  at  Paw  Paw,  Mich- 
igan,  May  28,   1870,  and  is  the  only  child  of  Har- 
mon J.  and  Phoebe    (Bradley)    Ostrander,  the  for- 
mer a  native  of  New  York  and  the  latter  of  Ohio, 
and  now  residents  of  Summerland,  California,  where 
they     are     retired.       Harmon     J.     Ostrander     was 
for  many  years  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business 
in  Chicago,  to  which  city  Ernest  J.   Ostrander  was 
taken  as  a  lad.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
that  city  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  be- 
ing an  industrious  and  ambitious  youth  at  that  time 
entered  the  employ  of  a  large  mercantile  establish- 
ment in  the  capacity  of  errand  boy.     For  the  next 
two  years  he  was  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  hon- 
orable   employment,    but    when    he    was    seventeen 
years  old  secured  a  position  in  the  post-office  depart- 
ment, in  a  minor  capacity.    Five  years  of  industrious 
effort,  however,  did  not  bring  the  emoluments  that 
Mr.    Ostrander    believed    he    deserved,    and    he    ac- 
cordingly resigned  his  position,  and  on  June  20,  1892, 
entered  the  Rittenhouse  Embree  Company,  of  Chi- 
cago, as  office  boy  and  general  utility  clerk.    He  con- 
tinued in  the  employ  of  this  large  lumber  concern 
for  sixteen  years,  and  during  this  time  his  faithful 
service   was   rewarded  by  promotion   from   position 
to  position,  until  he  eventually  became  secretary  and 
one  of  the  acting  heads  of  the  firm.     In  January, 
1908,  Mr.  Ostrander  decided  to  take  a  trip  to  Idaho 
for  recreation,  and  while  here  he  became  enthused 
as  he  realized  the  great  opportunities  that  the  state 
had   to   offer,    especially   in   the   line  that   he   knew 
so   well.     Accordingly,   he   immediately   severed   his 
Chicago    connections    and    remained   at   Twin   Falls, 
where    he    entered    the    lumber   business,    eventually 
organizing    the    Ostrander    Lumber    Company,    the 
success  of  which  has  been  almost  phenomenal.     As 
president   and  general  manager   of  this   concern  he 
began  to  extend  the  scope  of  its  activities  to  other 
towns    in    Idaho,    built   substantial    yards    and    lum- 
ber 'sheds,  injected  modern  methods  into  the  opera- 
tion   of    the    business,    and    today    has    flourishing1 
branches  'of   the   concern   at   Twin    Falls,    Wendall, 
Jerome,    Gooding,    Bliss,    Hagerman    and    Hollister, 
Idaho.     He  is  now   invading  other  states,  his  first 
branch  outside  of  Idaho  being  at  Jarbridge,  Nevada. 
Mr.  Ostrander  owes  the  position  he  now  holds  in  the 
community  entirely  to  his  own  efforts.    He  has  con- 
fined himself  to  legitimate  business  transactions,  has 


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avoided  speculation,  and  the  fortune  he  is  accumu- 
lating is  but  the  natural  result  of  sound  business 
principles  and  steady  application.  As  a  man  of 
business,  no  citizen  of  Twin  Falls  stands  higher ; 
as  a  citizen  he  is  public  spirited  and  is  always  in 
sympathy  with  those  movements  which  tend  to  in- 
crease the  prosperity  of  his  adopted  community.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Jerome  State  Bank,  a  ranch 
owner,  and  has  large  property  interests  in  Twin 
Falls,  including  his  fine  residence.  In  1911  he  acted 
as  president  of  the  Twin  Falls  Commercial  Club, 
and  at  this  time  he  holds  membership  in  the  Masons, 
being  eminent  commander  of  Twin  Falls  lodge,  and 
the  Elks.  While  a  resident  of  Chicago,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Regiment,  Illinois  National 
Guards.  His  political  tendencies  are  those  of  the 
Republican  party,  but  he  has  never  cared  for  pub- 
lic office. 

On  May  24,  1894,  Mr.  Ostrander  was  married  to 
Miss  Natalie  F.  Pusch,  of  LaPorte.  Indiana,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Emma  (Klyer)  Pusch,  natives 
of  Germany,  and  two  children  have  been  born  to 
this  union:  Beatrice  and  Ernest.  Mrs.  Ostrander's 
father  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  and  is  engaged 
fn  mercantile  pursuits  at  LaPorte,  Indiana,  although 
he  is  now  past  eighty-three  years  of  age. 

EDWARD  THOMPSON  BARBER.  The  name  of  Edward 
Thompson  Barber  is  one  that  is  well  known  through 
the  state  of  Idaho,  for  in  addition  to  many  other  in- 
terests he  is  a  member  of  that  most  dreaded  and  most 
powerful  of  professions,  the  editorial.  Never  in  the 
history  of  the  world  has  the  power  of  the  written 
word  been  as  great  as  it  is  today.  Men  write  with 
greater  freedom,  newspapers,  books  and  periodicals 
are  disseminated  in  greater  quantities  than  ever  be- 
fore, and  with  the  majority  of  people  their  ideas  on 
all  questions  that  do  not  come  within  the  range  of 
their  actual  experience  are  based  on  what  they  read 
in  their  daily  paper.  To  be  the  editor  of  a  newspaper 
therefore  carries  with  it  a  tremendous  responsibility, 
and  when  one  discovers  a  man  like  Edward  T.  Bar- 
ber, who  realizes  this  responsibiity,  and  endeavors  to 
exert  an  influence  for  good  and  not  for  evil,  who 
stands  for  a  clean  government,  for  progressive 
measures,  and  for  high  ideals  in  public  and  private 
life,  then  one's  respect  for  humanity  is  increased 
ten-fold,  for  the  path  of  the  editor  is  bestrewn  with 
the  most  enticing  of  temptations.  As  editor  of  one 
of  tlje  leading  newspapers  in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho. 
Mr.  Barber  has  done  more  perhaps  than  any  other 
one  man  to  bring  the  section  before  the  notice  of  the 
public,  and  his  endeavors  in  behalf  of  the  people  of 
this  section  have  not  been  confined  to  the  newspaper 
world  alone,  for  he  is  prominent  in  many  other  im- 
portant activities  of  the  town  of  Gooding. 

A  native  son  of  the  state  of  Iowa,  Edward 
Thompson  Barber  was  born  in  Sidney,  Fayette 
county,  on  the  1st  of  August,  1860.  He  is  the  son 
of  the  Rev.  Alanson  Barber,  who  was  born  in  New 
York  City.  Becoming  a  minister  of  the  gospel  he 
became  very  prominent  in  the  Methodist  church. 
He  served  as  a  chaplain  jn  the  Civil  war  as  a  member 
of  the  Ninth  Iowa  Regiment.  Just  as  the  army  of 
the  Union  was  drawing  its  lines  about  Vicksburg, 
about  a  month  prior  to  the  capitulation  of  the  city, 
the  Reverend  Barber  was  discharged  from  the  ser- 
vice on  account  of-physical  disability.  He  then  went 
back  to  his  pastoral  work,  but  for  thirty  years  before 
his  death  he  was  an  invalid.  His  death  occurred  at 
Baxter  Springs.  Kansas,  in  April.  1906.  He  had 
married  in  1857  Jane  Hamilton,  a  direct  descendant 
of  Alexander  Hamilton,  and  she  is  yet  living,  her 
home  being  in  Moran,  Kansas.  Nine  children  were 


born  to  Reverend  Barber  and  his  wife,  only  two  of 
whom  have  died. 

After  completing  his  grammar  school  and  high 
school  work,  Edward  Barber  entered  the  College 
of  Marionville,  at  Marionville,  Missouri,  remaining 
here  for  some  time.  He  then  attended  the  Kansas 
State  Normal  School  at  Emporia,  Kansas,  where  he 
received  his  degree.  Upon  the  completion  of  his 
normal  course  he  became  a  school  teacher,  and  for 
twenty-seven  years  was  a  member  of  this  profes- 
sion. His  ability  as  an  executor  and  practical  man 
of  affairs  was  shown  by  the  frequency  with  which 
he  was  made  superintendent.  Most  of  his  teaching 
years  were  spent  in  Kansas,  and  here  he  was  super- 
intendent of  a  number  of  schools,  being  also  county 
superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Allin  county,  Kan- 
sas, at  one  time.  During  his  twenty-seven  years  of 
teaching,  fifteen  were  given  to  the  work  of  superin- 
tending. In  1900  he  was  offered  the  position  of  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics  in  the  Albion  Normal  School 
at  Albion,  Idaho,  which  he  gladly  accepted,  for  it 
offered  him  work  which  he  knew  would  be  enjoyable. 
As  he  grew  older  the  desire  to  leave  the  school 
room  and  mix  in  the  affairs  of  men  in  the  business 
world  grew  upon  him.  Therefore,  in  1904.  as  a  step 
in  this  direction,  he  resigned  his  position  and  pre- 
empted a  homestead  in  Cassia  county. 

This  was  the  beginning  of  his  business  career,  for 
one  year  later  Mr.  Barber  accepted  the  offer  of 
general  manage^  of  the  Gooding  Townsite  Company. 
During  this  year  the  town  of  Burley  was  located  on 
land  adjoining  his  ranch,  thus  increasing  its  value. 
As  general  manager  for  the  townsite  company,  Mr. 
Barber  had  an  opportunity  to  display  his  practical 
business  ability  and  to  prove  that  the  head  that  had 
so  long  managed  and  organized  schools  was  capable 
of  managing  and  organizing  a  town.  His  energy 
and  enthusiasm  over  the  prospects  and  future  of  this 
part  of  the  country,  led  to  his  being  offered  the  edi- 
.  torship  of  the  Burley  Bulletin,  for  the  men  behind 
this  newspaper  needed  some  one,  to  use  a  slang 
phrase,  who  would  boost  the  town.  Mr.  Barber  was 
perfectly  willing  to  do  this  for  he  knew  as  no  one 
else,  perhaps,  what  a  splendid  town  and  country  this 
was.  Burley  and  the  surrounding  country,  and  so 
he  felt  that  whatever  he  might  say  was  no  more 
than  the  truth.  He  made  of  the  Burley  Bulletin 
more  than  a  sheet  for  descanting  on  the  advantages 
of  the  new  town,  and  his  paper  became  known  as  a 
reliable  disseminator  of  news,  and  its  editorial  de- 
partment for  the  keen  and  honest  opinions  therein 
advanced  on  matters  of  the  day.  In  this  way  Mr. 
Barber  came  to  the  notice  of  the  editor  of  the 
Statesman,  one  of  the  leading  papers  of  Boise,  Idaho, 
and  he  was  offered  a  position  on  the  staff  of  this 
paper.  He  accepted  this  offer  and  remained  for  a 
year  connected  with  this  paper,  gaining  much  expe- 
rience in  practical  newspaper  work,  and  winning 
many  friends  through  his  wider  field  of  work. 

Upon  leaving  the  Statesman,  Mr.  Barber  formed 
a  partnership  with  Charles  J.  Lisle,  and  together  they 
became  the  publishers  of  the  Shoshone  Journal,  of 
Shoshone.  Idaho.  They  began  this  publication  on 
the  ist  of  May.  1907,  and  Mr.  Barber  still  maintains 
his  interest  in  this  paper.  In  August  of  1907  Gov- 
ernor Gooding  engaged  the  firm  of  Lisle  &  Barber 
to  manage  the  Gooding  Townsite  properties,  acting 
as  his  agents.  The  firm  also  established  the  Idaho 
Leader  in  Gooding  and  the  Richfield  Recorder  in 
•  Richfield,  Idaho.  Mr.  Lisle  conducting  the  Richfield 
paper  and  Mr.  Barber  taking  the  editorial  chair  of 
the  Leader.  These  papers  have  both  proved  to  be 
very  successful,  and  have  greatly  benefitted  the  sec- 
tions through  which  they  circulate.  Mr.  Barber  has 


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been  able  to  perform  services  for  this  part  of  the 
state,  both  as  agent  for  the  Gooding  Townsite  Com- 
pany and  as  an  editorial  writer  that  the  people  can 
never  repay.  Never  losing  an  opportunity  to  say  a 
good  word  for  Gooding  and  to  bring  the  new  town 
before  the  public  notice,  he  has  been  the  means  of 
attracting  many  settlers  to  this  community,  and  they 
as  well  as  the  people  already  located  there,  and  the 
business  men  who  have  invested  in .  property  here, 
are  indeed  grateful  to  Mr.  Barber,  for  the  town  is  a 
delightful  spot,  and  the  country  all  that  is  claimed 
for  it. 

In  politics  Mr.  Barber  is  a  Republican,  but  he  has 
never  taken  a  very  active  part  in  politics.  He  was 
appointed  United  States  Commissioner  for  the  Min- 
nadoka  tract,  but  served  for  two  years  only,  the 
heavy  pressure  of  business  causing  him  to  hand  in 
his  resignation.  On  August  3,  1909,  Mr.  Barber  was 
appointed  to  the  office  of  postmaster  of  Gooding, 
which  was  then  a  fourth  class  postoffice.  Something 
of  the  growth  and  development  of  the  place  may  be 
imagined  from  the  fact  that  Mr.  Barber  is  now 
postmaster  of  a  second  class  postoffice,  having  been 
re-appointed  by  President  Taft  on  the  I4th  of  April, 
1910,  and  at  the  same  time  advanced  in  dignity  to  a 
second  class  postmaster. 

As  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  Mr.  Barber  has  al- 
ways taken  considerable  interest  in  fraternal  orders, 
believing  most  firmly  in  their  principles  of  brother- 
hood. 

Mr.  Barber  still  owns  the  ranch  near  Burley, 
which  has  now  become  a  very  valuable  property, 
and  in  Gooding  he  is  the  owner  of  a  business  block, 
whereon  are  located  the  postoffice,  a  store  and  upon 
the  second  floor  the  offices  of  the  Idaho  Leader. 
He  was  married  in  1891,  on  the  3rd  of  June  to  Miss 
Emma  C.  Cowan,  who  was  a  native  of  lola,  Kansas. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Edna  Barber. 

Mr.  Barber  is  perhaps  able  to  speak  with  more  . 
authority  on  the  resources  and  advantages  of  Idaho 
than  almost  any  other  man  in  the  state.  While  he 
was  on  the  staff  of  the  Statesman  he  made  a  special 
effort  to  become  familiar  with  as  much  of  the  state 
as  possible  and  to  form  as  wide  an  acquaintance  as 
he  was  able  to  do  among  the  men  who  were  working 
for  the  advance  of  the  state  in  her  different  sec- 
tions. He  gained  therefore  much  valuable  informa- 
tion and  he  has  used  this  data  in  many  valuable  and 
interesting  magazine  articles  on  Idaho, — it  agricul- 
tural future,  lands,  productive  qualities,  and  other 
matters  of  importance  to  the  prospective  settler,  and 
of  interest  to  the  citizen  of  the  state.  During  one 
month  he  gave  his  entire  time  to  the  investigation 
of  the  beet  sugar  industry  in  Idaho,  and  the  mono- 
graph which  he  wrote  on  this  subject  is  considered 
the  most  comprehensive  and  authoritative  that  has 
ever  been  written  on  this  subject.  During  his  years 
as  a  teacher  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Idaho  Teachers'  Association,  and  served  for  five 
years  as  treasurer  of  this  body. 

It  is  a  fortunate  thing  for  the  people  of  Lincoln 
county  that  Mr.  Barber  was  apprenticed  to  a  printer 
at  the  age  of  twelve,  and  that  during  all  his  years  as 
a  teacher  he  never  lost  his  fondness  for  the  smell 
of  a  wet  sheet  of  copy  just  from  the  press,  or  a  lik- 
ing for  the  big  blue  pencil,  because  in  his  position 
as  editor  of  a  widely  circulated  paper  he  has  been 
able  to  accomplish  more  for  the  practical  good  of 
the  town  than  if  he  were  placed  in  any  other  posi- 
tion. He  has  worked  hard  all  of  his  life,  and  has 
had  few  play  days,  but  he  is  now  receiving  his  reward 
in  the  respect  and  affection  with  which  he  is  regarded 
by  the  people  among  whom  he  has  cast  his  lot. 


EZRA  E.  BRANDT.  A  man  who  has  done  much 
for  Gooding,  Idaho,  and  who  will  do  much  in  the 
future,  through  his  enthusiasm,  his  belief  in  the 
country,  and  his  eloquence  against  which  most 
people  are  not  proof,  is  Ezra  E.  Brandt.  He  spent 
some  time  looking  for  a  location  in  the  west  and 
finally  determined  that  Gooding  offered  him  the 
most  advantages.  Since  he  has  been  here  he  has 
become  an  active  force  in  the  life  of  the  young  city, 
and  his  efforts  are  always  directed  along  the  most 
progressive  lines.  He  invested  a  large  amount  of 
money  in  ranch  lands  and  other  property  and  then 
he  established  a  real-estate  business,  which  has 
done  much  to  stimulate  the  growth  of  the  town. 

Ezra  E.  Brandt  was  born  in  Fairfield  county, 
Ohio,  on  the  5th  of  November,  1861.  His  parents 
were  John  Brandt  and  Sarah  (Gessel)  Brandt,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio.  John  Brandt  was 
a  farmer  all  of  his  days.  He  had  a  large  farm, 
and  was  very  successful,  piling  up  quite  a  fortune 
before  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1906,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-seven.  His  wife  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
six,  in  1910.  This  couple  became  the  parents  of 
twelve  children,  three  of  whom  died.  Ezra  E. 
Brandt  was  the  eighth  in  this  long  line  and  is  the 
only  one  of  the  family  who  makes  his  home  in 
Idaho. 

Ezra  E.  Brandt  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state,  spending  more 
time,  however,  out-of-doors  than  in  the  schoolroom, 
for  he  was  a  farmer's  son  and  farmers'  sons  are 
likely  to  have  plenty  of  work  to  do,  however  young 
they  may  be.  Until  he  was  of  age  Mr.  Brandt  re- 
mained with  his  parents,  and  then  wishing  to  start 
out  in  life  for  himself,  he  went  to  Kansas  and 
settled  in  Hill  City,  where  he  established  himself 
in  the  mercantile  business.  His  business  grew  and 
he  became  very  successful,  his  prosperity  being  due 
to  his  energetic  methods  of  doing  business,  his  en- 
terprising methods  of  securing  trade,  and  at  last  in 
his  strict  honesty,  that  gave  him  the  full  confidence 
of  his  customers.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and 
a  popular  man  in  this  community,  and  after  twelve 
years  as  a  merchant  he  received  proof  of  the  friend- 
ship which  the  people  of  the  county  had  for  him, 
by  his  election  to  the  office  of  county  treasurer,  on 
the  Republican  ticket.  He  therefore  sold  out  his 
stores  that  he  might  give  his  time  more  fully  to  the 
duties  of  his  new  office  and  so  efficient  did  he  prove 
that  he  was  re-elected  at  the  expiration  and  served 
another  term.  Then  deciding  that  the  west  held 
prospects  of  a  brighter  future  than  Kansas,  and 
determining  that  Idaho  was  the  gem  of  all  the 
western  states  he  came  to  Gooding.  This  occurred 
in  the  spring  of  1909.  He  did  not  sell  his  farms  in 
Graham  county,  Kansas,  and  owns  them  yet,  but  he 
purchased  large  tracts  of  ranch  lands  in  Lincoln 
and  Twin  Falls  counties.  He  now  has  three  tracts 
splendidly  irrigated  and  Bunder  a  high  state  of  cul- 
tivation, his  property  being  among  the  most  desir- 
able pieces  of  land  in  this  section.  He  also  pur- 
chased valuable  town  realty  and  owns  and  occupies 
a  most  attractive  home  in  Gooding.  His  real-estate 
business,  which  he  established  soon  after  coming  to 
Gooding  has  proved  to  be  a  very  lucrative  one,  for 
Mr.  Brandt  has  not  only  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
land  values  but  he  has  a  keen  desire  to  benefit  the 
country  and  encourage  settlers,  therefore  he  does 
not  put  exorbitant  prices  on  his  choice  bits  of  land. 
'  In  January,  1913,  this  was  made  Gooding  county, 
with  the  town  of  Gooding  as  the  county  seat  and 
Mr.  E.  E.  Brandt  was  appointed  probate  judge  of 
Gooding  county. 

Mr.    Brandt   is   a   member   of  the   Masonic   order 
and  in  his  religious  views  he  believes  in  the  tenets 


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of  the  Methodist  church,  being  a  member  of  the 
same.  He  was  married  on  the  I2th  of  August, 
1891,  to  Miss  Stella  Earnhart,  who  was  also  a  native 
of  Ohio.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  them, 
Joy,  Neva  and  Dale.  All  of  the  children  have  had 
the  advantage  of  exceptional  educational  opportuni- 
ties, this  being  a  subject  in  which  Mr.  Brandt  is  very 
much  interested  and  in  which  he  believes  most 
firmly.  One  of  his  chief  reasons  for  coming  to 
Gooding  was  because  the  town  offered  such  fine  ad- 
vantages in  an  educational  way. 

As  an  example  of  the  firm  belief  that  Mr.  Brandt 
has  in  the  future  of  Gooding  and  the  surrounding 
country  and  also  as  an  example  of  the  persuasive- 
ness of  his  language,  we  quote  the  following  from 
his  own  pen :  "The  great  Snake  River  valley  has 
the  greatest  opportunities  for  the  home-builder  and 
the  investor  of  any  country  on  earth.  It  is  destined 
to  be  one  of  the  most  productive  and  beautiful.  It 
will  be  in  the  near  future  the  largest  irrigated  valley. 
It  now  has  the  most  water  power  of  any  stream, 
which  will  be  utilized  for  electric  railroads  and 
manufacturing  purposes,  and  is  now  used  for  power, 
lighting  and  heating  purposes.  We  can  now  sit  in 
our  homes,  press  a  button  and  the  lights  are  on; 
press  another  and  the  heat  is  on  to  warm  the 
entire  house,  press  another  and  we  can  do  the 
churning,  wash  the  dishes,  grind  the  feed  and  pump 
the  water  (.pure,  cold  mountain  water),  and  yet  we 
are  only  in  our  infancy,  have  scarcely  begun  to  util- 
ize the  wonderful  resources  of  this  country.  The 
writer,  having  spent  the  greater  .part  of  the  last 
three  years  in  this  valley,  believes  that  Gooding 
is  the  coming  metropolis  of  southern  Idaho.  We 
spent  one  summer  traveling  in  the  west  looking 
for  a  better  location  and  have  decided  that  Good- 
ing was  good  enough  for  us.  'A  word  to  the  wise* 
should  be  sufficient,  we  believe  that  property  of 
all  kinds  will  increase  in  value  very  materially  in 
the  near  future,  and  the  party  or  parties  who  are 
the  owners  of  some  of  this  fertile  valley,  will  reap 
a  great  reward."  When  one  realizes  that  Mr. 
Brandt  is  perfectly  sincere  in  the  above  remarks, 
as  all  who  know  him  do  realize,  one  is  greatly 
tempted  to  invest  in  the  lands  which  he  describes 
so  enticingly. 

WARD  MEYER.  A  genuine  example  of  what 
energy  and  hard  work  will  accomplish  is  to  be  found 
in  the  case  of  the  Meyer  Brothers,  the  pioneer  firm 
of  hardware  merchants  in  Gooding,  Idaho.  Ward 
Meyer  the  senior  of  the  firm  was  the  first  to  arrive 
in  Gooding,  and  began  with  an  energy  that  the  citi- 
zens of  Gooding  have  since  learned  is  characteristic 
of  him,  to  build  up  a  business.  He  was  followed 
shortly  afterwards  by  his  brother,  Herbert  and  the 
two  have  been  one  of  the  greatest  forces  for  prog- 
ress and  up-to-date  business  methods  that  the  town 
has  known.  Nothing  ever  discourages  them ;  with 
a  firm  belief  in  the  splendid  future  of  Gooding  and 
the  surrounding  country,  they  inspire  others  with 
the  same  feeling,  and  have  thus  been  of  an  inestim- 
able benefit  to  the  young  town. 

Ward  Meyer  was  born  on  the  24th  of  July,  1883, 
at  Wellington,  Kansas,  while  the  birth  of  Herbert 
took  place  on  the  joth  of  March,  1873.  They  are 
the  sons  of  Jacob  and  Henrietta  (Macy)  Meyer. 
Jacob  Meyer  was  born  in  Germany  and  came  to 
the  United  States  when  he  was  a  child,  with  his 
parents.  Mrs.  Meyer  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  Jacob 
Meyer  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  merchant 
in  Ohio,  seeming  to  have  a  natural  ability  for  the 
buying  and  selling  of  goods,  an  ability  which  he 
bequeathed  to  his  sons.  In  1879  he  sold  his  store  and 
his  stock  of  goods  and  moving  to  Kansas  took  up 


farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was  as  successful 
in  this  line  of  industry  as  he  had  been  as  a  mer- 
chant in  Ohio,  and  prosperity  came  to  him  in  full 
measure.  In  1909  he  decided  to  retire,  and  there- 
fore, closed  out  his  live  stock  interests,  retaining 
his  land  holdings.  After  this  was  successfully  done 
he  moved  to  Gooding  with  his  wife  that  they  might 
spend  the  later  years  of  their  life  with  their  chil- 
dren. 

Ward  Meyer  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Wellington,  Kansas,  but  all  through  his  school 
life  he  was  eager  to  get  out  of  school  and  get  to 
work.  Never  did  boy  so  look  forward  to  the  time 
when  he  could  play  a  man's  part  in  the  world.  It 
was  at  the  age  of  eighteen  therefore  that  he  found 
himself  at  last  free  to  go  to  earning  his  own  living. 
He  secured  work  in  the  hardware  department  of  the 
Gambril  Mercantile  Company,  as  a  clerk.  This 
house  was  one  of  the  best  concerns  in  Wellington, 
and  young  Mr.  Meyer  spent  seven  years  in  their 
employ,  gathering  a  wealth  of  experience  in  the 
hardware  business,  and  giving  faithful  and  loyal 
service  to  his  employers.  His  one  ambition  was 
to  start  in  business  for  himself,  so  he  denied  him- 
self many  little  comforts  that  he  might  save  the 
money  for  this  purpose.  He  finally  had  enough 
money,  and  came  to  Gooding,  Idaho.  This  hap- 
pened in  1908  and  the  store  which  he  opened  up  was 
the  first  hardware  store  in  the  town.  The  store  is 
the  largest  in  the  town  and  the  stock  which  Mr. 
Meyer  carries  is  the  most  complete  in  the  city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Meyer  is  a  Republican,  and  among 
the  fraternal  societies  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  the 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Following  the  example 
of  his  father  he  has  invested  considerable  money  in 
ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  and  he  is  also  the 
owner  of  valuable  property  in  Gooding. 

Mr.  Meyer  was  married  to  Stella  M.  Coin,  in 
October,  1908.  His  wife  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  and 
on  January  7th,  1913,  were  born  to  them  twin  girls, 
Ruth  and  Rose. 

The  elder  brother  of  Ward  Meyer,  Herbert  Meyer, 
was  educated  in  the  country  schools  of  Stunner 
county,  Kansas,  and  later  received  a  course  in  the 
Normal  school  of  Great  Bend,  Kansas.  He  came 
to  Idaho  during  the  same  year  as  his  brother,  1908, 
but  the  latter  was  on  the  ground  first.  Going  into 
partnership  with  his  brother,  the  firm  became  Meyer 
Brothers,  and  has  remained  so  up  to  the  present. 
Like  his  brother  he  is  a  member  of  the  order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  is  also  a  Republican  in  politics. 
Neither  of  the  brothers  have  taken  any  active  part 
in  political  affairs,  having  little  time  to  give  from 
their  business.  He  also  has  invested  heavily  in 
ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  and  is  confident  of 
the  future  of  this  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Ward  Meyer  was  asked  to  give  his  honest 
opinion  of  the  future  of  the  state  of  Idaho,  and 
the  enthusiasm  with  which  he  replied  would  be 
enough  to  convert  anyone  to  his  belief.  He  said: 
"Idaho's  future  is  greater  than  any  state  that  I 
know  anything  of.  What  we  need  are  workers, 
capital  will  follow." 

JOHN  TOLLEFSON.  Associated  with  Julius  O.  Jo- 
hansen  as  one  of  the  interested  principals  in  the 
Southern  Idaho  Mercantile  Company,  of  Rupert, 
Minidoka  county,  Mr.  Tollefson  is  to  be  designated 
with  all  of  consistency  as  one  of  the  representative 
business  men  of  this  section  of  the  state,  and  con- 
cerning the  fine  establishment  and  extensive  trade 
of  the  mercantile  concern  with  which  he  is  thus 
prominently  identified  adequate  mention  is  made  in 
the  review  dedicated  to  his  honored  coadjutor,  Mr. 
Johansen,  on  other  pages  of  this  work,  so  that  a 


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repetition  of  the  data  is  not  demanded  in  this  arti- 
cle. Mr.  Tollefson  is  a  man  of  ability  and  stead- 
fast integrity,  and  as  a  progressive  and  public-spir- 
ited citizen  who  has  a  secure  place  in  popular  confi- 
dence and  respect,  he  is  entitled  to  specific  recogni- 
tion in  this  publication.  Further  interest  attaches 
to  his  career  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  he  has  won 
advancement  entirely  through  his  own  efforts. 

Mr.  Tollefson  was  born  at  Winona,  Minnesota, 
the  judicial  center  of  the  county  of  the  same  name, 
and  the  date  of  his  nativity  was  September  29,  1870. 
He  is  a  son  of  Ole  and  Annie  (Lee)  Tollefson,  both 
of  whom  were  born  in  Norway, — representatives  of 
sterling  old  families  of  the  fair  Norseland.  Ole  Tol- 
lefson was  an  artist  of  special  talent  and  after 
coming  to  America  he  gained  no  slight  reputation 
in  this  line.  In  the  exhibition  of  his  paintings  he 
won  numerous  prizes,  among  which  was  the  first 
prize  given  on  such  productions  at  one  of  the  Wis- 
consin state  fairs.  He  passed  the  closing  years  of 
his  life  at  Stoughton,  Wisconsin,  and  his  wife  died 
when  their  son  John,  of  this  review,  was  but  four 
years  of  age. 

After  the  death  of  his  mother  John  Tollefson 
was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  maternal  grand- 
mother, at  Stoughton,  Wisconsin,  and  one  year 
later  he  was  sent  to  the  home  of  his  uncle,  Andrew 
Lee,  in  Clay  county,  South  Dakota.  Two  years 
later  the  boy  found  a  home  with  an  aunt,  whose  hus- 
band was  a  farmer  in  Clay  county,  that  state,  and 
there  he  remained  seven  years,  within  which  he  re- 
ceived but  desultory  educational  training,  his  advan- 
tages having  been  confined  to.  a  very  irregular 
attendance  in  the  public  schools  of  Vermilion,  the 
county  seat  of  Clay  county.  At  the  early  age  of 
thirteen  years  he  was  found  applying  himself  dili- 
gently to  arduous  toil,  and-  from  that  time  forward 
he  was  practically  dependent  upon  his  own  re- 
sources in  gaining  a  livelihood.  His  ambition  for 
wider  education  was  not  to  be  denied,  for  his  self- 
reliance  and  determination  gave  him  due  mastery 
of  expedients.  He  carefully  hoarded  his  meager 
earnings,  and  with  the  funds  thus  accumulated  he 
defrayed  the  expenses  incidental  to  his  entering  and 
pursuing  his  studies  in  the  University  of  South  Da- 
kota, at  Vermilion.  In  this  institution  he  was  grad- 
uated when  twenty-five  years  of  age.  He  had 
previously  completed  a  course  in  a  business  col- 
lege in  the  same  town,  and  in  the  same  was 
graduated  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  About  that 
time  he  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  in  which 
city  he  was  employed  in  a  clerical  position  for  one 
year,  at  the  expiration  of  which  he  returned  to 
Vermilion,  where  he  was  similarly  engaged  up  to 
the  time  he  entered  the  university. 

In  1896,  well  fortified  in  mental  discipline  and 
practical  experience,  Mr.  Tollefson  came  to  Idaho 
and  settled  in  Bannock  county,  where  he  secured 
from  the  government  a  homestead  claim  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  to  the  development  and 
improvement  of  which  he  turned  his  attention  with 
characteristic  vigor  and  discrimination.  He  re- 
claimed the  tract  into  a  valuable  farm  and  there 
continued  his  operations  until  1905,  when  he  sold 
the  property  at  an  appreciable  profit  and  removed  to 
Rupert,  Lincoln  county,  prior  to  the  platting  of  the 
town,  which  was  then  represented  by  only  two  or 
three  small  buildings.  Here  he  erected  and  became 
the  proprietor  of  the  first  hotel,  the  Rupert  House, 
and  he  conducted  the  same  for  a  period  of  eight 
months, — until  the  sale  of  town  lots  had  been  insti- 
tuted, and  then  sold  the  property  and  business  to 
associate  himself  with  F.  W.  Jones  in  the  opera- 
tion of  a  billiard  and  pool  hall.  This  line  of  enter- 


prise enlisted  his  attention  for  two  and  one-half 
years,  and  he  then  sold  his  interest  in  the  enter- 
prise, as  he  was  determined  to  identify  himself  with 
a  line  of  business  that  would  offer  greater  oppor- 
tunities for  development  and  expansion.  He  ac- 
cordingly purchased  one-half  interest  in  the  South- 
ern Idaho  Mercantile  Company,  and  in  the  carrying 
on  of  the  extensive  business  he  has  been  continuously 
associated  with  Mr.  Johansen,  under  the  most  pleas- 
ing relations,  both  he  and  his  partner  being  recog- 
nized as  substantial,  upright  and  progressive  business 
men  of  this  favored  section  of  the  state. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Tollefson  is  aligned  as  a  progres- 
sive Republican,  and  he  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  the  village  of 
Rupert  and  was  elected  again  to  same  office  in 
April,  1913.  While  a  resident  of  Bannock  county  he 
served  as  school  director.  Messrs.  Johansen  and  Tol- 
lefson own  the  building  in  which  their  business  is  con- 
ducted, and  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  likewise  the 
owner  of  other  valuable  real  estate  in  Rupert,  in- 
cluding his  attractive  residence  property.  He  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
in  which  he  has  passed  the  subordinate  chairs,  and 
also  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  hold  membership  in  the  Christian  church. 
Concerning  his  mother's  family  it  may  be  noted  that 
her  brother,  Hon.  Andrew  Lee,  in  whose  home  Mr. 
Tollefson  remained  for  a  time,  as  previously  stated, 
later  became  governor  of  South  Dakota. 

In  July,  1898,  Mr.  Tollefson  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Laura  Simmons,  daughter  of  Carroll 
Simmons,  a  pioneer  of  Lincoln  county,  this  state, 
where  he  developed  a  fine  ranch,  near  Malad  City. 
Mrs.  Tollefson  was  born  and  reared  in  this  county 
and  in  the  same  has  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Tollefson  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren :  Edith,  who  died  at  the  age  of  nine  months ; 
Helen,  Esther  and  John. 

WILLIAM  E.  SMITH.  Among  the  successful  mer- 
cantile firms  of  Gooding,  Idaho,  is  that  of  Smith 
Brothers,  dealers  in  hardware,  implements  and  autos. 
It  is  a  firm  composed  of  young  men,  who  with  the 
characteristic  energy  of  youth  have  built  up  a  fine 
and  prosperous  business.  They  are  progressive  and 
enterprising,  and  have  won  the  prominent  place 
in  the  business  world  of  Gooding  which  is  theirs, 
through  honest  business  methods.  They  believe  that 
the  best  business  policy  is  to  make  legitimate  profits 
only,  and  to  give  the  the  best  value  possible  for 
money  received,  and  consequently  they  have  built 
up  a  flourishing  trade,  because  they  have  the  con- 
fidence of  their  customers.  What  other  firms  make 
by  high  prices  and  crooked  business  methods,  Smith 
Brothers  make  by  honesty  and  by  their  unfailing 
courtesy  to  their  customers. 

William  E.  Smith  is  the  eldest  of  the  three  broth- 
ers, the  other  members  of  the  firm  being  Earl  E. 
and  Carl  C.  They  are  the  sons  of  Arthur  Smith 
and  Carolina  (Brown)  Smith,  both  of  whom  are 
natives  of  the  town  of  Weston,  Ohio.  Arthur  Smith 
was  a  contractor,  carpenter  and  painter,  in  Weston, 
well-known  throughout  Wood  county,  for  the  same 
characteristics  which  dominate  his  sons,  honesty  and 
good  common  sense.  The  father  of  Arthur  Smith, 
was  William  E.  Smith,  a  man  who  deserves  the  rev- 
erence of  everyone,  for  he  served  under  the  flag 
of  the  Union  for  six  years,  during  the  Civil  war. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Elev- 
enth Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  saw  some  of 
the  hardest  fighting  of  the  war.  He  was  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Stony  Ridge,  and  was  later  taken 
prisoner  and  incarcerated  in  the  prison  at  Ander- 


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sonville,.  which  was  the  horror  of  the  soldier  of  the 
Union,  next  to  Libby  prison  in  Richmond.  The 
horrors  of  that  prison  life  are  such  that  they  will 
never  be  less  than  the  most  vivid  of  his  memories 
to  the  old  veteran.  He,  with  three  others,  after 
six  months  in  the  place,  succeeded  in  making  a  tun- 
nel  that  reached  to  the  open  air,  and  thus  escaped. 
Weak  and  worn  with  illness  and  confinement,  they 
made  their  way  back  to  their  commands,  and  the 
intrepid  soldier  was  just  in  time  to  take  part  in 
the  terrible  fighting  of  Shilph's  two  days  of  war- 
fare. He  remained  with  his  regiment  throughout 
the  rest  of  the  war,  and  he  is  now  living  at  Weston, 
having  reached  the  age  of  eighty-eight.  His  wife 
was  Jane  Miller,  and  her  death  occurred  at  Weston 
in  1905. 

William  E.  Smith,  who  was  named  for  his  grand- 
father, was  born  in  Weston,  Ohio,  on  the  9th  of 
May,  1878.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Weston  and  in  the  Davis  Business  College,  of 
Toledo,  Ohio,  He  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
institution,  but  after  leaving  college  he  did  not  take 
up  his  business  career  immediately,  first,  teaching 
school  for  three  years  at  Weston.  He  made  a  very 
successful  teacher,  but  he  did  not  care  to  make  this 
his  life  work,  and  when  he  heard  of  an  opening  in 
Phillipsburg,  Kansas,  he  took  the  money  which  he 
had  been  saving  and  set  out  for  this  place.  It  was 
in  1899  that  he  came  to  Phillipsburg  and  estab- 
lished the  hardware  business  in  which  ne  was  to  be 
engaged  for  the  next  ten  years.  He  was  extremely 
successful  but  the  lure  of  the  West  and  the  pros- 
pects of  greater  successes  called  to  him  and  as 
many  of  his  friends  and  associates  in  Phillipsburg 
were  coming  to  the  new  town  of  Gooding,  Idaho, 
he  determined  to  close  out  his  business,  and  go  to. 
With  his  years  of  experience  and  a  considerable 
capital  it  was  not  difficult  for  him  to  organize  anew 
in  Gooding,  but  no  matter  how  successful  he  may 
have  been  at  the  start,  had  it  not  been  that  he  has 
kept  up  the  standard  set  at  the  beginning,  Smith 
Brothers  would  not  be  the  leader  it  is  today.  His 
younger  brothers  joined  him,  and  the  three  work 
together  for  the  good  of  the  firm  in  a  harmony  that 
is  rarely  seen.  They  are  devoted  sons  to  their  par- 
ents in  Ohio,  and  are  especially  grateful  for  their 
prosperity,  in  that  it  enables  them  to  supply  the  old 
folks  with  comforts  and  luxuries  that  they  would  not 
otherwise  have  had. 

Earl  C.  Smith  and  Carl  are  twins,  and  were  born 
on  November  8,  1886.  They  were  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Weston,  and  as  soon  as  they  were  through 
with  their  education  they  came  directly  to  their 
brother  in  the  West,  and  have  added  their  youth- 
ful energy  to  his  experience.  The  youngest  brother 
is  Burl  E.  Smith,  who  resides  with  his  parents  in 
Weston.  Their  sister,  Cora,  married  Ralph  Gilles- 
pie  and  lives  at  Bowling  Green,  Ohio.  All  of  the 
brothers  are  members  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
William  E.  and  Earl  are  both  members  of  the 
Masonic  order.  The  elder  brother  is  especially 
interested  in  fraternal  affairs  and  in  addition  to 
his  Masonic  affiliations  is  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  Foresters,  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Carl  Smith  is 
unmarried.  Earl  was  married  in  1908  to  Miss  Mabel 
Gebhart,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Kansas. 
Earl  Smith  has  invested  in  Gooding  real  estate 
and  is  the  owner  of  a  pleasant  home.  W.  E.  Smith 
married  December*  29,  1912,  Lillian  Maloney  of 
Edina,  Missouri. 

SAMUEL  PARKER  RICHARDS.  High  upon  the  list 
of  the  well-to-do  self-made  men  of  Blaine  county, 
who  have  distinguished  themselves  by  gaining  high 

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position  in  the  field  of  business  entirely  through  the 
medium  of  their  own  efforts,  stands  the  name  of 
Samuel  Parker  Richards,  senior  member  of  the 
Carey  Lumber  &  Hardware  Company.  Mr.  Richards 
was  born  September  16,  1879,  in  Montpelier,  Idaho, 
a  son  of  S.  P.  and  Fredonia  (Alexander)  Richards, 
natives  of  Utah.  The  paternal  grandfather,  Samuel 
W.  Richards,  was  one  of  the  first  party  of  twenty- 
five  young  men  who  led  the  way  to  Salt  Lake  Val- 
ley in  1847,  and  he  lived  until  reaching  his  eighty- 
sixth  year.  Both  he  and  his  son,  S.  P.  Richards, 
were  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  under 
the  most  trying  conditions  imaginable,  being  con- 
stantly harassed  by  Indians  and  outlaws  and  handi- 
capped by  the  lack  of  proper  tools.  That  they  were 
able  to  succeed  at  all  was  an  indication  of  their 
industry,  perseverance  and  courage.  In  1896  S.  P. 
Richards  came  to  Idaho,  settling  in  Blaine  county, 
resides,  being  considered  one  of  the  substantial, 
in  the  little  Wood  River  valley.  There  he  still 
reliable  men  of  his  locality.  His  wife,  who  also 
survives,  is  of  Utah  stock,  although  her  parents 
belonged  to  the  Mormon  batallion  that  migrated  to 
that  state  from  Virginia.  They  had  a  family  of 
eight  children,  as  follows:  Samuel  Parker;  Hor- 
ace Leroy;  lantha  who  married  Evan  Arthur,  a 
prominent  farmer  and  ranchman  of  St.  John,  Utah 
and  Idaho;  Fredonia,  who  married  Ernest  Phippen, 
of  Carey;  Claude  A.,  junior,  member  of  Carey  Lum- 
ber &  Hardware  Company;  Blanche,  residing  with 
her  parents ;  William  Alexander,  a  ranchowner  of 
Carey;  and  Hazel,  of  this  city. 

Samuel  Parker  Richards  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Ogden,  and  subsequently 
received  a  course  and  graduated  from  the  school 
of  builders  and  contractors.  He  taught  drawing  and 
manual  training  in  the  schools  of  Oakley  for  two 
years,  in  addition  to  which  he  learned  the  practical 
side  of  carpentering,  and  entered  the  business  of 
contracting  and  building  in  Carey  and  throughout 
Blaine  county,  being  the  builder  of  many  of  the  fin- 
est homes  in  the  county.  A  splendid  monument  to 
his  skill  and  good  workmanship  is  found  in  the 
school  at  Carey,  and  numerous  business  buildings 
also  testify  eloquently  to  his  ability.  In  April,  1909, 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph  P.  Cooper, 
his  father-in-law,  and  this  association  continued 
until  the  death  of  Mr.  Cooper,  November  21,  1912, 
since  which  time  the  style  of  the  firm  has  been 
changed  to  the  Carey  Lumber  &  Hardware  Company. 
Mr.  Richards  has  built  up  the  business  and  made 
a  place  for  himself  among  the  substantial  men  of 
this  section,  although  his  start  was  somewhat  mod- 
est, owing  to  the  necessity  of  his  helping  the  family 
of  his  father,  who  met  with  reverses  during  the  great 
financial  panic  during  President  Cleveland's  adminis- 
tration. He  is  energetic,  persevering  and  indus- 
trious, with  the  foresight  to  recognize  an  opportun- 
ity, the  courage  to  grasp  it  and  the  ability  to  carry 
it  through  to  a  successful  conclusion,  qualities  so 
necessary  to  the  business  man  of  today  who  aspires 
to  more  than  an  ordinary  place. 

On  June  7.  1907,  Mr.  Richards  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  Frances  Cooper,  daughter  of  Joseph  P. 
Cooper,  of  Carey,  and  two  children  have  blessed 
this  union:  Marcus,  who  is  five  years^  of  age;  and 
Lois,  who  has  just  passed  her  second  birthday.  The 
members  of  the  family  are  strict  adherents  of  the 
principles  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

JOSEPH  S.  COOPER.   One  of  the  energetic  and  or 
gressive  young  business  men  of  Carey,  Idaho,  wh' 
he  is  the  representative  of  his  father's  extensive  !• 
ber  interests,  is  Joseph  S.  Cooper,  who  is  alsc 
owner    of    a    fine    ranch    and    is    an    enthus 


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orchardist.  Mr.  Cooper  was  born  February  22, 
1883,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  L.  (Connell)  Cooper, 
the  former  a  native  of  Utah  and  the  latter  of  Eng- 
land, both  of  whom  now  reside  at  Carey.  Joseph 
P.  Cooper  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  southern 
Utah,  and  there  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  as  a  young  man,  extending  his  operations 
over  a  wider  field  each  year  until  1903,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  his  ranches  and  stock  and  came  with  his 
family  to  Elaine  county,  Utah.  Here  he  was  also 
engaged  in  stock  raising  and  agricultural  pursuits, 
but  in  April,  1909,  formed  a  partnership  with  Sam- 
uel P.  Richards,  his  son-in-law,  an  association  that 
has  proven  decidedly  successful  in  every  way.  He, 
however,  is  content  to  follow  his  beloved  vocation 
of  agriculture,  he  being  the  son  of  an  old  pioneer 
who  settled  in  southern  Utah  during  the  early,  days 
and  worked  out  his  own  fortune  in  spite  of  untold 
hardships  and  privations,  and  the  hardware  and 
lumber  business  is  in  the  hands  of  Joseph  S.  Cooper, 
who  has  shown  himself  eminently  worthy  of  the 
confidence  reposed  in  him.  He  and  his  wife  have 
had  three  children :  Joseph  S. ;  Mary  F.,  who  mar- 
ried Samuel  Parker  Richards,  her  father's  business 
partner;  and  Ada,  who  married  Milton  Dilworth, 
a  rancher,  of  Carey. 

Joseph  S.  Cooper  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools,  and  on  completing  his  schooling  started 
to  assist  his  father  on  the  home  farm.  At  the  age 
of  twenty  years  he  started  upon  his  own  business 
career,  and  until  1908  was  engaged  in  farming  for 
himself.  In  that  year  he  became  a  clerk  for  the 
Case  Park  Mercantile  Company,  of  Carey,  but  in 
1909  resigned  his  position  to  become  a  missionary, 
traveling  throughout  Colorado  and  Nebraska  in  the 
interests  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  a  trip  that  con- 
sumed twenty-six  months  and  was  very  successful. 
On  his  return  he  settled  down  in  Carey,  where  he 
has  taken  charge  of  his  father's  business  interests, 
proving  conclusively  that  he  is  an  able  and  efficient 
man  of  affairs.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  model  ranch 
and  has  had  a  great  deal  of  success  in  growing 
apples.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republican,  but 
public  life  has  not  attracted  him  to  the  extent  of 
luring  his  mind  from  his  business  interests.  He  is 
prominent  in  the  work,  however,  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  is  a  talented  vocalist,  a  deep  student  and  a 
firm  believer  in  higher  education.  He  is  greatly 
respected  throughout  his  community,  not  only  for 
his  integrity  of  character,  but  also  for  his  activity 
in  all  movements  tending  to  the  good  of  the  public. 
A  hard-working,  earnest,  progressive  young  man, 
he  is  doing  much  to  materially  aid  his  city,  where 
in  a  wide  acquaintance  he  numbers  numerous  friends. 

On  April  10,  1907,  Mr.  Cooper  was  married  to 
Miss  Julia  M.  Stanford,  daughter  of  Cyrus  J.  Stan- 
ford, a  prominent  ranchman  and  early  pioneer  set- 
tler of  Idaho.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper  have  two  chil- 
dren :  Venice  J.  and  Clive  J. 

JOHN  O.  LOWE,  D.  D.  S.  It  may  be  said  of  Dr. 
John  O.  Lowe,  mayor  of  the  city  of  Oakley,  Idaho, 
that  he  is  one  of  the  fortunate  men  of  the  North- 
west. He  was  fortunate  in  having  a  good  parentage, 
a  fair  endowment  of  intellect  and  feeling,  a  liberal 
education,  in  attaching  himself  to  one  of  the  learned 
professions,  and,  above  all,  fortunate  in  casting  his 
lot  with  the  people  of  Oakley  at  a  time  when  the 
city's  enterprises  were  at  their  fullest  tide  of  devel- 
opment, and  under  circumstances  which  enabled  him 
to  co-operate  in  its  material  growth,  without  that  en- 
grossment of  time  and  faculty  which  hinders  the  full- 
est indulgence  of  the  intellectual  faculty.  While  he 
has  borne  a  fair  share  of  the  labors  of  professional 
and  public  life,  accomplishing  not  less  for  the  pub- 


lic welfare  than  for  his  own  advantage,  he  has  at  the 
same  time  preserved  his  love  for  his  profession,  his 
pursuit  of  manly  and  invigorating  pastimes  and  his 
indulgence  in  the  amenities,  of  a  refined  and  cultured 
life. 

Dr.  Lowe  was  born  at  Willard,  Utah,  September  4, 
1877,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Annie  (Ward)  Lowe, 
who  now  reside  at  Ward,  Idaho,  a  town  named  in 
honor  of  the  old  pioneer  family  of  Ward,  who  origin- 
ally emigrated  from  England.  Dr.  Lowe's  parents 
came  to  Idaho  in  1880,  and  his  father  is  now  engaged 
in  ranching  and  stock  raising  in  Cassia  county,  where 
he  is  also  prominent  in  Republican  politics,  having 
served  for  some  time  as  county  commissioner.  He 
also  has  numerous  business  interests  and  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Farmers  and  Commercial  Bank  of  Oak- 
ley. Eight  children  were  born  to  John  and  Annie 
Lowe,  of  whom  all  are  residents  of  Cassia  county  ex- 
cept Dr.  Charles  R.  Lowe  of  Kankakee,  Illinois.  The 
others  are :  Jarvis,  a  merchant  and  rancher  of  Bur^- 
ley,  Idaho;  Dr.  John  O. ;  Sylvester  T.,  a  city  attor- 
ney of  Burley,  who  also  maintains  offices  in  Oakley; 
Miss  May,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Oakley ; 
Miss  Meda,  who  resides  with  her  parents ;  Asael,  who 
is  engaged  in  ranching  in  Cassia  county;  and  Irene, 
who  is  a  student  of  the  Albion  State  Normal  school, 
at  Albion,  Idaho. 

John  O.  Lowe  received  his  early  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  Cassia  county,  following  which  he 
attended  the  Albion  State  Normal  school.  He  then 
took  up  the  work  of  educator,  but  had  taught  in  the 
schools  of  Cassia  county  for  only  one  year  when  the 
outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war  caused  him  to 
enlist  with  the  Idaho  Volunteers.  Joining  the  regular 
army,  the  regiment  was  sent  to  the  Philippines,  and 
there  Mr.  Lowe  saw  a  year  of  active  fighting. 
Among  the  battles  in  which  he  was  a  participant  were 
the  battle  of  Manila ;  the  battle  of  Santa  Anna,  Feb- 
ruary 4  and  5,  1899;  battle  of  Caloocan,  February  loth 
and  nth;  the  engagement  at  Guadeloupe,  February 
i6th  and  i7th;  Santa  Cruz  expedition,  April  8th  to 
I7th,  including  the  skirmish  during  the  advance  on 
Santa  Cruz,  February  9th,  and  the  battle  at  that 
point,  April  icth ;  the  skirmish  during  the  advance 
on  Pagsanjan  and  Delomban,  April  nth;  and  the 
skirmish  at  Paeta,  April  i3th.  On  being  mustered  out 
of  the  service,  Dr.  Lowe  returned  to  Oakley,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1901,  having  decided  to  enter  the  medi- 
cal profession,  entered  the  Illinois  Medical  College,  at 
Chicago,  where  he  studied  medicine  for  one  year. 
His  health  had  been  shattered  by  his  military  service, 
however,  and  in  December,  1901,  he  was  stricken  with 
typhoid  fever,  and  sent  to  a  Chicago  hospital,  where 
he  was  forced  to  remain  for  many  weeks.  Returning 
home  to  convalesce,  he  continued  to  remain  in  Oakley 
until  the  fall  of  1902,  when  he  again  went  to  Chicago 
and  entered  the  Northwestern  University,  where  he 
took  up  the  study  of  dentistry,  and  was  graduated 
with  his  degree  in  the  spring  of  1906.  He  then  came 
again  to  his  home  city  of  Oakley,  where  he  has  since 
been  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  large  and  representative 
practice,  and  has  forged  to  the  front  of  the  men  of 
hi,s  profession  in  the  county. 

Dr.  Lowe  on  the  Citizens'  ticket  in  1909  became 
candidate  for  the  office  of  mayor  of  Oakley,  to  which 
he  was  elected,  and  reflected  in  1911  and  1913.  In  his 
official  capacity  he  is  giving  his  fellow-citizens  a  wise, 
sane  and  business-like  administration,  during  which 
many  needed  improvements  have  been  made.  In  the 
fall  of  1900  he  was  candidate  for  sheriff  of  Cassia 
county,  but  owing  to  political  conditions  at  the  time 
met  with  defeat.  He  has  identified  himself  with 
various  enterprises  of  a  commercial  and  financial  na- 
ture, and  at  this  time  is  a  director  in  the  Farmers 
Commercial  Savings  Bank.  He  is  the  owner  of  many 


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acres  of  valuable  ranch  land  in  Cassia  county,  one 
ranch  of  which,  near  Burley,  has  been  put  in  a  splen- 
did state  of  cultivation  and  is  a  source  of  much  pride 
to  its  owner.  If  the  Doctor  acknowledges  a  weak- 
ness, it  is  for  traveling,  and  he  is  also  extremely  fond 
of  hunting  and  fishing,  his  wife  accompanying  him  on 
many  of  his  trips. 

In  September,  1902,  Dr.  Lowe  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Angeline  Bates,  daughter  of  Arlin 
and  Lovena  (Adams)  Bates,  pioneers  of  Utah  and 
Idaho,  the  former  of  whom  is  deceased,  while  the  lat- 
ter makes  her  home  at  Oakley.  Three  children  have 
been  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lowe,  namely:  Mona, 
Kheta  and  John  O.,  Jr. 

RAPHAEL  J.  LEMMON.  One  of  the  successful  busi- 
ness men  of  Richfield,  belonging  to  the  younger  gen- 
eration, Ralph  J.  Lemmon,  has  illustrated  in  his 
career  the  opportunities  that  are  presenting  them- 
selves to  the  youths  of  today  who  are  possessed  of 
enterprise,  have  the  ability,  and  are  not  afraid  of 
hard,  persistent  labor.  Mr.  Lemmon.  who  also  holds 
distinction  as  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  and  business 
men  of  Richfield,  is  the  proprietor  of  a  large  tinware 
establishment  which  enjoys  a  wide  patronage,  yet 
but  a  few  short  years  ago  he  began  his  business 
career  with  only  a  small  capital.  Born  March  14, 
1876,  in  Dodge  county,  Wisconsin,  Mr.  Lemmon  is  a 
son  of  John  L.  and  Amelia  (King)  Lemmon,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  Nova 
Scotia.  His  father,  who  came  to  the  United  States 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  became  a  prominent  agri- 
culturist of  Dodge  county,  Wisconsin,  and  there 
his  death  occurred  in  1889.  when  he  was  seventy- 
two  years  of  age.  His  widow  still  survives  and 
makes  her  home  in  Seattle,  Washington.  Ten  chil- 
dren were  born  to  this  union,  of  whom  only  one  is 
deceased. 

Raphael  J.  Lemmon  received  his  education  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Fox  Lake,  Wisconsin, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  began  to  earn 
his  living  as  a  railroad  man,  and  became  a  fire- 
man on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  in  New  Mexico,  in 
which  capacity  he  continued  to  act  for  five  years. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  trade  of  tinner,  after  learning  the  details  of 
which  he  worked  as  a  journeyman  in  his  native 
state  until  1006,  at  that  time  turning  his  face  towards 
the  West  and  locating  eventually  in  central  Washing- 
ton. Mr.  Lemmon  came  to  Richfield  in  November, 
1908,  when  there  were  but  four  dwellings  and  two 
stores  in  the  place,  and  here  erected  a  splendid  mod- 
ern stone  building,  with  a  separate  work  shop,  equip- 
ped with  every  appliance  known  to  the  trade,  and 
with  a  large  stock  of  hardware  and  tinware.  In 
partnership  with  him  is  his  brother,  R.  A.  Lemmon, 
and  they  have  succeeded  in  making  their  establish- 
ment the  leading  one  in  the  city.  Honorable  busi- 
ness methods,  progressive  ideas  and  constant  indus- 
try have  given  their  store  a  high  reputation  here, 
and  the  brothers  are  widely  and  favorably  known  to  * 
business  men  throughout  this  section.  Raphael  J. 
Lemmon  has  invested  extensively  in  city  realty,  and 
holds  a  prominent  place  among  those  whose  activ- 
ities are  serving  to  raise  property  values,  this  .  in 
itself  being  a  worthy  public  service.  He  takes  an 
active  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of 
his  adopted  community  and  all  movements  of  a  pro- 
gressive nature  ntay  depend  upon  his  co-operation 
and  hearty  support.  Fraternally,  he  belongs  to  the 
Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  attained  to  the  Royal 
Arch  degree,  and  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  while  his  brother  is  a 
popular  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows. 


Mr.  Lemmon  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ida  E.  Sharp,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Kansas, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children: 
Ruth  May  and  Clarence  Emory. 

GEORGE  R.  SCHWAXER.  It  is  to  a  large  degree  to 
the  self-made  men  of  Idaho,  and  especially  those 
of  the  rapidly-growing  section  wherein  lies  the  city 
of  Richfield,  that  the  industrial  and  financial  inter- 
ests of  this  part  of  the  West  owe  their  present 
importance  and  prosperous  condition ;  to  those  whor 
starting  out  in  life  with  but  little  capital,  have 
worked  their  way  to  the  front,  placing  themselves 
by  the  sheer  force  of  their  energy  and  perseverance 
among  the  successful  men  of  their  communities.  In 
this  class  stands  prominently  George  R.  Schwaner, 
cashier  of  the  First  State  Bank  of  Richfield,  and  a 
man'  of  progressive  ideas  and  public  spirit,  who, 
although  a  resident  of  Idaho  only  since  IQIO.  is 
widely  known  in  business  and  banking  circles.  Mr. 
Schwaner  was  born  at  Sank  City,  Wisconsin,  March 
30,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert  C.  and  Hattie 
(Hannsa)  Schwaner,  the  former  a  native  of  Wis- 
consin and  the  latter  of  Germany.  Mrs.  Schwaner 
was  brought  to  the  United  States  as  a  child  by  her 
parents,  who  settled  in  Wisconsin,  and  there  she 

'  met  and  married  Mr.  Schwaner,  who  is  now  a  promi- 
nent agriculturist  of  Dane  county,  Wisconsin,  the 
family  home  being  located  in  Sauk  City. 

George  R.  Schwaner  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Ord,  Nebraska,  and  the  Grand 
Island  Business  College,  and  his  business  career 
was  started  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  when 
he  became  bookkeeper  for  the  Dierks  Lumber  & 
Coal .  Company,  with  which  concern  he  was  con- 
nected for  more  than  seven  years.  He  continued  in 

,  the  capacity  of  bookkeeper  at  Ord,  Nebraska,  for 
three  years,  then  being  advanced  to  the  position  of 
manager  at  the  newly-opened  branch  at  Wood  River, 
Nebraska,  and  after  three  years  at  that  point  was 
sent  to  Ansley,  Nebraska,  and  given  charge  of  the 
branch  there,  a  capacity  in  which  he  continued  to 
act  for  one  and  one-half  years.  Mr.  Schwaner's 
advent  in  Idaho  occurred  in  September,  1910.  when 
he  came  to  Richfield  to  accept  the  cashiership  of 
the  First  State  Bank  of  Richfield,  and  this  position 
he  still  continues  to  occupy.  His  rapid  rise  in  the 
world  of  business  and  finance  has  been  due  to  his 
own  efforts  and  abilities,  and  he  has  carefully  built 
up  a  reputation  for  the  highest  business  integrity 
and  honorable  dealing  in  all  matters.  He  is  one  of 
the  leading  stockholders  in  the  bank,  which  is  known 
as  one  of  the  solid,  substantial  institutions  of  Lincoln 
county.  AH  matters  of  a  public  nature  have  felt 
the  benefit  of  his  energies,  and  as  one  of  the  pro- 
gressive men  of  the  city  he  is  at  present  devoting 
a  large  part  of  his  time  to  organizing  a  Commercial 
Club,  in  which  endeavor  he  is  being  assisted  by 
many  of  the  city's  leading  business  citizens.  He  has 
a  comfortable  modern  home  in  Richfield,  and  he 
and  Mrs.  Schwaner  have  numerous  friends  in  social 
circles. 

In  June.  1909,  Mr.  Schwaner  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Edith  W.  Schisler,  a  native  of 
Nebraska.  They  have  had  no  children.  During  the 
leisure  time  that  he  can  spare  from  his  business 
duties,  Mr.  Schwaner  takes  the  opportunity  to  in- 
dulge in  his  favorite  sports  of.  hunting  and  fishing, 
and  numerous  fine  specimens  of  the  furry  and  finny 
tribe  have  fallen  victims  to  his  skill. 

VERNON  V.  BOWER.  Perhaps  no  better  estimate 
of  a  community's  stability,  importance  and  pros- 
pects can  be  secured  than  that  given  by  a  success- 


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ful  business  man,  one  who  has  made  his  own  way 
and  through  experience  has  learned  both  the  pos- 
sibilities and  limits  of  business  development.  Many 
prospectors,  tourists  and  transients  have  come  to 
Idaho  and  have  left  again  with  but  a  cursory  knowl- 
edge of  the  great  resources  of  this  part  of  the 
Union  and  their  statements  are  of  no  more  value 
than  those  of  the  traveler  from  across  the  sea  who 
spends  a  day  in  the  great  eastern  metropolis  and 
goes  back  to  his  home  to  publish  his  notes  on 
America.  It  is  from  the  solid,  sensible,  business- 
establishing,  home-building  class  of  residents  of 
Idaho  that  comes  the  enthusiasm  that  proclaims 
this  one  of  the  most  promising  states  of  the  west- 
ern country,  rich  in  every  possibility  and  awaiting 
proper  developing  agencies.  To  this  class  belongs 
Vernon  V.  Bower,  a  successful  real  estate  man,  at 
Richfield,  Idaho,  where  he  is  also  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative men  in  all  public  matters.  , 

Vernon  V.  .Bower  was  born  at  Ashtabula,  Ohio, 
December  20,  1877,  and  is  a  son  of  William  J.  and 
Augusta  (Atkins)  Bower,  the  father  being  a  native 
of  Ohio,  and  the  mother  belonging  to  one  of  the  old 
settled  families  of  Ohio.  In  1879  the  Bowers  moved 
from  Ohio  to  Norton,  Kansas,  and  there  the  father 
engaged  in  merchandising  and  so  continues.  There 
were  nine  children  in  the  family,  Vernon  V.  being 
the  fifth  in  order  of  birth,  the  others  being  as  fol- 
lows :  A  babe  that  is  deceased ;  Adelmer  A.,  who 
is  a  resident  of  Norton,  Kansas ;  Frank  L.,  who  is  in 
the  real  estate  business  at  Gooding,  Idaho;  Ernest 
B.,  who  is  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Goodlands, 
Kansas;  Maude  B.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Noel  J. 
Hedge,  of  Norton,  Kansas ;  Claude,  who  is  associ- 
ated with  his  father  at  Norton  and  Goodlands,  the 
firm  being  extensive  hardware  and  furniture  mer- 
chants ;  Floyd,  who  is  a  resident  of  Kansas ;  Glenn 
E.,  who  is  associated  with  the  Ostrander  Furniture 
Company  at  Twin  Falls,  Idaho. 

Vernon  V.  Bower  was  graduated  from  the  Nor- 
ton high  school  at  Norton,  Kansas,  afterward  tak- 
ing a  business  course  in  a  commercial  college  there 
and  then  worked  for  his  father  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  went  out  on  the  road  as  a  commercial 
traveler  and  continued  in  that  line  for  seven  years, 
seeing  much  of  the  country  and  making  and  cement- 
ing many  friendships,  his  routes  taking  him  through 
Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Colorado.  After  retiring 
from  that  line  he  engaged  in  merchandising  at  Nor- 
ton for  two  years  and  then  sold  his  interests  there 
and  in  the  fall  of  1908  came  to  Richfield,  Idaho,  and 
early  in  the  following  year  embarked  in  the  real 
estate  business,  which  he  has  continued  with  every 
evidence  of  marked  success.  He  owns  a  considerable 
amount  of  valuable  realty  in  this  place  and  en  joys 
one  of  the  most  attractive  and  well  placed  residences 
as  his  home. 

In  June,  1904,  Mr.  Bower  was  married  to  Miss 
May  Hedge,  who  was  born  in  Iowa,  and  they  have 
one  daughter,  Irene  B.,  an  engaging  little  maiden 
of  seven  years.  Mr.  Bower  is  not  only  an  ener- 
getic and  active  business  man  buf  he  is  also  deeply 
interested  in  public_  matters  and  has  been  a  factor 
in  Republican  politics,  and  in  1909  was  elected  to 
the  Idaho  legislature  and  served  ably  in  the  interest 
of  his  constituents. 

JUDGE  GEORGE  H.  STEWART.  Somebody  has  said : 
"Scratch  a  Russian  and  you  will  find  a  Tartar." 
Scratch  any  man  who  bears  the  name  of  Stewart,  and 
you  will  find  much  Scotch,  with  a  decided  strain  of 
Irish.  This  may  come  from  very  far  back,  but  it  is 
there. 

Little  did  kind  Father  Matthew  Stewart  and  his 
good  wife  Nancy  dream  that  blustering  February  day 


in  1858  when  the  stork  dropped  into  their  humble 
home  a  tiny  blue-eyed  baby  boy,  that  he  would  live 
to  become  one  of  the  founders  of  a  great  western 
state,  and  write  his  name  large  in  its  judicial  and  po- 
litical history;  but  Wisdom  is  justified  of  her  chil- 
dren. 

Matthew  Stewart  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  where  our 
presidents  come  from.  He  was  a  hardy,  earnest,  prod- 
ding man,  a  contractor  and  builder  by  occupation  up 
to  middle  life,  when  he  took  a  notion  to  get  back  to 
the  land,  and  bought  a  farm  near  Connersville,  Indi- 
ana, where  on  the  23d  day  of  February,  1858,  George 
was  born. 

Nancy  Harland,  his  mother,  was  the  daughter  of  a 
Free  Will  Baptist  minister,  who  was  for  many  years 
a  general  superintendent  in  that  denomination  of  all 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  churches  in  the  southern  part  of 
Indiana,  residing  at  Connersville.  She  was  a  bright, 
winsome  girl  of  good  hard  sense;  one  of  those  rare 
women  who  reflect  honor  on  motherhood.  From 
both  his  father  and  mother  George  inherited  a  rugged 
body  and  a  strong,  vigorous  intellect.  At  the  age  of 
sixty-five  his  father  went  over  to  the  "great  ma- 
jority," but  for  some  time  before  that,  owing  to  an 
accident,  he  became  unfitted  for  the  work  of  the  farm, 
and  the  burden  of  looking  after  the  practical  affairs 
of  the  farm  fell  on  young  George,  who  rose  to  the 
occasion  and  became  a  successful  boy  farmer. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Indiana,  at  a  period  when  the  memory 
of  the  Hoosier  Schoolmaster  was  still  fresh  in  the 
minds  of  the  young  folks  of  Indiana;  in  fact,  George 
was  a  sort  of  Ralph  Hartsook,  and  like  many  men 
who  have  become  distinguished  later  in  life,  taught 
country  school.  Whether  or  not  he  "boarded  'round," 
this  deponeth  sayeth  not;  but  in  teaching  the  young 
idea  how  to  shoot,  first  in  the  country  schools  about 
Connersville,  and  later  as  superintendent  of  the  East 
Connersville  schools,  he  not  only  supplemented  his 
own  education,  but  cultured  an  ambition  for  higher 
things.  He  entered  the  Valparaiso  University,  Val- 
paraiso, Indiana,  and  was  graduated  in  the  scientific 
course  in  the  class  of  1879,  receiving  his  proper  de- 
gree, and  thereafter  entered  the  law  course,  which 
he  completed  in  1881.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Indiana  in  1882,  and  for  five  years  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Fowler,  Indiana.  He  then  moved  to 
Stocksville,  Frontier  county,  Nebraska,  and  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  and  acted  as  prosecuting  at- 
torney during  the  years  1887  and  1888. 

In  his  native  state  Judge  Stewart  occupied  an 
enviable  position  as  a  lawyer,  but  he  lifted  up  his  eyes 
toward  the  West,  where  he  saw  new  worlds  to  con- 
quer. 

In  1890  Idaho  became  a  state,  and  among  the  men 
who  have  carved  their  names  imperishably  upon 
the  history  of  the  state,  and  who  came  to  Idaho 
that  year,  was  Judge  Stewart.  The  writer  well  re- 
members when  a  masterful  appearing,  bright-looking 
man  came  to  the  Republican  headquarters  in  the 
statehouse  building  and  introduced  himself  to  the 
notables  assembled  there  as  a  lawyer  and  a  Repub- 
lican, and  tendered  his  services  in  the  campaign  then 
waging  to  make  Idaho  a  Republican  state. 

He  immediately  took  rank  with  such  men  as  George 
E.  Shoupe,  Willis  Sweet,  Fred  T.  Dubois  and  other 
wheel  horses  of  the  Republican  party.  W.  E.  Borah, 
now  United  States  senator,  came  a  short  time  after- 
ward, with  all  his  worldly  goods  in  a  valise.  Judge 
Stewart  became  associated  in  the  practice  of  law  with 
John  S.  Gray,  one  of  the  pioneer  attorneys  of  Idaho. 
He  at  once  took  front  rank  in  politics.  He  was 
elected  to  the  state  senate  from  Ada  county  in  1893. 
He  then  became  associated  for  three  years  in  the 


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practice  of  law  with  the  present  United  States  sen- 
ator, William  E.  Borah. 

Among  the  distinguishing  features  of  Judge  Stew- 
art's life,  apart  from  politics,  was  his  association  as 
trustee  with  the  public  schools  of  Boise,  beginning  in 
1895,  when  for  eight  years  he  gave  his  culture  and 
splendid  abilities  to  making  the  public  schools  of 
Boise  among  the  very  best  in  the  Northwest.  From 
1903  to  1905  he  also  served  as  trustee  of  the  Albion 
Normal  School. 

His  career  on  the  bench  began  in  1898,  when  Gov- 
ernor W.  J.  McConnell  appointed  him  judge  in  the 
third  judicial  district.  So  satisfactory  were  his  two 
years  of  service  under  that  appointment,  that  he  was 
elected  for  the  full  term  of  four  years,  and  afterward 
to  succeed  himself  for  four  years,  making  in  all  a 
service  of  ten  years  on  the  district  bench.  The  rec- 
ord which  he  made  as  district  judge  gave  him  his 
party's  nomination  in  1906  for  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  supreme  court.  His  election  was  a  fitting 
tribute  to  his  previous  record.  In  due  course  he  be- 
came chief  justice  during  the  last  two  years  of  his 
term. 

In  1912  Judge  Stewart  achieved 'one  of  the  most 
remarkable  political  victories  in  the  history  of  the 
West.  At  that  time,  somewhat  broken  in  health  and 
bowed  under  the  weight  of  bereavement  caused  by 
the  death  of  his  wife  after  a  protracted  illness,  he 
faced  a  peculiar  situation,  and  an  impression  had 
somehow  gained  credence  that,  owing  to  his  sup- 
posed physical  condition,  the  duties  of  his  office  would 
be  too  much  for  his  strength,  and  this  impression  per- 
meated the  state.  He  seemed  to  be  up  against  a  for- 
lorn hope;  but,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  although  the  out- 
ward man  had  failed  in  a  measure,  his  eye  was  not 
dimmed,  nor  the  natural  strength  and  vigor  of  his 
intellect  abated.  No  public  man  in  Idaho  ever  had 
more  true,  loyal  friends  than  Judge  Stewart,  but 
they  did  not  understand  the  situation.  When  it  be- 
came known  that  apart  from  some  slight  physical 
misfortunes,  his  mind  was  as  clear  and  strong  as 
ever,  and  that  in  every  way  he  was  fitted  for  the 
duties  of  his  office,  his  friends  rallied  around  him. 
He  organized  victory  all  along  the  line,  and  was 
nominated  in  the  direct  primary  in  the  year  1912, 
and  elected  by  a  good  majority. 

Before  the  election  an  incident  happened  in  con- 
nection with  a  decision  concurred  in  by  him,  the  ef- 
fect of  which  was  to  throw  out  the  national  ticket 
of  the  Progressive  party  in  this  state.  The  friends 
of  Judge  Stewart  feared  that  it  would  react  upon 
him  to  a  very  great  extent,  imperilling  his  election; 
but  so  great  was  the  personal  popularity  of  Judge 
Stewart  and  the  confidence  of  the  people  in  his  ability, 
integrity,  and  the  soundness  of  his  judicial  judgment 
and  knowledge  of  the  law,  that  they  gave  him  a  vote 
of  confidence  by  again  electing  him  to  the  position 
of  justice  of  the  supreme  court.  His  present  term 
bids  well  to  copy  fair  his  past. 

Judge  Stewart  has  been  married  twice.  His  first 
wife,  Miss  Elizabeth  School,  whom  he  married  at 
Connersville,  Indiana,  in  1881,  died  in  1884,  leaving 
two  children.  The  son,  Charles  S.,  is  a  well-known 
banker  of  Boise,  Idaho,  and  his  daughter,  Ethel,  is 
the  wife  of  Judge  Charles  P.  McCarthy,  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  third  judicial  district. 

Judge  Stewart's  second  marriage  was  with  Miss 
Agnes  L.  Sheets  of  Fowler,  Indiana,  which  occurred 
in  1886.  Her  death  octurred  on  the  I3th  of  August, 
1911. 

Judge  Stewart  is  a  member  of  two  fraternal  orders, 
the  Masons  and  the  Elks.  His  was  number  one 
among  the  membership  of  Boise  Lodge,  No.  310,  B. 
P.  O.  E.,  and  he  was  its  second  exalted  ruler.  Or- 
iginally he  held  number  two,  which  signified  that  he 


was  the  second  initiated,  but  for  som£  reason  number 
one  withdrew  from  the  order,  leaving  Judge  Stewart 
occupying  the  first  place,  which  he  considers  quite 
an  honor  among  so  distinguished  a  body  as  the  Elks. 

Judge  Stewart  will  leave  as  a  legacy  to  the  state  of 
Idaho  quite  a  number  of  important  decisions.  These 
decisions  in  general  cover  constitutional  and  irriga- 
tion laws,  lien  laws  and  the  rights  of  laborers  and 
the  materials  used.  His  decisions  on  the  rights  of 
citizenship  attracted  wide  attention  throughout  the 
West.  He  has  also  upheld  and  sustained  laws  for 
the  general  development  of  the  state.  One  peculiar- 
ity of  Judge  Stewart's  decisions  is  their  clearness; 
there  is  not  a  muddy  line  in  any  of  them.  They  are 
so  many  crystal  globes,  flashing  their  light  every 
whither. 

To  this  might  be  added  as  a  distinctive  quality, 
his  absolute  incorruptibility  and  fearlessness.  No 
suggestion  of  graft  has  ever  touched  his  fair  name. 
It  might  be  said  of  him,  as  it  was  said  of  John  Knox, 
that  he  does  not  fear  the  face  of  man.  He  follows 
his  convictions  of  right  in  spite  of  popular  clamor, 
and  would  though  the  heavens  should  fall. 

To  Judge  Stewart  life  has  been  no  primrose  path ; 
no  dalliance  before  the  amorous  looking  glass.  He 
has  felt  the  stress  of  the  storm,  the  glow  of  the 
struggle.  Achievement  and  earnest  battle  for  the 
highest  things  of  life  early  left  their  marks  upon 
his  vigorous  frame  and  touched  his  head  with  snow; 
but  eternal  spring  is  in  his  heart,  and  numbering 
less  than  three  score  years  crowded  with  worthy 
deeds  as  the  sky  with  stars,  he  meets  the  demands 
of  the  future  hopefully  and  bids  fair  to  round  out  his 
life  by  deeds  that  will  add  to  his  fame  and  make  it 
secure  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen. 

CHARLES  J.  LISLE,  journalist,  proprietor  of  the 
RicMeld  Recorder,  of  Richfield,  Idaho,  proudly 
bears  this  title,  placing  it  in  front  of  others  justly 
won  in  the  business  arena,  in  political  connection 
and  in  military  service,  and  is,  in  himself,  an  answer 
to  the  query  that  sometimes  has  arisen  as  to  why 
Idaho  has  so  rapidly  forged  to  the  front.  It  is  not 
climate,  nor  mineral,  nor  soil,  nor  situation;  it  is 
the  manhood  of  which  Mr.  Lisle  is  a  type  that  has 
made  this  young  state  interesting  and  valuable. 
Should  he  need  the  reflected  glory  of  illustrious 
ancestors  to  prove  the  usefulness  and  value  to  his 
fellow-citizens  of  his  own  life,  Mr.  Lisle  can  easily 
turn  history's  page  and  read  thereon  names  which 
bear  imperishable  honors.  Major  deLisle,  the  first 
known  of  the  family  in  America,  was  a  French  sol- 
dier of  fortune,  who  came  to  the  American  colonies 
to  fight  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  remained 
here,  marrying  and  leaving  the  family  name.  His 
son's  given  name  is  unknown,  but  the  latter's  son 
was  Joseph  Lisle,  father  of  James  Lisle,  the  last- 
named  the  father  of  Charles  J.  Lisle.  The  paternal 
grandmother  was  Mary  Evans,  a  descendant  of 
Eleazer  Evans,  who  served  in  the  Revolution,  and 
as  she  did  not  .belong  to  the  Quaker  faith,  her  hus- 
band was  disinherited  for  wedding  her.  Three  of 
their  sons  served  in  the  Civil  war,  in  Iowa  regiments 
or  batteries,  and  one,  John  Lisle,  was  badly  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Kenesaw  Mountain.  On  the  mater- 
nal side  of  the  family,  little  is  known  save  that  it  was 
of  Irish  stock,  the  grandmother.  Hannah  Briney, 
being  Irish.  Her  father  disinherited  her  for  mar- 
rying Cephas  Camblin.  a  Whig.  The  mother  of  Mr. 
Lisle,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Sarah  Camblin, 
was  born  in  Ohio,  in  1842,  and  moved  to  Iowa  in 
1855,  where  she  taught  school  during  the  early  days. 
Her  father  was  a  famous  Methodist  and  a  friend 
of  Peter  Cartwright,  who  baptised  her.  She  was  a 
woman  of  marvellous  strength  of  body,  as  well  as 


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Christian  faith  a'nd  devotion.  In  Iowa  she  was  mar- 
ried to  James  Lisle,  a  collateral  descendant  of  Rou- 
get  deLisle,  author  of  the  Marseillaise  Hymn.  After 
serving  in  the  Third  Iowa  Battery  during  the  Civil 
war,  Mr.  Lisle  became  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  in 
1911  celebrated  his  fiftieth  year  in  the  pastorate,  and 
since  that  time  has  been  librarian  of  Willamette 
University,  Salem,  Oregon. 

Charles  J.  Lisle  was  born  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
November  2,  1869,  and-  after  attending  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city  worked  his  way  through 
Nebraska  Wesleyan  University  as  an  employe  of 
the  car  shops  and  a  printing  office.  While  at  col- 
lege he  was  a  famous  member  of  the  track  team  and 
a  dependable  unit  in  one  of  the  greatest  football 
teams  ever  turned  out  by  that  institution,  and  gradu- 
ated with  athletic  honors  and  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Literature.  Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Lisle 
was  connected  with  various  country  newspapers  in 
Iowa  and  Nebraska,  and  in  1897  located  in  Mon- 
tana, with  the  Avant-Courier,  of  Bozeman,  subse- 
quently being  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  Helena 
Herald  and  the  Buttc  Inter-Mountain.  In  1906  he 
came  to  Boise,  Idaho,  where  he  was  connected 
will:  the  Daily  Statesman;  in  1907  moved  to  Sho- 
shone  and  took  over  the  Journal,  and  there,  with 
Edwin  T.  Barber,  under  the  firm  style  of  Lisle  & 
Barber,  had  the  promotion  of  the  Gooding  town- 
site,  selling  $400,000  worth  of  town  lots.  About  the 
same  time,  Mr.  Lisle  established  the  Leader,  in 
Gooding,  and  the  Recorder,  in  Richfield,  his  princi- 
pal interests  now  being  in  the  latter  city.  In  addi- 
tion to  owning  the  last-named  newspaper,  Mr. 
Lisle  has  land  and  other  interests  in  other  parts 
of  southern  Idaho,  and  is  interested  extensively  in 
several  new  townsites. 

The  family's  eminent  military  record  has  been 
ably  maintained  in  Mr.  Lisle's  career.  In  1890-91, 
he  served  in  the  Sioux  Indian  war,  in  Nebraska  and 
Dakota,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in  a  cavalry  troop 
in  Bozeman,  Montana,  to  go  to  Cuba,  but  this  troop 
was  not  accepted.  Subsequently  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  C,  First  Montana  Volunteer  Infan- 
try, and  saw  eighteen  months  of  active  service  in 
the  Philippines,  never  missing  a  roll  call  nor  an 
engagement  participated  in  by  any  of  his  company. 
He  was  recommended  by  General  Funston  for  a 
special  bravery  medal  when  in  command  of  a  post 
of  eight  men  that  was  attacked  by  150  Filipinos  who 
were  defeated.  Mr.  Lisle  was  discharged  as  a  ser- 
geant. During  his  army  life  he  was  a  member  of 
the  football  team  of  the  Montana  division  that  tied 
the  heavy  and  speedy  Minnesota  team  for  the  cham- 
pionship of  the  army. 

Mr.  Lisle  is  a  progressive  Republican,  but  has 
never  been  a  candidate  for  any  elective  office.  He 
has,  however,  held  many  appointments  from  gover- 
nors to  various  state  and  national  conventions,  ir- 
rigation congresses,  dry  land  congresses,  and  gath- 
erings of  a  similar  nature,  and  in  1909  was  ap- 
pointed trustee  of  the  Albion  State  Normal  School, 
Idaho,  for  a  period  of  six  years.  Mr.  Lisle  prefers 
his  home  to  any  fraternal  lodge,  and  although  he 
has  held  membership  in  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  the  Modern  Woodmen,  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Artisans,  has  not  maintained  his  relation- 
ship. A  consistent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  since  1900,  he.  has  been  a  trustee  at 
various  times  in  the  churches  at  Butte,  Grangeville, 
Shoshone  and  Richfield.  He  is  affiliated  with  all 
development  clubs  in  his  home  town,  and  belongs  to 
the  Commercial  Club,  the  Fortnightly  Club,  of  which 
he  is  president,  the  County  Fair  and  the  Richfield 
Day  Fair. 

On  November  27,   1900,  at  University  Place,  Ne- 


braska, Mr.  Lisle  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Lena  Mae  Wineland,  who  attended  the  university 
with  him  and  graduated  in  the  same  class  in  1897, 
she  securing  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science. 
From  that  time  until  the  year  of  her  marriage  she 
was  engaged  in  teaching  school.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  George  W.  and  Luella  Wineland,  students  in 
Adrian  (Michigan)  College.  Mr.  Wineland  served 
four  years  in  an  Ohio  volunteer  regiment  during  the 
Civil  war,  after  which  he  removed  to  Michigan,  and 
in  1878  removed  with  his  family  to  Lincoln, 
Nebraska.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lisle  have  had  two  chil- 
dren, namely :  Everett  Willard,  who  was  born  in 
1901 ;  and  Esther  Luella,  born  in  1907. 

JOSEPH  EDWARD  PALMER.  The  present  mayor  of 
Gooding,  Idaho,  Joseph  Edward  Palmer,  was  chosen 
for  the  position  because  he  seemed  to  be  just  the 
man  for  the  place.  For  several  years  he  had  been 
a  prominent  business  man  in  Gooding,  and  he  had 
shown  in  his.  business  dealings  both  executive  abil- 
ity and  tact,  two  qualities  that  any  head,  be  it  gov- 
ernmental or  commercial,  should  have.  Mr.  Palmer 
is  a  man  who  owes  his  success  in  life  to  his  own 
efforts,  having  started  out  in  the  world  as  a  farmer 
with  little  save  his  strength  and  brains  to  aid  him 
in  rising  in  the  world.  As  the  proprietor  of  the 
Palmer  House,  one  of  the  leading  hotels  of  Good- 
ing, he  has  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  the  state, 
and  his  geniality  and  sincerity  have  made  most  of 
these  acquaintances  his  personal  friends. 

Joseph  Edward  Palmer  was  bom  in  Hancock 
county,  Illinois,  on  the  3rd  of  September,  1869.  He 
is  the  son  of  Henry  Palmer  and  Amanda  (Rayburn) 
Palmer,  the  former  being  a  native  of  Kentucky  and 
the  latter  of  Missouri.  Henry  Palmer  was  a  pio- 
neer farmer  in  Illinois  and  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Hancock  county.  He  was  always  interested  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  held  a  number  of  public  offices,  being 
probate  judge  of  Graham  county,  Kansas,  for  many 
years.  In  1878  he  moved  from  Illinois  to  Kansas, 
first  locating  in  Jewell  county,  and  later  moving  to 
Graham  county,  in  both  of  these  localities  devoting 
himself  to  farming.  He  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life  in  Kansas,  dying  in  1910.  Mrs.  Palmer  now 
lives  with  her  son  in  Gooding,  Idaho.  Two  sons 
were  born  to  Henry  Palmer  and  his  wife :  J.  E.  and 
William  E.,  the  latter  a  rancher  of  Lincoln  county, 
Idaho. 

Joseph  Edward  Palmer  was  the  second  son,  and 
grew  up  on  his  father's  Kansas  farm.  He  was  sent 
to  the  public  schools  of  Graham  county,  and  when 
his  preparation  was  complete,  he  matriculated  in  the 
state  university  at  Lawrence,  Kansas.  After  com- 
pleting his  course  at  the  university,  he  went  to  farm- 
ing for  himself,  and  for  eight  years  lived  and  worked 
on  a  farm  in  Graham  county,  Kansas.  Not  content 
with  the  quiet  and  rather  monotonous  life,  he  sold 
the  farm  and  moving  to  Hill  City,  Kansas,  he  in- 
vested his  capital  in  a  stock  of  goods,  and  became  a 
merchant.  He  remained  here  for  five  years,  and 
during  four  years  of  this  time  he  served  as  deputy 
sheriff. 

It  was  in  1909  that  he  came  to  Gooding,  Idaho, 
and  here  he  established  a  shoe  business.  After  a 
time  he  added  to  his  interests  by  becoming  the  owner 
and  manager  of  the  Palmer  House.  Gooding  is  a 
comparatively  new  town,  even  in  this  country  of 
new  towns,  and  every  man  has  to  stand  on  his  own 
feet,  and  prove  his  worth,  before  he  can  win  a  place 
for  himself, — there  are  no  niches  already  carved  out 
and  waiting  in  Gooding.  Therefore  when  E.  J. 
Morrow  resigned  the  mayoralty,  and  the  city  council 
elected  Mr.  Palmer  as  his  successor,  it  showed  how 
high  a  place  Mr.  Palmer  had  won  in  the  regard  of 


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the  people.  As  a  merchant  he  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful, being  energetic  and  progressive,  and  he  has 
carried  these  qualities  into  his  public  life. 

The  Democratic  party  has  Mr.  Palmer's  political 
allegiance,  and  he  has  served  his  city  as  alderman. 
In  other  ways  than  as  an  office  holder  has  he  served 
his  party  well,  and  he  is  one  of  the  party  leaders 
in  this  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Palmer  has  little  time  to  spare  from  his  busi- 
and  public  affairs  to  give  to  fraternal  socie- 
tk"«.  though  he  is  a  firm  believer  in  what  these  or- 
ganizations stand  for.  but  he  holds  membership  in 
only  one,  the  I.  O.  O.  I'.,  in  which  he  has  passed 
through  all  the  chairs. 

On  March  15,  1902,  Mr.  Palmer  was  married  to 
Mi-s  Jessie  M.  James,  a  native  of  Casper  county, 
Mu>ouri.  Mr.  Palmer  is  the  owner  of  ranch  lands 
in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  and  of  a  considerable 
amount  of  improved  city  realty,  believing  most  firmly 
in  the  brilliant  future  of  Gooding. 

SI-TPHKN  &  SUTPHEN.  It  is  a  gratification  in  these 
luisy  days  when  families  are  so  often  divided  and 
widely  separated  by  the  exigencies  of  the  time,  to 
si-e  two  brothers  as  closely  bound  together  in  every 
wax-  as  are  Doran  and  Percy  Sutphen,  of  Gooding, 
Idaho.  All  of  their  lives  they  have  been  most  inti- 
mately and  closely  associated  and  now  they  form 
the  firm  of  Sutphen  &  Sutphen.  one  of  the  best 
known  of  the  law  firms  of  Gooding  county,  Idaho. 
They  are  possessed  of  splendid  well  trained  minds, 
and  with  the  enthusiasm  of  youth,  tempered  now 
xxitii  the  wisdom  of  experience,  and  their  success 
in  their  chosen  profession  has  been  indeed  merited. 

The  parents  of  these  two  men  are  Truman  P. 
Sutphen  and  Celeste  (Doran)  Sutphen.  The  father 
and  the  mother  are  both  natives  of  Illinois.  Truman 
Sutphen  is  a  well  known  man  in  the  region  about 
Miller,  South  Dakota,  for  he  went  as  a  pioneer  to 
that  country  in  1880.  Here  he  started  a  mercantile 
business,  in  a  very  modest  way,  but  with  the  growth 
of  the  country  he  began  to  make  money,  and  in  time 
became  a  prosperous  merchant.  With  consummate 
wisdom  he  invested  his  money  in  surrounding  ranch 
lands,  which  became  very  valuable.  He  lives  now 
with  his  wife  in  Miller,  South  Dakota,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  his  South  Dakota  property,  is  the  owner  also 
of  ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho. 

The  two  sons,  Doran  H.  and  Percy  T.,  were  the 
only  children  of  their  parents.  Doran  H.,  the  eld- 
est, was  born  in  Hand  county,  South  Dakota,  on 
the  22nd  of  July,  1885.  His  younger  brother,  Percy, 
was  born  near  Lawrence,  South  Dakota,  on  the  3rd 
of  July,  1887.  As  young  boys  the  brothers  showed 
remarkable  cleverness,  which  while  it  did  not  verge 
on  the  precocious  yet  assisted  them  in  getting 
through  their  school  work  unusually  young.  They 
were  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Miller. 
South  Dakota,  in  1904,  and  entered  then  the  Uni- 
versity of  South  Dakota,  matriculating  in  the  law 
department.  They  were  graduated  from  this  insti- 
tution in  1907,  but  not  content  they  next  went  to 
Yale  University,  and  graduated  there  with  the  class 
of  1908,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  this 
same  year  they  received  admission  to  the  bar  of 
South  Dakota.  Soon  afterwards,  they  came  to* 
Gooding,  Idaho,  and  there  began  to  practice  law. 
It  was  not  long  before  the  young  attorneys  were 
beginning  to  be  noticed  by  the  older  lawyers  and 
!>>•  the  people  at  large,  for  they  were  possessed  not 
only  of  the  brilliancy  of  speech  and  forcefulness  of 
manner  so  valuable  to  a  lawyer,  but  they  also  pos- 
sessed the  patience  which  permitted  them  to  spend 
hours  in  tedious  preparation  for  a  case.  Older  heads 


predict  a  future  for  the  firm  of  Sutphen  &  Sutphen 
which  is  an  enviable  one. 

Not  alone  in  their  profession  do  the  two  brothers 
stand  together.  They  are  the  owners  of  valuable  lands 
in  Owyhee  and  Gooding  counties  and  they  are  also 
the  joint  owners  of  several  residences  in  Gooding 
as  well  as  valuable  property  on  Main  street  and 
their  own  attractive  residence.  They  give  their  entire 
time  to  the  law  and  to  the  management  of  this 
property,  not  caring  to  dabble  in  politics,  although 
there  are  no  men  in  the  town  more  interested  in 
the  general  welfare  of  Gooding. 

In  their  political  allegiance  they  are  members  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  Percy  T.  is  prosecuting 
attorney  of  Gooding.  Both  of  the  brothers  are 
members  of  the  college  fraternity  of  Phi  Delta 
Theta  and  Percy  is  a  member  of  the  law  fraternity 
of  Delta  Phi  Delta.  Doran  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  but  Percy  has  no  affiliations 
with  any  of  the  national  fraternal  societies. 

Percy  Sutphen  was  married  on  the  12th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1909,  to  Miss  Madeline  Eaton,  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Jule  Madden  Eaton,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  the  state  of  New  Jersey.  Doran  is 
unmarried.  He  has  served  his  city  as  city  attorney 
to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone. 

Idaho  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  securing  as  citi- 
zens men  of  the  type  of  the  Sutphen  brothers.  Well 
educated,  of  upright  morals,  high  ideals  and  a  keen 
sense  of  the  honor  and  dignity  of  their  profession 
they  are  an  asset  to  any  community.  The  West  has 
many  such  men.  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  East 
which  has  ruled  so  long  in  the  affairs  of  the  nation 
is  at  last  beginning  to  turn  to  the  West  for  leader- 
ship. This  phase  of  national  development  will  grow 
as  the  years  pass,  and  it  is  men  of  just  the  type  of 
these  two  who  will  be  the  leaders.  Gooding  will 
some  day  probably  have  cause  to  feel  proud  that  the 
Sutphen  brothers  determined  to  make  their  home 
within  her  boundaries. 

WALTER  S.  GALBREAITH.  A  product  of  the  West, 
reared  among  stirring  scenes,  and  spending  his  entire 
career  in  the  rapidly-progressing  state  of  Idaho, 
Walter  S.  Galbreaith,  president  of  the  Boise  Basin 
Bank  and  proprietor  of  the  Luna  House,  of  Idaho 
City,  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  progressive 
men  of  the  town.  His  intimate  and  leading  con- 
nection with  the  leading  industries  of  this  section  has 
made  him  an  influential  factor  in  their  development 
and  prosperity  for  a  number  of  years.  Taking  a  fore- 
most position  in  social,  public  and  business  affairs, 
he  is  a  citizen  at  once  prominent  and  useful,  filling 
with  credit  to  himself  and  with  satisfaction  to 
others  the  multiform  duties  and  obligations  imposed 
upon  those  whom  talent  and  industry  have  placed 
in  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust.  Mr.  Gal- 
breaith was  born  in  Shasta  county,  California,  Feb- 
ruary 5.  1861,  and  is  a  son  of  Stephen  B.  and  Mary 
(Magee)  Galbreaith. 

Stephen  B.  Galbreaith  was  a  native  of  Hamilton, 
Canada,  and  in  1852'  became  one  of  the  early  gold- 
seekers  in  California.  He  was  successful  in  his  min- 
ing ventures  there,  and  in  1863,  left  his  family  in 
California  and  came  to  the  Boise  Basin,  where  he 
first  followed  mining  and  subsequently  became  one 
of  the  builders  of  Thorn  Creek  Ditch,  which  brought 
the  waters  of  the  Oneida  river  to  Boise  Basin  on  the 
south  side  of  Moore's  creek.  During  the  fall  of 
1865  Mr.  Galbreaith  returned  to  Shasta  county,  Cali- 
fornia, on  a  visit  to  his  family,  and  while  there  went 
on  a  quail  hunting  trip  and  met  an  accidental  death 
by  the  premature  discharge  of  his  own  gun.  He  had 
large  interests  both  in  Shasta  county  and  the  Boise 


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Basin  and  was  a  man  universally  respected  and  es- 
teemed. His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  John  Magee, 
and  was  born  in  Londonderry,  north  of  Ireland,  from 
whence  she  was  brought  to  the  United  States  at  the 
age  of  three  years,  being  educated  in  Philadelphia, 
and  reared  by  an  older  sister.  She  died  in  Denver, 
Colorado,  in  February,  1912.  By  her  first  husband 
she  had  three  children :  Walter  S. ;  Annie,  who  was 
killed  in  a  runaway  accident  in  1879  when  sixteen 
years  of  age ;  and  Clara,  who  married  Dr.  William  J. 
Rothwell,  a  well-known  physician  of  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. _  Two  years  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Galbreaith, 
his  widow  married  the  Hon.  M.  G.  Luney,  a  promi- 
nent hotel  man  and  business  citizen  of  Idaho  city, 
who  became  active  in  Democratic  politics  and  served 
several  terms  in  the  Idaho  state  assembly.  His  death 
occurred  in  1901. 

Walter  S.  Galbreaith  still  retains  a  vivid  recollec- 
tion of  the  trip  made  by  his  mother,  step-father,  his 
two  sisters  and  himself  from  Sacramento,  California, 
to  Idaho  city,  although  he  was  a  small  lad  at  the 
time.  The  trip  was  made  by  stage  coach  via  Win- 
nemucca,  Nevada,  and  Silver  City,  Idaho,  and  they 
traveled  only  at  night  thus  making  the  journey  safely, 
although  the  Indians  captured  the  stage  coach  ahead 
of  theirs,  killed  the  male  passengers  and  captured 
several  women.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
rural  schools  of  the  territory  of  Idaho,  and  subse- 
quently took  a  course  in  a  business  college  in  San 
Francisco,  and  when  twenty  years  of  age  began  his 
career  as  a  miner  in  the  Boise  Basin.  This  venture, 
however,  did  not  prove  successful,  and  Mr.  Gal- 
breaith became  manager  of  the  Luna  Hotel,  which 
since  the  great  fire  of  1867,  has  been  the  oldest  hos- 
telry in  Idaho  City,  and  after  several  years  he  became 
proprietor  of  the  hotel  and  has  continued  as  such 
ever  since.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Boise  Basin  Bank,  of  which  he  is  now  president  and 
one  of  the  heaviest  stockholders,  and  is  also  largely 
interested  in  mineral  claims  and  city  realty.  In  politi- 
cal matters  a  Republican,  he  has  served  as  deputy 
clerk  of  the  district  court  and  as  deputy  sheriff  of 
Boise  county.  His  fraternal  affiliation  is  with  the 
Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  attained  to  the  Royal 
Arch  degree. 

Mr.  Galbreaith  was  married  April  17,  1884,  to  Miss 
Saide  Emma  McClintock,  daughter  of  Dryden  Mc- 
Clintock, a  Mexican  war  veteran,  member  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Grange  and  pioneer  of  California  and 
Idaho.  Two  sons  have  been  born  to  this  union : 
Walter  D.  and  Raymond,  the  latter  of  whom  died  of 
typhoid  fever  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Walter 
D.  is  engaged  in  placer  mining  for  the  B.  D.  S.  Dredg- 
ing Company  of  Idaho  City.  Mr.  Galbreaith  has  in- 
herited his  father's  love  of  hunting  and  fishing,  and 
is  the  proud  possessor  of  a  number  of  excellent 
trophies  which  have  come  to  him  by  his  skill  with 
gun  and  rod.  He  takes  a  pardonable  degree  of  pride 
in  the  fact  that  his  success  in  life  has  come  as  a  result 
of  his  own  efforts,  and  that  his  life  has  been  so 
spent  as  to  gain  and  maintain  numerous  friendships. 

LLEWELLYN  M.  ZUG.  Among  the  public  officials  of 
Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  whose  faithful  discharge  of 
the  duties  of  their  offices  has  made  this  one  of  the 
best  governed  sections  of  the  state,  the  present  in- 
cumbent of  the  sheriff's  office,  Llewellyn  M.  Zug,  is 
deserving  of  more  than  passing  mention  for  the  part 
he  has  played  in  upholding  the  country's  laws  and  in 
making  this  a  law-abiding  community.  Mr.  Zug 
has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  for  ten  years,  during 
a  part  of  which  time  he  was  connected  with  the 
newspaper  business,  but  since  1910  has  acted  in  the 
capacity  of  public  official,  and  his  activities  have 
served  to  gain  for  him  the  support  and  esteem  of 


the  citizens  of  Shoshone  and  the  surrounding  coun- 
try. Sheriff  Zug  is  a  native  of  the  Prairie  state, 
born  at  Franklin  Grove,  Illinois,  February  10,  1874. 
His  father,  Israel  Zug,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania 
and  as  a  young  man  moved  to  Illinois,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  meat  business,  and  died  in  1896, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  Israel  Zug  was  a 
devout  Christian  and  great  Bible  student,  and  was 
also  known  as  an  active  political  worker  and  cam- 
paign talker,  his  services  being  in  constant  demand 
in  this  line.  He  married  Rachel  Johnson,  who  was 
also  born  in  Pennsylvania,  where  they  were  mar- 
ried, and  she  still  survives  and  makes  her  home  at 
Franklin  Grove,  Illinois.  They  had  a  family  of  six 
children,  Llewellyn  M.  being  the  youngest. 

Llewellyn  M.  Zug  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Franklin  Grove,  Illinois,  sub- 
sequently attending  high  school,  and  eventually 
went  to  Dixon,  Illinois,  where  he  took  a  college 
course.  During  this  time,  as  a  member  of  the  foot- 
ball, baseball  and  track  teams,  his  work  as  an  all- 
around  athlete  had  attracted  considerable  attention, 
and  after  a  short  stay  in  his  father's  meat  market, 
he  went  to  Princeton,  Illinois,  where  he  became  a 
member  of  a  professional  athletic  organization,  re- 
ceiving a  handsome  salary  for  his  services.  Later, 
Mr.  Zug  became  a  member  of  a  surveying  party, 
and  in  1902  came  West  therewith,  locating  first  at 
Rupert,  where  he  remained  six  years  and  was  en- 
gaged in  the  newspaper  business.  At  that  time  he 
was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  of  Lincoln  county, 
and  after  two  years,  in  the  fall  of  1910,  he  was  elected 
sheriff,  an  office  which  he  holds  at  this  time.  Mr. 
Zug  has  done  valiant  service  in  his  official  capacity, 
and  has  to  his  credit  the  capture  and  conviction  of 
some  of  Idaho's  most  noted  offenders,  including  the 
notorious  "Star  Route"  gang,  freight  car  robbers 
and  general  bad  men,  nine  of  whom  were  captured, 
convicted  and  sent  to  long  terms  in  the  penitentiary. 
A  brave  and  faithful  officer,  with  a  high  regard  for 
the  duties  of  his  position,  Sheriff  Zug  has  at  all 
times  had  the  respect  of  the  better  element  through- 
out the  county.  His  early  training  as  an  athlete 
has  stood  him  in  in  good  stead  on  a  number  of  occa- 
sions when  dealing  with  law-breakers,  as  well  as 
in  the  hunting  trips  in  which  he  indulges.  A  num- 
ber of  fine  animal  heads  testify  to  his  skill  as  a  Nim- 
rod,  one  especially  good  specimen  having  the  place 
of  honor  over  his  desk.  He  has  confidence  in  his 
adopted  state,  and  gives  it  as  his  sincere  opinion 
that  the  climate  of  Idaho  surpasses  that  of  any  other 
section  and  that  there  is  an  indescribable  fascina- 
tion about  the  southern  part  of  the  state  that  can- 
not be  explained,  but  that  is  thoroughly  understood 
by  those  who  live  there.  While  still  a  young  man 
and  a  resident  of  Illinois,  Mr.  Zug  displayed  his  pa- 
triotism by  enlisting  in  the  Sixth  Illinois  Volunteer 
Infantry  for  service  in  the  Spanish-American  war. 

Politically,  Sheriff  Zug  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
ever  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  success  of  his 
party  and  its  candidates,  working  faithfully  in  the 
ranks.  Although  a  member  of  no  special  church 
organization,  he  supports  all  movements  of  a  re- 
ligious nature,  contributing  liberally  to  all  denom- 
inations. His  fraternal  connection  is  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  the 
chairs,  and  in  which  he  has  many  friends  through- 
out the  state. 


SAMUEL  E.  TODD.  The  title  of  Samuel  E.  Todd  to 
a  place  among  the  biographies  of  representative 
men  of  Idaho  rests  upon  the  fact  that  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  the  state  for  more  than  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  during  which  time  he  has  been  connected 


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with  its  industries  and  business  activities,  and  that 
during  this  long  period  he  has  so  conducted  his 
operations  as  to  hold  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of 
those  with  whom  he  has  come  into  contact  in  a 
business  or  social  way.  Born  in  the  Buckeye  state, 
he  was  still  a  young  man  when  he  changed  his  field 
of  activity  to  Idaho  where  for  years  he  was  promi- 
nent as  a  sheep  raiser,  although  at  this  time  he  is 
engaged  as  a  merchant  in  the  city  of  Shoshone.  Mr. 
Todd  is  a  native  of  Winchester,  Ohio,  and  was  born 
February  19,  1862,  a  son  of  Samuel  A.  and  Letitia 
(Booth)  Todd. 

Samuel  A.  Todd  was  a  plasterer  by  trade,  a  voca- 
tion which  he  followed  throughout  his  life,  and  al- 
though he  never  rose  to  a  position  of  prominence, 
he  was  a  good  and  industrious  citizen,  a  devout 
Christian  and  an  active  worker  in  his  church.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry, 
and  in  battle  was  wounded  and  lost  one  of  his  eyes. 
He  died  in  1900  and  was  buried  in  Ohio.  In  that 
state  he  was  married  to  Letitia  Booth,  who  was 
born  in  Virginia,  and  she  died  in  1907,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-four  years  and  was  buried  in  Ohio.  She 
and  her  husband  had  a  family  of  seven  children, 
Samuel  E.  being  the  youngest. 

Samuel  E.  Todd  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state,  and  as  a  lad  of 
fourteen  years  earned  his  first  money,  $1.50  per  day, 
working  at  the  plasterer's  trade,  a  vocation  in  which 
he  had  been  trained  by  his  father.  A  part  of  this 
money  was  turned  over  to  his  mother,  and  until  he 
left  home  he  always  assisted  in  the  family  support. 
Mr.  Todd  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  when  he 
left  the  parental  roof,  and  at  that  time  went  to 
southern  Kansas,  where  he  spent  about  two  years 
in  the  dairy  business.  In  1886  he  came  to  Idaho, 
and  first  made  his  headquarters  at  Boise,  following 
the  sheep  business  for  about  twenty  years,  and  in 
the  meantime,  in  1892,  coming  to  Shoshone.  During 
his  long  career  as  a  sheep  man,  Mr.  Todd  made 
eight  trips  overland  to  Nebraska,  trailing  sheep  east- 
wards to  the  feed  yards.  He  still  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance among  sheep  men  all  over  the  country, 
although  in  1906  he  retired  from  the  business  to  set 
himself  up  as  a  merchant  in  Shoshone.  Mr.  Todd 
now  has  a  well  equipped  stock  of  cigars,  confec- 
tionery, books  and  stationery,  and  is  doing  a  thriv- 
ing business.  Education  has  always  enlisted  his 
hearty  support  and  co-operation,  and  at  this  time  he 
is  acting  as  president  of  the  school  board  and  is  ren- 
dering his  adopted  city  signal  services.  In  political 
matters  Mr.  Todd  is  a  Republican,  and  the  success 
of  his  party's  policies  and  candidates  is  a  matter  of 
great  interest  with  him.  He  leans  towards  the  faith 
of  the  Methodist  church,  his  wife  being  an  active 
member  thereof  and  a  worker  in  the  Ladies'  Guild. 
Mr.  Todd  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles  of  Sho- 
shone, being  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  the  latter 
of  which  he  has  passed  through  all  the  chairs  and  is 
now  grand  vice-chancellor  of  Idaho.  Mr.  Todd 
waxes  enthusiastic  when  asked  his  opinion  as  to  the 
future  of  Idaho,  and  as  one  whose  work  has  taken 
him  into  every  state  west  of  the  Mississippi  states 
it  as  his  opinion  that  there  is  not  a  finer  state  in 
the  West.  He  is  a  dyed-in-the-wool  baseball  "fan," 
is  fond  of  hunting  and  quite  an  expert  at  trap- 
shooting.  In  all  the  relations  of  life  he  has  shown 
himself  to  be  an  honorable  and  upright  citizen,  and 
there  is  no  more  popular  man  in  his  adopted  city. 

On  May  13,  1904,  at  Shoshone,  Mr.  Todd  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Hattie  Crane,  daugh- 


ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Crane,  of  Freeport,  Illi- 
nois, and  to  this  union  there  has  been  born  one 
daughter:  Pearl  L. 

JAMES  R.  BOTHWELL.  The  pursuits  and 'positions 
that  have  occupied  the  attention  of  James  R.  Both- 
well,  county  attorney  of  Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  des- 
ignate him  not  only  as  one  of  the  most  able  legists 
of  the  state,  but  also  as  one  whose  executive  abili- 
ties entitle  him  to  equally  high  rank  among  the 
strong  and  useful  men  of  the  day.  Belonging  to  the 
class  of  attorneys  who  value  their  knowledge  of  law 
and  jurisprudence  the  more  because  it  has  been 
self-gained,  Mr.  Bothwell  has  not  been  content  to 
settle  into  the  professional  rut,  but  has  aspired  to 
and  gained  high  position,  and  if  his  past  years  may 
be  taken  as  a  criterion  of  the  future,  still  further 
advancement  awaits  him.  As  a  lawyer,  he  has  won 
wide  and  well-merited  reputation ;  in  his  official 
capacity  he  has  shown  a  conscientious  regard  for  the 
duties  of  his  position  that  gives  evidence  of  his 
appreciation  of  the  trust  and  responsibility  placed 
in  him. 

James  R.  Bothwell  was  born  May  29,  1882,  in 
Republic  county,  Kansas,  and  is  a  son  of  Eli  A.  and 
Nancy  (McCabe)  Bothwell.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Illinois,  was  married  in  that  state,  and  subsequently 
removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits  until  his  death  in  1892,  when  he 
was  about  fifty  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Bothwell,  who 
survives  her  husband  and  lives  in  Nebraska,  was 
born  in  Ireland  and  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  as  a  child,  her  parents  settling  in  Illinois. 
The  youngest  of  his  parents'  eight  children,  James 
R.  Bothwell  earned  his  first  money  working  on  a 
farm,  and  subsequently  secured  employment  in  a 
stone  quarry.  His  fathers  farm  being  near  the 
state  line,  young  Bothwell  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Hubbell,  Nebraska,  and  by  working  in 
the  summer  months  and  attending  to  his  studies  in 
the  winters,  managed  to  graduate  from  high  school. 
When  he  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age  he  re- 
moved to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  there  took  a  pre- 
paratory course  of  about  six  months,  following 
which  he  entered  the  State  University  and  pursued 
academic  work.  On  leaving  college,  Mr.  Bothwell 
secured  a  position  as  school  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Nebraska,  and  continued  to  follow  the 
vocation  of  educator  for  two  years,  during  which 
he  assiduously  pursued  his  law  studies.  He  next 
went  to  Brookville,  Missouri,  and  for  one  year  read 
law  there,  eventually  being  admitted  to  practice  be- 
fore the  Court  of  C9mmon  Pleas.  In  1905  he  came 
to  Idaho,  and  in  Boise  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but 
in  1907  made  removal  to  Shoshone  and  established 
himself  in  a  general  law  practice. 

On  October  18,  1907,  Mr.  Bothwell  was  married 
in  Boise  to  Miss  Fern  Latimer,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Latimer,  of  Manchester,  Iowa,  and  to 
this  union  there  has  been  born  one  son :  James  L. 
In  political  matters  Mr.  Bothwell  is  known  as  one 
of  the  leading  Democrats  of  Lincoln  county.  In 
1910  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  attorney, 
and  in  that  capacity  has  exhibited  such  high  execu- 
tive ability  that  in  1912  he  was  made  his  party's 
nominee  for  the  office  of  attorney  general  of  the 
state.  Always  a  student,  always  thorough,  and 
ever  exact,  Mr.  Bothwell  has  long  held  a  reputa- 
tion as  an  able  and  learned  lawyer,  accurate  in  his 
pleadings,  alert  in  trial  and  convincing  in  argument. 
His  fraternal  connection  is  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  in  which  he  has  numerous  warm  friends. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


JOHN  O.  LEVANDER.  As  this  history  of  Idaho  is 
dedicated  to  the  pioneers  who  laid  the  foundation 
and  made  possible  the  present  flourishing  civilization 
in  the  state,  it  is  specially  appropriate  that  prominence 
should  be  given  in  these  pages  to  the  names  and 
careers  of  surviving  pioneers,  men,  and  women,  too, 
who  fifty  years  ago  came  to  this  part  of  the  North- 
west, were  valiant  fighters  against  all  the  dangers 
and  difficulties  of  the  frontier,  and  who  have  since 
settled  into  the  quieter  ways  of  life,  and  are  now 
enjoying  the  esteem  and  comforts  which  such  early 
settlers  above  all  others  most  deserve.  Among  such 
examples  of  living  pioneers  the  attention  of  the  reader 
is  directed  in  the  following  paragraphs  to  the  excep- 
tionally interesting  career  of  John  O.  Levander,  of 
Goff,  who  has  known  Idaho  for  fully  half  a  century, 
and  who  was  one  of  the  ablest  among  many  able  men 
in  his  time. 

John  O.  Levander  is  a  native  of  Sweden,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1837.  He  comes  of  ancestry  who  had  high 
connections  in  the  kingdom  of  Sweden.  His  parents 
were  Gustave  and  Jane  (Kay)  Levander.  His  father 
was  born  in  French  Flanders,  and  the  mother  was  a 
native  of  London,  England.  By  occupation,  the  father 
was  a  civil  engineer,  and  served  as  an  engineer  on  the 
staff  of  the  noted  General  Bernadotte,  one  of  Na- 
poleon's most  distinguished  officers.  General  Berna- 
dotte subsequently  became  king  of  Sweden,  and 
Gustave  Levander  followed  him  to  that  kingdom. 
Jane  Kay  was  a  daughter  of  the  British  consul  to 
Sweden,  and  in  this  way  the  destinies  of  Gustave 
Levander  and  Jane  Kay  were  united.  After  their 
marriage  Gustave  Levander  was  appointed  surveyor 
general  on  the  Island  of  Gotland  in  the  Baltic  sea. 
He  was  well  known  in  military  circles,  and  the  home 
life  and  early  surroundings  of  the  Idaho  pioneer  was 
thus  of  the  highest  character.  There  were  six  chil- 
dren in  the  family  of  the  parents,  three  sons  and 
three  daughters,  John  O.  being  the  youngest.  He  had 
his  early  education  in  Sweden  up  to  the  time  he 
was  fourteen  years  of  age.  Like  thousands  of  boys 
whose  youth  is  spent  within  sight  and  sound  of  the 
fascinating  activities  of  the  sea,  he  ran  away  from 
home  in  order  to  become  a  sailor,  and  spent  two 
years  as  a  cabin  boy,  which  was  the  first  step  in  pro- 
motion to  the  more  important  ranks  in  the  career  of 
sailor.  During  this  time  he  made  six  trips  across 
the  Atlantic  ocean.  In  the  spring  of  1853  while  in 
New  York  City,  he  decided  to  remain  on  the  land 
and  to  go  west  for  the  purpose  of  locating  his  older 
brother,  then  living  in  Knox  county,  Illinois.  Ar- 
riving in  that  county  he  found  his  brother  and  soon 
afterwards  was  given  a  position  in  his  general  mer- 
chandise store,  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of 
Whiting  &  Capler.  At  the  end  of  about  two  years 
his  brother  concluded  to  go  to  Iowa,  and  the  younger 
brother  went  with  him,  locating  in  Boone  county. 
There  he  was  engaged  in  different  occupations  up 
to  the  spring  of  1859. 

That  was  the  date  of  the  resolution  and  enterprise 
which  had  most  to  do  with  all  his  subsequent  ca- 
reer. He  and  two  other  young  men,  named  John 
and  Miles  Anderson,  fitted  up  an  outfit,  consisting 
of  a  wagon  and  two  horses,  with  six  yoke  of  oxen, 
and  thus  started  across  the  plains  with  the  North- 
west as  their  destination.  Their  outfit  was  com- 
pleted at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  which  at  the  time 
was  the  "last  chance"  for  obtaining  supplies  and 
equipment  for  all  the  immigrant  trains  bound  for  the 
West.  Omaha  at  that  time  was  not  on  the  map. 
Soon  after  leaving  Council  Bluffs  they  fell  in  with 
a  larger  party  of  immigrants,  with  whom  they 
united  their  forces,  so  that  the  entire  company  com- 
prised twenty-five  people,  twenty-two  men  and  three 


women.  They  went  on  together,  and  traveled  not  with- 
out danger  of  hostile-  attacks  because  of  their  num- 
ber. The  trip  was  full  of  incidents  and  trial  and 
hardships,  and  they  arrived  at  Portland,  Oregon,  in 
September,  1859.  During  the  journey  they  fought  a 
battle  with  the  Indians  on  the  headwaters  of  Mal- 
heur  river,  eastern  Oregon,  from  10  o'clock  to  sun- 
down on  August  16,  1859,  m  which  one  of  the  party, 
Miles  Anderson,  was  seriously  wounded,  and  Mr. 
Levander  was  hit  by  three  bullets,  but  not  seriously 
hurt.  Mr.  Levander  with  the  Anderson  brothers 
then  went  to  Polk  county,  Oregon,  where  he  ,  was 
employed  for  a  time  in  the  timber  in  making  rails, 
at  which  occupation  he  persisted  until  the  following 
spring.  During  the  summer  he  was  employed 
chiefly  as  a  cowboy,  engaged  in  driving  cattle,  and 
during  that  time  gathered  one  herd  of  three  hundred 
head  and  drove  them  to  Shasta  valley  in  California. 
After,  that  he  had  his  first  experience  in  mining, 
engaging  in  placer  mining  in  Douglas  county,  Ore- 
gon, and  remained  there  about  one  year.  In  the 
spring  of  1861,  his  attention  was  attracted  by  the 
new  discoveries  of  gold  in  the  Clearwater  basin, 
then  in  the  state  of  Washington,  but  now  in  Idaho. 
His  prospecting  and  ventures  in  the  mining  district 
soon  brought  him  to  Oro  Fino,  which  is  now  called 
Pierce  City,  Idaho,  named  after  the  original  dis- 
coverer, of  gold  in  that  vicinity,  Captain  Pierce.  Two 
years  were  spent  at  Oro  Fino,  and  then  in  the  fall 
of  1863  he  went  to  Walla  Walla,  Washington.  Buy- 
ing a  team  and  wagon  he  loaded  it  with  goods  for 
Idaho  City,  then  one  of  the  principal  centers  of  the 
mining  district,  and  brought  in  a  large  supply  of 
goods  to  that  place,  and  remained  there  engaged  in 
teaming  for  one  month.  Returning  to  Walla  Walla, 
he  stayed  there  long  enough  to  help  put  in  a  crop 
and  then  loaded  again  for  Boise  valley.  This  time 
he  brought  over  a  load  of  seed,  and  farm  implements, 
it  being  his  intention  to  locate  land  and  take  up 
farming. 

His  arrival  in  Boise  valley  was  in  April,  1864. 
He  located  a  quarter  section  of  government  land 
two  miles  on  the  south  side  of  the  Boise  river,  and 
two  miles  from  the  present  city  of  Caldwell.  That 
was  his  home  until  the  fall  of  1868.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Oregon,  locating  at  Pilot  Rock,  where  he 
remained  until  1869,  when  he  once  more  found  his 
•  way  into  Boise  valley,  locating  on  another  ranch 
about  three  miles  below  Caldwell.  The  improve- 
ments which  he  placed  there  during  the  next  year 
enabled  him  to  sell  at  advantage,  after  which  he 
came  to  a  point  about  two  miles  above  Middleton. 
There  he  located  two  hundred  acres  in  the  sage 
brush.  It  is  noteworthy  that  Mr.  Levander,  so  far 
as  can  be  ascertained,  was  the  first  Idaho  settler  to 
clear  off  sagebrush  land  and  attempt  to  use  it  for 
agricultural  purposes.  At  the  same  time  he  was  the 
first  to  employ  irrigation  as  a  method  of  growing 
grain  and  other  farm  crops  in  this  state.  On  that 
location  in  the  sagebrush,  though  soon  converted 
into  a  splendid  and  productive  farm,  he  had  his 
home  for  twelve  years,  and  besides  his  grain  fields 
also  planted  an  orchard  of  all  kinds  of  fruit.  The 
failing  health  of  his  wife  next  compelled  htm  to 
move  to  Meadows,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business,  his  home  ranch  consisting  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  though  he  also  used  much  of  the 
free  range  in  the  vicinity.  That  was  his  home  from 
1884  to  1894.  In  the  latter  year  he  moved  to  Salmon 
River,  and  established  a  roadhouse.  It  was  the 
first  year  the  mail  came  through  that  part  of  the 
country  p.nd  there  were  no  wagon  roads  except  the 
track  trail,  and  he  was  thus  a  pioneer  in  that  section 
of  the  state.  At  the  establishment  which  he  erected 


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lie  entertained  travelers,  both  man  and  beast,  had 
the  postoffice  and  also  a  general  store  and  outfitting 
place.  In  1899  he  located  a  homestead  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  and  a  stone  claim  of  sixty-two 
and  a  half  acres,  and  soon  bought  another  quarter 
section  adjoining.  In  the  improvement  of  that  land 
he  was  employed  for  a  number  of  years,  and  made 
much  success  in  the  growing  of  alfalfa  and  garden 
products  and  fruits.  He  has  raised  on  that  estate 
some  of  the  finest  apples,  peaches  and  pears  grown  in 
Idaho  or  the  Northwest,  and  has  received  premiums 
at  all  the  fairs  upon  his  pear  exhibit,  at  Grangerville, 
Lcwiston  and  Spokane.  At  the  mouth  of  Race 
crick,  on  the  Salmon  river,  Mr.  Levander  opened 
the  Goff  House,  which  contain.-*  seventeen  rooms, 
lia-  a  complete  water  system,  electric  light  plant, 
and  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  country  hotels  in 
the  state. 

In  1909  Mr.  Levander  finally  retired  from  active 
business,  turning  over  to  his  son.  Homer,  most  of  his 
business  interests.  However,  as  a  way  of  diversion 
and  occupation  for  his  declining  years,  he  controls 
and  works  a  small  ranch  of  twenty  acres  adjoining 
the  old  homestead.  Since  reaching  manhood  Mr. 
mder  has  always  been  a  Democrat  and  served 
one  term  as  county  commissioner  of  Washington 
o  unity.  He  cast  his  first  vote  for  James  Buchanan. 
His  church  is  the  Baptist.  He  has  been  too  much 
of  a  frontiersman  and  pioneer  all  his  life  to  have 
had  opportunity  for  joining  fraternal  lodges,  since  a 
greater  part  of  his  career  has  been  spent  in  advance 
of  the  growth  in  population  and  the  centers  which 
permit  activities  of  the  more  formal  social  organiza- 
tions. 

On  October  10,  1864,  in  the  Boise  valley  Mr. 
Levander  married  another  pioneer  of  Idaho,  Miss 
Sarah  E.  Cox,  who  had  come  into  Idaho  at  that 
early  period  of  the  sixties  with  her  father,  William 
Co\.  Kight  children  were  born  to  their  marriage, 
four  sons  and  four  daughters,  one  son  dying  at  the 
age  of  three  years.  Two  of  the  daughters  are  since 
deceased,  both  having  been  married  and  having  chil- 
dren living.  The  five  now  living  are  as  follows: 
Mr<.  Frank  Hart,  who  lives  near  Star.  Idaho;  Edgar, 
who  is  married  and  lives  on  a  ranch  two  miles  above 
Cambridge;  Homer,  who  manages  much  of  his 
father's  estate  and  resides  at  Goff;  Mrs.  A.  L.  Rig- 
gle,  whose  home  is  at  Meadows,  on  a  ranch ;  Virgil, 
who  lives  in  the  state  of  Washington.  The  mother 
of  this  family  died  at  the  home  in  Goff,  and  Mr. 
Levander  now  finds  his  solace  and  pleasure  in  the 
companionship  of  tlis  children  and  with  the  large 
circle  of  friends  who  unite  in  paying  their  respects 
and  admiration  to  a  citizen  who  has  worthily  lived 
in  this  state  for  a  full  half  century. 

FRANK  M.  CRANDALL.  A  resident  of  Idaho  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  during  which 
time  he  has  been  directly  identified  with  the  growth 
and  development  of  various  sections  of  the  state 
as  a  contractor  and  builder.  Frank  M.  Crandall,-  of 
Shoshone,  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  the 
birlder  of  more  buildings  in  this  city  than  any 
other  man.  As  a  vouth  he  picked  up  the  carpenter 
trade,  and  gradually,  through  industry  and  perse- 
verance, made  a  place  for  himself  among  the  men 
who  were  engaged  in  contracting  in  the  fast-grow- 
ing young  state  of  Idaho,  and  todav  no  man  in  this 
section  has  a  higher  standing  in  his  chosen  calling. 
Mr  Crandall  was  born  at  Jefferson,  Iowa.  Novem- 
ber 29.  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  Dr.  Lamont  S.  and 
Eunice  (Campbell)  Crandall. 

Dr.  Lamont  S.  Crandall  was  a  native  of  Vermont 
who  came  West  as  a  young  man  and  first  settled  in 
Minnesota,  where  he  opened  a  drug  store  and  built 


up  a  practice  in  medicine.  He  later  moved  to*  Wis- 
consin, where  he  was  married,  but  eventually  went 
to  Iowa,  where  he  followed  his  profession  until 
his  death,  dying  in  Lamberton,  Minnesota.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  fought  as  a  Union  soldier,  and  he 
later  took  much  interest  in  politics,  holding  numer- 
ous important  offices.  In  Masonry  he  attained  to  the 
thirty-second  degree.  His  wife,  daughter  of  a  min- 
ister, taught  school  for  some  years.  She  passed 
away  in  Minnesota  and  was  buried  near  New  Au- 
burn, Minnesota,  while  her  husband  was  laid  to 
rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Lamberton.  Minnesota.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Crandall  had  a  family  of  four  children,  of 
whom  Frank  M.  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

Frank  M.  Crandall  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Minnesota,  whence  he  was 
taken  by  his  parents  when  four  years  of  age,  and 
later  he  took  a  course  in  the  seminary  at  Alden, 
that  state.  As  a  lad  he  showed  himself  industrious 
and  enterprising  by  earning  money  in  his  father's 
drug  store,  but  this  work  did  not  appeal  to  him, 
and  in  1884  he  went  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he 
became  a  special  inspector  in  the  railroad  shops. 
Three  years  later  he  came  to  Idaho,  settling  first 
at  Ketchum,  where  for  three  years  he  followed  vari- 
ous occupations,  in  the  meantime  picking  up  the 
carpenter  trade.  Mr.  Crandall's  advent  in  Shoshone 
occurred  in  1800,  and  during  the  next  three  years 
he  worked  in  the  railroad  shops,  subsequently  trav- 
eling to  various  parts  of  the  state  for  several 
months.  He  then  returned  to  Shoshone  and  began 
contracting  and  building,  and  his  advance  in'  this 
line  has  been  continuous  and  steady.  He  has  op- 
erated in  various  counties  in  Idaho,  and  many  fine 
buildings  stand  as  monuments  to  his  skilled  work- 
manship and  conscientious  methods.  Although  Mr. 
Crandall's  early  education  was  of  a  comprehensive 
nature,  his  desire  for  knowledge  has  led  him  to 
supplement  this  training  by  much  reading,  his  course 
of  self-education  including  those  branches  which 
pertain  to  scientific  subjects  as  well  as  those  which 
have  fitted  him  for  the  duties  and  responsibilities 
of  social  and  business  life,  although  he  also  enjoys 
good  fiction.  He  has  interested  himself  in  politics 
only  as  a  voter,  and  his  convictions  cause  him  to 
cast  his  ballot  for  the  man  he  deems  best  fitted 
for  the  office,  irrespective  of  party  lines.  Mr. 
Crandall  is  identified  with  fraternal  work  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Dokeys,  in 
the  former  he  has  held  various  offices.  Proud 
of  his  adopted  state,  he  takes  every  opportunity  of 
praising  its  resources,  but  is  of  the  opinion  that  it 
has  so  manv  advantages  that  no  one  stands  out  from 
the  rest,  although  the  excellent  water  power  here 
appeals  especially  to  him. 

Mr.  Crandall  was  married  at  L^mberton,  Minne- 
sota, in  1881.  to  Carrie  M.  Whitcomb.  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Whitcomb.  and  they  have 
had  four  children,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy. 
The  survivors  are:  Frank  F.,  who  is  pursuing  a 
civil  engineering  course  in  the  State  University; 
Budd  W.,  who  lives  in  Shoshone;  and  Amv  E..  who 
married  Frank  G.  Hill  and  resides  at  Ogden,  Utah. 

Wri.uAM  C.  CI-STF.R.  One  of  the  early  oioneers 
of  Idaho,  who  settled  in  the  country  before  the 
railroads  had  made  their  appearance,  is  William  C. 
Custer,  now  one  of  the  prominent  residents  of  Sho- 
shone. Idaho.  Coming  to  this  country  from  a  for- 
eign land,  he  determined  from  the  first  day  of  his 
larding  in  America  that,  in  spite  of  the  advantages 
held  over  him  bv  the  men  who  had  been  reared  in 
this  country  and  knew  the  language  and  people,  he 
would  climb  as  high  as  any  of  them.  With  the  fine 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


old  tfaits  of  the  Teutonic  nations,  perseverance,  in- 
dustry and  frugality,  he  has  forced  success  from 
the  hand  of  fortune,  and  in  accomplishing  this  has 
won  the  admiration  and  respect  and  friendship  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  been  associated.  There  is  in 
Shoshone  today  no  man  who  can  count  a  larger 
number  of  warm  friends  than  can  Mr.  Custer. 

William  C.  Custer  was  born  in  the  western  part 
of  Germany,  in  Bremen,  on  the  28th  of  April,  1856. 
He  is  the  son  of  William  and  Carey  Custer.  He 
began  his  education  in  Germany,  obtaining  a  fine 
preparation  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country, 
which  he  further  extended  when  he  came  to  Amer- 
ica, by  attending  the  public  schools  in  Iowa.  He 
was  only  fifteen  when  he  left  his  native  land,  this 
being  in  1871,  and  upon  his  arrival  in  America  he 
came  at  once  to  Iowa  where  he  first  obtained  em- 
ployment as  a  farm  hand.  He  went  to  school  dur- 
ing these  first  years,  working  to  pay  for  his  board. 
After  finishing  his  education,  he  went  to  clerking 
in  the  store  of  William  Schodde,  in  Monticello, 
Iowa.  He  remained  nine  years  in  Iowa,  or  until 
1880,  when  he  moved  to  Nevada  and  engaged  in 
the  stock  business.  He  had  had  to  save  his  money 
very  carefully  in  order  to  have  anything  to  invest 
in  this  business,  and  he  now  had  to  work  very  hard 
indeed  to  make  anything  out  of  it.  He  only  re- 
mained in  the  cattle  business  for  two  years,  selling 
out  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  go  into  the  teaming 
business,  which  proved  to  be  a  lucrative  one,  for  as 
yet  there  were  no  railroads  through  this  country. 
His  route  lay  from  Kelton  to  Boise,  and  the  Wood 
river  country,  and  he  was  engaged  in  this  work 
until  the  railroads  were  put  through  in  1885.  Then 
having  had  some  experience  in  the  stock  business 
he  determined  to  re-enter  that  occupation.  He  lo- 
cated at  Heyburn,  or  rather  upon  the  spot  where 
Heyburn  now  stands  on  the  banks  of  the  Snake 
river.  At  the  time  of  Mr.  Custer's  occupancy,  the 
site  of  Heyburn  was  an  island,  where  he  put  up  hay 
for  his  stock,  and  on  either  side  of  the  river,  up 
and  down  through  the  desert,  from  the  American 
Falls  to  the  Blue  lakes,  ranged  the  cattle  and  horses 
bearing  his  brand.  In  1898  he  again  sold  out,  but 
this  venture  had  proved  so  successful  that  he  had 
money  to  invest  in  a  business  in  Shoshone,  which 
has  proved  very  successful.  This  is  the  butcher 
business,  and  his  meat  market  is  a  model  affair. 
He  has  a  large  patronage,  for  he  has  the  confi- 
dence of  his  customers,  and  they  know  that  he  has 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  business.  He  is  also 
interested  in  banking,  being  vice-president  and  di- 
rector in  the  Lincoln  County  National  Bank,  of 
Shoshone.  He  has  gained  wealth  and  is  a  prosper- 
ous man,  and  unlike  many  prosperous  men,  his 
purse  is  an  open  one,  he  is  generosity  itself.  He  is 
one  of  the  men  upon  whom  others  depend  and  in 
whose  strength  of  character  they  find  courage  to 
take  up  their  own  burdens.  His  influence  in  the 
town  of  Shoshone  has  been  always  for  the  good 
of  those  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  into  con- 
tact, and  he  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  older  genera- 
tion, all  too  rapidly  disappearing. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Custer  votes  the  Republican  ticket, 
believing  that  the  principles  of  the  grand  old  party 
are  those  which  can  best  sustain  the  national  life. 
He  is  prominent  in  fraternal  affairs,  the  cause  of  the 
brotherhood  of  man  being  the  one -that  is  particu- 
larly close  to  his  heart.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs  in  the  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Custer  is  not  a  member  of  any  church,  having 
a  broad  minded  belief  in  the  fact  that  all  churches 


have  much  good  in  them  and  he  is  glad  and  willing 
to  give  of  his  substance  to  churches  of  all  demoni- 
nations. 

Mr.  Custer  was  married  on  the  25th  of  April, 
3,  at  Shoshone,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Henerette  Wes- 
sel.  Mrs.  Custer  died  on  the  28th  of  January,  1891, 
on  in  September,  1900,  he  married  his  second  wife, 
Mrs.  Regan  Clark,  this  marriage  also  taking  place 
at  Shoshone.  He  has  one  son,  a  child  of  his  first 
marriage,  Will  W.  Custer. 

CHRIS  O.  DICE.  A  citizen  at  Glenns  Ferry 
whose  name  carries  influence  and  who  is  popularly 
esteemed  throughout  this  section  of  Idaho,  Mr. 
Chris  O.  Dice  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  since 
1904  and  since  1912  has  been  postmaster  of  his 
present  home  town.  He  is  well  known  in  railroad 
circles  in  the  northwest,  and  railroading  was  his 
regular  vocation  until  he  suffered  a  permanent  dis- 
ability through  the  service. 

Chris  O.  Dice  was  born  at  Newton,  Harvey 
county,  Kansas,  June  n,  1878,  and  was  the  second 
of  the  children  of  George  Henry  and  Isobell  (Mc- 
Ginn) Dice.  Both  parents  were  Pennsylvanians  by 
birth,  whence  they  removed  to  Kansas,  where  they 
were  married.  The  father  was  also  a  railroad  man, 
and  his  death  occurred  at  Newton,  Kansas,  in  1898, 
at  the  age  of  forty-five.  The  mother  died  in  1899 
aged  thirty-eight.  One  of  their  sons,  Frank  W. 
Dice,  lives  at  Pocatello,  and  another,  Edward  Dice, 
is  a  resident  of  Toole,  Utah. 

.  The  early  schooling  of  Chris  O.  Dice  was  obtained 
at  Newton,  Kansas,  where  he  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school  in  1897.  His  early  environment  and 
inclination  favored  his  taking  up  railroad  work,  and 
he  began  in  Colorado,  and  was  in  Utah  from  1901 
to  1904.  In  the  latter  year  an  accident,  which  crip- 
pled him  for  life,  took  him  out  of  the  service,  and 
he  then  came  to  Idaho,  where  he  has  made  himself 
a  useful  factor  in  affairs.  His  appointment  to  the 
postmastership  at  Glenns  Ferry  occurred  in  1912. 
He  has  a  host  of  friends  in  this  part  of  the  state, 
is  one  of  the  influential  Republicans,  and  he  and 
his  family  have  an  attractive  home  in  the  town. 
His  recreations  are  hunting  and  fishing,  and  he  is 
fond  of  all  outdoor  life  and  sports.  Mr.  Dice  is  a 
member  of  the  Railway  Trainmen's  Association,  and 
he  and  his  family  are  communicants  of  the  Cath- 
olic church. 

He  was  married  at  Ogden,  Utah,  June  23,  1905, 
to  Miss  Louise  May  Butterfield.  Their  three  chil- 
dren are:  George  E.,  born  at  Ogden  in  1906;  Isa- 
belle,  born  at  Roy,  Utah,  in  1908;  and  Loreen,  born 
at  Ogden,  in  1909. 

HOWARD  C.  VAN  AUSDELN,  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho, 
the  present  sheriff  of  Twin  Falls  county,  is  a  Kan- 
san  by  birth  and  is  proud  of  it,  a  loyal  spirit  that  is 
markedly  characteristic  of  the  people  of  that  progres- 
sive state.  Kansas,  once  on  the  frontier,  has  now 
taken  its  place  among  the  older  and  advanced  com- 
monwealths of  the  'Union  and  has  contributed  many 
wide-awake  and  energetic  young  men  to  the  settle- 
ment of  the  farther  West,  just  as  in  earlier  days  the 
East  gave  her  her  brain  and  brawn.  Mr.  Van  Ans- 
deln  had  been  in  the  West  about  fifteen  years  and 
in  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  since  1906,  and  in  each  of  his 
locations  has  proved  a  worthy  citizen  and  an  en- 
terprising and  energetic  worker  for  progress. 

He  was  born  June  13,  1868,  in  Crawford  county, 
Kansas,  received  a  common  and  high  school  educa- 
tion there,  and  early  took  up  independent  activity 
as  a  farmer  and  stockman  in  his  native  state,  con- 
tinuing in  this  line  quite  successfully  until  about 


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1898.  Migrating  west  about  that  time,  he  settled 
first  in  the  Bear  River  valley  in  Utah,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  removal  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in 
1906.  While  in  Utah  he  was  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness for  a  time,  also  ran  a  meat  market,  filled  the 
office  of  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  gave  considerable 
attention  to  the  management  of  his  fine  ranch  near 
the  town  in  which  he  resided.  For  three  years  pre- 
vious to  coming  to  Idaho  he  was  keeping  an  eye 
on  the  Twin  Falls  district  and  in  1906  he  deemed 
the  time  had  come  for  advantageous  location  there. 
Disposing  of  his  interests  in  Utah,  he  made  large 
investments  in  the  Twin  Falls  district  and  these 
he  still  holds.  During  the  first  four  years  here  he 
dealt  in  grain  and  live  stock  and  was  engaged  in 
ranching,  and  throughout  the  whole  of  his  business 
career  he  has  been  very  extensively  engaged  as  a 
shipper  and  operator  in  the  stock  and  cattle  business. 
In  1910  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Twin  Falls  county 
and  is  now  filling  that  office.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  political  views  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the 
work  of  his  party.  While  a  resident  of  district 
number  eight  near  Twin  Falls  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board  but  resigned  when  he  removed 
to  the  city  to  take  up  his  duties  as  sheriff. 

John  L.  Van  Ausdeln,  the  father  of  Howard  G, 
was  born  in  Ohio  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of 
Kansas,  where  he  is  an  active  Republican  politician 
and  is  a  prominent  Odd  Fellow.  Farming  has  been 
his  occupation  but  he  is  now  retired.  He  was  one 
of  the  Union's  brave  defenders  during  the  Civil  war 
and  took  part  in  a  number  of  the  severest  engage- 
ments during  that  conflict.  For  nine  months  he  was 
confined  in  the  infamous  Libby  prison.  In  Iowa  he 
wedded  Lodema  Harriman,  a  native  of  that  state,  and 
to  their  union  were  born  four  children,  of  whom 
Howard  C.  is  the  eldest. 

On  October  25,  1891,  at  Girard.  Kansas,  Mr.  Van 
Ausdeln,  and  Miss  June  B.  Struble,  a  daughter  of 
Levi  and  Mary  Struble  of  that  city,  were  united  in 
marriage.  Seven  children  have  been  the  issue  of 
their  union,  namely:  Blaine  C,  Fern,  Loys  L.,  Gaile 
H.,  John  L.,  Howard  C,  Jr.,  and  Ruth. 

In  religious  views  Mr.  Van  Ausdeln  favors  the 
Methodist  faith,  while  Mrs.  Van  Ausdeln  is  affiliated 
with  the  Christian  denomination.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Van  Ausdeln  is  associated  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  has  filled  all  the  local  offices  of  the 
first  two  orders.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Commercial  Club.  Loyal  as  he  is  to  his  native 
state  of  Kansas,  he  expresses  it  as  his  opinion  that 
there  is  no  state  in  the  Union  with  as  bright  a  future 
before  it  as  has  Idaho. 

HERMAN  JACOBSON.  One  of  the  best  equipped 
and  most  flourishing  mercantile  establishments  of 
Idaho  is  the  one  at  Glenns  Ferry  bearing  the  name 
Jacobson  and  for  years  the  steadily  reliable  trading 
center  for  a  patronage  drawn  from  a  large  area  of 
surrounding  territory.  Founded  eighteen  years  ago, 
the  business  passed  through  the  difficulties  incident 
to  every  new  enterprise.  The  brothers  who  con- 
ducted it  through  that  period  were  equal  to  the  sit- 
uation in  their  energy,  persistence  and  careful  man- 
agement, and  the  business  has  long  since  enjoyed  a 
first-class  rating  among  Idaho's  best  mercantile 
concerns. 

Herman  Jacobson.  the  present  proprietor,  was 
born  in  Russia,  in  March,  1874,  a  son  of  Aaron  and 
Hannah  (Rosenberg)  Jacobson.  There  were  two 
other  children,  namely:  Samuel,  a  resident  of  Salt 
Lake  City;  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Ruenberg,  of  Michigan. 


The  family  all  came  to  America  a  number  of  years 
ago,  first  settling  in  Michigan.  The  father  died  at 
the  age  of  seventy-two  and  the  mother  aged  sev- 
enty-eight. 

Herman,  the  youngest  of  the  three  children,  at- 
tended school  m  his  native  land,  and  was  employed 
in  a  store  and  obtained  a  general  merchandising 
experience  before  coming  to  this  country.  At  Bay 
City,  Michigan,  as  a  clerk  he  gained  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  American  business  methods,  and  from 
there  in  1895  came  west  with  his  brother  and  lo- 
cated in  Glenn's  Ferry.  The  town  was  then  almost 
at  the  beginning  of  its  history,  being  a  settlement 
of  only  a  few  houses.  His  brother  had  preceded  him 
to  this  point,  and  they  became  associated  in  the  lit- 
tle store  which  was  the  foundation  of  the  present 
large  establishment.  After  several  years  of  hard 
struggle  they  got  a  solid  foothold  in  the  confidence 
and  patronage  of  the  community,  and  under  Her- 
man's individual  ownership  its  prosperity  has  in- 
creased from  year  to  year.  The  establishment 
would  be  a  credit  to  any  of  the  large  cities  of  the 
state.  Mr.  Jacobson  gives  his  personal  attention  to 
the  management  of  the  store,  and  employs  six  regu- 
lar assistants  in  caring  for  the  large  trade. 

Mr.  Jacobson  in  politics  takes  an  independent  atti- 
tude. He  is  of  the  Jewish  faith.  At  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  October  4,  1911,  he  married  Miss  Pearl 
Jacobs,  daughter  of  Francis  Jacobs  and  of  a  well- 
known  St.  Louis  family.  They  have  one  daughter, 
born  at  Glenns  Ferry  in  September,  1912,  and 
named  Runett.  Outside  of  business  his  home  and 
family  are  the  center  of  Mr.  Jacobson's  interests. 
He  gives  public-spirited  support  to  the  movements 
for  the  advancement  of  his  home  town,  and  has 
firm  faith  in  Idaho.  It  is  his  opinion  that  the  de- 
velopment of  the  next  decade  will  surpass  all  that 
had  preceded  during  the  last  fifty  years. 

GEORGE  H.  MARTIN.  It  is  often  easier  to  start  at 
the  very  foundations  of  a  business  than  it  is  to  start 
in  where  another  has  been  managing  things,  and 
make  a  success.  Everyone  stands  back  at  first  to 
see  what  the  new  man  is  going  to  be  like,  and  then 
there  is  the  difficulty  of  accustoming  the  old  em- 
ployees to  the  methods  of  the  new  master.  This 
was  somewhat  the  situation  that  George  H.  Martin 
faced  on  his  arrival  in  Hagerman,  Idaho.  Since  he 
is  now  one  of  the  most  prosperous  merchants  in 
Hagerman,  his  successful  overcoming  of  difficulties 
may  be  taken  for  granted.  He  had  had  many  years 
of  commercial  life,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was  a 
young  man,  and  he  had  also  held  positions  that  re- 
quired considerable  executive  ability,  and  in  conse- 
quence of  this  he  was  on  the  high  road  to  prosperity 
in  a  short  time  after  locating  in  Hagerman. 

George  H.  Martin  was  born  at  Cambridge,  New 
York,  on  the  i8th  of  November,  1873.  He  is  the 
son  of  Hugh  Martin,  and  Martha  (Weir)  Martin, 
both  of  whom  were  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
coming  to  this  country  in  their  youth.  They  were 
married  in  New  York  and  are  now  living  in  com- 
fort and  ease  in  Cambridge,  New  York.  Mr.  Mar- 
tin was  a  successful  business  man  in  Washington 
county,  wherein  Cambridge  is  located,  for  many 
years,  but  he  is  now  retired.  Six  children  were 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  Martin.  Mary,  the 
eldest  daughter,  is  now  Mrs.  William  Campbell, 
of  Cambridge,  New  York.  Mattie  married  Alfred 
Richards  and  lives  in  Greenwich,  New  York.  Jen- 
nie is  Mrs.  Millard  Shaw,  also  of  Cambridge.  Re- 
becca, is  Mrs.  Ed  Martin  of  Cambridge,  her  hus- 
band although  not  connected  by  the  ties  of  blood, 
yet  being  a  connection  of  the  family's. 


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George  H.  Martin  is  the  eldest  of  the  family,  and 
he  thus  early  felt  the  desire  to  free  his  father  of 
his  care  and  to  get  out  in  the  world  and  earn  a 
living  for  himself.  He  was  educated  in  the  Cam- 
bridge public  schools,  attending  the  Cambridge  high 
school  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  at  this 
time  he  decided  that  he  had  gone  to  school  long 
enough,  so  he  came  west,  feeling  that  this  was  the 
part  of  the  country  to  which .  a  young  man  with 
nothing  but  his  head  and  his  hands  to  give  him  his 
start  in  life,  should  go.  He  first  located  in  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  where  he  secured  a  position  in  the  store 
department  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 
Here  he  remained  for  eleven  years,  six  months  after 
starting  with  them,  receiving  the  promotion  to  man- 
ager of  the  store  department.  He  left  the  Union 
Pacific  to  take  charge  of  the  store  department  of  the 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company,  at  a  larger  salary. 
Here  he  remained  for  five  years.  He  always  held 
before  him  as  a  goal  the  idea  of  going  into  busi- 
ness for  himself  some  day,  and  consequently  was 
economical,  laying  by  as  much  as  he  could  spare 
from  his  salary.  He  had  accumulated  by  the  time 
he  left  the  Rio  Grande  a  goodly  sum  of  money, 
and  having  decided  after  looking  over  various  fields 
for  investment  in  the  west  that  Idaho  offered  the 
greatest  opportunities,  he  came  to  Hagerman  and 
in  partnership  with  E.  M.  Roberts,  P.  E.  Du  Salt 
and  D.  F.  Morris,  bought  the  Owen  Brothers  gen- 
eral merchandise  business.  This  store  was  well  es- 
tablished and  had  a  flourishing  trade,  and  .was  a 
valuable  investment  on  that  account.  Mr.  Martin 
and  his  partners  had  not  been  in  control  long  be- 
fore it  was  seen  that  the  old  reputation  of  the  store 
was  going  to  be  upheld,  and  after  a  time  the  busi- 
ness began  to  increase  in  volume.  Mr.  Morris  re- 
tired in  1908  and  the  other  three  partners  bought 
his  interest.  The  firm  is  now  known  as  the  Pioneer 
Mercantile  Company,  and  its  business  has  increased 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  is  now  the  largest  general 
store  in  Hagerman. 

Mr.  Martin  in  addition  to  his  mercantile  inter- 
ests, is  a  large  stockholder  in  the  Hagerman  State 
Bank  and  is  the  owner  of  ranch  lands  that  are  in  a 
high  state  of  cultivation.  Some  of  these  ranches  are 
situated  in  the  fertile  Hagerman  valley,  said  to  be 
the  richest  valley  in  the  state,  and  is  without  a  doubt 
the  most  picturesque.  Other  ranch  lands  that  he 
owns  are  located  in  Twin  Falls  county,  and  a  large 
portion  of  these  are  devoted  to  sheep  raising,  in 
which  he  is  largely  interested. 

Politically  Mr.  Martin  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  although  he  has  never  cared  to  take 
an  active  part  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
fraternal  order  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having 
passed  through  all  the  chairs.  In  religious  matters 
Mr.  Martin  together  with  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  On  the  4th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1910,  Mr.  Martin  was  married  to  Miss  Mamie 
Middleton,  a  native  of  Nebraska.  Mrs.  Martin  is 
a  daughter  of  Silas  M.  Middleton  and  Sarah  (Had- 
sel)  Middleton,  who  were  both  born  in  Pennsylva- 
nia. The  only  child  of  this  union  is  a  son,  Floyd 
Senter  Martin,  born  November  i,  1912. 

Ds.  AUDLEY  V.  FANKBONER  is  the  leading  phy- 
sician in  Hagerman  Valley  today,  and  that  he  has 
only  been  in  this  section  for  three  years,  proves  be- 
yond question  that  Dr.  Fankboner  is  a  physician  of 
ability.  He  learned  in  his  youth  the  meaning  of  hard 
work  and  sacrifice,  for  being  determined  to  obtain 
an  education  he  worked  his  way  through  college. 
This  determination  to  succeed  that  early  showed 
itself  to  be  a  dominant  characteristic  of  his,  has 


since  showed  itself  in  his  professional  activities  by 
his  inability  to  give  up  hope,  no  matter  how  desper- 
ate a  case  may  be,  and  this  very  determination  of  his 
to  never  confess  himself  defeated  while  there  is  life, 
has  saved  cases  for  him  more  than  once. 

Dr.  Audley  V.  Fankboner  was  born  in  Grant 
county,  Indiana,  on  the  ist  of  November,  1876.  His 
parents  are  Alfred  K.  and  Mary  Jane  (Reynolds) 
Fankboner,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Ohio.  His 
father,  as  a  young  man  migrated  to  Ohio,  traveling 
by  the  slow  ox-team  route.  He  was  a  pioneer 
farmer  in  Grant  county,  and  after  a  time  became  a 
prosperous  and  important  citizen  in  the  community. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  for  eight  years 
held  the  office  of  county  clerk.  He  is  still  actively 
engaged  in  farming  in  Grant  county.  Three  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fankboner:  Edith, 
who  is  now  Mrs.  William  S.  Holman,  of  Marion, 
Indiana;  Maggie  A.,  who  lives  with  her  parents; 
and  Dr.  Fankboner. 

Audley  Fankboner,  growing  up  on  the  farm  re- 
ceived the  usual  education  of  the  farmer's  son,  and 
urged  on  by  his  own  ambition  he  completed  the 
high  school  course  in  Marion,  and  then  attended  the 
normal  school  at  the  same  place.  After  being  grad- 
uated, from  the  latter  institution  he  entered  the 
Medical  College  of  Indiana,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1898.  In  spite  of  hav- 
ing to  give  much. of  his  time  to  earning  the  money 
for  his  board  and  tuition,  he.  graduated  at  the  early 
age  of  twenty-two.  He  immediately  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Summitville,  Indiana,  where 

;he  remained  for  eleven  years,  building  up  a  good- 
sized  practice. 

He  determined  to  come  west  in  1908,  so  selling 
put  his  interests  in  Summitville,  early  in  the  follow- 
ing year  he  came  to  Hagerman,  and  opening  an  of- 
fice, again  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  a  new  field.  It  is  pecularly  difficult  for  a 
member  of  any  if  the  profession  to  enter  a  new 
place  and  practically  begin  all  over  again,  for  peo- 

'  pie  cling  to  their  old  favorites,  and  the  .  novelty 
that  is  attractive  in  a  new  store  of  any  kind,  makes 
no  appeal  when  the  new  arrival  is  a  doctor  or  a 
lawyer.  However,  it  was  not  long  before  Dr.  Fank- 
boner had  a  fair  practice,  and  now  he  has  the  largest 
practice  of  any  physician  in  Hagerman  valley.  He 

;  has  come  to  this  section  to  stay,  and  as  a  proof  of 
his  belief .  in  the  future  of  the  country,  he  has  in- 
vested money  in  ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  and 
is  the  owner  of  a  charming  home  in  Hagerman. 

The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  Idaho 
Medical  Association,  and  is  quite  prominent  in  the 
fraternal  societies  of  which  he  is  a  member,  be- 
longing to  the  Masons  and  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
in  which  order  he  is  a  past  master. 

Dr.  Fankboner  was  married  to  Miss  Nora  Conner 
in  1900,  at  Summitville,  Indiana,  and  they  have  one 
son,  Roland  B. 

ARTHUR  M.  BOWEN.  This  is  a  practical  age  and 
today,  more  than  ever  before,  whatever  their  voca- 
tion or  calling,  men  are  measured  by  what  they  ac- 
complish. "Efficiency"  is  indeed  the  slogan  of  the 
hour  and  life  a  constant  measure  of  strength,  a  con- 
test where  ability,  force  and  character  are  the  de- 
termining factors.  Arthur  M.  Bowen,  of  Twi^i  Falls, 
a  young  and  native  westerner,  came  to  Idaho  in 
1904  and  in  less  than  a  decade  has  become  one  of 
the  leading  men  of  the  state,  both  in  his  profession 
of  law  and  as  a  factor  in  the  public  life  of  the  com- 
monwealth. 

He  was  born  in  Mono  county,  California,  April 
26,  1876,  and  when  a  small  boy  accompanied  his 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


parents  to  Nevada,  where  he  lived  until  about 
eighteen  years  of  age  and  acquired  his  education. 
After  leaving  school  he  worked  for  a  time  in  the 
mines  of  Nevada  and  Utah  and  later  taught  school 
in  the  latter  state.  In  the  meantime  he  had  begun 
to  prepare  for  law  and  so  assiduously  and  intelh 
gently  directed  his  energies  to  that  accomplishment 
that  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  had  qualified  for 
the  profession  and  was  formally  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1899.  He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Eureka, 
I'tah,  and  came  from  there  to  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  in 
1904,  where  he  remained  three  years.  The  next  four 
year's  he  was  'a  resident  of  Hailey,  Idaho,  and  from 
there  he  came  to  Twin  Falls  in  191 1.  He  has  been 
very  successful  in  his  chosen  profession  and  stands 
high  at  the  bar  of  Idaho,  as  is  evidenced  by  hi>  nom- 
ination in  1912  for  the  office  of  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Idaho.  In  line  with  his  professional  inter- 
ests he  affiliates  with  the  Twin  Falls  County  Bar 
Association  and  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar 
Association.  As  a  Democrat  he  has  long  taken  an 
active  interest  in  political  affairs.  While  a  resident 
of  Hailey,  Blaine  county,  he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  state  senate  during  the  tenth  session  of  the  state 
legislature  and  at  that  time  supported  both  the  direct 
primary  law  and  the  local  option  law  and  took 
a  strong  stand  in  favor  of  an  effective  employers' 
liability  law.  In  fact,  all  measures  that  had  for  their 
true  aim  the  progress  of  the  state  and  the  welfare 
of  its  citizens  received  his  unreserved  commenda- 
tion and  stanch  support.  He  was  a  Democratic  can- 
didate for  congress  in  1910  and,  as  previously  stated, 
has  now  been  nominated  as  a  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Idaho.  His  whole  life  has  been  spent  in 
the  West  and  he  is  well  acquainted  with  the  condi- 
tions and  advantages  of  the  various  states  of  this 
section.  From  this  knowledge  and  experience  he 
asserts  his  firm  belief  that  Idaho  offers  more  oppor- 
tunities for  men  and  women  of  push  and  industry, 
of  vigor  and  ambition,  than  does  any  other  state  of 
the  Union. 

Mr.  Bowen  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
February  12,  1898,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Bernhart,  a 
daughter  of  Mrs.  W.  B.  Kennedy,  of  Eureka,  Utah. 
One  son  and  three  daughters  have  been  born  to  their 
union,  namely:  Theodore  E.,  Phoebe,  Elizabeth  and 
Nellie. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bowen  is  associated  with  the 
Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Benevplent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  he  has  "passed  all  the  chairs" 
of  his  local  lodge  and  is  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge 
of  that  order.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Commercial  Club. 

RICHARD  H.  TRAILL.  The  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  the  vicinity  of  Jerome,  Idaho,  during  the 
past  half-decade  of,  years  have  been  remarkable, 
and  the  visitor  to  this  fertile  country,  as  it  is  to- 
day, could  hardly  believe  that  so  short  a  time  ago 
such  excellent  farm  land  was  a  wide  expanse  of  prac- 
tically desert  land.  Such  was  the  case,  however,  but 
with  the  advent  of  irrigation  in  this  section,  came 
men  of  progressive  ideas  and  enterprising  spirit, 
through  whose  activities  the  country  has  blossomed 
forth  into  one  of  the  most  productive  sections  of 
Jhis  part  of  Idaho,  a  field  of  opportunity  for  the 
ambitious,  where  fortunes  have  awaited  those  who 
have  had  the  courage  to  invest  their  abilities  and 
capital.  Among  th«  men  to  whom  credit  should  be 
given  for  the  phenomenal  development  of  Jerome, 
Richard  H.  Traill  holds  a  foremost  position.  Com- 
ing to  the  West  after  a  successful  business  career 


in  Illinois,  he  has  not  only  regained  his  health, 
which  was  primarily  the  cause  of  his  settling  here, 
but  has  directed  his  activities  so  well  that  he  is 
now  known  as  one  of  his  locality's  leading  real 
estate  men,  and  deserves  a  high  position  in  the  list 
of  men  who  are  accomplishing  great  things  in  their 
adopted  state.  Mr.  Traill  was  bom  January  19, 
1858,  in  Belleville.  Ontario,  and  is  a  son  of  James 
and  Amelia  (Mutchall)  Traill,  natives  of  Canada, 
and  3  brother  of  Thomas  Traill,  a  merchant  of  New 
York  City. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
place,  Mr.  Traill  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy,  and 
on  completing  a  course  in  the  Ontario  College  of 
Pharmacy,  in  1876,  went  to  Chicago,  Illinois.  Sub- 
sequently he  removed  to  Cicero,  a  suburb  of  Chicago, 
where  for  thirty-two  years  he  was  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  proprietor  of  a  successful  drug  store,  and 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  township  com- 
missioners and  as  treasurer  of  his  town.  His  busi- 
ness career  was  a  successful  one,  but  for  some 
years  his  health  had  been  failing,  and  for  quite  a 
period  he  had  been  awaiting  a  favorable  opportu- 
nity to  come  to  the  West.  Accordingly,  with  the 
opening  of  the  North  Side  Tract,  in  1907,  he  came 
to  Jerome  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business, 
in  which  he  has  continued  to  the  present  time,  with 
gratifying  success.  Since  1909  he  has  been  agent 
for  the  state  land  board,  and  in  connection  with  his 
real  estate  business  has  become  a  successful  ranch- 
man, his  ranching  properties  being  located  in  Lin- 
coln county.  He  has  also  valuable  town  realty  in 
Jerome  and  Wendell,  a  pleasant  home  at  the  for- 
mer place,  and  a  number  of  business  interests  in 
both  towns.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Jerome  State 
Bank,  and  has  helped  in  popularizing  its  coffers 
among  the  people  of  Lincoln  county.  Politically, 
Mr.  Traill  is  a  Republican,  but  he*  has  been  too 
busy  to  take  more  than  a  good  citizen's  intere-t  in 
matters  of  a  public  nature.  His  fraternal  connec- 
tion is  with  the  Masons.  In  religious  belief,  he  was 
brought  up  an  Episcopalian,  but  is  now  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Christian  Science  church. 

On  February  25,  1878,  Mr.  Traill  was  married  to 
Miss  Hannah  M.  Kemp,  daughter  of  M.  T.  and 
Eliza  (Dixon)  Kemp,  natives  of  Canada.  Two 
children  have  been  born  to  this  union :  Mona,  who 
resides  at  home  with  her  parents ;  and  Dorothy, 
who  married  C.  H.  Chapin,  of  Twin  Falls.  Early 
in  life,  Mr.  Traill  began  to  display  habits  of  indus- 
try and  self-reliance  that  have  marked  his  entire 
career.  After  leaving  home  he  received  no  assist- 
ance of  a  financial  nature,  but  worked  out  his  own 
success,  and  when  he  was  forced  to  change  his  oc- 
cupation and  his  mode  of  living,  he  had  the  cour- 
age and  perseverance  to  accomplish  large  things  in 
a  large  way.  From  a  country  covered  with  sage- 
brush, undeveloped  and  uninviting,  he  has  seen  this 
part  of  Lincoln  county  become  one  of  the  most  pro- 
ductive agricultural  localities  in  the  state,  as  well 
as  a  center  of  commercial  and  educational  activity. 
Much  of  the  credit  for  this  growth  and  development 
is  due  to  his  enterprise  and  untiring  labor,  and  as  a 
man  whose  activities  have  served  to  advance  his 
community  he  is  held  in  high  regard  and  esteem  by 
his  fellow-townsmen. 

EDWARD  M.  ROBERTS.  Thirty  years  ago.  when  a 
young  man,  Edward  M.  Roberts  came  to  "The  Gem 
of  the  Mountain"  state— then  a  territory — and  spent 
nearly  a  year,  engaged  in  mining,  in  the  Hailey  dis- 
trict. So  impressed  was  he  at  that  time  with  the 
beauties  and  future  possibilities  of  the  locality  that 
he  decided  if  conditions  ever  justified  he  would  return 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


to  Idaho  and  establish  his  home  here.  Today  he  is 
one  of  the  leading  spirits  of  the  progressive  little 
town  of  Bliss.  Here  he  figures  as  general  merchant, 
postmaster  and  president  of  the  school  board.  Ex- 
ecutive ability  and  civic  pride  are  strong  factors  in 
his  make-up.  He  built  one  of  the  most  attractive 
homes  in  the  town,  which  he  and  his  family  occupy. 
And  so  interwoven  with  the  business,  political  and 
social  life  of  Bliss  has  been  his  life  since  he  took 
up  his  residence  here  in  1902  that  it  would  bg  dif- 
ficult to  make  even  a  brief  record  of  one  without 
reference  to  the  other.  Therefore  a  resume  of  his 
life  is  of  interest  in  this  connection. 

Edward  M.  Roberts  was  born  at  Carbondale, 
Pennsylvania,  January  31,  1858,  and  there  he  took 
his  first  steps  and  formed  his  first  words.  When  he 
was  two  years  old  his  parents  moved  to  Danville, 
Illinois.  Five  years'  residence  at  that  place  was 
followed  by  five  years  at  Boonesboro,  Iowa.  In 
1881,  E.  M.  Roberts  came  west  by  himself,  locat- 
ing in  Carbon,  Wyoming.  The  first  money  young 
Roberts  earned  was  as  a  corn  husker  at  the  rate  of 
fifty  cents  per  day.  That  was  when  he  was  eleven 
years  old.  When  he  was  twelve  he  went  to  work  in 
the  coal  mine  of  which  his  father  was  superintendent, 
and  he  continued  thus  occupied  for  about  three  years. 
While  in  Iowa  he  had  attended  public  school,  but 
only  for  a  few  terms,  and  while  at  work  in  the 
mines  he  felt  the  need  of  more  education.  Then  he 
took  up  a  course  of  study,  and  went  to  school,  and 
subsequently  taught  one  term  of  school.  He  was 
connected  with  the  coal  department  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  while  at  Carbon,  Wyom- 
ing, and  from  Carbon  he  went  to  Rock  Springs, 
Wyoming,  where  he  had  a  clerical  position  in  a  large 
mercantile  establishment  for  three  years.  This  ex- 
perience was  followed  by  four  years  as  assistant 
superintendent  for  the  Diamond  Coal  &  Coke  Com- 
pany at  Diamondville,  Wyoming,  and  that  in  turn 
by  one  year  at  Ogden,  Utah.  In  the  meantime  he 
visited  and  worked  at  various  other  places  in  the 
West,  including  his  sojourn  in  Idaho,  as  above  indi- 
cated. 

On  his  return  to  Idaho,  in  1902,  Mr.  Roberts  took 
up  his  residence  at  Bliss,  and  he  has  maintained  his 
home  here  ever  since.  His  first  business  venture 
at  this  place  was  the  purchase  of  the  store  of  J.  L. 
Fuller,  and  of  this  business  he  has  since  been  the 
active  head.  He  styled  the  firm  E.  M.  Roberts  & 
Company,  which  was  later  changed  to  Morris,  Rob- 
erts &  Company.  Mr.  Morris  at  this  time  has  no 
interest  in  the  company. 

On  becoming  a  voter,  Mr.  Roberts  allied  himself 
with  the  Republican  ranks,  and  has  ever  since  taken 
a  more  or  less  active  part  in  local  politics.  Previous 
to  his  coming  to  Idaho,  he  was  postmaster  at  Dana, 
Wyoming,  and  he  also  served  in  the  same  capacity 
at  Diamondville.  At  Bliss  he  is  both  postmaster 
and  president  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Bliss  Commercial  Club,  of  which  he  served 
one  term  as  vice  president.  Fraternally,  he  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Masonic  order,  having  received  the  de- 
grees from  blue  lodge  to  commandery,  inclusive. 

March  5,  1885,  at  Laramie,  Wyoming,  Mr.  Roberts 
was  married  to  Miss  Marie  F.  Leary,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Sarah  Leary  of  Carbon,  Wyoming;  and  of 
the  seven  children  that  have  been  given  to  them,  three 
are  living,  one  daughter  and  two  sons,  as  follows : 
Julia,  at  home,  and  Edward  and  Herschel,  in  school 
at  Pocatello. 

In  addition  to  establishing  a  business  and  a  home 
in  Idaho,  Mr.  Roberts  has  made  other  investments 
here,  including  the  purchase  of  Idaho  lands.  While 


he  takes  life  seriously  and  puts  his  best  efforts  into 
whatever  he  undertakes,  he  believes  a  certain  amount 
of  recreation  is  necessary,  and  he  enjoys  popular  en- 
tertainment of  all  kinds.  His  chief  recreation,  how- 
ever, is  fishing. 

In  their  religious  views,  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rob- 
erts incline  toward  the  creed  of  the  Episcopal  church, 
where  they  frequently  worship,  although  neither  is 
identified  as  a  member  with  any  church  organization. 

REX  V.  WILCOX,  of  Wendell,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the 
best  known  lawyers  in  the  whole  state,  although  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  bar  of  Idaho  for  only 
three  years.  He  has  a  keen  and  logical  mind,  and 
great  force  of  character,  which  is  plainly  evidenced 
by  his  triumph  over  obstacles  which  would  have  put 
an  end  to  the  careers  of  many  men.  Mr.  Wilcox  is 
not  a  lawyer  who  knows  only  the  technical  side  of 
law,  for  he  is  a  business  man  as  well  as  a  legist,  and 
knows  men  as  well  as  books.  He  is  a  prominent 
rancher  in  Lincoln  county  in  addition  to  his  law 
business,  and  he  has  a  share  in  every  progressive 
move  which  is  inaugurated  in  Wendell. 

Rex  V.  Wilcox  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Ohio, 
having  been  born  in  Greensprings,  Seneca  county, 
on  the  2nd  of  September,  1872,  the  son  of  E.  D. 
Wilcox  and  Emily  (Vernon)  Wilcox.  Both  of  his 
parents  are  natives  of  New  York  state.  In  1873 
E.  D.  Wilcox  removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  was 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Osborne  county.  Here 
he  took  up  a  homestead  and  after  a  few  years 
spent  here  he  moved  to  Hill  City,  Kansas,  and 
entered  the  harness  and  saddlery  business.  He  was 
very  successful,  and  in  1908,  when  he  sold  out  his 
property  in  Kansas  to  come  to  Idaho,  his  success 
in  the  latter  state  was  assured.  He  bought  ranch 
land  in  Lincoln  county,  near  Wendell,  and  also 
invested  in  city  realty  of  value  in  both  Wendell  and 
Gooding.  He  now  lives  in  Gooding  with  his  family, 
prosperous  and  highly  respected.  Two  sons  were 
born  to  E.  D.  Wilcox  and  his  wife,  Rex  V.  being 
the  elder.  Will  W.  Wilcox,  the  other  son,  is  a 
linotype  operator  in  Colorado  Springs,  who  also 
has  property  interests  in  partnership  with  his  father 
and  brother  in  Idaho. 

•  The  county  schools  of  his  Kansas  home  gave  Rex 
V.  Wilcox  his  early  education,  but  the  ambitious 
lad  was  not  satisfied  with  this,  and  taking  up  the 
study  of  law,  a  large  share  of  the  time  with  no 
assistance  from  anyone,  he  studiad  every  minute 
until  he  had  prepared  himself  for  the  bar  examina- 
tions. He  passed  the  examinations  with  ease,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Kansas  in  1893.  He  was 
about  twenty-one  at  this  time  and  for  the  next 
sixteen  years  he  practiced  in  Kansas.  In  1909,  in 
the  month  of  February,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Idaho  by  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  having 
come  to  reside  in  the  state  in  November,  1908.  He 
was  associated  with  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and 
able  men  in  the  state,  this  association  being  a  high 
compliment  to  the  ability  of  the  young  lawyer  from 
Kansas.  This  man  was  Judge  A.  M.  Bowen,  whose 
name  is  well  known  outside  of  the  borders  of  his 
own  state.  It  was  during  his  association  with  Judge 
Bowen  that  he  completed  the  work  that  has  given 
him  fame,  this  being  when  they  established  a  prece- 
dent of  liability  of  the  Cary  Act  Companies  in  case 
of  failure  on  their  part  to  furnish  an  adequate  water 
supply  to  their  clients.  This  was  a  hotly  contested 
case  and  won  much  renown,  for  the  result  was  of 
the  greatest  importance  to  many  people,  and  the 
accomplishing  of  this  result  was  a  masterly  piece 
of  work.  WThen  Mr.  Wilcox  has  any  time  to  spare 


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from  his  engrossing  duties  as  a  lawyer,  he  devotes 
it  to  the  care  of  his  property.  He  is  the  owner  of 
a  fine  ranch  one  and  a  half  miles  from  Wendell 
which  is  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation,  and  having 
within  its  bounds  a  fine  twenty  acre  orchard.  He 
also  owns  valuable  property  in  Wendell. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Twin  Falls  North 
Side  Canal  Users'  Association  Board,  being  much 
interested  in  the  work  of  the  board.  Mr.  Wilcox 
i>  a  prominent  Mason  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In  politics  he  takes 
a  keen  interest,  and  as  is  natural  to  a  man  with  his 
energy  and  his  modernity,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Progressive  party,  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  that 
party  in  the  election  of  1912. 

Mr.  Wilcox  was  married  in  1896  to  Miss  Viola 
Maulsby,  who  is  a  native  of  Dallas  county,  Idaho. 
Three  children  have  been  born  to  this  union,  Ver- 
noii,  Paul  and  Esther  Lois.  All  of  the  family  are 
members  and  attendants  at  the  Baptist  church  in 
Wendell. 

RALPH  H.  SCHNEELOCK.  The  visitor  to  Lincoln 
county,  Idaho,  viewing  for  the  first  time  its  fertile 
lands,  well-regulated  ranches  and  general  'air  of 
prosperity,  will  find  it  hard  to  believe  that  but  a 
u-w  short  years  ago  this  country  was  a  wild  waste 
of  desert  land,  productive  principally  of  sage  brush ; 
yet  such  was  the  case,  and  the  present  excellent 
condition  of  the  section  has  only  been  attained 
through  the  untiring  labor  and  persistent  endeavor 
of  men  of  energy  and  perseverance,  whose  activities 
have  been  devoted  to  the  forwarding  of  the  develop- 
ment of  their  adopted  locality.  One  of  the  most 
potent  factors  in  this  great  growth  and  development 
has  been  the  reclaiming  of  desert  lands  through  ir- 
rigation, in  which  the  Settlers'  Reclaiming  and  Op- 
erating Company  has  played  an  important  part. 
This  concern,  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  carrying 
on  operations  in  Lincoln  county,  was  organized  by 
its  present  president  and  general  manager,  Ralph  H. 
Schneelock,  of  Jerome,  a  man  of  sterling  business 
ability,  whose  career  has  been  one  of  constant  in- 
<  In -try  and  steady  advancement  since  his  entrance 
into  the  business  world  as  a  young  man.  Mr. 
Schneelock  is  a  product  of  the  East,  born  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  September  14,  1877,  a  son  of 
Hugo  and  Emilie  (Neuman)  Schneelock, .  both  na- 
tives of  Germany. 

Hugo  Schneelock  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
when  still  a  lad,  and  in  his  younger  years  followed 
the  trade  of  gunsmith.  Eventually  he  became  a 
successful  expert  in  the  manufacture  of  firearms, 
but  for  some  years  he  has  been  living  a  retired  life, 
and  is  still  a  resident  of  New  Haven,  advanced  in 
years.  His  wife,  who  also  came  to  this  country  as 
a  child,  is  now  deceased.  Nine  children  were  born 
to  them,  of  whom  five  survive,  and  of  these  Ralph 
H.  is  the  only  resident  of  the  West,  the  others 
being:  Emma,  who  married  Leonard  W.  Bacon 
and  resides  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut;  Martha, 
who  married  Major  Edward  E.  L.  Munson.  a  sur- 
geon in  the  United  States  regular  army;  Eda,  who 
is  the  wife  of  E.  W.  Clark,  of  Portland.  Maine;  and 
Walter  E..  a  real  estate  dealer  of  Winnipeg,  Canada. 

Ralph  H.  Schneelock  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  graduating 
from  the  New  Haven  high  school  in  the  class  of 
1897.  He  then  entered  Yale  University,  where  he 
studied  four  years  in  medical  and  academic  work, 
and  his  initiation  in  the  business  field  was  as  trav- 
eling representative  for  the  Simmons  Hardware 
Company,  of  St.  Louis.  Missouri,  in  the  interests 
of  which  concern  he  traveled  all  over  the  United 

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States  and  the  Orient,  five  years  being  spent  with 
this  firm.  He  next  entered  the  employ  of  the 
American  Water  Works  Guarantee  Company  of 
Pittsburg  (the  Kuhn  Irrigation  Company),  in  an 
official  capacity,  and  in  1908  he  came  to  Lincoln 
county,  Idaho,  with  the  Kuhn  irrigation  projects. 
He  was  with  that  concern  for  about  four  years, 
seven  months  of  which  were  spent  on  the  North 
Side  project,  and  in  1908  he  organized  the  Settlers' 
Reclaiming  and  Operating  Company,  established  for 
the  reclaiming  of  desert  land  and  for  farm  exten- 
sion. At  the  present  time  this  company  is  reclaim- 
ing thousands  of  acres  of  land,  employing  as  many 
as  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  men  during  the 
busy  season.  Mr.  Schneelock  is  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  company.  An  intelligent, 
shrewd  and  progressive  business  man,  he  has  been 
a  leader  in  all  movements  that  have  benefitted  Lin- 
coln county,  and  stands  today  as  one  whose  activ- 
ities are  aiding  in  the  growth  and  development  of 
the  community's  commercial,  industrial  and  agri- 
cultural interests.  In  political  matters  Mr.  Schnee- 
lock is  a  Republican,  but  his  extensive  private  in- 
terests have  demanded  so  much  of  his  time  and 
attention  that  he  has  taken  only  a  good  citizen's  in- 
terest in  public  affairs. 

Mr.  Schneelock  was  married  to  Miss  Gara  L. 
Vedder,  who  was  born  in  Idaho,  daughter  of  Charles 
W.  and  Cora  Vedder,  pioneers  of  Wallace,  Idaho, 
where  Mr.  Vedder  was  first  engaged  in  mining  and 
later  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits. 
His  death  occurred  in  1900,  and  his  widow  now  re- 
sides at  Baker,  Oregon. 

DR.  JOHN  HAROLD  CROMWELL.  The  name  of  Crom- 
well since  the  time  of  the  first  Oliver  down  to  the 
present  day  has  ever  been  known  for  the  sturdy 
virtues  which  inhabited  the  great  leader  of  English 
Puritanism.  Courage,  loyalty,  devotion  to  duty, 
and  a  stern  sense  of  justice  were  characteristics  that 
are  to  be  seen  in  his  descendants  to  the  present  day, 
though  the  intermixture  of  other  blood  has  softened 
some  of  the  harsher  outlines  of  the  old  stock.  One 
of  the  members  of  the  Cromwell  family  who  has  at- 
tained a  high  place  in  the  regard  of  the  community 
where  he  lives  and  is  a  worthy  representative  of  the 
old  name,  is  Dr.  John  Harold  Cromwell,  of  Gooding, 
Idaho.  Although  he  has  lived  in  this  thriving  new 
town  for  a  very  short  time,  yet  he  has  won  the 
friendship  and  regard  of  a  great  many  people  and 
has  already  established  a  successful  practice  in  his 
profession  of  medicine. 

John  Harold  Cromwell  was  born  in  Pike  county, 
Illinois,  on  Christmas  day,  1876,  a  memorable  day 
not  only  because  it  is  the  greatest  anniversary  the 
modern  world  recognizes,  but  also  because  just  one 
hundred  years  before  General  Washington  and  his 
army  had  crossed  the  ice  filled  Delaware  and  de- 
feated the  British  and  Hessians  at  the  battle  of  Tren- 
ton. Dr.  Cromwell  may  have  inherited  his  taste  for 
medicine,  for  not  only  was  his  father  a  physician, 
but  his  grandfather  was  also.  The  latter  was  Nathan 
Cromwell,  a  pioneer  of  Pike  county,  having  come  to 
this  section  in  1819.  He  was  a  man  of  great  promi- 
nence in  this  section,  for  men  of  education  were  ac- 
corded an  even  greater  respect  then  than  now,  and 
his  services  as  a  physician  were  in  demand  from  one 
end  of  the  county  to  the  other.  His  son,  George 
Oliver  Cromwell,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Illi- 
nois, following  in  his  father's  footsteps,  took  up 
the  profession  of  medicine,  and  became  in  turn  the 
friend  and  adviser,  both  in  a  professional  and  friendly 
capacity  of  most  of  the  residents  of  Pike  county.  He 
married  Angeline  McClain,  who  was  also  born  in 


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Illinois,  and  until  his  death  in  1910,  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  pursuit  of  the  profession  to  which 
his  whole  life  had  been  given.  Five  children  were 
born  to  George  O.  Cromwell  and  his  wife.  Olive, 
the  eldest,  is  now  Mrs.  L.  A.  Farmer,  of  Anacortes, 
Washington.  Her  husband  is  an  architect  of  note, 
some  of  his  structures  being  of  nation-wide  fame. 
He  was  the  designer  and  builder  of  the  Washington 
state  building  at  the  St.  Louis  exposition,  and  of  the 
Washington  building  at  the  Washington  exposition 
in  Seattle.  Alta,  the  second  daughter,  married  Dr. 
R.  P.  Miller,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Illinois.  Lucilla 
Cromwell  is  a  student  and  makes  her  home  in  Ana- 
cortes, Washington.  Ray  Cromwell,  also  a  student, 
lives  in  the  same  place.  Dr.  Cromwell  is  the  fifth 
member  of  the  family. 

Dr.  Cromwell  grew  up  in  Pike  county,  Illinois, 
attending  the  Nebo  schools,  and  graduating  from 
the  high  school  at  Nebo.  He  was  then  sent  to  the 
Northern-Illinois  Normal  School,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  at  an  early  age.  He  then  began  to  earn 
his  own  living  as  a  teacher,  for  four  years  teaching 
in  the  schools  of  Pike  county,  Illinois.  He  had,  how- 
ever, never  intended  to  make  teaching  anything  more 
than  a  preparation  for  the  study  of  medicine,  for 
with  his  inherited  tastes  and  the  traditions  of  the 
family,  he  at  no  time  had  any  other  intention  than 
that  of  becoming  a  physician.  He  went  into  teaching 
partly  because  he  had  to  have  money  in  order  to 
take  a  professional  course,  and  partly  because  he 
realized  the  discipline  of  teaching  would  be  a  good 
thing  for  him.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  St.  Louis 
in  1899,  and  he  was  graduated  from  this  institution 
in  1903,  with  the  M.  D.  degree.  He  then  returned 
to  his  old  home  and  for  the  next  five  years  practiced 
his  profession  in  Nebo,  Illinois.  He  gained  practical 
knowledge  and  skill  and  also  had  the  advantage  of 
being  with  his  father  and  receiving  the  benefit  of  an 
older  head  and  wiser  judgment.  He  next  located  at 
Altona,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 
In  1911  he  came  West  to  Idaho,  and  settled  in  the 
new  town  of  Gooding,  where  he  has  since  remained. 
It  is  a  very  short  time  to  give  any  estimate  of  his 
success,  but  his  practice  is  already  a  large  one,  and 
his  patients  are  enthusiastic  over  the  merits  of  the 
new  doctor. 

As  a  citizen  of  Gooding  Dr.  Cromwell  rapidly 
grew  into  the  hearts  of  his  neighbors,  and  no  man 
is  more  eager  and  willing  to  do  his  share  toward 
the  upbuilding  of  the  town  which  he  has  made  his 
home  than  is  Dr.  Cromwell.  He  owns  his  own 
home  and  considerable  valuable  realty  in  Gooding 
and  is  firm  in  his  belief  that  the  town  has  a  great 
future. 

Dr.  Cromwell  was  married  on  the  ist  of  Novem- 
ber, 1904,  to  Miss  Willis  E.  Berry,  of  Pike  county, 
Illinois.  Mrs.  Cromwell  is  a  graduate  of  the  Illinois 
State  Normal  School  and  for  five  years  was  a  very 
successful  teacher  at  Mackinaw,  Illinois.  Two  sons 
have  been  born  to  the  doctor  and  his  wife:  Fred- 
erick, aged  six  years,  and  James,  aged  seven. 

The  doctor  takes  considerable  interest  in  fraternal 
affairs,  being  a  member  of  the  Masons,  and  affiliating 
with  the  local  chapter,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Order  of  Foresters.  In  his  professional  capacity, 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Knox  County  Medical  Society, 
of  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society  and  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association. 

JOHN  F.  SCHMERSHALL,  M.  D.  The  citizenship 
of  the  newly-opened  and  rapidly  advancing  section 
lying  around  Jerome,  Idaho,  is  made  up  of  men 
from  every  walk  and  condition  of  life.  Among  the 


early  settlers  are  found  many  professional  men, 
who,  when  opportunity  offered,  left  practices  in  the 
large  cities  to  become  residents  of  the  new  country, 
and  are  now  reaping  the  rewards  for  their  foresight 
and  good  judgment.  In  this  class  may  be  mentioned 
John  F.  Schmershall,  M.  D.,  of  Jerome,  who  came 
to  this  section  in  1908,  and  who  has  become  the 
owner  of  an  excellent  ranching  property  and  in  ad- 
dition has  built  up  a  large  and  representative  prac- 
tice in  the  fields  of  medicine  and  surgery. 

John  F.  Schmershall  was  born  June  15,  1876,  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  son  of  H.  W. 
and  Caroline  (Riesmeyer)  Schmershall.  His  father, 
a  native  of  Germany,  came  to  the  United  States  as 
a  young  man,  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
followed  the  trades  of  blacksmith  and  wagon  maker 
throughout  a  long  and  useful  career.  Mrs.  Schmer- 
shall was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  a  member  of  an  old 
and  honored  family  of  the  Keystone  state,  of  Ger- 
man origin,  which  gave  to  the  Union  army  three 
lads,  brothers  of  Mrs.  Schmershall,  one  of  whom 
was  badly  wounded  in  battle  and  subsequently  died. 
Mrs.  Schmershall  passed  away  in  Pittsburg  in  i886r 
having  been  the  mother  of  five  children,  as  follows: 
Katherine,  who  married  John  Henson,  a  ranchman 
of  Cassia  county,  Idaho,  where  he  settled  some  years 
ago;  Margaret,  who  married  George  Smallbone,  a 
resident  of  Chicago,  Illinois;  Alice,  the  wife  of  Dr. 
John  N.  Thomas,  a  prominent  physician  of  Leroy,. 
Michigan;  Caroline,  the  wife  of  Frank  J.  Brich,  an 
electrical  engineer,  who  is  now  engaged  in  ranch- 
ing in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho ;  and  John  F. 

John  F.  Schmershall  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh,  after  leaving 
which  he  worked  at  telegraphy,  in  the  meantime 
carefully  saving  his  earnings  and  spending  his  spare 
time  in  the  study  of  medicine.  Eventually,  he  en- 
tered Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chicago,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  medicine  with  the  class  of 
1904,  and  for  one  year  following  his  graduation  was 
engaged  in  interne  work  in  Streator  Hospital,  in  the 
same  city.  For  three  years  thereafter  he  was  en- 
gaged in  practice  in  the  Illinois  metropolis,  but  in 
1908,  with  the  opening  of  the  North  Side  Tract,  he 
decided  to  come  West,  and  accordingly  invested  in 
a  ranch  situated  near  the  town  of  Jerome.  He  has 
been  successful  in  his  ranching  operations  no  less 
than  in  his  profession,  and  is  already  known  as  one 
of  the  leading  medical  practitioners  of  Lincoln 
county.  In  1911  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
State  Board  of  Medical  Examiners  of  Idaho,  a  po- 
sition which  he  still  holds,  and  he  has  also  served 
efficiently  and  conscientiously  in  the  position  of 
health  officer  of  Jerome.  A  close  and  careful  stu- 
dent, he  is  actively  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
various  medical  organizations,  and  he  keeps  fully 
abreast  with  all  the  changes  and  discoveries  in  his 
profession  by  his  subscription  to  the  leading  medi- 
cal journals.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, but  he  has  not  been  desirous  of  holding  public 
offices.  He  holds  membership  in  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
and  the  Masons,  in  he  latter  of  which  he  is  serving 
as  senior  deacon. 

In  April,  1911,  Dr.  Schmershall  was  married  to- 
Miss  Agnes  Miller,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  daughter 
of  Hugh  and  Marjorie  (White)  Miller,  pioneer 
ranchers  of  the  South  Side  Tract,  at  Buhl,  Idaho. 
They  have  one  son,  Peter  Clark,  born  November  27, 
1912. 

MARION  REED  KAYS.  The  men  who  have  given- 
of  their  energy,  skill,  ambitious  vigor  and  enthu- 
siasm to  build  up  and  develop  a  community  are  the 
benefactors  of  humanity  and  their  names  cannot  be 


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held  in  too  high  esteem.  In  every  undertaking 
there  must  be  a  logical  beginning  and  the  man  who 
lays  the  foundations  of  what  afterwards  becomes 
one  of  the  greatest  undertakings  of  his  day  and  lo- 
cality, must  needs  have  the  courage  of  his  convic- 
tions and  unlimited  faith  in  what  he  chooses  as  his 
scene  of  endeavor.  Marion  Reed  Kays,  civil  engi- 
neer and  irrigation  expert  of  Richfield,  is  one  who 
has  been  given  the  ability  to  look  far  beyond  the 
narrow  horizon  of  today  and  easily  read  the  signs 
of  a  dawning  tomorrow.  Absolute  faith  in  the  fu- 
ture of  his  native  state,  combined  with  this  ability 
to  read  the  possibilties  of  the  soil  here,  has  made 
him  enthusiastic  in  his  work,  and  as  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Idaho  Irrigation  Com- 
pany he  is  now  known  throughout  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Tonica,  Illinois,  January  22,  1881,  and  is  a 
son  of  Emery  and  Emma  (Trask)  Kays,  who  came 
to  Arizona  in  1885,  settling  at  Phoenix,  where  Mr. 
Kays  the  elder  is  now  engaged  in  a  flourishing 
creamery  business  and  is  the  owner  of  large  tracts 
of  valuable  land. 

Marion  Reed  Kays  received  his  education  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Phoenix,  and  the  Uni- 
uated  in  1906  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  civil  engi- 
versity  of  Illinois  at  Urbana,  where  he  was  grad- 
neering,  his  specialty  being  irrigation.  Following 
his  graduation  he  entered  the  government  reclama- 
tion service,  spending  a  year  on  the  Salt  River  pro- 
ject in  Arizona  and  three  years  on  the  North  Platte 
project  in  Wyoming  and  Nebraska.  Mr.  Kays  came 
to  Idaho  in  February,  1910,  to  accept  the  position  of 
assistant  chief  engineer  for  the  Idaho  Irrigation 
Company's  project  in  Lincoln  county.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1911,  he  was  advanced  to  chief  engineer,  and 
in  February,  1912,  he  became  vice-president  and 
general  manager,  positions  which  he  has  held  to 
the  present  time,  being  also  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors.  His  extensive  forethought,  excellent 
judgment  and  thorough  ability  have  been  recognized 
by  his  associates,  and  his  advice  is  invariably  sought 
•on  all  matters  of  importance.  His  faith  in  the  fu- 
ture of  this  section  has  been  demonstrated  by  his 
purchase  of  an  excellent  tract  of  well-irrigated  land 
in  the  vicinity  of  Richfield,  consisting  of  eighty 
acres.  He  is  an  associate  member  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  for  Richfield. 

Mr.  Kays  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Grier,  of 
Bloominpton,  Illinois,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  Alice  (Lindsay)  Grier,  now  residents  of 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  one  daughter  has  been  born 
to  this  union :  Alice  Lindsay.  Mr.  Kays  has  been 
the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  and  has  planned 
and  builded  well.  He  has  so  conducted  himself  and 
his  operations  at  all  times  as  to  thoroughly  win  and 
retain  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-townsmen, 
and  although  he  is  still  a  young  man,  is  widely 
known  both  in  and  out  of  business  circles.  All  mat- 
ters of  public  interest  enlist  his  energies,  and  to  all 
that  he  engages  in  he  brings  the  same  enthusiasm 
that  has  characterized  his  private  efforts.  It  is  to 
such  men  that  Idaho  owes  what  has  been  accom- 
plished in  the  past,  and  it  is  also  to  such  men  that 
the  state  looks  for  its  development  in  the  future. 

SAMUEL  D.  BOONE.  Irrigation,  the  process  of 
watering  or  moistening  land  by  ditches  or  other 
artificial  means,  is  probably  the  earliest  application 
of  science  to  agriculture.  The  land  reclaimed  and 
the  value  of  the  products  of  irrigation,  make  it  one 
of  the  great  factors  in  the  industrial  development, 
and  this  is  causing  both  its  methods  and  its  insti- 
tutions to  be  studied  as  never  before.  It  has  wholly 


changed  the  appearance  of  the  westerly  one-third 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  irrigated  farms  now 
surpass  in  value  the  livestock  industries  which  were 
first  established  in  Idaho.  A  pioneer  business  man 
of  Hailey,  whose  foresight  made  him  one  of  the  first 
to  advocate  irrigation,  but  whose  early  operations 
were  constantly  blocked  by  the  mistaken  caution  of 
local  wiseacres  who  had  not  progressed  in  their 
views  as  far  as  had  he,  is  Samuel  D.  Boone,  dealer 
in  real  estate,  insurance  and  loans.  Mr.  Boone  was 
born  at  Bloomsburg,  Pennsylvania,  January  21,  1859, 
and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  V.  and  Nancy  (Post)  Boone, 
natives  of  the  Keystone  state.  Mr.  Boone  was  a 
very  successful  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  and  his  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Ann  (Dodson)  Post, 
the  Dodsons  being  pioneers  of  that  state,  prominent 
people  in  educational  work,  being  the  founders  of 
one  of  Pennsylvania's  largest  schools,  and  largely 
interested  in  the  coal  mines  in  the  anthracite  region. 
Five  children  were  born  to  Samuel  V.  and  Nancy 
Boone,  of  whom  two  are  deceased,  the  others  being: 
Josiah  B..  who  is  engaged  in  the  insurance  business 
in  New  York  City;  and  Frank,  who  is  carrying  on 
operations  on  the  old  homestead  that  has  been  in 
the  family  name  for  over  150  years,  being  originally 
purchased  from  William  Penn. 

Samuel  D.  Boone  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bloomsburg  and  the  Wyoming 
Seminary  of  Kingston,  Pennsylvania,  and  until  he 
was  twenty-four  years  of  age  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. At  that  time  he  entered  the  drug  business  at 
Mt.  Carroll,  Pennsylvania,  but  in  1886  sold  out  and 
came  to  Idahd,  having  since  been  engaged  in  the 
real  estate,  insurance  and  loan  business  at  Hailey. 
In  1888,  in  company  with  Judge  Price,  Judge  E.  B. 
Lemmon  and  others,  Mr.  Boone  spent  $10,000,  at 
Minidoka  in  the  pioneer  irrigation  project  of  south- 
ern Idaho.  Mr.  Boone  was  the  father  of  this  enter- 
prise, but  could  not  interest  enough  of  the  local 
people  to  make  it  a  success,  but  this  was  afterwards 
carried  out  successfully  by  the  Twin  Falls  &  Min- 
idoka Irrigation  Company.  Later,  Mr.  Boone  be- 
came associated  with  Charles  Hernshein  of  New 
York  in  the  Idaho  Irrigation  Company,  this  pro- 
ject succeeding  in  irrigating  160,000  acres  of  desert 
land  which  now  yields  large  crops.  Water  is  fur- 
nished for  Richfield,  Detrich  and  Gooding  tracts 
and  this  is  said  to  be  the  best  water  project  in 
southern  Idaho.  This  great  work,  started  in  1906, 
was  completed  in  1910,  having  cost  something  over 
$3,000,000,  and  his  connection  with  this  enterprise 
stamps  Mr.  Boone  as  one  of  the  men  who  are  doing 
real  things  in  Idaho  today.  He  is  the  owner  of  sev- 
eral fine  ranches  in  Elaine  county  and  has  a  fine 
home  and  some  business  realty  in  Hailey. 

Mr.  Boone  married  Miss  Mary  Burke,  a  native 
of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  to  this  union  there 
has  been  born  one  son,  Frank  S.,  a  graduate  of 
Hailey  high  school  and  of  St.  Clair  College,  class 
of  1911.  Mr.  Boone  enjoys  an  occasional  fishing 
and  excursion  trip  in  the  Saw  Tooth  mountains,  but 
aside  from  this  his  whole  attention  is  given  to  his 
business  and  his  home.  Political  life  has  not  at- 
tracted him.  He  is  known  everywhere  as  a  good 
citizen,  and  no  man  in  Hailey  has  a  greater  number 
of  warm  friends. 

HENRY  D.  JACKSON.  One  of  the  most  successful 
men  in  Wendell,  Idaho,  is  Henry  D.  Jackson,  cashier 
of  the  Wendell  State  Bank.  Before  coming  to  the 
West  he  had  had  splendid  training  in  the  business 
world,  and  this  experience  enabled  him  to  step  into 
a  position  of  responsibility  at  once.  That  he  had 
found  his  proper  place  in  the  business  world  was  at 


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once  made  manifest,  and  as  a  financier  he  has  won 
the  respect  of  all  his  associates.  He  is  exceedingly 
public  spirited,  always  eager  for  a  chance  to  im- 
prove and  advance  the  interests  of  the  town.  His 
fine  education  and  wide  experience  with  men  .have 
given  him  a  broadmindedness  and  clarity  of  vision, 
that  have  won  him  the  liking  and  friendship  of  all 
with  whom  he  has  been  brought  into  contact. 

At  Greenville,  Illinois,  on  the  i8th  of  May,  1880, 
Henry  D.  Jackson  was  born.  His  father,  Alvin  H. 
Jackson,  has  been  a  professor  in  the  high  schools  of 
Bond  county,  Illinois,  for  the  past  thirty-five  years. 
He  made  wise  investments  in  farming  land  some 
years  ago  and  is  now  a  prosperous  man,  and  a  highly 
respected  and  influential  citizen  of  Bond  county.  He 
married  Mary  E.  Davis,  and  Henry  D.  Jackson  is 
the  only  child.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson  are 
natives  of  Bond  county,  Illinois. 

Reared  among  the  influences  that  books  and  music 
and  culture  bring  with  them,  in  a  home  of  education 
and  refinement,  it  was  natural  that  Henry  D.  Jack- 
son should  have  ambitions  in  a  scholarly  direction. 
He  received  his  education  almost  as  much  at  home 
as  in  the  school  room,  and  he  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school  in  Greenville,  Illinois,  in  1896.  He 
then  attended  the  University  of  Valparaiso,  at  Val- 
paraiso, Indiana,  where  he  studied  law,  graduating 
with  the  class  of  1904.  Although  it  was  unnecessary, 
yet  Mr.  Jackson  worked  his  way  through  his  uni- 
versity course,  having  earned  the  money  during 
the  four  years  that  intervened  between  his  graduating 
from  high  school  and  his  entering  upon  his  law 
studies.  He  spent  these  years  in  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, as  a  representative  of  the  Court  of  Honor,  a 
life  insurance  order.  Nothing  could  show  more 
clearly  the  independent  spirit  of  the  man,  the  desire 
to  accomplish  results  by  means  of  his  own  powers, 
the  disinclination  to  accept  aid  from  anyone,  even 
from  his  own  father. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  the 
courts  of  Indiana  in  1904,  and  also  in  the  same  year 
in  the  state  of  Washington,  and  located  in  Portland, 
Oregon,  where  he  secured  a  position  as  manager  for 
the  Great  Western  Coal  Company.  He  only  remained 
in  Portland  a  year,  the  desire  for  his  old  home 
proving  too  strong  for  him.  He  therefore  resigned 
his  position  and  came  back  to  Illinois.  After  a  visit 
with  his  family  and  friends  and  many  days  spent 
wandering  about  the  old  familiar  places,  he  was  again 
ready  to  leave.  This  time  he  did  not  go  so  far,  only 
to  Chicago,  where  he  accepted  a  clerical  position 
with  the  Chicago  Title  and  Trust  Company.  He 
later  took  a  position  with  the  Continental  Fire  In- 
surance Company,  as  department  manager,  remain- 
ing with  them  until  1908. 

In  the  meantime  the  desire  to  go  back  to  the 
West  was  growing  upon  him.  He  had  only  been 
there  a  short  time  but  it  was  long  enough  for  him 
to  become  innoculated  with  the  love  for  the  free- 
dom and  the  open  spaces  that  can  be  found  in  the 
great  Northwest  as  nowhere  else  in  this  country. 
In  1908,  therefore,  he  came  to  Wendell  at  the  time 
of  the  town  opening,  and  here  he  determined  to  lo- 
cate. He  built  one  of  the  first  residences  in  Wendell 
and  immediately  became  a  factor  in  the  life  of  the 
town.  He  secured  the  position  as  assistant  cashier 
in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Wendell,  and  was 
later  advanced  to  the  position  of  cashier.  He  did 
much  to  further  the  prosperity  of  the  bank  and 
it  was  with  regret  that  the  stockholders  accepted 
his  resignation  at  the  end  of  three  and  a  half  years 
of  service.  This  resignation  was  brought  about  by 
his  acceptance  of  the  cashiership  in  the  Wendell 
State  Bank,  of  which  he  also  became  one  of  the 


stockholders.  He  is  the  present  incumbent  of  this 
position,  and  has  given  the  utmost  satisfaction  both 
to  the  directorate  and  to  the  public,  the  business  of 
the  bank  having  steadily  increased  since  he  took 
charge.  In  1909  he  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of 
law  at  the  bar  of  Idaho,  and  he  occasionally  avails 
himself  of  this  privilege,  but  as  a  rule  his  entire 
time  is  occupied  with  his  banking  interests,  and  with 
the  improving  of  a  fine  ranch  which  he  owns.  This 
ranch  is  located  one  mile  from  Wendell,  and  in- 
cludes a  fine  apple  orchard  of  ten  acres.  Mrs.  Jack- 
son is  the  owner  of  eighty  acres  of  improved  and 
highly  cultivated  land  adjoining  the  ranch  of  her 
husband. 

On  the  i8th  of  June,  1906,  Mr.  Jackson  was  mar- 
ried to  May  E.  Parkinson,  a  native  of  Wenona, 
Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  W.  H.  Parkinson  and 
Isabel  Gibson.  Her  mother  is  not  living  but  her 
father  is  a  resident  of  Wenona,  Illinois,  where  he  is 
a  retired  farmer.  Mrs.  Jackson  is  a  graduate  of  the 
musical  department  of  Valparaiso  University,  of 
the  class  of  1902.  She  also  took  a  post-graduate 
course,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  1903,  re- 
ceiving the  gold  medal,  the  highest  award  given 
for  proficiency  in  music.  Two  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson :  Dorothy  Aline,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  one  year,  and  William  Alvin  Jack- 
son. On  the  i6th  of  April,  1913,  Mr.  Jackson  was 
offered  the  position  of  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
of  Gooding. 

JOSEPH  E.  HOLLAND.  The  early  settlers  of  our 
new  states  and  territories  are  not,  as  is  often  errone- 
ously supposed,  all  rough  men  in  whom  physical 
nature  predominates  over  intellectual  activity,  and 
who  have  little  or  no  education.  On  the  contrary, 
many  of  the  pioneers,  though  no  doubt  men  of  brawn 
and  muscle,  are  yet  possessed  of  no  little  talent  and 
mental  culture;  men  thoroughly  versed  in  all  the 
intellectual  and  political  questions  which  agitate  the 
communities  farther  east;  men  of  great  executive' 
ability,  and  capable  of  filling  with  honor  and  dignity- 
any  station  in  the  Republic.  To  this  class  belongs 
Joseph  E.  Holland,  of  Hailey,  a  pioneer  who  came 
West  as  early  as  1865,  and  who  is  still  hale  and 
hearty  in  spite  of  his  more  than  seventy  years.  Mr. 
Holland  was  born  in  Linn  county,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1841,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Woolridge)  Holland,  natives  of  Virginia  who  re- 
moved to  Missouri  in  1830  and  engaged  in  farming' 
and  stock  raising  until  their  deaths. 

Joseph  E.  Holland  received  his  education  in  the 
country  schools  of  his  native  state,  and  as  a  youth 
of  eighteen  years  came  to  the  West,  beginning  his 
career  as  a  miner  and  prospector  around  Central 
City,  Colorado,  whence  he  had  travelled  over  the 
plains  in  a  wagon.  In  1865  he  came  to  Idaho  and 
settled  in  Boise  Valley,  subsequently  beginning 
mining  operations  in  Owyhee  county,  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  being  one  of  the  successful  men  in  his 
line  of  work  in  that  section.  In  1903  he  sold  his 
interests  and  came  to  Hailey,  beginning  prospecting 
in  the  Wood  river  district.  Mr.  Holland  is  a  well- 
preserved  specimen  of  the  early  pioneer  and  miner, 
and  a  life  of  healthful  activity  has  given  him  youth 
and  strength  even  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years. 
Honest  to  a  high  degree,  generous  to  a  fault,  from 
the  days  when  he  assisted  in  blazing  the  trail  for 
those  who  came  later  to  follow,  Mr.  Holland  has 
had  a  high  reputation  among  all  who  have  known 
him,  and  although  he  has  never  been  an  office  seeker, 
he  has  so  conducted  himself  as  a  citizen  as  to  ma- 
terially assist  in  the  growth  and  development  of  his 
section.  He  and  his  wife  are  now  living  in  com- 


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fort  in  their  pleasant  home  in  Hailey,  content  in  the 
knowledge  of  lives  well  spent  and  satisfied  that  they 
have  done  their  duty  as  citizens,  as  neighbors  and 
as  parents.  They  have  given  their  children  good 
educational  advantages,  fitting  them  for  whatever 
positions  in  life  they  may  be  called  upon  to  fill,  and 
teaching  them  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  indus- 
try, integrity  and  clean  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hol- 
land have  had  four  children,  of  whom  three  are  liv- 
ing :  William  A.,  a  merchant  of  Hailey,  of  the  well- 
known  firm  of  Campbell,  Home  &  Holland,  further 
mention  of  which  is  found  on  another  page  in  this 
work ;  Charles,  who  is  a  miner  of  Tonopah,  Nevada ; 
and  Elizabeth,  who  married  Hartley  Purdem,  and  is 
engaged  in  ranching  in  Blaine  county. 

JOHN  J.  TRACY.  Known  as  the  pioneer  pharma- 
cist of  Blaine  county,  John  J.  Tracy  has  been  a 
prominent  factor  in  the  development  of  Hailey,  and 
his  continued  integrity  and  connection  with  busi- 
ness affairs  of  importance  has  given  him  an  en- 
viable position  among  the  progressive  men  of  the 
city  and  has  served  to  establish  him  firmly  in  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens.  Mr. 
Tracy  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1858,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Jane 
(McManus)  Tracy,  natives  of  Ireland.  Mr.  Tracy's 
father  came  to  the  United  States  as  a  boy,  and  for 
twenty  years  was  a  resident  of  Boston,  where  he 
was  married.  He  subsequently  moved  to  Madison, 
Wisconsin,  where  he  became  a  farmer  and  rancher, 
and  there  his  death  occurred  in  1882,  while  his 
widow  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Mil- 
waukee. Of  their  thirteen  children,  nine  grew  to 
maturity,  and  all  were  given  excellent  educational 
advantages.  John  J.  Tracy,  who  was  the  fifth  in 
order  of  birth,  is  the  only  one  who  has  come  West, 
the  rest  of  the  children  living  in  Milwaukee. 

John  J.  Tracy  received- his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Boston,  after  leaving  which  he  was  ap- 
prenticed to  the  drug  business.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years  he  migrated  to  the  West,  spend- 
ing three  months  at  Kelton,  Utah,  and  then  moving 
on  to  the  Wood  river  country  of  Idaho.  In  com- 
pany with  W.  T.  Riley,  he  opened  the  first  drug 
store  in  Bellevue,  but  after  several  months,  with 
commendable  foresight,  they  decided  to  remove  to 
Hailey.  which,  they  rightly  saw,  was  to  be  the  lead- 
ing city  of  Blaine  county.  This  was  in  the  spring 
of  1881,  nine  years  before  Idaho  was  admitted  to 
the  Union  as  a  state.  They  erected  a  stockade 
building,  with  tent  roof,  at  the  corner  of  what  is 
now  Main  and  Bullion  streets,  and  after  completing 
this  Mr.  Tracy  organized  and  held  the  first  dance 
in  Hailey.  Mr.  Tracy  and  Mr.  Riley  continued  in 
partnership  for  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  the  latter  retired,  and  Mr.  Tracy  has  since  car- 
ried on  the  business  alone.  This  store  has  continued 
to  remain  the  leading  establishment  of  its  kind  in 
Hailey,  and  its  proprietor  is  recognized  everywhere 
as  a  man  of  much  business  ability,  keen  judgment 
and  excellent  foresight.  He  has  constantly  added 
to  his  patronage  by  genial  accommodating  ways, 
and  the  people  oHhe  city  have  the  utmost  confidence 
in  his  integrity.  Personally  he  is  a  man  of  educa- 
tion, and  much  study  and  close  observation  have 
made  him  remarkably  well  informed.  A  deep  reader, 
he  is  alive  to  all  the  prominent  topics  of  the  day, 
and  is  a  fluent  and  interesting  conversationalist. 
He  owns  his  own  business  block  in  Hailey.  In  poli- 
tics a  Democrat,  he  has  not  allowed  public  life  to 
interfere  with  his  business  duties.  His  religious 
belief  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church. 


FRED  W.  JACKSON,  proprietor  of  a  well-patronized 
garage,  at  Hailey,  Idaho,  and  of  an  establishment 
for  the  making  of  electrical  and  automobile  repairs, 
is  one  of  those  who  has  been  benefitted  materially 
by  the  advent  of  the  automobile,  although  his  suc- 
cess in  the  business  may  be  accredited  to  his  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  machinery,  with  which  he  has 
been  connected  since  starting  upon  his  career.  Mr. 
Jackson  was  born  in  Moberly,  Missouri,  September 
16,  1878,  and  is  a  son  of  \V.  B.  and  Susan  (Harden) 
Jackson,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter 
of  Missouri.  The  father  is  now  engaged  in  mining 
operations  near  Pueblo,  Colorado,  and  is  a  well- 
known  inventor,  having  several  valuable  patents 
upon  the  market.  Mrs.  Jackson  died  in  1906. 

Fred  W.  Jackson  received  his  education  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Pueblo,  Colorado,  and 
left  school  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  to  learn  the 
trade  of  machinist,  having  a  natural  inclination  lor 
mechanics,  inherited  no  doubt  from  his  father. 
Subsequently,  he  worked  as  a  journeyman  in  Den- 
ver, and  for  two  years  followed  the  vocation  of 
railroad  fireman  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road, then  becoming  a  stationary  engineer  in  Den- 
ver, at  which  he  spent  several  years.  In  1907  he 
was  engaged  by  the  Indiana  Dredge  Company  to  put 
in  the  dredge  in  Stanley  Basin,  Idaho,  and  was  so 
employed  during  one  year,  and  on  the  completion 
of  this  undertaking  came  to  Hailey  and  went  into 
the  electrical  and  automobile  repair  business,  this 
proving  so  successful  that  in  1910  he  opened  a 
garage.  His  business  grew  so  rapidly  that  he  was 
soon  compelled  to  add  an  additional  building  to 
handle  all  of  his  trade,  and  he  now  has  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  establishments  of  its  kind  in  this 
part  of  the  county.  Mr.  Jackson  has  been  associated 
with  machinery  all  of  his  life,  and  his  practical 
.knowledge  has  been  supplemented  by  inventive  in- 
genuity that  makes  the  hardest  problems  seem  sim- 
ple. Added  to  this  are  progressive  business  methods, 
tireless  energy  and  a  pleasant  personality,  traits 
which  have  won  for  him  the  custom  of  some  of 
Hailey's  best  people.  He  devotes  his  entire  time 
and  attention  to  his  business,  and  has  not  cared  to 
dabble  in  politics,  although  he  realizes  the  benefits 
to  be  gained  by  progress,  and  supports  all  move- 
ments which  he  believes  will  affect  the  welfare  of 
his  adopted  city. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  married  in  June,  1899,  to  Miss 
Winnifred  Dunsworth,  a  native  of  London,  Eng- 
land, who  was  brought  to  this  country  in  girlhood 
by  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson  have  had 
three  bright  and  interesting  children,  namely:  Flor- 
ence, Frederick  and  Madeline,  all  of  whom  are 
pupils  in  the  Hailey  public  schools.  Aside  from  his 
home  and  business,  Mr.  Jackson  has  few  iriterests, 
although  he  has  identified  himself  with  the  local 
lodges  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  Like  many  of  his 
fellow-townsmen  who  have  succeeded  in  business, 
he  has  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  and 
he  may  look  back  with  a  pardonable  degree  of  pride 
upon  what  he  has  accomplished  since  coming  to  this 
city. 

CLIFTON  C  BEDFORD.  Whether  the  elements  of 
success  in  life  are  innate  attributes  of  the  individual, 
or  whether  they  are  quickened  by  a  process  of  cir- 
cumstantial development,  it  is  impossible  clearly  to 
determine.  Yet  the  study  of  a  successful  life  is  none 
the  less  profitable  by  reason  of  the  existence  of  this 
uncertainty  and  in  the  majority  of  cases  it  is  found 
that  exceptional  ability,  amounting  to  genius,  per- 
haps, was  the  real  secret  of  the  pre-eminence  which 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


many  envied.  So  it  appears  to  the  student  of  human 
nature  who  seeks  to  trace  the  history  of  the  rise  of 
Clifton  C.  Bedford,  a  typical  American  of  the  best 
class.  He  is  yet  a  young  man  but  has  achieved  a 
success  that  many  an  older  resident  of  Twin  Falls 
might  envy. 

Clifton  Crews  Bedford  was  born  in  Mansfield, 
Illinois,  September  10,  1879,  and  he  is  a  son  of 
Steven  and  Mary  (Jacoby)  Bedford,  both  natives 
of  Kentucky.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  farmer  in 
Illinois  and  his  demise  occurred  at  Mansfield,  that 
state,  in  1888.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1881. 

Left  an  orphan  at  the  tender  age  of  nine  years, 
Clifton  Crews  Bedford  was  the  second  in  order  of 
birth  in  a  family  of  three  children.    He  is  self-made 
and  self-elucated,  having  himself  earned  the  money 
with   which   to   defray  his   college  expenses.    After 
completing    the    curriculum    of    the   graded    schools 
at      Mansfield,      he     entered      Northwestern      Uni- 
versity at  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  in  that  excellent  in- 
stitution was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1901,  with  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist. 
Immediately  after  graduation  he  came  West  and  for 
the  ensuing  four  years  he  was  a  drug  clerk  in  differ- 
ent cities  in  Colorado,  Montana  and  Oregon.     He 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  com- 
ing here  in  the  spring  of  1905.    With  a  limited  capital 
•of  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  he  engaged  in  the 
drug  business.     This  enterprise  prospered  from  the 
-start  and  Mr.  Bedford's  investments  in  city  realty 
have  increased  each  year  until  now  he  is  one  of  the 
prominent    real-estate   holders    in    Twin    Falls.      In 
1909  he  organized  the  Bedford  Drug  Company,  which 
is    incorporated    under   the   laws   of   Idaho   with   a 
•capital   stock  of  $10,000  and   which  is   officered  as 
follows :     Allen   G.   Fisher,   president ;   and   Clifton 
C  Bedford,  secretary  and  treasurer.     The  Bedford 
Drug  Company  has  its  headquarters  in  a  fine  modern 
building  and  its  equipment  and  stock  is  on  a  par 
with    the   first-class   establishments    of   large   cities. 
In  addition  to  his  interest  in  the  drug  business,  Mr. 
Bedford  is  the  owner  of  extensive  ranch  lands  in 
Twin  Falls  county  and  he  owns  a  modern  business 
block  on  Main  street  in  Twin  Falls.     He  likewise 
has  a  beautiful  residence  here. 

August  28,  1907,  Mr.  Bedford  married  Miss  Nellie 
O'Neil,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  This  union  has 
teen  prolific  of  one  child,  Allen  O'Neil,  whose  birth 
•occurred  on  the  28th  of  September,  1910. 

In  politics  Mr.  Bedford  is  a  stanch  supporter  of 
•the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party  and  in  fra- 
ternal circles  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  with  both  branches  of 
the  time-honored  Masonic  orders.  He  is  one  of  the 
essentially  representative  business  men  and  citizens 
of  Twin  Falls  and  he  is  a  liberal  contributor  of  his 
time  and  means  to  all  matters  projected  for  the  good 
of  the  general  welfare.  Here  he  is  held  in  high 
esteem  by  his  fellow  citizens  who  honor  him  for  his 
native  ability  and  for  his  fair  and  straightforward 
career. 

HENRY  R.  PLUGHOFF.  Holding  distinction  as 
mayor  of  Hailey,  Idaho,  and  as  the  pioneer  harness 
maker  and  saddler  of  Hailey,  whence  he  came  some 
thirty  years  ago  in  rather  moderate  circumstances, 
Henry  R.  Plughoff  is  known  as  a  man  who  has  accu- 
mulated a  handsome  competency  and  won  an  honored 
position  in  the  state  of  his  adoption.  During  his  long 
residence  in  the  West,  Mr.  Plughoff  has  been  identi- 
fied with  numerous  enterprises  of  an  extensive  nature, 
not  confining  himself  to  his  own  vocation,  but  taking 
part  in  the  development  of  ranches  and  mines  and 
.holding  public  office,  and  in  all  of  these  he  has  proved 


his  versatility ;  but  what  he  is  proudest  of,  perhaps, 
is  the  fact  that  it  has  been  given  him  to  assist  others, 
to  lighten  the  loads  of  the  discouraged  and  disheart- 
ened, and  to  help  in  various  ways  those  less  fortunate 
than  he.  It  may  be  seen  that  a  man  of  this  nature  can 
rise  to  a  high  position  in  any  community,  and  a  record 
of  his  long  and  honorable  career  will  no  doubt  prove 
of  interest  to  many. 

Henry  R.  Plughoff  was  born  February  16,  1856, 
in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  is  a  son  of 
Henry  B.  and  Amelia  (Fortman)  Plughoff.  His 
parents,  natives  of  Germany,  came  to  the  United 
States  in  early  life,  the  father  following  his  trade 
of  blacksmith  in  Baltimore  for  some  years,  but 
eventually  becoming  a  pioneer  of  Nevada  and  Cali- 
fornia. He  also  engaged  in  farming,  and  had  at- 
tained a  reasonable  degree  of  success,  when  his 
death  suddenly  occurred  at  the  early  age  of  forty- 
two  years.  His  widow  survived  him  for  a  long 
period  and  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-six, 
having  spent  many  years  living  with  her  son,  Henry 
R.,  at  Hailey. 

Henry  R.  Plughoff  was  attending  high  school  in 
California  when  news  of  his  father's  death  reached 
him,  and  he  at  once  left  the  school  at  Marysville 
and  began  to  learn  the  trade  of  saddler  and  harness 
maker  in  order  to  be  able  to  support  his  mother  and 
her  three  other  children,  he  being  the  oldest  After 
completing  his  apprenticeship  at  Elko,  Nevada,  he 
remained  there  as  a  journeyman  for  two  years,  and 
then  engaged  in  business  on  his  on  account  at  Tus- 
carora,  Nevada.  There  he  continued  his  opera- 
tions until  1882,  when,  on  the  opening  of  Belleview, 
Idaho,  he  sold  his  store  in  Tuscarora,  Nevada,  and 
journeyed  to  the  new  city.  There  he  remained  only 
a  short  period,  however,  for  the  same  year  saw 
his  advent  in  Hailey,  on  the  opening  of  this  town, 
and  he  immediately  embarked  in  the  manufacture  of 
harness.  The  business  has  had  a  steady  and  con- 
tinuous growth,  and  is  now  the  leader  of  its  kind 
in  Elaine  county,  Mr.  Plughoff  having  a  stock  and 
establishment  that  equal  those  of  Boise  or  of  any 
of  the  large  cities  in  Idaho.  He  has  always  been 
an  active  Democrat,  and  during  the  early  days  was 
a  stanch  and  loyal  friend  of  Governor  Hawley. 
He  has  served  in  various  official  capacities,  being 
first  elected  to  the  office  of  county  commissioner  for 
two  terms  of  two  years  each,  and  then  being  elected 
to  the  office  of  county  treasurer  for  four  terms. 
For  many  years  Mr.  Plughoff  was  a  director  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Hailey,  and  in  addition  to 
having  one  of  the  finest  homes  in  Hailey  and  other 
city  realty,  is  a  large  owner  of  Elaine  county  min- 
ing property.  Fraternally,  he  is  connected  with  the 
Masons,  in  which  he  has  reached  the  Scottish  Rite 
and  Shriner  degrees,  and  of  which  he  was  past 
master  for  many  years. 

On  April  29,  1894,  Mr.  Plughoff  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Osborne,  daughter  of 
James  Osborne,  and  they  have  one  son :  Frank. 
Probably  few  men  can  claim  more  warm  friends 
than  Mr.  Plughoff.  While  he  is  a  shrewd,  careful 
business  man,  ready  to  see  an  opportunity  and 
possessing  the  courage  and  ability  to  grasp  it,  his 
operations  have  always  been  of  a  strictly  legitimate 
nature,  #nd  his  spirit  of  respecting  the  rights  of 
others  has  made  his  name  widejy  known  and  always 
associated  with  honesty  and  integrity  of  purpose. 
His  charities  have  been  as  many  as  his  heart  is 
large,  and  any  worthy  object  can  command  his 
attention  and  support.  It  is  such  men  who  not  only 
build  up  a  community,  but  built  up  a  belief  in  man- 
kind, and  for  this  reason  are  well  worthy  the  uni- 
versal respect  in  which  they  are  held. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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WILLIAM  FAYETTE  HORNE.  Every  branch  of  indus- 
trial activity  is  represented  at  Hailey,  Idaho,  for  this 
locality  is  not  only  a  flourishing  community  and 
the  county  seat  of  Elaine  county,  but  furnishes  a 
large  contiguous  territory  that  looks  to  it  as  a  base 
of  supply.  For  this  reason  many  progressive  men 
who  seek  the  best  locality  for  the  prosecution  of 
their  lines  of  endeavor  have  settled  here,  confident 
in  the  future  of  the  place  and  in  their  ability  to 
make  their  mark  upon  its  advancement.  The  men 
who  succeed  here,  -as  elsewhere,  in  forging  ahead 
to  the  front  ranks,  have  to  possess  more  than  aver- 
age ability,  sound  judgment  and  unswerving  integ- 
rity of  purpose.  One  of  them,  who  has  raised  him- 
self to  a  much-envied  position  in  this  line  of  enter- 
prise, and  at  the  same  time  has  secured  and  main- 
tained a  reputation  for  good  citizenship  among  his 
luisiness  associates  is  William  Fayette  Home,  of  the 
leading  mercantile  firm  of  Campbell,  Home  &  Hol- 
land. Mr.  Home's  career  since  earliest  boyhood 
has  been  one  of  hard,  faithful  labor,  and  his  suc- 
cess has  come  entirely  as  a  result  of  his  own  efforts, 
for  he  lost  his  father  when  he  was  but  seven  years 
of  age,  and  when  he  was  fourteen  began  supporting 
himself  and  contributing,  to  the  support  of  his 
mother  and  sister.  Hard-fought  battles  and  well- 
earned  victories  have  marked  his  business  life,  and 
through  it  all  he  has  continued  to  hold  the  warm 
regard  of  those  who  have  come  into  contact  with 
him. 

William  Fayette  Home  was  born  near  Rockford, 
Illinois,  January  7,  1857,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert 
and  Adeline  (Mallory)  Home,  natives,  respect- 
ively of  New  York  and  Massachusetts.  His  father, 
a  farmer  by  occupation,  spent  one  year  in  Illinois, 
where  William  F.,  was  born,  and  then  took  his  fam- 
ily to  Iowa,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1864,  leav- 
ing his  wife  with  a  family  of  eleven  children,  of 
whom  William  F.  was  the  youngest.  The  last- 
named,  and  one  sister,  Dorleska,  who  later  became 
the  wife  of  James  Abshire,  are  the  only  members 
of  the  family  who  migrated  to  the  West,  she  cross- 
ing the  plains  by  wagon  in  1859,  a°d  dying  in  Cali- 
fornia in  1907. 

William  F.  Home  was  not  able  to  secure  many 
advantages  of  an  educational  nature,  but  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Lee  county,  Iowa, 
until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age  and  subsequently 
picked  up  the  trade  of  telegrapher.  At  this  he 
worked  for  a  period  covering  eight  years,  thus  sup- 
porting himself  and  contributing  to  his  mother's 
and  sister's  support,  and  then  became  manager  of 
a  lumber  company's  store  at  Montrose,  Iowa,  where 
he  continued  two  years.  In  1884  he  came  West  to 
California,  and  after  a  three-month  stay  removed 
to  Hailey,  Idaho,  which  city  has  been  his  home 
to  the  present  time.  First  securing  work  as  a  clerk 
in  the  mercantile  establishment  of  which  T.  H. 
Brew  was  the  proprietor,  he  remained  therein  for 
two  years,  and  then  became  employed  by  the  firm 
of  Swift  &  Regan,  an  establishment  with  which  he 
was  identified  until  1894.  In  that  year  he  was 
appointed  receiver  of  the  United  States  Land  Office, 
a  position  which  he  filled  four  years,  and  in  1898 
associated  himself  in  a  business  partnership  with  C. 
D.  Campbell,  under  the  firm  name  of  Campbell  & 
Home.  This  was  soon  developed  into  one  of  the 
leading  mercantile  establishments  of  this  part  of  the 
state,  and  in  1001  a  one-third  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness was  sold  to  Joseph  Holland,  of  Hailey,  the  firm 
style  becoming  Campbell,  Home  &  Holland.  As 
such  it  has  continued  to  the  present,  its  rating  being 
high  and  its  members  bearing  excellent  reputations 


in  the  work  of  business.  A  Republican  in  his  politi- 
cal proclivities,  Mr.  Home  has  always  been  active 
in  the  support  of  his  party's  candidates  and  principles, 
and  in  1906  was  elected  county  clerk  and  recorder, 
his  administration  proving  of  so  satisfactory  a 
nature  that  he  received  the  re-election  in  1910.  He 
has  invested  his  means  in  ranch  property  and  cat- 
tle, having  a  firm  belief  in  the  future  of  his  adopted 
state,  and  is  known  as  one  of  his  community's  solid, 
substantial  men. 

On  May  T,  1879,  Mr.  Home  was  married  to  Miss 
Emma  F.  Figgens,  daughter  of  Presley  Figgens,  a 
pioneer  of  1859  in  California.  Six  children  have 
been  born  to  this  union,  as  follows:  William  H., 
who  is  cashier  of  First  National  Bank  of  Shoshone, 
Idaho;  Presley  F.,  register  of  the  United  States 
Land  Office;  Robert  Ray,  who  is  an  assistant  in 
his  father's  store  at  Hailey;  Hazel  A.,  a  deputy  in 
her  father's  office;  Keith,  who  is  still  attending  the 
public  schools;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

JOSEPH  G.  HEDRICK  was  born  in  Trenton,  Mis- 
souri, January  28,  1875,  and  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and 
Matilda  C.  (Henry)  Hedrick.  Joseph  Hedrick  was 
a  native  of  Ohio,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war  was  one  of  nine  brothers  who  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army,  of  whom  two  were  killed  in  battle. 
He  first  became  a  member  of  Company  I,  First  Ken- 
tucky Volunteer  Infantry,  but  after  serving  his 
enlistment  of  three  months  veteranized  in  the  Fifth 
Ohio  Volunteers,  and  three  years  later  again  en- 
listed as  a  member  of  Company  D,  Twenty-ninth 
Illinois  Infantry.  He  saw  some  of  the  hardest 
fighting  of  the  war,  being  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Chancellorsville,  where  one  of  his  brothers  was 
killed,  and  captured  by  the  Confederates  at  Fort 
Republic,  Virginia,  and  placed  in  Belle  Island  prison, 
and  his  services  extended  over  a  period  of  five 
years,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  re- 
turned safely  home.  His  death  occurred  November 
n,  1911,  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  while  his  wife 
passed  away  in  January  of  that  same  year,  she  being 
a  native  of  Illinois. 

Joseph  G.  Hedrick  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Hutchinson  and  Larned, 
Kansas,  following  which  he  entered  Georgetown 
University,  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  being  subse- 
quently graduated  in  the  law  class  of  1904,  at  the 
National  University.  He  practiced  for  a  short  time 
in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  in  1909  came  to 
Idaho,  on  November  3  of  which  year  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  befoce  the  bar  of  the  state,  whence 
he  had  come  as  a  member  of  the  Land  Law  De- 
partment of  the  United  States.  He  has  been  promi- 
nent in  fraternal  matters,  being  a  charter  member  of 
Hutchinson  Lodge  of  Elks  No.  453,  and  has  risen 
to  the  Shriner  degree  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  a  member  of  Boise  Consistory  and  of  El 
Korah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  Republican  in 
politics,  he  has  served  as  city  attorney  of  Hailey, 
chairman  of  the  Central  Committee  Republican  Gub, 
and  state  senator,  1912-14.  Mr.  Hedrick  enjoys 
hunting  and  fishing,  in  which  he  indulges  when  he 
finds  time  from  his  manifold  professional  and  pub- 
lic duties.  With  the  true  Westerner's  loyalty  to 
his  section,  he  firmly  believes  in  its  successful  fu- 
ture and  continued  growth,  and  has  invested  in 
valuable  ranching  properties  in  Elaine  county  and 
elsewhere  in  Idaho. 

On  September  15,  1898,  Mr.  Hedrick  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Lola  Ardery,  a  native  of 
Iowa.  They  have  no  children. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


DR.  HARRY  E.  LAMB.  The  leading  physician  of 
Wendell  and  of  Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  is  Dr.  Harry 
E.  Lamb.  He  is  also  the  pioneer  physician  in  the 
town  of  Wendell,  and  his  practice  has  increased  in 
an  equal  ratio  with  the  growth  of  the  town.  He  is 
a  wealthy  and  prosperous  man,  but  this  does  not  come 
from  his  practice  entirely  because  although  his  prac- 
tice is  large,  he  is  one  of  that  class  of  physicians 
who  consider  first  the  healing  of  sick  .people  and 
last  the  money  to  be  made,  therefore  for  much  of 
his  work  he  charges  merely  a  nominal  fee.  His 
wealth  comes  from  his  ability  as  a  business  man, 
and  his  fine  judgment  of  land  values,  for  he  is  the 
owner  of  some  of  the  finest  ranch  land  in  the  county. 
,  He  is  perhaps  more  generally  known  as  a  personal 
friend  than  any  other  man  in  this  section,  and  his 
popularity  is'  widespread. 

Dr.  Harry  E.  Lamb  was  born  in  Platt  county, 
Nebraska,  on  the  i6th  of  June,  1878,  the  son  of 
George  N.  Lamb  and  Anna  (Burrows)  Lamb. 
George  Lamb  and  his  wife  were  natives  of  the  state 
of  Illinois,  and  came  to  Nebraska  during  pioneer 
days,  in  1865.  Here  they  took  up  a  homestead  and 
in  time  became  very  prosperous.  Mrs.  Lamb  died  in 
1899,  her  husband  is  still  living  in  Platte  county, 
Nebraska.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children 
of  whom  Dr.  Lamb  is  the  only  one  who  is  living 
in  the  state  of  Idaho. 

The  public  schools  of  Platt  county  furnished  the 
rudimentary  education  of  Harry  E.  Lamb.  After 
completing  his  elementary  work  he  attended  the 
Normal  School  of  Fremont,  Nebraska,  and  then  en- 
tered Creighton  Medical  College,  at  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska. He  was  graduated  from  the  latter  insti- 
'tiition  in  1906,  and  located  in  Orleans,  Nebraska, 
where  he  practiced  for  two  years.  Before  entering 
upon  his  medical  studies  he  had  taught  school  for 
three  years  'in  Platt  county,  and  saving  the  money 
from  this  work  he  had  invested  it  in  a  farm  in 
Platt  county.  During  the  years  between  1902  and 
1906,  while  he  was  in  college,  he  also  found  time 
for  the  cultivation  of  this  land,  and  since  the  prices 
of  corn  were  .very,  high  during  these  years,  and  he 
succeeded  in  raising  abundant  crops,  he  was  re- 
warded not  only  by  a  substantial  bank  account,  but 
also  by  a  large  increase  in  the  value  of  his  land. 

The  money  which  he  thus  earned  enabled  him  to 
'invest  in  Idaho  land  on  his  arrival  here  in  1908,  and 
he  is  now  the  owner  of  four  fine  ranches,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  wife.  He  settled  in  Wendell,  Idaho, 
on  coming  to  the  West,  Wendell  being  at  this  time 
a  new  town.  Here  he  immediately  began  to  prac- 
tice, and  now  he  is  undoubtedly  the  leading  physician 
in  Wendell  and  in  the  county.  As  the  county  be- 
comes more  settled  Dr.  Lamb's  practice  will  inevi- 
tably increase,  although  now  it  seems  as  though  he 
had  as  much  as  he  could  handle. 

Dr.  Lamb  was  married  on  the  I4th  day  of  Janu- 
ary, 1907,  to  Miss  Effie  Gergan,  a  native  of  Geneva, 
Nebraska.  Her  parents  are  John  and  Anna  Gergan, 
living  in  Humphrey,  Platte  county,  Nebraska,  where 
her  father  is  a  retired  rancher  of  considerable  wealth. 
Two  children  have  been  born  to  the  doctor  and  his 
wife,  Harriet  and  Leroy.  Mrs.  Lamb  is  about  as 
fine  a  judge  of  farm  land  as  her  husband,  and  her 
business  ability  and  wise  judgment  have  been  promi- 
nent factors  in  their  financial  success. 

The  popularity  of  Dr.  Lamb  during  his  college 
days  might  have  been  taken  as  a  prophecy  for  the 
future,  for  he  was  president  of  his  class  during  his 
sophomore  year,  and  it  takes  personal  popularity 
and  the  sincere  admiration  of  one's  fellows  to  at- 
tain such  an  honor,  more  so,  perhaps,  than  in  any 
other  electoral  office.  Dr.  Lamb  is  very  prominent 


in  fraternal  affairs,  being  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  and  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  oj.  America.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  Royal  Neighbors,  the  Rebeccas 
and  to  the  Highlanders.  In  a  professional  way,  Dr. 
Lamb  is  an  active  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.  In  addition  to  their  ranch  lands,  the 
doctor  and  his  wife  are  the  owners  of  one  of  the 
two  finest  homes  in  Wendell. 

LAVERNE  L.  SULLIVAN.  The  citizens  of  any  live, 
hustling  community,  are  generally  very  quick  to 
recognize  a  man's  worth  and  abilities,  especially  if 
his  activities  lie  in  the  field  of  law,  no  great  length 
of  time  being  required  for  them  to  show  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  good  qualities  by  electing  him  to  po- 
sitions of  honor  and  trust.  In  this  connection  it 
is  not  inappropriate  to  sketch  the  career  of  Laverne 
L.  Sullivan,  of  the  well-known  law  firm  of  Sullivan 
&  Sullivan,  of  Hailey  and  Boise,  Idaho,  a  man 
whose  ability  and  natural  inclination  have  made  one 
of  the  prominent  attorneys-at-law  of  his  state.  Mr. 
Sullivan  was  born  at  Coffin's  Grove,  Iowa,  August 
15,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  the  Hon.  Isaac  N.  and 
Chastine  J.  (Moore)  Sullivan.  Isaac  N.  Sullivan 
came  to  Idaho  in  1881  arfd  was  engaged  in  the  prac- 
.  tice  of  law  until  1890,  when  he  was  elected  supreme 
judge  of  the  state,  an  office  which  he  still  fills  with 
distinguished  ability.  The  family  makes  its  home 
in  Hailey,  where  its  members  are  well  known  and 
highly  esteemed. 

Laverne  L.  Sullivan  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Hailey,  the  Portland  (Ore.) 
High  and  Normal  schools,  and  Valparaiso  (Ind.) 
College.  .  He  then  became  a  student  of  Columbian 
(now  Georee  Washington)  University,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  the 
law  class  .of  1898.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  to  practice  his  pro- 
fession in  Hailey,  and  in  1904  formed  a  professional 
partnership  with  his.  brother,  Willis  E.  Sullivan, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Sullivan  &  Sullivan.  His 
brother,  also  a  graduate  of  George  Washington  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1898,  takes  care  of  the  Boise  branch 
of  the  business,  'haying  offices  in  the  Boise  City  Na- 
tional Bank  building.  The  firm  has  prospered  in  a 
material  way,  and  its  members  both  stand  high 
among  their  professional  brethren. 

In  politics  Laverne  L!  Sullivan  is  a  stalwart  Re- 
publican and  on  that  party's  ticket  was  elected  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  Blaine  county,  in  1902,  an  office 
in  which  he  efficiently  served  for  two  years.  He  is 
an  enthusiastic  and  popular  member  of  the  Hailey 
Commercial  Club,  and  at  all  times  supports  move- 
ments promising  to  benefit  his  community  or  its  peo- 
ple jn  any  way.  With  a  sincere  belief  in  the  future 
advancement  and  prosperity  of  Idaho,  he  has  in- 
vested extensively  in  ranch  land  and  city  realty, 
being  one  of  the  owners  of  920  acres  of  ranch 
land  in  Blaine  county,  in  which  his  father  and 
brother  also  have  an  interest,  a  pleasant  home  in 
Hailey  and  other  real  estate.  During  his  vaca- 
tions he  spends  his  time  in  hunting,  he  and  his 
brother  being  well-known  nimrods,  and  among  the 
many  fine  trophies  which  adorn  his  home,  and  which 
have  fallen  as  victims  to  his  skill,  may  be  found  a 
magnificently  mounted  group  of  silver  tip  bears,  as 
fine  as  may  be  found,  consisting  of  a  mother  bear 
and  two  cubs. 

On  March  29,  1899,  Mr.  Sullivan  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mamie  A.  Short,  daughter  of 
William  Short,  and  to  this  union  there  have  been 
born  two  children :  Newton  Eugene,  who  is  thir- 
teen years  of  age;  and  Frances  Vernette,  aged  ten 


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959 


years,  bright  and   interesting  children  who  are  at- 
tending the  Hailey  public  schools. 

HERBERT  D.  CURTIS.  The  banking  interests  of  a 
community  are  necessarily  among  the  most  impor- 
tant, for  financial  stability  must  be  the  foundation 
stone  upon  which  all  great  enterprises  are  erected. 
The  men  who  control  and  conserve  the  money  of 
corporation  or  country  must  possess  many  qualities 
not  requisite  in  the  ordinary  citizen  and  among  these 
high  commercial  integrity,  exceptional  financial  abil- 
ity, poise,  judgment  and  foresight  may  be  men- 
tioned. Public  confidence  must  be  with  them,  and 
this  fact  has  been  again  and  again  demonstrated  in 
the  United  States,  when  panics  that  even  threatened 
the  stability  of  the  government  have  been  averted 
by  the  wisdom,  sagacity  and  foresight  of  the  men 
whose  whole  training  has  been  along  the  line  of 
finance.  A  citizen  who  has  been  prominently  con- 
nected with  the  banking  interests  of  Elaine  county, 
Idaho,  for  many  years  and  who  has  done  much  in 
the  effective  upbuilding  of  Hailey  along  different 
lines,  is  Herbert  D.  Curtis,  president  and  part  owner 
of  the  Hailey  National  Bank,  who  is  also  connected 
in  an  official  capacity  with  the  First  National  Banks 
of  Caldwell  and  Soldier,  Idaho.  Mr.  Curtis  was 
born  in  Brunswick,  Maine,  April  3,  1870,  and  is  a 
son  of  George  S.  and  Letitia  A.  (Skolfield)  Curtis, 
residents  of  Leadyille,  Colorado,  where  Mr.  Curtis's 
father  is  a  prominent  mine  owner. 

Herbert  D.  Curtis  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Leadville,  to  which  place  he 
was  taken  as  a  youth,  and  later  he  received  a  course 
in  a  business  college.  His  first  employment  was  as 
deputy  county  assessor,  following  which  he  held 
various  other  public  positions  in  Colorado  and  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah.  He  received  his  initiation  into 
the  banking  business  as  a  clerk  in  the  Leadville 
American  National  Bank,  where  through  industry, 
integrity  and  inherent  ability  he  rose  to  the  position 
of  cashier,  and  continued  in  the  service  of  that  well- 
known  institution  for  a  period  covering  twelve  years. 
Mr.  Curtis  came  to  Hailey,  Idaho,  in  1907,  and  dur- 
ing the  financial  panic  of  that  year,  with  j.  E.  Cos- 
griff,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  purchased  the  Hailey 
National  Bank.  Since  that  time  he  has  continued 
to  hold  a  half-ownership  and  to  act  in  the  capacity 
of  cashier  and  president,  having  gained  an  enviable 
position  in  banking  circles  of  the  city/  The  institu- 
tion has  had  a  constant  and  healthy  growth,  show- 
ing a  decided  increase  in  its  business  and  deposits, 
and  at  all  times  retaining  the  full  confidence  of  the 
people  of  Hailey  and  the  surrounding  country.  Mr. 
Curtis  is  also  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Caldwell,  Canyon  county,  and  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Soldier,  Blaine  county,  and  owns  a 
handsome  home  in  Hailey  and  three  hundred  acres 
of  ranch  land  in  the  county.  Fraternally,  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Elks  and  the  Masons,  haying  at- 
tained to  the  Shriner  degree  in  the  latter  society. 

Mr.  Curtis  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Wil- 
son, of  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  H.  C.  Wilson, 
who  held  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  Federal  navy 
during  the  Civil  war,  and  who  died  in  March,  1913. 
Mr.  and  Mrst  Curtis  have  one  enterprising  and 
interesting  son:  George  Wilson,  who  is  fifteen 
years  of  age  and  a  high  school  student. 

JAMES  J.  MCFADDEN.  Since  James  J.  McFadden 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Idaho  in  1906,  he  has 
carried  on  a  general  practice  in  Hailey  and  vicin- 
ity and  has  enjoyed  a  reasonable  measure  of  success 
in  his  activities  in  the  legal  profession.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  Idaho  in 


1906.  In  addition  to  his  law  work,  mining  also  has 
come  in  for  a  degree  of  attention  from  him,  that 
being  an  enterprise  in  which  he  indulges  more  as 
an  amusement  and  a  speculation  than  otherwise. 
Mr.  McFadden  has  won  a  considerable  prominence  in 
his  town  and  county  in  the  years  of  his  residence 
here,  and  has  served  as  probate  judge  and  as  county 
superintendent  of  schools.  In  those  offices  he  gave 
a  most  admirable  account  of  himself  and  gained 
rank  as  a  citizen  of  a  high  order. 

The  town  of  Beaver  Meadow,  Pennsylvania,  was 
the  birthplace  of  J.  J.  McFadden,  and  his  birth 
occurred  there  on  May  18,  1870.  When  a  mere 
child  his  mother  died,  and  the  boy  grew  up  without 
the  care  and  nurture  of  a  mother.  The  parents 
were  pioneers  in  Breckinridge,  Colorado,  in  the  early 
sixties,  and  in  1876  the  father  left  Colorado  with  his 
three  children,  "treked"  to  Salt  Lake,  in  Bingham 
Canyon,  where  his  resources  failed  him,  and  he 
then  tried  his  luck  in  Bonanza  City,  Idaho.  He  next 
prospected  in  the  vicinity  of  Hailey,  and  in  his  later 
years  located  many  claims,  many  of  which  proved 
rich  in  pay  dirt,  and  netted  him  handsome  returns. 

J.  J.  McFadden  received  his  education  in  a  some- 
what round-about  way,  and  lacked  the  advantages 
of  a  college  career,  in  spite  of  which,  he  has  been 
able  to  make  his  way  in  one  of  the  learned  pro- 
fessions. When  he  was  fourteen  years  old  he  took 
second  honors  in  his  graduation  from  an  academic 
course  at  St.  Francis  Xaviers  College,  in  New  York 
City,  and  later  attended  the  school  of  St.  Patrick's 
Cathedral,  in  New  York  City,  the  year  1885  seeing 
the  end  of  his  actual  schooling.  Later  he  read  law 
in  connection  with  his  other  duties,  and  in  the  course 
of  time, — in  1896,  to  be  accurate,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Idaho,  for  practice  in  the  district  courts, 
his  admission  to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state  coming  in  1906.  Mr.  McFadden  has  in 
the  years  of  his  identification  with  the  legal  fra- 
ternity of  this  district  enjoyed  a  fair  share  of  the 
court  and  office  practice,  and  has  supplemented  his 
legal  work  with  more  or  less  activity  in  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business.  As  has  been  men- 
tioned, the  business  of  mining  comes  in  for  a  due 
*share  of  his  notice.  He  explains  his  liking  for  the 
business  by  saying  that  he  inherited  the  taste  from 
his  father,  but  that  he  follows  law  for  a  living,  and 
mining  for  amusement  and  speculation.  However 
that  may  be,  he  is  known  to  the  people  hereabouts 
as  one  fairly  well  versed  in  mining  lore. 

Mr.  McFadden  gave  four  years  of  service  in 
Company  F  of  the  Idaho  State  Militia  in  the  early 
nineties,  and  was  at  Wardner  and  Wallace^  during 
the  first  trouble  in  that  region,  serving  as  high  pri- 
vate with  the  Hailey  Company.  While  there  he  was 
detailed  on  special  clerk  duties  by  Attorney  General 
George  Parsons,  then  judge  advocate.  In  1895  and 
1896  he  served  as  probate  judge,  and  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  in  Blaine  county. 

Mr.  McFadden  is  a  Democrat,  and  shares  in  the 
activities  of  the  party  in  his  district,  but  has  never 
been  an  aspirant  for  public  office.  He  has  no  fra- 
ternal affiliations  and  the  only  social  organization 
with  which  he  is  connected  is  the  Hailey  Commer- 
cial Club,  if  that  may  be  regarded  in  the  light  of 
a  social  affair,  and  he  was  a  charter  member  of  that 
club,  and  is  one  of  its  most  useful  and  popular 
members.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church. 

On  June  16,  1907,  Mr.  McFadden  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Augusta 
Murphy,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Ella  Murphy,  the 
father  being  a  prominent  chemist  and  for  forty 
years  being  identified  with  a  large  photographic 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


house.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McFadden,— Luella  Helena,  aged  four  years, 
and  Isabella,  born  in  August,  1912. 

JUDGE  THOMAS  A.  JOHNSTON.  Pocatello  was  a 
settlement  with  only  two  houses  when  Judge  John- 
ston first  saw  it  thirty  years  ago.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  about  four  years  he  has  been  identified 
with  this  locality  ever  since,  and  has  witnessed  prac- 
tically all'  the  important  history  recorded  by  the 
development  of  this  portion  of  Idaho  and  has  him- 
self been  no  inconsiderable  factor  in  all  this  prog- 
ress. He  has  recently  retired  after  six  consecutive 
terms  in  the  office  of  probate  judge,  and  has  long 
been  prominent  both  in  business  and  public  affairs 
in  Bannock  county.  . 

Thomas  A.  Johnston  was  born  in  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, July  19,  1848.  With  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, he  began  at  the  age  of  thirteen  to  learn  the 
trade  of  shoemaker,  which  was  the  basis  of  his 
business  career  for  many  years.  When  he  was 
seventeen  he  left  his  native  province  and  went 
into  northern  New  York,  where  he  worked  at 
his  trade  three  years,  then  continued  the  same 
line  in  western  Pennsylvania  during  the  early  cli- 
max of  the  oil  industry  in  that  region,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1869  started  for  the  great  West. 

By  a  roundabout  way,  following  the  great  river 
courses  from  the  slope  of  the  Alleghenies,  he  ar- 
rived at  Omaha  on  June  9,  1869.  He  soon  settled 
at  Lone  Tree,  now  Central  City,  Nebraska,  where 
for  seven  years  he  followed  his  trade,  engaged  in 
farming,  and  also  for  one  year  was  on  the  road  for 
a  wholesale  shoe  house.  In  1876  he  came  still 
further  into  the  West,  and  for  five  or  six  years  was 
located  at  Rawlins,  Wyoming,  following  his  trade 
there  until  January,  1882. 

From  that  point,  in  the  spring  of  1882,  he  came 
across  the  line  into  the  territory  of  Idaho,  and  it 
was  about  that  time  that  he  first  became  acquainted 
with  the  little  settlement  of  Pocatello.  For  two 
years  he  was  employed  in  the  building  department 
of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  but  then  returned 
to  Rawlins,  where  he  conducted  a  shoe  store  for 
four  years.  t 

In  1888,  having  sold  out  his  business  in  Rawlins, 
he  settled  permanently  at  Pocatello,  and  has  helped 
and  watched  this  place  grow  ever  since.  For  the 
first  two  years  he  had  a  cigar  store  here,  and  then 
engaged  in  the  building  and  contracting  business, 
which  he  followed  with  excellent  success  for  about 
ten  years.  From  this  he  was  called  into  official 
duties,  first  by  his  election  for  six  years  as  justice 
of  the  peace  and  police  judge.  While  in  the  latter 
office  he  was  nominated  and  elected  probate  judge 
of  the  county.  At  the  end  of  each  term  his  party 
gave  him  the  renomination  without  any  soliciting 
on  his  part,  and  he  was  chosen  by  substantial  ma- 
jorities until  he  had  completed  in  1912  a  service  of 
six  terms,  or  twelve  years.  When  he  finally  de- 
termined to  retire  from  the  burdens  of  office  and 
business,  he  exercised  his  influence  for  the  nomina- 
tion of  his  old-time  friend,  O.  J.  Bell,  for  probate 
judge,  and  the  election  of  the  latter  was  of  itself 
a  compliment  to  Judge  Johnston.  He  has  long 
been  one  of  the  Republican  leaders  in  this  part  of 
the  state,  and  both  in  business  and  political  life  has 
many  warm  friends  and  admirers. 

Judge  Johnston  was  married  at  Central  City,  Ne- 
braska, September  3,  1873,  to  Miss  Ella  B.  Doo- 
little,  whose  father,  Dr.  L.  L.  Doolittle,  was  for- 
merly from  New  York  state.  The  judge  and  wife 
had  three  children,  two  daughters  and  one  son, 
Lou  B.,  Harry  L.  and  Fannie,  but  all  are  now  de- 


ceased. Judge  Johnston  is  a  member  of  the  Episco- 
pal church.  He  has  long  been  interested  in  athletics 
and  all  outdoor  amusements.  His  musical  tastes 
are  for  singing  and  violin  music.  He  seldom  misses 
an  opportunity  to  hear  a  good  lecture,  and  enjoys 
public  speaking,  whether  political  or  on  general 
topics. 

BEN.  R.  GRAY.  Idaho  has  had  an  efficient  and 
popular  official  in  the  person  of  Mr.  Gray,  who  held 
the  important  post  of  fish  and  game  warden  of  the 
state  and  who  has  done  much  to  protect  the  splendid 
resources  of  this  commonwealth  along  the  line  of 
assigned  duties.  None  is  more  familiar  with  or  ap- 
preciative of  the  value  of  the  fish  and  game  in 
which  the  state  abounds,  and  he  has  been  indefatig- 
able in  preserving  the  same  by  proper  protection  and 
conservation,  the  while  he  has  shown  distinctive 
administrative  ability  and  has  gained  the  earnest 
co-operaton  not  only  of  his  subordinates  but  also 
of  all  true  sportsmen  throughout  the  state. 

Mr.  Gray  is  a  native  of  Marshall,  the  judicial  cen- 
ter of  Saline  county,  Missouri,  where  he  was  born 
on  the  I4th  of  November,  1870.  His  father,  Daniel 
L.  Gray,  was  born  in  Benton  county,  Missouri,  in 
1833,  and  was  a  representative  of  one  of  the  hon- 
ored pioneer  families  of  the  state,  to  which  hjs  par- 
ents removed  from  Kentucky  in  1830,  about  a  dec- 
ade after  the  admission  of  the  state  to  the  Union. 

Daniel  L.  Gray  represented  his  native  state  as  a 
valiant  soldier  of  the  Confederacy  in  the  Civil  war, 
and  in  Missouri  he  continued  to  be  identified  with 
agricultural  pursuits  until  1873,  when  he  came  to 
Idaho  and  numbered  himself  among  its  sturdy  and 
progressive  pioneers.  He  settled  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  present  thriving  town  of  Hailey,  Elaine  county, 
and  there  developed  a  valuable  ranch  property.  He 
died  at  Hailey,  in  1889,  and  his  name  merits  endur- 
ing place  on  the  roster  of  the  pioneers  of  the  state. 
His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Susan  B.  Mc- 
Laren, was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  where  she  was 
born  in  the  year  1834.  In  1836  her  parents  removed 
to  Missouri,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated  and 
where  her  marriage  was  solemnized,  and  she  passed 
the  closing  period  of  her  life  at  Mountain  Home, 
Elmore  county,  Idaho,  where  she  was  summoned  to 
eternal  rest  in  1901,  secure  in  the  loving  regard  of  all 
who  knew  her.  Of  the  four  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters the  subject  of  this  review  is  the  youngest. 

Benjamin  R.  Gray  may  well  have  definite  appre- 
ciation of  the  manifold  natural  attractions  and  re- 
sources of  Idaho,  for  amidst  its  giant  mountains  and 
gracious  valleys  his  youth  was  passed.  He  was 
about  three  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  family 
removal  to  Idaho  and  was  reared  under  the  sturdy 
discipline  of  the  home  ranch,  the  while  he  early 
gained  wide  experience  in  connection  with  hunting 
and  fishing,  to  which  noble  sports  he  has  never  wav- 
ered in  allegiance.  He  was  afforded  the  advantages 
of  the  public  schools  of  Hailey  and  Boise,  and  in  the 
high  school  of  Hailey  he  was  graduated  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1889.  After  leaving  school  he 
became  identified  with  mining  operations  in  the 
Wood  river  district,  but  his  success  in  this  field  of 
enterprise  was  not  more  than  nominal.  For  three 
years  after  abandoning  mining  operations  •  Mr.  Gray 
conducted  a  hotel  at  Hailey,  and  in  this  connection 
he  gained  a  wide  acquaintanceship.  For  the  past 
twenty  years  he  has  served  the  major  part  of  the 
time  in  public  office,  and  in  every  position  of  which 
he  has  been  the  incumbent  he  has  made  an  admirable 
record.  In  1893-4  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff  of 
Blaine  county,  and  in  1897-8  he  was  sheriff  of  the 
county,  an  office  which  he  retained  for  the  regular 


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term  of  two  years.  In  1903-4  he  was  assessor  and 
tax  collector  of  the  same  county,  and  in  1900  he  was 
deputy  state  treasurer,  under  the  administration  of 
L.  C.  Rice.  He  resigned  this  position  to  turn  his 
attention  again  to  mining,  and  in  the  spring  of  1902 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  school 
trustees  at  Hailey,  an  office  in  which  he  served  for  a 
term  of  three  years. 

On  the  2d  of  January,  1911,  Mr.  Gray  was  ap- 
pointed, by  Governor  Hawley,  to  the  office  of  state 
fish  and  game  warden,  and  his  administration  was 
such  as  to  justify  fully  the  confidence  reposed  in 
the  office  of  state  fish  and  game  warden  in  Sep- 
tember, 1912,  and  was  elected  chairman  of  the  state 
central  committee  on  September  3,  1912. 

Mr.  Gray  has  ever  been  a  zealous  supporter  of 
the  cause  of  the  Democratic  party  and  has  been  an 
active  and  effective  worker  in  its  ranks.  He  was 
four  times  elected  to  represent  Elaine  county  as  a 
member  of  the  Democratic  state  central  committee,  and 
was  three  times  county  chairman  of  Elaine  county, 
during  which  he  showed  marked  ability  in  manoeu- 
vering  the  political  forces  at  his  command.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  state  central  committee  at  the  time 
of  this  writing,  in  the  autumn  of  1912,  and  has  done 
splendid  work  in  behalf  of  the  party  cause  in  the 
presidential  campaign.  He  has  attended  every  state 
convention  of  his  party  in  Idaho  since  1896  and  is 
an  influential  figure  in  Democratic  councils  in  this 
commonwealth.  Mr.  Gray  was  formerly  an  active 
member  of  the  Idaho  National  Guard,  in  which  he 
served  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  F,  at  Hailey, 
from  1890  to  1892,  inclusive.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Hailey  lodge  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Hailey  Aerie  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  past  grand  worthy  president 
and  which  he  represented  as  a  delegate  to  the  general 
convention  of  the  order,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore, 
in  1904-  He  also  holds  membership  in  the  Hailey 
Commercial  Club. 

On  the  I4th  of  June,  1893,  Mr.  Gray  was  united 
in  marriage,  at  Hailey,  to  Miss  May  Pmney,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  F.  Pinney,  one  of  the  honored  pioneers 
of  Idaho,  to  which  state  he  came  in  the  '6os.  He 
later  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Iowa,  but  came 
again  to  Idaho  in  1882,  and  died  in  Hailey,  April, 
1890.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gray  have  four  children,  whose 
names  and  respective  dates  of  birth  are  here  noted: 
LaVeme,  August  24,  1894;  Dorothy,  March  25,  1900; 
Ben  R.,  Jr.,  November  25,  1903 ;  and  Gordon,  August 
20,  1905.  All  of  the  children  were  born  at  Hailey 
except  La  Verne,  who  was  born  at  Mountain  Home. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  graduating  class  of  1913 
in  the  high  school  at  Hailey,  where  the  family  home 
is  known  as  a  center  of  generous  hospitality  and 
good  cheer. 

JOHN  HARVEY  IRETON.  A  history  of  Idaho  best 
fulfills  its  purposes  which  preserves  an  enduring  rec- 
ord of  the  largest  numbers  of  careers  of  those  men 
who,  as  pioneers,  as  homesteaders,  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  the  solid  prosperity  and  affluence  which  this 
western  country  has  in  recent  years  proceeded  to 
enjoy  as  a  harvest  of  early  toil  and  hardships. 

Among  the  names  most  entitled  to  the  distinction 
of  such  records  is  that  of  John  Harvey  Ireton,  who 
for  forty-five  years  has  been  identified  with  the  fun- 
damental activities  and  occupations  which  have  made 
business  and  industrial  prosperity  of  this  state. 

John  Harvey  Ireton  was  born  in  Clermont  county, 
Ohio,  March  15,  1845.  The  parents  were  John  and 
Sarah  (Hadley)  Ireton,  the  father  a  native  of  New 
Jersey  and  the  mother  of  New  York  state.  By  occu- 
pation the  father  was  a  farmer.  The  mother  was  a 


member  of  the  Methodist  church.  In  their  family 
were  five  sons  and  five  daughters,  John  H..  being 
the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

At  Williamsburg,  Ohio,  he  obtained  such  practical 
education  as  fitted  him  for  the  responsibilities  of  life. 
He  was  a  boy  when  the  war  between  the  states  came 
on,  and  when  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  he  en- 
listed in  Company  L  of  the  Ninth  Ohio  Cavalry,  and 
soon  became  known  as  Sergeant  Ireton.  He  partici- 
pated in  those  remarkable  exploits  of  the  Federal 
arms  through  the  heart  of  the  Confederacy  and  un- 
der the  command  of  General  Sherman.  He  also  par- 
ticipated in  the  engagements  leading  up  to  the  cap- 
ture of  Atlanta,  in  the  troops  under  the  command 
of  General  Kilpatrick,  and  was  with  Sherman's 
army  on  its  march  to  the  sea.  Among  the  engage- 
ments and  marches  in  which  he  had  a  part  was  the 
Expedition  in  May,  1864,  to  Florence  in  pursuit  of 
General  Forrest's  Cavalry.  On  July  16,  1864,  the 
raid  under  General  Rousseau  to  Lochapoga;  in  De- 
cember of  the  same  year  the  march  to  Savannah  with 
Sherman ;  the  continuous  fighting  under  General 
Kilpatrick  beginning  at  Chappell  Hill;  was  present 
at  Johnston's  surrender  in  May,  1865;  then  marched 
to  Concord,  North  Carolina,  in  July,  1865,  proceeded 
to  Lexington,  North  Carolina,  where  on  July  20, 
1865.  came  the  order  to  muster  out. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Ireton  remained  at  home  in 
Ohio,  quietly  pursuing  the  occupation  of  farming. 
Then  in  February,  1868,  taking  the  steamer  at  New 
York  he  went  down  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
crossing  over  and  thence  by  steamer  going  up  the 
coast  to  San  Francisco.  The  first  trans-Continental 
railroad  had  not  yet  been  completed  to  the  West, 
and  from  Sacramento  he  took  stage  and  by  that 
conveyance  arrived  at  Boise  in  April,  1868.  His 
first  location  was  at  Centerville  in  Boise  Basin, 
that  being  at  the  time  a  thriving  mining  camp  and 
he  remained  there  off  and  on  during  the  mining 
season  for  about  three  years.  In  the  meantime  he 
had  become  interested  in  the  stock  business  in  the 
Squaw  Creek  and  Payette  Valleys.  His  career  since 
that  time  had  identified  him  largely  with  the  great 
stock  and  ranching  industry  of  Idaho,  and  few  men 
have  become  so  well  known  in  that  connection  in  this 
country. 

Soon  after  his  marriage  in  1878  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  Messrs.  Mitchell  &  Marsh  in  the  ranch 
on  the  Payette  river  thirty  miles  northwest  of  Boise. 
For  years  the  headquarters  were  known  as  the 
Marsh  &  Ireton  Ranch,  one  of  the  best  known  local- 
ities in  that  section  of  the  state.  For  a  long  time  the 
stage  station,  the  postoffice  and  the  road  house  were 
conducted  as  departments,  as  it  were,  of  the  ranch, 
and  the  postoffice  of  Marsh  was  a  central  place  know 
to  every  resident  and  traveler  in  this  part  of  Idaho. 
After  spending  twenty-five  years  in  that  location, 
Messrs.  Marsh  &  Ireton  sold  their  ranch  to  Dr.  V. 
C.  Platt  and  moved  to  Boise,  where  Mr.  Ireton  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business.  At  the  old  post- 
office  of  Marsh,  Idaho,  on  May  30,  1878,  Mr.  Ireton 
married  Miss  Josephine  Warner,  a  daughter  of 
Aaron  and  Huldah  (Fuller)  Warner.  Her  mother 
was  a  native  of  Connecticut  and  her  father  of  New 
York.  Aaron  Warner  and  wife  were  married  in 
Michigan,  and  Mrs.  Warner  by  a  previous  marriage 
had  been  Miss  Huldah  Marsh  and  the  mother  of 
Edson  Marsh,  for  so  many  years  the  partner  of  Mr. 
Ireton.  Two  children  of  Aaron  Warner  and  wife 
were  Mary,  who  married  David_  Stem,  formerly  of 
Reading,  Michigan,  and  now  living  in  Lafayette, 
Oregon ;  and  Josephine  Warner,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1848.  Josephine  Warner  came  West  to 
Idaho  with  her  half  brother  Edson  Marsh,  arriving 


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in  this  state  on  May  7,  1874,  and  taking  up  her  resi- 
dence on  the  Mitchell  &  Marsh  ranch,  when  some 
four  years  later  she  married  Mr.  Ireton.'  He  became 
the  junior  partner  of  the  firm.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ireton  have  been  born  the  following  children :  John 
Arthur,  born  at  the  Pettingill  Toll-gate  on  April 
30,  1879,  and  who  married  Miss  Aurilla  Chancy 
and  now  lives  in  Boise;  and  Nellie  B.,  born  on  the 
Marsh  &  Ireton  Ranch,  April  23,  1880,  and  now  re- 
siding with  her  parents. 

John  Arthur  Ireton,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ireton  received  his  early  education  on  the  old  ranch 
and  at  Emmett,  Idaho,  finishing  by  two  years  study 
in  Portland  University,  after  which  he  took  a 
course  in  a  business  college.  On  finishing  his  edu- 
cation he  assisted  his  father  in  the  stock  business 
for  a  few  years,  went  to  Canada,  and  later  had  an 
adventurous  overland  trip  into  the  heart  of  Alaska, 
and  since  his  return  has  again  resumed  the  stock 
business. 

Nellie  B.  Ireton  was  also  educated  on  the  home 
ranch  and  at  Emmett,  was  a  student  for  two  years  at 
Portland  University,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Idaho  at  Moscow  with  the  class  of 
1903.  Both  the  children  while  living  on  the  ranch 
in  order  to  attend  school  had  often  to  drive  a  dis- 
tance of  eight  miles.  Miss  Nellie  Ireton  is  a  young 
woman  of  many  talents  and  great  capacity  for  work, 
and  served  as  assistant  secretary  of  the  state  senate 
during  the  eighth  assembly  and  was  assistant  city 
librarian  at  Boise  for  a  time,  but  is  now  living  at 
home  and  giving  her  attention  to  her  parents. 

Mr.  Ireton  as  one  of  the  survivors  of  the  Civil 
war  is.  affiliated  with  Phil  Sheridan  Post  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  at  Boise.  His  politics 
is  Republican.  Mrs.  Ireton  is  a  member- of  the  Con- 
gregational church. 

Mrs.  Josephine ,  Warner  Ireton  is  one  of  Idaho's 
remarkable  pioneer  women.  During  her  residence 
in  the  East  she  was  a  successful  school  teacher  in 
Ohio  and  Indiana,  and  when  her  half-brother,  Ed- 
'son  Marsh,  came  East  on  a  visit,  he  determined  to 
take  her  back  with  him  into 'the  northwest  and  con- 
tinue her  occupation  in  the  new  country.  A  woman 
of  energy  and  courage  and  varied  capabilities,  she 
has  given  a  faithful  service  to  her  own  family  and 
to  the  community  with  which  she  has  been  identi- 
fied. John  Ireton,  like  many  men  educated  in  the 
rough  pioneer  school -of  life,  has  always  been  a  man 
of  active,  alert,  and  resourceful  character,  and  while 
establishing  his  own  home  and  his  place  in  life  on  a 
solid  basis  he  has  at  the  same  time  rendered  invalu- 
'able  service  as  a  member  of  his  social  community. 
He  and  his  wife  have  interested  themselves  in  every- 
thing that  would  tend  to  improve  the  country  or 
uplift  the  general  standard  of  the  locality.  En- 
dowed with  a  keen  sense  of  humor  Mr.  Ireton  has 
used  this  excellent  quality  both  for  himself  and 
others  as  a  practical  help  through  many  of  the  dif- 
ficult places  in  life.  His  word  in  business  relations 
has  always  been  as  good  as  his  bond,  and  successful 
himself  and  always  sure  of  his  individual  resources 
he  has  ever  been  generous  in  his  aid  to  the  less 
fortunate,  and  many  a  struggler  owes  his  better 
progress  to  the  kindly  advice  and  practical  assist- 
ance of  Mr.  Ireton.  Many  of  the  early  settlers  and 
travelers  through  the  regions  of  the  old  ranch  have 
had  numerous  occasions  to  testify  to  the  kindness 
of  heart  and  to  the  skill  as  a  homekeeper  and  the 
hospitality  of  Mrs.  Ireton,  who  was  the  presiding 
genius  of  that  ranch  homestead  for  many  years. 
Mrs.  Ireton  was  for  many  years  the  superintend- 
ent of  a  small  Sunday  school  conducted  near  the 
country  home,  and  in  this  way,  and  in  many  others, 
did  she  help  to  maintain  a  high  level  of  the  better 


social,   moral  and  religious  influences   in  that  com- 
munity. 

GEORGE  W.  GESS.  The  death  on  January  12,  1913, 
of  George  W.  Gess,  at  the  home  of  his  son  at  Long 
Beach,  California,  recalls  one  of  the  lives,  the  record 
of  which  Idaho  citizens  should  always  cherish  in 
their  historic  memories.  The  late  Mr.  Gess  was 
nearly  eighty  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  pass- 
ing away,  and  for  almost  half  a  century,  lacking  but 
a  few  months,  had  been  a  resident  of  Idaho.  He  was 
among  the  real  pioneers  of  this  state.  He  came  there 
at.  a  time  when  there  were  dangers  to  be  faced  from 
hostile  Indians,  and  when  the  hardships  of  nature 
were  difficulties  sufficient  to  try  the  strength  and 
determination  9f  the  best  of  men.  With  his  loyal 
wife,  who  survives  him,  he  spent  many  useful  years, 
and  during  their  course,  he  gathered  many  fruits  of 
his  enterprising  endeavors,  and  at  the  same  time 
enjoyed  the  thorough  respect  and  esteem  of  hun- 
dreds and  thousands  of  citizens. 

There  were  probably  but  few  among  the  old- 
timers  who  did  not  recognize  in  George  W.  Gess 
one  of  the  best  of  those  who  came  to  the  state  in  the 
early  sixties.  Like  many  others  among  his  con- 
temporaries, he  chose,  instead  of  mining,  a  life  of 
an  agriculturist,  and  it  was  as  a  farmer  and  devel- 
oper of  the  soil  that  he  was  more  closely  and  use- 
fully identified  with  this  state. 

The  Gess  family  have  been  pioneers  for  several 
generations.  Mr.  Gess  himself  was  born  in  old 
Howard  county,  Missouri,  the  center  of  one  of  the 
first  colonies  to  penetrate  the  interior  of  that  state, 
and  long  a  mother  of  other  settlements  which  spread 
over  the  West.  George  W.  Gess  was  born  in  How- 
ard county,  Missouri,  April  12,  1833,  so  that  he 
lacked  just  four  months  of  attaining  the  age  of 
eighty  years.  His  parents  were  William  and  Sarah 
( Helen)  Gess.  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and 
the  latter  a  native  of  Ohio.  The  father  was  born 
in  1798,  and  died  in  1865,  while  the  mother  was  born 
in  1797  and  passed  away  in  1857.  The  parents  were 
married  in  Kentucky,  but  at  an  early  date  in  the  set- 
tlement of  that  state  came  to  Howard  county  and 
they  spent  the  closing  years  of  their  lives  in  Clin- 
ton, that  state. 

George  W.  Gess  was  reared  in  his  native  county, 
where  he  attended  the  country  schools  of  the  town, 
and  his  early  associations  were  the  scenes  and  activ- 
ities of  the  old  Missouri  plantation  of  the  ante- 
bellum period.  It  was  in  1863  that  he  left  Missouri, 
determined  to  test  the  material  possibilities  of  the 
new  West.  He  found  a  company  which  had  been 
formed  to  migrate  into  the  Boise  Valley  Basin,  and 
on  the  fifth  day  of  May  the  party  started  overland  by 
wagon  across  the  plains.  Two  and  a  half  months  of 
tedious  journey,  not  without  its  dangers  and  diffi- 
culties, intervened  before  the  party  reached  its 
destination,  and  there  many  of  them  began  the  pi- 
oneer existence  which  led  to  the  development  of 
flourishing  homesteads  and  contributed  in  no  small 
degree  to  the  pleasant  prosperity  of  that  region. 

Mr.  Gess  had  located  on  land  not  far  from  Boise, 
and  his  labors,  together  with  those  of  his  diligent 
wife,  for  many  years  continued,  resulted  in  the 
developments  of  a  productive  state  from  what  had 
formerly  been  a  practical  desert. 

The  late  Mr.  Gess  had  begun  his  venture  here  at 
a  time  when  labor-saving  machinery  was  hardly 
known,  and  if  it  had  been,  it  could  not  have  been 
secured  in  this  far  off  region  of  the  Northwest.  It 
was  with  the  materials  of  the  courage  of  the  pioneer 
that  he  performed  his  early  labors  and  with  such 
remarkable  success  that  the  farm  which  he  developed 
has  long  been  known  as  one  of  the  most  beautiful 


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and  profitable  in  the  state.  At  the  same  time  he 
acquired  city  real  estate  in  Boise,  and  among  other 
holdings  is  the  homestead,  one  of  the  handsomest 
residences  on  the  west  side  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Gess,  by  early  associations  and  by  the  sub- 
sequent exercise  of  his  own  judgment,  was  always 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  throughout  his  career 
in  Idaho  took  an  impartial  interest  in  public  affairs. 
lli>  own  ambition  was  never  to  court  publicity,  but 
his  fellow-citizens  several  times  chose  him  for  posi- 
tions of  services  and  honor,  in  particular  in  1872 
lie  was  elected  county  commissioner  of  Ada  county, 
and  it  was  during  his  term  in  this  office  that  some 
of  the  country  roads  were  constructed. 

To  Mrs.  Gess  is  due  a  fully  equal  credit  in  the 
pioneering  in  this  state.  To  her  is  now  accorded 
that  high  esteem  which  has  always  been  shown  to 
both  herself  and  her  husband,  as  being  among  the 
oldest  living  residents  of  this  state.  Before  her 
marriage  to  Mr.  Gess,  which  took  place  in  Septem- 
ber, 1855,  she  was  Miss  Catherine  Greason,  of  Lath- 
rop,  Missouri.  It  was  a  happy  feature  of  the  mar- 
ried life  of  this  worthy  pioneer  couple  that  they 
were  able  to  celebrate  the  golden  wedding  anniver- 
sary of  their  marriage,  an  event  which  has  always  a 
-I'Kmn  significance,  and  which  with  them  was  an 
occasion  for  many  congratulations  and  heartfelt 
expressions  of  esteem.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gess  were  the 
parents  of  four  children,  two  of  whom  reached  ma- 
turity. A  daughter,  Lora,  became  Mrs.  Robert  H. 
McGuire,  of  Caldwell,  and  was  the  mother  of  seven 
children.  Mrs.  McGuire  is  now  deceased,  but  six 
of  her  children,  grand-children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gess,  are  now  living,  as  follows:  Winifred,  the 
eldest,  is  married  and  is  the  mother  of  one  child ; 
Myrtle,  Alta,  Mabel,  Emmett  and  Willa  C.  McGuire 
complete  the  surviving  family  of  Lora  Gess  Mc- 
Guire. The  only  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gess  was 
Frank,  now  a  resident  of  Long  Beach,  California. 
Frank  Gess  is  married  and  is  the  father  of  four 
children,  whose  names  are  Monte  B.,  Arthur,  Fred, 
and  Frank.  Thus  there  are  eleven  living  descend- 
ants of  the  late  George  W.  Gess,  and  they  will  al- 
ways honor  the  record  of  his  long  and  useful  life 
as  an  inheritance  of  energy,  faithfulness  and  integ- 
rity. 

HENRY  WILLIAM  DORMAN.  For  thirty  years 
Henry  William  Dorman  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho. 
He  has  been  a  miner,  a  farmer,  fruit  grower,  and  for 
a  long  time  one  of  the  energetic  and  enterprising 
promoters  of  the  state's  development,  particularly  in 
mining,  agriculture  and  horticulture.  His  most  im- 
portant work  has  been  done  in  the  vicinity  of  his 
home  town  of  Caldwell.  Many  large  deals  in  land 
have  been  undertaken  and  successfully  carried  out 
by  Mr.  Dorman.  He  has  bought  a  number  of  large 
tracts,  has  platted,  subdivided  and  put  the  land  on 
the  market  in  small  farm  divisions.  His  success  as 
a  fruit  grower  has  brought  him  prominence  not  only 
in  the  state  but  in  the  nation.  In  1908  his  apple 
orchard  won  the  first  prize  among  competing  or- 
chards all  over  the  country,  at  the  National  Show 
at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa.  At  the  present  time  Mr. 
Dorman  is  presWent  of  the  State  of  Idaho  Horticul- 
ture Board,  having  been  a  member  thereof  for  the 
past  three  years.  During  1913  he  has  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Caldwell  Commercial  Club,  also  president 
of  Caldwell's  Fruit  Growers  Association.  Among  his 
various  interests  he  is  also  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of  an  orchard  company,  engaged  in  develop- 
ing a  large  commercial  orchard  adjoining  the  city 
of  Caldwell. 

Henry  William  Dorman  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  a  son 
of  William  and  Caroline  (Leffel)  Dorman,  both  born 


in  Hamburg,  Germany,  the  father  in  1831,  and  the 
mother  in  1835.  The  senior  Mr.  Dorman  was  a  mer- 
chant and  is  now  living  in  the  state  of  Louisiana. 
The  mother  died  in  July,  1911.  Both  were  brought 
up,  and  always  supported  the  Methodist  church. 

For  eighteen  years  of  his  earlier  life,  Mr.  Dorman 
had  his  home  in  Iowa.  His  education  was  only  that 
supplied  by  the  grade  schools,  and  for  some  years 
he  gained  a  large  amount  of  business  experience  by 
working  in  a  store  and  a  flour  mill.  Coming  west 
in  1883,  his  first  location  was  at  Ketchum,  Idaho. 
There  he  engaged  in  mining  until  1885,  and  in  that 
year  first  established  himself  at  Caldwell.  For  eight 
years  he  was  employed  in  the  M.  B.  Gwinn  Mercan- 
tile establishment,  until  failing  health  compelled  him 
to  take  up  outdoor  work,  and  he  resumed  mining, 
operating  the  I.  &  L.  Mines  at  Pearl,  for  thirteen 
years.  Returning  to  Caldwell  he  has  since  been  identi- 
fied chiefly  with  the  land  business,  live  stock,  farming 
and  fruit  growing. 

As  to  politics  Mr.  Dorman  regularly  votes  the 
Republican  ticket,  but  has  never  shown  any  desire 
for  political  honors.  He  has  membership  in  the 
Episcopal  church.  In  1888,  Mr.  Dorman  became  a 
charter  member  of  Mount  Gem  Lodge  at  Caldwell  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  his  membership  has  been 
continuous  to 'the  present  time. 

At  Caldwell  on  August  5,  1893,  Mr.  Dorman  mar- 
ried Ida  Frost,  a  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Matilda 
Frost.  Elijah  Frost  was  one  of  the  best  known 
pioneers  of  the  west,  a  California  forty-niner,  and 
also  a  very  early  settler  in  Idaho.  He  crossed  the 
plains  in  1849  to  California,  and  from  there  came  into 
the  mining  district  of  Idaho  in  the  decade  of  the 
sixties.  His  home  continued  at  Caldwell  until  his 
death,  and  his  widow  is  still  living  in  that  city. 

Elijah  Frost  was  for  many  years  a  stock  raiser 
and  farmer.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dorman 
are  two:  Henry  Dorman,  Jr.,  born  April  27,  1899, 
at  Boise;  and  Ada  May  Dorman,  born  also  at  Boise, 
June  26,  1904. 

CHARLES  W.  STRINGFIF.LD.  No  man  in  the  west  is 
probably  better  able  to  speak  of  western  conditions 
and  the  growth  of  the  country  from  its  early  days 
up  to  the  present  time  than  is  Charles  W.  String- 
field  of  Hagerman.  Idaho.  Although  he  has  been  a 
resident  of  the  state  of  Idaho  for  only  a  few  years 
comparatively  speaking,  yet  he  has  acquainted  himself 
with  the  resources  of  the  state  in  a  way  that  is  surely 
worthy  of  emulation  by  those  of  longer  residence. 
He  has  lived  and  worked  in  nearly  all  of  the  western 
states  and  his  years  of  travel  have  made  him  quick 
to  observe  and  estimate,  not  only  land  and  land 
values,  but  people  and  character.  He  is  now  cashier 
of  one  of  the  largest  banks  in  Hagerman,  and  his 
shrewd  business  sense  and  his  financial  instinct  have 
done  much  to  make  the  bank  the  prosperous  institu- 
tion which  it  is  today. 

Charles  W.  Stringfield  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Iowa.  He  had  the  advantages  of  a  fine  education. 
After  his  preparatory  work  was  completed,  he  was 
sent  to  the  State  Normal  School  at  Peru,  Nebraska, 
and  after  finishing  the  course  in  this  institution 
matriculsted  at  the  University  of  Nebraska,  at  Lin- 
coln. When  he  left  college,  he  was  filled  with  the 
spirit  of  youth  and  the  desire  for  adventure,  and  when 
an  opportunity  came  to  him  to  follow  the  cattle  trail, 
he  embraced  it  eagerly.  His  path  led  him  from  Wyo- 
ming, through  the  northwest  to  Canada,  and  al- 
and rough  experiences  of  cow-boy  life  as  it  was  lived 
though  he  was  young  he  suffered  all  the  hardships 
in  those  days.  Next  going  to  Montana,  he  followed 
the  trail  there  for  three  years,  and  during  all  those 
years  learned  western  life  in  its  many  phases.  On 


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leaving  the  cattle  business  he  next  became  an  inspec- 
tor for  the  Western  Weighing  Association,  which  was 
an  association  of  railroads.  He  remained  in  the 
employment  of  this  company  for  ten  years,  and  his 
good  work  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  chief  inspector,  a  position  of  respon- 
sibility and  only  to  be  held  by  someone  who  was  thor- 
oughly competent. 

By  this  time  he  had  become  a  popular  man  in  his 
district,  one  of  whom  every  one  spoke  with  respect, 
and  on  leaving  the  employ  of  the  weighing  company, 
he  was  tendered  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  ninth  judi- 
cial district  of  Colorado.  He  held  that  position  for 
six  years,  and  then  was  elected  county  treasurer  of 
Pitkin  county,  Colorado.  It  was  here  that  his  genius 
for  handling  money  was  first  shown,  and  at  the  end 
of  his  two  years'  term  of  office  he  came  to  Hagerman, 
Idaho,  and  took  up  financiering  on  a  larger  scale. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers'  State. 
Bank  which  was  founded  in  1909.  He  is  now  one  of 
its  principal  stockholders  and  cashier.  The  other  offi- 
cers are  C.  E.  Gridley,  president ;  and  C.  N.  Dilatush, 
vice  president,  all  three  officers  being  residents  of 
Hagerman. 

Mr.  Stringfield  is  a  member  of  the  Progressive 
party,  and  there  is  no  more  enthusiastic  defender  of 
the  principles  of  progress  for  which  that  party  stands 
in  the  whole  country. '  In  the  fraternal  world  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Masons,  having  taken  the  Knights 
Templar  degree,  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

JOHN  PENCE.  The  late  John  Pence  was  a  resident 
of  Idaho  from  the  year  1885  until  the  day  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  on  the  nth  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1908.  He  early  established  himself  in  Owyhee 
county  and  thereafter  made  his  home  in  the  fertile 
range  of  Owyhee  county,  becoming  interested  in 
sheep  raising.  He  prospered  with  the  passing  years 
and  when  he  died  occupied  a  position  of  singular 
prominence  in  both  Owyhee  and  Elmore  counties, 
his  business  activities  extending  beyond  the  con- 
fines of  the  agricultural  or  ranch  business,  and  taking 
him  into  the  field  of  finance  as  well.  He  was  es- 
teemed beyond  the  measure  of  regard  which  is  usu- 
ally accorded  to  men,  and  his  passing  was  deeply 
mourned  by  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  acquaint- 
ances in  and  about  his  home  community. 

A  product  of  Iowa,  John  Pence  was  born  in  Des 
Moines  county,  on  April  12,  1840,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  (Thurston)  Pence,  both  native  Penn- 
sylvanians.  They  were  sturdy  pioneers  of  the  state 
of  Iowa,  and  to  them  is  accorded  the  distinction 
of  having  been  the  first  white  people  to  locate  in  the 
county  of  Decatur.  They  established  their  homes 
on  the  open  prairie  and  erected  the  first  actual 
dwelling  in  the  county.  There  they  tilled  the  virgin 
soil  and  under  their  skill  and  energy  the  hitherto 
untended  prairie  bloomed  like  a  garden.  John  Pence, 
the  subject  of  this  review,  was  the  first  white  child 
born  in  the  county,  and  like  other  hardy  pioneer  boys 
who  followed  him  in  later  years,  he  learned  his 
A-B  abs  in  the  little  primitive  log  school  which  was 
in  time  erected  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  times. 
He  was  an  apt  pupil  and  although  his  school  ad- 
vantages were  necessarily  of  a  circumscribed  nature, 
he  learned  more  in  those  early  years  than  the  aver- 
age country  lad.  He  was  early  required  to  assist 
with  the  farm  work  and  to  help  provide  for  the 
needs  of  the  growing  family. 

With  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  all  the  strength 
of  his  young  nature  urged  him  to  enlist  in  the  Union 
cause,  but  the  pleas  of  his  mother  restrained  him, 
and  he  remained  at  home  quietly  attending  to  the 


farm  duties,  but  chafing  under  the  restraint,  but 
in  1863  he  burst  the  bonds  which  held  him  at  home 
and  joined  the  youth  of  his  native  community  at  the 
front.  He  enlisted  in  the  36th  Iowa  Volunteers  and 
was  sent  on  a  southern  campaign  at  once.  He  saw 
much  active  service  from  then  until  the  cessation 
of  hostilities,  participating  in  numerous  heated  con- 
flicts, and  his  campaign  took  him  as  far  south  as 
Tyler,  Texas,  where  through  a  most  unfortunate 
circumstance  he  was  taken  prisoner.  He  was  incar- 
cerated in  a  southern  prison  at  Tyler,  under  a  most 
effective  military  guard,  and  held  until  almost  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  exchanged  with  other 
prisoners  of  war.  Following  his  release,  he  went 
home,  and  there  enjoyed  the  pleasures  of  the  pa- 
rental home  for  a  "season,  but  soon  decided  to  try  the 
West,  with  a  view  to  home-seeking.  He  came  to 
Helena,  Montana,  with  his  brother,  that  city  being 
at  the  time  a  mere  mining  camp.  He  tried  out  the 
life  of  a  prospector,  but  met  with  only  fair  success, 
and  soon  returned  home  to  Kirksville,  Iowa,  where 
he  remained  only  about  two  years  and  then  went 
to  Nevada,  Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  stock 
shipping  to  the  eastern  markets,  a  business  which  he 
followed  for  eight  years.  He  then  took  up  farm- 
ing and  cattle  raising,  but  in  1885  sold  his  entire 
interests  in  Missouri  and  the  middle  West  and  came 
direct  to  Idaho.  In  Owyhee  county  he  continued  to 
reside  thereafter,  and  engaged  in  the  sheep  and  cattle 
raising  business.  He  located  on  prairie  lands,  bought 
a  small  band  of  sheep,  and  from  that  small  be- 
ginning in  1885  came  to  be  one  of  the  prosperous 
stockmen  in  the  state,  and  widely  known  through- 
out the  markets  of  the  country  as  a  raiser  of  the 
finest  products  in  the  sheep  line. 

Not  alone  did  he  become  a  leader  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, but  he  identified  himself  with  various  other 
interests,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Mountain  Home,  Idaho,  and 
was  president  of  that  institution  at  his  death,  and  a 
stockholder  of  the  Bruneau  State  Bank,  of  Bruneau, 
Idaho.  He  was  also  proprietor  of  the  J.  Pence 
Livery  &  Stage  Line  of  Mountain  Home,  and  with 
all  these  connections  he  was  actively  identified  at  the 
time  of  his  demise,  his  sheep  holdings  at  .that  time 
running  up  into  the  thousands.  In  this  business  his 
sons  have  succeeded  him,  and  they  are  making  steady 
progress  in  the  enterprise,  showing  themselves  to  be 
the  fit  successors  of  their  worthy  parent. 

On  December  24,  1879,  at  Nevada,  Missouri,  Mr. 
Pence  was  married  to  Miss  Emily  Dunbar,  the 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Bessie  (McKittrick)  Dun- 
bar.  Seven  children  were  born  to  John  and  Emily 
Pence,  here  named  as  follows :  Robert  William, 
born  November  27,  1880,  at  Nevada,  Missouri,  and 
died  on  January  3,  1899,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  while  a 
student  at  All  Hallows  College  in  that  city.  Bessie, 
who  was  born  on  March  15,  1884,  at  Nevada,  died  on 
September  I5th,  of  the  same  year.  James  Dunbar, 
born  March  8,  1888,  is  located  in  Three  Creek,  Idaho, 
engaged  in  sheep  business.  John  Otto,  born  in  July, 
1891,  is  also  engaged  in  dealing  in  sheep  and  horses. 
Thurston  Trueman,  born  April  24,  1895,  at  Three 
Creek,  Idaho,  is  attending  Logan  College,  in  Logan, 
Utah.  Esther,  born  April  15,  1904,  lives  at  Moun- 
tain Home  and  is  attending  school  there.  Edward 
Payne,  born  June  n,  1906,  the  last  born  of  the  seven, 
is  also  attending  school  in  his  native  city. 

Mr.  Pence  was  a  Mason,  having  joined  at  Kirks- 
ville, Iowa,  and  was  transferred  later  to  Mountain 
Home  Lodge.  His  widow  survives  him  and  is  liv- 
ing in  their  Mountain  Home  residence. 

HEBER  QUINCY  HALE.  Coming  from  truly  illus- 
trious ancestry,  and  in  his  own  personal  achieve- 


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ments  reflecting  credit  on  the  same,  Heber  Quincy 
Hale,  president  of  the  Boise  Stake  of  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  has  grown 
to  significant  recognition  and  prominence  in  Idaho 
in  business  and  also  public  affairs.  He  was  born 
March  5,  1880,  at  Thatcher,  Idaho,  and  is  a  son 
of  Solomon  Henry  and  Anna  (Clark)  Hale,  and  a 
grandson  of  Jonathan  H.  and  Olive  (Boynton)  Hale. 
Casting  an  eye  backward  over  the  family  ancestry 
one  finds  Sir  Isaac  Hale,  lord  chief  justice  of  Eng- 
land; Nathan  Hale,  the  American  patriot,  famed  in 
story,  poem  and  drama,  and  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
the  author  and  philanthropist  who  has  but  recently 
passed  from  the  scenes  of  life. 

Solomon  H.  Hale  was  born  at  Quincy,  Illinois, 
April  30,  1839,  a  son  of  Jonathan  H.  and  Olive 
(Boynton)  Hale.  He  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Nauvoo,  Illinois,  then  the  headquarters  of  the  Lat- 
ter Day  Saints,  in  which  church  Jonathan  H.  Hale 
became  a  high  dignitary,  a  bishop.  The  annals  of  Illi- 
nois preserve  the  records  of  many  events  that  have 
marred  the  fair  escutcheon  of  that  state  and  perhaps 
none  of  more  human  interest  than  that  concerned 
with  the  mobbings  and  drivings  of  a  religious  body 
from  Nauvoo  in  1846.  During  these  troubles  the  life 
of  Bishop  Hale,  together  with  those  of  his  wife  and 
two  daughters  were  sacrificed.  Through  this  tragedy 
four  children,  three  sons  and  one  daughter,  were  left 
orphans  and  practically  helpless.  Solomon  H.  Hale 
came  West  to  Utah  with  the  other  pioneers  in 
1848.  He  headed  an  exploring  party  into  Bear  river 
vailey  in  1856  and  into  Bear  lake  valley  in  1857, 
and  in  1861  he  was  engaged  in  breaking  horses  for 
the  Pony  Express  Company.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in 
the  famous  volunteer  expedition  sent  out  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  to  set  up  telegraph  stations  and  lines 
which  had  been  demolished  by  Indians  and  their 
operators  killed.  In  recognition  of  this  service, 
which  history  records  as  one  of  the  most  hazardous 
expeditions  in  the  annals  of  local  Indian  warfare, 
Mr.  Hale  was  placed  upon  the  pension  roll  and  has 
been  appointed  senior  vice  commander  of  the  John 
Quincy  Knowlton  Post,  which  was  organized  in  1911. 

Solomon  H.  Hale  settled  in  Bear  Lake  county  in 
1865,  moving  to  Soda  Springs  in  1872,  and  from  there 
to  Thatcher  in  1875,  being  engaged  there  extensively 
in  the  stock  business  and  in  the  mercantile  line  at 
Soda  Springs.  In  1800  Mr.  Hale  and  family  moved 
to  Preston,  in  Oneida  county,  where  he  has  served 
one  term  as  mayor  and  also  served  a  term  as  county 
commissioner  of  Oneida  county.  He  continues  a 
high  church  official  and  served  as  high  counsellor 
in  Bear  Lake  county,  as  bishop  of  Thatcher  and  for 
twenty-three  years  in  the  presidency  of  the  Oneida 
Stake.  For  over  sixteen  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Oneida  Stake  Acad- 
emy, the  construction  of  which  institution  he  per- 
sonally superintended.  In  1907  he  retired  from  busi- 
ness and  public  activities  to  his  city  home  in  Pres- 
ton. 

Heber  Quincy  Hale  spent  his  early  years  on  his 
father's  stock  ranch  at  Thatcher,  and  was  ten  years 
old  when  his  parents  moved  to  Preston  and  settled 
on  the  large  farm  on  which  he  found  his  useful 
recreations  in  the  Summers,  while  his  winters  were 
given  to  attending  school.  He  thus  had  educational 
advantages  at  the  Oneida  Stake  Academy,  at  Preston, 
Idaho,  and  the  B.  Y.  College,  at  Logan,  Utah,  and 
remained  with  his  parents  until  his  college  gradua- 
tion, in  1901,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  After- 
ward he  spent  three  years  as  a  missionary  to  Ger- 
many, where  he  distinguished  himself  in  his  earnest, 
aggressive  work,  and  was  honored  with  an  appoint- 
ment to  the  presidency  of  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
important  conferences  in  the  mission,  and  where  he 


also  gained  valuable  experiences  in  travel  and  study 
in  Europe.  Upon  his  return  to  Idaho,  he  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  in  the  state  senate  in  1905,  and  at  the 
close  of  the  session  accepted  a  position  as  assistant 
commissioner  of  immigration,  labor  and  statistics, 
which  he  filled  with  marked  efficiency  for  four  years. 
He  was  then  appointed  to  the  still  more  responsible 
position  of  assistant  register  of  the  state  land  depart- 
ment, one  that  he  still  ably  fills.  He  has  been  a  potent 
factor  in  bringing  to  the  attention  of  the  world  the 
natural  resources  and  opportunities  of  his  native 
state,  through  his  travels  and  also  through  a  series 
of  illuminating  articles  that  have  been  widely  pub- 
lished throughout  the  country.  He  is  now  and  has 
for  the  past  eight  years  been  the  Boise  correspondent 
for  the  Desert  News,  furnishing,  aside  from  the  gen- 
eral and  political  news  of  the  state,  special  features, 
setting  forth  the  resources  and  development  of  Idaho 
for  special  editions. 

In  his  political  affiliation  Mr.  Hale  is  a  Republican, 
and  as  a  broad-minded,  patriotic  citizen  recognizes 
the  responsibilities  which  public  office  entail,  and  it 
would  seem  as  if  few  were  more  thoroughly  qualified 
to  intelligently  serve  in  the  same.  He  belongs  to  the 
religious  faith  of  his  father  and  grandfather  and 
from  1905  to  Nov.  3,  1913,  he  was  president  of  the 
Boise  Branch  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of 
Latter  Day  Saints.  On  the  latter  date  and  in  recog- 
nition of  his  splendid  services  in  the  past  and  his 
exceptional  ability,  he  was  honored  by  his  church 
with  an  appointment  to  the  important  position  of 
president  of  the  newly  created  Boise  Stake,  an 
ecclesiastical  district  in  southern  Idaho,  covering 
twelve  counties,  extending  from  Minidoka  on  the 
east  to  the  state  of  Oregon  on  the  west.  350  miles 
long.  President  Hale  has  the  distinction  of  being 
the  youngest  Stake  president  and  presiding  over 
the  largest  Stake  in  the  Church. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  on  January  17,  1906,  Mr. 
Hale  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  Eleanor  Gudmund- 
son,  who  was  born  at  Springville,  Utah,  May  13,  1883, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Inga  Gudmundson, 
residents  of  Salt  Lake  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hale  have 
one  child,  Stanton  Gudman  Hale,  who  was  born  at 
Boise,  Idaho,  July  i,  1910.  Mrs.  Hale  was  educated 
at  the  B.  Y.  University,  of  Provo,  Utah,  in  which 
institution  her  brother,  Prof.  M.  S.  Gudmundson,  a 
master  violinist,  is  professor  of  music.  Mrs.  Hale 
possesses  remarkable  musical  talent  and  is  a  vocalist 
and  pianist,  in  the  former  role  having  gained  con- 
siderable local  distinction. 

STEWART  H.  TRAVIS.  Since  1898  Stewart  H.  Tra- 
vis has  been  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  and  business 
men  of  Weiser.  Mr.  Travis  is  an  easterner  by  birth 
and  training,  and  soon  after  graduating  from  college 
he  followed  the  impulse  which  drives  so  many  aspir- 
ing young  men  into  the  VVest.  Having  completed 
his  course  at  law,  and  coming  to  Idaho  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  the  state,  and  engaged  in  his 
profession  in  private  practice  for  several  years.  He 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  clerk  in  1901,  and 
has  retained  that  office  continuously  since  that  time, 
at  the  same  time  filling  the  office  of  referee  in  bank- 
ruptcy for  ten  years,  but  eventually  resigning  from 
that  position.  Mr.  Travis  has  taken  an  important 
part  in  the  professional  and  business  activities  of 
Weiser  since  he  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city  and 
has  done  good  work  in  his  capacity  as  city  clerk. 

Stewart  H.  Travis  was  born  in  Garrison,  New 
York,  on  May  7,  1876,  a  son  of  Cornelius  T.  and 
Augusta  (Knapp)  Travis,  both  New  Yorkers  by 
birth.  The  former  passed  his  early  years  as  a  farmer, 
and  subsequently  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile 
pursuits  in  which  he  enjoyed  a  reasonable  success. 


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He  is  a  man  of  quiet  instincts  and  worthy  character, 
highly  esteemed  in  his  community  which  has  been 
his  home  for  so  many  years.  At  one  time  he  served 
his  town  as  assessor  but  held  no  other  office  of  pub-, 
lie  nature.  He  and  his  wife  are  still  living  in  their 
native  state.  The  paternal  ancestors  of  Mr.  Travis 
were  of  sturdy  old  Holland  Dutch  and  German  stock, 
who  settled  in  New,  York  state  prior  to  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  The  mother  of  Stewart  H.  Travis  was 
of  French  and  English  extraction,  and  traces  her 
ancestry  back  to  colonial  days,  several  of  her  ances- 
tors on  the  maternal  side  having  given  service  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution.  Of  the  four  children  born 
to  the  parents  two  died  in  infancy.  Clifton  K.  Tra- 
vis is  a  brother  of  Stewart  H.,  and  is  a  resident  of 
the  state  of  New  York. 

Stewart  H.  Travis,  the  older  of  the  two  brothers 
now  living,  attended  the  schools  in  Garrison,  his 
native  town,  until  he  was  thirteen  years  old,  when 
his  parents  removed  to  Peekskill,  New  York,  and 
there  he  completed  his  education  in  the  high  school, 
graduating  in  the  year  1894.  His  high  school  train- 
ing was  followed  with  a  two-years'  course  at  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  now  New  York  University,  and  during  1894- 
08  he  served  as  clerk  in  a  law  office  in  Peekskill.  On 
locating  at  Weiser,  in  1898,  he  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  all  courts  in  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  his  suc- 
cess in  practice,  as  city  clerk  of  Weiser,  and  other 
services  have  given  him  exceptional  distinction  and 
influence,  so  that  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  his  own  city  and  vicinity. 

Mr.  Travis  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  an  intelligent 
and  lively  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  county.  He 
has  been  particularly  active  in  the  work  pertaining 
to  his  office,  and  in  civic  affairs  of  whatever  nature. 
It  is  conceded  that  his  office  shows  as  complete  a 
set  of  records  as  any  city  in  the  state,  regardless  of 
size  or  importance,  and  the  excellent  work  he  has 
done  in  the  way  of  securing  a  modern  water  and 
lighting  system,  as  well  as  other  improvements  of  a 
similar  nature,  will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  Mr.  Tra- 
vis has  one  hobby,  which  is,  indeed  almost  his  sole 
diversion — and  that  is  his  interest  in  the  National 
Guard  at  Weiser.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard  for  ten  years,  and  for  two  years  has 
been  captain  of  the  Weiser  company. 

On  March  30,  1899,  Mr.  Travis  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Annis  Kilbourne,  daughter  of  Lewis 
Kilbourne,  a  native  of  Canada  and  a  direct  descend- 
ant of  the  Keuilbpurnies,  ancient  barons  of  Scot- 
land. Miss  Annis  Kilbourne  (Mrs.  Travis)  is  a 
great-great-granddaughter  of  the  first  president  of 
Switzerland — on  the  maternal  side.  Three  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Travis :  Edith  E., 
Margaret  H.,  and  Clifton  K.,  all  born  in  Weiser. 
The  family  home  is  at  513  West  Court  street. 

EDMOND  M.  MERRELL,  postmaster  at  Soda  Springs, 
Idaho,  has  had  a  somewhat  varied  and  eventful 
career.  He  has  lived  in  four  of  the  western  states, 
was  a  resident  of  Idaho  as, early  as  1882,  and  to  this 
rather  broad  experience  he  added  that  of  a  soldier 
in  the  Philippines  during  the  Spanish-American  war. 

Born  at  Kanara,  Utah,  October  31,  1868,  at  the 
age  of  four  years  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Nevada,  where  remained  his  home  until  the  family's 
removal  to  Idaho  in  1882.  They  were  among  the 
first  settlers  at  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  but  after  one  year 
there  they  returned  to  Utah  and  located  at  Corinne. 
Two  years  later,  or  in  1885,  the  family  was  once 
more  in  Idaho,  locating  this  time  at  Soda  Springs. 
Meanwhile  Edmond  M.  had  been  attending  the  public 
schools  of  these  different  locations.  From  1885  to 
1890  he  was  employed  in  various  wavs  at  Soda 


Springs ;  then  in  the  latter  year  he  was  appointed 
as  a  guard  in  the  state  penitentiary  at  Boise,  in 
which  position  he  served  four  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  period  he  went  to  Oregon,  where  three  years 
were  spent  in  various  employments,  and  from  there 
he  went  to  Lewiston,  Idaho,  where  a  few  months 
later  he  enlisted  in  the  Thirty-fifth  Regiment  of  the 
United  States  Infantry  for  service  in  the  Spanish- 
American  -war.  His  regiment  was  sent  to  the  Phil- 
ippines, where  he  participated  in  numerous  engage- 
ments and  saw  much  hard  service.  While  there 
he  contracted  locomotor  ataxia,  in  consequence  of 
-which  disease  he  now  uses  crutches.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  his  military  service  he  returned  to  Soda 
Springs,  Idaho,  where  since  has  been  his  home.  In 
1910  he  was  appointed  to  his  present  position  as  post- 
master. He  is  a  Republican,  but  is  not  active  in 
political  affairs,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club.  In  religious  faith  he  favors  the. 
Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Merrell  is  a  member  of 
the  Spanish-American  War  Veterans  and  in  Soda 
Springs  he  organized  Santa  Anna  Camp  No,  3,  United 
Spanish  War  Veterans,  in  which  camp  he  served 
as  the  first  commander  and  was  unanimously  elected 
for  a  second  term. 

He  was  married  at  Pocatello,  Idaho,  September 
25,  1902,  to  Miss  Wilma  Edwards,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Irena  Edwards,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Merrell  have  four  children,  named :  Herman, 
Dorris,  Wayne  and  Rex.  Francis  M.  Merrell,  Sr., 
the  father  of  our  subject,  is  a  well  known  citizen 
of  this  state  and  has  the  distinction  of  having  been 
a  member  of  the  first  Idaho  state  legislature.  He 
was  born  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and  in  an  early 
day  crossed  the  plains  to  Utah,  where  continued  his 
home  for  many  years.  His  continuous  residence 
in  Idaho  dates  back  to  1885,  and  by  trade  he  is  a 
blacksmith  and  machinist.  A  Republican  in  belief 
and  always  active  politically,  he  has  held  different 
important  offices,  but  is  proudest  of  his  honor  of 
having  been  identified  with  the  first  legislative  body 
of  this  state.  In  Nevada  he  wedded  Miss  Adaline 
Marvin,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  and  who  died  in 
1898  at  the  age  of  fifty-two  years  and  was  interred 
at  Blackfoot,  Idaho.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  lived  a  devout  and  con- 
sistent Christian  life.  Edmond  M.  Merrell  is  the 
eldest  of  eight  children  that  came  to  these  parents. 

DORSEY  L.  RHODES.  Holding  a  firmly-established 
position  in  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-townsmen 
through  the  recognition  of  his  ability  in  the  field 
of  law  and  jurisprudence  and  because  of  his  effi- 
cient and  conscientious  services  in  the  office  of 
county  attorney,  Dorsey  L.  Rhodes,  of  Idaho  City, 
holds  a  conspicuous  place  among  the  members  of 
the  Boise  county  bar.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
Idaho  since  1907,  coming  here  almost  immediately 
after  the  completion  of  his  legal  training,  and  has 
had  no  reason  to  regret  his  choice  of  location  for  the 
prosecution  of  his  labors,  as  he  is  in  the  enjoyment 
of  a  large  general  practice  as  well  as  the  regard  of 
his  fellow  practitioners.  Dorsey  L.  Rhodes  was  born 
in  Avoca,  Pottawattamie  county,  Iowa,  May  8,  1880, 
and  is  a  son  of  Silas  and  Evangeline  (Cheatem) 
Rhodes,  retired  farming  people  of  Wagner,  South 
Dakota.  His  parents  had  a  family  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  Lotta,  who  married  H.  W.  Strayer,  of 
Wagner,  South  Dakota;  Dorsey  L. ;  Ivy,  who  mar- 
ried E.  J.  Dolph,  of  Schuyler,  Nebraska;  Edith,  who 
married  C.  A.  Strayer,  of  Moore,  Montana;  and 
Jesse,  who  is  a  college  student  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

After  attending  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  place,  Dorsey  L.  Rhodes  became  a  student 
in  the  State  University  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  was 


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graduated  from  the  law  department  with  the  class 
of  1907.  Shortly  thereafter,  he  came  to  Idaho,  and 
in  1907  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Emmett,  where 
he  entered  practice.  In  1910  he  was  elected  on  the 
Democratic  ticket  to  the  office  of  county  attorney  of 
Boise  county,  and  now  practices  in  Idaho  City,  al- 
though he  still  maintains  his  office  in  Emmett,  and 
has  a  large  practice  in  both  cities.  In  Emmett  he  is 
associated  professionally  with  James  P.  Reed.  Mr. 
Rhodes  has  been  connected  with  a  number  of  impor- 
tant cases  of  litigation  during  his  comparatively  short 
residence  in  Boise  county,  and  it  is  a  recognized  fact 
that  these  have  been  conducted  ably  and  honorably. 
To  his  office  he  has  brought  a  high  regard  for  the 
responsibility  placed  in  his  hands  and  his  faithful 
services  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  have  been 
such  as  to  stamp  him  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  no 
less  than  an  able  official.  His  success  in  the  profes- 
sion of  his  choice  has  been  due  entirely  to  his  own 
abilities  and"  efforts,  and  he  may  truly  be-  said  to 
have  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes. 

On  July  20,  1910,  Mr.  Rhodes  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Bernice  Laravea,  the  daughter  of 
Stephen  Laravea.  Both  have  numerous  friends  in 
Idaho  City  and  are  favorites  with  the  younger  so- 
cial set. 

WILLIAM*  B.  BAKER.  A  progressive  young  Idaho 
merchant,  who  has  been  in  the  state  since  1910,  and 
is  now  half  owner  of  a  large  and  prosperous  estab- 
lishment at  New  Plymouth,  William  B.  Baker  is  a 
college  man,  who  began  his  career  in  merchandising, 
and  his  success  is  due  to  the  fact  that  he  has  con- 
centrated upon  one  line  of  business  activities,  and 
though  beginning  without  capital  or  other  resources 
than  ^his  individual  ability,  he  has  already  reached 
the  position  of  an  independent  merchant  and  much 
may  be  expected  of  him  in  the  future. 

William  B.  Baker  was  born  at  Fulton,  Missouri, 
August  25,  1881,  a  son  of  N.  F.  and  Martha  (Cul- 
bertson)  Baker.  The  father,  who  was  a  native  of 
Austin,  Texas,  was  very  prominent  as  a  physician 
and  surgeon  during  the  Civil  war,  entered  a  Texas 
regiment  and  fought  for  the  Confederate  cause.  The 
mother  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  Both  parents 
passed  away  in  Fulton,  Missouri,  the  mother  when 
her  son  William  B.  was  four  years  of  age.  The 
father  died  after  an  operation  for  appendicitis,  when 
he  was  sixty-three  years  of  age.  He  was  prominent 
in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  served  as  an  elder 
in  that  denomination  for  twenty-five  years.  Of  the 
six  children  in  the  family  William  B.  was  the  fifth. 

Reared  in  Fulton,  he  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  that  Missouri  city,  and  then  entered  the 
Westminster  College,  a  noted  old  Presbyterian  in- 
stitution of  Fulton,  and  completed  his  education 
there.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Delta  Theta 
fraternity  while  in  college.  On  graduation  he  en- 
tered the  wholesale  dry  goods  firm  of  John  S.  Brit- 
ton  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and  for  two  years  was 
on  the  road  selling  goods  for  that  firm.  He  next 
went  out  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  and  general  merchandise 
for  three  year*,  and  while  in  that  city  on  February 
24,  1904.  he  married  Grace  H.  Wolfe,  a  daughter  of 
Henry  L.  and  Elvira  (Burns)  Wolfe.  The  parents 
were  natives  of  Galveston,  Texas,  and  at  the  time 
of  the  great  storm  there  in  September.  1900,  refu- 
geed  to  Colorado,  locating  at  Cripple  Creek,  where 
the  parents  still  reside.  Mr.  Baker  was  the  third  in 
the  family  of  five  children,  and  was  educated  chiefly 
at  the  State  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder. 

During  all  the  time  of  his  residence  in  Colorado, 
Mr.  Baker  continued  in  the  mercantile  lines  at  Crip- 
ple Creek,  and  in  1910  arrived  in  this  state,  first  lo- 

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eating  at  Nampa,  where  he  took  charge  of  the 
Crones  New  York  Store,  of  which  he  continued  in 
charge  for  nine  months.  He  then  became  connected 
with  the  C.  C.  Anderson  Company  in  the  Golden 
Rule  establishment,  being  given  the  management  of 
its  clothing  department  in  their  Emmett  store,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years.  In  November,  1912,  he 
acquired  financial  interests  with  the  C.  C.  Anderson 
Company,  and  has  since  been  half  owner  and  active 
manager  of  the  Golden  Rule  Store  at  New  Plymouth. 
Mr.  Baker  also  holds  stock  in  the  Payette  Valley 
Produce  Company.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church.  As  one  of  the  influential  young  busi- 
ness men  he  is  secretary  of  the  New  Plymouth  Com- 
mercial Club.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  have  one  child, 
a  daughter  born  April  3,  1912. 

JOHN  E.  TURNER.  Since  1907  superintendent  of 
the  Payette  city  schools  Mr.  Turner's  experience, 
ability  and  leadership  as  a  practical  educator  have 
been,  instrumental  with  the  co-operation  of  the  city 
and  citizens  in  placing  the  Payette  schools  in  the 
front  rank  in  Idaho  public  education.  Mr.  Turner 
is  an  educator  of  broad  and  progressive  ideals  and 
perhaps  his  most  important  service  in  Payette  has 
been  due  to  his  efforts  to  make  the  schools  practi- 
cal factors  ;n  the  training  of  the  young  people  for 
the  duties  and  responsibilities  which  they  will  take 
up  as  soon  as  they  leave  school. 

The  Payette  schools  are  housed  in  three  well- 
appointed  and  modern  buildings,  and  the  enrollment 
is  nine  hundred  pupils,  two  hundred  and  four  of 
which  are  in  the  high  school.  The  work  of  the 
Payette  high  school  is  such  that  the  graduates  are 
fitted  for  any  college,  and  in  the  report  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Idaho  for  the  year  1912,  among  the 
twenty-seven  students  listed  from  Canyon  county, 
sixteen  were  graduates  of  Payette.  The  staff  of 
teachers  under  Mr.  Turner's  direction  number 
twenty-six.  Among  the  features  of  the  Payette 
schools  which  measure  up  to  the  modern  progres- 
sive ideas  in  education  are  its  special  departments 
of  music  and  drawing,  of  home  economics  and  man- 
ual training,  and  it  is  Mr.  Turner's  opinion  that 
these  special  departments  have  well  proved  their 
value  not  only  for  practical  training  to  the  students, 
but  have  also  been  instrumental  in  holding  the  pu- 
pils to  their  school  work  longer  than  would  other- 
wise be  the  case.  The  Payette  high  school  is  ranked 
third  in  the  number  of  its  graduates  in  the  state  of 
Idaho,  the  graduating  class  in  1911-12  having  been 
thirty-five,  and  it  is  one  of  the  very  best  and  largest 
in  the  state  in  the  character  of  its  work  and  equip- 
ment. 

John  E.  Turner  was  born  at  Taylorville,  Illinois, 
February  7.  1870,  a  son  of  John  L.  and  Elizabeth 
Turner.  The  father  was  a  contractor  and  builder 
by  profession,  and  still  resides  at  Taylorville.  There 
were  four  children  in  the  family,  of  whom  John  E. 
was  the  second.  Mr.  Turner  is  thoroughly  educated 
and  brought  to  his  work  in  Idaho  not  only  the  ad- 
vantages of  training  in  some  of  the  best  schools,  but 
also  a  large  experience  in  educational  affairs.  He 
graduated  B.  A.  in  1894  from  Lincoln  University, 
and  in  1898  took  post-graduate  work  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago.  For  twelve  years  he  served  as 
principal  of  the  Alton,  Illinois,  high  school,  having 
charge  of  one  of  the  largest  high  schools  in  the 
state  of  Illinois.  He  was  then  for  one  year  profes- 
sor of  physics  at  the  James  Milliken  University  at 
Decatur,  Illinois,  after  which  he  came  West  in  1907 
to  Payette  to  take  charge  of  the  city  schools. 

On  June  23,  1898,  Mr.  Turner  was  married  at  Al- 
ton, Illinois,  to  Miss  Rettie  C.  Haight,  a  daughter  of 


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Robert  A  and  Gertrude  Haight.  Her  father  is  one 
of  the  best  known  educators  of  Illinois,  has  been 
connected  with  the  Alton  city  schools  for  .upwards 
of  forty  years  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  has 
been  city  superintendent.  The  three  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Turner  are:  Edward  Lewis,  Dorothy  May 
and  John  Allen.  Mr.  Turner  was  raised  a  Mason 
in  the  Payette  Blue  lodge  and  is  also  affiliated  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Payette.  He  and  his  wife 
are  both  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
in  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


COL.  HERBERT  V.  A.  F^uso*     One  of  the  yA 
members  of  the  Pocatello  bar  is  Col.  Herbert  V.  A 

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city  and  section.    At  the  time  of  his  coming  twenty 


able  and  energetic  citizen. 


o  York 

ye°t    a    resident   of   that    state,    who    was    for    many 
years  an  Episcopalian  minister,  but  is  now  -  rett  ecL 
The  wife  of  Rev.   Ferguson  was  Ahda  Van  Alle 
as  a  maiden;   she  passed  away  in  1905  at 
of    seventy-nine   years.  , 

Reared  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  refined  and^  ul- 
tured  home,  there  was  early  instil  ed  into  the  mind 
of  Colonel  Ferguson  those  principles  that  laid  deep 
and  secure  the  foundation  of  his  character  anc 
that  impelled  him  to  worthy  attainment.  His  earlie 
education,  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
York  state  and  consisting  of  the  common  and  high 
school  courses,  was  effectively  supplemented 
period  of  study  at  Satterlee  Collegiate  Institute, 
Rochester,  New  York,  and  his  preparation  for  law 
was  made  at  the  University  of  Michigan  Ann 
Arbor,  from  the  law  department  of.  which  well 
known  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1878  witt 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  Between  his  high  school  and 
college  days  he  taught  school  in  New  York  and 
also  in  Michigan,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  was 
principal  of  the  high  school  at  Avon,  New  York 
After  completing  his  course  in  law  he  returned 
to  New  York  and  for  four  years  practiced  his 
profession  at  Carthage.  When  thirty  years  of  age 
he  left  his  native  state  to  try  out  the  adyanages 
the  West.  The  first  five  years  were  spent  in  Denver 
Colorado,  where  he  practiced  law  and  during  that 
time  served  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  Loloradc 
state  legislature.  The  following  two  years  he  was 
located  at  Leadville,  Colorado,  and  from  here  he 
went  to  Butte,  Montana,  from  whence  after  a  tew 
months  he  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City,  in  which 
location  he  remained  four  years.  Law  continued 
his  line  of  endeavor  the  while.  It  was  while  he 
was  in  Colorado  that  he  took  on  his  familiar  title 
of  colonel  in  consequence  of  his  having  served  tor 
a  time  as  colonel  of  the  Colorado  National  Guard. 
In  the  spring  of  1893  he  came  to  Pocatello  Idaho 
and  this  has  since  remained  his  home  and  held 
professional  activity.  As  a  lawyer  his  rise  to  prom- 
inence has  been  steady  and  sure  bringing  honor 
and  distinction  both  to  himself  and  the  bar  of  which 


he  is  a  member.  Personally  he  is  a  gentleman  of 
strong  character,  strict  integrity  and  of  patriotic 
instincts,  loyal  to  legal  associates,  clients,  the  pre- 
ceots  of  his  profession,  and,  above  all,  to  his  own 
convictions  and  self-respect.  Frequent  have  been 
his  legal  victories.  Possessing  a  tremendous  energy 
and  a  splendid  courage,  he  is  interminably  vigorous 
1  intensively  industrious.  When  entering  upon 
I  legal  contest  he  makes  that  provident  prepara- 
tion that  the  general  of  an  army  would  make  on  the 
eve  of  a  great  battle,  and  herein  lies  the  great 
secret  of  his  success  as  a  lawyer.  Whether  .he 
attacks  or  defends,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  opposing 
rounsel  knows  that  Colonel  Ferguson  will  be  forti- 
fied to  the  last  detail  and  that  he  is  skillful  in 
employing  his  enforcement,  so  that  he  «  always 
amounted  a  most  formidable  opponent  Not  the 
least  of  his  legal  strength  lies  in  his  ^ft?f  clear 
terse,  pointed  and  practical  speech  by  which  means 
he  is  enabled  to  put  his  case  in  the  strongest  way 
it  can  be  put.  This  talent  he  has  also  employed  as 
a  public  speaker  and  lecturer  in  which  connection 
he  is  well  and  most  favorably  known  throughout 
Idaho.  He  is  also  a  writer  of  considerable  note 
some  of  his  productions  of  strongest  merit  being 
"Rhymes  of  Eld"  (Sherman,  French  &  Co.  Boston, 
Massachusetts).  A  Republican  in  JPO^l^' 
he  is  one  of  the  active  and  leading  Republican 
politicians  of  the  state.  His  official  service  has 
included  seven  years  of  government  employment  in 
the  Department  of  the  Interior,  a  term  as  prosed 
ine  attorney  of  Bannock  county,  and  he  is  a  mem- 
be?  of  ^present  Idaho  legislature.  He  has  also 
served  on  different  occasions  as  special  attorney 
for  the  city  of  Pocatello.  He  is  a  member  and  now 
president  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  he  enjoys  fraternal  pleasures  and  ben 
fits  as  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  the  Behevo- 
lent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  Fishing  is  his  favorite  outdoor  sport. 
Ch  ief  among  his  other  diversions  is  reading,  and 
he  has  a  large  and  very  fine  private  library.  B> 
birth  and  training  he  is  an  Episcopalian  in  religious 
belief,  but  during  later  years  he  has  affiliated  more 
or  less  with  the  Congregational  church. 

Colonel  Ferguson  was  married  in  Denver    Colo 
rado,  in  May,  1886,  to  Miss  Elsie  Von  Haupt  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Von  Haupt,  of  Berlin 
Prussia.     Mrs.  Ferguson  died  in  January,  1008,  and 
was  interred  at  Pocatello. 

CHRIS  B  KOEPKE.  One  of  the  first  and  indis- 
pensable-requisites of  a  community  is  a  drug 
and  every  one  appreciates  a  good  one 
business  principles  hold  in  the  successful  conduct  of 
a  Bharmacy  as  form  the  foundation  for  any  other 
successful  enterprise,  for  it  is  quality  of  goods  and 
of  service  that  determines  the  placing  of  Peonage. 
One  of  the  young,  eneregetic  and  ^a^ke  ta- 
ness  men  of  Cottonwood,  Idaho,  is  Chris  B.  Koepke, 
pharmacist,  who  has  made  ^11  preparation  for  his 
profession  and  with  business  ability  and  vim  is  con- 
ducting one  of  the  most  prosperous  business  estab- 


Chicago,  Illinois  that 
maelstrom  of  business  energy,  he  grew  up  amid  that 
environment  which  taught  continuously  tha  the 
survival  of  the  fittest"  was  a  law  that  applied  to 
business  as  well  as  to  nature  After  completing  the 
common  schools  he  attended  high  school  and  then 
took  a  course  in  pharacy  in  Chicago  School  of 
Pharmacy.  Prior  to  taking  this  course,  however,  h 
had  already  gained  much  practical  knowledge  of  the 
profession  and  business  as  an  employe  in  *  Chicago 
pharmacy.  In  1007  he  came  West,  locating  at  Cot- 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


tonwood,  Idaho,  where  he  established  his  present 
business.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  drugs  and  of  all 
the  other  sundries  that  are  usually  included  in  this 
line  of  business,  and  conducts  an  up-to-date  estab- 
lishment in  every  respect.  He  is  well  satisfied  with 
the  opportunity  he  has  found  in  Idaho.  While  his 
experience  has  been  limited  to  the  northern  part  of 
the  state,  he  feels  certain  that  if  the  other  parts  are 
equally  rich  in  resources  the  commonwealth  has  a 
great  future  before  it. 

Mr.  Koepke's  parents  are  Benjamin  Koepke  and 
Marie  (Christensen)  Koepke,  residents  of  La  Moille, 
Illinois.  The  father,  a  native  of  Germany,  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  as  a  young  man  and 
located  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  for  many  years 
he  has  followed  the  business  of  a  contractor  and 
builder.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest 
in  political  affairs  there.  He  was  present  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  settlement  of  the  Haymarket 
riot  in  that  city  in  1886.  The  mother  was  born  in 
New  York  Citv  and  is  a  devout  Christian  and  active 
in  church  work.  The  parents  were  married  in  Wis- 
consin and  eight  children  have  been  born  to  their 
union,  of  which  family  Chris  B.  is  fourth  in  order 
of  birth. 

Mr.  Koepke  maintains  a  cordial  and  practical  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  his  community  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Cotton  wood  Commercial  Club  and  of  the 
village  fire  department.  He  enjoys  all  forms  of  out- 
door sports  and  is  himself  a  member  of  the  local 
baseball  club.  Politically  he  is  an  interested  and 
active  adherent  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  frater- 
nally he  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Modern  Woodmen,  Pythian  Sisters  and  the  Fores- 
ters of  America  and  the  D.  O.  K.  K. 

FRED  A.  JOHNSTON.  One  of  the  most  progressive 
men  of  St.  Maries  is  Fred  A.  Johnston,  who  was 
among  the  first  to  take  advantage  of  the  commer- 
cial possibilities  there  resulting  from  the  extension 
of  the  railroad  through  that  settlement.  He  has  been 
a  resident  of  St.  Maries  since  1907,  and  has  been 
very  successful  and  has  helped  the  town  grow. 

Fred  A.  Johnston  was  born  in  Ilion,  New  York, 
June  8,  1867,  and  a  year  later'  his  parents  moved  to 
Kansas,  where  he  spent  most  of  the  first  twenty-one 
years  of  his  life.  All  his  career  since  that  time  has 
been  in  the  northwest.  During  three  years'  resi- 
dence in  Washington  he  took  up  electrical  work, 
became  skilled  in  construction  and  practical  opera- 
tion,.and  followed  that  line  of  work  for  various  cor- 
porations for  some  years  in  Montana.  From  the 
latter  state  he  located  in  St.  Maries,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  plumbing  and  electrical  business  of  his  own, 
now  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Johnston  & 
Stark. 

Most  of  his  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  Topeka.  Kansas,  and  he  also  took  a  brief 
course  in  Lane  University.  He  began  his  career  as 
a  farmer  in  Kansas,  and  by  industry  and  watching 
his  opportunities  graduated  into  a  vocation  more 
suited  to  his  tastes  and  ability.  He  was  married  at 
Ventura.  California,  on  January  6,  1896,  to  Kittie 
Dodge,  who  had  formerly  resided  in  Hutchinson, 
Kansas.  They  we  the  parents  of  two  children : 
Luther  D..  who  is  n  high  school  student,  and  Fred- 
erick A.,  in  the  grammar  school. 

Mr.  Johnston's  father  was  Alexander  B.  John- 
ston, a  native  of  Scotland,  but  who  spent  his  last 
days  in  Spokane.  Washington,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred in  IQII  at  the  age  of  eighty- six.  During  his 
younger  years  he  was  a  capable  machinist,  but  fol- 
lowed farming  most  of  his  life.  He  was  a  devout 
Christian  and  gave  much  attention  to  his  religious 
duties.  His  wife  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 


but  they  were  married  in  Ohio.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Eliza  E.  Abbott,  and  she  now  lives  with  her 
daughter  in  Spokane.  Of  the  three  children,  Fred 
is  the  voungest. 

Mr.  Johnston's  choice  of  the  churches  is  the  Meth- 
odist, while  his  wife  is  active  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  its  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  Mr.  Johnston 
was  one  of  the  charter  members  in  the  organization 
of  the  local  Masonic  lodge  and  is  now  its  treasurer. 
It  is  his  conviction  that  every  citizen  should  keep 
well  informed  on  public  affairs  and  vote  at  every 
occasion,  but  he  is  not  a  party  self-seeker,  though  a 
good  Republican.  He  has  a  fine  farm  about  six  miles 
from  St.  Maries,  and  in  ranching  he  finds  much 
pleasure,  being  fond  of  handling  good  horses.  He  is 
a  reader  especially  of  scientific  and  mechanical  lit- 
erature, and  enjoys  a  good  speech  or  lecture.  He  is 
one  of  Idaho's  optimistic  citizens,  and  with  its  agri- 
cultural resources  for  the  production  of  fruit,  hay 
and  grain  foresees  its  unbounded  development  in 
population  and  wealth. 

ARTHUR  G.  HERALD.  It  has  been  stated,  and  truly, 
that  architecture  is  a  decorative  art,  and  is  none  the 
less  so  because  it  is  also  a  useful  art,  a  science  and 
a  profession.  Take  from  it  is  decorative  intent, 
compel  it  to  be  purely  utilitarian,  it  is  no  longer  an 
art.  but  a  business  or  a  science  constituting  a  spe- 
cial branch  of  engineering.  It  is  complex  and  ex- 
acting in  its  requirements,  a  many-sided  and  arduous 
profession,  to  follow  which  successfully  the  architect 
must  have  a  working  knowledge  of  the  professions 
and  trades  allied  to  his  own — structural  engineering, 
civil  engineering,  mechanical  engineering  and  do- 
mestic engineering.  Among  the  leading  architects 
of  Idaho,  whose  work  in  the  construction  ^  of  many 
of  Moscow's  most  beautiful  and  substantial  build- 
ings has  been  of  a  character  to  leave  its  impress  on 
the  city  for  many  years  to  come,  is  Arthur  G.  Herald, 
who  has  lived  in  this  city  since  1910.  Mr.  Herald 
was  horn  November  9,  1880,  at  Hebron,  Nebraska, 
and  is  a  son  of  John  W.  and  Sophia  (Payne) 
Herald. 

John  W.  Herald  was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, from  whence  as  a  young  man  he  removed  to 
Nebraska,  where  he  followed  the  vocation  of  teach- 
ing for  many  years,  and  some  thirty-five  years  ago- 
spent  five  years  in  teaching  at  Boise.  Idaho.  At  this- 
time  he  is  engaged  in  the  contracting  business  at 
Portland,  Oregon,  being  connected  with  various  en- 
terprises of  an  extensive  nature  and  an  active  and 
influential  factor  in  public  and  political  affairs.  He 
was  married  in  Nebraska  to  Miss  Sophia  Payne,  who 
was  born  in  Illinois,  and  she  died  in  1909,  at  the  age 
of  forty-five  years,  and  is  buried  in  Portland.  They 
had  a  family  of  eight  children,  all  living.  Arthur  U. 
being  the  second  in  order  of  birth  and  the  eldest  son. 

Arthur  G.  Herald  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Hebron,  Nebraska.  A  thrifty 
and  industrious  youth,  when  only  thirteen  years  of 
age  he  secured  a  position  as  a  farm  hand  at  a  salary 
of  sixteen  dollars  a  month,  this  money  being  given 
to  his  parents.  However,  it  was  not  his  intention  to 
remain  a  farmer  all' his  life,  and  during  his  spare 
time  he  studied  assiduously  with  the  idea  of  becoming 
an  architect.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
was  ready  to  purchase  his  kit  of  tools,  with  which 
he  set  out  for  Portland.  Oregon.  While  still  con- 
tinuing his  studies,  Mr.  Herald  followed  the  carpen- 
ter trade  for  about  two  years  on  a  salary,  and  then 
began  contracting  on  his  own  account,  at_  one  time 
having  as  many  as  one  hundred  men  in  his  employ, 
but  in  1910  he  left  Portland  and  came  to  Moscow, 
where  has  has  since  continued  to  ply  his  profession. 
He  is  the  only  architect  in  Moscow  and  is  called 


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into  consultation  in  every  important  venture.  A  list 
of  the  structures  erected  by  him  since  his  arrival 
here  includes  many  fine  residences,  business  build- 
ings and  a  great  deal  of  contract  work. 

On  November  I,  1909,  Mr.  Herald  was  married  at 
Portland,  Oregon,  to  Dr.  Ella  K.  Dearborn,  one  of 
that  city's  well-known  physicians.  She  still  prac- 
tices medicine  and  surgery,  and  is  prominently 
known  in  professional  social  circles  of  Moscow.  Mr. 
Herald  has  independent  views  in  regard  to  politics, 
and  has  never  allowed  himself  to  be  bound  by  party 
ties  nor  has  he  become  a  member  of  any  religious 
denomination,  although  he  is  at  all  times  ready  to 
lend  his  support  to  movements  of  a  religious  or  char- 
itable nature.  His  fraternal  connection  is  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  among  whose  members  he  is  a 
general  favorite.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  omniv- 
orous readers,  and  the  Herald  library  is,  as  a  con- 
sequence, one  of  the  finest  in  the  city.  Mr.  Herald  s 
vacations  are  spent  in  hunting  and  fishing,  and  like 
the  majority  of  Westerners  he  is  very  fond  of  ath- 
letic sports  of  all  kinds.  He  expresses  it  as  his 
belief  that  this  part  of  the  country  iS  the  finest  in  the 
whole  Northwest,  and  as  he  has  traveled  exten- 
sively his  opinion  bears  weight. 

WILLIAM  H.  HILDRETH.  One  of  the  wide-awake 
members  of  the  newspaper  fraternity  in  Bannock 
county  Idaho,  is  William  H.  Hildreth,  editor  and 
publisher  of  the  Soda  Springs  Chieftain,  whose  resi- 
dence in  Idaho  covers  less  than  a  decade,  but  has 
been  long  enough  to  give  him  high  standing  in  his 
community  as  a  worthy,  energetic  and  forceful  citi- 
zen He  was  born  in  Watsonville,  California,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1865,  but  while  he  was  yet  an  infant  his 
parents  moved  to  Texas  and  two  years  later  crossed 
the  plains  from  thence  to  Pueblo,  Colorado.  Here 
Mr  Hildreth  grew  up  and  resided  nearly  forty 
years  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city,  and  at  the  early  age  of  eleven 
he  earned  his  first  money  working  in  the  bvening 
Democrat  office  at  Pueblo.  Later  he  accepted  a 
position  in  the  office  of  the  Pueblo  Chieftain,  and 
it  was  there  that  he  learned  his  trade,  working  up 
from  the  position  of  printer's  "devil"  to  that  of 
foreman.  His  life  since  has  been  one  long  identifi- 
cation with  printer's  ink  and  during  these  years 
he  operated  all  over  Colorado  and  was  connected 
at  one  time  or  another  with  practically  all  of  the 
leading  papers  of  that  state.  On  coming  to  Idaho 
he  first  settled  at  Jerome,  Lincoln  county,  where 
he  remained  one  year  as  foreman  of  the  North  Side 
News,  and  following  that  he  came  to  Soda  Springs 
to  take  charge  of  the  Chieftain,  of  which  he  had 
become  the  owner.  He  has  a  modern  plant  m 
every  way  and  very  recently  added  a  linotype  to 
his  equipment.  He  is  a  Republican  and  personally 
and  through  his  paper  he  is  an  aggressive  worker 
in  behalf  of  his  party's  interests.  He  is  of  the 
progressive  type,  both  as  a  newspaper  man  and  as 
a  citizen,  is  a  member  of  the  local  board  of  educa- 
tion and  is  secretary  of  the  Commercial  Club.  In 
the  development  and  promotion  of  the  material 
interests  of  his  town,  county  and  state,  Mr.  Hildreth 
has  both  eyes  open  and  is  looked  upon  as  a  live, 
energetic  and  pushing  man,  and  his  paper  never  fails 
to  encourage  every  movement  looking  to  the  prog- 
ress and  prosperity  of  the  industrial  and  social  in- 
terests of  his  community.  His  religious  creed  is 
that  of  the  Baptist  church,  in  which  faith  he  was 
reared,  and  he  sustains  fraternal  membership  in 
the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias. 


The  marriage  of  Mr.  Hildreth  took  place  at  Lead- 
ville,  Colorado,  February  26,  1888,  and  united  him 
to  Miss  Lulu  Dean  Scudder,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Scudder,  pioneer  citizens  of  Leadville. 
Four  sons  and  one  daughter  have  brightened  this 
family  circle :  Lambert,  now  deceased ;  William,  who 
resides  at  Soda  Springs  and  is  now  in  the  service 
of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railway  Company;  Ruth, 
who  is  chief  operator  in  the  Soda  Springs  telephone 
office;  Fay  Edwards  Hildreth,  now  a  student  in  the 
high  school  at  Pueblo,  Colorado;  and  Frank. 

ARTHUR  A.  ROGERS.  Investigation  shows  that 
Idaho  is  exceptionally  favored  in  the  number  of 
college  men  to  be  found  in  the  ranks  of  her  citi- 
zens. They  are  found  not  only  in  the  professions, 
but  they  also  predominate  to  a  remarkable  degree 
among  those  engaged  in  the  different  avenues  of 
commercial  and  industrial  activity.  Arthur  A.  Rog- 
ers, cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Winchester,  Winches- 
ter, Idaho,  is  a  young  man  of  energy,  education  and 
abilities,  whose  whole  independent  business  career 
has  been  identified  with  banking  and  who  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  wide-awake  financiers  of  Lewis 
county. 

He  was  born  at  Bloomington,  Illinois,  December 
22,  1881,  a  son  of  Lucius  Rogers  and  Eunice  Free- 
man Rogers,  the  former  a  native  of  Michigan  and 
the  latter  a  native  of  Illinois.  The  parents  were 
married  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  but  subsequently 
removed  to  Guthrie  county,  Iowa,  where  since  has 
remained  their  home.  The  father  has  given  his 
whole  career  to  farming,  but  is  now  retired.  He 
has  always  taken  much  interest  in  politics  and  has 
held  various  public  offices  in  his  county.  The  mother 
is  a  devout  Christian  and  very  active  in  church 
work.  Nine  children  were  born  to  these  parents  and 
of  this  family  Arthur  A.  is  seventh  in  birth.  Dr. 
Elton  B.  Rogers,  another  son,  is  also  located  at  Win- 
chester, Idaho,  and  receives  individual  mention  in 
this  work.  Arthur  A.  was  nine  years  old  when  his 
parents  removed  from  Illinois  to  Bagley,  Iowa, 
where  he  grew  to  the  age  of  seventeen.  He  then 
entered  Simpson  College,  Indianola,  Iowa,  where  he 
took  a  preparatory  course,  and  following  that  he  be- 
came a  student  in  the  University  of  Idaho,  Moscow, 
graduating  from  that  institution  in  1906.  On  leav- 
ing the  university  he  accepted  a  position  in  the 
Moscow  State  Bank  at  Moscow,  and  from  there  he 
came  to  Winchester,  Lewis  county,  to  take  up  duties 
as  cashier  and  active  head  of  the  Bank  of  Winches- 
ter, in  which  position  he  has  shown  forceful  busi- 
ness ability. 

On  May  16,  1908,  he  was  married  at  Moscow, 
Idaho,  to  Florence  O.  Skattaboe,  a  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Carrie  S.  Skattaboe,  of  Moscow.  They  have 
one  son,  Arthur  L.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Rogers 
affiliates  fraternally  with  the  Masonic  order,  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  has  been  master  of  the  ex- 
chequer of  the  Winchester  lodge  of  the  last  named 
order  ever  since  it  was  organized.  Though  college 
days  have  passed  they  are  remembered  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Kappa  Theta  Psi  and  also  the  Phi  Delta 
Theta  Greek  letter  fraternities,  and  he  yet  enjoys  a 
good  game  of  football,  as  well  as  other  diversions  in 
the  way  of  athletics  and  cultural  entertainments.  He 
is  a  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Winchester  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  as  an  active  and  interested  worker 
in  Republican  political  affairs  he  is  now  serving  as  a 
member  of  the  Lewis  county  Republican  central 
committee.  Mr.  Rogers  is  now  also  serving  his  sec- 
ond term  as  mavor  of  Winchester. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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GRUNDY  ORR  McMiNiMY,  of  Ho,  whose  name  oc- 
cupies a  place  on  the  roll  of  Idaho's  lawyers,  and 
during  almost  a  decade's  connection  with  the  bar  of 
the  state  he  has  won  and  maintained  a  reputation  that 
has  given  him  standing  among  his  professional 
brethren.  In  the  law,  as  in  every  other  walk  of  life, 
success  is  largely  the  outcome  of  resolute  purpose, 
a  quality  which  is  possessed  in  a  large  degree  by 
Mr.  McMinimy. 

In  Hancock  county,  Illinois,  February  5,  1880,  oc- 
curred the  birth  of  Grundy  Orr  McMinimy,  who  is  a 
son  of  Felix  Grundy  and  Margaret  L.  (Williams) 
McMinimy,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  and  reared 
in  Kentucky  and  the  latter  in  Illinois.  The  father 
was  a  member  of  the  Eleventh  Illinois  Infantry  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  and  he  was  seriously  injured  while 
in  service.  April  12,  1892,  the  McMinimy  home  was 
established  in  Lewiston,  Idaho,  whence  the  family 
removed  to  Seattle,  Washington,  in  1905.  In  the 
latter  city  the  father  was  given  the  position  of 
guard  in  the  Pemberton  navy  yards.  Four  sons 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMinimy  and  three 
of  them,  Felix  Otto,  George  Ellsworth  and  John 
Clark  are  now  prominent  ranchers  in  the  vicinity 
of  Krupp,  Washington. 

To  the  public  schools  of  Lewiston,  Idaho,  Grundy 
Orr  McMinimy  is  indebted  for  his  early  educational 
discipline,  the  same  including  a  course  in  high 
school,  in  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1897.  In  1899  he  was  graduated  in  the 
Lewiston  State  Normal  School  and  for  five  years 
after  leaving  the  latter  institution  he  was  engaged 
in  teaching  in  Nez  Perce  county,  Idaho,  also  acting 
as  reporter  for  the  Lewiston  Teller,  one  of  the  old 
papers  published  in  Idaho.  He  next  entered  the 
Willamette  University,  at  Salem,  Oregon,  and  there 
began  the  study  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  the  supreme  court  of  Idaho  April  2,  1904,  and 
immediately  entered  upon  his  legal  career  at  Lew- 
iston, Idaho,  where  he  remained  until  1909,  in  which 
year  he  came  to  Ilo.  Here,  in  addition  to  practicing 
law,  he  assumed  the  editorship  of  the  Ilo  Register, 
retaining  that  position  for  one  year.  During  the  in- 
tervening years  until  1911  he  devoted  his  undivided 
attention_to  the  practice  of  law,  but  in  March  of  that 
year  again  became  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Ilo 
Register,  one  of  the  representative  newspapers  of 
Lewis  county. 

In  politics  Mr.  McMinimy  is  a  stalwart  Republican. 
He  was  appointed  referee  in  bankruptcy  for  Nez 
Perce  county  in  1905,  and  has  held  the  same  posi- 
tion for  Lewis  county  since  1911.  He  is  likewise  the 
popular  and  efficient  incumbent  of  the  office  of  city 
attorney  and  in  1912  was  candidate  for  the  office  of 
prosecuting  attorney  of  Lewis  county.  He  is  a 
Mason  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  has  been  chancellor  in 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  state.  He  is  the  owner  of  val- 
uable business  and  residence  property  in  Ilo. 

June  7.  1903,  Mr.  McMinimy  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Clara  J.  French,  a  native  of  Idaho  and 
a  daughter  of  Charles  A.  French.  She  is  a  sister  of 
the  Hon.  Burton  L.  French,  United  States  Con- 
gressman for  Idaho.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMinimy  have 
three  children:  Clare  F.,  Mary  Winifred  and  Mar- 
garet Mina. 

HENRY  MOORE.  To  say  that  a  man  is  postmaster 
of  a  town  or  city  is  to  place  a  certain  stamp  upon 
him,  for  although  such  a  post  is  often  given  as  a  re- 
ward for  some  political  service,  yet  the  incumbent  is 
always  selected  with  care,  for  Uncle  Sam  has  to  be 


especially  scrupulous  about  the  holders 'of  this  par- 
ticular office,  and  so  postmasters  as  a  class  bear  a 
reputation  for  strict  integrity  and  faithfulness  to 
duty  perhaps  unexcelled  by  any  other  class  of  men. 
Henry  Moore  is  an  example  of  the  finer  qualities 
found  in  this  circle  of  official  life,  and  as  postmas- 
ter of  Roseberry,  Idaho,  has  filled  the  post  not  only 
conscientiously  but  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 

Henry  Moore  .was  born  in  Republic,  Kansas,  on 
the  9th  of  November,  1877.  He  is  a  son  of  D.  J.  and 
Clarinda  (Bishop)  Moore.  The  former  was  a  na- 
tive of  Michigan  and  came  to  Kansas  as  a  young 
man,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  state,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  until  1892.  During  this  year 
he  removed  to  Idaho  and  settled  near  Boise.  Here 
he  invested  in  farming  lands,  and  developed  his 
property  from  wild  land  to  a  highly  cultivated  farm. 
He  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  Boise  Valley, 
dying  there  in  March,  1905,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
two  years.  His  wife,  who  has  now  reached  the  age 
of  seventy-two,  is  still  a  resident  of  Boise  Valley. 
Nine  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore, 
all  of  whom  save  two  are  now  living.  These  chil- 
dren are  Mrs.  H.  C.  Devore,  who  lives  in  Califor- 
nia; Mrs.  Nellie  Beck,  who  makes  her  home  in 
Kansas;  Mrs.  Frank  Kimble,  who  lives  in  Port- 
land, Oregon;  Miss  Carrie  Moore,  living  in  Boise 
Valley,  with  .her  mother;  D.  L.  Moore,  also  a  resi- 
dent of  Boise  Valley;  S.  E.  Moore,  of  Long  Valley, 
and  Henry  Moore,  who  was  the  eighth  child. 

Henry  Moore  received  his  first  education  in  the 
schools  of  Kansas,  and  later  when  his  father  re- 
moved to  Idaho  he  continued  to  go  to  school  for  a 
time  in  Boise  valley.  After  he  was  through  school 
he  went  to  work  on  his  father's  farm,  and  he  was 
thus  engaged  until  1903  when  he  came  to  Long 
Valley  and  took  up  a  homestead.  This  homestead 
was  fine  farming  land  and  he  soon  had  it  in  a  fine 
state  of  cultivation.  In  1910  he  bought  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Blankinship  in  a  mercantile  business 
in  Roseberry,  and  it  was  in  this  same  year  that  he 
received  his  appointment  as  postmaster.  He  has 
since  continued  in  his  mercantile  business  and  at 
the  same  time  fulfilled  his  duties  as  postmaster.  He 
has  other  business  interests,  being  a  director  and 
president  of  the  Roseberry  Commercial  Associa- 
tion, which  is  the  owner  of  the  substantial  building 
which  contains  stores  on  the  first  floor  and  above 
halls  for  public  meetings. 

In  religious  matters  Mr.  Moore  is  not  a  mem- 
ber of  any  denomination.  He  is  a  well  known  man 
in  this  section  and  would  have  been  even  had  he  not 
been  appointed  to  his  present  position,  for  he  is  the 
kind  of  man  who  makes  many  and  warm  friends 
wherever  he  goes,  and  he  is  a  man  who  is  alive  to- 
what  is  going  on  around  him  and  takes  a  deep  and 
active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  day,  be  they  onlv 
local  or  of  greater  moment. 

Mr.  Moore  was  married  on  Christmas  Day,  1900, 
in  Boise,  to  Miss  Josephine  Butler,  a  daughter  of 
John  H.  and  Alice  J.  Butler,  who  are  residents  of 
Boise  valley.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  have  become  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Raymond  Merritt,  who 
was  born  in  1902  in  Boise  valley,  and  who  is  now 
attending  school  in  Roseberry;  Ellsworth  S.,  who 
was  born  in  1905  in  Boise  Valley  and  is  also  going 
to  school  in  his  home  town;  Hazel  Milford,  who 
was  born  in  1906,  and  Alvin,  who  was  born  in  1008, 
are  not  yet  old  enough  to  go  to  school. 

JOHN  F.  HANSEN.  Coming  to  America  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  a  poor  boy,  hardly  able  to  speak 
a  word  of  the  English  language,  working  at  any 
occupation  which  would  afford  him  an  honest  living, 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


John  F.  Hansen  since  1876  has  been  a  resident  of 
Idaho,  and  through  the  energy  and  ability  which 
he  has  applied  to  his  various  undertakings  has  pros- 
pered steadily,  and  is  still  piloting  his  business  with 
as  much  vigor  and  success  as  ever.  Mr.  Hansen 
for  a  number  of  years  has  been  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  at  Rock  Creek.  He  has  reared  a  fine 
family  of  children,  and  they  in  turn  reflect  credit 
upon  him  and  are  also  filling  worthy  and  honorable 
positions  in  affairs. 

John  F.  Hansen  is  a  native  of  Denmark,  born 
March  20,  1854,  grew  to  manhood  and  was  trained 
in  the  mercantile  lines,  and  left  his  native  country 
at  the  age  of  eighteen.  Locating  at  Indianapolis, 
Indiana,  he  worked  there  for  four  years,  at  any  job 
he  could  get,  and  then  in  1876  crossed  the  plains 
and  located  on  Cottonwood  creek  in  Idaho.  For 
a  time  his  energies  were  directed  to  placer  mining 
on  Snake  river,  and  he  opened  what  is  known  in 
mining  circles  as  the  Bonanza  Barjnine.  After  about 
a  year  he  gave  up  mining  for  cow  punching,  and  his 
experience  in  that  line  continued  for  four  years. 
He  then  took  up  a  homestead  and  settled  down  to 
the  regular  activity  of  farming  and  to  performing 
his  share  of  public  duties.  In  1892  he  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  probate  judge  in  Cassia  county. 
In  $894  and  in  1898  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
district  court  of  that  county,  and  gave  a  very  effi- 
cient administration  of  these  offices.  In  1900  Mr. 
Hansen  bought  his  present  merchandise  establish- 
ment at  Rock  Creek,  and  has  since  conducted  a 
large  enterprise  with  an  extensive  stock  of  general 
goods  for  supplying  all  the  needs  of  the  local  com- 
munity. Besides  his  other  public  service  he  served 
•by  appointment  as  county  commissioner  of  Twin 
Falls  county  for  twenty-one  months.  He  still  owns 
a  mining  interest,  and  has  much  to  show  for  thirty- 
seven  years  of  residence  in  Idaho. 

On  September  2,  1877,  Mr.  Hansen  married  Miss 
Anne  E.  Petersen,  of  Rock  Creek.  They  have  six 
children,  namely:  Bertha,  wife  of  H.  W.  Bond, 
who  is  an  architect  with  offices  in  Weiser,  Idaho, 
and  Baker  City,  Oregon;  Mary,  the  wife  of  C.  J. 
Domroes,  engaged  in  merchandising  at  Rock  Creek ; 
Anna,  wife  of  J.  E.  Hays,  of  Denver,  Colorado, 
where  he  is  a  civil  engineer;  Carrie,  wife  of  G.  D. 
Crockett,  forester  on  the  Minidaka  reservation  in 
Idaho ;  Henry,  an  engineer  at  Los  Angeles,  and  also 
interested  with  his  father  in  business ;  Ruth,  wife 
of  W.  J.  Kitsch,  of  Boise.  Mr.  Hansen  has  always 
voted  and  supported  the  Republican  party,  and  is 
an  effective  worker  for  good  government,  both  in 
his  home  community  and  in  the  state.  In  1893  he 
took  his  first  degrees  in  Masonry  at  Albion,  and 
now  has  membership  in  Twin  Falls  Lodge  No.  45, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  The  family  are  communicants  of 
the  Lutheran  church. 

GEORGE  REZAC.  That  Idaho  meets  every  man  of 
brain  and  energy  at  least  half  way  with  opportunity 
is  almost  universally  conceded  by  her  citizens,  and 
he  who  cannot  succeed  in  this  state  would  most 
probably  not  succeed  anywhere.  Business  employ- 
ment brought  George  Rezac  to  Payette,  Idaho,  in 
1001,  and  while  he  continued  there  a  number  of 
years  engaged  for  others,  he  kept  alert  for  oppor- 
tunity. Today  he  is  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the 
leading  and  successful  pharmacies  of  Payette  and 
also  owns  a  nine  acre  improved  orchard  located 
about  three  miles  from  the  city. 

Born  December  6,  .1873,  in  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin, he  is  a  son  of  Frank  Rezac  and  Nettie  (Stran- 
sky)  Rezac,  both  natives  of  Bohemia.  The  father 
came  to  America  as  a  young  boy  and  first  located 
at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  but  early  in  the  '703  he 


removed  to  Wilber,  Nebraska,  where  for  a  number 
of  years  he  continued  to  follow  his  trade  as  a  black- 
smith. He  passed  to  rest  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  at 
the  age  of  fifty.  Nettie  (Stransky)  Rezac  left  her 
native  Bohemia  as  a  young  girl  and  immigrated  to 
the  United  States  with  her  parents,  who  settled  in 
Racine,  Wisconsin.  She  is  yet  living  and  resides  at 
the  old  home  in  Omaha.  Of  the  twelve  children 
that  came  to  these  parents,  but  two  daughters  and 
George  of  this  review  survive. 

Mr.  Rezac  received  a  common  and  high  school 
education  in  Omaha  and  supplemented  this  disci- 
pline with  a  course  in  a  business  college  in  that  city. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  left  home  with  a  cash 
capital  of  three  dollars  and  started  out  for  himself. 
He  first  took  employment  as  a  stenographer  for  the 
Cudahy  Packing  Company  in  South  Omaha,  but 
after  a  short  time  there  he  came  west  to  Rock 
Springs,  Wyoming,  where  he  became  a  stenographer 
in  the  Union  Pacific  railroad  offices  and  remained 
over  eleven  years.  Resigning  this  position,  he  came 
to  Idaho  as  bookkeeper  for  the  Moss  Mercantile 
Company  at  Payette  and  took  up  his  duties  in  that 
capacity  in  January,  1901,  continuing  to  be  asso- 
ciated with  this  firm  for  a  period  of  eight  years. 
Following  that  he  became  manager  of  the  Payette 
Fruit  Packing  Company,  but  in  the  meantime  he 
purchased  the  business  originally  established  by 
Thomas  Jones,  and  which  was  the  oldest  and  one 
of  the  leading  drug  stores  in  Payette.  Mr.  Rezac 
employed  a  licensed  pharmacist  for  the  preparation 
and  compounding  of  prescriptions  and  now  has 
taken  personal  charge  of  the  business,  continuing  it 
along  its  former  successful  lines  of  conduct  and  with 
an  increasing  trade  and  profit.  Besides  this  holding 
he  has  acquired  the  fine  orchard  of  nine  acres  men- 
tioned in  the  beginning  of  this  review.  He  is  prom- 
inently affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  holding 
his  Blue  lodge  and  Chapter  membership  at  Payette 
and  his  membership  as  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  at 
Boise  and  as  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Raw- 
lins,  Wyoming.  He  is  a  thorough  Republican  and 
has  always  been  identified  with  that  party,  but  is  not 
an  active  participant  in  political  affairs.  Though  re- 
peatedly solicited,  he  has  always  declined  to  seek 
official  honors.  A  progressive  and  public-spirited 
citizen,  he  sustains  membership  in  the  Payette  Com- 
mercial Club  and  gives  warm  support  to  all  meas- 
ures meaning  the  advancement  of  Payette  and  of 
Idaho.  Mr.  Rezac  is  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
church  and  is  now  a  junior  warden  of  this  denomi- 
nation at  Payette. 

In  September,  1898,  at  Rock  Springs,  Wyoming, 
were  pronounced  the  solemn  marriage  rites  which 
united  Mr.  Rezac  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Mellor,  a 
daughter  of  William  H.  Mellor  and  a  native  of 
Wyoming.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rezac  have  two  daugh- 
ters :  Blanch,  born  at  Rock  Springs,  Wyoming,  April 
10,  1900,  and  Donna,  born  October  27,  1901,  at  Pay- 
ette, Idaho. 

L.  C.  NORTHAM.  Another  of  the  younger  gener- 
ation of  substantial  business  citizens  of  this  region 
is  L.  C.  Northam,  conspicuous  among  the  commer- 
cial leaders  of  Weiser.  As  the  head  of  an  enterprise 
that  has  attained  great  importance,  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  Nqrtham-McCann  Furniture  Company  de- 
serves explicit  mention  in  this  history  of  the  state 
of  Idaho. 

Of  Iowa  origin,  Mr.  Northam  is  the  son  of  George 
and  Kate  (Erickson)  Northam — the  former  a  native 
of  Wisconsin,  who  removed  to  Webster  county, 
Iowa,  as  a  young  man ;  and  the  latter  a  native  of 
Sweden,  who  came  to  America  with  her  parents 
when  onlv  six  weeks  old  and  was  reared  in  Iowa. 


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George  and  Kate  Northam  were  residents  of  Day- 
ton, Webster  county,  Iowa,  for  some  years.  That 
was  the  birthplace  of  L.  C.  of  this  review,  who  was 
born  on  February  14,  1874. 

As  the  family  removed  to  South  Dakota  during 
his  childhood,  the  school  life  of  L.  C.  Northam  was 
spent  in  that  state  until  he  went  to  Fort  Dodge, 
Iowa,  to  enter  the  business  college  located  there. 
Completing  his  commercial  course  in  1895,  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  a  grocery  firm,  where  he  re- 
mained for  eight  years.  He  then  returned  to  South 
Dakota,  where  his  father  had  certain  mining  inter- 
ests, and  he  there  engaged  in  the  service  of  a  min- 
ing company.  For  nine  years  he  remained  in  the 
Black  Hills,  after  which  he  came  further  West,  locat- 
ing at  Caldwell,  Idaho.  His  residence  in  that  place 
began  in  the  year  1905,  at  which  time  he  became  as- 
sociated with  the  Jones  Furniture  Company,  remain- 
ing thus  for  three  years. 

In  1910  Mr.  Northam  chose  Weiser  as  a  desirable 
location  and  has  here  established  the  Northam-Mc- 
Cann  Furniture  Company,  as  previously  mentioned. 
Though  the  youngest  furniture  house  in  the  city, 
this  firm  has  maintained  a  sturdy  growth  and  is  in 
possession  of  a  splendid  reputation  as  a^  reliable  and 
up-to-date  house.  The  store  is  located  in  a  substan- 
tial brick  building  on  one  of  the  most  prominent 
business  corners  in  the  city,  and  is  a  large,  well- 
lighted  place,  with  a  heavy  line  of  furnishings  for 
the  home  or  office.  In  addition  to  this  department 
of  the  business,  they  conduct  an  undertaking  busi- 
ness as  well,  carrying  a  complete  line  of  funeral 
goods  of  a  superior  quality.  The  development  of 
the  combined  industries  since  their  establishment 
in  July,  1910,  has  been  along  the  most  satisfactory 
and  stable  lines  both  to  the  company  and  to  the 
buying  public.  The  business  is  estimated  at  a  valua- 
tion of  $22,000  per  annum. 

Mr.  Northam's  associations  with  the  residents  of 
Weiser  include  various  fraternal  affiliations,  among 
which  are  the  Masons,  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Weiser  Commercial 
Club.  He  is  well  known  as  a  loyal  Republican  of 
sincere  convictions,  but  not  as  an  office  seeker.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Northam  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

Mrs.  Northam,  formerly  Miss  Emma  Holgate,  of 
Lead,  South  Dakota,  was  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robert  Holgate,  both  now  deceased,  of  that 
place.  Her  marriage  to  Mr.  Northam  took  place  in 
June,  1898.  Both  are  socially  popular  in  Weiser  and 
arc  valuable  accessions  to  the  thriving  little  city 
which  they  have  chosen  as  their  home.  Mr.  Northam 
is  especially  prominent  in  musical  circles,  being  cor- 
netist  of  the  Weiser  band. 

M.  R.  PRIEST.  One  of  the  most  important  indus- 
tries of  any  large  community,  upon  which  depends 
in  great  measure  the  importance  of  its  various  en- 
terprises, is  its  electric  light  and  power  plant.  In 
recent  years,  among  electrical  engineers,  there  has 
been  a  tendency  to  turn  their  attention  to  the  prob- 
lem of  utilizing  heads  of  water  for  the  purpose  of 
generating  electric  energy  to  be  used  in  furnishing 
light  and  power.  In  the  hills  back  of  the  city  of 
or  is  located  a  reservoir  of  500,000  gallons  ca- 
pacity, supplied  by  the  Snake  river,  from  which  is 
gained  the  power  which,  it  is  claimed,  makes  the 
municipality  the  best  lighted  city  in  the  state  of 
Idaho;  The  credit  for  this  great  engineering  achieve- 
ment is  due,  in  a  large  degree,  to  the  efforts  of  the 
superintendent  of  the  Weiser  Electric  Light  and 
Power  Plant,  M.  R.  Priest,  who  although  still  a 


young  man  has  risen  to  high  position  in  his  chosen 
vocation.  Mr.  Priest  has  been  a  resident  of  Weiser 
only  since  1911,  but  his  services  to  the  community 
have  been  of  such  a  beneficial  nature  as  to  make  his 
name  one  to  be  placed  among  those  of  the  men  who 
have  in  late  years  assisted  so  materially  in  the  de- 
velopment of  this  part  of  the  West. 

M.  R.  Priest  was  born  at  Greeley,  Anderson 
county,  Kansas,  in  August,  1884,  and  is  a  son  of 
J.  W.  and  Emma  (Renzenberger)  Priest,  the  former 
a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Kansas.  During 
his  early  life,  J.  W.  Priest  was  a  manufacturer,  and 
as  such  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  married.  In 
1892  he  brought  his  family  to  Pocatello,  Idaho, 
where  he  remained  until  1895,  «n  that  year  moving 
to  the  city  of  Boise,  where  he  now  has  farming  in- 
terests. He  is  forty-nine  years  of  age  and  his  wife 
one  year  younger,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  five 
children,  M.  R.  being  the  eldest. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Boise,  Mr. 
Priest  took  a  correspondence  course  in  mechanical 
engineering,  following  which  he  was  engaged  in 
electrical  work  at  various  trades  in  mechanical  lines. 
In  1906  he  began  to  be  interested  in  electrical  power 
work,  and  eventually  was  given  charge  of  the  power 
plant  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming.  From  that  city  he 
came  to  Weiser,  Idaho,  in  May,  1911,  to  become 
connected  with  the  city  power  plant,  and  took 
charge  of  the  operations.  The  large  reservoir  before 
mentioned  will  soon  be  re-enforced  by  another  one 
of  similar  proportions,  which,  like  it,  will  receive  its 
supply  from  water  pumped  from  the  Snake  river. 
When  Mr.  Priest  took  charge  of  the  plant  here,  the 
street  lighting  was  of  a  very  inferior  order,  but  he 
has  already  installed  forty  cluster  lights,  to  which 
sixty  more  are  to  be  added,  and  sixteen  miles  of 
posts  have  been  erected,  it  being  Mr.  Priest's  claim 
that  Weiser  is  now  the  best  fighted  'town  in  the 
state.  He  has  brought  to  his  work  untiring  energy, 
boundless  enthusiasm  and  marked  executive  ability, 
and  hi?  services  are  meeting  with  the  unqualified  ap- 
probation of  the  citizens  of  the  municipality. 

Mr.  Priest  is  unmarried.  He  is  independent  in  his 
political  views,  and  takes  no  definite  stand  in  mat- 
ters of  a  religiolis  nature.  He  holds  membership  in 
the  Electrical  Workers'  LInion  and  is  popular  with 
the  members  of  the  local  lodges  of  the  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Moose.  It  is  but  natural 
that  he  should  be  fond  of  out-door  life,  and  it  is 
also  not  surprising  that  he  should  be  enthusiastic 
as  to  the  many  advantages  of  his  adopted  state,  for 
here  he  has  met  with  success  not  only  in  a  material 
way,  but  in  the 'acquiring  and  maintaining  of  nu- 
merous sincere  friendships. 

CHRISTIAN  PETERSEN.  Hard  work  and  close  at- 
tention to  business  were  the  means  by  which  Chris- 
tian Petersen  arrived  at  prosperity.  He  has  been 
a  resident  of  Idaho  for  thirty-three  years,  and  dur- 
ing the  first  few  years  spent  in  this  state  he  worked 
at  wages  until  he  could  accumulate  a  little  savings 
and  get  sufficient  familiarity  with  the  country  and 
the  people  to  make  his  real  start.  Since  then  he 
has  prospered,  has  been  one  of  the  large  cattlemen 
and  still  owns  a  fine  ranch  in  southern  Idaho. 

Christian  Petersen  is  one  of  the  capable  men  of 
foreign  birth  who  have  done  so  much  for  the 
development  of  the  Wrest.  He  was  born  in  Den- 
mark, December  19.  1860,  a  son  of  Peter  Jensen 
and  Bertha  Hansen,  both  natives  of  Denmark,  where 
the  mother  is  still  living  at  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety  years.  The  son  Christian  spent  the  first 
nineteen  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  country, 
attended  the  common  schools,  and  also  served  an 


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apprenticeship  in  the  blacksmith's  trade.  Coming 
to  America  in  1880,  and  going  direct  to  Idaho,  he 
worked  on  a  farm  at  monthly  wage,  and  two  sum- 
mers were  spent  in  placer  mining  on  Snake  river. 
In  1885  he  invested  his  savings  in  a  few  head  of 
cattle,  and  soon  increased  his  herd  of  both  horses 
and  cattle,  and  was  running  his  stock  in  large  num- 
bers over  the  range  and  over  land  which  he  had 
homesteaded  and  bought.  This  was  the  regular 
line  of  his  industry  up  to  1909,  in  which  year  he 
sold  most  of  his  cattle  and  horses,  and  also  has  sold 
all  his  ranch  lands  except  his  home  place  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  near  Rock  Creek.  This 
ranch  is  excellently  improved,  and  all  the  arable 
land  is  under  water.  Besides  his  other  interests, 
Mr.  Petersen  -was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Bank  of  Hansen,  and  is  a  stockholder  and  director 
in  that  concern.  At  Twin  Falls  he  owns  a  modern 
residence,  and  leases  it  to  a  tenant.  He  has  a  nice 
home  on  his  ranch  at  Rock  Creek,  and  lives  there 
in  comfort  and  contentment.  One  of  the  features 
of  his  home  which  makes  an  impression  upon  every 
visitor  is  his  beautiful  flower  garden,  and  in  the 
midst  of  his  flowers  and  fruits,  and  with  the  esteem 
of  all  that  circle  of  citizens  who  enjoy  his  acquaint- 
ance, he  is  spending  his  happy  and  profitable  years. 
On  December  3,  1893,  Mr.  Petersen  married  Han- 
nah Larsen,  a  daughter  of  Lars  Larsen.  They  have 
no  children  of  their  own,  but  have  reared  one 
child,  Maude  Tatro,  since  she  was  two  and  a  half 
years  old,  and  she  is  now  attending  the  high  school 
in  Twin  Falls.  Mr.  Petersen  is  a  Republican,  but 
has  accepted  no  official  honors,  and  is  glad  to  do 
his  part  as  a  citizen  through  his  private  relations 
and  by  helping  forward  every  movement  undertaken 
for  the  benefit  of  his  home  communty. 

KARL  L.  KEYES.  The  vocation  of  civil  engineer- 
ing attracts  many  young  men  when  they  start  out 
in  life  and  it  has  proven  a  rich  field  of  opportunity 
to  those  who  are  willing  to  work  hard,  scorn  hard- 
ships, face  dangers  and  prove  fidelity  to  the  systems 
that  employ  them;  but  rewards  are  not  given  to 
those  who  have  not  thus  proved  up.  Among  the 
leaders  of  this  profession  in  every  community  will 
be  found  men  of  sterling  character  who  would  have 
succeeded  in  almost  any  line  of  work  because  of 
this,  but  who,  through  natural  inclination  and  life- 
long training,  have  become  particularly  competent  in 
engineering  work  and  very  often  have  reached  high 
official  position  through  their  own  efforts.  In  this 
connection  may  be  cited  Karl  L.  Keyes,  of  Weiser, 
Idaho,  whose  ingenuity,  adaptability  and  practical 
qualities  have  won  him  recognition  and  material 
success  among  his  associates.  Mr.  Keyes  was  born 
at  Montague,  Michigan,  June  12,  1880,  and  is  a  son 
of  James  A.  and  Carrie  (Phillips)  Keyes. 

James  A.  Keyes  was  born  in  the  Empire  state, 
and  in  1870  removed  to  Michigan,  where  he  was  a 
resident  until  1892.  In  1898  he  came  to  Idaho  and 
settled  in  the  Weiser  valley  and  was  connected  with 
the  Weiser  Academy  until  his  death  in  1902,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-five  years.  His  wife,  Carrie  Phillips,  was 
born  in  India,  her  parents  being  American  mission- 
aries to  that  country,  and  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  in  1850,  when  she  was  twelve  years  of  age. 
Her  death  occurred  in  Ohio,  in  1896,  she  having 
been  the  mother  of  seven  children, .  of  whom  five 
survive,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Olena  Keller,  residing  at 
Mosier,  Oregon ;  Mrs.  Bertha  Rich,  of  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona; Karl  L. ;  Mrs.  Julia  Burley,  of  Weiser,  and 
Mrs.  Edith  Hunting,  of  Rathdrum,  Idaho.  Mrs. 
Una  Jones  and  Wayland  Keyes  are  those  deceased. 

Karl  L.   Keyes  took  a  preparatory  course  in  the 


Weiser  Academy,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1902. 
From  1904  to  1908  he  attended  the  State  University, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  civil  engineering,  and 
immediately  took  up  active  work  for  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railroad,  being  connected 
with  the  construction  department  of  that  line  for 
eight  months.  Following  this,  he  spent  nine  months 
in  working  on  the  Goose  Creek  project  in  the  Twin 
Falls  country,  and  in  1909  embarked  in  business  on 
his  own  account.  He  has  done  considerable  work 
for  the  Pacific  &  Idaho  Northern  Railway,  as  a 
member  of  the  staff  of  locating  engineers.  As  a  man 
whose  work  has  taken  him  to  various  sections  of 
the  state,  Mr.  Keyes  believes  that  he  can  state  with 
authority  his  views  that  Idaho's  resources  are  but 
partly  developed  and  that  the  coming  years  will 
prove  to  be  ones  of  great  prosperity.  His  own  activ- 
ities have  been  so  directed  as  to  assist  materially  in 
the  development  of  the  section,  where  he  is  known 
as  a  man  of  marked  ability  in  his  chosen  line. 

On  January  4,  1912,  Mr.  Keyes  was  married  at 
Caldwell,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Salome  Williams,  whose 
parents  are  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  resi- 
dents of  Brownville,  Nebraska.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keyes 
are  members  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
have  a  wide  acquaintance  among  the  best  people  of 
this  section.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  last  November  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
surveyor  of  Washington  county.  Outside  of  his  col- 
lege fraternity,  he  belongs  to  no  social  organizations, 
preferring  to  give  his  attention  to  his  profession  and 
his  home,  but  when  the  demands  of  his  various  du- 
ties relax,  he  occasionally  takes  a  trip  to  the  hills 
with  rod  and  gun,  and  seldom  returns  without  some 
excellent  specimens  of  the  chase. 

JOHN  B.  KENAGY,  M.  D.  One  of  the  primary 
purposes  of  this  publication  is  to  accord  recognition 
to  those  citizens  of  Idaho  who  stand  representative 
in  their  respective  fields  of  endeavor,  and  to  such 
consideration  is  Dr.  Kenagy  specially  due.  He  is 
distinctively  the  pioneer  physician  and  surgeon  of 
the  thriving  town  of  Rupert,  Minidoka  county,  but 
this  statement  does  not  imply  long  years  of  profes- 
sional service  at  this  place,  since  the  village  dates 
•  its  inception  back  only  to  the  year  1905.  The  Doctor, 
however,  is  a  man  of  high  professional  attainments 
and  sterling  character,  and  in  this  great  and  pro- 
gressive state  has  found  a  most  desirable  field  for 
successful  practice. 

Dr.  Kenagy  claims  the  fine  old  Buckeye  state  as 
the  place  of  his  nativity.  He  was  born  in  Logan 
county,  Ohio,  on  the  I3th  of  February,  1863,  and  is 
a  son  of  Asa  and  Salome  (Yoder)  Kenagy.  The 
father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  removed 
from  that  state  to  Ohio,  where  he  became  a  prosper- 
ous farmer  in  Logan  county.  He  died  when  the 
Doctor,  the  third  in  order  of  birth  of  the  four 
children,  was  an  infant,  and  his  widow  soon  after 
removed  with  her  children  to  Garden  City,  Cass 
county,  Missouri,  where  she  eventually  became  the 
wife  of  Christian  Yoder,  who  was  of  the  same  family 
name  as  herself  but  of  no  kinship.  She  passed  the 
remainder  of  her  life  in  Missouri  and  was  about 
sixty-eight  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  demise. 
Of  the  four  children  of  the  first  marriage  the  eldest 
is  Rufus,  who  is  a  resident  of  Garden  City,  Missouri, 
as  is  also  Adolphus  M. ;  and  Christopher,  the  young- 
est of  the  four  sons,  maintains  his  home  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri.  Of  the  second  marriage  were  born 
two  daughters,  both  of  whom  are  living. 

Dr.  Kenagy  was  reared  to  maturity  on  the  home- 
stead farm  of  his  stepfather  in  Cass  county,  Mis- 
souri, and  the  district  schools  afforded  him  his  early 


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educational  advantages.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  entered  the  Kansas  Normal  School  at  Fort  Scott, 
in  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1890.  For  twelve  years  thereafter  he  was  a  suc- 
cessful and  popular  representative  of  the  pedagogic 
profession,  in  which  he  taught  in  the  public  schools 
of  Nebraska  and  Colorado.  He  served  as  principal 
of  the  schools  at  Callaway,  Nebraska,  for  four 
years;  held  a  similar  position  at  Buena  Vista,  Colo- 
rado, for  four  years;  and  was  for  three  years  prin- 
cipal of  the  public  schools  at  Gunnison,  Colorado. 
LOIIH  before  this  he  had  become  imbued  with  a  de- 
sire to  enter  the  medical  profession,  as  offering  a 
broader  sphere  for  effective  and  humane  endeavor, 
and  he  carefully  conserved  his  financial  resources 
for  the  purpose  of  accomplishing  the  desired  ends. 
In  1901,  therefore,  he  was  matriculated  in  the  medi- 
cal department  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  in 
which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1906,  and  from  which  he  received  his  well  earned 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  In  the  autumn  of 
the  same  year  he  came  to  Idaho,  where  he  passed  the 
required  examination  before  the  state  board  of  medi- 
cal examiners,  and  he  then  established  his  home  in 
the  new  and  promising  village  of  Rupert,  confident 
of  its  development  and  progress  and  recognizing  that 
its  location  was  such  as  to  offer  an  inviting  field  for 
his  professional  work.  His  judgment  has  been  am- 
ply justified,  and  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  sub- 
stantial practice  from  this  center,  the  while  he  has 
gained  the  highest  vantage  place  in  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  the  people  of  this  section  of  the  state. 
Though  he  was  not  the  first  physician  to  engage 
in  practice  at  Rupert,  those  who  preceded  him  have 
removed  to  other  points  and  thus  he  has  priority 
over  those  who  have  since  located  here,  and  in  point 
of  consecutive  practice  is  the  oldest  physician  of  the 
thriving  town,  which  now  has  an  approximate  popu- 
lation of  fully  one  thousand. 

Dr.  Kenagy  has  been  most  liberal  and  progressive 
in  his  civic  attitude  and  has  done  all  in  his  power  to 
further  the  social  and  material  advancement  of  his 
home  village,  where  he  holds  the  position  of  local 
surgeon  for  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad.  Like 
many  others  throughout  the  country  he  is  a  distinct 
progressive  in  his  political  proclivities,  and  is  aligned 
with  the  party  that  has  adopted  the  name  of  Progres- 
sive. He  is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the  Ru- 
pert board  of  t.'ucation,  is  affiliated  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  both  he  and  his 
wife  are  zealous  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  The  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho 
State  Medical  Society  and  Southern  Idaho  District 
Medical  Society.  He  is  entitled  to  great  credit  for 
the  valiant  spirit  which  he  manifested  in  preparing 
himself  for  the  profession  in  which  he  has  gained 
distinctive  success  and  prestige.  While  engaged  in 
teaching  school  at  a  comparatively  small  Hilary  he 
had  assumed  considerable  responsibilities,  and  it 
may  well  be  understood  that  in  providing  for  his 
family  and  saving  funds  to  complete  his  professional 
education  he  encountered  many  obstacles  and  had  to 
observe  the  utmost  economy  and  frugality,  his  cher- 
ished and  devoted  wife  proving  a  sympathetic  coun- 
selor and  assistant  to  him  in  attaining  his  laudable 
ambition.  In  concrete  evidence  of  the  success  which 
he  has  gained  as  a  medical  practitioner  it  may  be 
stated  he  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  finest 
ranches  on  the  Minidoka  project,  in  Minidoka 
county,  the  property  lying  within  a  short  distance 
from  the  corporate  limits  of  Rupert.  On  this  ranch, 
which  he  has  effectually  improved  and  in  the  devel- 
opment of  which  he  takes  the  deepest  interest,  he 
has  erected  an  attractive  residence,  and  this  pleasant 


home  is  known  as  a  center  of  gracious  hospitality, 
the  while  it  is  readily  accessible  to  the  village  of 
Rupert,  where  the  Doctor  maintains  an  office.  Mrs. 
Kenagy  is  an  enthusiast  in  the  cultivation  of  roses, 
and  has  propagated  on  the  home  ranch  many  choice 
varieties,  so  that  she  has  gained  wide  reputation  in 
this  interesting  line,  the  while  she  is  a  most  popular 
factor  in  the  social  activities  of  the  community. 

On  the  5th  of  August,  1890,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Dr.  Kenagy  to  Miss  Harriet  Sliffe,  who 
was  born  in  Ohio  and  reared  in  Cass  county,  Mis- 
souri, and  who  is  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah 
(Walters)  Sliffe,  representatives  of  sterling  pioneer 
families  of  that  state.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kenagy  have 
two  children,  both  of  whom  remain  at  the  parental 
home.  Fayre,  who  is  associated  in  the  work  and 
management  of  the  home  farm,  was  graduated  in  the 
Rupert  high  school  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1913, 
and  Louise  is  now  attending  school  in  that  village. 
Fayre  is  an  enthusiastic  and  adept  hunter,  and 
many  beautiful  mounted  specimens  of  water  fowl 
adorn  the  family  home  and  attest  to  his  skill  as  a 
marksman. 

GEORGE  A.  SMITH.  Among  the  younger  business 
men  of  Albion,  Idaho,  who  have  a  promising  future 
before  them  is  George  A.  Smith.  He  has  worked 
his  way  to  his  present  position  in  the  business  world 
doing  all  kinds  of  manual  labor,  and  Raining  a  val- 
uable training  in  practical  experience  during  his 
early  years.  He  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  pio- 
neer families  of  Utah,  and  has  inherited  many  of  the 
sturdy  and  courageous  traits  that  made  the  first 
generation  of  the  West  able  to  cope  with  all  the 
hardships  and  misadventures  that  fell  to  their  lot. 

The  father  of  George  A.  Smith  was  Adam  G. 
Smith,  who  was  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  who  came  to 
Utah  as  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  that  state.  He 
became  a  farmer  in  his  new  home  and  until  1880  was 
a  well  known  resident  of  Utah.  At  this  time  he  came 
to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Goose  Creek  valley,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was 
quite  successful  in  this  business  and  continued  to  be 
thus  engaged  until  1902,  when  he  began  his  mercan- 
tile career,  by  buying  out  the  branch  store  of  the 
Oakley  Co-operat/ve  Company,  at  Marion,  Idaho. 
He  became  an  even  more  successful  merchant  than 
he  had  been  a  farmer,  and  at  his  death  was  ac- 
counted one  of  the  prosperous  men  of  the  county. 
He  died  in  June,  1911.  Adam  G.  Smith  was  three 
times  married,  and  was  the  father  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. His  second  wife.  Eliza  Shields,  was  the 
mother  of  George  A.  Smith,  who  was  the  tenth 
child.  Mrs.  Eliza  Smith  was  born  in  Utah,  and 
died  on  the  4th  of  July,  1899,  in  Idaho. 

George  A.  Smith  was  born  at  Oakley,  Idaho,  on 
the  7th  of  December,  1885,  and  here  he  grew  to 
manhood.  He  received  his  education  in  the  Oakley 
schools,  and  attended  school  until  he  was  twenty 
years  of  age.  After  leaving  school  he  tried  various 
kinds  of  work,  being  a  sheep  herder  and  ranch  hand, 
and  in  fact  learning  all  there  was  to  know  about 
ranching  by  first  hand  experience.  His  first  posi- 
tion that  really  meant  something  to  him  was  as  as- 
sistant county  assessor  of  Cassia  county.  After 
serving  for  five  years  as  deputy  he  was  elected 
in  1910  on  the  Republican  ticket  to  the  position  of 
county  clerk  of  Cassia  county.  He  is  at  present  the 
holder  of  this  office  and  is  performing  his  duties  in 
a  way  that  satisfies  everyone.  Mr.  Smith  is  also 
the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  in  Cassia  county. 

In  fraternal  matters  Mr.  Smith  is  an  enthusiastic 
member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 


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being    a    member    of    the    Blue    lodge.      He    is    un- 
married. 

GEORGE  EDWARD  GRAY.  For  eleven  years  the  late 
George  Edward  Gray  occupied  a  foremost  position 
among  the  attorneys  of  this  city,  and  his  name 
was  one  that  was  well  and  favorably  known  through- 
out this  district.  He  was  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Bannock  county  for  four  years,  and  was  the  legal 
representative  of  the  Citizens'  Bank  in  Pocatello 
until  he  died,  on  September  17,  1912,  while  he  shared 
in  the  big  business  of  the  city  and  county  in  a 
professional  way  as  long  as  he  was  identified  with 
this  section.  His  death  was  felt  as  a  distinct  loss 
in  the  city  of  Pocatello,  both  in  professional  and 
social  circles,  and  a  host  of  friends  are  left  who 
mourn  his  passing  in  the  prime  of  a  vigorous  and 
useful  manhood. 

George  Edward  Gray  was  born  in  Sparta,  Wiscon- 
sin, in  1867,  and  died  on  the  I7th  day  of  September, 
1912,  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years.  He  was  the 
son  of  Pope  David  and  Harriet  (Nash)  Gray,  na- 
tives of  New  York  and  Vermont,  respectively.  The 
father  early  settled  in  Wisconsin,  where  he  passed 
his  life  in  the  business  of  farming,  in  which  he 
enjoyed  a  moderate  success.  He  died  there  at  the 
age  of  seventy-two. 

George  Edward  Gray  received  an  education  be- 
yond that  of  the  average  youth,  and  his  common 
school  training  was  followed  by  a  course  of  study 
in  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  law  department  in 
1890,  coming  almost  immediately  thereafter  to  Idaho, 
where  he  initiated  his  active  practice  in  the  city  of 
Boise.  There  he  continued  for  about  two  years, 
when  he  removed  to  Malad  City,  Utah,  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  a  professional  way.  '  He  was  suc- 
cessful and  prominent  in  Malad  City,  and  was  county 
attorney  for  his  county  while  there.  He  enjoyed 
a  distinctive  practice  and  was  well  and  favorably 
known  throughout  the  district.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Malad  City  for  eleven  years,  coming  to  Pocatello 
in  1904.  His  association  with  the  professional  life 
of  Pocatello  was  from  the  first  a  successful  one, 
and  he  won  and  retained  the  highest  esteem  and 
regard  of  his  colleagues,  as  well  as  of  his  clients. 
He  enjoyed  a  liberal  and  extended  clientele  and  suc- 
cess attended  his  efforts  in  Pocatello  from  the  be- 
ginning of  his  identification  with  the  city  until  death 
claimed  him.  He  gave  valuable  public  service  in  his 
capacity  as  county  attorney  of  Bannock  county  while 
here,  and  served  for  four  years  in  that  office. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Gray  were  numer- 
ous, and  he  had  membership  in  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  in  all  of  which 
he  was  prominent  and  popular. 

In  June,  1892,  Mr.  Gray  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Meda  Whalen,  the  daughter  of  William 
and  Lydia  (Fay)  Whalen,  of  St.  Lawrence  county, 
New  York,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Two 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gray:  Warren, 
born  July  4,  1895,  in  Malad,  Idaho,  now  attending 
the  Pocatello  high  school,  and  Meda,  born  in 
August,  1903.  Mrs.  Gray,  who  was  educated  in  the 
University  of  Wisconsin,  has  since  coming  to  Poca- 
tello occupied  a  leading  place  in  the  best  social 
circles  of  the  city,  and  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
and  prominent  women  of  Pocatello,  where  she  has 
a  host  of  warm  friends  and  well-wishers. 

ROBERT  A.  LOUNSBURY.  It  is  very  seldom  that 
success  in  life  comes  to  those  who  have  considera- 
ble cash  in  their  pockets  when  they  start  out  on  life's 
journey.  That  man  little  realizes  the  value  of  money 


and  does  not  know  how  to  retrieve  himself  should  he 
lose  all  or  a  part  of  his  resources,  while  a  man  who 
has  had  to  earn  every  penny  knows  f 1 11  well  how 
hard  it  is  to  save  enough  to  get  a  start,  and  knows 
equally  well  should  disaster  overtake  him  that  he 
would  be  able  to  start  all  over  again  and  succeed 
a  second  time.  This  is  the  kind  of  a  man  Robert  A. 
Lounsbury,  of  Albion,  Idaho,  is.  He  has  made  his 
present  comfortable  fortune  by  saving  his  money 
and  by  knowing  when  and  where  to  invest,  in  short, 
by  a  knowledge  of  how  to  handle  finances.  His  suc- 
cess in  handling  his  own  affairs  but  epitomizes  his 
success  in  handling  the  financial  concerns  of  other 
people,  for  he  is  the  popular  and  respected  cashier  of 
the  Bank  of  Albion,  although  he  is  only  a  year  or  so 
over  thirty. 

Robert  Arza  Lounsbury  was  born  on  the  24th  of 
February,  1879,  near  Ponca,  in  Dixon  county,  Ne- 
braska. His  father  was  Isaiah  H.  Lounsbury,  a  na- 
tive of  Massachusetts.  His  mother,  who  was  born 
in  the  state  of  New  York,  was  Mary  Ann  Pomeroy 
Lounsbury.  These  two  were  married  in  the  East 
and  came  West  in  1890,  settling  in  Malta,  Idaho. 
Afterward  they  spent  eight  years  in  Yale,  Idaho,  and 
then  removed  to  Minidoka,  where  he  continued  in 
the  mercantile  business  and  was  later  made  post- 
master, a  position  which  he  now  holds.  He  is  a 
Mason  and  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge.  Isaiah 
and  Mary  Ann  Lounsbury  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  and  of  these  Robert  A.  Lounsbury 
was  the  fourth  child. 

The  public  schools  of  Malta  and  Yale,  Idaho,  fur- 
nished his  education  and  he  later  took  a  business 
course,  being  graduated  from  this  business  college. 
He  has  done  all  sorts  of  hard  work  in  his  endeavor 
to  gain  a  living  and  to  advance  himself  in  the  world. 
He  worked  for  a  time  as  a  farm  hand  and  then  be- 
came an  employe  on  a  dredge  boat  at  Shelby,  Idaho. 
Such  occupations  took  up  his  working  days  until  he 
was  twenty-one,  and  then  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
.his  wages  had  been  small,  driven  by  the  goad  of 
ambition  he  had  managed  to  lay  aside  enough  to  in- 
vest in  the  mercantile  business  with  his  father  in 
Minidoka.  He  entered  enthusiastically  upon  his 
new  work  and  until  1907  was  very  successful  there. 
During  this  year  he  came  to  Albion  and  accepted 
the  position  of  assistant  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Al- 
bion. After  three  years  in  this  position  he  was  made 
cashier  and  has  held  this  position  since  that  time. 
He  has  not  been  wholly  absorbed  in  his  work  to  the 
exclusion  of  all  outside  interests  as  have  so  many 
men  in  such  positions  as  his.  During  his  residence 
in  Minidoka  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  six 
years,  and  now  that  he  is  living  in  Albion  he  has 
become  interested  in  real  estate,  owning  a  fine  home- 
stead property  in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Lounsbury  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  is  unmarried. 

GEORGE  ANDREW  AXLINE.  As  president  of  the 
State  Normal  School  of  Idaho,  which  is  located  at 
Albion,  George  Andrew  Axline  is  a  noted  figure  not 
only  in  the  state  but  in  other  parts  of  the  country, 
for  the  normal  school  at  Albion  is  well  known  for 
the  quality  of  work  which  is  there  accomplished  and 
for  the  able  way  in  which  the  institution  is  carried 
on.  Mr.  Axline  is  one  of  the  most  successful  educa- 
tors in  the  West,  and  since  he  has  been  president  of 
the  normal  school  he  has  done  much  to  increase  its 
usefulness  and  prestige,  so  that  it  now  holds  a  high 
place  among  institutions  of  this  class. 

George  Andrew  Axline  is  a  son  of  Andrew  Ax- 
line, and  he  comes  of  a  long  line  of  noted  ancestors. 
The  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country  was 


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Christopher  Axline,  who  was  a  veteran  of  the  army 
of  Frederick  the  Great,  of  Prussia,  and  who  came 
to  America  in  Colonial  times  and  established  a 
powder  mill.  His  mill  was  confiscated  by  the  British 
and  when  he  could  be  of  no  more  use  to  his  adopted 
country  in  manufacturing  the  powder  they  so  sorely 
needed  he  gave  his  own  service,  both  he  and  his 
sons  serving  in  the  American  army.  Mr.  Axline 
on  his  mother's  side  had  at  least  four  ancestors  who 
served  their  country  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 
There  have  been  other  members  of  the  family  in 
more  recent  years  who  have  distinguished  them- 
selves, among  these  being  a  cousin,  Henry  Axline, 
who  was  a  colonel  of  one  of  the  regiments  during 
the  Spanish- American  war  and  was  adjutant  gen- 
eral of  Ohio  under  Governor  Foraker. 

Andrew  Axline  was  educated  in  the  University 
of  Ohio,  where  he  took  his  M.  A.  degree.  He  then 
entered  the  Lutheran  ministry,  in  which  he  remained 
until  1877.  when  he  became  a  minister  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  was  both  preacher  and  teacher 
in  the  sections  where  he  was  located,  for  in  those 
•  lays  as  in  Biblical  times  the  two  professions  went 
hand  in  hand.  He  preached  and  taught  in  Fair- 
field.  Iowa,  and  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa.  He  then  re- 
moved to  luka,  Kansas,  where  he  proved  up  on  a 
homestead.  Here  he  organized  the  first  church  and 
he  also  organized  the  churches  in  Pratt,  Harper, 
Medicine  Lodge,  Anthony  and  Kingman.  He  lived 
at  Pratt  and  in  Arlington,  Kansas,  for  some  time 
and  during  his  residence  in  those  places  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  teaching  and  carrying  on  the  work 
of  his  ministry.  He  was  principal  of  the  Fairfield 
Academy  and  of  the  Southwestern  Normal  and 
Scientific  Institute,  at  Bloomfield,  Iowa.  He  was 
also  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Pratt  and 
Barber  counties,  Kansas.  He  was  chaplain  of  the 
Second  Iowa  Infantry  during  his  residence  in  that 
state.  Andrew  Axline  married  Almira  Stever,  a 
daughter  of  Adam  and  Elizabeth  Stever,  who  were 
early  settlers  of  Jefferson  county,  Iowa.  The  death 
of  Mr.  Axline  occurred  at  Arlington,  Kansas,  March 
4.  1897,  and  his  widow  is  now  residing  at  Pratt. 
Kansas. 

George  Andrew  Axline  was  born  at  Fairfield. 
Iowa,  on  the  22nd  of  September,  1871.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  common  schools  of  Kansas  during  the 
first  years  of  his  school  days,  and  he  was  then  sent 
to  the  preparatory  department  of  Parsons  College  at 
Fairfield,  Iowa.  After  completing  the  work  here  he 
entered  the  collegiate  department  of  Parsons  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1892, 
with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  He  also  took  some  work 
in  the  Chicago  Normal  School  in  1899. 

Immediately  upon  his  graduation  Mr.  Axline  en- 
tered the  profession  with  which  he  has  ever  since 
been  associated,  that  of  teaching.  His  first  position 
was  principal  of  the  high  school  in  Cawker  City, 
Kansas,  which  post  he  filled  from  1892  to  1895.  Dur- 
ing the  following  year  he  was  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Kirwin,  Kansas.  His  next  position  was 
in  Humeston,  Iowa,  where  he  was  superintendent 
from  1896  until  1903.  He  next  went  to  Corning. 
Iowa,  as  superintendent  of  schools  for  the  next 
year.  He  was  then  called  to  the  presidency  of  the 
Albion  State  Normal  School,  at  Albion,  Idaho,  and 
has  held  this  position  ever  since,  this  year  making 
his  ninth  year  in  office. 

In  addition  to  his  educational  work,  Mr.  Axline 
has  to  give  some  share  of  his  time  to  his  real  estate 
interests.  He  has  proved  his  belief  in  the  future  of 
the  great  state  of  which  he  has  become  a  resident 
by  investing  largely  in  landed  property.  He  owns 
a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  well  im- 


proved, which  lies  one  mile  south  of  Salmon  City, 
Idaho.  Near  Lewiston,  Idaho,  he  is  the  owner  of 
five  acres  of  the  famous  Lewiston  orchard  fruit 
land,  and  he  has  a  half  interest  in  twenty  acres  ly- 
ing within  the  town  limits  of  Caldwell,  Idaho.  In 
the  city  of  Caldwell  he  is  also  the  owner  of  three 
city  lots. 

During  the  Spanish-American  war  Mr.  Axline 
became  a  member  of  the  Fiftieth  Iowa  Regiment, 
being  a  corporal  in  Company  M.  The  spirit  of  his 
early  ancestors  lived  again  in  him  during  those 
exciting  days  of  1898.  Mr.  Axline  takes  an  active 
part  in  the  commercial  affairs  of  Albion  and  is  al- 
ways on  the  alert  to  seize  any  advantage  that  might 
accrue  to  the  city.  He  is  a  director  and  is  secretary 
of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Albion-Marshfield 
Railroad,  a  company  which  means  much  to  the 
little  city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Axline  is  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  but  he  has  never  cared  to  take  an  active 
part.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
having  been  initiated  in  the  order  in  1899.  He  was 
master  of  the  Masonic  lodge  in  Humeston,  Iowa, 
for  two  terms.  At  various  times  he  has  held  mem- 
bership in  the  following  fraternities :  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Sons  of  Veterans,  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Or- 
der of  Rebecca. 

Mr.  Axline  was  married  in  Holstein,  Iowa,  on 
October  20,  1898,  to  Mabel  Estella  Rea,  a  daughter 
of  Frank  and  Mary  (Gilmore)  Rea.  Mrs.  Axline 
is  herself  a  splendidly  educated  woman,  being  a 
graduate  of  the  public  speaking  department  of  High- 
land Park  University,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  She  was 
a  teacher  of  physical  culture  and  public  speaking  in 
the  Central  Normal  University,  at  Humeston,  Iowa, 
and  this  was  where  she  met  her  husband.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Axline  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Marjorie  Almira,  who  was  born  June  20,  1902.  in 
Humesten,  Iowa;  Rea  Andrew,  whose  birth  occur- 
red on  the  I9th  of  January,  1906,  at  Albion.  Idaho; 
and  Katharine  Elizabeth,  who  was  also  born  in 
Albion,  Idaho,  on  the  2ist  of  August.  1909. 

GKORCE  E.  SCHROEDER.  That  the  illustration  is  of 
more  importance  than  the  text  is  a  fact  that  in  re- 
cent years  has  practically  revolutionized,  not  only  all 
methods  of  advertising,  but  also  the  entire  art  of  ex- 
pression through  printed  forms. 

It  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  many  thousands 
of  people  gain  their  best  knowledge  of  distant 
scenes  and  countries  through  the  pictorial  art  rather 
than  through  the  medium  of  the  printed  word. 

In  many  parts  of  the  United  States  during  recent 
years  people  have  been  first  led  to  wonder  and  ad- 
miration of  the  remarkable  beauty  of  the  state  of 
Idaho  when  they  have  gazed  upon  the  large  Canvases 
and  smaller  sketches  that  have  been  exhibited  in 
various  land  shows  and  elsewhere.  "That  is  the 
kind  of  country  for  me."  is  a  typical  exclamation 
that  falls  from  the  lips  of  more  than  one  observer  as 
he  comprehends  for  the  first  time  the  rugged  gran- 
deur of  the  mountains  and  the  peaceful  fertility  of  the 
valleys  in  Idaho.  Tt  is  through  such  means  that  some 
of  the  most  effective  advertising  has  been  done  for 
this  new  state,  and  many  hundreds  of  settlers  are 
probably  chiefly  influenced  or  obtain  their  first  ac- 
tive curiosity  from  such  a  source. 

Many  of  the  most  beautiful  and  striking  of  ^these 
Idaho  pictures  that  have  gone  abroad  on  a  mission 
of  good  are  the  product  of  the  brush  and  pencil  of 
an  artist  whose  home  is  at  Heyburn,  under  the  west- 
ern ridges  of  the  Goose  mountains  and  not  far  from 
the  wonderful  Shoshone  Falls.  Mr.  George  E. 


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Schroeder  is  an  artist  of  solid  talent,  possessed  of  a 
quick  sense  of  the  beautiful  in  nature,  and  at  the 
same  time  a  man  of  practical  ideas,  who  believes  in 
using  his  art  to  effective  ends  rather  than  in  produc- 
ing canvases  which  no  one  would  ever  want.  Mr. 
Schroeder  was  commissioned  to  paint  the  scenes 
which  adorned  the  Governor's  Special,  a  train  that 
recently  made  a  tour  throughout  the  eastern  states, 
and  it  is  doubtful  if  that  train  carried  anything  more 
effective  in  advertising  the  wonders  of  Idaho  than 
these  pictures.  His  sketches  have  also  been  features 
of  every  land  show  in  which  Idaho  has  been  repre- 
sented, and  he  has  calls  for  his  work  and  ships  many 
sketches  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

Mr.  Schroeder  is  a  native  of  Chicago,  Illinois, 
where  he  was  born  April  9,  1865,  and  when  six  years 
old  his  parents  moved  to  Oak  Park,  a  suburb  of  his 
native  city,  where  he  grew  up  until  he  was  of  age. 
By  reason  of  ill  health  when  a  boy  he  never  attended 
school.  His  mother  taught  him  the  rudiments,  and 
as  he  grew  older  he  read  and  studied  so  that  eventu- 
ally he  possessed  a  fair  education.  His  first  money 
was  earned  by  picking  cherries  at  fifty  cents  a  bushel, 
and  some  time  later  he  was  accepted  as  an  appren- 
tice in  a  sign-painting  shop  in  Chicago.  Thus  a 
fortunate  direction  was  given  to  his  early  activities, 
and  from  his  early  endeavors  in  inscribing  letters 
and  signs  for  baked  beans  and  hams  and  other  com- 
mercial products  he  deyeloped  his  skill  and  talent  by 
constant  use  for  the  higher  forms  of  his  art. 

From  Chicago  Mr.  Schroeder  moved  to  Omaha, 
where  he  followed  his  profession  up  to  1906.  He 
had  a  chain  of  offices  at  Omaha,  South  Omaha,  Lin- 
coln and_  Council  Bluffs,  and_  did  an  extensive  busi- 
ness in  sign  painting,  his  business  extending  into  the 
four  states  of  Nebraska,  Iowa,  Missouri  and  Kansas. 
Since  1906  Mr.  Schroeder  has  been  a  resident  of 
Idaho,  where  his  artistic  work  has  taken  its  highest 
form.  He  was  a  resident  of  Heyburn  until  1912,  and 
in  May  of  that  year  established  a  real  estate  office 
in  Burley,  where  he  is  engaged  in  that  business  in 
addition  to  his  scenic  painting. 

He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  six  miles  from 
Heyburn.  On  this  place  are  fifty  acres  of  lakes,  and 
he  has  made  that  an  attractive  resort  for  the  Moor- 
land Lakes  Shooting  Club,  of  which  he  was  the 
organizer  and  is  the  active  head  and  manager. 

Mr.  Schroeder's  preference  among  the  churches 
is  for  the  Lutheran.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  lodge.  A  Republican,  he  has  been  one  of  the 
party  fighters  in  his  section  of  the  state.  At  Hey- 
burn he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  has 
refused  various  political  honors. 

Being  a  lover  of  nature  and  gifted  in  interpreting 
its  forms  and  colors,  it  is  not  strange  that  he  is  fond 
of  all  outdoor  life.  Hunting  is  a  regular  diversion, 
but  when  he  goes  afield  with  his  brushes  and  can- 
vas he  is  likely  to  become  so  absorbed  that  he  fails 
to  recognize  the  pangs  of  hunger  which  are  sup- 
posed to  be  one  of  the  best  features  of  a  hunting 
excursion.  Music  and  literature  have  also  pro- 
vided him  with  many  delightful  hours.  Among 
his  other  business  interests  in  the  state  should  be 
mentioned  that  he  is  a  director  and  stockholder  in 
the  Heyburn  bank.  His  career  has  been  one  of 
richly  merited  success,  but  he  has  never  been  selfish 
with  his  attainments.  In  movements  for  promoting 
the  larger  welfare  of  Idaho  he  is  always  an  eager 
worker,  glad  to  do  his  share,  and  it  is  this  genial 
fellowship,  together  with  the  high  respect  paid  him 
for  his  special  ability,  that  has  made  him  both  popu- 
lar and  influential  in  a  large  circle  of  Idaho  citizens. 


WILLIAM  B.  ALLISON.  For  the  long  period  of 
forty-five  years  the  Allison  family  have  been  doing 
great  development  work  in  the  Salubria  valley  of 
Idaho.  The  home  ranch  of  William  B.  Allison,  lo- 
cated at  the  town  of  Salubria  in  Washington  county, 
near  Cambridge,  comprises  eight  hundred  acres  of 
irrigated  land,  and  is  reputed  to  be  the  finest  irri- 
gated estate  in  all  Idaho.  Such  an  estate  does  not 
come  by  chance,  nor  is  it  the  result  of  any  hap- 
hazard and  improvident  enterprise,  but  its  very 
existence  signifies  a  vast  amount  of  industry,  intelli- 
gent management,  and  the  same  exceptional  qualities 
which  are  possessed  by  the  prosperous  business  man 
in  whatever  field  of  enterprise  he  may  direct  his 
energies.  On  his  ranch  Mr.  Allison  raises  large 
quantities  of  grain  and  other  products  and  feeds 
most  of  his  crop  to  cattle,  horses  and  mules,  being 
noted  as  one  of  the  large  producers  of  live  stock 
in  the  valley.  Mr.  Allison  is  more  than  a  success- 
ful rancher  and  business  man.  He  is  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  Idaho,  sharing  that  distinction  with  his 
father  and  other  members  of  the  family.  He  has 
served  twice  in  the  houses  of  the  state  legislature, 
and  has  always  had  a  prominent  and  influential  part 
in  public  affairs,  and  his  wife,  it  should  be  noted, 
was  the  first  white  woman  who  came  into  the 
Salubria  valley  as  a  permanent  settler,  and  their 
daughter,  Minnie,  was  the  first  white  child  born 
in  the  Payette  valley.  Mrs.  Allison  for  several 
years  taught  school  in  the  Boise  valley,  and  prop- 
erly shares  with  her  husband  in  the  credit  which 
belongs  to  his  achievements  in  this  region. 

William  B.  Allison  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Ohio,  born  at  Glasgow,  in  Columbia  county,  August 
22,  1845,  a  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  (Glover) 
Allison,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Scotland. 
The  father  came  to  America  in  1837,  was  married 
in  Pottsville,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  followed  his  trade  as  blacksmith.  In  1854 
he  went  to  Illinois,  the  next  year  to  northwestern 
Iowa,  and  in  1863  brought  his  family  out  to  the 
Boise  valley.  He  took  up  a  farm  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  and  was  one  of  the  best  known 
pioneer  farmers  in  that  valley.  As  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  population  at  that  time  were  engaged 
in  mining,  he  found  farming  more  profitable  than 
the  search  for  gold,  and  all  of  his  produce  com- 
manded high  prices,  with  a  ready  market.  In  1868 
Alexander  Allison  moved  into  the  Salubria  valley, 
taking  up  a  quarter  section  of  land  one  mile  north 
of  where  the  town  of  Salubria  was  later  estab- 
lished. There  was  passed  the  remainder  of  his  hon- 
orable and  useful  career.  He  allied  himself  with 
every  movement  and  enterprise  which  constituted 
the  public  spirited  endeavor  of  early  Idaho,  and  was 
not  less  honored  in  his  civic  character  than  as  a 
successful  farmer  and  business  man.  He  was  an 
active  Republican  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Statesman  at  Boise.  His  church  was  the  Presbyte- 
rian, in  which  faith  he  died  at  his  home  in  Salubria 
in  1882,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine.  He  was  twice 
married,  and  the  mother  of  William  B.  Allison  died 
in  1854.  The  second  wife,  who  crossed  the  plains 
and  endured  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life  with  him, 
survived  to  a  venerable  old  age. 

William  B.  Allison  was  reared  in  Pennsylvania 
and  Iowa,  and  about  the  time  the  family  started  for 
Idaho  he  engaged  in  his  first  independent  venture. 
He  was  in  his  eighteenth  year  in  1863,  when  he  was 
employed  as  a  driver  on  a  freight  train  across  the 
plains.  This  was  one  of  the  regular  trading  outfits 
sent  back  and  forth  over  the  great  ^distances  of  the 
Middle  West  before  the  construction  of  the  first 
railroad,  and  the  rate  per  pound  for  freight  at  that 


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time  was  thirty-three  cents  from  Omaha  to  Salt 
Lake  City.  His  experience  in  the  West  soon  brought 
him  into  Idaho,  and  he  was  engaged  in  freighting 
back  and  forth  over  this  territory  for  several  years. 
Altogether  he  crossed  the  plains  three  times  with 
oxen  and  never  had  serious  accident  or  misfortune. 

Coming  into  the  Salubria  valley  in  1868,  he  took 
up  a  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  land,  and  on 
a  part  of  that  original  quarter  section  was  sub- 
sequently built  the  town  of  Salubria.  His  first 
home  in  that  region  was  a  log  house  with  a  dirt 
floor  and  equipment  and  furnishings  completely  in 
harmony  with  the  usual  descriptions  of  the  pioneer's 
cabins.  With  his  ability  as  a  practical  farmer  he 
also  combined  the  good  judgment  and  persistency 
which  have  kept  him  progressing  steadily  along  one 
general  line,  and  in  the  forty-five  years  that  have 
elapsed  since  he  first  came  to  the  Salubria  valley 
he  has  created  a  prosperity  hardly  second  to  that 
possessed  by  any  individual  rancher  in  the  state. 

In  1891  he  built  a  fine  rural  home,  in  which  he 
and  his  family  have  enjoyed  the  comforts  of  life. 
Mr.  Allison  is  fitly  considered  a  successful  man.  He 
has  won  an  abundance  of  the  material  goods  that 
constitute  contentment  and  happiness,  has  gathered 
about  him  a  fine  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  and 
has  been  honored  with  those  distinctions  which 
indicate  general  public  esteem  and  a  man's  useful- 
ness in  his  community. 

Up  to  1896  Mr.  Allison  supported  the  Republican 

Birty,  but  then  joined  the  silver  wing  of  that  party, 
uring  his  service  in  the  Idaho  territorial  legisla- 
ture, he  introduced  the  bill  creating  the  county  of 
Washington  in  which  he  resides.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  second  session  of  the  state  legis- 
lature, and  has  known  all  the  prominent  men  in 
political  and  public  affairs  in  Idaho  during  the  last 
thirty  or  forty  years.  He  has  served  as  assessor 
of  Washington  county,  and  in  various  other  local 

fositions  of  trust.  Mr.  Allison  is  affiliated  with  the 
ndependent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Allison  and  Ruhannah  Hedge- 
cock  was  celebrated  November  18,  1868.  Mrs.  Alli- 
son, concerning  whom  the  interesting  facts  about 
her  pioneer  experiences  in  Idaho  have  already  been 
stated,  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Coffin  Hedgecock.  The  five  children 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison  are  as  follows :  Minnie, 
Loutitia,  wife  of  Henry  Mossman;  Alexander,  Wil- 
liam B.,  Jr.,  and  Joseph  C. 

ROBERT  H.  WRIGHT,  JR.,  M.  D.,  a  prominent  young 
physician  of  Hailey,  Idaho,  was  born  in  Union,  Ore- 
gon, December  29,  1881,  son  of  R.  H.  and  Frances 
(La  Timbre)  Wright. 

R.  H.  Wright,  Sr.,  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  as  also 
is  his  wife.  In  their  early  married  life  they  left  the 
"Iron  State"  and  sought  a  Western  home.  For  a 
time  they  sojourned  in  Oregon,  but  they  settled  in 
Idaho,  and  here  he  followed  farming  for  a_  number 
of  years.  He  is  now  living  retired  at  Boise  City. 
He  has  always  taken  more  or  less  interest  in  local 
politics  and  has  filled  some  important  offices.  Their 
family  consists  of  eight  children,  Dr.  Wright  being 
the  sixth  bor». 

In  his  boyhood  Dr.  Wright  was  trained  to  habits 
of  industry  and  economy.  At  an  early  age  he  began 
earning  money  at  farming,  mining  and  newspaper 
work,  and  in  this  way  he  saved  an  amount  sufficient 
to  take  him  through  college.  The  foundation  for  his 
technical  education  was  laid  in  the  public  schools. 
In  1902  he  entered  the  American  Medical  College, 
where  he  took  a  four  years'  course  and  graduated  in 
1906.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Mis- 
souri, remaining  there,  however,  only  one  year.  Then 


he  returned  to  Idaho  and  opened  an  office  at  Hailey, 
where  he  has  since  remained.  At  the  time  his  par- 
ents moved  to  this  state— then  territory— Dr.  Wright 
was  a  child  of  three  years,  and  his  childhood  and 
youth  were  passed  at  Bellevue.  During  his  few 
years'  absence  from  Idaho,  contrasting  conditions 
were  in  its  favor.  He  has  already  established  a  suc- 
cessful practice  in  Hailey,  and  expects  to  continue 
his  residence  here,  believing  that  this  location  offers 
a  superior  market  for  ambition  and  honest,  earnest 
effort. 

At  Bellevue,  Idaho,  June  30,  1906,  Dr.  Wright 
and  Miss  Cynthia  A.  Beamer  were  united  in  mar- 
riage, and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  a 
son  and  daughter,  Robert  G.  and  Jean.  Mrs.  Wright 
is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Beamer,  of 
Bellevue,  and  is  accomplished  both  as  a  musician 
and  reader,  which  subjects  she  teaches.  She  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  the 
Doctor,  while  not  identified  as  a  member  with  any 
church  organization,  inclines  toward  the  Baptist 
creed,  his  mother  being  a  devout  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Fratertially,  Dr.  Wright  is  identified 
with  the  F.  &  A.  M.,  M.  W.  A.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and 
Eagles.  He  is  examining  physician  for  the  last 
named  organization.  Also  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  State  Medical  Association,  the  Southern 
Idaho  Medical  Association  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  Politically,  he  is  a  Democrat,  a_nd 
has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  local  affairs. 
In  1911  he  was  president  of  the  school  board,  and 
he  has  also  filled  the  offices  of  county  physician 
and  coroner.  Dr.  Wright  is  fond  of  outdoor 
sports,  especially  of  hunting,  fishing  and  motoring, 
and  he  finds  recreation  also  in  theatricals  and  musical 
entertainment. 

FRED  W.  FATOR,  of  Drake,  Jordan  &  Fator  Com- 
pany, dealers  in  meat,  Hailey,  Idaho,  has  been  a 
resident  of  this  place  since  1883. 

Mr.  Fator  was  born  at  Frostberg,  Maryland,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1873,  and  has  French  and  German  blood  in  ' 
his  veins,  his  father,  Peter  Fator,  having  been 
born  in  France  and  his  mother,  Rose  (Holzworth) 
Fator,  in  Germany.  It  was  in  Germany  that  his 
parents  were  married.  From  there  they  emigrated 
to  the  United  States  and  their  first  settlement  was 
in  Maryland,  where  Peter  Fator  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising. His  life  was  passed  in  Maryland,  • 
where  he  died  at  about  the  age  of  sixty-four  years. 
His  wife  passed  away  in  Idaho,  in  1896,  at  the  age 
of  forty-eight  years,  and  is  buried  at  Carey,  this 
state.  Of  their  five  children,  Fred  W.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  the  fourth  born. 

Fred  W.  Fator,  when  he  was  seven  years  old, 
accompanied  his  mother  to  Alabama,  and  two  years 
later  came  with  her  to  Idaho.  His  education  was 
gained  chiefly  in  the  public  schools  of  Hailey,  but 
for  a  short  time  he  attended  school  at  Bellevue, 
this  state.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  to  earn 
his  own  way  in  the  world.  No  little  of  his  time 
between  the  ages  of  fourteen  and  twenty-one  years 
was  spent  in  riding  the  range,  then,  on  his  own 
account,  he  engaged  in  ranching,  which  he  con- 
tinued until  he  sold  out  in  1904.  That  year  he 
opened  up  in  the  meat  business  at  Hailey,  which  he 
has  since  continued,  being  manager  of  the  com- 
pany. Meanwhile  he  bought  another  ranch,  240 
acres,  about  thirteen  miles  from  Hailey,  which  he 
operates  as  a  stock  ranch. 

In  1894,  at  Carey,  Idaho,  Mr.  Fator  and  Miss 
Sylvia  J.  Park  were  united  in  marriage,  and  with 
the  passing  years  two  sons  and  two  daughters  have 
come  to  bless  their  home,  namely:  Gaston  F.,  Effa 
N.,  Reata  L.  and  Claude  T.  Mrs.  Fator  is  a  daugh- 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


ter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  Park  of  Carey.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints'  organization, 
toward  which  Mr.  Fator  inclines  and  which  he  sup- 
ports, although  not  identified  as  a  member.  He 
has  membership  in  the  fraternal  order  of  Eagles,  of 
which  he  was  at  one  time  a  trustee,  and,  politically, 
he  is  allied  with  the  Socialist  party,  in  the  affairs 
of  which  he  has  taken  an  active  interest.  He  was 
nominated  by  this  party  for  the  office  of  county 
assessor.  Mr.  Fator  is  fond  of  hunting  and  fish- 
ing. He  is  a  lover  of  fine  horses  and  racing,  and 
his  judgment  on  stock  is  seldom  disputed. 

DAVID  A.  JONES,  druggist,  Bellevue,  Idaho,  is  one 
of  the  representative  young  business  men  of  the 
town.  He  hails  from  Iowa,  where  he  was  born 
November  25,  1878,  and  where  he  spent  the  first 
twenty-three  years  of  his  life.  His  education,  begun 
in  the  public  schools  of  Williamsburg,  was  carried 
forward  in  the  high  school  of  that  place,  and  later 
in  the  Northwestern  University,  Chicago,  where  he 
pursued  a  course  in  pharmacy  and  received  his 
degree.  After  the  completion  of  his  college  course, 
he  accepted  a  position  in  the  Polyclinic  Hospital, 
St.  Louis,  the  medical  department  of  Wesleyan 
University,  and  after  a  year  and  a  half  spent  there, 
he  came  west  to  Idaho.  It  was  in  1901  that  he 
landed  here,  and  he  has  since  remained  a  resident, 
being  pleased  with  the  present  conditions  and  having 
unbounded  faith  in  the  future  of  the  state.  His 
first  location  here  was  at  Idaho  Falls,  where  for  two 
years  he  worked  in  a  drug  store.  From  there  he 
went  to  Hailey,  where  he  was  similarly  employed  the 
next  three  years,  and  from  Hailey  he  came  to  Belle- 
vue. Here  he  opened  a  drug  store  and  has  estab- 
lished himself  in  a  permanent  business. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  August  2,  1905,  Mr. 
Jones  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Reel,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  Reel  of  Boise  City,  Idaho; 
and  to  them  have  been  given  two  children :  Margaret 
and  Maxine. 

Politically,  Mr.  Jones  gives  his  support  to  the 
Democratic  party,  and  he  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  city  council.  He  is  not  active  in  politics, 
however.  Fraternally,  he  is  identified  with  the  I.  O. 
O.  F.  and  the  M.  W.  A.;  and,  religiously,  while  he 
favors  all  churches  and  believes  in  their  good  influ- 
ence, he  affiliates  with  no  particular  one. 

WILBUR  D.  SOUTHWORTH.  Between  mining  and 
ranching,  Mr.  Southworth  has  been  one  ttf  the  most 
successful  men  of  Idaho,  where  he  has  spent  more 
than  thirty  years.-  At  the  town  of  Buhl  he  is  living 
in  circumstances  and  comfort  which  only  pay  the 
rewards  of  a  career  which  has  been  so  industrious 
as  Mr.  Southworth's.  He  endured  many  hardships 
during  the  early  days  of  mining  in  this  state,  and 
numbers  his  friends  by  the  hundreds  among  both  the 
old  and  new  classes  of  Idaho  citizenship. 

Born  in  New  York  state  in  1843,  a  son  of  Leonard 
and  Lucinda  Southworth,  the  father  a  native  of 
Canada,  and  the  mother  a  native  of  Illinois,  Wilbur 
D.  Southworth  spent  his  early  life  along  the  Hudson 
river,  and  at  Groton  and  Poughkeepsie,  and  was 
started  out  in  life  with  a  common  school  education. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  took  up  responsibilities 
of  his  own,  and  earned  his  first  regular  money  in 
bridge  building,  a  vocation  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected for  some  years  in  New  York  and  other  parts 
of  the  East.  In  1877  he  ventured  into  the  western 
fields,  and  has  been  in  the  West  for  thirty-five  years. 
He  was  first  in  the  Black  Hills  and  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  miners  in  that  famous  district  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  was  also  in  mining  in  Montana,  and 


came  to  Idaho  in  1881,  following  the  Oregon  Short 
Line  in  its  construction  to  this  state.  After  the 
short  line  had  been  completed  across  Idaho,  he 
went  into  the  Wood  river  country,  and  was  in 
mining  at  Atlanta  and  elsewhere.  If  the  Sawtooth 
range  of  mountains  in  Idaho  could  talk  and  tell  of 
the  hardships,  privations  and  adventures  which  they 
have  witnessed  among  the  pioneer  miners  of  Mr. 
Southworth's  class,  the  story  would  be  one  of  the 
most  interesting  chapters  in  the  state's  history.  He 
continued  to  follow  the  fortunes  of  the  mines  with 
a  success  on  the  whole  encouraging  until  1906,  in 
which  year  he  moved  to  Twin  Falls  county,  and 
gave  up  mining  as  a  regular  vocation.  He  took  up 
four  hundred  acres  of  land,  under  the  Gary  Act, 
and  also  bought  some  land  twelve  miles  southwest 
of  Buhl.  This  land  he  has  since  improved  and 
stocjced  with  hogs,  cattle  and  sheep,  chiefly  of  the 
latter  stock.  He  now  has  one  of  the  best  ranches 
in  this  vicinity  and  has  a  great  deal  to  show  for 
his  many  years  of  residence  in  this  state. 

On  April  16,  1900,  Mr.  Southworth  married  Mrs. 
Anna  M.  Curless,  a  widow  having  two  daughters — 
Maude,  who  is  the  wife  of  Harry  E.  March  of 
Seattle,  Washington,  and  Grace  L.,  the  wife  of 
Sydnia  C.  Renner,  of  Boise,  Idaho.  Mrs.  South- 
worth  is  the  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Mary  York  of 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  Mrs.  Southworth  her- 
self was  born.  In  politics  Mr.  Southworth  is  a 
Republican,  but  has  no  aspirations  for  office,  and 
does  his  duty  as  a  citizen  by  his  honorable  relations 
with  his  home  community.  He  became  a  Mason 
in  Buhl  Lodge  No.  53,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  1909, 
took  the  chapter  degrees  in  Royal  Arch'  Masonry, 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  affiliated  with  the  East- 
ern Star. 

In  the  building  of  Buhl,  Mr.  Southworth  took  a 
prominent  part  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was  the  director  for 
several  years.  He  has  always  retained  large  interests 
in  mining,  and  has  a  long  record  in  this  field  of 
enterprise.  He  opened  the  Gold  Eagle  at  Neal, 
and  made  that  one  of  the  successful  properties  of 
the  state.  He  has  done  much  to  promote  the  de- 
velopment of  mineral  resources,  and  his  work  as 
an  individual  has  brought  him  a  very  generous 
success  and  the  esteem  of  all  his  acquaintances  in 
every  section  of  Idaho. 

HON.  CHARLES  SHEEHAN,  of  the  firm  of  Jones  & 
Sheehan,  dealers  in  lumber  and  implements,  Belle- 
vue, Idaho,  has  been  a  resident  of  Elaine  county  for 
more  than  two  decades  and  is  enthusiastic  in  regard 
to  the  future  possibilities  of  this  section  of  the 
country. 

Mr.  Sheehan  is  a  native  of  New  England.  He 
was  born  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  February  26, 
1870,  and  there  spent  his  early  childhood.  At  the 
age  of  seven  years,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Nevada,  where  the  family  home  was  maintained  for 
ten  years,  at  the  end  of  that  time  being  removed  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  In  the  public  schools  of 
Nevada  and  in  the  high  school  of  Salt  Lake  City 
Mr.  Sheehan  received  his  education.  After  seven 
years  spent  at  Salt  Lake  City,  during  much  of  which 
time  he  was  employed  in  clerical  work  in  mercan- 
tile establishments,  he  came  to  Blaine  county,  Idaho. 
That  was  in  1889,  and  here  he  has  since  resided. 
Until  1909  he  was  engaged  in  mining.  Then  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  J.  Francis  Jones, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Jones  &  Sheehan,  and  they 
established  the  business  in  which  they  are  now  en- 
gaged. 

Politically,   Mr.   Sheehan  is  a  Democrat,  and   for 


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years  he  has  been  an  active  and  influential  figure 
in  politics.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  during  the  tenth  session,  and  he  is  now 
a  member  of  the  county  central  committee,  and  of 
the  city  council.  As  a  miner,  he  identified  himself 
with  the  labor  union,  and  for  years  was  secre- 
tary of  his  union.  While  a  member  of  the  legis- 
lature, he  introduced  a  bill  which  became  a  law, 
providing  for  eight  hours'  work  in  mills  and  con- 
centrators. Also  he  introduced  House  Bill  54,  which 
provides  for  the  election  of  water  masters  by  the 
water  users.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bellevue  Com- 
mercial Club  and  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains 
to  the  growth  and  development  of  the  little  city  of 
his  adoption.  His  religious  inclination  are  in  the 
direction  of  the  Catholic  church. 

Mr.  Sheehan  married  a  Bellevue  young  woman, 
Miss  Sarah  A.  Ashton,  this  event  having  been  con- 
summated in  November,  1911. 

JOHN  R.  HART,  sheriff  of  Blaine  county,  Idaho, 
was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  4,  1861,  son  of 
Henry  W.  and  Amanda  (Cotterell)  Hart,  both 
natives  of  the  "Buckeye  State." 

Henry  W.  Hart  spent  his  whole  life  in  Ohio.  In 
his  younger  days  he  followed  railroading  and  ranch- 
ing and  later  joined  the  Cleveland  fire  depart- 
ment, of  which  he  was  a  member  for  a  period  of 
sixteen  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  was 
retired  on  a  pension.  He  took  much  interest  in 
politics,  and  was  city  treasurer  of  Cleveland  for 
many  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
eighty-seven  years  of  age.  His  wife  died  at  the  age 
of  forty-five.  Side  by  side  their  remains  rest  in  a 
Cleveland  cemetery.  Their  family  consists  of  three 
children,  as  follows :  Herbert  G.,  who  resides  at  the 
old  Hart  homestead  in  Cleveland,  and  John  R.  and 
twin  sister,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Purdum,  of  Hailey. 

John  R.  Hart  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Cleveland,  finishing  with  a  high  school 
course.  The  first  money  he  ever  earned  was  when 
a  youth  of  sixteen  he  worked  in  a  wholesale  and 
retail  meat  market.  This  work  he  continued  until 
he  was  nineteen,  when  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune 
in  the  West.  Leaving  the  old  home  in  Cleveland,  he 
directed  his  way  to  Nebraska.  There  for  ten  years 
he  was  occupied  in  farming,  and  railroading  west  of 
Lincoln,  and  from  Nebraska  he  came  to  Hailey, 
Idaho.  That  was  in  1890,  and  here  he  has  since 
resided. 

For  thirteen  years  Mr.  Hart  was  manager  of  the 
Hailey  Telephone  &  Electric  Light  Company.  He 
was  then  appointed  commissioner,  to  fill  an  unex- 
pired  term  of  two  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  and  served  another  two 
year.  The  next  two  years  he  was  again  with  the 
telephone  company,  then  he  was  appointed  deputy 
sheriff  under  Sheriff  Taylor,  and  two  years  later 
was  elected  to  the  office.  At  this  writing  he  is  a 
candidate  for  re-election. 

At  North  Bend,  Nebraska,  May  11,  1886,  John  R. 
Hart  and  Mary  A.  Miller  were  united  in  marriage, 
and  they  arc  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Garence  M. 
and  Elmer  W.  Mrs.  Hart  was  born  at  North  Bend, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Miller,  pioneer 
settlers  of  that  place,  where  they  lived  on  one  farm 
for  nearly  sixty  years.  In  the  early  days  the  Millers 
had  charge  of  the  stage  station. 

Mrs.  Hart  is  identified  with  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  and  is  one  of  the  active  members  of 
its  Ladies'  Aid,  while  Mr.  Han,  who  was  reared  in 
the  Methodist  faith,  has  inclinations  in  that  direc- 
tion, although  he  is  not  identified  with  the  church. 
Fraternally,  he  is  an  Eagle;  politically,  a  Republican. 
During  six  years  of  his  residence  in  Nebraska  he 


was  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  fond  of 
horses  and  hunting,  likes  theatricals  and  music,  and 
has  a  strong  sense  of  humor  that  tides  him  over 
many  a  difficult  situation.  He  has  great  faith  in 
the  future  of  his  adopted  state  and  believes  a 
homeseeker  would  make  no  mistake  in  coming  here. 

J.  GEORGE  ARKOOSH,  Bellevue,  Idaho,  a  prosper- 
ous business  man  and  an  enterprising  citizen  is  the 
subject  of  this  review.  J.  George  Arkoosh,  although 
of  foreign  birth  and  education,  is  keenly  alive  to 
ways  of  adapting  himself  to  new  conditions  and  is 
quick  to  perceive  possibilities  and  opportunities. 
These  qualities  have  made  his  success  financially 
and  have  caused  him  to  be  recognized  as  an  influ- 
ence for  good  in  building  up  the  interests  of  his 
locality. 

Mr.  Arkoosh  was  born  in  Turkey,  November  21, 
1875,  and  lived  in  his  native  land  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  Then,  emigrating  to 
this  country,  he  landed  in  New  York,  from  whence 
he  came  directly  west  to  Oregon,  La  Grande  his 
objective  point.  In  that  immediate  locality  he  spent 
six  months,  driving  around  over  the  country  with  a 
stock  of  notions  in  his  wagon.  From  Oregon  he 
came  to  Idaho.  That  was  in  1807,  and  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  this  state  ever  since.  In  Bellevue  he 
established  himself  in  a  business  that  has  grown  to 
large  proportions  for  a  town  of  this  size;  indeed,  his 
large  department  store  would  do  credit  to  a  much 
larger  place  than  Bellevue,  for  he  carries  a  com- 
plete line  of  everything  handled  in  a  general  store. 

Mr.  Arkoosh  also  operates  extensively  in  mines. 
He  is  the  owner  of  the  Comet  Mine,  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  producers  in  this  district.  Also  he 
has  recently  operated  the  "Tulenide"  No.  i,  at 
the  mouth  of  Lee's  Gulch,  which  promises  now  to 
be  even  better  than  the  Comet,  and  which  is  of 
easy  access  to  Bellevue,  being  only  a  mile  from 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Arkoosh  was  married  in  Turkey,  and  is  the 
father  of  three  children,  namely :  Kasser,  who  is 
engaged  in  a  mercantile  business  at  Laramie,  Wyo- 
ming; Sliman,  who  is  associated  in  business  with 
his  father,  and  Nahea,  who  is  married  and  with  her 
husband  resides  in  Brazil,  South  America.  The 
mother  of  this  family  died  and  is  buried  in  Turkey. 

Politically,  Mr.  Arkoosh  harmonizes  with  the 
Republican  party,  and  while  he  is  ever  willing  and 
ready  to  work  for  his  friends,  to  assist  them  in 
securing  official  positions,  he  has  never  sought  or 
accepted  office  for  himself,  his  own  time  and  atten- 
tion being  absorbed  in  business  affairs.  Indeed,  to 
swing  big  business  deals  seems  to  be  his  chief 
pleasure.  The  only  fraternal  organization  with 
which  he  affiliates  is  the  Eagles.  Religiously,  he  is 
a  Catholic.  He  is  fond  of  music  and  the  good 
things  of  this  life,  and  he  believes  he  has  found  tht 
ideal  location  in  "The  Gem  of  the  Mountain" — Idaho. 

ROBERT  M.  TERRELL.  That  Robert  M.  Terrell  has 
achieved  a  signal  success  in  his  chosen  profession 
at  the  age  when  most  young  men  are  struggling  to 
gain  a  foothold  in  the  commercial  world  is  due  not 
only  to  the  earnest  efforts  but  also  to  his  heritage 
of  mentality  from  ancestors  of  scholarly  attain- 
ments and  professional  note. 

Robert  M.  Terrell  was  born  October  24,  1883,  and 
is  the  youngest  of  eight  children  of  the  late  Dr. 
James  D.  Terrell  and  Mrs.  Frances  A.  (Corbett) 
Terrell.  Mrs.  Terrell  who  is  seventy  years  of  age, 
still  survives  and  is  living  in  Pocatello.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Jacob  Corbett,  an  esteemed 
citizen  of  Ballard  county,  Kentucky,  and  for  many 
years  county  clerk. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Dr.  James  D.  Terrell  was  born  in  1830  and  was  a 
native  of  Ballard  county  where  he  spent  the  greater 

Sart   of  a   long   and   useful   life.    After   completing 
is  school  course  in  Mississippi  he  took  his  degree 
from  the  medical   department  of  the  University  of 
Virginia,  and  in   1858  was  married  to  Miss   Sarah 
Wilds.    Her  death  occurred  in  1863. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Terrell  had  the  satisfaction  of  see- 
ing a  fine,  healthy  family  of  children  develop  into 
useful  men  and  women  of  whom  they  were  justly 
proud.  Their  eldest  son  Thomas  Fountain  Terrell, 
a  leading  attorney  of  Pocatello,  Idaho,  has  served  his 
state  most  ably  as  lieutenant  governor.  Corbett  Ter- 
rell is  a  prominent  officer  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  New 
York  City,  while  Robert  M.  Terrell  has  held  several 
public  offices  and  is  now  county  attorney.  The  daugh- 
ters of  the  family  have  married  estimable  men  and 
are  accounted  important  factors  in  the  social  life 
of  the  community.  Dr.  Terrell  passed  away  in  Feb- 
ruary, njoo,  mourned  by  a  host  of  friends. 

Robert  M.  Terrell  attended  Blandsville  College, 
and  later  took  up  a  course  of  law  at  Central  Uni- 
versity at  Danville,  Kentucky.  Upon  the  completion 
of  his  scholastic  career  in  1905,  Mr.  Terrill  came 
west,  locating  in  Pocatello.  Eager  to  get  down  to 
the  real  work  of  life,  he  began  practice  the  day 
after  his  arrival,  and  his  interest  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession has  never  flagged.  Pocatello  was  quick  to 
recognize  in  the  newcomer  a  young  man  of  excep- 
tional natural  ability  and  great  promise,  and  no  time 
was  lost  in  appointing  him  to  the  post  of  city  at- 
torney, a  position  which  he  filled  most  acceptably. 
Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  May,  1907,  he 
resumed  private  practice  with  Colonel  H.  V.  A. 
Ferguson.  In  the  fall  of  1908  Mr.  Terrell  was 
elected  county  attorney,  holding  this  post  until  the 
fall  of  1910  when  he  was  elected  representative  in 
the  eleventh  legislature.  He  served  up  to  1911,  when, 
after  the  close  of  the  session,  he  was  tendered  the 
appointment  of  county  attorney.  He  resigned  from 
the  legislature  in  order  to  accept,  and  is  doing  most 
efficient  service  in  this  responsible  post  at  the  present 
time. 

Mr.  Terrell  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  affilia- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  both  district  and  state 
bar  associations  and  belongs  also  to  the  Fraternal 
Brotherhood  of  the  W.  O.  C.  In  addition  to  this 
he  is  a  director  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

In  view  of  his  numerous  legal,  political  and  frater- 
nal activities  it  is  rather  surprising  that  Mr.  Terrell 
has  found  time  to  fulfill  his  social  obligations.  His 
popularity  was  assured  from  the  time  he  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  Pocatello.  On  March  29,  1911, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Ruebel,  daughter 
of  Phillip  H.  and  Elizabeth  Ruebel  of  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas.  One  child,  Robert  Marshall,  Jr.,  has 
come  to  make  the  happiness  of  the  young  couple 
complete. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Terrell  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church.  Both  are  fond  of  outdoor  sports,  especially 
those  of  an  athletic  nature. 

Looking  back  over  the  short  years  that  have 
marked  the  phenomenal  rise  and  progress  of  this 
favored  son  of  Fortune,  one  is  impressed,  first,  with 
the  great  possibilities  open  to  him  who  has  the  right 
mental  equipment  and  moral  stamina  to  hold  his  own 
in  this  land  of  opportunities,  and  also  with  the  fact 
that  ambition  and  high  resolve  are  bound  to  win 
Mr.  Terrell  came  to  Pocatello  with  nothing  but  a 
college  education  and  the  will  to  succeed,  and  his 
advancement  is  wholly  due  to  his  own  unaided  effort. 
Mr.  Terrell  believes  that  Horace  Greely's  time- 
honored  advice,  "Go  west,  young  man,"  is  equally 
applicable  to  the  present  time;  and  he  knows  of  no 


better  place  for  any  one  with  pluck  and  push  to  make 
a  start  than  this  section  of  Idaho.  Surely  no  young 
man  could  do  better  than  to  follow  the  advice  and 
emulate  the  example  of  this  rising  young  attorney 
whose  fellow-citizens  freely  predict  the  highest  politi- 
cal honors  within  their  gift. 

JOSEPH  FREMSTAD,  M.  D.  The  first  permanent 
drug  store  established  in  the  new  and  thriving  town 
of  Burley  in  southern  Idaho  was  the  enterprise  of 
Dr.  Joseph  Fremstad.  Both  as  a  druggist  and  phy- 
sician and  surgeon  he  has  since  been  the  leader  in 
his  line  of  business  and  profession  in  this  locality, 
and  is  a  man  of  high  standing  and  a  success  based 

The  Fremstad  family  has  long  been  notable  for 
the  achievements  of  its  members.  A  sister  of  the 
doctor  is  Olive  Fremstad,  whose  name  has  for  years 
been  a  household  word  to  all  music  lovers.  In  Wag- 
nerian  and  other  heavy  roles  she  has  been  identified 
with  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company  of  New  York 
for  many  seasons,  and  she  had  the  distinction  and 
was  the  originator  of  first  taking  the  part  of  Salome 
when  the  Strauss  opera  of  that  title  was  given  its 
premier  performance  in  America. 

The  doctor's  father  was  also  a  physician,  a  gradu- 
ate of  one  of  the  best  schools  in  Sweden  and  later 
of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Chi- 
cago, and  for  many  years  practiced  with  distinction 
at  Minneapolis,  where  he  died  in  1896,  at  the  age 
of  about  fifty-seven.  His  wife,  who  survived  him 
and  who  died  at  Grantsburg,  Wisconsin,  in  1906, 
was  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Stockholm  and 
a  woman  of  strong  character  and  mental  force. 

Of  the  six  children,  Joseph  was  the  second  and 
the  oldest  son.  He  was  born  at  Fredericksald,  Nor- 
way, November  5,  1872,  and  at  the  age  of  four  years 
came  with  his  parents  to  America,  spending  two 
years  in  Chicago  and  then  moving  to  Minneapolis, 
where  he  grew  up.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the  Min- 
neapolis schools,  and  at  an  early  age  began  win- 
ning his  own  way.  When  fifteen  a  drug  store  be- 
came the  scene  of  his  activities,  at  a  salary  of  one 
dollar  a  week,  but  that  experience  gave  him  the 
practical  direction  for  a  business  career.  In  1897, 
leaving  Minneapolis,  he  went  by  boat  to  New  Or- 
leans, and  a  short  time  later  he  and  his  wife  em- 
barked on  a  schooner  bound  for  Tampa.  A  hurri- 
cane drove  the  boat  clear  across  the  gulf  to  Yucatan, 
and  it  was  only  after  a  long  and  dangerous  voyage 
that  he  finally  arrived  in  Tampa. 

.At  Tampa  he  entered  the  marine  hospital  service, 
and  during  the  six  months  there  he  passed  through 
one  of  the  last  severe  epidemics  of  yellow  fever. 
Later  he  spent  some  months  in  the  hospital  service 
at  Jacksonville,  Florida,  and  Savannah,  Georgia,  and 
then  returned  to  Minneapolis,  where  he  again 
resumed  the  drug  business. 

Though  successful  as  a  druggist  Mr.  Fremstad  had 
for  some  time  contemplated  preparing  for  the  pro- 
fession of  medicine,  and  in  1901  he  entered  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  St.  Louis,  from 
which  institution  he  received  his  M.  D.  degree  in  1906. 
He  paid  his  way  through  college  by  work  on  the  out- 
side, so  that  he  can  truthfully  claim  that  he  has 
received  very  little  assistance  from  anyone  but 
himself  in  attaining  success.  During  one  year  be- 
fore graduation  and  one  year  afterward  he  did  work 
in  the  Bellevue  and  Roosevelt  hospitals  of  New  York 
City,  and  in  the  clinics  and  other  work  of  those 
noted  institutions  he  came  into  association  with 
many  of  the  most  eminent  men  of  the  profession. 

It  was  with  this  unusually  excellent  equipment  and 
thorough  experience  that  Dr.  Fremstad  came  to 
Burley,  Idaho,  in  1907,  and  established  both  a  drug 


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store  and  his  practice  as  physician  and  surgeon.  In 
surgery  he  has  not  a  superior  in  the  southern  section 
of  the  state,  and  his  general  practice  is  as  large  as  he 
can  comfortably  manage.  The  doctor  also  owns  a 
fine  farm  four  miles  from  town. 

He  was  married  at  Minneapolis  on  January  i, 
1893,  to  Miss  Mabel  Brusven,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Abe  Brusven,  of  that  city.  Dr.  Frem- 
stad  has  no  church  affiliation,  although  he  favors  the 
cause  of  denominational  religion.  Praternaljy  he  is 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  in  politics  he 
takes  an  independent  position.  Hunting  and  fishing 
and  outdoor  sports  in  general  are  his  favorite  recrea- 
tions. He  has  a  decided  fondness  for  scientific  litera- 
ture, and  general  reading  and  music  are  also  among 
his  diversions.  His  faith  in  Idaho  as  a  state  for 
farming  and  general  industry  has  never  been  shaken, 
and  he  is  extremely  loyal  to  his  home  town  and 
state. 

WILLIAM  E.  ABRAHAM,  lawyer,  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  bar  in  southern  Idaho,  has  his  home  and  of- 
fice at  Burley.  He  won  his  way  into  the  profession 
by  hard  work,  and  now  enjoys  a  prestige  and  prac- 
tice that  are  only  bestowed  upon  sound  ability. 

Mr.  Abraham  was  born  at  Rose  Hill,  Ohio,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1881.  When  he  was  twelve  years  old  the 
family  moved  to  Indiana,  where  he  had  his  early 
experiences  as  a  practical  worker  and  where  he  pre- 
pared for  the  law.  In  1904  he  came  west  and  located 
at  Albion,  Idaho.  After  about  a  year  in  practice, 
other  inducements  attracted  him  to  California,  where 
for  about  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  abstract 
business.  On  his  return  to  Idaho  in  1910  he  estab- 
lished his  office  in  Burley. 

Much  of  his  early  youth  was  spent  in  the  oil  and 
gas  regions  of  Ohio  and  Indiana,  and  the  first 
money  he  earned  at  regular  employment  was  by 
working  with  his  father,  who  was  connected  with 
the  oil  and  gas  business.  After  several  years  at 
this  he  learned  glass-blowing,  and  worked  in  that 
industry  until  his  resources  were  adequate  for  carry- 
ing out  the  plans  he  had  long  prepared  to  fit  himself 
for  a  profession.  As  boy  he  had  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Ohio  and  Indiana,  finishing  at  high  school, 
and  for  his  professional  education  he  took  his  courses 
in  the  Indianapolis  College  of  Law,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1904.  On  being  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  he  practiced  a  short  time  in 
Indiana  before  coming  west. 

Mr.  Abraham  is  one  of  the  influential  Democrats 
of  his  part  of  the  state,  and  at  this  writing  is  the 
nominee  of  his  party  for  the  office  of  county  attor- 
ney. In  religious  matter  he  prefers  the  Christian 
church.  His  recreations  are  hunting  and  fishing, 
reading  in  general  literature,  and  he  is  fond  of  the 
theater  and  music. 

It  is  his  opinion  that  Idaho  offers  to  the  young 
man  a  wealth  of  opportunities  in  the  different  walks 
of  life  such  as  can  be  found  in  no  other  state,  and 
that  honest  effort  will  here  find  the  substantial  re- 
\vanls  not  only  of  material  prosperity  but  also  of 
position  and  influence. 

CLYDE  S.  SHAW,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Gate 
Citv  Neics,  Bellcvue,  Idaho,  was  born  at  Del  Norte. 
Colorado,  August  30.  1874.  His  early  education  was 
acquired  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  his 
native  town.  After  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  he 
began  earning  money  by  herding  cattle  on  the  range. 
Also  he  was  variously  employed  in  other  light  work 
during  vacations  until  he  entered  the  Presbyterian 
college  at  Del  Norte.  After  the  completion  "of  his 
college  course,  he  began  teaching  school,  and  he 
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was  engaged  in  teaching  in  Colorado  until  1904, 
when  he  came  to  Idaho.  His  first  location  here  was 
at  Emmett,  where,  however,  he  remained  only  a 
short  time.  Then  he  came  to  Bellevue  and  pur- 
chased the  Gate  City  News,  which  he  has  since 
published. 

February  n,  1898,  at  Del  Norte,  Colorado,  Mr. 
Shaw  and  Miss  Laura  C.  Jones  were  united  in  mar- 
riage, and  to  them  have  been  given  four  children, 
two  of  whom  are  deceased,  those  living  being  Ber- 
nard and  Dudley.  Mrs.  Shaw  is  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Jones  of  Saguache,  Colorado. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Bellevue,  where  Mr.  Shaw  also  attends  worship  and 
toward  which  he  inclines  in  his  religious  belief, 
although  not  actively  identified  as  a  member.  He 
has  fraternal  relations  with  the  M.  W.  A.,  W.  O.  \Y., 
and  Odd  Fellows,  in  each  of  which  he  has  filled 
nearly  all  the  offices.  Also  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Eastern  Idaho  Press  Club  and  is  one  of  its  legis- 
lative committee,  and  he  is  among  the  original 
members  of  the  Bellevue  Commercial  Club,  having 
served  as  its  first  vice  president. 

In  his  political  views.  Mr.  Shaw  is  an  Independent, 
but  he  takes  no  active  part  in  politics.  He  has,  how- 
ever, filled  local  office.  He  served  one  term  as 
mayor  of  Bellevue,  and  he  has  also  served  on  the 
school  board. 

Mr.  Shaw  is  enthusiastic  in  regard  to  Idaho  as  a 
place  of  residence.  In  his  opinion,  Idaho  offers 
greater  advantages  and  more  opportunities  for  a 
young  man  with  limited  means  than  any  other 
state  in  the  West. 

HENRY    O.    HARKNESS.    On    April    5,    1911,    the 
founder  and  builder  of  the  city  of  McCammon,  Idaho, 
died   at  his  home  in   that   place,   in   the  person   of 
Henry  O.  Harkness,  long  a  resident  of  this  city  and 
one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of  the  great  state  of  Idaho. 
In  his  passing  Idaho  suffered  the  loss  of  one  of  the 
greatest  of  her  adopted  sons,  and  he  was  mourned 
deeply  and   sincerely  in   all   circles  and   among   all 
class  of  people.     A  written  record  of  his  career  and 
life  work  in  the  state  which  he  long  made  his  home 
cannot  be  other  than  synonymous,  in  large  measure, 
with    the   history   of   that    state,   and   to   recite   the 
achievements  of  his  more  than   forty   years  in  the 
state  is  to  tell   of  the  many  and  varied   forms  of 
progress  that  have  marked  the  section  of  the  state 
which  represented  the  home  and  the  center  of  the 
activities  of  Mr.  Harkness.     A  man  of  the  most  re- 
markable business  capacity,  with  a  keen,  clear  and 
decisive   mind,   he  possessed   that  type  of  sagacity, 
foresight  and  ingenuity  that  are  seldom  found  united 
in  a  single  individuality,  but  which  were  dominant  in 
him   to  the   last.     His   greatest   and   most    enduring 
work  was  done  in   McCammon,  and   he  is   rightly 
known  as  the  father  of  the  city.     Here  he  for  many 
years  operated   mammoth   ranching  interests,   which 
added  not  a  little  to  the  industrial  and  business  activ- 
ities of  the  place,  and  here  he  organized  and  set  in 
operation  industrial  plants,  financial  institutions  and 
hotels  that  have  in  a  great  measure  made  the  city, 
and  established  it  as  one  of  the  busy  and  thriving 
places  of  the  west.     Success  came  to  him,  not  through 
the  favor  of  fortune,  but  rather  as  the  result  of  his 
keen  intellect,  his  forceful  application  of  that  mind, 
his  splendid  integrity  and  his  unfailing  perseverance 
and  energy.    To  such  as  he,  success  ts  the  just  re- 
ward of  his  labors,  and  from  such  as  he,  success  is 
seldom  if  ever  withheld. 

Born  on  the  28th  day  of  May,  1838,  Henry  O. 
Harkness  was  the  son  of  Abner  and  Nancy  (Garrett) 
Harkness,  both  coming  from  fine  old  New  England 


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families.  Abner  Harkness  came  to  Huron  county, 
Ohio,  from  his  native  state,  Vermont,  in  1825,  and 
there  set  himself  heroically  to  work  in  developing 
a  farm  worthy  of  the  name  from  the  dense  forests 
that  covered  his  land.  His  life,  from  then  on,  was 
spent  in  the  care  of  his  western  farm,  and  when  he 
died  in  Norwalk,  Huron  county,  in  September,  1872, 
he  was  possessed  of  one  of  the  goodliest  agricultural 
properties  in  that  county.  His  faithful  wife,  who 
had  borne  her  full  share  of  the  hardships  and  priva- 
tions attendant  upon  pioneer  life  in  a  new  and  un- 
broken country,  survived  her  husband  until  January, 
1884.  Their  son,  Henry  O.,  was  one  of  their  eight 
children.  He  was  born  at  Norwalk,  in  Huron  county, 
on  tht  date  mentioned  previously,  and  there  he  lived 
until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age. 

It  is  assumed  that  the  schooling  Mr.  Harkness 
received  did  not  extend  beyond  the  country  schools 
of  his  day,  but  he  was  thoroughly  taught  in  all  the 
many  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  that  characterize 
people  like  his  worthy  New  England  parents.  He 
learned,  while  yet  a  boy,  lessons  of  industry  and 
application  that  left  their  mark  upon  his  entire  after 
life,  and  he  was  most  consistently  tutored  in  the 
virtues  of  honesty  and  integrity.  In  his  youth  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  machinist,  and  when  he  was 
twenty-two  came  west  to  Illinois,  and  at  Watauga, 
became  associated  with  a  brother  in  the  coal  and 
farming  business.  When  the  Civil  war  came  on,  Mr. 
Harkness,  with  four  brothers,  entered  the  service  of 
the  Union  and  fought  through  the  war,  all  receiving 
honorable  discharges  at  the  cessation  of  hostilities. 
Mr.  Harkness  entered  Washburn  Lead-Mine  Regi- 
ment as  a  private,  and  that  regiment  was  mustered 
into  the  Federal  Service  as  the  Forty-fifth  Illinois. 
For  four  years  he  served  in  this  famous  old  fighting 
organization,  and  he  participated  in  some  of  the 
hottest  engagements  of  the  long  struggle  between  the 
divided  factions  of  the  country.  By  steady  and  con- 
sistent promotion  he  reached  the  rank  of  Captain, 
and  was  discharged  with  that  title  on  June  12,  1865. 

Soon  after  his  return  to  civil  life  Mr.  Harkness 
turned  his  attention  in  a  westward  direction,  with  a 
view  to  engaging  in  business  in  a  new  portion  of 
the  country.  In  1866  he  purchased  in  Atchison,  Kan- 
sas, a  freighting  outfit  of  four  wagons  and  ten  yokes 
of  oxen,  which  he  loaded  with  merchandise  and  set 
out  across  the  plains  for  Montana.  In  that  state  he 
located  a  ranch  in  the  Madison  valley,  there  em- 
barking in  stock-raising,  but  the  first  winter,  which 
proved  an  unusually  cold  one  for  that  section  of  the 
state,  robbed  him  of  all  his  cattle.  He  sold  his 
wagons  and  other  collateral  and  went  to  Idaho, 
spending  the  summer  of  1867  in  Salmon  City,  this 
state,  devoting  himself  chiefly  to  looking  over  the 
country  with  a  view  to  becoming  familiar  with  its 
various  characteristics  and  its  most  opportune  spots 
for  a  fortune  seeker.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year 
he  leased  the  Beaver  Canyon  toll  road  in  northern 
Idaho,  which  he  operated  profitably  for  two  years, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1870  came  to  Portneuf  and  once 
more  engaged  in  stockraising,  which  he  carried  on  in 
connection  with  the  toll  road  business.  In  1874  ne 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  commissioner  of  Oneida 
county,  and  for  six  years  thereafter  he  continued  in 
the  office,  the  duties  of  which  he  discharged  with  the 
greatest  of  credit  to  himself  and  his  constituents. 
With  the  passing  years  he  had  gradually  been  secur- 
ing place  in  connection  with  various  business  enter- 
prises of  the  county,  and  in  1876  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  J.  W.  Guthrie  and  J.  M.  Langsdorf, 
the  firm  name  being  J.  W.  Guthrie  &  Company,  the 
purpose  of  the  firm  being  to  conduct  a  banking 
business.  The  new  firm  established  a  bank  at  Corenn, 


Utah,  a  place  that  was  then  the  chief  supply  point 
for  Montana  and  much  other  northern  country.  That 
business  continued  until  1878,  enjoying  the  utmost 
prosperity.  It  was  in  1882  that  the  completion  of 
the  Utah  Northern  Railroad  was  effected,  and  thus 
the  freighting  business  from  Corenn  was  discon- 
tinued, being  no  longer  profitable,  in  competition  with 
railroad  service.  Corenn  lost  much  of  its  prosperity 
and  activity  as  a  result,  and  the  banking  business  of 
which  Mr.  Harkness  was  a  member  was  transferred 
to  Ogden.  One  year  later  Mr.  Harkness  bought 
the  interest  of  the  senior  partner,  changing  the  name 
of  the  firm  to  that  of  Harkness  &  Company,  which 
it  retained  for  many  years. 

In  the  early  eighties  Mr.  Harkness  began  to  devote 
himself  more  and  more  to  his  farming  interests. 
He  had  by  that  time  become  the  owner  of  a  landed 
estate  of  some  sixteen  hundred  acres  in  Round  Valley, 
in  the  vicinity  of  Oxford,  and  this  he  utilized  for 
the  pasture  of  his  mammoth  herds  of  blooded  cattle 
and  sheep.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  take  an 
active  interest  in  the  possibilities  of  the  town  of 
McCammon,  and  bought  freely  of  its  land,  and  was 
from  the  start  active  in  building  operations  in  the 
town.  He  it  was  who  built  a  complete  and  modern 
flouring  mill  at  McCammon,  with  a  capacity  of  150 
barrels  daily,  and  his  fine  farms  in  the  vicinity  of 
McCammon  supplied  much  of  the  wheat  that  passed 
through  the  mill,  as  a  result  of  which  he  became 
directly  responsible  for  the  employment  of  hundreds 
of  farm  and  factory  hands.  It  was  he  who  built  and 
for  years  operated  the  fine  hotel  which  McCammon 
boasted  for  years,  and  which  was  destroyed  by  fire 
on  the  night  of  June  i,  1913,  and  many  another  en- 
terprise and  industry  in  the  city  had  its  inception  in 
the  mind  of  Mr.  Harkness  and  its  organization  was 
the  direct  result  of  his  activity  and  capital.  Many 
of  the  big  men  of  the  state  today  lay  their  present 
prosperity  directly  to  the  operations  of  Mr.  Hark- 
ness, and  he  may  be  said  to  have  practically  estab- 
lished the  fortunes  of  such  men  as  E.  E.  Jacobs, 
T.  M.  W.  Edwards  and  others  of  similar  importance. 
He  was  the  first  postmaster  of  McCammon,  and  he 
installed  in  1891  the  first  individual  owned  electric 
light  plant  in  southern  Idaho,  the  same  being  used 
to  light  his  hotel  and  ranch  buildings. 

He  was  always  to  be  found  in  the  advance  guard 
of  progress,  and  no  worthy  movement  ever  found 
him  in  an  unfriendly  attitude.  Fraternally  he  was 
a  Mason.  Though  himself  a  Methodist,  of  no  un- 
certain rank,  he  gave  the  ground  for  the  Catholic 
church  of  McCammon  and  lent  financial  and  material 
aid  along  other  lines  to  assist  in  the  erection  of  a 
church  edifice.  He  donated  the  ground  for  the  M.  E. 
church  and  for  the  schoolhouse  as  Oxford.  Such 
was  the  whole-souled  and  generous  nature  of  the 
man. 

On  August  n,  1871,  Mr.  Harkness  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mrs.  Catherine  Murphy,  and  she  died 
on  December  28,  1898.  On  October  5,  1899,  Mr. 
Harkness  married  Miss  Sarah  Scott,  and  to  them 
five  children  have  been  born,  named  as  follows: 
Henrietta  Orville  was  born  July  8,  1900,  at  Webb 
City,  Missouri,  and  is  now  attending  school  at  Ogden 
Academy;  Katherine  E.  was  born  January  24,  1902, 
at  McCammon,  Idaho ;  Henry  Orvill  was  born  on 
August  13,  1905,  at  McCammon,  Idaho;  John  Abner 
was  born  June  9,  1908,  and  Theodore  Roosevelt 
Harkness  was  b<?rn  on  June  I,  1910,  at  McCammon. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Harkness  was  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  his  section  of 
the  state.  He  left,  among  many  parcels  of  prop- 
erty, not  mentioned  here,  seventeen  hundred  acres 
of  land  at  McCammon,  a  large  hotel  building  in  the 


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city  of  McCammon,  the  flour  mill  which  he  estab- 
lished here  some  years  ago,  mammoth  feed  barns  in 
the  town,  and  sixteen  hundred  acres  of  valuable  land 
in  Oxford,  Idaho-  Mrs.  Harkness  was  named  as  the 
sole  executor  of  the  estate,  and  is  proving  herself  an 
able  and  capable  business  woman. 

BENJAMIN  M.  DAVIS,  a  retired  citizen  of  Bellevue, 
Idaho,  has  rounded  out  half  a  century  of  life  in  this 
state,  and  as  a  worthy  pioneer,  well  provided  with 
the  comforts  of  life  for  his  family  and  for  himself 
in  his  old  age  as  the  result  of  his  years  of  earnest, 
honest  toil,  his  record  is  one  deserving  of  record. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  native  of  Trumbull  county,  Ohio, 
and  was  born  June  17,  1834.  When  he  was  one 
year  old,  his  parents  moved  to  New  York,  and 
when  he  was  ten  they  went  from  that  state  to  Wis- 
consin, where  he  lived  until  he  was  twenty.  Thus  it 
was  that  his  school  days  were  passed  in  New  York 
and  Wisconsin,  and  his  advantages  were  limited  to 
public-school  training.  When  he  was  twenty,  he 
went  to  Chicago,  where  he  worked  at  the  blacksmith 
trade  for  two  years.  Next  we  find  him  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where  he  spent  one  year,  at  the 
anvil,  and  from  whence  he  crossed  the  plains  to 
the  far  West.  After  six  months  spent  in  California, 
he  entered  the  government  service  and  went  to 
Walla  Walla,  Washington,  where  for  three  years  he 
was  foreman  of  the  government  blacksmith  shop. 
From  Walla  Walla  he  came  to  Idaho.  His  first 
location  in  this  state  was  at  Florence  and  Idaho 
City  and  then  at  Silver  City,  where  he  ran  a  black- 
smith shop  for  about  twenty  years.  His  next  and 
last  move  was  to  Bellevue.  Here  he  had  a  shop 
until  1910,  when  he  retired. 

Mr.  Davis  has  always  been  more  or  less  interested 
in  politics,  affiliating  with  the  Democratic  party  and 
helping  to  fight  the  local  party  battles.  Many  times 
he  has  been  honored  with  official  preferment,  and 
conscientiously  and  well  he  has  served  in  the  offices 
to  which  he  has  been  called.  Both  at  Silver  City 
and  Bellevue  he  was  on  the  school  board.  At  the 
former  place  he  filled  an  unexpired  term  as  probate 
judge.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil of  Bellevue,  and  for  seven  consecutive  terms  has 
been  elected  mayor  of  the  town,  at  this  writing  being 
the  incumbent  of  that  office. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Davis  is  identified  with  both  the 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Masons.  In  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
lodge  he  has  passed  all  the  chairs ;  and  he  has  served 
as  master  of  the  blue  lodge  and  high  priest  of  the 
chapter  in  Masonry.  Also  he  has  taken  the  degrees 
of  the  commandery. 

At  Silver  City,  Idaho,  June  23,  1867,  Benjamin 
M.  Davis  and  Caroline  E.  Ruhe  were  married,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  three  children,  two  sons  and 
a  daughter,  namely:  Albert  L.,  married  and  a  resi- 
dent of  California;  Frederick  C,  also  married  and 
living  in  California;  and  Charlotte,  wife  of  Alfred 
E.  Mathew,  of  that  state.  Mrs.  Davis  was  born  in 
Germany. 

Mr.  Davis  is  fond  of  hunting  and  has  killed  much 
big  game  in  the  mountains  and  on  the  plains.  He 
has  been  a  student  all  his  life,  too,  and  during  his 
busy,  hard-working  years  he  found  time  for  a  vast 
amount  of  good  reading.  Today  he  has  a  store  of 
valuable  knowledge  gained  through  reading  and  act- 
ual experience;  his  is  an  interesting  personality, — 
one  that  has  a  happy  combination  of  pioneer  and 
progressive  elements. 

JOHN  J.  MILLARD.  One  of  the  significant  facts 
about  the  citizenship  of  Idaho  is  that  its  best  resi- 
dents attest  their  loyalty  to  the  state  by  both  faith 


and  works.  Those  who  succeed  and  those  in  a  fair 
way  to  success  have  none  of  the  half-hearted  zeal 
for  their  home  country  that  is  often  found  in  older 
communities  of  the  East  Idaho  means  to  them  a 
land  of  bondless  resources  and  unlimited  growth,  and 
with  such  effective  witnesses  and  workers  there  is 
no  doubt  that  future  generations  in  this  state  will 
have  a  magnificent  debt  of  gratitude  owing  to  the 
present  citizenship  which  has  laid  only  the  sub- 
stantial foundation  for  a  Greater  Idaho. 

A  resident  for  thirty  years,  a  successful  business 
man,  and  valuable  citizen,  who  represents  in  his 
own  personality  and  career  these  qualities  of  pro- 
ductive and  loyal  citizenship,  is  Mr.  John  J.  Millard. 
at  present  manager  and  active  head  of  the  Consoli- 
dated Wagon  and  Machine  Company  at  Burley,  in 
southern  Idaho.  His  career  has  been  such  as  to 
deserve  some  extended  mention  in  this  history  of 
the  state. 

He  was  born  at  Farmington,  Utah,  on  October 
23,  1855,  and  spent  the  first  twenty-five  years  of 
his  life  in  his  native  state.  In  1882  he  came  into 
southern  Idaho,  and  has  never  had  any  occasion  to 
move  his  residence.  His  first  home  was  near  Oakley, 
and  that  has  been  virtually  his  permanent  home, 
though  business  interests  have  identified  him  with 
other  localities.  His  family  reside  at  Oakley  in  a 
beautiful  residence  which  he  built  himself.  On  com- 
ing to  this  state  he  took  up  a  homestead,  and  devel- 
oped it  and  kept  his  family  on  it  until  1900,  when 
he  moved  into  town,  a  mile  away,  in  order  to  secure 
the  better  school  advantages  for  his  children.  At 
Oakley  Mr.  Millard  followed  his  profession  of  teach- 
ing and  also  was  in  merchandising  up  to  1908,  at 
which  date  he  took  the  management  of  the  Consoli- 
dated Wagon  &  Machine  Company  at  Burley,  and 
has  been  the  executive  head  of  this  concern  to  the 
present  time. 

After  a  thorough  public  school  education  in  Utah, 
Mr.  Millard  engaged  in  teaching  there  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  has  also  given  six  years  to  that 
work  during  his  residence  in  Idaho.  He  was  reared 
on  a  farm  and  was  so  competent  as  a  farmer  that 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
all  the  work  of  his  father's  place.  Later,  through 
a  combination  of  circumstances,  he  was  forced  into 
an  executive  position,  and  this  early  experience  proved 
very  profitable  during  his  later  life,  since  he  has 
been  no  less  successful  in  business  than  in  other 
lines  -that  he  has  followed. 

Mr.  Millard  was  married  at  Farmington,  his  na- 
tive place,  on  June  24,  1880,  to  Miss  Keturah  Haight. 
daughter  of  Hprton  D.  and  Louisa  Haight,  of  that 
place.  Of  their  six  children,  two  sons  and  three 
daughters  are  living,  namely:  Alice  E.,  James  H., 
John  J.  Jr.,  Annie  C.  and  Lera  L.  Mr.  Millard  and 
all  his  family  are  members  of  the  Church  of  Latter 
Day  Saints,  in  which  he  is  one  of  the  influential 
workers  and  for  twenty  years  has  been  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school. 

He  is  a  Republican  who  has  taken  considerable 
part  in  local  campaigns.  In  the  county-seat  fight  of 
1899  he  was  one  of  the  most  vigorous  partisans,  and 
furnishing  his  own  teams,  with  a  band  and  other 
means  of  arousing  and  influencing  public  opinion, 
he  stumped  the  entire  county.  For  several  terms  he 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  at  Oakley,  and  for 
two  years  was  postmaster  at  the  Thatcher  ranch. 
He  also  served  a  term  on  the  district  school  board. 
It  is  in  his  charming  home  circle  at  Oakley  that  he 
finds  his  chief  recreation,  though  he  also  enjoys  a 
good  lecture  and  the  reading  of  good  literature.  He 
is  one  of  the  solid  men  of  the  state,  and  has  given 


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a  good  account  of  his  talents  during  his  residence 
here. 

JOHN  POVEY,  dealer  in  lumber  and  implements,  of 
Hailey,  Idaho,  dates  his  birth  in  Liverpool,  England, 
October,  1865.  Until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age 
he  attended  the  public  schools.  Then  he  entered 
upon  a  seven  years'  apprenticeship  to  the  carpenter's 
trade,  with  a  salary  to  begin  with  of  twenty-five 
cents  per  week ;  at  the  end  of  the  term  he  was  receiv- 
ing $1.50  per  day  of  ten  hours.  Equipped  with  a 
trade  and  having  attained  his  majority,  he  sought 
his  fortune  in  America,  and  on  his  arrival  in  this 
country  he  came  direct  to  Hailey,  Idaho.  That  was 
in  1886,  and  here  he  has  since  lived  and  labored. 
For  twelve  years  he  gave  his  time  exclusively  to 
work  at  his  trade.  He  helped  to  build  many  of  the 
large  mills  in  this  locality,  and  from  this  occupation 
he  developed  into  the  lumber  business,  in  connec- 
tion with  which  he  handles  implements.  His  faith 
in  the  future  of  Hailey  led  him  to  make  investments 
in  real  estate  here,  and  his  success  in  his  various 
ventures  here  has  been  such  that  he  has  no  inclina- 
tion to  seek  a  location  elsewhere. 

After  he  had  been  in  America  four  years,  Mr. 
Povey  returned  to  England,  and  at  Liverpool,  in 
1890,  he  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Wilson  were  united 
in  marriage.  The  young  wife  returned  with  him 
to  the  home  he  had  provided  in  Idaho,  and  here  for 
twenty-two  years  she  shared  with  him  the  joys  and 
sorrows  of  life.  May  19,  1912,  she  was  called  to 
her  last  home,  and  her  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in 
the  Hailey  cemetery.  Of  the  seven  children  born  to 
them,  five  are  living,  namely :  Bertha  H.,  Ada  S., 
John  H.,  Harold  and  Ethel.  Mrs.  Povey  was  a 
worthy  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  as  also  is 
Mr.  Povey.  He  affiliates  fraternally  with  the  I. 
O.  O.  F.,  and  is  secretary  of  his  lodge;  and,  polit- 
ically, while  he  usually  casts  his  franchise  with  the 
Democratic  party,  he  is  not  an  active  party  worker, 
and  believes  it  his  privilege  to  support  the  man  best 
fitted  for  the  office.  He  has  served  two  terms  of 
three  years  each  as  clerk  of  his  school  district  and 
in  various  ways  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  public- 
spirited  citizen. 

HON.  THOMAS  L.  GLENN.  To  be  ranked  among 
the  foremost  lawyers  of  Idaho  one  must  be  possessed 
of  superior  abilities  indeed,  for  there  is  gathered 
the  keenest  of  legal  talent,  a  large  majority  being 
young  men,  alert,  energetic  and  well  educated  for 
the  profession.  Yet  there  are  older  practitioners 
there  also,  most  of  them  equally  well  fortified  in 
professional  training  and  possessing  the  advantage 
of  having  had,  prior  to  their  coming  to  this  state, 
long  previous  experience  in  dealing  with  intricacies 
of  law.  One  of  the  latter  class  is  Hon.  Thomas  L. 
Glenn,  of  Montpelier,  distinguished  as  one  of  the 
first  of  Idaho's  citizens  in  character  and  talents,  and 
well  known  as  one  of  the  state's  eminent  lawyers  and 
as  one  of  its  former  congressmen  and  able  public 
servitors. 

Born  in  Ballard  county,  Kentucky,  February  2, 
1847,  he  has  inherited  to  a  marked  degree  that  in- 
tellectual vigor,  moral  courage  and  kindly  but  digni- 
fied and  polite  bearing  which  have  ever  been  dis- 
tinguishing characteristics  of  Kentucky's  best  citi- 
zens. His  father  was  Tyree  Glenn  and  his  mother 
was  Miss  Barzilia  Jarvis  Lawrence  prior  to  her  mar- 
riage, both  North  Carolinans  by  birth  and  both  bear- 
ing names  of  old  and  honored  connections  of  North 
Carolina.  The  parents  were  married  in  Tennessee, 
near  Bone  Cave,  Van  Buren  county,  but  in  1833 
they  took  up  their  home  in  Ballard  county,  Kentucky, 


where  the  father  took  up  farm  lands  and  was  engaged 
as  a  farmer  and  stockman  until  his  death  in  1849 
at  the  age  of  forty.  Six  children  were  born  to  this 
union,  and  of  this  family  Thomas  L.  was  fifth  in 
birth  and  is  one  of  two  yet  surviving,  the  other 
being  a  brother,  Ivy  Lawrence  Glenn,  a  well  known 
retired  business  man  of  Pueblo,  Colorado.  After 
the  father's  death  the  family  removed  to  Evansville, 
Indiana,  then  to  Centralia,  Illinois  and  then  to  Cairo, 
Illinois,  where  the  mother  continued  to  reside  until 
her  demise  in  1862,  when  forty-two  years  of  age. 
Thomas  L.  received  but  limited  schooling  in  his 
earlier  years  but  such  as  he  did  obtain  was  secured 
at  Evansville,  Indiana,  then  at  Providence  Church, 
Kentucky  and  finally  at  Cairo,  Illinois,  though  sub- 
sequently he  attended  the  commercial  college  at 
Evansville,  Indiana,  and  the  college  at  Milburn,  Ken- 
tucky, serving  also  as  an  assistant  teacher  while  a 
student  in  the  latter  institution.  The  opening  of  the 
Civil  war  in  1861  found  him  at  Cairo  a  youth  in 
his  fifteenth  year  and  fired  with  the  ambition  to  be- 
come a  soldier,  but  his  repeated  efforts  to  join  the 
ranks  were  unavailing  on  account  of  his  age-  Here, 
however,  he  gave  evidence  of  that  tenacity  of  purpose 
that  has  been  a  predominant  characteristic  of  his 
subsequent  career.  Not  to  be  deterred,  he  sold  news- 
papers to  the  soldiers  of  the  army  then  mobilizing 
there  and  followed  General  Grant's  forces  from  Cairo 
down  into  Mississippi.  There  the  longed  for  oppor- 
tunity to  realize  his  ambitions  came  and  made  him  a 
member  of  Company  F,  Second  Kentucky  Cavalry, 
Confederate  army  known  as  Dukes  Regiment,  it  being 
under  General  John  H.  Morgan,  with  which  he  expe- 
rienced the  fortunes  of  war,  passing  through  many 
perils,  being  exposed  to  many  trying  vicissitudes  but 
escaping  unharmed,  until  about  the  close  of  the  first 
year  s  service,  when  he  was  severely  wounded  by  a 
minie  ball  that  shattered  the  bones  of  his  right  shoul- 
der. From  this  wound  he  did  not  recover  until  October. 
1868,  though  wounded  June  9.  1864,  He  sought 
refuge  in  the  home  of  a  southern  planter,  but  was 
taken  prisoner  by  the  Federals  and  detained  until 
September  9,  1864.  He  was  then  yet  in  his  teens 
and  an  orphan.  On  his  release  from  prison  he  re- 
turned to  Ballard  county,  Kentucky,  where  he  took 
up  employment  on  his  grandmother's  farm,  and,  hav- 
ing decided  that  law  should  be  his  life  pursuit,  he 
set  about  diligently  to  prepare  for  the  profession  by 
reading  law  during  such  leisure  moments  as  came 
to  him,  rapidly  gaining  proficiency  with  his  quick 
mind  and  naturally  studious  habits. 

His  public  career  began  early,  and  as  that  of  most 
public  men  ought  to,  with  an  active  participation  in 
local  affairs,  in  the  course  of  which  he  gained  the 
thorough  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens.  In  1874 
he  was  elected  county  clerk  of  Ballard  county  and 
was  reelected  in  1878  by  a  large  majority.  During 
this  period  he  had  continued  to  read  law.  At  the 
conclusion  of  his  second  term  he  took  up  the  prac- 
tice of  law,  having  in  the  meantime  so  successfully 
prosecuted  his  legal  studies  and  so  amply  demon- 
strated his  abilities  that  he  had  been  admitted  to 
practice  before  all  the  courts.  In  1887  he  was  called 
to  higher  honors  when  he  was  elected  a  state  senator 
to  represent  four  Kentucky  counties.  In  filling  that 
office  he  rendered  efficient  and  valuable  services  to 
that  state  as  a  member  of  different  important  com- 
mittees, one  of  which  was  for  the  investigation  of  the 
locks  and  dams  on  the  Green  and  Barren  rivers  and 
of  this  committee  he  was  chairman.  This  investiga- 
tion led  to  very  satisfactory  results,  as  the  system 
was  later  taken  over  by  the  government  for  approx- 
imately $10,000,  though  the  price  asked  at  first  was 
$150,000.  At  the  expiration  of  his  senatorial  term 


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in  1890  Mr.  Glenn  decided  to  migrate  west  and 
selected  Idaho  as  the  state  in  which  to  make  his 
new  home.  He  located  at  Montpelier,  Bear  Lake 
county,  where  he  at  once  began  the  practice  of  law 
and  where  his  rise  to  the  front  ranks  of  his  profeS- 
sion  was  rapid,  soon  attaining  a  commanding  emi- 
nence in  this  direction  in  eastern  Idaho  and  becoming 
well  known  throughout  the  state.  Here  again,  in 
1900,  he  was  called  into  public  life  when  he  was 
prevailed  upon  to  accept  the  Democratic  nomination 
for  Congress,  and  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  that 
year.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Fifty-seventh 
Congress  as  a  populist,  having  been  elected  on  a 
fusion  ticket,  in  which  body  his  course  was  marked 
for  its.  fidelity  to  principle,  and  sincerity  of  purpose, 
and  was  an  honor  to  himself  and  to  his  constituency. 
At  the  conclusion  of  his  congressional  term  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  at  Montpelier  and  resumed  the 
practice  of  law.  Mr.  Glenn,  together  with  United 
States  Senator  Francis  J.  Newlands  of  Nevada,  then 
a  congressman,  was  instrumental  in  having  the 
Newlands  irrigation  bill  passed  which  effected  the 
whole  United  States,  also  Mr.  Glenn  while  a  member 
of  congress  voted  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama 
canal,  and  he.  together  with  John  R.  Brennan,  of 
Montpelier.  developed  the  phosphate  mines  of  Idaho, 
which  was  the  first  discovered  in  the  Rocky  moun- 
tains. Politically  he  has  been  an  active  and  zealous 
adherent  of  the  Democratic  party  most  of  the  time. 
As  a  citizen  Mr.  Glenn  is  of  the  progressive  type 
and  is  ever  alive  to  whatever  in  his  judgment  pro- 
motes the  best  and  highest  interests  of  the  people. 
As  a  member  of  society  he  is  cultured,  genial,  high- 
minded  and  is  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him. 
Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  one  of  the  old  and 
honored  orders,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  lodge  at  Soda  Springs,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Glenn  has  been  thrice  married.  On  March 
17,  1870,  he  was  married  in  Ballard  county,  Ken- 
tucky to  Miss  Lucretia  Stephens,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Sarah  Stephens  of  that  county.  To  this  mar- 
riage came  four  sons,  all  born  at  Milburn,  Kentucky. 
Thomas  Isaac  Glenn,  the  eldest,  born  January  17, 
1871,  resides  at  Fayetteville,  Arkansas,  is  married 
and  has  three  children.  Ivy  L.  Glenn,  the  second 
son,  born  July  3,  1874,  married  Miss  Sallie  Moss, 
of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  now  resides  at  Los 
Angeles,  California ;  they  have  one  child.  Francis 
J.  Glenn,  'born  January,  1877,  is  married  and  re- 
sides at  Montpeher,  Idaho,  his  family  circle  includ- 
ing seven  interesting  children.  William  T.  Glenn, 
the  youngest  son,  born  June  4,  1880,  resides  at  Bisbee, 
Arizona,  is  married  and  he  and  his  wife  have  four 
children.  The  wife  and  mother  died  January  24, 
1893  at  Montpelier.  The  second  marriage  of  Mr. 
Glenn  took  place  at  Montpelier,  Idaho  on  January 
2,  1895  and  united  him  to  Miss  Nellie  Severn  Jones, 
who  passed  away  on  January  29,  1910,  leaving  two 
sons :  Orian  J.,  born  at  Montpelier  January  27,  1897, 
and  George  T.,  born  February  2,  1899  at  Montpelier 
and  deceased  March  24,  1912.  On  January  22,  1912, 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Mr.  Glenn  wedded  Mrs. 
Alice  O'Connor  as  his  third  wife. 

Mr.  Glenn  is*  intensely  loyal  to  Idaho,  is  alive  to 
every  local  interest  which  looks  to  the  development 
of  its  natural  resources,  and  holds  the  most  optimistic 
faith  in  its  future,  believing  that  actual  development 
here  has  but  begun.  He  was  left  an  orphan  early 
in  life  and  to  face  unaided  the  vicissitudes  of  youth, 
but  having  character,  persistence  and  courage  he 
surmounted  such  obstacles  as  fell  in  his  way  to  suc- 
cess and  has  arisen  in  life  by  means  of  his  own 
resources  and  abilities.  He  is  truly  a  self-made  man, 


one  that  Idaho  numbers  among  its  strongest  and  most 
forceful. 

CHARLES  A.  JOHNSON.  A  citizen  of  Burley  who 
has  a  record  for  large  accomplishment,  Mr.  Charles 
A.  Johnson  is  both  a  business  man  and  a  lawyer. 
and  one  of  the  leaders  in  his  profession.  During 
the  seven  or  eight  years  of  his  residence  in  Southern 
Idaho  his  leadership  and  practical  work  have  had  a 
definite  value  in  the  advancement  of  his  home  com- 
munity. Mr.  Johnson  is  a  man  who  not  only  sees 
the  great  undeveloped  resources  about  him  in  this 
state,  but  has  the  ability  to  plan  and  organize  means 
to  develop  such  resources  to  the  highest  advantage. 

During  his  early  life  Mr.  Johnson  had  to  exercise 
the  same  energy  and  resourcefulness  in  getting  his 
own  start  that  he  has  since  used  in  the  larger  affairs 
of  his  home  locality  in  Idaho.  He  was  born  at 
Washington,  Indiana,  October  29,  1873.  After  a 
brief  public  school  education,  he  began  working  on 
a  farm  when  about  fourteen,  and  later  worked  in 
sawmills,  railroad  shops,  railroad  offices,  and  in 
other  positions,  being  at  one  time  station  agent  on 
the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad.  The  money  which 
he  saved  in  this  way  he  applied  to  his  further  edu- 
cation in  a  normal  school.  He  then  taught  school, 
and  then  entered  the  University  of  Indiana  at  Bloom- 
ington,  where  he  studied  law  and  completed  the 
final  stages  of  his  preparation  for  a  larger  career. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Indiana,  and  in  1905 
came  West  and  has  since  been  identified  with  the 
growing  town  of  Burley. 

As  a  lawyer  he  soon  became  recognized  for  thor- 
oughness and  skill,  and  has  enjoyed  a  large  share 
of  the  better  class  of  practice  in  the  county.  In  his 
first  murder  case,  and  the  most  important  trial  that 
has  occurred  during  his  residence  in  the  county,  he 
managed  the  defense  so  ably  that  his  client  was 
acquitted  after  a  hard-fought  case. 

Soon  after  coming  to  Burley  Mr.  Johnson  took 
an  active  part  in  the  organization  of  the  South  Side 
Water  Users  Association.  Through  lack  of  water 
the  development  of  all  the  fine  country  around  Burley 
was  at  a  standstill.  This  association,  of  which  Mr. 
Johnson  was  the  first  secretary  and  also  served  as 
director  one  year,  has  succeeded  in  building  ninety 
miles  of  main  canal  and  through  its  enterprise  fifty 
thousand  acres  of  soil  are  now  producing  crops 
worth  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  every  year. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  for  a  year  a  stockholder  and 
director  in  the  Burley  Townsite  Company,  and  has 
in  fact  been  one  of  the  builders  of  the  town.  His 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  this  locality  is  actuated 
by  a  sincere  desire  to  see  all  the  present  and  future 
citizens  prosper,  and  to  people  in  other  states  wish- 
ing to  secure  the  best  information  concerning  Burley, 
no  other  local  resident  would  be  more  willing  to 
answer  queries  or  could  furnish  more  exact  details 
than  Mr.  Johnson. 

Mr.  Johnson  married  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  De- 
cember 26,  '1911,  Miss  Mary  Aaron.  Her  brother. 
Dr.  William  E.  Aaron,  is  a  resident  of  Twin  Falls. 
Idaho.  Her  father,  Robert  Aaron,  of  Springfield, 
Missouri,  is  roadmaster  for  the  Frisco  Railroad. 
Mrs.  Johnson  is  an  active  member  of  the  Christian 
church,  and  that  denomination  is  the  choice  of  her 
husband  among  the  various  churches.  His  fraternal 
affiliation  is  with  the  Masonic  order.  As  a  Republi- 
can he  is  active,  and  is  an  earnest  and  effective  cam- 
paigner for  the  party  candidates,  but  never  asks  office 
for  himself.  By  reading  and  through  personal  con- 
tact with  prominent  men,  he  keeps  abreast  of  the 
current  of  modern  affairs,  and  has  none  of  the  pro- 
vincial characteristics  about  him.  Mr.  Johnson  is 


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very  fond  of  music,  and  gratifies  his  taste  in  that 
direction  at  every  opportunity.  During  his  career  it 
has  been  his  lot  to  travel  over  nearly  all  the  states 
of  the  Union,  and  it  is  his  opinion  that  Idaho,  above 
all  others,  has  the  greatest  prospects  of  future  de- 
velopment. 

JOHN  T.  PETERSON.  A  young  business  man  who 
has  found  in  Idaho  the  privileges  of  successful  en- 
deavor and  has  already  gained  no  small  degree  of 
prosperity  is  John  T.  Peterson,  of  the  Pioneer  Coal 
and  Produce  Company,  at  Burley.  Coal,  grain,  feed 
and  seeds  are  the  commodities  which  his  company 
handles,  and  the  enterprise  is  an  important  one  in 
that  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Peterson  was  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  November 
9,  1879,  and  spent  about  thirty  years  of  his  life  in 
his  native  state.  His  arrival  in  Idaho  and  settle- 
ment at  Burley  occurred  in  1908,  and  a  few  months 
later  he  had  formed  the  partnership  with  Mr.  Gustaf 
Shallman,  under  the  firm  name  above  noted,  and  their 
business  has  been  growing  profitably  ever  since. 

To  his  present  enterprise  Mr.  Peterson  brought  a 
varied  and  seasoned  experience  in  business  affairs. 
After  his  early  education,  which  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  Ogden,  he  began  his  practical 
career  at  the  age  of  seventeen  as  an  employe  in  a 
hotel,  his  first  salary  being  fifteen  dollars  a  month. 
Later  his  services  were  employed  by  a  bank,  and  for 
ten  years  he  was  connected  with  banking  in  several 
capacities,  and  through  that  association  acquired  an 
excellent  equipment  for  his  independent  career. 

Mr.  Peterson  is  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  though  not  an  active 
member,  he  expresses  preference  for  the  church  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  is  a  voting  Republican, 
but  has  taken  no  part  in  political  life.  As  one  of  the 
young  bachelor  citizens  of  Burley,  he  has  varied  inter- 
ests in  the  social  life  and  recreations  of  the  com- 
munity. He  is  a  follower  of  baseball,  is  fond  of 
hunting  and  fishing,  and  is  always  glad  to  find  amuse- 
ment or  instruction  in  a  good  lecture  and  musical 
and  dramatic  entertainments.  He  adds  his  testimony 
to  that  of  many  others  that  Idaho  has  no  superior 
among  the  states  as  the  place  of  opportunity  for 
young  men. 

MATT  McFALL.  This  early  settler  in  Shoshone,  a 
prominent  business  man,  a  most  exemplary  citizen, 
and  one  of  the  city's  most  liberal  people,  is  a  native 
of  Canada,  but  his  residence  in  the  United  States 
dates  back  to  his  sixteenth  year,  when  he  started  to 
work  in  a  Wisconsin  lumber  camp.  While  he  was 
not  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Shoshone,  substan- 
tially the  entire  growth  of  the  city  has  been  under 
his  eye,  has  been  watched  by  him  with  the  interest 
and  pride  of  a  proprietor,  and  has  been  substantially 
aided  by  his  wise  counsels  and  firm  hand.  Men  con- 
tribute by  various  services  and  diversified  gifts  to 
the  building  up  of  a  city — some  by  the  foundation  of 
law  and  municipal  order;  others  give  themselves  to 
founding  churches  and  schools ;  still  others  open  up 
the  avenues  of  commerce  and  furnish  facilities  for 
the  transaction  of  business ;  in  a  thousand  different 
but  converging  directions  they  bend  their  energies  to 
the  common  weal.  Among  all  the  various  lines  of 
activity,  none  is  more  promotive  of  the  reputation  of 
a  growing  city  than  that  which  furnishes  a  comfort- 
able home  for  the  traveler.  Shoshone,  since  Mr. 
McFall's  advent  here  in  1893,  has  been  noted  through- 
out Lincoln  county  for  the  excellent  conveniences 
presented  to  the  traveling  public,  and  the  McFall 
hotel  ranks  favorably  with  any  of  the  large  caravan- 
saries in  this  section  of  the  West. 


Matt  McFall  was  born  in  Canada,  August  29,  1851, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  vicinity.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he 
secured  a  position  in  the  lumber  woods  of  Wisconsin, 
receiving  a  salary  of  sixty  dollars  per  month.  Three 
years  later  he  went  to  Nevada,  and  was  engaged  at 
lumbering  at  a  salary  of  sixty  dollars  per  month 
and  board,  and  continued  with  the  same  firm  for  a 
period  of  twelve  years,  being  promoted  from  position 
to  position,  until  he  received  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  month,  and  was  finally  made  assistant 
manager  and  his  salary  increased  to  five  hundred 
dollars  monthly.  In  1881  he  resigned  his  position 
with  the  Eureka  &  Palisade  Railroad  and  came  to 
Idaho,  settling  first  in  Bellevue,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hotel  business.  He  continued  there  until 
.i§93,  when  he  came  to  Shoshone  and  established 
himself  in  business  as  proprietor  of  the  McFall  hotel, 
which  he  is  still  managing.  In  addition,  he  carries 
on  ranching  and  stock  raising,  and  operates  a  well- 
equipped  steam  laundry,  and  all  of  his  ventures  have 
proved  uniformly  successful.  Five  miles  from  Sho- 
shone lies  his  fine  fruit  ranch,  on  which  he  has  just 
erected  a  $5,000  barn,  with  other  improvements  com- 
mensurate in  value.  Mr.  McFall's  career  has  been 
one  of  great  activity  and  uncommon  success,  due  to 
the  exercise  of  good  judgment,  and  exhibition,  under 
.all  circumstances,  of  the  strictest  integrity.  He  is 
plain  and  unassuming  in  his  conduct,  but  has  the 
faculty  of  attaching  friends,  whose  esteem,  once  ob- 
tained, has  never  been  forfeited.  He  is  tolerant  of 
the  opinions  and  careful  of  the  rights  of  others,  recog- 
nizing the  equal  liberty  of  all.  Mr.  McFall  is  a  Re- 
publican and  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics,  and 
his  religious  connection  is  with  the  Episcopal  church. 
Fraternally,  he  holds  membership  in  the  Masons,  the 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen,  has  passed  through  the 
chairs  in  all  four  lodges,  and  is  now  a  representative 
to  the  Grand  Masonic  lodge  of  the  state.  When  he 
can  spare  time  from  his  arduous  business  duties, 
he  takes  extended  hunting  and  fishing  trips,  finding 
Idaho  one  of  the  finest  game  states  in  the  Union. 
Like  other  men  who  have  found  their  field  of  oppor- 
tunity here,  Mr.  McFall  is  a  booster  of  Idaho's  cli- 
mate, soil  and  resources,  and  backs  up  his  spoken 
word  by  investing  heavily  in  realty  and  other  inter- 
ests. Honored  as  a  business  man  and  respected  as  a 
citizen,  he  is  a  representative  of  Idaho's  best  citi- 
zenship, and  is  well  deserving  of  the  high  esteem 
in  which  he  is  universally  held. 

On  April  12,  1879,  Mr.  McFall  was  married  at 
Eureka,  Nevada,  to  Miss  Isabella  Campbell,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Campbell,  of  Nova  Scotia,  and 
seven  children  have  been  born  to  this  union,  namely: 
Ella  B.,  who  is  deceased;  Stella  M.,  John  W.,  the 
only  son,  who  is  married  and  associated  in  business 
with  his  father,  and  is  also  serving  in  the  capacity  of 
city  engineer  of  Shoshone;  Alberta  G.,  who  married 
William  Lundeen  and  resides  in  Shoshone;  Jessie  A., 
residing  at  home;  Myrtle,  who  is  deceased,  and 
Leoma,  also  at  home. 

EDGAR  E.  JACOBS.  A  man  of  extensive  acquaint- 
ance throughout  a  broad  region  of  Idaho;  of  strong 
influence  in  any  and  all  classes ;  and  of  an  impelling 
geniality  of  temperament  is  Edgar  E.  Jacobs,  presi- 
dent of  the  Jacobs-Murphy  Company  (Incorporated) 
of  McCammon.  Of  more  than  a  passing  interest  are 
the  details  of  his  career,  for  not  only  is  he  a  pioneer 
and  a  son  of  pioneers,  but  he  has  been  since  his 
youth  a  resident  of  this  section — from  the  days  when 
it  was  only  a  sage-brushprairie,  with  thousands  of 


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cattle  for  its  chief  inhabitants  and  with  no  near 
settlement  save  an  Indian  reservation. 

The  family  characteristics  of  adventurousness,  of 
migratory  tendencies  and  of  building  up  homes  and 
fortunes  in  new  lands,  were  notable  as  far  back  in 
Mr.  Jacobs'  ancestral  line  as  the  fifth  preceding  gen- 
eration. His  great-great-grandfather,  Bennett  Jacobs, 
ST.,  supposedly  a  German,  was  a  traveler  and  sea- 
faring man,  who  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth 
century  settled  on  property  in  Cuba.  From  there 
came  the  latter's  son — Bennett  Jacobs,  Jr.,  great- 
grandfather— to  the  bluegrass  plantations  of  Ken- 
tucky. With  him  was  his  son  Austin,  who  became  a 
miller,  and  reared  his  family  in  his  chosen  home.  He 
became  the  father  of  James  Whitcomb  Jacobs,  who 
also  became  a  pioneer.  Iowa  was  the  locality  selected 
by  James  Whitcomb  Jacobs,  who  became  a  resident 
of  the  then  young  settlement  of  Keokuk  county.  He 
built  there  the  first  grist  mill  ever  erected  in  Iowa 
and  continued  to  conduct  it  for  many  years.  He  is 
still  hale  and  hearty,  at  the  age  of  eighty,  and  is 
living  on  the  same  piece  of  land  on  which  he  origin- 
ally settled.  He  is  a  Civil  war  veteran,  his  enlist- 
ment having  been  with  Company  I,  First  Iowa  Cav- 
alry. He  bears  marks  of  a  serious  wound,  received 
during  a  gallant  charge  in  the  battle  of  Pea  Ridge; 
the  rifle  ball  which  at  that  time  struck  through  his 
neck  all  but  cost  him  his  life,  requiring  many  months 
of  careful  nursing  in  a  military  hospital,  and  limiting 
his  subsequent  service  to  that  of  a  clerk  in  the 
Adjutant-General's  office  in  Washington.  Mrs.  James 
Whitcomb  Jacobs,  nee  Mattie  L.  Newkirk.  is  still 
living,  at  the  age  of  seventy,  at  the  same  place  which 
was  the  scene  of  her  marriage  in  1865  and  where 
she  and  James  W.  Jacobs  reared  their  four  chil- 
dren. Of  these,  the  eldest  was  Edgar  E.  Jacobs,  to 
whose  interesting  life  this  account  is  devoted. 

In  the  district  school  at  Sigourney,  Iowa,  Edgar 
E.  Jacobs  received  instruction  during  his  juvenile 
days  and  when  his  studies  were  concluded,  he  ac- 
cepted employment  with  a  railroad  company  in  the 
capacity  of  time-keeper,  being  connected  with  con- 
struction work  which  required  his  traveling  to  vari- 
ous locations  in  different  parts  of  Iowa,  Colorado, 
Arizona  and  Idaho.  His  interest  in  the  possibilities 
of  the  "Gem-of-the-Mountains"  state,  led  him  event- 
ually to  locate  on  one  of  the  immense  cattle  ranches 
of  H.  O.  Harkness. 

Mr.  Harkness,  one  of  the  most  extensive  owners 
of  cattle  in  the  entire  West,  had  some  sixteen  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  in  Southern  Idaho  and  the  number 
of  his  herds  ran  into  the  hundreds  of  thousands.  In 
his  employ,  Mr.  Jacobs  gained  a  large  amount  of 
experience,  much  of  it  very  valuable  and  a  deal  of 
it  unique.  One  ordeal  that  he  remembers  most 
vividly  is  of  a  winter  during  which,  owing  to  the 
severity  of  the  cold  and  the  prevalence  of  snow, 
together  with  the  scarcity  of  feeding  hay,  he  and 
other  sturdy  men  were  obliged  to  see  thousands  of 
cattle  perish  on  the  range.  He  risked  and  endured 
no  slight  amount  of  exposure  in  his  many  winters 
of  work  for  Mr.  Harkness.  Such  experiences,  so 
courageously  endured,  develop  character  and  win  the 
respect  of  other  men.  as  well  as  advancing  the  ma- 
terial welfare  of  those  who  endure  them  Mr. 
Jacobs  became  one  of  the  most  trusted  employees 
of  H..  O.  Harkness,  with  whom  he  remained  con- 
tinuously, except  for  three  years  which  he  spent  in 
Arizona  and  Mexico.  In  the  nineties,  when  Mr. 
Harkness  had  established  a  general  store,  his  high 
regard  for  Mr.  Jacobs'  character  and  ability  led  him 
to  place  the  former  rangerider  in  the  position  of 
general  manager  of  the  mercantile  establishment. 
That  position  he  held  until  he  determined  to  start  in 


business  for  himself.  His  first  venture  was  the 
establishment,  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  T.  M.  Ed- 
wards, of  a  store  called  the  Edwards-Jacobs  Mer- 
cantile Company.  This  the  two  owners  conducted 
jointly  from  1900  until  1903,  at  which  time  Mr. 
Jacobs  bought  the  interests  of  his  partner.  Edward 
Murphy  subsequently  was  admitted  to  partnership 
and  the  firm  has  become  known  as  the  Jacobs-Mur- 
phy Company.  This  mercantile  house  has  rapidly 
grown  into  one  of  the  most  prosperous  concerns  of 
its  kind.  In  June  of  1912,  the  business  was  incor- 
porated and  is  now  being  conducted  on  a  large  scale 
VVith  Mr.  Jacobs  as  its  president,  Henry  Monroe  as 
vice-president  and  Edward  Murphy  as  secretary,  this 
establishment  has  achieved  an  immense  trade  from 
the  region  surrounding  McCammon.  From  a  very 
modest  beginning  it  has  reached  a  status  of  which 
Mr.  Jacobs  may  well  be  proud,  as  the  leading  and 
guiding  spirit  of  the  enterprise  from  its  beginning. 

Mr.  Jacobs  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  political 
life  of  the  community  in  which  he  has  resided  for  so 
many  years.  For  a  period  of  thirteen  years  he  has 
served  as  central  committeeman  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  for  six  years  of  that  time  has  been  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee.  He  was  the 
first  trustee  of  McCammon  and  one  of  the  organiz- 
ers of  the  town.  He  was  also  honored  with  the 
chairmanship  of  the  board  of  trustees.  During  the 
ninth  session  of  the  Idaho  Legislature,  Mr.  Jacobs 
represented  Bannock  county  in  the  state  senate. 
During  the  incumbency  of  ex-senator  Jacobs,  the 
legislative  action  dealing  with  the  Twin  Falls  sec- 
tion was  accomplished  and  he  is  therefore  to  a  con- 
siderable degree  responsible  for  that  development 
which  has  made  Twin  Falls  one  of  the  most  prosper- 
ous communities  in  the  state.  Educational  affairs 
have  ever  claimed  a  large  share  in  Mr.  Jacobs'  in- 
terest. He  has  been  influential  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  the  First  Independent  school  district  and 
served  as  chairman  of  that  body.  The  school  board 
of  McCammon  now  has  the  advantage  of  his  efficient 
service  on  the  school  board,  of  which  he  is  president 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Jacobs  took  place  on  Janu- 
ary 25,  1006,  at  which  time  Miss  Jean  Evans  of 
Oneida,  Idaho,  united  her  life  with  his.  Mrs. 
Jacobs  is  a  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Isabelle  Evans 
of  Oneida.  The  Jacobs  household  has  been  enriched 
by  the  coming  of  a  son,  Edgar  Evans  Jacobs,  born 
in  McCammon  on  January  24,  1907. 

In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Jacobs  is  a  member  both 
popular  and  distinguished.  He  is  connected  with 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No. 
674,  Pocatello.  He  is  a  member  of  Portneuf  Lodge 
of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

Aside  from  the  mercantile  interests  to  which  Mr. 
Jacobs  gives  so  much  time  and  attention,  his  mate- 
rial welfare  is  further  represented  by  the  fine  ranch 
property  which  he  possesses,  besides  considerable  real 
estate  in  McCammon.  As  all  his  holdings  are  of 
high  value,  his  wealth  is  of  no  slight  extent  None 
better  deserves  pecuniary  success  in  a  new  country, 
for  he  toiled  early  and  late  in  this  country  in  a  day 
when  the  city  of  McCammon  was  a  thing  not  yet 
conceived,  lie  has  seen  the  section  grow  and  has 
put  the  best  of  himself  into  its  development.  Great 
is  his  faith  in  this  region  which  he  authoritatively 
pronounces  to  be  the  best  part  of  the  state  for  invest- 
ments in  land  values. 

In  spite  of  his  extraordinary  success,  Mr.  Jacobs 
is  unpretentiously  friendly  to  all  whom  he  meets. 
His  large  income  and  his  hundreds  of  acres  of  land 
have  not  impaired — as  is  often  the  case — his  civic 
and  social  usefulness  as  a  man  among  men.  One 
of  the  most  loyal  of  all  citizens  of  McCammon,  he 


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continues  to  favorably  influence  its  growth  and  its 
progress  toward  yet  better  things. 

EDMUND  R.  RICHARDS,  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
Wood  River  News-Miner,  Hailey,  Idaho,  has  been 
identified  with  this  town  and  this  paper  since  1883. 
As  a  territory,  "The  Gem  of  the  Mountain"  offered 
possibilities  and  opportunities  which  he  was  quick  to 
discover.  He  had  faith  in  Idaho  then,  and  now,  after 
nearly  thirty  years  of  continuous  residence  here,  he 
believes  this  state  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  great- 
est in  the  Union,  possessing  as  it  does  almost  un- 
limited agricultural  and  mineral  resources.  As  the 
editor  of  the  News-Miner,  Mr.  Richards  has  been  a 
potent  factor  in  Elaine  and  surrounding  counties  dur- 
ing the  past  three  decades,  and  as  such  some  per- 
sonal mention  of  him  is  of  interest  in  this  work. 

Edmund  R.  Richards  was  born  in  Strong,  Maine, 
June  27,  1857,  son  of  Dr.  John  A.  and  Sophronia 
(Hillman)  Richards,  and  the  eldest  of  their  four 
children.  Dr.  John  A.  Richards  was  a  prominent  and 
influential  man  in  his  day.  He  had  an  extensive 
practice  in  Strong  and  neighboring  towns,  and  was 
always  greatly  interested  in  politics,  although  he 
never  accepted  office  for  himself.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  were  born  in  Maine,  and  he  passed  his  life 
and  died  there,  being  sixty-seven  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  His  widow  is  now  a  resident  of 
Farmington,  that  state. 

In  public  and  private  schools  in  his  native  state 
Edmund  R.  received  his  early  training.  His  higher 
education  was  carried  forward  at  Bates  College, 
Lewistown,  Maine,  where  he  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1882.  He  earned  his  first  money  as  a  boy, 
at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  working  in  a  printing 
office,  and  he  has  followed  the  printer's  trade  and 
the  newspaper  business  practically  ever  since.  He 
remained  in  Maine  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  of 
age.  Then  he  came  West,  stopping  first  at  Kansas 
City,  where  he  remained  nearly  one  year,  during 
which  time  he  was  a  reporter  on  the  Kansas  City 
Journal.  On  leaving  that  place  he  traveled  over  the 
Middle  West,  and  in  1883  landed  in  Hailey,  Idaho, 
where  he  immediately  bought  the  paper  he  has  since 
owned  and  edited. 

Politically,  Mr.  Richards  is  a  Democrat.  While 
he  has  always  been  a  party  fighter  and  an  influence 
to  be  counted  in  local  politics,  he  has  never  accepted 
office  for  himself. 

Mr.  Richards  is  fond  of  athletics  and  music,  and 
takes  great  delight  in  fishing  and  hunting.  While 
he  favors  all  churches,  he  does  not  affiliate  with  any 
special  one.  He  is  unmarried. 

DR.  RUSSELL  TRUITT.  One  of  the  oldest  and  most 
popular  physicians  of  Idaho  county,  Idaho,  is  Dr. 
Russell  Truitt,  who  has  devoted  thirty-five  years  to 
his  profession  in  the  West  and  is  one  of  the  pioneer 
physicians  of  Cottonwood,  Idaho,  where  he  has  led 
a  most  active  life,  busy  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  born  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  Illinois,  May  2,  1852,  a  son  of  Samuel 
and  Cynthia  Truitt.  After  pursuing  the  usual  courses 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  he  was 
successively  a  student  at  Hillsboro  Academy,  McKen- 
dree  College  and  Carthage  College,  all  educational 
institutions  of  Illinois,  in  which  he  acquired  a  liberal 
literary  education  as  a  basis  for  his  professional  train- 
ing. After  leaving  college  he  taught  school  for  a 
time,  and  then  about  1875  went  to  Oregon,  where 
he  taught  one  year.  Returning  east,  he  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine,  first  becoming  a  student  in  the 
Miami  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  then 
later  Completing  his  professional  training  in  the 


Eclectic  Medical  College  in  the  same  city,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  1877.  In  the  following  fall  Dr. 
Truitt  returned  to  Oregon,  this  time  to  follow  the 
profession  of  medicine.  After  three  years  in  that 
state  he  removed  to  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  and 
he  remained  in  different  parts  of  that  state  an 
active  practitioner  for  about  fifteen  years.  From 
there,  in  1895,  Dr.  Truitt  changed  his  location  to 
Cottonwood,  Idaho,  where  he  has  now  been  in  active 
professional  service  some  sixteen  years.  From  the 
beginning  of  his  professional  life  Dr.  Truitt  has  taken 
a  high  stand  in  the  estimate  of  the  public  and  of  his 
brethren.  To  that  faithfulness,  unselfishness  and  un- 
wearied diligence  in  the  service  of  humanity  which 
is  the  common  honor  of  the  profession,  he  has  added 
that  intelligence,  patience  and  sympathy  which  make 
his  services  as  grateful  to  the  feelings  of  his  patients 
as  his  skill  has  made  them  useful  in  their  necessi- 
ties. Into  his  practice  he  has  carried  the  spirit  of 
both  the  student  and  the  humanitarian.  He  is  a  wide 
reader  outside  of  professional  works,  especially  en- 
joying history  and  the  classics  in  literature,  and  he 
has  a  well-filled  library  along  the  lines  of  his  literary 
tastes.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  State  Medical 
Society,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Medical  Examiners  of  Idaho  for  twelve  years. 

With  the  loyalty  so  universal  among  Idaho  citizens, 
he  has  the  utmost  faith  in  the  future  of  this  state, 
and  feels  that  its  wealth  of  resources  and  opportuni- 
ties offer  splendid  openings  to  young  men  and  women 
aspiring  for  a  home  as  well  as  to  capital ;  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  it  will  take  high  rank  in 
the  Union  as  an  agricultural  state  as  well  as  a  mining 
state.  In  politics  Dr.  Truitt  is  arrayed  as  an  adher- 
ent of  the  Republican  party,  though  taking  but  little 
interest  in  partisan  contests.  Fraternally  he  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Masonic  order. 

At  Albany,  Oregon,  on  August  i,  1878,  Dr.  Truitt 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louisa  A.  Smith, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Smith,  old  pioneers 
of  Oregon,  who  are  yet  living.  Two  sons  were  born 
to  this  union — Norman  M.  Truitt,  a  resident' of  Cot- 
tonwood, Idaho,  and  Warren  Truitt,  now  a  student 
in  the  University  of  Idaho  at  Moscow,  Idaho. 

Dr.  Truitt  has  lived  to  see  great  changes  in  the 
Northwest.  When  he  first  located  in  the  West,  Port- 
land was  only  a  town  of  20,000  people.  Seattle  and 
Walla  Walla  were  only  small  towns.  Spokane  was 
but  a  village  of  300  inhabitants.  There  were  no  trans- 
continental railroads  north  of  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, and  no  railroad  in  any  part  of  the  Inland 
Empire  except  a  small  one  at  Walla  Walla,  Wash- 
ington, thirty  miles  long. 

WILLIAM  T.  SHOCKLEY.  Lewis  county,  Idaho,  fig- 
ures as  one  of  the  most  attractive,  progressive  and 
prosperous  divisions  of  the  state,  justly  claiming  a 
high  order  of  citizenship  and  a  spirit  of  enterprise 
which  is  certain  to  conserve  consecutive  development 
and  marked  advancement  in  the  material  upbuilding 
of  this  section.  The  county  has  been  and  is  signally 
favored  in  the 'class  of  men  who  have  contributed  to 
its  development  along  commercial  and  agricultural 
lines,  and  in  the  latter  connection  the  subject  of  this 
review  demands  recognition,  as  he  has  been  actively 
engaged  in  farming  operations  in  the  Nez  Perce  dis- 
trict since  1896.  He  has  long  been  known  as  a-  pros- 
perous and  enterprising  agriculturist,  and  one  whose 
business  methods  demonstrate  the  power  of  activity 
in  the  business  world,  and  in  that  connection  proved 
himself  well  fitted  for  participation  in  public  affairs. 

March  n,  1868,  in  Franklin  county,  Georgia,  oc- 
curred the  birth  of  William  T.  Shockley,  who  is  a 
son  of  Jeptha  J.  and  Susan  (Mells)  Shockley,  both 


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of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Georgia,  and  the 
latter  of  whom  is  now  deceased.  The  father  was  a 
Confederate  soldier  during  the  Civil  war,  and  served 
as  a  member  of  the  First  Georgia  Infantry,  under 
General  Johnston,  in  Hood's  Corps,  Stoval  Brigade. 
During  the  progress  of  the  war  he  participated  in 
many  sanguinary  battles,  and  July  22,  1864,  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Union  forces  at  Atlanta?  He  served  for 
eight  months  in  a  Federal  prison.  After  the  war  he 
went  to  Texas,  and  he  is  now  a  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful real  estate  dealer  and  farmer  at  Bay  City, 
that  state. 

To  the  public  school  of  Melissa,  Georgia,  William 
T.  Shockley  is  indebted  for  his  rudimentary  educa- 
tional training.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  left 
school  and  thereafter  was  interested  in  agricultural 
pursuits  in  the  Lone  Star  state  for  a  time,  and  was 
deputy  sheriff  at  Melissa.  In  1896  he  came  to  the 
Nez  Perce  reservation  in  Idaho  and  immediately 
located  a  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
adjoining  the  city  of  Nez  Perce.  With  the  passage 
of  time  he  improved  his  land  and  he  now  owns  one 
of  the  finest  estates  in  this  section.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  raising  horses  and  wheat  and  has  met 
with  remarkable  success.  He  was  appointed  the  first 
sheriff  of  the  newly  organized  county  of  Lewis  by 
Gov.  James  Hawley  in  1911,  and  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  January  I,  1913.  His  political  support 
is  given  to  the  Democratic  party.  In  a  fraternal 
way  Mr.  Shockley  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  owns 
considerable  real  estate  of  value  in  the  city  of  Nez 
Perce.  He  and  his  wife  are  zealous  members  of  the 
Christian  church,  in  which  faith  they  are  rearing  their 
children.  Mr.  Shockley  is  ever  ready  to  assist  in 
affairs  of  interest  to  state,  county  or  town,  and  he 
is  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  numerous  friends  and 
acquaintances. 

September  29,  1895,  Mr.  Shockley  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Julia  E.  Eastepp,  a  native  of  Texas. 
This  union  has  been  prolific  of  six  children,  whose 
names  are  here  entered  in  respective  order  of  birth  : 
May,  Ivy,  Charles,  Alice,  Henry  and  Ada,  all  of 
whom  are  at  home. 

TEXAS  ANGEL.  From  the  establishment  of  the 
town  of  Hailey,  at  the  beginning  of  the  decade  of 
the  eighties  until  his  death  in  1905,  Texas  Angel 
was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  and  one  of  the 
ablest  members  of  the  Idaho  bar.  Fully  a  quarter 
of  a  century  he  was  closely  identified  with  this  one 
community,  and  left  upon  it  at  his  death  an  indelible 
impress,  so  that  all  citizens  appreciated  the  fact 
that  a  good  and  strong  man  had  passed  that  way. 
He  stood  high  in  his  profession,  for  many  years 
took  an  active  part  in  political  and  civic  affairs, 
and  always  enjoyed  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
the  people  among  whom  he  lived. 

The  late  Texas  Angel  was  born  in  Angelica,  New 
York,  October  19,  1839,  and  was  descended  from  a 
family  which  settled  in  New  England  soon  after 
the  first  landing  of  the  Mayflower  colony.  The 
founder  of  the  American  branch  of  this  name  was 
Nathan  Angel,  a  Welshman,  who  moved  from  Massa- 
chusetts to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  along  with 
Roger  Williams,  the  apostle  of  religious  liberty. 
The  grandfather  of  Texas  Angel  was  William  Angel, 
and  the  father  was  William  Gardner  Angel,  who  was 
born  in  1700.  In  1792  the  family  removed  to  Otsego, 
New  York,  where  William  G.  Angel  was  educated 
for  the  law.  He  was  in  his  time  one  of  the  very 
prominent  men  in  public  life.  He  was  twice  elected 
to  Congress  during  the  time  of  President  Andrew 


Jackson,  served  his  locality  as  county  judge,  and 
at  one  time  was  surrogate  of  Albany  county.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  early  life,  but  when  the  question 
of  slavery  became  dominant,  he  joined  the  new  Re- 
publican party,  casting  his  vote  for  its  candidate  in 
1856.  Two  years  later,  in  1858,  his  death  occurred 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine.  He  married  Clarissa  Eng- 
lish, whose  family  were  among  the  pioneers  of 
western  New  York.  She  reached  the  ripe  age  of 
seventy-three  and  became  the  mother  of  twelve 
children,  ten  of  whom  reached  maturity,  and  gave 
creditable  accounts  of  themselves. 

It  is  one  of  the  interesting  facts  of  this  family 
history  how  the  Christian  name  was  bestowed  upon 
the  late  Mr.  Angel.  His  father  was  one  of  the  warm 
friends  and  admirers  of  Sam  Houston,  the  great 
military  and  political  leader  of  Texas  during  the 
time  of  its  struggle  for  independence,  and  the  name 
Texas  was  bestowed  upon  the  youngest  son  in  honor 
of  that  brilliant  figure  in  the  southwest.  Texas 
Angel  was  educated  in  the  academy  of  his  native 
town,  and  was  twenty-two  years  old  when  the  war 
came  on.  He  enlisted  on  April  22  in  Company  I 
of  the  Twenty-seventh  New  York  Infantry.  The 
regiment  went  to  the  front  in  time  to  participate  in 
the  first  Battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  was  afterwards  in 
the  Battle  of  West  Point,  and  then  in  the  Peninsular 
campaign,  suffering  additional  great  losses  in  the 
Battle  of  Gainesmills.  The  Twenty-seventh  Regi- 
ment was  also  at  White  Oak  Swamp,  guarded  the 
right  flank  of  the  Union  army  at  the  Battle  of  Mal- 
vern  Hill,  and  soon  afterwards  Texas  Angel  was 
taken  ill  and  sent  to  West  Philadelphia  Hospital. 
After  a  furlough,  he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  time 
to  fight  at  the  second  Battle  of  Bull  Run;  was 
at  South  Mountain,  and  after  the  Battle^of  Antietam 
was  appointed  commissary  sergeant  with  the  rank 
of  second  lieutenant  in  Company  I.  A  later  promo- 
tion made  him  first  lieutenant,  and  during  the  march 
from  Antietam  to  Fredericksburg  he  was  made  quar- 
termaster of  the  regiment,  an  office  which  he  filled 
until  the  close  of  his  term  of  enlistment  for  two 
years  on  May  21,  1863.  From  that  time  until  May, 
1864,  he  was  in  the  recruiting  service. 

From  the  east,  with  its  battles  and  terrific  strug- 
gles of  civil  war,  Texas  Angel  went  west  by  way 
of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  in  May,  1864,  and,  arriv- 
ing in  San  Francisco,  began  reading  law  with  Sam- 
uel M.  Wilson,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Sacramento,  April  3,  1866.  Later  in  the  same  year 
he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  New  York,  and  estab- 
lished a  law  office  at  Jamestown,  New  York;  but  a 
year  later  moved  out  to  Wisconsin,  and  in  Eau  Claire 
practiced  his  profession  for  a  little  more  than  ten 
years,  half  of  this  time  being  a  partner  of  Mr.  Vilas, 
a  brother  of  Senator  Vilas.  He  also  served  in  the 
offices  of  district  attorney,  and  is  considered  one 
of  the  ablest  lawyers  in  that  section  of  Wisconsin. 

Because  of  ill  health  of  his  wife  Mr.  Angel  was 
compelled  to  seek  a  milder  climate,  and  in  September, 
1877,  once  more  established  himself  in  California,  at 
San  Francisco,  where  he  practiced  law  for  five  years. 
Then,  in  1881,  he  made  the  change  of  residence 
which  brought  him  to  what  proved  his  permanent 
home  at  Hailey,  a  town  which  was  then  composed 
principally  of  tents  and  which  had  been  laid  out  only 
a  few  months  before.  The  recent  gold  discovery  on 
Wood  river,  were  an  important  factor  in  the  creation 
of  this  town,  and  gave  its  promise  of  becoming  an 
important  center.  Texas  Angel  became  one  of  the 
pioneer  lawyers  of  the  time,  and  gave  his  energy  and 
ability  to  realizing  the  ambitions  of  its  founders  and 
first  settlers. 

For  eight  years   of  his  early  practice  Mr.  Angel 


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was  associated  with  Judge  Sullivan,  and  thereafter 
continued  to  follow  the  law  until  the  date  of  his 
death.  From  the  beginning  of  the  war  until  1892 
he  was  a  consistent  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  then  took  issue  with  his  party  on  the 
money  question  and  was  allied  with  the  Populists 
during  their  continuance  in  American  politics.  Fra- 
ternally he  was  made  a  Master  Mason  at  Eau  Claire, 
Wisconsin,  in  1869,  and  was  also  affiliated  with  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 

At  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin,  on  May  25,  1870,  Texas 
Angel  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Goodrich.  Mrs.  Angel 
still  resides  at  Hailey,  which  has  been  her  home  for 
more  than  thirty  years,  and  in  which  she  has  the 
esteem  and  regard  of  one  of  the  pioneer  women.  She 
is  the  mother  of  three  children.  Richard  M.  Angel, 
the  oldest,  is  sketched  in  following  paragraphs.  The 
son  Floyd  is  a  civil  and  mining  engineer  formerly 
in  the  service  of  the  government  in  the  reclamation 
service  in  Arizona,  and  now  connected  with  the 
Idaho  Construction  Company  in  work  near  Weiser, 
Idaho.  Miss  Mary  Goodrich,  the  daughter,  is  living 
with  her  mother  in  Hailey. 

RICHARD  M.  ANGEL.  A  prominent  lawyer  of 
Hailey,  Richard  M.  Angel,  has  followed  in  the  foot- 
steps of  his  honored  father,  and  inherits  and  is  en- 
gaged in  the  successful  application  of  the  abilities 
which  gave  his  father  leadership  as  a  member  of 
the  Idaho  bar. 

Richard  M.  Angel  was  born  in  Eau  Claire,  Wis- 
consin, September  24,  1871.  When  he  was  six  years 
old  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  California,  and 
until  1881  lived  at  Alameda.  He  then,  in  1881,  came 
with  the  family  to  the  Wood  river  country  of 
Idaho,  that  journey  having  been  made  by  stage 
coach.  He  was  old  enough  to  know  Hailey  in  its 
pioneer  time,  and  after  he  had  passed  the  period 
of  youth  he  identified  himself  permanently  with  this 
city,  and  has  been  active  both  in  its  professional  and 
civic  life.  He  received  part  of  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  California,  attended  high  school  at 
Hailey,  and  then  went  to  Ohio,  where  he  was  a 
student  in  Oberlin  College.  After  his  return  from 
the  east  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  his  father's 
office,  and  in  1896  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Imme- 
diately afterwards  he  began  practice  and  has  always 
enjoyed  a  liberal  share  of  the  legal  business  in  Elaine 
county.  Mr.  Angel  has  always  been  a  worker,  and, 
although  his  family  were  in  prosperous  circum- 
stances, he  has  earned  his  own  way.  His  first  money 
was  earned  when  a  boy  of  thirteen  as  an  operator 
in  the  first  telephone  exchange  established  at  Hailey, 
and  he  worked  at  a  salary  of  fifty  dollars  per  month 
for  several  years.  He  invested  the  savings  from 
this  employment  in  stock  of  the  Alturas  Water  Com- 
pany. August  22,  1895,  Mr.  Angel  was  married  at 
Hailey  to  Miss  Lucy  Walters.  They  are  the  parents 
of  two  children,  Marvin  W.  and  Marion  E.  Mrs. 
Angel  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Walters. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  while 
her  husband  is  a  Congregationalist.  In  politics  Mr. 
Angel  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been  one  of  the 
active  party  workers.  He  served  as  district  attorney 
for  four  years,  and  prosecuting  attorney  for  four 
years.  As  a  speaker  he  is  entertaining,  forceful  and 
convincing,  and  he  takes  a  keen  delight  in  listening 
to  a  good  speech  or  lecture.  He  is  also  fond  of 
music  and  athletics  and  hunting  and  fishing.  Mr. 
Angel  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  first  athletic 
clubs  of  Hailey.  It  is  his  belief  that  Idaho  is  a 
favored  spot;  that  its  climatic  conditions  are  nearly 
perfect,  and  that  the  natural  resources  of  the  state, 


at  present,  undeveloped,  would  furnish  an  easy  living 
for  all  who  care  to  settle  here. 

MAJ.  FRANK  A.  FENN.  It  has  been  given  to  Major 
Fenn  to  uphold  most  fully  the  high  prestige  of  a 
name  that  has  been  identified  with  Idaho  history  in 
a  specially  prominent  and  distinguished  way,  from 
the  early  pioneer  era  in  the  territory  to  the  present 
days  of  opulent  prosperity  and  progress.  He  has 
been  a  resident  of  Idaho  since  his  boyhood  days  and 
has  marked  the  passing  years  with  large  and  worthy 
achievement — accomplishment  such  as  would  natur- 
ally be  expected  on  the  part  of  one  of  so  marked 
ability,  loyalty  and  progressiveness  as  designate  the 
man.  His  career  has  been  varied  and  interesting 
and  he  has  been  specially  influential  in  public  affairs 
in  his  home  state,  where  he  has  thrice  served  as  a 
member  of  the  legislature,  in  which  connection  he 
had  the  distinction  of  being  speaker  of  the  house  in 
the  first  general  assembly  after  the  admission  of 
Idaho  to  the  Union.  As  a  youth  he  served  in  the 
United  States  navy,  and  he  was  an  officer  of  an  Idaho 
volunteer  regiment  which  took  active  part  in  mili- 
tary operations  in  the  Philippine  islands  incidental  to 
the  Spanish-American  war,  besides  which  he  saw 
active  service  in  the  Nez  Perces  Indian  war.  He  is 
a  representative  member  of  the  Idaho  bar  and  at- 
tained to  definite  precedence  in  the  work  of  his  pro- 
fession, but  since  1901  he  has  held  the  office  of  forest 
supervisor  in  the  United  States  Forest  Service  in 
Idaho,  a  position  in  which  he  has  accomplished  most 
effective  work  in  protecting  and  conserving  the  mag- 
nificent forests  of  the  state.  Few  citizens  of  Idaho 
are  more  widely  known  and  none  has  more  secure 
place  in  popular  confidence  and  esteem,  so  that  it 
may  readily  be  understood  that  there  is  all  of  con- 
sistency in  according  to  Major  Fenn  specific  recog- 
nition in  this  history  of  Idaho. 

Maj.  Frank  Alfred  Fenn  was  born  at  Jefferson 
(an  early  mining  town  on  the  South  Yuba  river,  later 
washed  out  by  hydraulic  works),  Nevada  county,  Cal- 
ifornia, on  the  nth  of  September,  1853,  and  is  a  son 
of  Hon.  Stephen  S.  and  Rhoda  M.  (Gilman)  Fenn, 
the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Connecticut  and 
the  latter  in  Vermont,  both  families  having  been 
founded  in  New  England  in  the  early  colonial  era 
of  our  national  history.  Stephen  S.  Fenn  came  to 
the  West  as  a  young  man,  in,  1844,  and  he  was  one 
of  the  intrepid  argonauts  wno  made  their  way  to 
California  soon  after  the  discovery  of  gold  in  that 
state.  There  he  established  his  home  in  1850  as 
one  of  the  pioneer  gold  seekers  of  that  great  com- 
monwealth, and  there  he  continued  to  reside  until 
1862,  when  he  came  to  that  part  of  the  territory  of 
Washington  now  included  in  Idaho.  (Idaho  was  not 
then  known;  the  territory  was  created  in  1863.)  He 
was  among  the  first  to  exploit  the  gold  mining  in- 
dustry in  Idaho,  lived  up  to  the  full  tension  of  life 
on  the  frontier  and  became  one  of  the  prominent  and 
influential  citizens  of  the  territory,  his  noble  and 
devoted  wife  sharing  with  him  in  the  vicissitudes  and 
deprivations  incidental  to  pioneer  life.  He  also  be- 
came one  of  the  early  law  practitioners  of  the  terri- 
tory and  was  called  upon  to  serve  in  various  offices 
of  public  trust,  the  while  he  contributed  in  generous 
measure  to  the  civic  and  material-  development  of 
the  territory  and  state,  his  death  having  occurred 
about  two  years  after  the  admission  of  Idaho  to  the 
Union.  He  was  a  dominating  figure  in  the  political 
affairs  of  the  territory,  as  a  staunch  adherent  of 
the  Democratic  party,  and  was  twice  elected  as  terri- 
torial delegate  to  the  United  States  congress,  in 
which  body  his  earnest  efforts  did  much  to  foster  the 
best  interests  of  the  embryonic  commonwealth  which 


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he  ably  represented.  He  served  several  terms  as  a 
member  of  the  territorial  legislature  and  also  held 
other  important  offices — preferments  which  emphati- 
cally attested  the  unqualified  confidence  and  esteem 
in  which  he  was  held  in  the  territory.  He  was  a 
man  of  exalted  integrity  and  great  intellectual  power, 
was  a  natural  leader  in  thought  and  action,  and  his 
name  merits  a  prominent  and  enduring  place  on  the 
roster  of  the  honored  pioneers  of  Idaho.  He  was 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  was  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  belief,  and  his  wife  was  a  zealous  member 
of  the  Baptist  church.  Of  their  thirteen  children 
four  sons  are  now  living,  and  Major  Fenn,  of  this 
review,  who  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  is  the 
eldest  of  those  surviving  the  honored  parents. 
Stephen  S.  Fenn  was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal 
in  1892,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years,  and  his 
remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Black- 
foot,  Bingham  county.  His  loved  and  devoted  wife 
passed  away  in  1884,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years,  and 
interment  was  made  at  Mount  Idaho,  in  Idaho  county. 
The  family  home  was  first  established  at  Florence. 
Idaho  county,  whence  removal  was  made  to  Lewiston, 
Nez  Perce  county,  in  1866,  and  Stephen  S.  Fenn 
was  prominently  identified  with  industrial  develop- 
ment in  various  other  parts  of  the  state,  the  while  he 
gained  prominence  as  one  of  the  able  and  pioneer 
representatives  of  the  bar  of  the  territory.  His  life 
was  ordered  upon  a  lofty  plane  and  he  had  the  strength 
of  purpose,  the  indomitable  will,  the  versatility  in 
expedient  and  alert  progressiveness  which  combine 
to  make  the  ideal  pioneer.  His  career  was  marked 
by  earnest  and  productive  endeavor,  by  fidelity  to 
every  trust  and  by  high  sense  of  stewardship{  so 
that  the  angle  of  his  influence  continues  to  widen 
in  beneficence  now  that  he  has  passed  from  the 
stage  of  his  mortal  activities,  in  the  fullness  of  years 
and  well  earned  honors. 

Major  Frank  A.  Fenn  gained  his  rudimentary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  California,  under  the 
conditions  of  the  pioneer  days,  and  was  a  lad  of 
nine  years  at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to 
Idaho  in  1862,  about  one  year  prior  to  the  forma- 
tion of  the  territorial  government,  so  that  he  has 
witnessed  the  development  of  the  commonwealth 
from  the  condition  of  a  wild  and  thinly  populated 
frontier  region  into  one  of  the  great  and  prosperous 
states  of  the  Union.  He  had  the  privilege  of  attend- 
ing the  first  public  school  established  in  the  terri- 
tory, the  same  having  been  in  Idaho  county,  and  its 
teacher  having  been  Miss  Statira  E.  Robinson.  There- 
after he  continued  his  studies  in  schools  established 
at  Lewiston,  and  in  1869  he  received  appointment  to 
a  cadetship  in  the  United  States  Naval  Academy  at 
Annapolis.  There  he  remained  until  the  autumn  of 
1872,  after  which  he  passed  three  years  in  voyaging 
to  the  various  foreign  ports,  having  virtually  cir- 
cumnavigated the^  globe  and  having  met  with  many 
interesting  experiences,  through  which  he  gained 
a  broad  fund  of  information. 

In  the  spring  of  187^,  Major  Fenn  returned  to 
Idaho  and  established  his  residence  on  an  extensive 
ranch  near  Mount  Idaho,  Idaho  county.  He  remained 
in  that  section  of  the  state  until  1891,  and  in  connec- 
tion with  successful  operations  as  a  farmer  and  stock 
grower  he  found  requisition  for  his  services  in  the 
pedagogic  profession,  in  which  he  taught  several 
terms  in  the  local  schools,  besides  which  he  served 
as  deputy,  in  county  offices.  He  has  ever  been  a 
stalwart  and  effective  advocate  of  the  principles  and 
policies  of  the  Republican  party  and  early  became 
influential  in  public  affairs  in  Idaho  county.  In  1886 
he  was  elected  to  represent  his  county  in  the  territorial 


legislature,  and  he  was  likewise  elected  a  member 
of  the  first  state  legislature,  in  which  he  served  as 
speaker  of  the  house.  He  had  much  to  do  with  form- 
ulating and  directing  the  basic  legislation  in  the 
new  commonwealth,  proved  a  most  able  and  popular 
presiding  officer,  and  added  new  laurels  to  the  hon- 
ored name  which' he  bears. 

In  the  spring  of  1891  Major  Fenn  was  appointed 
chief  clerk  of  the  newly  established  state  board  of 
land  commissioners,  and  he  thereupon  removed  to 
Boise,  the  capital  of  the  new  state.  He  retained 
this  position  until  1896,  when  he  resigned,  as  he  had 
been  again  elected  a  member  of  the  legislature  in 
the  autumn  of  that  year,  as  a  representative  of  Ada 
county.  In  the  ensuing  general  assembly  he  had  the 
unique  distinction  of  being  the  only  Republican  mem- 
ber of  the  assembly  who  advocated  the  gold  stand- 
ard, all  other  members  of  both  house  and  senate 
having  been  in  favor  of  the  free  silver  policy.  After 
the  close  of  his  term  in  the  legislature  Major  Fenn 
began  the  study  of  law,  and  he  made  most  rapid  and 
substantial  progress  in  his  absorption  and  assimila- 
tion of  the  science  of  jurisprudence,  with  the  result 
that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  in  1897, 
becoming  eligible  for  practice  in  all  of  the  Idaho 
courts,  both  state  and  federal.  He  became  associated 
in  practice  with  the  well  known  firm  of  Kingsbury 
&  Parsons,  of  Boise,  and  successfully  followed  the 
work  of  his  profession  in  the  capital  city  until  the 
inception  of  the  Spanish-American  war,  when  he 
subordinated  all  other  interests  to  tender  his  serv- 
ices as  a  volunteer.  He  was  made  captain  of  Com- 
pany H,  First  Idaho  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  in  the 
summer  of  1898  accompanied  his  command  to  the 
Philippine  Islands,  where  he  took  part  in  a  number 
of  engagements  with  the  Spaniards  and  the  insur- 
rtctos,  and  was  otherwise  actively  concerned  in  mili- 
tary operations.  He  returned  with  his  regiment  to 
San  Francisco,  and  there  was  mustered  out,  with  the 
rank  of  major,  in  September,  1899.  His  continued 
interest  in  his  former  comrades  in  arms  is  indi- 
cated by  his  membership  in  the  United  Spanish- 
American  War  Veterans'  Association,  in  the  affairs 
of  which  he  takes  a  lively  concern. 

After  the  close  of  his  military  career  Major  Fenn 
resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boise, 
and  he  thus  continued  his  labors  until  1900,  when 
he  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  Republican  state 
central  committee.  He  showed  great  discrimination 
and  ability  in  maneuvering  the  political  forces  at 
his  command  in  the  campaign  of  that  year,  and  in 
1901  he  entered  the  government  forest  reserve  serv- 
ice, in  which  he  has  since  continued  and  in  which 
he  holds  the  office  of  forest  supervisor.  Upon  assum- 
ing this  government  post  he  removed^  from  Boise  to 
Kooskia,  Idaho  county,  where  he  has  since  maintained 
his  home  and  official  headquarters.  He  still  takes  a 
lively  interest  in  political  affairs,  but  is  not  active 
in  party  work,  owin^  to  his  holding  office  under  the 
civil  service  regulations.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Modern- Weodmen  of 
America,  and  is  liberal  in  his  support  of  all  religious 
denominations,  without  being^  formally  identified  with 
any  church  organization,  his  wife  being  a  zealous 
member  of  the  Christian  church  and  a  leader  in  the 
social  life  of  her  home  community,  where  her  circle 
of  friends  is  coincident  with  that  of  her  acquaint- 
ances. Major  Fenn  is  most  liberal  and  public  spirited 
in  his  civic  attitude,  is  ever  ready  to  give  practical 
co-operation  in  the  furtherance  of  enterprises  and 
policies  tending  to  advance  the  social,  moral,  edu- 
cational and  material  welfare  of  the  community,  and 
he  is  at  the  present  time  giving  most  admirable 
service  as  president  of  the  board  of  education  of 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Kposkia.  Vigorous,  alert,  big  of  heart  and  big  of 
mind,  Major  Fenn  is  essentially  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative men  of  the  state  that  has  been  his  home 
for  virtually  his  entire  life,  and  in  which  his  friends 
vantages  of  Idaho,  he  is  one  of  the  state's  most 
are  equal  in  number  to  his  acquaintances.  Thor- 
oughly informed  in  regard  to  the  resources  and  ad- 
vantages of  Idaho  he  is  one  of  the  state's  most 
enthusiastic  exploiters,  and  his  admiration  for  the 
manifold  scenic  attractions  of  this  favored  common- 
wealth has  been  heightened  through  his  many  explor- 
ing expeditions  in  the  beautiful  mountains  and  val- 
leys, with  many  of  which  he  thus  became  familiar 
in  his  youthful  days  and  when  Idaho  still  was  on  the 
verge  of  civilization. 

On  the  i6th  of  December,  1877,  in  Whitman  county, 
Washington,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Major 
Fenn  to  Miss  Florence  E.  Holbrook,  daughter  of 
Russell  and  Margaret  K.  Holbrook,  honored  pioneers 
of  that  county,  Mrs.  Fenn  having  been  born  at  Hills- 
boro,  Washington  county,  Oregon.  The  five  children 
of  this  union  are :  Frederick  Banner,  Spokane, 
Washington;  Homer  Eugene,  Ogden,  Utah;  Lloyd 
Alfred,  Orofino,  Idaho;  Rhoda  Margaret,  now  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Willey,  St.  Maries,  Idaho;  Florence  Allene, 
now  Mrs.  F.  E.  Quist,  Kposkia,  Idaho. 

The  experiences  of  Major  Fenn  included  valiant 
service  in  the  Nez  Perces  Indian  war,  in  which  he 
participated  in  the  Idaho  campaign.  In  a  reminis- 
cent way  he  has  referred  to  one  of  the  most  pleasant 
incidents  of  his  career,  the  same  having  been  in 
connection  with  his  service  as  speaker  of  the  first 
house  of  representatives  of  the  state  legislature.  He 
was  called  upon  to  decide  a  very  technical  point  of 
parliamentary  law.  In  a  strictly  partisan  contest  in 
the  house  he  failed  of  requisite  support  on  the  part 
of  his  Republican  colleagues,  who  were  in  the  ma- 
jority. The  lamented  Hon.  Frank  Steunenberg,  who 
later  met  his  death  by  assassination  while  serving 
as  governor  of  Idaho,  was  at  that  time  a  member 
of  the  lower  house  of  the  legislature,  and  though  he 
was  a  staunch  Democrat,  he  recognized  with  all  of 
promptitude  the  correctness  of  the  stand  taken  bj 
the  speaker,  and,  with  his  characteristically  keen  and 
intense  sense  of  justice,  he  abandoned  for-  the  nonce 
his  partisanship  and  sustained  the  ruling  of  the 
speaker  of  the  house.  Afterward  there  existed  be- 
tween Governor  Steunenberg  and  Major  Fenn  a  most 
cordial  and  loyal  friendship,  and  the  Major  ever 
speaks  with  deep  appreciation  of  the  support  thus 
given  him  in  his  official  stand  by  Governor  Steunen- 
berg, whose  name  is  written  large  in  the  annals  of 
Idaho  history,  where  his  memory  shall  ever  be  re- 
vered. 

MARK  MAURICE  MURTAUGH.  The  ordinary  -indi- 
vidual whose  years  are  prolonged  beyond  middle 
age  sees  a  future  ahead  wherein  ease  and  a  com- 
petency may  await  him  and,  patiently  or  otherwise, 
performs  his  duties  until  the  appointed  time  and 
then  sinks  «more  or  less  into  oblivion.  There  are 
extraordinary  men,  however,  who  have  already 
achieved  distinction  and  won  merited  rewards  be- 
fore this  middle  age  is  reached,  and  when  retire- 
ment comes  in  one  direction,  just  as  efficiently  prove 
their  vitality  in  other  fields,  and,  in  fact,  never  find 
lack  of  interests  to  inspire  or  duties  to  family, 
church  or  country  to  perform.  With  notable  achieve-  . 
ments  to  his  credit  along  the  line  of  civil  engineer- 
ing, in  all  sections  of  his  own  and  in  other  countries, 
Mark  Maurice  Murtaugh,  one  of  Twin  Falls'  most 
valued  citizens,  has  been  equally  successful  in  the 
peaceful  pursuits  of  agriculture,  and  for  the  past 
eight  years  has  invested  capital  and  expended  en- 


ergy in  developing  a  vast  body  of  land,  an  enterprise 
of  itself  seemingly  large  and  important  enough  to 
have  occupied  a  lifetime.  Mr.  Murtaugh,  rancher 
farmer,  fruit-grower,  has  succeeded  Mr.  Murtaugh 
whose  expert  knowledge  of  engineering  and  elec- 
tricity enabled  him  to  bring  forth  those  results  which 
have  linked  his  name  with  many  wonderful  struc-' 
tures,  including  one  of  the  largest  hydraulic  sluiced 
dams  in  the  world  for  electric  power,  and  he  is  yet 
practically  a  young  man.  The  limits  of  this  work 
make  it  necessary  that  a  sketch  of  this  progressive 
citizen  be  far  too  short  to  include  all  of  his  notable 
achievements,  but  an  enumeratin  of  the  steps  by 
which  he  has  risen  to  his  position  of  prominence  will 
prove  interesting  to  the  admirers  of  those  who  have 
accomplished  large  undertakings. 

Mark  Maurice  Murtaugh  was  born  April  19,  1870, 
at  Bath,  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania.  His' 
father,  Bartholomew  Murtaugh,  was  born  at  Easton, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1841,  was  educated  at  Villa  Nova 
College,  and  for  thirty-five  years  was  engaged  in 
railroad  contracting  and  engineering  at  Jersey  City, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  died  in  1910,  after  ten  years, 
of  retired  life.  He  was  honored  by  congress  and  by 
the  president  of  the  United  States  for  the  construc- 
tion of  the  famous  Garfield  Railroad,  which,  one 
and  one-half  miles  in  length,  was  built  in  less  than 
twelve  hours  of  time.  After  the  assassination  of 
the  president,  the  body  was  removed  over  the  same 
road,  which  was  then  pulled  up  in  less  than  twenty- 
four  hours,  and  the  materials  thereof  were  donated 
to  the  public  as  souvenirs.  Bartholomew  Murtaugh 
married  Rachel  Penrose  Schnurman,  who  was  born 
at  Bunker  Hill,  Pennsylvania,  in  1840,  educated  in 
Moravian  University,  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  and 
died  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  in  1911.  Both  par- 
ents were  buried  at  Allentown,  Pennsylvania,  in 
Fairview  cemetery.  Their  family  consisted  of  three 
sons  and  two  daughters. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Murtaugh,  Bar- 
tholomew Murtaugh;  was  born  in  County  Meath, 
Ireland,  was  a  railroad  contractor  and  builder,  the 
first  Roman  Catholic  in  Northampton  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  buried  at  Catasauqua,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  married  Sarah  Odenwelder,  who  was 
born  of  Pennsylvania  Dutch  parentage,  in  the  Key- 
stone State,  and  she  was  buried  at  Easton,  Penn- 
sylvania. On  the  maternal  side,  Mr.  Murtaugh's 
grandparents  were  Henry  Schnurman  and  Clemen- 
tine Penrose,  the  former  born  in  Baden,  Germany, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  most  prominent 
merchant  and  financier  of  Allentown,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  latter  a  native  of  Quakertown,  Pennsylvania. 
Both  were  buried  at  Allentown. 

After  attending  the  public  schools,  Mark  M.  Mur- 
taugh entered  Hasbrouck  Institute,  Jersey  City,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1888,  following 
which,  until  1894,  he  was  a  member  of  the  engineer- 
ing corps  of  the  Central'  Railroad  of  New  Jersey. 
From  1894  to  1896  he  was  assistant  engineer  in  the 
construction  of  the  $2,500,000  boulevard,  Hudson 
county,  New  Jersey,  and  from  1897  to  1899  was  the 
contracting  engineer  for  the  $3,500,000  city  and  county 
roads  of  Long  Island,  New  York.  In  1900  he  became 
assistant  engineer  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Rail- 
road, with  headquarters  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
and  in  1903  took  a  like  position,  at  the  same  place, 
with  the  San  Pedro-Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
road. In  1904  he  was  appointed  general  manager  of 
the  Twin  Falls  Land  &  Water  Company,  located  at 
Milner  and  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  but  December  i, 
1905,  after  all  the  construction  was  completed  (this 
including  a  canal  system  that  cost  $3,000,000)  re- 
signed his  position  to  accept  the  office  of  consulting 
engineer  and  chief  engineer  in  Brazil,  spending  the 


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year  of  1906  at  Rio  de  Janeiro  and  Sao  Paulo,  con- 
structing one  of  the  largest  sluiced  dams  in  the 
world  for  electric  power.  He  returned  to  Salt  Lake 
City  in  1907,  and  until  1911  was  engaged  as  a  con- 
sulting hydraulic  engineer  with  offices  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  and  Twin  Falls,  Idaho.  Since  1904  he 
has  made  his  home  at  Twin  Falls,  having  his  resi- 
dence at  Blue  Lakes  boulevard  and  Ninth  avenue 
East.  At  this  time  he  is  devoting  his  attention  to 
ranching,  farming  and  fruit  growing,  and  has  a 
finely  cultivated  tract  of  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  acres.  Mr.  Murtaugh  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Twin  Falls  Bank  &  Trust  Company  and  in  the  Guar- 
dian Casualty  Insurance  Company  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah.  His  political  proclivities  have  caused  him  to 
support  republican  policies  and  candidates,  and  his 
social  connections  are  with  the  Alta  Club  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  the  Elks'  Club  of  that  place,  and  the 
Commercial  Clubs  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  Twin  Falls. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  Salt  Lake  Lodge,  No.  88, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  also 
holds  membership  in  Council  No.  137,  Knights  of 
Columbus,  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  and  in  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  With  liis  wife, 
he  attends  the  Catholic  church. 

In  1904,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Air.  Murtaugh 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Ford, 
who  was  born  in  Kansas,  daughter  of  John  W. 
Ford.  Mrs.  Murtaugh  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Fremont,  Nebraska,  and  Convent  College, 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming. 

JAMES  H.  WISE.  With  collegiate  advantages 
awaiting  the  opening  of  manhood,  the  path  of  many  a 
youth  is  made  comparatively  easy  and  the  goal  of 
his  ambition  quickly  reached,  but  these  opportunities 
are  not  always  offered  and  seemingly  much  more 
credit  accrues  when  individual  effort  must  be  made 
to  secure  them.  The  law  is  well  represented  at 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  one  of  its  leading  practi- 
tioners is  James  H.  Wise,  whose  boyhood  and  youth 
were  so  circumstanced  that  the  gaining  of  an  edu- 
cation was  a  severe  training  in  self  denial,  unselfish- 
ness and  perseverance.  Mr.  Wise  was  born  in  Estill 
county,  Kentucky,  November  21.  1870,  a  son  of  John 
W.  and  Mary  E.  (Hinds)  Wise,  the  former  of 
whom  is  deceased,  while  the  latter  resides  at  Winston, 
Missouri. 

John  W.  Wise  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and 
during  the  Civil  war  served  for  three  and  one-half 
years  in  the  Eighth  Kentucky  Infantry,  Union  army, 
but  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Stone 
River,  which  caused  his  discharge  on  account  of  dis- 
ability. He  was  a  tanner  by  trade  and  followed 
that  business  in  Kentucky  until  1882,  in  which  year 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Winston,  Missouri, 
and  there  for  many  years  acted  in  the  capacity  of  a 
township  officer,  in  addition  to  following  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  For  ten  years  prior  to  his  death  he 
was  forced  to  live  a  retired  life,  owing  to  poor  health, 
which  had  been  caused  by  the  injuries  he  received 
during  the  war.  He  and  his  wife  had  a  family  of  nine 
children,  as  follows:  Francis;  James  H.;  Jesse,  who 
lives  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri ;  Mary,  widow  of  Ed- 
win Myers,  who  was  interred  at  Winston,  Missouri ; 
Eva  and  Fanny,  both  of  whom  make  their  homes 
at  Winston ;  Cora,  the  wife  of  J.  W.  White,  of  Bur- 
ley,  Idaho,  who  came  to  this  state  in  1911,  one  year 
after  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Wise;  and  Otis,  who  still 
resides  at  the  old  home  place  in  Winston,  Missouri. 
James  H.  Wise  was  the  second  oldest  of  a  large 
family,  and  as  the  father  was  an  invalid  and  the 
family  in  modest  circumstances,  he  was  forced  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world  after  leaving  the 
public  schools  of  Winston.  It  was  necessary  that 


he  assist  in  the  support  of  his  parents  and  younger 
brothers  and  sisters,  but  from  earliest  boyhood  he 
had  determined  that  he  would  follow  a  professional 
career,  and  with  this  end  in  view,  not  having  the 
money  to  go  to  college,  he  procured  law  books  and 
began  to  be  his  own  teacher.  Assiduously  studying 
whenever  he  could  find  a  spare  moment,  he  thus 
prepared  himself  for  the  practice  of  his  chosen  pro- 
fession, and  in  1896  he  was  ready  to  take  and  pass  the 
examination  and  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the 
bar  of  his  state.  On  the  same  day  that  he  took  the 
examination,  he  procured  his  wedding  license,  and 
was  subsequently  married  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Mallory, 
of  Winston,  Missouri. 

On  being  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
Missouri,  Mr.  Wise  at  once  opened  offices  in  Win- 
ston, where  he  remained  until  1908.  and  on  February 
4th  of  that  year  arrived  in  Twin  Falls  and  e>tablished 
himself  in  general  practice.  Here  he  has  continued 
to  the  present  time,  with  such  success  that  he  has 
never  regretted  his  change  in  locations.  A  Repub- 
lican in  his  political  views,  he  has  been  active  in  the 
ranks  of  his  party,  and  while  a  resident  of  Missouri 
was  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  central  com- 
mittee. Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
the  Elks,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America.  He  has  demonstrated  his  confidence  in 
the  future  of  this  section,  by  investing  in  real  estate, 
and  in  addition  to  his  pleasant  home  owns  other 
valuable  Twin  Falls  realty.  It  is  Mr.  Wise's  belief 
that  the  Snake  River  valley  has  room  for  five  time* 
its  present  population,  that  the  highlands  are  well 
adapted  to  wheat  raising  by  dry  farming  method* 
and  that  both  the  va..ey  and  highlands  are  omy  be- 
ginning to  show  what  wonderful  results  may  be 
obtained  by  men  of  intelligence  and  perseverance. 

JOSEPH  F.  TATRO.  Many  lives  have  entered  into 
the  foundation  of  Idaho,  and  none  of  them  more 
worthy  to  be  considered  in  a  history  of  pioneer 
personalities  than  Joseph  F.  Tatro,  whose  home  is 
now  at  Oakley,  and  who  has  been  identified  with 
this  u-rritory  and  state  for  half  a  century.  Those 
who  have  come  and  enjoyed  the  splendid  prosperity 
of  the  later  era,  however  important  their  own  con- 
tributions, have  all  owed  a  great  debt  to  the  pioneers 
\\ho  first  tested  the  capabilities  of  soil  and  climate, 
who  faced  the  hardships  of  existence  when  only 
the  strong  and  brave  could  remain,  and  who  laid 
the  foundations  of  the  civilization  which  the  present 
generation  now  enjoys. 

Through  an  unbroken  succession  of  years  Mr. 
Tatro  has  enjoyed  the  esteem  and  confidence  of 
both  old  and  new  citizenship  of  this  country. 

Joseph  F.  Tatro  was  born  in  Jefferson  county, 
New  York.  May  26,  1841.  His  family  has  always 
been  close  to  the  frontier,  and  has  belonged  to  that 
worthy  class  of  Americans  who  have  cut  their  way 
through  their  forest  and  blazed  the  trails  for  later 
generations.  His  parents  were  Joseph  and  Mary  A. 
Tatro,  the  father  a  native  of  France,  but  reared 
in  Vermont.  The  mother  was  born  in  New  York 
state.  When  Joseph  F.  was  eight  years  old  the 
family  moved  westward  to  Wahvorth  county,  Wis- 
consin, and  in  1853  continued  westward  until  they 
reached  Fillmore  county,  Minnesota,  where  they  had 
the  distinction  of  being  the  first  white  family  to 
locate  in  that  county. 

In  the  meantime.  Joseph  F.  Tatro  had  received 
a  limited  education  in  the  schools  of  the  locality 
where  the  family  had  lived,  and  on  April  2,  1861, 
at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  started  out  for  himself, 
leaving  Minnesota  with  his  destination  as  Pike's 
Peak,  Colorado.  He  arrived  at  Denver  on  his  birth- 
day, and  lived  in  Colorado  for  about  three  years. 


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In  1863  he  came  out  to  the  newest  center  of  mining 
activities  in  Idaho  territory,  locating  at  Boise.  A 
few  days  later  he  went  to  Idaho  City,  and  spent 
eleven  years  as  a  practical  worker  in  the  mines. 
After  that  he  was  engaged  in  freighting  at  Mountain 
Home  and  Rocky  Bar  and.  elsewhere.  He  soon 
fitted  out  a  freight  train  and  operated  it  between 
Kelton,  Utah,  and  all  points  in  this  western  country. 
A  considerable  part  of  his  financial  success  was 
due  to  his  long  operations  as  a  freighter,  a  business 
which  he  followed  for  twelve  years.  After  giving 
up  that  enterprise  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business 
on  Goose  Creek,  where  he  lived  for  seven  years. 
On  closing  out  his  ranching  interests  he  located  at 
Oakley,  which  has  ever  since  been  his  home.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  has  dealt  extensively  in  mining 
properties,  and  owns  a  large  amount  of  real  estate 
in  Oakley  and  elsewhere. 

Mr.  Tatro  was  married  in  1895  to  Miss  Jensen. 
One  child  was  born  to  their  union,  Maude,  who  was 
only  two  years  old  when  her  mother  died.  She  is 
now  seventeen  years  of  age  and  the  chief  object  of 
Mr.  Tatro's  interest  and  affection.  She  graduated 
from  the  eighth  grade  of  the  local  public  schools 
with  the  highest  honors  of  any  child  in  Twin  Falls 
county,  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  Twin  Falls 
high  school. 

Mr.  Tatro  was  reared  as  a  Whig  in  politics,  and 
his  first  vote  was  cast  for  Lincoln  in  Minnesota. 
In  November,  1879,  at  Idaho  City,  he  was  made  a 
Mason,  and  has  been  a  loyal  supporter  of  that  great 
fraternity  ever  since. 

WILLIAM  J.  YOUNG.  Noteworthy  among  the  promi- 
nent men  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  is  William  J.  Young, 
the  present  courteous  and  efficient  county  treasurer 
of  Twin  Falls  county,  who  was  among  the  first  set- 
tlers in  the  town,  which  indicates  that  he  foresaw 
its  prosperous  future.  Iowa  is  his  native  state, 
where  he  was  born  in  the  town  of  Marysville  on 
March  8,  1876.  When  he  was  twelve  years  old  his 
parents  removed  from  Iowa  to  Brookfield,  Colorado, 
and  later  to  Rocky  Ford,  that  state,  and  the  latter 
location  thereafter  remained  his  home  until  his  com- 
ing to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in  1905.  His  earlier  edu- 
cation was  pursued  in  the  common  schools  of  Iowa 
and  was  supplemented  by  a  high  school  course  at 
Rocky  Ford,  Colorado.  As  a  youth  he  worked  on 
a  farm  near  Rocky  Ford,  and  then  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  entered  into  mercantile  pursuits,  for  the 
first  three  years  as  an  employe  in  a  clothing  store 
and  at  the  end  of  that  period  engaging  independently 
in  the  business  at  Rocky  Ford,  where  he  continued 
thus  identified  until  he  removed  his  stock  to  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  to  continue  the  business.  This  he  did 
for  three  years,  and  then  with  James  S.  Keel  he 
established  the  real  estate  firm  of  Young  &  Keel, 
which  has  since  very  successfully  engaged  in  a  gen- 
eral real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business  in  this 
section.  In  1910  Mr.  Young  was  elected  treasurer  of 
Twin  Falls  county  and  has  proved  a  courteous  and 
obliging  official  and  one  exact  in  his  business  meth- 
ods. His  capable  and  acceptable  conduct  of  the 
affairs  of  that  office  secured  his  re-election  for  the 
position  in  1912.  He  is  a  Republican  in  his  political 
allegiance  and  is  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of 
his  party. 

Samuel  H.  Young,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
a  native  of  Indiana  but  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  various  of  the  western  states,  locating  in  Twin 
Falls  county,  Idaho,  in  1004.  In  business  the  most 
of  his  career  was  given  to  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
he  was  a  brother  of  United  States  Senator  Young 
of  Iowa.  He  was  a  devout  Christion  and  took  a 
great  interest  in  church  work.  While  in  Denver, 


Colorado,  as  a  delegate  to  the  one  hundred  and 
twenty-first  general  assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  he  was  stricken  with  heart  failure  and  passed 
away  there  at  the  age  of  seventy-three.  He  was  in- 
terred at  Rocky  Ford,  Colorado,  beside  his  wife, 
who  had  preceded  him  in  death  several  years,  her 
demise  having  occurred  in  1896  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
five.  She  was  Mary  A.  Robb  as  a  maiden,  a  native 
of  Iowa,  and  was  married  in  that  state.  She,  too, 
was  9  devout  and  consistent  Christian.  Eight  chil- 
dren came  to  these  parents  and  of  this  family  William 
J.  is  fifth  in  order  of  birth. 

At  Rocky  Ford,  Colorado,  on  December  10,  1900, 
he  was  joined  in  marriage  to  B.  Maud  Larmore,  a 
daughter  of  George  H.  and  Jennie  Larmore  of  that 
place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  have  two  children  r 
Gladys  Gyneth  Young  and  William  Larmore  Young. 
Mr.  Young  is  a  charter  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian church  of  Twin  Falls  and  both  he  and  his 
wife,  the  latter  of  whom  is  also  affiliated  with  that 
denomination  as  a  member,  are  actively  interested 
in  church  work.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge 
and  chapter  of  the  Masonic  order  and  has  held  office 
in  the  blue  lodge.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Broth- 
erhood of  American  Yeomen.  Mr.  Young  sees  a 
great  future  for  this  state  and  believes  that  in  time 
Idaho  will  lead  the  whole  West. 

JOHN  J.  PILGERRIM.  Since  1905  John  J.  Pilgerrim 
has  been  a  resident  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  that 
year  marks  the  establishment  in  this  city  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Sash  &  Door  Factory  by  him  and  George  H. 
Adams.  On  January  i,  1912,  Mr.  Pilgerrim  pur- 
chased the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the  business, 
and  is  today  the  sole  owner  and  proprietor  of  that 
thriving  concern.  He  manufactures  a  full  line  of 
sash  and  doors,  interior  finish,  etc.,  and  his  opera- 
tions and  shipments  extend  throughout  southern 
Idaho.  The  plant  is  equipped  with  everything  modern 
in  machinery,  and  is  constantly  being  added  to  in  the 
way  of  new  ideas  in  equipment.  Just  at  the  present 
time,  preparations  are  well  under  way  for  the  com- 
pletion of  a  department  for  the  manufacture  of  fruit 
boxes,  etc. 

John  J.  Pilgerrim  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Illinois, 
October  4,  1865,  and  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Daggett)  Pilgerrim,  natives  of  Germany. 
Until  he  was  twelve  years  old  Mr.  Pilgerrim  made 
his  home  in  Lebanon,  but  that  year  marked  the  re- 
moval of  the  family  to  Wichita,  Kansas,  where  he 
remained  until  1890.  In  Wichita  and  in  Lebanon, 
previous  to  his  removal  therefrom,  he  received  the 
usual  advantages  of  the  public  schools.  In  1890 
he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  remaining  there 
for  three  years,  and  in  that  time  he  was  occupied 
in  the  contracting  and  building  business.  In  1905 
he  went  to  Eureka,  Utah,  and  engaged  in  mining, 
soon  becoming  superintendent  for  the  Eureka  Hill 
Mining  Company.  In  1905  he  gave  up  the  work 
there  and  came  to  Twin  Falls,  and  since  then  he 
has  been  a  continuous  resident  of  this  city.  As  before 
mentioned,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  George 
H.  Adams  and  organized  the  Twin  Falls  Sash  & 
Door  Company,  of  which  he  has  been  the  sole  pro- 
prietor since  January  i,  1912,  and  of  the  business 
of  that  sturdy  and  ever  expanding  young  concern, 
a  brief  outline  has  previously  been  sketched  in  ren- 
dering further  detail  unnecessary  at  this  point. 

Upon  leaving  school  Mr.  Pilgerrim  worked  with 
his  father  in  the  building  business,  and  went  far 
towards  learning  the  business  in  all  its  details. 
When  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City  he  had  become  so 
proficient  in  the  trade  that  he  was  able  to  build 
many  fine  residences,  as  well  as  public  buildings  in 
that  city.  It  is  in  this  present  connection,  however, 


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that  Mr.  Pilgerrim  seems  to  be  in  his  real  element, 
and  his  success  in  this  business  is  already  an  assured 
fact. 

On  April  6,  1893,  Mr.  Pilgerrim  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Melvina  Livingood,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Livingood,  formerly  of 
Sabetha,  Kansas.  Two  children  have  been  born  to 
them:  Mane  and  Arthur  J. 

Mr.  Pilgerrim  is  a  Democrat  and  an  active  partici- 
pant in  party  affairs  in  his  district,  being  known  for 
one  of  the  real  fighters  of  the  party.  He  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council  during  two  terms  in 
Twin  Falls,  and  while  in  Eureka,  Utah,  was  city 
treasurer  for  one  term.  Mr.  Pilgerrim  is  a  member 
of  the  Twin  Falls  Commercial  Club,  and  is  one  who 
may  be  found  up  and  doing  when  there  is  any  move 
ment  on  foot  for  the  betterment  or  advancement  in 
any  way  of  the  community  which  represents  his 
home  and  the  center  of  his  business  interests  and 
activities.  He  is  able  to  heartily  endorse  the  great 
state  of  Idaho,  and  recommends  it  to  all  who  are 
seeking  for  opportunities  of  any  kind.  He  is  ready 
and  willing  to  communicate  with  any  who  are  look- 
ing for  more  intimate  knowledge  of  Idaho  or  Twin 
Falls,  his  faith  in  the  future  of  the  country  being 
of  the  highest  order. 

Russ  W.  ALLRED.  A  citizen  whose  career  has  been 
such  as  to  give  him  a  wide  and  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  business  and  financial  conditions  in 
the  West,  Russ  VV.  Allred,  cashier  of  the  Citizens 
State  Bank,  is  one  of  the  leading  men  of  Buhl. 
Although  he  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city  for  only 
seven  years,  during  this  time  he  has  aided  in  the 
general  progress  and  development  of  its  various  in- 
terests and  nis  connection  with  matters  of  business, 
financial  and  agricultural  importance  has  firmly  es- 
tablished him  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the 
people  of  his  adopted  section.  Mr.  Allred  was  born 
at  Brownsdale,  Minnesota,  December  16,  1866.  and 
was  five  years  of  age  when  taken  to  Iowa  by  his 
parents. 

The  early  education  of  Mr.  Allred  was  secured 
in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa,  after  leaving  which 
he  worked  for  a  time  in  the  postoffice  at  Nashua, 
that  state,  there  earning  his  first  money.  Later  he 
became  a  student  in  the  Upper  Iowa  University,  at 
Fayette,  and  on  completing  his  course  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years  went  to  South  Dakota,  and  there 
spent  five  years,  being  connected  with  the  First 
National  Bank,  at  Chamberlain.  Returning  at  that 
time  to  Iowa,  Mr.  Allred  entered  mercantile  pur- 
suits and  for  the  next  ten  years  conducted  a  business 
at  Garner,  but  disposed  of  his  interests  at  the  end 
of  that  time,  to  go  to  California.  Mr.  Allred  re- 
mained in  the  Golden  State  only  three  years,  being 
engaged  in  conducting  a  ranch  near  Santa  Cruz,  and 
when  he  disposed  of  that  property  again  went  back 
to  Iowa,  where  he  followed  mercantile  lines  for  an- 
other two  years.  In  1906  he  disposed  of  his  inter- 
ests there  for  a  second  time,  and  in  the  fall  of  that 
year  came  to  Idaho,  locating  for  six  months  in  Boise 
and  then  coming  on  to  Buhl.  Here,  with  other  capi- 
talists, Mr.  Allred  organized  the  Citizens  State 
Bank,  of  which  he  has  been  the  cashier  and  active 
directing  head  ever  since.  This  institution  is  one 
of  the  most  substantial  banks  in  this  part  of  the 
state,  and  its  officers  are  men  who  command  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  community 
because  of  the  extent  of  the  operations  in  which 
they  have  been  engaged.  Mr.  Alfred's  abilities  have 
been  recognized  by  his  associates,  and  his  advice  and 
judgment  are  asked  and  appreciated  on  all  matters 
of  an  important  nature.  As  a  banker  he  has  popular- 
ized the  coffers  of  the  institution  by  his  shrewdness, 


farsightedness  and  sane  handling  of  large  affairs, 
as  well  as  by  a  pleasant  personality  that  attracts  all 
classes,  and  that  has  made  him  a  personal  friend  of 
each  of  the  bank's  depositors. 

Mr.  Allred  was  married  (first)  at  Chamberlain, 
South  Dakota,  to  Nell  V.  Lucas,  who  died  in  1908. 
In  September,  1910,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
(second)  at  Portland,  Oregon,  to  Miss  Nancy  B. 
Vance,  formerly  of  Ohio,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Hazel. 

Mr.  Allred  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
while  his  wife  adheres  to  the  faith  of  the  Episcopal 
denomination.  He  is  fraternally  identified  with  the 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Masons,  and  is  popular  with 
the  other  members  of  the  Commercial  Club,  of  which 
he  was  at  one  time  treasurer.  In  politics  a  Repub- 
lican, he  served  as  a  member  of  the  first  council  of 
Buhl,  and  as  a  school  director,  but  at  this  time 
takes  no  active  interest  in  public  matters,  his  private 
interests  demanding  his  whole  attention.  Such  out- 
door sports  as  fishing  and  baseball  have  found  favor 
with  him,  although  he  also  enjoys  music,  theatricals, 
lectures  and  speeches,  and  a  well-filled  library  of 
standard  works  testifies  to  another  employment  that 
attracts  him.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  valuable  fruit 
orchard  one  mile  from  Buhl,  for  which  he  has  great 
hopes,  as  he  believes  that  from  an  agricultural  point 
of  view,  Southern  Idaho  is  the  greatest  section  he 
ever  saw  in  all  his  travels,  and  that  there  is  no 
doubt  about  the  future  of  any  country  that  can  pro- 
duce the  crops  grown  here. 

WILLIAM  S.  STARR.  When  a  man  has  reached  the 
meridian  of  his  lifetime,  and  has  won  many  of  the 
prizes  which  men  most  cherish  and  consider  the 
best  elements  of  success,  his  career  constitutes  an 
interesting*  study,  and  it  is  a'  natural  curiosity  to 
inquire  about  his  course  through  life,  and  how  he 
has  worked  and  planned  out  the  different  stages 
of  his  achievements.  As  a  practical  farmer  and 
fruit  grower,  one  of  the  most  successful  and  influen- 
tial men  of  Idaho  is  William  S.  Starr  of  Kimberly 
in  the  Twin  Falls  district.  His  experiences  make 
an  interesting  story  of  an  individual  life,  and  from 
a  time  in  his  young  manhood  when  he  had  prac- 
tically no  capital  and  was  mortgaging  the  energies 
of  his  future  in  order  to  establish  a  home,  he  has 
been  steadily  progressing,  and  has  not  only  won 
satisfying  rewards  for  himself,  but  has  performed  a 
great  and  useful  service  in  helping  others  along  the 
high  road  to  prosperity. 

William  S.  Starr  was  born  in  Bates  county,  Mis- 
souri, January  12,  1863.  His  parents  were  Stephen 
C.  and  Nancy  (Rhinehart)  Starr,  the  father  a  native 
of  Indiana,  and  the  mother  of  Missouri.  The  father, 
who  has  always  followed  farming  as  his  occupation, 
now  lives  in  Portland,  Oregon.  The  mother  died 
in  1904  in  Albany,  Oregon.  William  S.  was  the 
oldest  in  a  family  of  three  sons  and  three  daughters, 
and  one  daughter  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years. 

The  first  ten  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Mis- 
souri, after  which  the  family  moved  out  to  Colorado, 
in  which  state  he  grew  to  manhood  and  received 
most  of  his  early  education.  For  one  year  he  was  a 
student  in  St.  Mary's  College  in  Kansas,  and  on 
leaving  college  returned  to  Colorado  and  took  up 
his  career  as  a  farmer.  After  leaving  college  he 
bought  a  ranch  of  eighty  acres,  going  in  debt  for 
this  property.  During  the  next  six  years  he  divided 
his  time  between  farming  in  the  summer  and  teach- 
ing in  the  winter,  earning  enough  money  from  his 
school  work  to  pay  for  the  land.  When  the  land 
was  paid  for  he  gave  up  teaching  as  an  occupation, 
and  has  since  been  identified  almost  exclusively  with 
agriculture  in  its  different  branches.  He  remained 


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on  the  Colorado  farm  for  ten  years,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  raising  hay,  grain,  beans  and  also  conducted 
a  dairy.  He  raised  a  great  deal  of  garden  products, 
such  as  tomatoes  and  melons,  and,  as  there  was  a 
good  market  in  southern  Colorado  for  this  fruit, 
he  sometimes  disposed  of  his  crop  on  a  contract, 
and  the  buyers  came  and  gathered  it  and  relieved 
him  of  all  care  in  picking  and  marketing. 

In  1885  Mr.  Starr  made  an  overland  trip  from 
southern  Colorado  to  Dayton  Washington,  driving 
a  herd  of  range  horses  over  this  route.  He  passed 
over  what  is  known  in  history  as  the  old  Oregon 
trail,  and  on  his  way  went  through  the  Twin  Falls 
district  and  also  stopped  a  time  in  the  Rock  Creek 
district  and  visited  the  Shoshone  Falls.  It  was  dur- 
ing this  brief  experience  in  Idaho,  nearly  thirty  years 
ago,  that  Mr.  Starr  first  became  acquainted  with  the 
country  and  realized  the  great  future  possibilities 
of  its  development.  What  he  saw  on  that  trip  event- 
ually brought  him  to  Idaho.  The  eighty  acres  in 
southern  Colorado,  which  he  had  bought  for  $1,750, 
under  his  work  and  improvement  for  ten  years  was 
then  sold  at  $4,000,  and  he  invested  all  that  amount 
in  the  Twin  Falls  district  of  Idaho,  where  it  has 
since  increased  in  value  to  at  least  $30,000.  Mr.  Starr 
sold  his  holdings  in  Colorado  in  1904,  and  then 
located  on  his  present  ranch  of  160  acres  in  the 
Twin  Falls  district.  At  that  time  there  was  no  irri- 
gation in  that  section,  and  his  land  could  not  be 
worked  until  water  could  be  brought  to  it.  In  the 
meantime  he  leased  the  hotel  at  Shoshone  Falls,  and 
conducted  it  for  about  one  year  and  made  a  little 
money,  which  he  applied  to  the  improvement  of  his 
ranch.  In  the  fall  of  1904  he  began  clearing  the 
sagebrush  from  his  land,  and  in  less  than  ten  years 
has  brought  it  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  culti- 
vation, and  all  the  land  is  now  under  flitch.  The 
Starr  farm  impresses  the  traveler  as  one  of  the 
prettiest  places  in  this  section  of  Idaho.  A  large  part 
of  it  is  devoted  to  general  farming,  but  forty  acres 
is  planted  in  raspberries  and  its  management  is 
leased  to  Mr.  M.  B.  Sherman  of  Payette,  Idaho. 
Mr.  Starr  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  the  first 
man  to  plant  an  orchard  in  this  part  of  Idaho.  As  a 
fruit  grower  he  occupies  a  prominent  place,  and  has 
received  prizes  in  many  fruit  exhibits.  In  1911 
thirty-one  prizes  were  awarded  to  his  fruits  in  the 
Twin  Falls  Fruit  Fair,  and  in  1912  the  same  fair 
brought  him  sixty  prizes  for  his  exhibit.  He  has 
-also  been  very  successful  with  stock,  and  maintains 
a  small  dairy  herd  for  his  own  use,  and  has  one 
hundred  head  of  high-grade  sheep. 

Not  only  as  a  farmer,  but  in  various  lines  of 
business  and  civic  enterprise  has  Mr.  Starr  become 
well  known  to  the  people  of  the  Twin  Falls  district. 
He  is  a  director  and  stockholder  in  the  Kimberly 
Alfalfa  Meal  Mill.  He  is  interested  in  other  corpo- 
rations, though  he  does  not  allow  much  of  his  time 
to  be  taken  from  the  management  of  his  ranch, 
which  is  his  hobby  as  well  as  his  regular  vocation. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Mr.  Starr  is  secre- 
tary of  the  Twin  Falls  Fruit  Growers'  Association. 
He  was  associated  with  Mr.  Alexander  McPherson 
in  introducing  irrigation  to  this  vicinity.  His  pre- 
vious experience  in  Colorado  as  a  farmer  of  irrigated 
lands  fitted  him  for  a  helpful  part  in  the  introduc- 
tion of  irrigation  to  Idaho.  He  has  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Kimberly  Farmers'  Association,  and  when 
the  central  organization  was  perfected  he  was  made 
president  of  that,  and  through  his  influence  has 
extended  the  co-operation  of  the  local  agriculturists 
and  has  done  much  in  the  way  of  practical  educa- 
tion among  the  country  residents  of  this  state.  Mr. 
Starr  was  secretary  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance  in  Colo- 


rado, and  attended  the  national  conventions  of  the 
organization  in  Ocala,  Florida,  in  1890.  He  is  a 
man  who  has  traveled  extensively  and  has  a  broad 
knowledge  of  agricultural  and  civic  conditions  in 
different  parts  of  the  country. 

In  1890,  in  Trinidad,  Colorado,  Mr.  Starr  married 
Miss  Nola  Richardson,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and 
a  daughter  of  Harvey  and  Mary  (Broyles)  Richard- 
son. Both  her  parents  were  natives  of  Tennessee. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Starr  have  been  born  the  follow- 
ing children:  Edith,  born  in  Colorado  and  living 
at  home ;  Jessie,  who  is  attending  the  University  of 
Idaho  at  Moscow ;  Roy,  who  was  born  in  Colorado 
and  is  attending  school  at  Twin  Falls;  and  Ernest, 
born  on  the  home  ranch  in  Idaho  and  the  youngest 
of  the  family.  Mrs.  Starr  and  her  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  church.  , 

CHARLES  H.  McQuowN's  business  career  in  Buhl 
dates  only  from  1907,  but  within  the  short  space  of  six 
years  he  has  achieved  a  success  such  as  many  would 
regard  as  a  triumph  if  accomplished  in  several  decades 
of  effort.  Coming  here  at  a  time  when  the  keenness 
of  business  competition,  particularly  in  the  matter  of 
lumber  transactions,  rendered  success  impossible  ex- 
cept through  the  exercise  of  sound  judgment,  allied 
with  a  certain  degree  of  venturesome  determination, 
he  has  achieved  a  reputation  and  acquired  a  compe- 
tency, and  as  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the 
Buhl  Lumber  Company,  holds  undisputed  prestige 
among  the  business  citizens' of  this  city.  But  while  he 
has  been  active  in  advancing  his  private  interests,  the 
needs  of  his  community  have  ever  been  at  heart, 
and  his  pen,  his  voice  and  his  means  have  always 
been  at  the  service  of  his  adopted  locality.  Mr. 
McQuown  is  a  native  of  the  Prairie  State,  born  in 
Douglas  county,  Illinois,  July  12,  1867,  a  son  of  Ed- 
ward Y.  and  Rachael  (Stith)  McQuown. 

Edward  Y.  McQuown  was  born  in  Kentucky  and 
moved  to  Illinois  in  1865,  following  his  service  in 
the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he 
was  a  participant  in  numerous  hard-fought  engage- 
ments. As  a  young  man  he  had  followed  agricultural 
pursuits,  but  in  later  years  he  identified  himself  with 
the  lumber  business,  and  was  so  engaged  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years.  He  was  a  devout  Christian,  and  <  n 
active  church  worker,  and  was  buried  in  Illinois. 
His  wife,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  Kentucky, 
was  born  in  that  state,  and  passed  away  in  Illinois 
in  1906,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years,  and  was 
laid  to  rest  beside  her  husband.  They  had  a  family 
of  nine  children,  Charles'  H.  being  the  youngest. 

Charles  H.  McQuown  received  his  education  in 
the  graded  and  high  schools  of  his  native  place, 
and  leaving  school  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  went 
to  Texas,  where  he  spent  six  years  on  the  range. 
He  then  returned  to  Illinois,  where  he  was  interested 
in  the  lumber  business  with  his  father  for  some 
years.  Later  he  again  went  to  the  Southwest  and 
for  six  years  followed  the  lumber  business  in  New 
Mexico,  and  in  1907  came  to  Buhl,  Idaho.  The 
Buhl  Lumber  Company  was  organized  as  a  corpora- 
tion almost  immediately  after  his  arrival.  Mr.  Mc- 
Quown becoming  secretary  and  general  manager  of 
the  concern,  positions  which  he  has  continued  to 
hold  to  the  present  time.  The  business  has  enjoyed 
a  steady,  continuous  growth,  and  the  company  now 
maintains  a  branch  yard  at  Castleford.  In  addition 
to  his  connection  with  this  concern,  which  enjoys  an 
enviable  reputation  throughout  the  Northwest.  Mr. 
McQuown  has  interested  his  time  and  capital  in 
numerous  other  enterprises,  and  is  the  owner  of 
much  valuable  fruit  land.  At  all  times  he  has  been 


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ready  to  state  his  opinions  in  regard  to  the  advan- 
tages offered  by  his  adopted  state.  He  has  visited 
and  studied  all  the  large  irrigation  projects  in  the 
United  States,  but  considers  those  in  Idaho  without 
equals  anywhere.  From  his  own  experience  he  be- 
lieves that  the  man  who  is  willing  to  work  and  to 
make  the  most  of  his  opportunities  will  have  no 
reason  to  regret  of  his  choice  of  this  state  as  a  place 
of  location.  Recently,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Commercial  Cub,  of  which  Mr.  McQuown  is  the 
president,  various  pamphlets  and  propaganda  were 
brought  out,  and  of  the  greater  part  of  this  work 
Mr.  McQuown  was  the  author.  It  is  not  always  that 
a  man  so  essentially  devoted  to  business  possesses 
literary  talent,  but  the  work  referred  to  possessed 
a  style  clear-cut  and  convincing,  giving  evidence  of 
the  presence  and  ability  of  a  high  order  in  Us  author. 
A  Republican  in  his  political  views,  Mr.  McQuown 
has  shown  an  active  interest  in  his  party's  success  in 
this  section,  at  this  time  being  a  member  of  the 
county  executive  committee.  He  is  acting  as  police 
judge  and  is  the  efficient  secretary  of  the  Buhl  school 
board.  Mr.  McQuown  has  never  been  insensible  to 
the  rural  pleasures  offered  by  field  and  forest,  stream 
and  lake.  He  has  always  loved  to  get  away  from  the 
city's  noise  and  competition,  and  with  dog  and  gun 
search  the  mountains  for  game,  or  sometimes  with 
rod  and  line  to  tempt  the  denizens  of  the  stream  from 
their  hiding  place.  Good  literature  and  music  have 
an  appreciative  audience  in  him.  as  have  also  public 
speeches  and  lectures.  He  enjoys  the  companionship 
of  his  fellows  as  a  member  of  the  Masons  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  in  the  latter  of  which  he  has 
passed  through  all  the  chairs.  His  religious  ten- 
dencies cause  him  to  lean  towards  the  faith  of  the 
Methodist  church. 

On  March  10.  1891,  Mr.  McQuown  was  married 
at  Hillsboro,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  B.  Colvin, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Colvin,  of  that 
city,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to  this  union : 
Charlotte  C,  Nellie  L.  and  Howell  B. 

HON.  DR.  CHARLES  WETHERBEE.  It  is  no  uncom- 
mon occurrence  for  the  man  who  has  gained  success 
and  prominence  in  professional  life  to  enter  the  pub- 
lic arena  and  achieve  a  success  fully  as  notable.  The 
experience  gained  in  the  fields  of  medicine,  juris- 
prudence and  education  have  time  and  again  proven 
.valuable  in  the  handling  of  public  affairs,  and  the 
average  citizen  is  not  slow  to  realize  that  the  indi- 
vidual who  is  able  to  master  the  intricacies  of  one 
of  the  learned  vocations  is  likely  to  be  fully  as 
capable  in  the  management  of  those  issues  which 
pertain  to  the  welfare  of  the  community  at  large. 
In  this  connection  it  is  in  no  way  inappropriate  to 
sketch  the  career  of  the  Hon.  Dr.  Charles  Wether- 
bee,  one  of  the  skilled  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
Buhl,  Idaho,  whose  administration  as  mayor  of  the 
city  has  been  marked  by  activities  that  have  proven 
his  executive  ability  and  high  regard  for  the  respon- 
sibility of  public  office.  Dr.  Wetherbee  was  born  at 
Jones,  Cass  county,  Michigan,  July  19,  1869,  and  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  educational  training  in  the 
public  schools  there.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Van- 
dalia  and  attended  the  high  school  in  that  city,  fol- 
lowing which  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan, 
at  Ann  Arbor,  from  which  institution  he  was  grad- 
uated. Having  decided  to  enter  the  medical  profes- 
sion, he  became  a  student  in  the  Detroit  College  of 
Medicine,  and  in  1901  was  graduated  therefrom  with 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Dr.  Wetherbee 
served  an  interneship  in  Harper  Hospital,  Detroit, 
after  which  he  took  charge  of  Solvay  Hospital,  at 
Delray,  Michigan,  and  on  leaving  that  institution 
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returned  to  his  home  town  of  Jones,  Michigan,  where 
he  entered  general  practice.  He  met  with  a  fair 
measure  of  success  in  that  place,  but  desired  a  wider 
field,  and  eventually  removed  to  southern  Kansas, 
where  he  continued  about  three  years,  following 
which  he  came  to  Buhl.  Opening  offices  in  this 
city  he  at  once  embarked  upon  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine, and  it  was  not  long  before  his  abilities  were 
recognized  and  he  began  to  acquire  a  large  and  rep- 
resentative practice.  Today  he  holds  a  position  of 
prominence  among  the  physicians  of  Twin  Falls 
county,  having  the  respect  of  his  professional  con- 
freres and  the  entire  confidence  and  esteem  of  his 
fellow-citizens.  He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Medical  Society,  the  Idaho  State  Medical  So- 
ciety and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  these  organi- 
zations. His  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Elks 
and  the  Masons,  in  the  latter  of  which  he  has  filled 
various  positions  of  honor,  and  he  also  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Commercial  Club.  Politically,  the 
doctor  has  been  a  stanch  Democrat,  and  was  hon- 
ored by  the  election  to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Buhl. 
He  is  giving  the  people  of  the  city  a  sane,  practical 
and  business  like  administration,  which  has  been 
marked  by  a  number  of  much-needed  reforms  and 
improvements,  including  the  installation  of  the  pres- 
ent excellent  sewerage  system.  A  great  booster  of 
his  adopted  state's  advantages  and  resources  and  the 
opportunities  it  offers  to  the  ambitious,  he  has  at 
all  times  encouraged  settlement  here,  thus  doing 
much  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  section.  Based 
on  what  has  happened  in  the  past,  the  doctor  states 
it  as  his  earnest  conviction  that  southern  Idaho 
is  destined  to  become  the  most  populous  agricultural 
district  in  the  West,  when  the  great  fertility  of  the 
soil  has  become  thoroughly  appreciated.  Burdened 
as  he  is  with  a  large  professional  practice  and  with 
his  municipal  duties,  the  doctor  is  a  very  busy  man, 
but  he  occasionally  finds  time  for  recreation,  when. 
with  dog  and  gun,  he  starts  out  on  a  hunting  trip 
that  ends  only  when  he  is  able  to  bring  back  some 
fine  trophy.  Theatricals  and  music  find  in  him  an 
interested  patron,  and  he  is  also  an  omnivorous 
reader  and  the  possessor  of  a  valuable  medical  and 
private  library. 

In  March,  1905,  Dr.  \Vetherbee  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Nellie  H.  Dunn,  formerly  a 
resident  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

JOHN  W.  PARIS,  cashier  of  the  Buhl  Bank  and  Trust 
Company,  may  take  a  pardonable  degree  of  pride 
in  the  position  he  now  occupies  in  the  financial  and 
business  world,  in  that  it  has  been  reached  through 
the  medium  of  his  own  efforts.  He  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Idaho  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  during  this  time  has  established  a  reputation 
for  industry  and  integrity  that  leaves  no  doubt  as 
to  his  standing  among  his  fellow-men.  Mr.  Fans 
was  born  in  Pike  county.  Illinois,  March  II.  1861. 
and  there  secured  his  early  education.  He  went  to 
Kansas,  where  he  taught  school  for  one  year  in 
Franklin  county  and  returned  to  Pike  county,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  again  taught  school  for  five  years. 
He  spent  his  winters  in  educational  work  and  his 
summers  in  following  whatever  honorable  employ- 
ment presented  itself,  and  in  1887  came  to  Idaho, 
locating  first  at  Shoshone,  where  he  spent 
years  as  principal  of  the  city  schools.  His  next 
location  was  at  Pocatello,  where  he  remained  seven 
years  in  the  capacity  of  school  superintendent,  and 
then  went  to  Logan,  Utah,  where  he  had  charge  of 
the  department  of  commerce  in  the  agricultural  col- 
lege for  five  years,  then  returning  to  Pocatello  to 


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accept  the  position  as  principal  of  The  Academy  of 
Idaho.  During  the  five  years  that  he  was  at  the 
head  of  this  institution,  most  of  the  magnificent 
structures  used  at  this  time  were  erected.  In  1907, 
however,  he  gave  up  educational  work,  resigned  his 
position,  and  came  to  Buhl,  where  he  has  since  been 
cashier  and  the  active  head  of  the  Buhl  and 
Trust  Company. 

On  June  n,  1889,  Mr.  Paris  was  married  at  Sho- 
shone,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Anna  J.  Mclver,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Anna  Mclver,  formerly  of  England,  and  two 
daughters  have  been  born  to  this  union,  namely: 
Winona  F.  and  Eleanor  L.  Although  he  is  not  a 
member  of  any  particular  denomination,  Mr.  Fans 
is  a  supporter  of  all  religious  creeds  and  is  a  friend 
to  all  movements  which  tend  to  advance  the  cause 
of  religion  or  education.  He  is  a  valued  member 
of  the  local  Commercial  Club,  and  board  of  educa- 
tion In  political  matters  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  is 
known  as  one  of  his  party's  active  workers.  Mr. 
Faris  is  fond  of  fishing,  athletics  and  out-door  lite 
in  general,  also  takes  pleasure  in  theatricals,  music 
and  good  .literature.  He  believes  implicitly  in  the 
future  of  Idaho,  and  is  at  all  times  ready  to  cheer- 
fully give  any  information  that  he  may  possess  in 
regard  to  the  state's  resources  and  opportunities.  In 
his  opinion,  Idaho  is  a  young  man's  state,  where  hard 
work  intelligently  directed,  is  bound  to  bring  its 
reward  and  where  there  is  room  for  the  ambitious. 
In  a  region  like  that  surrounding  Buhl,  and  having 
so  many  natural  facilities  for  commercial  advance- 
ment the  changes  in  a  few  years  will  necessarily 
be  many,  and  Mr.  Faris  has  already  seen  a  remark- 
able development  in  the  surroundings  of  his  home. 
The  future  is  filled  with  promise  for  this  locality, 
and  such  representative  men  will  be  at  the  front  n 
shaping  its  destiny  along  the  lines  of  prosperity  and 
usefulness. 

ALEXANDER  McPHERSON.  For  twenty  odd  years 
a  state  official  of  Idaho,  probably  no  other  citizen 
in  private  or  official  capacity  has  performed  a  more 
important  service  in  behalf  of  the  intrinsic  and  basic 
welfare  of  the  state  than  Alexander  McPherson.  His 
best  work  has  consisted  in  the  educational  line, 
is  a  truism  that  it  is  better  to  show  people  how  » 
do  a  thing  than  to  do  it  for  them.  That  has  been 
Mr.  McPherson's  function  in  Idaho,  where  he  has 
demonstrated  and  led  the  way  in  many  lines  of  im- 
provements and  methods  of  handling  the  agricul- 
tural and  other  resources  of  the  state.  Now  retired 
and  living  in  California,  Mr.  McPherson  is  still 
honored  as  one  of  Idaho's  most  distinctive  men 
and  has  a  warm  affection  for  the  state  where  he 
spent  his  most  productive  years.  . 

Alexander  McPherson  is  a  native  of  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  born  June  6,  1861,  a  son  of 
William  and  Mary  (Stairs)  McPherson.  The  par- 
ents both  came  from  Scotland,  and  the  father  was 
a  professional  musician.  When  Alexander  was  a 
child  the  family  moved  to  Illinois,  where  he  at- 
tended school  until  ten  years  old.  The  home  was 
then  moved  to  Iowa,  and  Mr.  McPherson  made  n 
real  beginning  of  life  by  running  away  from  home 
at  the  age  of  fifteen.  A  great  many  successful  men 
have  started  out  in  life  in  the  same  way.  The  city 
of  Chicago  first  attracted  young  McPherson  and 
while  he  was  at  work  there  he  equipped  himself  tor 
better  things  by  attending  night  school.  He  subse- 
quently finished  his  education  in  the  Lounsbury 
Academy  in  Rockford,  Illinois,  an  old  and  influen- 
tial academic  institution  which  no  longer  exists. 
After  leaving  school  he  took  up  the  work  < 
draughtsman  and  was  also  a  building  superintendent 


at  Rockford  and  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  He  con- 
tinued along  those  lines  until  1886,  and  then  came 
out  to  Boise,  where  he  at  once  bought  a  farm  and 
has  owned  and  been  identified  with  farming  inter- 
ests ever  since. 

It  was  his  practical  skill  as  a  farmer  and  in  busi- 
ness which  brought  him  into  connection  with  public 
affairs  in  the  state.  He  superintended  the  sinking 
of  the  hot  wells  at  Boise  and  the  erection  of  the 
natatorium  in  that  city.  In  1888,  when  the  San 
Jose  scale  made  its  appearance  among  the  fruit 
orchards  of  Idaho,  the  growers  organized  to  fight 
the  pest  and  selected  Mr.  McPherson  as  inspector 
in  Ada  county.  Ada  county  was  the  first  in  the 
state  to  fight  the  scale  on  an  effective  plan  and 
organization.  Mr.  McPherson  was  so  successful  in 
directing  this  undertaking  that  he  was  appointed  to 
the  office  of  state  horticultural  inspector,  an  office 
which  he  filled  with  great  benefit  to  all  the  fruit- 
growing sections  of  the  state  until  1904.  During 
this  period  he  was  also  appointed  dairy  and  pure 
food  commissioner  and  sealer  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures, and  was  the  first  to  hold  these  positions  which 
are  so  closely  identified  with  the  welfare  of  the 
citizens.  During  his  terms  of  office  in  these  positions 
he  experimented  extensively  in  the  methods  of  the 
most  effective  handling  of  water  for  irrigation  pur- 
poses, and  he  demonstrated  such  ability  in  this  line 
that  the  Twin  Falls  Company  sent  for  him  to  take 
charge  and  to  plan  and  put  in  operation  a  system 
from  which  the  company  could  get  the  best  results 
for  the  benefit  of  the  farmers  who  were  using  the 
irrigation  canals  of  this  vicinity.  He  spent  consid- 
erable time  in  instructing  the  irrigation  farmers,  and 
has  the  distinction  of  haying  been  the  first  man  in 
the  west  to  fill  such  a  position.  Mr.  McPherson  was 
also  chosen  to  establish  the  government  experimental 
farm  in  Idaho,  and  remained  at  the  head  of  that 
farm  for  two  years.  He  is  a  recognized  authority  on 
all  agricultural  matters,  both  in  Idaho  and  with  the 
federal  government.  His  reputation  in  this  line 
caused  him  to  be  selected  in  1909  to  take  the  place 
of  manager  at  Roswell,  New  Mexico,  of  the  Ber- 
rendo  Irrigation  Farm  Company,  where  their  hold- 
ings amounted  to  fifteen  thousand  acres  of  land. 
Mr.  McPherson  remained  at  Roswell  until  January 
i,  1913,  and  since  then  has  had  his  residence  at 
Long  Beach,  California,  where  he  lives,  retired  from 
active  pursuits.  In  politics  Mr.  McPherson  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

In  1882  in  the  city  of  Rockford,  Illinois,  Mr.  Mc- 
Pherson married  Miss  Lucinda  Carolina  Uzzell,  a 
native  of  Missouri.  They  are  the  parents  of  three 
children:  Albert  M.  is  a  civil  and  mining  engineer 
in  Boise;  John  U.  is  state  horticulturist  of  Idaho; 
and  Donald  A.  is  agricultural  engineer  in  Los  An- 
geles, California.  These  sons  have  followed  in  the 
footsteps  of  their  father,  and  each  has  made  for  him- 
self a  reputation  in  his  line,  and  the  two  sons  in 
Idaho  keep  up  the  relation  of  the  McPherson  family 
with  this  state. 

CLAUDE  V.  BIGGS.  A  prominent  figure  in  the 
journalistic  field  of  southern  Idaho,  a  man  widely 
traveled,  and  one  who  has  gained  much  experience 
in  the  school  of  hard  work,  Claude  V.  Biggs,  pub- 
lisher of  the  Buhl  Herald,  is  editing  a  clean,  whole- 
some sheet  which  wields  a  great  deal  of  influence 
among  the  people  of  this  part  of  the  state  and  may 
always  be  counted  upon  to  support  movements  of  a 
progressive  nature.  Since  early  youth  Mr.  Biggs 
has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources,  and 
the  self-reliance  thus  cultivated  has  proved  a  de- 
cided asset  in  later  years  in  assisting  him  to  a  posi- 


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tion  of  prominence  among  the  leading  citizens  of 
Buhl. 

Claude  V.  Biggs  was  born  in  Kearney  county,  Kan- 
sas, December  29,  1883,  and  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Oklahoma  in  1893  where  he  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  After  leaving  school 
in  1903  he  spent  two  years  in  newspaper  work,  but 
tiring  of  the  monotony  of  the  print  shop,  in  March 
of  1905,  he  enlisted  in  the  Seventh  United  States 
Cavalry.  Enlisting  as  a  private,  he  spent  two  years 
of  his  service  in  the  Philippines,  and  was  eventually 
discharged  at  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  with  the  rank  of 
sergeant.  At  that  time  Mr.  Biggs  went  to  Ellens- 
burg,  Washington,  where  he  remained  for  three 
months  as  a  rancher,  and  then  came  to  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho,  and  for  two  years  was  connected  with  the 
Chronicle.  Deciding  to  enter  the  newspaper  field 
on  his  own  account,  Mr.  Biggs  then  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Warren  L.  Squires  and  in  1910  came 
to  Buhl  and  purchased  the  Herald.  Since  that  time 
the  firm  of  Biggs  &  Squires  has  made  many  im- 
provements to  the  plant,  has  decidedly  improved  the 
make-up  and  appearance  of  the  paper,  and  has  trebled 
the  circulation.  The  Herald  is  a  neat,  newsy  publi- 
cation, devoted  chiefly  to  the  best  interests  of  Buhl 
and  its  people,  and  in  its  well  printed  pages  includes 
articles  pertaining  to  matters  of  national  importance, 
interesting  local  happenings  and  timely  editorials. 
Both  circulation  and  advertising  departments  are  be- 
ing loyally  supported  by  the  people  of  Buhl,  who 
recognize  the  efforts  being  made  in  their  behalf. 

Mr.  Biggs  was  married  at  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  Sep- 
tember ii,  1009,  to  Miss  Olive  Fisher,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Fisher,  of  Filer,  Idaho,  and 
they  have  one  daughter,  Claudia  V.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Biggs  are  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist 
church,  she  being  actively  interested  in  the  work  of 
the  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Biggs  is 
connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  and  also  holds  membership 
in  the  Commercial  Club.  His  political  affiliation  is 
with  the  Democratic  party,  and  at  this  time  he  is 
secretary  of  the  Twin  Falls  Democratic  county  cen- 
tral committee  and  is  acting  in  the  capacity  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  Mr.  Biggs'  principal  diversion 
when  he  can  lay  aside  his  business  cares  and  official 
duties,  is  horseback  riding,  although  he  is  also  fond 
of  theatricals,  good  public  speeches  and  lectures. 
That  he  has  implicit  faith  in  the  future  of  Idaho  is 
apparent  to  all  who  broach  the  subject  to  him.  and  he 
states  that  after  visiting  thirty-four  states  of  the 
union,  as  well  as  several  foreign  countries,  he  has 
become  convinced  that  no  section  offers  such  excep- 
tional opportunities  to  the  homeseeker  as  Idaho. 
Coming  here  with  but  a  small  capital,  he  has  ac- 
quired a  lucrative  business,  a  pleasant  home  on  a 
five-acre  fruit  farm,  and  a'  half  interest  in  forty  acres 
in  the  vicinity  of  Buhl,  and  all  of  this  has  been  ac- 
complished in  five  years.  A  self-made  man  in  all 
that  the  term  implies,  he  has  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  his  fellow-citizens  that  may  only  be  gained  through 
the  practice  of  strict  integrity,  while  hjs  pleasant 
personality  has  attracted  to  him  a  wide  circle  of  ad- 
miring friends. 

Associated  in  business  with  Mr.  Biggs  is  Warren 
L.  Squires,  another  able  and  popular  young  citizen, 
who  was  born  at  Fostoria,  Ohio.  July  16,  1888.  When 
twelve  years  of  age  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Denver.  Colorado,  but  one  year  later  went  to  Ne- 
braska, where  he  learned  the  printer's  trade.  He 
continued  in  that  state  until  coming  to  Twin  Falls, 
where  he  met  and  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Biggs.  He  has  proved  himself  enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive, and  like  his  partner  has  made  and  main- 


tained numerous  friendships.  Like  Mr.  Biggs,  also, 
he  is  enthusiastic  as  to  Idaho's  future,  believing  that 
there  is  room  here  for  many  more  good  people,  and 
that  the  opportunities  are  here  to  attract  them.  He 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Royal  Highlanders. 

ALBERT  F.  MCCLUSKY,  M.  D.  Among  the  eminent 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  Idaho,  one  who  has  al- 
ways met  with  the  approbation  and  respect  of  his 
fellow  practitioners  and  has  been  earnest  in  his 
endeavors  to  maintain  the  dignity  and  coherence  of 
his  profession  is  Dr.  Albert  F.  McClusky,  of  Buhl. 
Every  profession  has  its  prominent  men,  some  made 
such  by  long  membership,  others  by  their  proficiency 
in  their  calling,  and  Dr.  McClusky  belongs  to  the 
latter  class,  for,  while  he  has  been  engaged  in  prac- 
tice only  since  1006,  his  achievements  have  been 
such  as  to  give  him  prestige  among  those  who  are 
devoting  themselves  to  the  sciences  of  medicine  and 
surgery.  He  was  born  near  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania, 
July  1 6,  1876. 

Dr.  McClusky's  early  education  was  secured  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state,  and  as  a  lad  of 
twelve  years  displayed  his  industry  by  securing  em- 
ployment at  the  carpenter  trade.  He  was  so  em- 
ployed at  fifty  cents  per  day  at  the  start,  but  even- 
tually became  a  master  carpenter,  thus  earning 
enough  money  to  carry  him  through  college,  receiv- 
ing no  outside  assistance  whatever.  After  complet- 
ing his  preparatory  education  and  taking  a  high 
school  course,  he  took  a  course  in  the  State  Normal 
school,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years  went  to 
Michigan,  there  remaining  three  years,  during  which 
time  he  attended  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
Arbor.  Subsequently  he  made  removal  to  Boulder, 
Colorado,  and  in  1906  was  graduated  from  the  med- 
ical department  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  im- 
mediately thereafter  coming  to  Idaho.  He  first  set- 
tled at  a  point  known  as  Santa,  in  the  lumber  dis- 
trict, owning  and  conducting  a  hospital  there  for 
one  year  and  gaining  much  valuable  experience,  but 
returned  to  Michigan  to  take  a  post-graduate  course 
of  one  year,  and  in  May,  1908,  came  to  Buhl,  where 
he  has  since  been  in  practice.  Dr.  McClusky  is  in 
the  enjoyment  of  a  large  and  representative  practice, 
and  has  gained  some  prominence  in  the  field  of  sur- 
gery, being  frequently  called  into  consultation  by  his 
fellow-members  of  the  profession.  He  belongs  to 
the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society,  the  Twin  Falls 
County  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  each 
of  these  organizations.  He  has  long  been  a  member 
of  the  Commercial  'Club,  and  was  president  of  the 
first  permanent  organization.  His  religious  connec- 
tion is  with  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  his  political 
affiliation  is  with  the  Republican  party,  although  he 
takes  only  a  good  citizen's  interest  in  matters  of  a 
public  nature.  Like  all  active  western  men,  he  takes 
great  enjoyment  in  out-of-door  sports,  being  espe- 
cially fond  of  baseball,  but  theatricals,  lectures  and 
music  also  find  in  him  an  appreciative  devotee  and 
he  has  long  given  his  earnest  attention  to  local 
lyceum  attractions.  He  places  implicit  confidence 
in  the  future  of  Idaho,  and,  having  been  a  visitor 
in  many  states,  his  statement  that  Idaho  holds  a  bet- 
ter future  than  any  other  known  by  him,  should 
carry  some  weight.  Business  and  professional  men, 
as  well  as  the  laboring  classes,  all  have  the  oppor- 
tunity to  better  their  condition  in  this  state,  while^ 
the  agricultural,  stock  and  dairy  conditions  are  ideal. 

On  December  23,  1903,  Dr.  McClusky  was  married 
at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  to  Miss  Louise  C 
dinger,  who  was  born  in  that  city,  the  daughter  of 
Mr   and  Mrs.  D.  F.  Allmendinger.     Mrs.  McClusky 


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is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  is  well 
known  in  social  circles  of  Buhl. 

ELMER  BIRD.  In  a  state  such  as  Idaho,  where  great 
irrigation  projects  are  constantly  under  way,  the 
work  of  the  civil  engineer  is  of  an  extremely  im- 
portant nature.  The  building  of  the  great  dams  and 
ditches  which  are  transforming  the  once  arid  plains 
into  prosperous,  flourishing  fields  that  are  raising 
Idaho  to  its  proper  position  among  the  agricultural 
states,  is  being  carried  on  by  men  of  experience, 
training  and  ability,  whose  enthusiasm  in  their 
chosen  work  has  done  much  to  aid  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  commonwealth.  Among  those  who  have 
gained  a  position  of  importance  in  the  profession 
may  be  mentioned  Elmer  Bird,  city  engineer  of  Buhl, 
whose  career  from  earliest  youth  has  been  one  of  in- 
dustry, integrity  and  perseverance,  his  well  directed 
efforts  having  finally  resulted  in  the  attainment  of 
his  goal.  Mr.  Bird  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Illinois, 
December  2,  1885,  and  is  a  son  of  Joseph  E.  and 
Annie  (Bedford)  Bird.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Ohio,  moved  first  to  Illinois  and  later  to  Missouri, 
and  now  resides  at  Caldwell,  where  he  is  now  living 
retired.  For  many  years  he  was  prominently  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  was  also  a  lead- 
ing Democratic  politician,  and  at  this  time  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Democratic  county  central  committee. 
He' is  an  active  church  member  and  a  devout  Chris- 
tian, and  has  the  high  regard  of  all  who  have  his 
acquaintance.  Mr.  Bird  was  married  in  Illinois  to 
Annie  Bedford,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  and 
they  had  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  Elmer 
being  the  elder. 

The  early  education  of  Elmer  Bird  was  secured 
in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri,  and  later  he  took 
a  course  in  the  University  of  Missouri.  As  a  youth 
of  thirteen  years  he  displayed  his  industry  by  securing 
a  position  operating  a  steam  engine,  and  subsequently 
worked  in  his  father's  store  and  at  whatever  other 
honorable  employment  presented  itself,  thus  securing 
the  means  with  which  to  pursue  his  college  course. 
On  leaving  the  university,  Mr.  Bird  took  up  engi- 
neering, and  followed  it  until  1905,  which  year  saw 
his  advent  in  Idaho.  He  at  once  took  up  a  home- 
stead in  the  Snake  river  valley,  near  Caldwell,  but 
a  short  time  thereafter  entered  the  United  States 
reclamation  service,  and  for  three  years  was  engaged 
in  engineering  in  Oregon,  Wyoming  and  Idaho.  On 
resigning  from  this  position,  Mr.  Bird  entered  pri- 
vate practice  and  for  a  time  operated  in  the  Lost 
River  district,  but  during  the  past  two  years,  has 
maintained  his  office  in  Buhl,  where  he  is  acting  in  the 
capacity  of  city  engineer. 

Mr.  Bird  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church, 
and  his  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Masons 
and  the  Odd  Fellows,  in  both  of  which  he  has  held 
office.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Commercial  Club, 
and  is  active  in  boosting  Idaho's  interests,  and  at 
all  times  is  ready  to  cheerfully  give  any  information 
he  may  possess  to  those  desiring  it.  It  is  his  opinion 
that  Idaho  as  a  whole  can  number  among  its  large 
irrigation  enterprises  the  most  complete  works  and 
best  water  rights  of  any  of  the  western  states.  Such 
a  thing  as  shortage  of  water  is  practically  unknown, 
where  the  farmers  use  any  system  of  irrigation,  and 
in  his  opinion  he  cannot  see  how  anyone  can  afford 
to  overlook  the  opportunities  offered  by  the  use  of 
scientific  irrigation  in  Idaho  as  a  whole  and  in  the. 
Twin  Falls  project  in  particular.  Coming  from  an 
expert  in  irrigation  work,  and  from  one  whose  repu- 
tation is  deservedly  high  not  only  among  his  asso- 
ciates but  with  the  public  at  large,  this  opinion 
should  carry  some  weight.  In  politics  Mr.  Bird  is  a 


Democrat,  and  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  political 
matters,  being  the  choice  of  his  party  for  the  office 
of  city  engineer  in  1910,  a  position  to  which  he  was 
elected.  While  a  college  student  he  took  a  great  in- 
terest in  football  and  baseball,  and  was  manager  of 
the  Buhl  Baseball  Club,  1911-1912,  a  crack  organiza- 
tion that  has  held  its  own  in  contests  with  some  of 
the  best  teams-  in  the  state.  Of  a  genial  and  likable 
nature,  Mr.  Bird  is  a  general  favorite  socially  in 
Buhl,  where  his  friends  are  only  limited  to  the 
number  of  his  acquaintances. 

LAWRENCE  HANSEN.  Quiet,  efficient  citizenship 
has  been  the  part  of  Lawrence  Hansen  during  thirty- 
five  years  of  residence  in  Idaho.  In  the  community 
of  Rock  Creek,  where  he  settled  soon  after  arriving 
in  the  territory,  he  has  been  known  as  a  very  popu- 
lar stockman  and  farmer,  an  organizer  and  adviser 
in  local  business,  a  contributor  to  the  welfare  of 
his  neighborhood,  and  for  many  years  an  honored 
local  magistrate. 

The  birthplace  of  Mr.  Hansen  was  Denmark, 
where  he  was  born  March  27,  1844,  a  son  of  Mads 
and  Anna  Margaret  Hansen,  both  of  whom  lived 
and  died  in  Denmark.  With  a  common  school  edu- 
cation and  a  thorough  training  in  the  trade  of  cabi- 
net-maker, Lawrence  Hansen  came  to  America  in 
1869  at  the  age  of  twenty-five.  His  first  location 
was  in  Marion  county,  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
where  he  lived  until  1877.  At  Indianapolis  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  cabinet-maker  and  carpenter, 
and  then  in  1877  made  the  trip  to  Idaho,  which 
brought  him  to  his  permanent  home.  His  settle- 
ment in  that  year  was  at  Rock  Creek,  and  after  one 
year  spent  in  mining  he  became  identified  with  the 
live  stock  business,  and  has  been  chiefly  known  as 
a  cattleman  up  to  the  present  time.  Mr.  Hansen  is 
the  owner  of  a  very  fine  estate  of  375  acres,  watered 
by  the  Rock  Creek,  a  beautiful  little  stream  which 
runs  between  his  house  and  his  barn,  and  which  is 
not  only  a  picturesque  and  useful  watercourse,  but 
also  abounds  with  trout.  During  the  many  years  of 
his  residence,  Mr.  Hansen  has  prospered  steadily, 
and,  as  one  of  the  most  substantial  men  of  his  com- 
munity, assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Bank 
of  Hansen,  a  little  town  on  the  railroad  named  in 
his  honor.  He  is  president  of  this  financial  insti- 
tution. In  1880  Mr.  Hansen  was  elected  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  by  re-election  has  served  continuously 
for  thirty-five  years.  Always  a  Democrat,  he  has 
given  his  influence  for  the  support  of  good  govern- 
ment whenever  possible,  and  by  his  own  work  has 
contributed  much  to  the  welfare  of  his  community. 
He  served  as  president  of  the  board  of  the  Albion 
State  Normal  School  for  eleven  years  until  a  new 
law  put  the  school  under  Different  control. 

On  March  22,  1874,  Mr.  Hansen  married  Mary 
Newman,  a  daughter  of  Peter  and  Bertha  Newman, 
both  of  whom  were  also  born  in  Denmark.  By  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hansen  there  are  no 
children  living,  but  Mr.  Hansen  has  two  children 
by  a  previous  marriage,  namely,  Anna  M.,  the  wife 
of  John  Iverson  of  Oakley,  Idaho;  and  Laura,  wife 
of  D.  P.  Albee  of  Rock  Creek.  The  family  are 
communicants  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Mr.  Hansen 
has  been  a  Mason  in  the  Albion  blue  lodge  for 
more  than  twenty-five  years,  and  joined  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  at  Indianapolis  in  1872.  Mr.  Hansen's 
reputation  as  a  thoroughly  reliable  business  man 
is  well  grounded.  Every  dollar  he  has  ever  con- 
tracted to  pay  he  has  paid  to  the  last  cent,  and  his 
name  is  synonymous  with  honesty  and  integrity.  ^  In 
his  actions  and  manner  he  is  quiet  £nd  unassuming, 
does  not  care  for  the  embellishments  of  life,  and 


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is  content  to  discharge  all  his  moral  and  legal  obli- 
gations and  bear  his  part  in  life  without  complaining. 

CLARENCE  S.  PECK.  In  naming  the  representative 
citizens  of  Buhl,  Idaho,  prominent  place  should  be 
given  to  Clarence  S.  Peck,  vice  president  of  the 
Buhl  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  proprietor  of  one 
of  the  leading  groceries  of  the  city,  and  a  man  of 
whom  it  may  be  said  that  the  foundation  stone 
of  his  success  has  been  business  integrity.  Reared 
to  work,  he  was  schooled  in  practical  economy,  and 
from  boyhood  has  attended  to  his  business  and  care- 
fully saved  and  invested  his  earnings,  yet  he  pos- 
sesses a  liberal  public  spirit,  and  participates  in  all 
the  affairs  of  his  community.  His  private  benefac- 
tions have  been  large,  and  he  has  always  found  time 
from  his  business  activities  for  the  socal  amenities. 
Mr.  Peck  was  born  January  3,  1875,  at  Storm  Lake, 
Iowa,  and  his  education  was  there  secured  in  the 
public  and  high  schools.  When  still  a  boy  he  began 
to  work  in  a  drug  store  at  a  salary  of  six  dollars 
per  week,  and  later  pursued  a  course  in  Drake 
University,  Des  Moines.  Subsequently  he  secured 
a  position  as  a  commercial  traveler,  and  for  nearly 
four  years  covered  Iowa,  Illinois,  Wisconsin  and 
Nebraska,  meeting  with  satisfactory  results.  He 
was  about  twenty-four  years  of  age  when  he  lo- 
cated in  Oklahoma,  and  there  spent  nearly  seven 
years  in  mercantile  pursuits,  but  in  1906  came  to 
Idaho  and  established  himself  in  Twin  Falls.  A 
short  time  later,  Mr.  Peck  came  to  Buhl,  where  he 
became  engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  and  a  little 
later  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Buhl  Bank 
&  Trust  Company,  of  which  he  has  been  vice 
president  and  a  member  of  the  directing  board  ever 
since. 

In  April,  1905,  Mr.  Peck  was  united  in  marriage 
at  Vinta,  Oklahoma,  with  Miss  Evelyn  M.  Morgan, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Laura  Morgan,  formerly  of  Mar- 
shall, Missouri,  and  to  this  union  there  have  been 
born  two  children:  Lawrence  L.  and  Geraldine. 
Mr.  Peck  leans  toward  the  faith  of  the  Christian 
church,  while  his  wife's  faith  is  that  of  the  Baptist 
denomination.  His  fraternal  connection  is  with  the 
Odd  Fellows.  While  a  resident  of  Okmulgee,  Okla- 
homa, he  was  secretary  of  the  Commercial  Club 
of  that  city,  and  on  coming  to  Buhl  became  the 
tirst  secretary  of  the  organization  here.  His  political 
proclivities  are  those  of  the  Republican  party,  but 
lie  has  taken  none  other  than  a  good  citizen's  inter- 
est in  matters  of  a  public  nature,  being  too  busy 
with  his  business  duties.  When  he  can  spare  time 
from  the  management  of  his  affairs,  he  is  fond  of 
taking  a  hunting  trip  or  enjoying  a  baseball  game, 
while  music,  speeches  and  lectures  also  find  in  him 
an  appreciative  and  intelligent  audience.  He  has 
given  evidence  of  his  faith  in  the  future  of  his 
adopted  state  by  investing  heavily  in  Idaho  real 
estate,  being  confident  that  this  section  offers  more 
advantages  than  any  other  state  which  he  has  visited, 
and  he  has  visited  every  state  west  of  the  Mississippi 
river  with  the  exception  of  two.  Mr.  Peck's  business 
associates  have  the  greatest  faith  in  his  judgment, 
and  his  reputation  is  that  of  a  man  of  sterling  in- 
tegrity and  probity  of  character.  During  a  num- 
ber of  years  of  extensive  travel  all  over  the  West, 
he  has  formed  a  wide  acquaintance,  and  has  hosts 
of  friends  in  every  section. 

ALVA  G.  ELLIS.  Kimberly,  Idaho,  has  for  its 
present  postmaster  Alva  G.  Ellis.  Born  on  a  farm 
in  Nodaway  county,  Missouri,  July  18,  1872,  he  is 
the  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Moses  B.  Ellis  and  Mary 
Chastain  Ellis.  The  father,  a  native  of  Michigan, 


and  now  a  resident  of  South  Dakota,  has  been  a 
minister  of  the  gospel  many  years  and  has  traveled 
extensively  throughout  the  United  States.  He  is 
very  charitable,  with  a  broad  sympathy  for  human- 
ity, and  has  devoted  almost  his  lifetime  to  helping 
his  fellowman.  Mary  Chastain  was  born  in  Illi- 
nois and  was  married  to  Rev.  Ellis  in  Missouri. 
She,  too,  lived  the  Christian  life  and  passed  away 
in  1911  at  a  ripe  old  age.  She  was  interred  in 
Colorado. 

Alva  G.  is  the  eldest  of  five  children  that  came  to 
these  parents.  When  three  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied his  father  and  mother  to  Iowa,  which  state 
remained  his  home  eleven  years.  From  there  the 
family  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  they  remained 
four  years,  passing  from  thence  into  South  Dakota, 
where  they  continued  their  residence  about  eleven 
years.  During  this  time  Mr.  Ellis  acquired  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  the  respective  states 
in  which  his  youth  had  been  passed,  and  from  birth 
until  very  recent  years  his  life  was  a  continuous 
identification  with  farm  life.  He  first  learned  the 
value  of  money  in  terms  of  his  own  labor  at  the 
early  age  of  nine  years  when  he  took  a  job  of 
dropping  corn  for  a  neighbor,  receiving  fifty  cents 
per  day.  After  removing  to  South  Dakota  he  took 
up  a  homestead  there  and  lived  on  it  about  nine 
years,  or  until  his  removal  in  1902  to  Idaho,  of 
which  state  he  has  since  been  a  resident.  He  set- 
tled first  on  a  ranch  in  Kootenai  county,  remaining 
there  about  five  years  and  then  removing  to  Kim- 
berly, Twin  Falls  county,  which  has  since  been  his 
home.  During  the  first  two  years  at  Kimberly  he 
followed  ranching;  then  he  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  with  R.  G.  Wilson  and  remained  thus 
identified  until  April,  1911,  when  he  sold  his  mer- 
cantile interests  and  by  appointment  took  up  the 
duties  of  postmaster  there,  which  office  he  is  now 
filling. 

He  was  married  at  Butte,  February  24,  1806,  to 
Martha,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Baldwin, 
of  Bonesteel,  South  Dakota,  and  to  their  union  have 
been  born  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely: 
Clarence  E.,  Grace  M.,  Archie  L.,  Orville  A.  and 
Claud  V. 

In  religious  faith  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellis  accept  as 
their  tenets  those  of  the  Church  of  God.  Mr.  Ellis 
is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  is 
now  vice-grand  of  his  local  lodge  of  the  latter  or- 
der. Politically  he  is  independent  in  his  views  and 
takes  no  active  part  in  political  affairs.  His  princi- 
pal recreation  is  in  the  form  of  automobile  trips  in 
his  own  private  car,  visiting  the  beautiful  and  varied 
scenery  and  the  many  points  of  interest  which  this 
section  of  Idaho  affords.  In  giving  his  opinion  of 
Idaho  and  why  it  is  to  him  the  state  of  states  Mr. 
Ellis  mentioned  as  among  the  strong  points  the  facts 
that  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  failure  in  crops  in 
Idaho,  which  feature  of  itself  is  prima  facia  evidence 
that  the  future  of  Idaho  must  be  one  of  success,  and 
that  the  favorable  climatic  conditions  are  hard  to 
surpass.  He  feels  that  no  man  with  the  elements  of 
success  in  his  character  can  fail  in  this  state. 

ADIN  M.  HALL.  An  unusual  success,  yet  one 
that  is  typical  of  the  best  pioneer  enterprise  in  Ida- 
ho, has  been  that  of  Adin  M.  Hall.  In  Idaho  since 
July,  1873,  a  period  of  forty  years,  his  interest  and 
activities  have  been  closely  bounded  within  the 
abundant  limit  of  his  home  ranch  at  Mountain 
Home,  since  1879,  and  in  that  locality  he  is  one  of 
the  big  men  in  influence  and  material  resources,  a 
genial  pioneer,  popular  as  a  citizen,  and  with  h:s 


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family  growing  up  about  him  who  are  to  worthily 
represent  him  in  the  next  generation. 

Of  a  New  England  family,  Adin  M.  Hall  was  born 
in  New  York  state,  December  4,  1844,  a  son  of  E. 
and  Olive  (Kellogg)  Hall,  both  parents  having  been 
natives  of  the  Green  Mountain  State  of  Vermont. 
His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  though  educated  for  a 
physician,  never  practiced.  The  parents  lived  for  a 
great  many  years  in  New  York  in  Franklin  county, 
and  the  mother  died  in  New  York  State  in  Decem- 
ber, 1868,  and  the  father  in  Massachusetts  in  1881. 
His  father  was  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

The  fifth  in  order  of  birth,  in  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren, seven  sons  and  three  daughters,  two  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  Adin  M.  Hall  received  a  common 
school  education  in  Burk  and  Constable,  New  York, 
and  left  school  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  enter- 
prise for  his  advancement,  and  his  first  occupation 
was  farming  during  the  summer  season,  and  team- 
ing during  the  winter.  When  he  was  sixteen  he  be- 
gan working  on  a  farm  in  Connecticut,  where  he 
remained  until  he  was  nineteen.  Thus  all  his  early 
experiences  were  those  of  hard-working  and  prac- 
tical character,  and  he  was  well  fitted  for  the  life 
of  a  pioneer  and  has  well  deserved  the  prosperity 
which  came  to  him  in  later  years.  On  leaving  Con- 
necticut he  returned  to  New  York  and  continued  as 
a  farmer,  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  old. 

In  1867,  having  in  the  meantime  moved  out  to- 
wards the  western  frontier,  Mr.  Hall  was  the  driver 
of  a  team  consisting  of  eight  yoke  of  oxen  from 
Julesburg,  Colorado,  to  Salt  Lake  City.  After  a 
short  time,  he  went  on  to  Hamilton  and  Eureka, 
Nevada,  and  spent  about  five  years  in  the  mining  dis- 
trict of  that  state.  He  next  went  on  to  California, 
and  saw  a  great  variety  of  the  life  and  industry  of 
these  western  states  during  the  decade  of  the  sixties 
and  early  seventies.  In  1873  Mr.  Hall  bought  a 
bunch  of  four  hundred  horses,  which  he  drove 
into  Idaho  to  Boise  City,  where  he  found  a  mar- 
ket for  them.  He  continued  in  the  business  of  horse 
drover  and  dealer  for  about  two  years,  and  then  his 
attention  was  once  more  attracted  to  the  mining  in- 
dustry at  Rocky  Bar,  and  at  Atlanta  in  Idaho.  After 
two  years  of  mining  he  began  planning  to  establish 
himself  permanently  in  this  state,  and  on  the  twen- 
tieth of  February,  1879,  located  his  present  ranch  at 
Mountain  Home. 

The  Hall  ranch  comprises  seven  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land,  and  is  one  of  the  most  valua- 
ble places  under  individual  ownership  in  this  part  of 
the  state.  All  the  land  is  under  irrigation,  and  is  de- 
voted to  the  general  crops  and  has  raised  many 
thousand  dollars'  worth  of  live  stock.  From  the 
beginning  of  his  settlement  there,  Mr.  Hall  engaged 
in  the  raising  of  cattle  and  horses,  and  so  con- 
tinued until  about  three  years  ago,  when  he  sold  his 
cattle  and  transferred  most  of  his  attention  to  the 
sheep  industry.  He  raises  hay 'and  grain,  and  from 
his  orchards  gets  a  large  yield  of  all  kinds  of  fruit 
every  season.  His  ranch  has  all  the  modern  im- 
provements, and  is  equipped  with  bui'diners  and  fa- 
cilities which  not  only  make  it  a  delightful  home, 
but  as  perfect  a  place  for  the  modern  industry  of 
farming  and  stock  raising  as  any  factory  is  for  the 
production  of  its  wares.  This  ranch  has  been  the 
home  of  Mr.  Hall  and  family  since  1879. 

Mr.  Hall  is  a  director  and  stock  holder  in  .  the 
Stock  Growers  Bank  at  Mountain  Home,  owns  con- 
siderable business  property  in  that  town,  including 
the  post  office  block,  and  also  some  property  in 
Nampa.  Mr.  Hall  is  Democratic  in  politics,  but 
has  never  sought  any  office,  his  ambitions  having 


been  directed  to  the  quiet  industry  of  his  ranch 
rather  than  into  public  channels.  On  October  23, 
1882,  he  married  Miss  Martha  E.  Burns,  a  daughter 
of  William  Burns,  who  was  born  in  Missouri,  in 
which  state  his  daughter  was  also  born,  although  her 
education  was  obtained  in  California.  The  family 
of  Mr.  Hall,  of  whom  he  is  very  proud,  comprises 
six  children,  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  most  of 
whom  are  at  home  either  on  the  ranch  or  in 
Mountain  Home.  They  are:  Charles  A.,  born  in 
Boise  City,  and  now  in  business  in  Nampa ;  Olive 
K.,  born  on  the  home  ranch,  and  now  living  in 
Mountain  Home;  D.  V.,  born  on  the  ranch,  and  at 
home ;  Orill,  who  was  born  on  the  ranch,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Mayfield;  Adin  B., 
born  on  the  ranch  and  attending  public  school  in 
Mountain  Home;  John  Merlin,  born  in  Nampa, 
November  19,  1906. 

WEBBER  N.  REEVES.  The  constabulary  department 
of  the  municipal  government  of  Idaho's  capital  city 
is  well  placed  in  the  control  of  Mr.  Reeves,  whose 
administration  of  the  important  office  of  chief  of 
police  has  gained  to  him  emphatic  popular  approval 
and  whose  buoyant  and  genial  nature  and  unvarying 
adherence  to  principle  have  won  for  him  unequivocal 
confidence  and  esteem  in  Boise.  He  has  brought  the 
police  department  up  to  a  high  standard  of  efficiency, 
is  a  rigid  disciplinarian,  but  his  kindly  interest  and 
consideration  have  brought  him  the  high  regard 
and  earnest  co-operation  of  his  subordinates. 

Chief  Reeves  is  pleased  to  revert  to  the  fine  old 
Buckeye  State  as  the  place  of  his  nativity,  and  he  is 
a  scion  of  staunch  pioneer  stock  in  that  common- 
wealth. He  is  a  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Lathey)  Reeves,  both  of  whom  were  likewise  born 
and  reared  in  that  state,  and  the  father  is  now  living 
measurably  retired  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  well- 
earned  rewards  of  former  toil  and  endeavor.  He  is 
a  stalwart  Prohibitionist  in  his  political  adherency 
and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  he  was  made  a  minister;  his  wife 
likewise  was  a  devout  member,  her  death  having 
occurred  on  the  3rd  of  February,  1884.  Of  the  four 
children  Chief  Reeves,  'of  this  review,  was  the  third 
in  order  of  birth.  Wilbert  R.  is  a  resident  of  Boise, 
Idaho,  where  he  is  engaged  as  salesman ;  Winfield  T. 
is  a  farmer  by  vocation  and  resides  in  Parkerville, 
Kansas ;  and  Effie  B.  is  the  wife  of  Edward  Riordan, 
a  resident  of  Boise,  Idaho. 

After  availing  himself  of  the  advantages  of  the 
district  schools  of  his  native  county,  Webber  NI. 
Reeves  continued  his  studies  in  a  select  school  at 
Harrisonville,  that  county,  and  he  received  a  first- 
grade  teacher's  certificate,  though  he  had  no  ^  inten- 
tion of  making  the  pedagogic  profession  his  life 
work.  He  was  reared  to  the  sturdy  discipline  of 
the  home  farm  and  when,  shortly  after  attaining  his 
legal  majority,  he  came  to  the  west,  he  naturally 
identified  himself  with  the  great  basic  industry,  with 
the  details  of  which  he  had  early  become  familiar. 
On  the  6th  of  April,  1895,  soon  after  his  arrival 
in  Idaho,  he  secured  employment  on  a  ranch  three 
miles  distant  from  Boise,  in  Ada  county.  In  the 
following  spring  he  obtained  a  position  with  the 
Basic  Mining  Company,  and  after  having  had  charge 
of  a  crew  of  workmen  for  a  short  time  he  was  given 
the  management  of  the  company's  boarding  house, 
near  Centerville.  In  connection  with  this  he  also 
operated  the  company's  electric  plant.  Through  his 
services  in  these  capacities  he  accumulated  several 
thousand  dollars,  and  when  the  gold  excitement  in 
Alaska  began  to  draw  its  stampedes  of  adventurous 
seekers  of  the  precious  metal,  Mr.  Reeves  severed 


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his  connection  with  the  mining  company  and,  in  the 
spring  of  1900,  made  his  way  to  the  Arctic  gold- 
fields  of  Alaska.  He  forthwith  began  prospecting, 
and  in  connection  with  this  equipped  a  gasoline  plant. 
His  labors  and  expenditures  were  attended  with  dis- 
tinctly negative  success,  and  he  lost  all  of  the  money 
he  had  previously  accumulated.  Under  these  de- 
pressing conditions  he  turned  to  Boise  in  the  autumn 
of  the  same  year,  and,  known  as  a  man  of  honesty 
and  steadfast  integrity,  he  secured  from  staunch 
friends  sufficient  funds  to  enable  him  to  engage  in 
the  transfer  business  in  the  capital  city.  He  was 
soon  able  to  repay  the  borrowed  money  and  the 
venture  proved  most  successful.  He  continued  in 
business  until  the  spring  of  1909,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed chief  of  police.  Six  months  later,  owing 
to  political  influences,  he  was  retired  from  this 
office,  though  his  record  has  been  altogether  excel- 
lent, and  when  the  city  adopted  the  effective  com- 
mission form  6f  municipal  government,  in  June,  1912, 
he  was  again  called  to  the  position  of  chief  of  police, 
his  occupation  in  the  interim  having  been  that  of 
salesman.  His  official  preferment  is  an  emphatic 
evidence  of  popular  choice,  and  his  administration 
has  amply  justified  his  appointment  to  his  present 
important  office. 

Chief  Reeves  is  the  owner  of  an  attractive  home 
in  Boise,  besides  other  local  realty,  is  a  Progressive 
Democrat  in  his  proclivities,  and  is  affiliated  with 
the  local  organizations  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 

He  is  president  of  the  benevolent  association  of 
the  Boise  police  department,  and  he  has  a  host  of 
friends  in  the  city  and  state  in  which  he  has  selected 
to  establish  his  home. 

On  the  22nd  of  May,  1902,  Mr.  Reeves  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Isabella  Perkins,  who  was  born 
in  Illinois,  and  who  was  a  child  at  the  time  of 
her  parents'  removal  to  Montana,  her  father,  John 
Perkins,  having  been  a  pioneer  of  that  state  and 
having  owned  and  developed  one  of  the  finest  ranches 
in  Deerlodge  county,  where  he  still  maintains  his 
home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reeves  have  no  children. 

ORVILLE  PAYNE  JOHNSON.  Only  those  familiar 
with  the  voluminous  literature  of  the  great  West 
from  Bret  Harte  to  Owen  Wister,  may  properly  ap- 
preciate and  read  understandingly  the  following  brief 
biography  of  one  of  the  most  typical  California 
forty-niners  and  Idaho  pioneers.  Among  the  fig- 
ures who  made  history  in  the  West  during  the  lat- 
ter half  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Orville  Payne 
Johnson  was  a  comrade,  partner  and  equal  in  daring 
and  fortitude  with  any  of  them.  His  career  has  all 
the  vicissitude,  all  the  good  fortune  and  hard  luck, 
all  the  stimulating  incidents  of  an  individual  will 
defying  the  power  of  destiny  to  break  him.  And  it 
is  a  pleasure  to  add  the  fact — which  nearly  all  the 
older  generation  of  Idaho  citizens  know  already — 
that  in  his  later  years  Mr.  Johnson  has  enjoyed  afflu- 
ence, respect  and  honor,  and  the  "troops  of  friends," 
— the  things  which  make  old  age  grateful — a  calm 
haven  for  a  sailor  who  in  younger  years  went  un- 
afraid upon  all  the  waters  of  faith. 

In  Tennessee,  on  August  10,  1832,  Orville  Payne 
Johnson  was  born.  His  parents  were  William  and 
Sarah  Johnson,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina,  who 
died  when  their  son  Orville  was  too  young  to  re- 
member them.  His  youth  was  spent  under  cir- 
cumstances which  prevented  him  getting  any  educa- 
tion beyond  the  barest  fundamentals.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  his  life  of  adventure  began,  when  he 
crossed  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  sailed  up  the 


California  coast  to  join  the  argonauts  of  the  year 
1849.  In  1854  he  met  and  spent  some  time  with  the 
famous  filibuster,  Colonel  Walker,  whose  name  as 
the  leader  of  a  band  of  adventurers  and  fortune 
hunters  into  Nicarauga  is  familiar  on  the  pages  of 
American  history. 

In  California  young  Johnson  was  soon  in  the  min- 
ing district  along  the  Calaveras  river.  Out  of  the 
thousands  who  had  indifferent  luck  or  worse,  his 
prospecting  finally  disclosed  a  rich  vein  of  gold, 
and  when  he  sold  out  he  was  the  possessor  of 
fifty-two  thousand  dollars  and  was  seventeen  years 
of  age.  Quick  wealth  and  youth  are  seldom  perma- 
nent comrades.  With  that  fortune  young  John- 
son figured  that  he  had  all  the  money  he  would  ever 
need  in  the  world,  and  so  he  went  to  the  metropolis 
of  the  gold  coast  at  San  Francisco,  perhaps  with  no 
definite  plans  except  to  enjoy  a  part  of  his  fortune. 
There  he  quickly  became  acquainted  with  the  wild 
and  riotous  life  of  the  town  which  has  been  so  often 
described,  and  in  the  feverish  excitement  of  the  bar- 
rooms and  gambling  halls,  and  other  places  of  gilded 
amusement,  he  quickly  dissipated  his  little  for- 
tune, and  was  richer  in  experience  but  with  no  more 
money  than  when  he  first  arrived  in  the  West. 

After  this  misfortune  he  determined  to  return 
home,  and  got  as  far  as  Mobile,  Alabama,  where 
his  funds  gave  out.  There  the  resolution  came 
over  him  that  he  would  never  go  back  to  the  old 
home  without  money,  and  accordingly  he  returned 
overland  to  San  Francisco.  Haying  lost  none  of  his 
courage  and  energy  through  his  previous  disaster, 
he  went  to  work  as  a  miner,  and  in  a  year  or  so 
had  made  another  moderate  fortune.  A  fact  of 
his  experience  about  this  time  is  of  specal  inter- 
est. He  was  offered  .stock  in  the  famous  Corn- 
stock  Lode  along  with  Mackay,  Hearst,  O'Brien, 
and  all  that  one-time  group  of  famous  Comstock 
owners,  with  all  of  whom  he  was  on  intimate  terms. 
Mr.  Johnson  has  usually  exercised  good  judgment 
and  good  guessing  ability  in  the  hazards  of  fortune, 
but  at  this  time  his  instinct  and  judgment  led  him  to 
believe  that  the  mine  was  without  any  great  future, 
and  he  therefore  refused  to  take  stock. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  all  over  the  West  in  these  early 
years,  and  in  his  wanderings  finally  came  to  what 
is  now  Idaho  in  the  year  1862.  He  tossed  about 
among  all  the  centers  of  settlement  at  that  time  and 
was  in  Walla  Walla,  Lewiston,  Elk  City,  and  in 

1863  was  at  East  Bannock.     During  the  summer  of 

1864  he  was  in  the  Willamette  valley  and  in  Walla 
Walla,   where   he   bought   a   large   bunch   of   mules 
and    engaged   in    freighting.     He   ran   a    freighting 
train  between  The  Dalles  and  Idaho  City.    The  cost 
of  transportation   was  then  very  high,  and  he   re-- 
ceived  thirty-five  cents  for  every  pound  of  freight 
carried  over  this  route,  and  was  paid  in  gold  bars. 
Finally  selling  out  that  enterprise  in  1865  he  bought 
cattle,  and  became  owner  of  the   Horseshoe  Bend 
House  in  the  Payette  valley.     He  was  engaged   in 
buying  and  raising  cattle,  with  Cheyenne,  Wyoming, 
as  his  market,  and  continued  in  this  industry  until 
1897.    Mr.  Johnson  during  this  time  acquired  a  repu- 
tation second  to  none  among  the  cattlemen  of  the 
Northwest,  and  through  this  medium  made  a  fortune 
beside  which  his  first  southern  acquisition  of  gold 
back  in  the  days  of  '49  seems  insignificant.    Among 
thousands  of  men  in  the  Northwest  Mr.  Johnson  is 
known  as  a  prominent  cattleman,   though   most  of 
them  are  probably  unaware  that  he  was  one  of  the 
fortune  hunters  back  in  the  golden  California  days. 
Mr.  Johnson  left  Boise  in  1884  and  bought  and  took 
up  ranches  in  the  famous  Hagerman  valley,  where 
he  lived  until  1908.  when  he  moved  back  to  Boist. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


On  the  Johnson  home  ranch  is  some  of  the  finest 
water  power  in  southern  Idaho.  From  1897  to 
1906  he  transferred  his  attention  from  cattle  to 
sheep,  although  he  has  always  felt  that  cattle  was  his 
regular  line  and  he  was  in  the  sheep  business  only 
as  a  side  issue.  When  he  finally  retired  from  busi- 
ness in  1906,  he  sold  in  one  lot  forty-five  thousand 
head  of  sheep. 

In  the  year  of  his  retirement  he  removed  to  his 
beautiful  home  in  Boise  at  712  N.  Ninth  street, 
where  he  has  one  of  the  finest  and  best  appointed 
residences  to  be  found  in  the  entire  state.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  Johnson  has  always  been  a  Democrat, 
though  not  a  politician.  Some  years  ago  Governor 
Stevens  obtained  his  reluctant  consent  to  occupy  the 
position  of  director  on  the  board  of  the  state  in- 
sane asylum,  a  position  which  was  very  distaste- 
ful to  him,  although  he  gave  faithful  service  in  that 
capacity  for  the  term  of  four  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  had  their  most  severe 
affliction  in  the  death  of  their  son,  Orville  Payne 
Johnson,  Jr.,  who  died  suddenly  August  18,  1912. 
He  was  born  February  14,  1902,  and  was  a  boy  of 
great  promise  with  a  career  of  remarkable  oppor- 
tunity and  usefulness  ahead  of  him,  and  it  was 
not  altogether  a  private  loss  that  was  sustained  by 
his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  spend  their  win- 
ters in  California,  and  the  summers  in  their  beau- 
tiful home  in  Boise,  where  they  have  a  host  of 
friends,  and  are  among  the  best  esteemed  people  of 
the  entire  state. 

JOHN  P.  VOLLMER.  Potent  and  benignant  has 
been  the  influence  exerted  by  John  P.  Vollmer,  of 
Lewiston,  in  connection  with  the  social  and  ma- 
terial development  and  progress  of  Idaho,  and  he  is 
numbered  among  the  best  known  and  most  highly 
hcnoted  pioneer  citizens  of  the  state  in  which  he 
has  maintained  his  home  for  more  than  forty-five 
years.  His  fine  initiative  and  constructive  powers 
have  been  applied  along  lines  of  enterprise  that  have 
signally  conserved  the  march  of  progress,  and  his 
character  has  shown  itself  as  the  positive  expression 
of  a  strong,  true  and  loyal  nature,  so  that  he  has 
well  merited  his  secure  vantage-place  in  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  the  people  of  the  state  of 
his  adoption.  A  man  of  fine  business  ability,  he  has 
been  identified  with  many  undertakings  that  have 
not  only  conserved  his  own  success  and  precedence, 
but  that  have  also  been  of  great  benefit  to  the  com- 
munity in  general,  and  during  these  long  years  of 
productive  activity  he  has  continuously  resided  in 
Lewiston,  the  judicial  center  of  Nez  Perce  county. 
His  character  and  his  accomplishment  as  a  broad- 
minded  and  public-spirited  citizen,  as  well  as  a 
sterling  pioneer,  render  it  most  consonant  that  in 
this  history  of  Idaho  be  incorporated  at  least  a 
brief  review  of  his  career. 

Though  a  native  of  the  land  of  his  ancestors,  Mr. 
Vollmer  finds  satisfaction  in  his  justified  claim  of 
being  an  American  citizen  by  birth,  as  his  father 
had  come  to  the  United  States  and  become  a 
naturalized  citizen  before  his  marriage,  on  which 
score,  John  P.,  the  only  one  of  the  five  children 
born  in  Germany,  can  claim  American  citizenship  as 
his  intrinsic  prerogative.  Mr.  Vollmer  was  born 
at  Birkenfeld,  in  the  kingdom  of  Wurtemburg,  Ger- 
man)-, on  the  25th  of  January,  1847,  and  is  a  son 
of  Otto  P.  and  Elizabeth  (Fix)  Vollmer,  both  of 
whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Germany,  where 
both  families  are  of  ancient  lineage  and  of  distin- 
guished order.  Dr.  Otto  Philip  Vollmer,  grand- 
father of  him  whose  name  initiates  this  article,  was 
an  eminent  physician  and  surgeon  in  Baden,  Ger- 


many, and  accompanied  Napoleon  I  through  his 
memorable  Russian  campaign,  and  later,  through  his 
sympathy  with  the  revolutionary  cause  in  Germany 
in  the  middle  part  of  the  nineteenth  century,  he,  like 
many  another  leading  man  of  his  fatherland,  was 
banished  therefrom  for  a  short  period  and  became 
an  exile  in  the  United  States,  whither  he  came  in 
company  with  the  eminent  patriot,  Carl  Schurz, 
who  attained  to  national  prominence  in  America 
as  a  loyal  and  distinguished  citizen  of  wide  influ- 
ence. After  an  interval  the  family  of  Dr.  Vollmer 
joined  him  in  the  United  States  and  here  he  and 
his  devoted  wife  passed  the  remainder  of  their  long 
and  useful  lives,  typifying  the  best  of  that  stanch 
German  element  that  has  proved  a  most  valuable 
acquisition  to  the  complex  social  fabric  of  our  great 
Republic.  A  great-uncle  of  the  subject,  Dr.  William 
Vollmer,  was  editor  of  the  correspondence  between 
Schiller,  the  poet,  and  Johann  Friedrich  Cotta,  the 
well  known  German  publisher  of  the -house  that  still 
bears  his  name.  Another  great-uncle  of  Mr.  Voll- 
mer is  the  author  of  a  creditable  work,  entitled  Voll- 
mer's  Mythology. 

Otto  P.  Vollmer  was  reared  to  maturity  in  his 
native  land,  and  there  received  most  liberal  educa- 
tional advantages,  so  that  he  became  a  man  of  high 
intellectual  attainments.  He  was  an  especially 
skillful  chemist  and  in  this  line  attained  no  slight 
distinction  after  coming  to  America.  After  he  had 
become  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the  United  States  he 
returned  to  Germany,  where  his  marriage  was  sol- 
emnized in  the  year  1845.  In  1851  he  returned  with 
his  wife  and  son,  John  P.,  of  this  review,  to  the 
United  States  and  established  his  home  in  the  city 
of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
distilling  business,  a  line  of  enterprise  along  which 
he  met  with  excellent  success,  as  he  eventually 
operated  not  only  the  distillery  in  Louisville  but  also 
two  in  Indiana, — one  at  Indianapolis  and  the  other 
at  Staunton.  In  1855,  he  removed  with  his  family 
to  Indianapolis,  where  he  became  a  citizen  of  promi- 
nence and  influence  and  where  he  passed  the  remain- 
der of  his  life,  his  death  having  occurred  when  he 
was  in  his  fifty-eighth  year  and  his  wife  having  been 
summoned  from  this  life  in  1863.  Both  were  zeal- 
pus  members  of  the  German  Lutheran  church,  and 
in  the  faith  of  the  same  they  carefully  reared  their 
five  children,  of  whom  three  are  now  living. 

John  P.  Vollmer  was  a  child  of  about  four  years 
at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the  family  from  Ger- 
many to  America,  and  in  a  German  private  school  in 
the  capital  city  of  Indiana  he  gained  the  major 
part  of  his  rudimentary  education.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Northwestern  Christian  University,  at  In- 
dianapolis, an  institution  now  known  as  Butler  Uni- 
versity, and  in  the  same  he  acquired  a  liberal  Eng- 
lish education.  His  scientific  training,  however,  was 
gained  in  Dr.  Richter's  Private  School  of  Technol- 
ogy. After  leaving  school  he  was  apprenticed  by  his 
father,  after  the  time-honored  German  method,  to 
a  family  friend,  Charles  Meyer,  who  was  engaged 
in  the  notion  and  fancy-goods  business  in  Indian- 
apolis, his  initial  recompense  in  that  capacity  being 
of  a  merely  nominal  order.  Finally  a  change  was 
made  in  the  management  of  the  business  and  Mr. 
Vollmer  found  it  expedient  to  resign  his  position 
and  assume  employment  as  a  clerk  in  the  well 
known  establishment  of  Merrill  &  Company,-  which 
firm  conducted  a  general  book  and  stationery  store 
and  publishing  business.  He  remained  with  this 
house  for  several  years,  during  which  time  he  did 
more  or  less  literary  work  of  a  humorous  charac- 
ter, until  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  chief 
clerk.  Upon  leaving  the  employ  of  Merrill  &  Com- 


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pany  Mr.  Vollmer  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  wholesale  distilling  business  and  the 
manufacturing  of  ink,  and  through  his  connection 
with  these  enterprises  he  was  enabled  to  lay  a  sub- 
stantial monetary  foundation  for  his  independent 
business  career.  In  his  early  'teens  Mr.  Vollmer 
manifested  his  ardent  loyalty  to  the  cause  of  the 
Union  by  enlisting  for  service  in  an  Indiana  regi- 
ment of  volunteer  infantry,  and  while  he  remained 
in  the  army  but  a  short  time,  he  was  in  active 
service  during  the  raid  of  the  great  Confederate 
Gen.  John  Morgan,  when  that  officer  made  invasion 
of  Indiana  and  Ohio. 

In  1868,  soon  after  he  had  reached  his  legal  ma- 
jority, Mr.  Vollmer,  whose  financial  resources  at  the 
time  were  represented  by  a  little,  more  than  $31,000, 
decided  to  identify  himself  with  the  great  West.  Ac- 
cordingly, on  March  u,  1868,  he  left  New  York  on 
the  side-wheel  steamer  Henry  Chauncy,  in  company 
with  Mark  Twain  and  Major  Bright,  for  California 
via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  It  was  on  this  compan- 
ionable trip  that  Mark  Twain  got  the  inspirations 
for  some  of  his  best  stories  from  Mr.  Vollmer,  as 
noted  in  Albert  Bigelow  Paine's  "Autobiography  of 
Mark  Twain."  On  parting  with  Mark  Twain  at 
San  Francisco,  after  three  weeks  of  .the  most  en- 
joyable collaboration,  he  preceded  to  Walla  Walla, 
Washington,  where  he  entered  into  contract  to 
manufacture  high  wines  for  one  I.  T.  Reese,  his  own 
capital  being  inadequate  as  estimated  by  the  stand- 
ards of  the  day.  In  going  to  the  West  Mr.  Voll- 
mer bore  with  him  a  letter  of  recommendation  from 
Gen.  Benjamin  Harrison,  of  Indianapolis,  later 
president  of  the  United  States,  and  he  still  retains 
that  letter,  which  he  greatly  values.  Mr.  yollmer 
continued  his  residence  at  Walla  Walla  until  1870, 
when  he  came  to  Idaho  and  located  at  Lewiston, 
which  village  was  then  one  of  the  chief  distributing 
points  and  industrial  centers  of  the  territory,  even 
as  the  city  is  of  the  present  state,  and  there  he  be- 
came associated  with  Wallace  Scott  in  establishing 
a  wholesale  grocery  and  liquor  business.  After  a 
year,  his  antipathy  to  the  liquor  trade  became  so 
pronounced  that  he  abandoned  this  department  of 
his  business.  The  lines  of  the  firm  were  then 
amplified  to  include  general  merchandise  and  the 
retail  enterprise  at  Lewiston  became  one  of  broad 
scope,  with  the  result  that  in  the  course  of  time  the 
firm  J.  P.  Vollmer  &  Company  was  established  in  a 
number  of  different  points  in  the  territory, — namely, 
Grangeville,  Asotin,  Mt.  Idaho,  Vollmer  and  Union- 
town.  The  concern  became  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent in  the  Northwest,  with  a  business  of  exceedingly 
wide  ramifications  and  of  most  substantial  order.  In 
addition  to  his  activities  in  this  enterprise,  Mr.  Voll- 
mer in  1876  built  the  first  telegraph  line  in  the 
northern  part  of  Idaho,  and  in  1878  he  placed  in 
operation  the  first  Bell  telephone  line  on  the  Pacific 
coast,  at  Lewiston.  in  consideration  of  which  activity 
he  has  since  been  elected  a  member  of  Theodore  N. 
Vail's  society  of  The  Telephone  Pioneers  of  Amer- 
ica. 

Between  the  y«ars  of  1875  and  1883  the  firm  of 
John  1  Vollmer  &  Company  conducted  the  first 
regular  banking  business  in  north  Idaho,  and  in 
1883  the  same  was  merged  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Lewiston,  Idaho.  This  now  famous  bank 
stood  eighth  in  line  upon  the  roll  of  honor  of  all 
the  national  banks  of  the  United  States,  and  the 
bank  is  said,  age  considered,  to  have  paid  its  stock- 
holders heavier  dividends  than  any  other  national 
bank  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Vollmer  was  also  the  founder  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Grangeville,  Idaho  county,  where 


he  first  began  banking  operations  as  half  owner  in 
a  private  bank.  He  has  been  one  of  the  most 
influential  men  in  the  state  in  the  developing  of  its 
natural  resources,  especially  along  the  lines  of  agri- 
culture. The  great  volume  of  his  real-estate  hold- 
ings is  measurably  indicated  when  it  is  stated  that 
he  now  pays  taxes  on  more  than  fifty  sections  of  fine 
farming  and  orchard  land, — all  of  the  farming 
land  is  being  tilled, — representing  an  aggregate  of 
more  than  thirty-two  thousand  acres,  and  he  is 
reputed  to  be  the  heaviest  tax-payer  in  the  state  of 
Idaho.  The  greater  part  of  his  vast  estate  is  situ- 
ated in  northern  and  central  counties  of  Idaho.  The 
constructive  ability  of  Mr.  Vollmer,  together  with 
his  initiative  ability,  have  been  equalled  by  his  lib- 
erality in  connection  with  enterprises  that  have  ad- 
vanced the  general  welfare,  and  in  evidence  of  his 
expenditures  for  buildings  alone  it  is  conservatively 
estimated  that  if  the  buildings  erected  by  him  in 
Idaho  were  placed  in  alignment  they  would  extend 
for  a  distance  of  more  than  a  mile.  He  was  presi- 
dent and  controlling  stockholder  of  the  Lewiston 
Water  and  Light  Company,  and  he  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  having  been  the  first  to  introduce  the  use  of 
the  telephone  on  the  Pacific  coast,  as  has  been  al- 
ready indicated  in  a  previous  paragraph,  as  well  as 
to  bring  about  the  construction  of  the  first  telegraph 
line  in  northern  Idaho.  His  activities  have  practi- 
cally known  no  limitations,  and  his  powers  of  ac- 
complishment no  bounds.  He  has  been  most  prom- 
inent in  connection  with  the  transportation  facilities 
of  the  Northwest.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Walla  Walla  &  Columbia  River  Railroad  at  the  time 
when  it  was  constructed'  and  placed  in  operation 
and  in  1877  he  was  made  agent  for  the  Oregon 
Steam  and  Navigation  Company  and  later  of  the 
Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company,  a  posi- 
tion he  retained  until  1885.  Later  he  was  made  state 
agent  for  Idaho  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad 
and  its  allied  lines,  an  incumbency  which  he  still 
retains.  Mr.  Vollmer  is  president  of  the  Lewiston 
Milling  Company,  and  erected  its  fine  modern  flour 
mills,  which  are  the  largest  in  the  state. 

The  Vollmer-Clearwater  Company,  of  which  he  is 
also  president,  transacted  a  business  in  1912  that  ag- 
gregated more  than  four  millions  of  dollars.  Mr. 
Vollmer  is  justly  accorded  a  position  of  prominence 
in  the  great  financial  centers  of  the  country,  and  is 
a  fine  type  of  the  broad-minded,  honorable  and  suc- 
cessful American  man  of  affairs.  He  formulated 
the  plans  on  which  the  town  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho, 
was  laid  out.  and  thus  the  splendid  growth  and 
advancement  of  that  thriving  little  city  has  been  a 
matter  of  immense  satisfaction  to  him. 

In  politics  Mr.  Vollmer  is  a  Republican,  and  in  a 
quiet  way  he  has  given  effective  service  in  behalf  of 
the  party  cause,  though  he  has  invariably  refused 
to  become  a  candidate  for  public  office,  despite 
the  fact  that  he  has  been  frequently  importuned  to 
permit  the*  use  of  his  name  in  connection  with 
nominations  for  positions  of  distinctive  trust  and 
honor.  His  manifold  business  and  property  inter- 
ests have  precluded  him  from  becoming  active  in 
the  political  arena,  even  had  he  desired  to  enter 
the  same.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  York  and 
Scottish  Rite  bodies  of  the  time-honored  Masonic 
fraternity.  In  1898  Mr.  Vollmer  was  made  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  of  Idaho,  at  Lewiston,  and  served  as 
president  of  the  board. 

The  beautiful  homestead  of  the  Vollmer  family, 
in  the  center  of  the  city  of  Lewiston,  is  not  only  one 
of  the  finest  in  the  state,  but  its  associations  are  of 
ideal  order,  and  it  is  well  known  as  a  center  of  hos- 


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pitality  in  Lewiston.  In  his  home  Mr.  Vollmer 
finds  a  deal  of  satisfaction  in  his  fine  private  library, 
which  in  scope  and  selection  is  probably  not  excelled 
in  Idaho,  and  he  has  read  extensively  and  well  in 
the  best  of  classical  and  modern  literature,  besides 
which  he 'has  kept  in  close  touch  with  the  events 
and  issues  of  the  hour  and  is  well  fortified  in  his 
opinions  concerning  governmental  and  general  eco- 
nomic policies.  In  connection  with  the  splendid 
residence  Mr.  Vollmer  has  provided  for  a  family 
home  in  Idaho,  it  may  be  noted  that  the  old  home 
of  his  father  in  the  capital  city  of  Indiana  is  now 
known  as  the  Woodruff  place,  the  estate  containing 
about  one  hundred  acres  in  the  finest  residence  dis- 
trict of  Indianapolis,  and  the  grounds  being  con- 
ceded to  constitute  the  most  magnificent  private  resi- 
dence property  in  the  entire  state  of  Indiana.  The 
Vollmer  family  are  members  of  the  Episcopal 
church  of  Lewiston. 

On  the  27th  of  September,  1870,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Vollmer  to  Miss  Sallie  E. 
Barber,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Kentucky,  a 
daughter  of  M.  A.  Barber  and  a  granddaughter  in 
the  maternal  line  of  Judge  Duval,  an  eminent  le- 
gist and  jurist  of  that  state.  Of  the  seven  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vollmer,  five  reached  years  of  ma- 
turity, and  concerning  them  the  following  brief 
record  is  given  in  conclusion  of  this  review :  Ralston 
and  Norman,  the  sons,  are  both  Harvard  graduates, 
and  are  prominent  among  the  representative  busi- 
ness men  of  Los  Angeles,  where  they  are  engaged 
in  the  conduct  of  an  extensive  contracting  and  build- 
ing business;  Bessie,  who  had  the  distinction  of  be- 
ing chosen  "Queen  of  "Idaho"  at  the  state  fair 
held  in  Boise  in  1907,  was  united  in  marriage  on  the 
4th  of  September,  1901,  to  Arthur  E.  Clark,  of  New 
York,  who  is  now  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Lewiston  and  vice-president  of  the  Lewis- 
ton  Milling  Company ;  Genevieve  is  the  wife  of  John 
M.  Bonner,  cashier  of  the  Lewiston  National  Bank; 
Norma  is  the  twin  of  Norman,  mentioned  in  connec- 
tion with  the  other  son,  Ralston,  and  she  remains 
in  the  parental  home  as  yet,  and  is  a  popular  factor 
in  the  social  activities  of  Lewiston. 

EMMETT  J.  GEM  MILL.  A  resident  of  Idaho  since 
territorial  days,  when  he  migrated  to  this  section 
and  took  up  a  homestead,  Emmett  J.  Gemmill,  of 
Moscow,  county  assessor  and  ex-officio  tax  collec- 
tor of  Latah  county,  has  for  nearly  thirty  years 
been  identified  with  the  growth  and  development 
of  his  adopted  locality,  and  has  served  with  marked 
efficiency  in  positions  of  public  trust.  A  product  of 
the  state  of  Wisconsin,  as  a  young  man  he  mi- 
grated West  in  search  of  a  locality  where  he  might 
find  a  field  in  which  to  win  a  position  of  independ- 
ence, and  the  success  which  has  attended  his  efforts 
has  given  him  no  chance  to  regret  his  choice.  Em- 
mett J.  Gemmill  was  born  May  18,  1858,  in  Sauk 
county,  Wisconsin,  and  is  a  son  of  William  J.  and 
Ellen  (Cass)  Gemmill.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  1856,  where  he 
became  engaged  in  farming  and  also  rose  to  a  high 
position  in  the  field  of  politics,  filling  various  im- 
portant offices.  A  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
he  at  all  times  took  an  interest  in  church  work,  and 
died  in  1898,  when  he  was  about  seventy  years  of 
age.  In  February,  1856,  he  was  married  in  Indiana 
to  Ellen  Cass,  who  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  she 
now  makes  her  residence  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Sauk  county,  Wisconsin.  They  had  a  family  of  six 
children,  Emmett  J.  being  the  second  in  order  of 
birth. 


Emmett  J.  Gemmill  secured  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Sauk  county,  and  spent  his  boy- 
hood in  assisting  his  father  on  the  home  farm,  but 
at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  began  to  earn  his  first 
money  as  a  hand  on  neighboring  farms.  He  fol- 
lowed this  line  more  or  less  until  he  was  twenty- 
four  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  took  a  trip 
to  California.  He  spent  but  a  short  time  in  the 
Golden .  State,  however,  removing  to  Washington 
territory,  where  he  passed  the  following  year  in 
various  occupations.  In  May,  1884,  he  came  to 
Idaho,  and  settled  on  a  homestead  in  what  was 
then  Nez  Perce  county,  and  resided  thereon  until 
January,  1907.  In  that  year  he  came  to  Moscow  to 
serve  his  first  term  as  assessor  and  ex-officio  tax 
collector  of  Latah  county  during  1907  and  1908, 
and  in  1910  was  aga*in  elected  to  this  office,  in 
which  he  served  until  January,  1913.  He  has  been 
an  active  and  enthusiastic  Republican  all  of  his 
life.  Although  he  is  a  member  of  no  particular 
religious  denomination,  Mr.  Gemmill  believes  in  all 
church  organizations,  and  donates  liberally  to  move- 
ments of  a  religious  or  charitable  nature.  Frater- 
nally he  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  all  their  auxiliaries.  His  vacations 
are  spent  in  hunting  and  fishing,  and  he  has  also 
shown  a  fondness  for  good  public  speeches  and 
lectures  and  for  good  reading  in  general.  His  loy- 
alty to  his  adopted  state  may  be  seen,  when  it  is 
given  as  his  opinion  that. Idaho  has  the  best  climate 
and  soil  in  the  world,  it  being  his  contention  that 
government  statistics  show  that  Idaho  in  general 
and  Latah  county  in  particular,  give  the  heaviest 
yield  of  wheat  proportionately  in  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Gemmill  is  unmarried. 

The  signal  services  which  Mr.  Gemmill  rendered 
his  adopted  state  as  assessor  and  ex-officio  tax  col- 
lector of  Latah  county  cannot  be  overestimated. 
He  brought  to  his  office  the  same  enthusiasm  that 
marked  his  handling  of  private  affairs,  and  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties  he  proved  trustworthy,  effi- 
cient and  conscientious.  With  supreme  faith  in  Ida- 
ho's future  greatness,  he  supports  all  movements 
tending  in  any  way  to  benefit  the  State  or  its  people ; 
and  as  one  who  is  daily  proving  his  worth  as  a 
public  servant,  well  merits  the  commendation  so 
universally  accorded  him. 

JOHN  POLK  WILLBURN  came  to  Idaho  in  July,  1878, 
and  in  1888  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Meridian.  He 
was  one  of  the  settlers  there  when  the  country  was 
new,  continued  to  give  his  work  and  influence  in 
the  development  of  the  locality,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  highly  esteemed  of  the  old  settlers  when  his 
death  occurred  on  the  first  of  June,  1910. 

John  P.  Willburn  was  born  in  Ohio,  November  29, 
1844,  a  son  of  Russell  and  Anna  (Satterfield)  Will- 
burn.  The  parents  were  also  natives  of  Ohio,  and 
his  father  was  a  farmer  and  stonemason.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  John  P.  Willburn  was  reared  in^  his  native 
state,  and  was  the  fifth  in  a  family  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. About  twenty  years  ago  he  brought  his 
parents,  when  very  advanced  in  years,  out  to  Idaho, 
and  they  spent  their  last  days  in  the  vicinity  of 
Meridian.  He  attained  his  schooling  in  Ohio,  and 
at -the  age  of  nineteen  entered  the  Union  army  as 
a  private  in  Company  I  of  the  Sixty-third  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  took  part  in  all  the  en- 
gagements of  his  regiment  during  the  remaining 
years  of  the  war.  One  of  his  brothers  served  in 
the  same  company  and  another  belonged  to  another 
Ohio  regiment.  After  the  war  Mr.  Willburn  located 
in  Kansas  in  1867,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  in 


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that  state.  He  was  married  while  living  in  Kansas 
to  Miss  Josephine  Layton,  and  their  one  child,  Mrs. 
Cordilla  Mason,  now  lives  in  Oklahoma,  the  wife 
of  William  Mason,  a  school  teacher.  The  mother  died 
in  Kansas.  In  Bates  county,  Missouri,  on  March 
€,  1876,  Mr.  Willburn  married  as  his  second  wife 
Miss  Vianna  Frances  Hudson,  a  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Martha  (Irwin)  Hudson.  Her  parents  were 
born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Missouri  during  the 
early  days.  She  was  the  fourth  in  a  family  of  five 
children.  Her  father  was  a  farmer,  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  belonged  to  the  South  Methodist  church. 
His  death  occurred  in  Missouri  when  Mrs.  Willburn 
was  six  years  of  age.  Her  mother  later  came  out 
to  Idaho,  where  she  lived  until  her  death  in  Meridian 
in  1904.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willburn  had  no  children  of 
their  own,  but  reared  eight  children,  giving  their 
home  and  their  kindness  and  affection  to  these  chil- 
dren in  the  same  degree  as  if  they  had  been  their 
own  offspring. 

Mr.  Willburn  built  the  first  house  in  the  town  of 
Meridian,  and  during  his  long  residence  there  ac- 
quired a  large  amount  of  property,  which  Mrs.  Will- 
burn  now  enjoys  and  controls.  For  a  number  ^of 
years  he  served  as  marshal.  He  was  affiliated  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Knights  of  Labor 
and  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
belonged  to  the  Southern  Methodist  church,  she 
having  joined  that  society  when  thirteen  years  of 
age.  Mr.  Willburn,  as  one  of  the  veterans  of  the 
Civil  war,  was  buried  under  the  auspices  of  the 
soldiers'  organization  of  Boise.  Mrs.  Willburn  is 
a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion and  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union. 
She  owns  and  resides  in  a  very  pleasant  home  in 
Meridian,  owns  seven  lots  in  the  town  besides  her 
own  home,  and  a  hay  ranch  in  Ada  county. 

JAMES  M.  HART.  Postmaster  of  the  town  of 
Meadows  in  Washington  county,  Mr.  Hart  is  a 
young  business  man  of  enterprise  who  has  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  the  Northwest. and  pos- 
sesses to  the  full  the  spirit  of  this  country.  He  has 
followed  merchandising  lines,  real  estate,  ranch- 
ing and  other  occupations,  and  has  already  at- 
tained a  substantial  position  in  business  and  as  a 
-citizen. 

Born  on  October  12,  1876,  in  Little  Rock,  Arkan- 
sas, James  M.  Hart  is  the  son  of  Ransom  C.  and 
Dora  Hart.  During  his  youth  the  parents  moved 
west  to  Oregon,  locating  at  the  town  of  Heppner. 
They  resided  there  until  the  memorable  flood  which 
destroyed  the  most  of  the  town  and  much  other 
property  throughout  the  valley  and  also  the  lives  of 
many  residents.  The  mother  of  Mr.  Hart  was 
•drowned  in  the  rushing  waters  on  June  16,  1904. 
In  the  town  of  Heppner  James  M.  Hart  grew  up 
and  attained  his  early  education,  being  graduated 
from  the  Heppner  high  school  in  the  summer  of 
1894,  a  few  years  before  the  disaster  in  which  his 
mother  met  her  death. 

The  first  regular  occupation  in  which  he  was 
•engaged  after  leaving  school  was  as  clerk  in  the 
drug  store  of  ^>hil  Cohn,  where  he  remained  for 
years  and  learned  practically  all  the  details  of  the 
<lrug  business.  He  was  employed  in  a  similar  ca- 
pacity for  the  two  succeeding  years  by  Tom  Ayres, 
now  of  Pendleton,  Oregon,  and  then  went  to  Day- 
ton, Washington,  where  he  worked  for  a  year  for 
Joseph  Day.  He  was  later  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  at  Heppner,  Oregon,  but  sold  out  and  came 
to  Idaho  and  became  identified  with  farming.  At 
the  present  time  Mr.  Hart  is  postmaster  in  New 
Meadows  in  Adam  county,  and  has  considerable 


business  in  real  estate  in  this  locality,  where  he  owns 
a  town  lot  and  residence. 

Mr.  Hart  is  a  Republican,  has  been  a  regular  sup- 
porter of  the  party  for  many  years  and  gave  his  as- 
sistance to  the  campaigns  of  Mr.  Taft  during  1908 
and  1912.  Fraternally  he  is  associated  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  his  relationship  with  the  latter  order  be- 
ing in  Lodge  No.  358  at  Heppner.  Heppner  has 
the  distinction  of  being  the  smallest  town  in  the 
United  States  to  support  an  Elk  lodge. 

On  October  10,  1890,  Mr.  Hart  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Iva  Blake,  daughter  of  Harvey 
Blake,  of  Condon,  Oregon,  but  late  of  Portland. 
Mr.  Blake  was  in  the  early  days  one  of  the  most 
successful  sheep  men  in  the  country.  In  1905  he 
came  to  Idaho  and  purchased  the  old  Cuddy  Flour 
.Mill,  opening  up  the  first  market  for  grain  in  that 
section  of  the  state  and  afterward  continued  in  his 
work  at  that  point.  On  the  27th  of  February,  1913, 
he  met  death  at  Vancouver,  Oregon,  by  the  Ore- 
gon Short  Line  Railroad,  while  walking  along  the 
tracks.  One  son  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hart,  Harvey  B.,  aged  seven  years. 

FRANK  M.  EBY  is  unquestionably  one  of  the 
leading  real-estate  men  of  this  section  of  the  state, 
and  he  has  been  devoting  his  energy  to  this  field  of 
activity  since  1903,  the  year  in  which  he  first  lo- 
cated in  Boise.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  farming 
lands  and  has  done  his  full  share  in  the  development 
and  settlement  of  the  outlying  farming  districts  of 
the  county  and  state  in  the  years  of  his  residence 
here. 

Born  in  Tamer  county,  Iowa,  on  May  i,  1875, 
Frank  M.  Eby  is  the  son  of  M.  F.  and  Caroline 
(Reingh)  Eby,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Iowa  respec- 
tively. The  father  came  to  Iowa  in  the  early  pio- 
neer days  and  settled  in  Tamer  county  on  farm 
land  which  he  secured,  and  there  made  his  home 
until  1879  when  he  made  his  way  to  Montana. 
He  made  the  trip  overland,  in  common  with  other 
travelers  of  his  day,  and  remained  in  Montana 
until  1883,  that  year  marking  his  advent  into  Idaho 
as  a  settler.  Locating  in  the  Boise  Valley  he  en- 
gaged in  the  nursery  business,  which  still  occupies 
his  time  and  attention.  The  mother  still  lives,  and 
is  now  sixty-two  years  of  age,  while  the  father  is 
three  years  her  senior.  They  were  the  parents  of 
six  children,  Frank  M.  being  the  oldest  of  the 
number. 

Frank  Eby  attended  the  schools  of  the  district  in 
which  the  family  located  in  Montana  and  he  later 
secured  a  share  of  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Boise  city.  He  secured  a  high  school 
education,  supplemented  by  a  course  of  training 
in  a  business  college  a  little  later  on,  and  after  leav- 
ing school  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits, 
which  occupied  his  attention  for  about  seven 
years.  He  then  sold  out  his  farm  and  took  up  the 
electrical  business  in  Boise,  and  for  four  years  he 
was  thus  engaged,  being  the  owner  and  proprietor 
of  the  Boise  Electrical  Supply  Company.  He  sold 
the  business  to  advantage,  thereupon  engaging  in 
the  real  estate  business,  in  which  he  has  made  a 
splendid  success,  as  outlined  in  an  opening  para- 
graph. , 

On  Christmas  Day,  1896,  Mr.  Eby  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Lottie  Lindsay  of  Boise.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Rebecca  (James) 
Lindsay,  and  was  reared  in  this  city.  Six  children 
were  born  to.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eby,  three  of  whom 


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are  deceased.  They  are  Fred  B.,  born  September, 
1896,  now  attending  school  in  Boise;  Dexter,  born 
in  1901,  and  Melvin,  born  in  1905.  Fillmore  died  at 
eighteen  months;  Freda  at  three  years  and  Selma 
when  nineteen  months  of  age. 

Mr.  Eby  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  not  a 
politician,  his  attention  being  devoted  almost  en- 
tirely to  his  home  and  business  interests. 

ROBERT  J.  WOOD.  From  an  ungainly,  half-formed 
municipality,  lacking  in  grace  and  symmetry,  with 
a  poor  water  system  and  rambling  streets  and 
sidewalks,  the  city  of  Weiser  has  been  transformed, 
during  the  past  several  years,  into  a  community  of 
which  its  residents  may  well  be  proud.  Years  of 
experience  and  a  wealth  of  ideas  have  been  brought 
into  this  work,  and  a  large  part  of  the  credit  for 
the  various  improvements  that  have  been  and  are 
being  made  must  be  given  to  the  present  efficient  city 
engineer,  Robert  J.  Wood,  an  earnest,  hard-work- 
ing official  whose  public  spirit  has  led  him  to  spare 
neither  himself  nor  his  energies  in  carrying  on  a 
campaign  of  melioration  that  deserves  the  grati- 
tude of  his  fellow-townsmen. 

Robert  J.  Wood  was  born  in  the  city  of  Akron, 
Ohio,  November  9,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  Alfred  and 
Sarah  (Johns)  Wood,  who  are  both  living  in  Ohio, 
being  seventy-two  years  of  age.  Alfred  Wood  dur- 
ing his  active  years  was  a  well-known  mechanic, 
and  has  been  the  father  of  six  children,  of  whom 
Robert  J.  Wood  is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Akron,  Rob- 
ert J.  Wood  entered  the  Michigan  School  of  Mines, 
and  after  two  years  took  up  engineering  work.  In 
1907  he  came  to  Weiser,  Idaho,  and  in  partnership 
with  his  brother  opened  offices,  and  the  firm  has 
become  one  of  the  most  successful  in  its  line  in 
the  Northwest.  At  this  time  the  brothers  have 
the  contract  for  the  engineering  work  on  Sunnyside 
and  Crane  Creek,  a  project  that  involves  an  irrigation 
district  covering  some  22,000  acres  of  land,  and 
various  other  large  enterprises  have  retained  their 
services  in  a  like  capacity.  In  1910  Robert  J.  Wood 
was  elected  city  engineer  of  Weiser,  and  here  his 
ability  and  public-spirit  have  been  tested  to  the 
utmost  and  not  found  wanting.  He  has  planned  all 
of  the  improvements  of  the  city,  including  eight 
miles  of  water  mains,  the  present  water  system,  ten 
miles  of  city  sewers,  and  eighteen  miles  of  street 
grading  and  sidewalks,  one  of  the  most  extensive 
contracts  of  street  and  sidewalk  improvement  ever 
carried  on  in  the  Northwest.  Seventeen  blocks  of 
paving  work  is  already  finished,  making  Weiser  one 
of  the  best-paved  cities  of  its  size  in  the  state.  Mr 
Wood  has  brought  to  his  official  duties  an  enthusiasm 
that  is  only  bred  of  sincere  and  unquestioned  faith 
in  his  adopted  community.  He  belongs  to  the  class 
of  citizens  known  as  "boosters,"  and  neglects  no 
opportunity  to  make  clear  his  view  of  the  importance 
of  his  city,  his  county  and  his  state.  In  politics, 
he  supports  Democratic  principles,  but  his  activities 
have  been  of  such  a  nature  as  to  win  the  admiration 
of  men  of  all  parties,  and  the  city  probably  has  no 
more  popular  official.  Fraternally,  he  is  connected 
with  the  local  lodge  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
and  he  also  holds  membership  in  the  Weiser  Com- 
mercial Club.  During  his  residence  in  Idaho  his 
work  has  been  of  a  nature  to  gain  him  a  wide 
acquaintance,  among  which  he  numbers  numerous 
sincere  friends. 

Mr.    Wood    was    married    in    1893,    in    Cleveland 
Ohio,  to  Miss  Kathrine  Louise  Whiteman.  and  to  this 


union  one  child  has  been  born :  Josephine,  who  is 
now  fourteen  years  of  age  and  a  student  in  the 
Weiser  public  schools.  The  family  attends  the  Epis- 
copal church. 

CHARLES  H.  ANDREWS.  Idaho  in  particular  and 
the  great  west  in  general  seems  to  be  a  part  of 
the  country  where  a  man,  who  has  given  many  years 
of  his  life  to  a  certain  definite  business  may  come, 
and  not  only  make  a  success  of  his  work  in  some 
entirely  new  line  of  endeavor,  but  also  be  very 
happy  in  it.  This  has  been  the  case  with  Charles  H. 
Andrews,  who  during  eighteen  years  of  his  life 
was  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  work  in  the  middle 
west,  but  who,  on  coming  to  Idaho,  proceeded  to 
develop  into  a  very  successful  rancher.  He  is  also 
the  postmaster  of  the  town  of  Wendell,  Idaho,  where 
he  resides.  No  man  in  Wendell  may  claim  more 
friends  than  can  Mr.  Andrews,  although  his  resi- 
dence here  has  not  been  of  a  long  duration.  A  man 
of  high  ideals,  with  a  well-trained  mind  and  great 
force  of  character,  it  is  a  natural  consequence  that 
he  should  succeed  in  any  undertaking. 

It  was  on  the  9th  of  January,  1869,  that  Charles 
H.  Andrews  was  born  at  Arlington,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city 
and  in  Lexington,  but  he  was  never  especially  fond 
of  his  school  books,  and  he  left  his  home  at  an  early 
age  and  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army,  in  the 
Fourth  Regular  Infantry.  This  important  event  in 
his  life  occurred  in  1890,  at  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  sent  to  New  York  soon  after  and  was  later 
stationed  at  Fort  Sherman.  He  was  active  in  the 
miners'  strike  and,  after  a  time,  was  made  private 
secretary  for  General  Carlin.  He  was  made  a  non- 
commissioned officer  on  the  I5th  of  September,  1891, 
retaining  that  position  until  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged in  1893. 

_  After  this  episode  he  went  to  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin, where  he  took  the  civil  service  examinations, 
and  on  the  isth  of  August,  1894,  he  was  appointed 
to  duty  on  the  Wisconsin  Central  Railroad,  and  one 
month  later  was  transferred  to  the  Chicago  &  Alton. 
Here  he  ran  on  the  Midnight  Special  between 
Chicago  and  St.  Louis  for  fourteen  years. 

Being  too  busy  and  too  strpng-natured  a  man  to 
form  any  bad  habits,  and  being  very  ambitious  to 
some  day  get  into  _  business  for  himself,  Mr.  An- 
drews had  saved  his  money  during  all  these  years, 
until  by  1908  he  had  a  fairly  good-sized  bank  ac- 
count. He  therefore  determined  that  the  time  was 
ripe  for  his  attempt,  and  resigning,  on  the  first  day 
of  September,  1908,  he  came  to  Wendell,  Idaho. 
Here  he  took  up  a  homestead  in  the  North  Side 
Tract  and  began  ranching,  an  occupation  that  was 
entirely  new  to  him;  but  being  possessed  of  a  gen- 
erous allowance  of  pluck  and  perseverance,  he  has 
made  a  great  success  of  the  work.  His  ranch  is  now 
in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  is  valuable,  because 
of  its  location  as  well,  for  it  is  adjoining  the  town 
of  Wendell.  Mrs.  Andrews  is  also  a  ranch  owner, 
her  property  consisting  of  an  eighty,  which  is  also 
adjacent  to  Wendell.  Mr.  Andrews  built  and  owned 
one  of  the  first  residences  in  Wendell  and  later 
built  and  became  the  owner  of  the  best  business 
block  in  the  town  at  the  time  it  was  erected. 

On  the  3rd  of  March,  1911,  Mr.  Andrews  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  of  Wendell  by  Mr.  Taft.  A  bitter 
fight  was  made  against  him  for,  like  every  strong 
and  unafraid  man,  he  has  enemies,  and  in  addition 
there  were  those  who  would  have  liked  to  have  the 
plum  of  the  postmastership  for  their  own.  How- 
ever, his  record  won  the  fight  for  him.  Very  few 
men  could  show  a  record  so  strongly  marked  with 


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just  those  qualities  necessary  to  a  government  official 
in  any  rank,  and  he  won  the  place  as  a  result. 

In  the  fraternal  societies  Mr.  Andrews  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
King  Solomon  Chapter  No.  54,  and  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  is  a 
past  chancellor  of  the  order. 

On  October  3,  1893,  Mr.  Andrews  married  Miss 
Jennie  M.  Edmunds,  who  was  born  in  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Kathryn. 

RUEL  D.  HUBBARD.  As  president  and  manager  of 
the  Globe  Optical  Company,  Incorporated,  of  Boise, 
Idaho,  an  enterprise  the  steady  growth  and  devel- 
opment of  which  has  been  due  to  his  constant  and 
persistent  effort,  Ruel  D.  Hubbard  holds  a  promi- 
nent position  among  the  successful  business  men  of 
the  city,  where  he  has  resided  since  1906.  His 
entire  career  has  been  spent  in  his  present  line  of 
endeavor  and  the  extent  of  his  abilities  is  shown  in 
the  f:ict  that  the  business  of  which  he  is  now  the 
directing  head  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  state 
and  bears  a  high  reputation  throughout  the  West. 
Mr.  Hubbard  is  a  native  of  Johnson  county,  Kansas, 
and  was  born  March  21,  1877,  a  son  of  David  and 
JanetU-  (  Merrill)  Hubbard. 

David  Hubbard  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
in  1863  removed  to  Johnson  county,  Kansas,  serving 
in  the  commissary  department  of  the  United  States 
government  during  the  Civil  war.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  United  States  revenue  collector  at 
Lawrence,  Kansas,  and  there  engaged  successfully 
in  the  grain  business.  At  this  time  he  is  living 
retired  in  Denver,  Colorado,  although  he  has  ex- 
tensive interests  in  investments  and  bonds.  Mr. 
Hubbard  married  Janette  Merrill,  who  was  born 
in  Vermont,  in  1836,  and  died  in  1908,  when  seventy- 
two  years  of  age.  They  had  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Ruel  D.  was  the  youngest.  • 

•After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Olathe,  Kan- 
sas, at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  Ruel  D.  Hubbard 
began  the  study  of  the  optical  business,  in  the  me- 
•  chanical  department.  He  served  four  years  in  learn- 
ing the  details  of  this  vocation,  and  in  1906,  thor- 
oughly equipped,  came  to  Boise  and  established 
himself  in  business  under  the  firm  name  Globe  Opti- 
cal Company.  In  1909  the  concern  was  incorporated, 
with  Mr.  Hubbard  as  president  and  manager,  ca- 
pacities in  which  he  has  continued  to  act  to  the 
present  time.  It  has  enjoyed  a  healthy  and  con- 
tinuous growth  under  his  able  management  and  is 
rated  as  the  largest  firm  of  optical  goods  whole- 
salers, manufacturers  and  jobbers  in  the  state,  deal- 
ing exclusively  in  all  manner  of  optical  goods.  For 
four  years  (1907-1911)  Mr.  Hubbard  was  secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Optometry,  and  gained  and 
maintained  a  high  position  in  his  calling  as  well  as 
in  the  field  of  business.  Mr.  Hubbard  has  identified 
himself  with  various  movements  organized  to  ad- 
vance the  interests  of  his  adopted  city  and  State, 
and  is  a  director  of  the  Idaho  State  Fair  associa- 
tion. His  success  has  been  due  entirely  to  his  own 
efforts,  and  his  career  has  been  of  unblemished  char- 
acter. Like  all  healthy  men  of  the  West,  he  is  a  keen 
sportsman  and  he  has  also  interested  himself  in  fra- 
ternal work,  belonging  to  the  Eagles  and  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America.  He  also  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Commercial  Club,  where  he  has  a 
number  of  warm  friends,  as  he  has,  indeed,  through- 
out the  city.  In  politics,  Mr.  Hubbard  exercises 
his  prerogative  of  voting  for  the  candidate  he  deems 
best  fitted  to  guard  the  community's  interests,  re- 
gardless of  party  lines.  His  pleasant  residence  is 
situated  at  No.  814  North  Thirteenth  street. 


E.  H.  PLOWHEAD.  A  native  son  of  Idaho,  where 
he  ha:  resided  all  of  his  life  with  the  exception  of 
some  years  while  he  was  securing  his  education,  E. 
H.  Plowhead,  cashier  of  the  Caldwell  Commercial 
Bank  of  Caldwell,  has  raised  himself  to  a  position 
of  importance  in  his  community  through  the  ex- 
ercise of  inherent  ability  and  persistent  effort.  Since 
1907  he  has  been  in  Caldwell,  and  connected  with 
the  institution  of  which  he  is  now  cashier,  and  his 
rise  in  business  and  financial  circles  has  been  con- 
tinuous and  steady,  as  well  as  in  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  people  of  this  city. 

The  father,  Jacob  Plowhead,  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  from  Switzerland,  his  native  land,  in 
1855,  his  destination  being  California,  but  located  in 
New  York  City  until  spring  of  1856,  then  traveled 
westward  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  remaining  there  until 
October,  1856,  then  went  to  Richardson  county, 
Xeb.,  took  up  a  section  of  land  and  remained  there 
six  years  with  the  exception  of  the  last  seven 
months  in  which  he  was  in  the  volunteer  service  of 
the  Third  Missouri  State  Militia.  On  June  9,  1862. 
he  joined  a  western  bound  emigrant  train  with  his 
destination  as  Washington  or  Oregon.  He  reached 
Oregon  in  the  fall  of  1862  remaining  but  a  short 
time  and  packed  into  the  Boise  Basin.  He  fol- 
lowed mining  until  1864  then  settled  on  a  home- 
stead at  Middleton,  Idaho,  he  being  a  pioneer.  He 
returned  to  Switzerland  in  1871  where  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Magdalena  Luthie.  He  followed  team- 
ing, fanning,  dairying  and  for  a  time  was  a  nur- 
seryman. He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Cald- 
well Commercial  Bank.  His  death  occurred  Janu- 
ary 6,  1906,  while  his  widow  still  survives  him,  liv- 
ing at  Middleton  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years. 

They  had  six  children,  one  dying  in  infancy.  E. 
H.,  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  was  born 
November  9,  1876. 

E.  H.  Plowhead  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Middleton,  following  which 
he  became  a  student  in  the  College  of  Idaho,  where 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895.  Subse- 
quently he  went  to  the  University  of  Nebraska,  and 
then  took  a  business  course  in  a  Chicago  institution, 
and  in  1898  came  back  to  Idaho  and  secured  a  posi- 
tion as  clerk.  For  one  year  he  held  a  position  as 
a  grocery  clerk  in  Boise  and  in  that  city  in  1900 
established  himself  in  business  as  the  proprietor  of  a 
grocery.  His  advent  in  Caldwell  was  in  1907,  when 
he  came  to  Caldwell  to  accept  the  position  of  assist- 
ant cashier  of  the  Caldwell  Banking  &  Trust  Co., 
now  the  Caldwell  Commercial  Bank,  and  in  January, 
1911,  he  became  cashier  of  this  old  and  solid  institu- 
tion, in  which  capacity  he  has  continued  to  act  to 
the  present  time.  He  is  now  a  stockholder  in  this 
b?nk  and  a  member  of  the  directing  board,  being 
also  a  director  in  other  institutions.  Mr.  Plow- 
head's  abilities  are  unquestioned,  and  his  activities 
have  served  to  extend  the  bank's  business  materially. 
His  strict  integrity  and  probity  of  character  have 
served  to  secure  the  confidence  of  the  concern's 
depositors,  among  whom  he  numbers  many  warm 
friends.  He  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  views, 
but  has  not  cared  for  nor  found  time  to  enter  public 
life,  his  only  interest  in  public  matters  being  that 
taken  by  every  good  citizen  who  has  the  welfare  of 
his  community  at  heart.  Mr.  Plowhead  serves  as  a 
trustee  of  the  College  of  Idaho. 

On  June  20,  1906,  Mr.  Plowhead  was  married  at 
Caldwell,  to  Miss  Ruth  G.  Gipson,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Gipson  of  this  city,  and  one  child  has 
blessed  this  union:  Ruth,  born  June  24,  1907.  Mrs. 
Plowhead  is  a  consistent  member  of  the  Baptist 
church. 


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He  has  been  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  city  and  a 
leader  in  Commercial  Club  activities,  being  actively 
identified  with  every  progressive  movement  since 
his  location  in  Caldwell. 

Perhaps  the  most  marked  achievement  in  Com- 
mercial Club  activities  was  made  when  as  chairman 
of  the  Publicity  Fund  committee,  of  which  plan  he 
was  the  leader,  he  succeeded  in  raising  a  fund  much 
larger  than  even  the  most  sanguine  supporters 
thought  possible. 

Mr.  Plowhead  does  not  do  things  for  the  plaudits 
of  the  people  as  he  acts  from  principle  only,  being 
perfectly  content  in  doing  what  he  thinks  right  and 
.  to  cheerfully  accept  whatever  may  be  the  result. 

JOHN  W.  SUR,  who  is  a  prominent  and  influen- 
tial citizen  at  Payette,  Idaho,  has  here  maintained 
his  home  since  1907,  his  attention  being  devoted  to 
the  shoe  business.  He  was  born  in  Effingham,  Illi- 
nois, January  6,  1877,  and  he  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and 
Sophia  (Weaver)  Sur,  the  former  of  whom  was 
born  in  Germany,  and  the  latter,  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 
Joseph  Sur  lived  in  Germany  until  he  had  reached 
his  fourteenth  year  when  he  emigrated  to  America 
and  located  in  St.  Louis,  remaining  in  that  city  for  a 
short  time.  Later  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  set- 
tled on  a  farm  near  Effingham,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  agriculturist  and  stock  raiser.  He  died 
in  1893,  aged  sixty-five  years,  and  his  devoted  wife 
passed  away  aged  sixty-three  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  Sur  became  the  parents  of  four  sons  and 
two  daughters,  all  of  whom  were  living  in  1912  ex- 
cept one  boy  and  one  girl. 

To  the  public  and  parochial  schools  of  Effingham, 
Illinois,  John  W.  Sur  is  indebted  for  his  preliminary 
educational  training.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
he  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  to  learn  the  trade 
of  •  shoemaker.  For  five  years  he  worked  at  the 
shoe  business  in  Effingham  and  for  ten  years  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  a  shoe  concern  with  another 
firm.  Subsequently  he  entered  into  a  partnership 
alliance  with  Theodore  S.  Gramhorst  and  for  the 
ensuing  five  years  they  conducted  a  successful  shoe 
business  at  Effingham.  August  7,  1907,  after  dis- 
posing of  his  interests  in  the  above  place,  Mr.  Sur 
came  to  Payette,  Idaho,  and  here  opened  a  strictly 
up-to-date  shoe  store.  His  establishment  is  now 
recognized  as  one  of  the  best  paying  shoe  stores 
in  this  section  of  the  state  and  his  large  and  lucra- 
tive business  is  due  to  the  splendid  stock  he  carries 
and  to  his  own  good  management.  He  is  strictly 
a  self-made  man  and  his  splendid  success  in  life 
offers  both  lesson  and  incentive  to  the  younger  gen- 
eration. In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Democrat  and 
in  a  fraternal  way  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights 
of  Columbus.  His  religious  faith  is  in  harmony 
with  the  tenets  of  the  Catholic  church,  of  which  he 
is  a  devout  communicant. 

August  3,  1906,  Mr.  Sur  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  E.  B.  Jacobson,  a  daughter  of  M.  A.  Jacob- 
son,  a  well  known  business  man  in  Payette.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Sur  have  two  children :  Dorothy  Pauline, 
born  in  1908,  and  Aroma  Bell,  born  in  1910. 

WILLIAM  P.  GUTHRIE.  A  keen  interest  is  natur- 
ally felt  in  tracing  the  footsteps  of  those  who  have 
reached  elevated  positions  in  public  confidence  and 
have  wielded  their  influence  for  public  good,  and  this 
is  especially  true  in  the  case  of  those  who  have  won 
merited  distinction  in  American  law;  who  have  un- 
deviatingly  followed  the  dictates  of  truth  and  integ- 
rity, and  have  thus  raised  the  ministrations  of  law  in 
public  estimation.  In  this  connection  it  is  not  inap- 
propriate to  sketch  the  career  of  William  P.  Guthrie, 


whose  record  as  an  attorney  and  public  official  is  one 
which  may  be  used  as  a  guide  by  younger  members 
of  the  profession  in  their  pursuit  of  reputation,  dis- 
tinction and  position.  Mr.  Guthrie,  who  is  one  of 
the  pioneer  legal  practitioners  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho, 
was  born  at  Bethany,  Moultrie  county,  Illinois,  July 
n,  1870,  and  is  a  son  of  David  and  Phoebe  (McKay) 
Guthrie.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and 
his  mother  of  Pennsylvania.  David  Guthrie  served 
in  an  Illinois  volunteer  regiment  in  the  Fifteenth 
Army  Corps  during  the  Civil  war  for  three  years  and 
eight  months,  and  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of 
Atlanta.  He  died  in  1908,  at  Bethany,  where  his 
widow,  a  native  of  the  Prairie  State,  still  resides. 
They  had  two  children:  William  P.,  and  Barbara, 
who  married  Ray  Coleman,  and  lives  at  Bethany. 

After  attending  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his 
native  place,  William  P.  Guthrie  entered  Southern 
Illinois  College,  at  Enfield,  and  was  graduated  there- 
from with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1893,  following 
which  he  attended  thfe  University  of  Indiana,  and  in 
1895  received  his  degree  in  law.  He  was  at  once 
admitted  to  practice  and  chose  for  his  field  the  city 
of  Sullivan,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
In  1896  he  was  the  Republican  nominee  for  state's 
attorney,  during  the  Bryan  boom,  but  was  defeated 
by  eleven  votes,  although  he  ran  far  ahead  of  his 
ticket.  In  1897  he  left  Illinois  for  the  northwest, 
and  in  August  of  that  year  located  in  Yakima, 
Washington,  where  he  formed  a  law  partnership 
with  W.  L.  Jones,  now  United  States  senator  from 
Washington,  and  this  association  continued  until 
1904,  during  which  time  Mr.  Guthrie  served  as  pros- 
ecuting attorney  for  Yakima  county  for  four  years, 
being  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket.  In  1904  Mr. 
Guthrie  closed  his  offices  in  Yakima  and  came  to 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  having  become  convinced  that  this 
section  offered  great  opportunities  for  the  ambitious, 
and  he.  has  had  no  reason  to  regret  his  change,  as 
his  professional  business  is  large  and  his  position  in 
public  esteem  assured.  From  1908  to  1910  he  served 
in  the  capacity  of  county 'attorney,  but  at  this  time 
is  giving  his  entire  attention  to  his  large  general 
practice.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Twin  Falls  Bank 
&  Trust  Company,  is  the  owner  of  valuable  ranch 
lands  in  the  county,  and  has  a  pleasant,  modern 
residence  in  the  city.  A  close  and  careful  student, 
Mr.  Guthrie  has  one  of  the  finest  law  and  private 
libraries  in  the  state.  Fraternally,  he  has  devoted 
much  attention  to  the  Masonic  order,  and  has  at- 
tained to  the  thirty-second  degree  in  Masonry. 

In  1897  Mr.  Guthrie  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie 
Robinson  of  Evansville,  Indiana,  and  they  have  one 
daughter,  Iris.  The  family  enjoys  the  friendship 
of  the  people  of  Twin  Falls,  and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Guthrie  are  widely  known  in  charitable  matters  and 
in  work  connected  with  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Guthrie  has  a  deep  and  abiding  faith  in  the 
future  of  his  adopted  locality  and  does  not  hesitate 
to  state  it  as  his  belief  that  Twin  Falls,  both  city 
and  county,  have  the  greatest  opportunities  of  any 
section  of  Idaho,  that  Twin  Falls  county  ranch  lands 
will  soon  be  selling  at  a  premium  and  that  Idaho 
is  destined  to  become  one  of  the  greatest  states  in 
the  Union  from  every  standpoint.  Essentially  an  out- 
of-door  man,  Mr.  Guthrie  is  fond  of  hunting  and 
fishing,  and  makes  numerous  trips  to  the  Pacific 
coast,  accompanied  by  his  wife. 

PATRICK     BYRNE.       Ireland     has     furnished     the 
United  States  with  some  of  its  most  representative 
men,  and  they  are  to  be  found  in  every  rank  and 
walk  of  life.     The  sons  of  Erin  possess  those  quali- 
ties which   make   for  success   and  bring  them  into 


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favorable  notice,  so  that  they  are  welcomed  in  any 
community.  Devotion  to  family  ties  is  another 
strong  feature  of  the  Irish  character,  and  when  one 
member  of  a  family  has  attained  to  success,  it  in- 
variably becomes  his  self-imposed  duty  to  share 
his  good  fortune  with  the  others  of  his  name,  this 
being  in  no  sense  inappropriate  when  connected 
with  the  Byrne  family  of  Lincoln  county,  Idaho, 
which  has  been  prominently  identified  with  agricul- 
tural matters  for  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury here  and  among  which  may  be  found  some  of 
this  locality's  most  highly  respected  citizens. 

The  Byrne  family  was  founded  in  the  United 
States  in  1887,  at  a  place  named  Byrne,  by  Michael 
J.  Byrne,  who  came  to  this  country  as  a  poor  emi- 
grant lad  and  worked  his  way  to  a  position  of  promi- 
nence in  industrial  and  commercial  life,  through 
the  sheer  force  ol  his  own  efforts  and  continued 
industry.  Following  him  to  this  country  came  his 
brothers,  Thomas  J.  and  Patrick  Byrne,  who  also 
succeeded  in  business  life  and  became  prominent 
ranchmen  and  stock  raisers  in  Idaho.  In  1900  the 
sons  sent  for  their  parents,  Thomas  and  Catherine 
(Dolan)  Byrne,  who  came  direct  from  the  Emerald 
Isle  to  Idaho  and  settled  in  the  home  that  had  been 
prepared  for  them,  bringing  with  them  the  re- 
mainder of  the  family,  all  of  whom  have  become 
well  known  and  well-to-do  citizens:  John,  a  mer- 
chant of  Blackfoot,  Idaho;  Mary,  who  married 
Thomas  J.  Ivers,  a  rancher  and  stock  raiser  of 
Blaine  county;  Nellie,  who  married  J.  J.  Turner, 
a  ranchman  and  dairyman  of  Richfield,  and  Doro- 
thy, who  married  J.  D.  Turner,  brother  of  J.  J. 
Turner,  and  also  a  successful  ranchman .  of  Rich- 
field. Three  other  children  are  deceased.  In  1910 
the  father  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Byrne  and 
purchased  a  ranch  adjacent  to  Richfield,  where  he 
has  continued  to  enjoy  uniform  prosperity.  In  his 
native  country  he  was  a  prominent  Nationalist, 
but  since  coming  to  the  United  States  has  taken 
only  a  good  citizen's  interest  in  public  matters. 
The  sons  are  all  independent  in  their  political  views, 
with  the  exception  of  John,  who  gives  his  support 
to  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party. 

Patrick  and  Thomas  J.  Byrne  formed  a  partner- 
ship in  1905  and  opened  a  meat  business  in  Rich- 
field, the  pioneer  establishment  of  its  kind  in  the 
city,  this  having  since  been  extended  to  cover  whole- 
sale dealing  as  well  as  retail,  and  to  this  has  been 
added  a  successful  mercantile  business.  They  are 
interested  extensively  in  ranching  and  stock  raising 
and  slaughter  all  of  their  own  animals  for  their  meat 
business,  and  their  operations  have  been  so  prose- 
cuted that  they  are  conceded  to  hold  positions 
among  the  most  solid  and  substantial  men  of  Lin- 
coln county.  The  record  of  the  Byrne  brothers 
since  they  came  to  the  United  States  as  poor  emi- 
grant boys,  without  capital  or  friends,  has  been  a 
noteworthy  one,  and  in  their  careers  there  is  to  be 
found  a  lesson  for  the  youth  of  any  land,  a  lesson 
that  teaches  the  fact  that  industry  and  integrity, 
with  abilities  directed  along  the  proper  channels 
are  bound  to  bring  success  and  that  in  this  way 
may  also  be  gained  the  respect  and  esteem  of  their 
fellow-men. 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  TANNAHILL.  Men  of  talent  and 
integrity  constitute  a  prosperous  state,  especially  if 
public  sentiment  is  such  that  that  class  of  men  are 
given  the  opportunity  to  exert  any  influence,  and 
fortunate  it  is  for  this  country  that  such  men  are 
usually  honored  with  position.  Among  these  may 
be  decidedly  numbered  George  William  Tannahill, 
whose  activities  and  legal  connections  have  made  him 


one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  Nez  Perec  county. 
Mr.  Tannahill  belongs  to  a  family  that  is  widely 
known  in  legal  circles  of  the  West,  having  an  uncle 
occupying  a  Judicial  position  in  Iowa,  and  a  brother, 
Samuel  O.  Tannahill,  is  also  well  known  as  an  at- 
torney in  Idaho.  His  other  brother,  John  L.  Tanna- 
hill, is  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Oklahoma. 
His  father,  John  L.  Tannahill,  was  for  years  a 
prominent  contractor  and  builder,  but  passed  away 
in  1875,  and  was  buried  at  Chautauqua,  Kansas,  in 
which  city  his  widow,  Almira  (Jones)  Tannahill, 
still  makes  her  home. 

George  William  Tannahill  was  born  at  Selma, 
Iowa,  July  2,  1871,  and  was  but  three  years  of  age 
when  his  father  died.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Sedan,  Iowa,  and  at 
the  a"jje  of  seventeen  years  removed  to  the  state  of 
Washington,  where  he  secured  employment  as  a 
farm  hand  in  Garfield  county.  He  was  thus  en- 
gaged for  one  year,  succeeding  which  he  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  on  his  own  account  for  two  years 
in  the  same  county,  in  the  meantime  saving  his 
meagre  earnings  thriftily.  He  then  came  to  Leland, 
Idaho,  where  for  three  years  he  conducted  a  suc- 
cessful mercantile  business,  and  while  thus  engaged 
continued  to  assiduously  study  law,  finally  disposing 
of  his  interests  and  entering  the  university  at  Val- 
paraiso, Indiana.  There  he  entered  upon  the  study 
of  his  chosen  profession  in  the  spring  of  1895,  and 
in  the  fall  of  1897  was  graduated,  immediately  fol- 
lowing which  he  entered  practice  at  Lewiston.  His 
success  was  almost  immediate,  and  from  that  time 
he  has  made  rapid  strides  in  his  profession,  of 
which  he  is  now  an  acknowledged  leader  in  Idaho. 
A  Democrat  in  his  political  views,  he  has  been  an 
active  worker  and  able  speaker  in  behalf  of  its 
principles  and  candidates,  and  in  1912  was  tendered 
the  nomination  for  United  States  senator,  but  owing 
to  personal  reasons  refused.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  State  Normal  School. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Tannahill  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason,  an  Elk  and  a  member  of  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is 
the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  ranch  land  in  Nez 
Perce  county,  as  well  as  city  realty  in  Lewiston. 
Mr.  Tannahill's  life  has  been  one  of  tireless  indus- 
try and  perseverance.  From  the  time  as  a  farm  hand 
he  began  work  in  the  West,  his  mind  was  set  upon 
one  goal,  and  he  steadfastly  pursued  a  well-directed 
course  until  that  goal  was  reached.  With  the  best 
years  of  his  life  still  before  him,  and  taking  what 
he  has  accomplished  in  the  past  as  a  criterion  of 
the  future,  surely  here  is  one  _  whose  subsequent 
career  will  be  well  worth  watching. 

CHARLES  C.  HAYNES.  Few  names  are  better  known 
in  Idaho  than  that  of  Charles  C.  Haynes  and  its 
mention  cannot  fail  to  arouse  warm  interest  in 
many  sections  of  the  country,  recalling  to  people 
in  every  walk  of  life  one  to  whose  great  personal 
courage  and  wonderful  skill  they  have  been  much 
indebted.  The  life  of  Mr.  Haynes  has  covered  an 
exceptional  period  of  his  country's  growth,  and  in 
no  way  has  change  come  about  more  definitely  than 
in  the  development  of  transportation.  In  this  par- 
ticular line,  beginning  as  a  youth  of  eighteen  years, 
he  was  more  or  less  a  pioneer,  driving  his  first 
stage  coach  through  the  peaceful  valleys  of  his 
native  state,  Ohio,  but  soon  pushing  onward  and  ever 
westward,  until  his,  almost  alone,  was  the  courage 
to  face  the  wily  Indian  or  road  agent  through  the 
wild  mountain  regions,  and  the  skill  to  control  the 
frantic  teams  that  were  dashing  along  precipices  or 
through  mountain  passes,  carrying  civilization's  rep- 


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resentatives  to  the  distant  frontiers.  In  the  peace 
that  now  surrounds  his  honored  age  there  is 
little  to  suggest  the  tempestuous  life  he  had  to  live 
during  the  Civil  war  and  the  following  period  of 
rapid  western  settlement,  nor,  in  the  quiet,  unosten- 
tatious, genial  gentleman,  would  the  visitor  see  the 
hero  of  mountain  storms,  raging  cataracts,  runaway 
horses,  stolen  baggage  and  endangered  lives,  the  loss 
of  which  at  times,  might  have  changed  the  policies 
of  nations  as  well  as  have  brought  personal  sorrow 
beyond  reparation. 

Charles  C.  Haynes  was  born  at  Liverpool,  Medina 
county,  Ohio,  on  March  27,  1837,  and  commenced 
staging  in  his  native  state,  driving  on  the  old  Co- 
lumbus pike,  between  Cleveland  and  Medina.  In 
1856  he  went  to  Michigan  and  drove  for  Humphrey 
&  Hibbard,  out  of  Lansing,  on  the  Grand  Rapids 
road,  and  subsequently  was  employed  on  the  De- 
troit roads.  In  1857  he  went  to  Kalamazoo,  and 
began  driving  for  Patterson  &  Glenn,  on  the  Allegan 
road,  following  which  he  drove  out  of  Grand  Rapids 
to  and  from  the  Milwaukee  Railroad.  He  naturally 
feels  somewhat  proud  of  the  fact  that  he  drove  out 
of  Grand  Rapids  the  last  team,  when  the  first  rail- 
road was  finished  into  that  city,  about  the  middle 
of  July,  1857,  when  palatial  steam  cars  took  the 
place  of  the  more  ancient  Concord  coaches. 

Leaving  Michigan,  Mr.  Haynes  then  went  to 
Iowa  and  began  driving  for  the  Western  Stage 
Company,  on  the  Iowa  City  and  Des  Moines  road, 
until  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  was  finished  to 
within  one  mile  of  the  Iowa  city.  That  part  of  the 
Hawkeye  State  did  not  please  him  and  in .  the  fall 
of  1857  he  went  to  Davenport,  and  traveled  with 
the  manager  of  Van  Amburgh's  great  circus  as  far 
as  St.  Louis,  visiting  all  the  prominent  towns  along 
the  way  on  both  sides  of  the  Father  of  Waters. 
While  in  St.  Louis,  he  drove  bus  for  several  months 
for  Valentine  &  Company,  the  express  men,  to  and 
from  the  railroad  depots  and  steamboat  landings. 

When  the  original  Overland  Mail  Company  was 
organized  and  put  into  operation,  in  September, 

1858,  Mr.   Haynes  went  to  Tipton,  Missouri,  which 
by   that   time   had   become   quite    a    staging    center, 
the    overland    coaches    for    San    Francisco    starting 
semi-weekly  from  that  point.     At  that  time  it  was 
the  terminus   of  the   Missouri    Pacific,   the   farthest 
western  line  of  railway  east  of  the  Rockies.     Here 
he  went  into  the  employ  of  Moore  &  Walker,  and 
drove  west   on   the  Independence   Stage   Road.     In 

1859,  after   the   close  of  the   border   ruffian   excite- 
ment in   Kansas,   he   pushed   westward   to    Leaven- 
worth,  then  the  great  metropolis   of   Kansas   terri- 
tory, and  began  driving  for  the  Kansas  Stage  Com- 
pany on  the  old  Fort  Leavenworth  and  Fort  Riley 
military    road,    between    Leavenworth    and    Topeka. 
Most  of  the  time  for  nearly  two  years  in  the  terri- 
torial  days    of   Kansas   he    drove   into    and   out   of 
Topeka,   which   has   since   become  the   state   capital 
and    one    of   the    most    beautiful    cities    of    its    size 
in  the  great  West. 

Early  in  1861,  when  the  Civil  war  broke  out, 
the  overland  mail  route  was  changed  north  to  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  but  soon  afterward  Atchison  was 
made  the  starting  point  for  the  stages.  In  the  lat- 
ter part  of  that  year  Mr.  Haynes  was  employed  by 
that  company,  driving  from  a  number  of  points  on 
the  great  line  between  Atchison  and  the  Rockies, 
until  1866,  when  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  and  began 
work  on  the  Montana  road.  In  1866  he  drifted  out 
to  California,  and  was  employed  by  the  Wells- 
Fargo  Express  Company  on  the  Overland  and  Dutch 
Flat  road,  remaining  there  until  1868,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Salt  Lake  and  began  driving  on  the 


Montana  road  for  the  same  company.  In  the  spring 
of  1869  he  was  sent  put  on  the  west  road  between 
Salt  Lake  and  Austin,  Nevada,  and  took  charge 
of  the  last  division,  from  Jacob's  Wells  to  Shell 
Creek. 

In  May,  1869,  when  the  Union  and  Central  Pacific 
Railways  were  completed  and  formed  the  first  trans- 
continental line,  Mr.  Haynes  hauled  off  the  stage 
stock  on  the  overland,  and  put  it  on  the  Elko  and 
White  Pine  road.  White  Pine  at  that  time  was 
one  of  Nevada's  great  silver  camps.  He  then  went 
driving  again,  and  continued  until  the  fall  of  1870, 
when  the  went  into  the  employ  of  the  Northwestern 
Stage  Company,  as  division  agent  from  Elko,  Ne- 
vada, to  Boise  City,  Idaho.  On  this  important  line 
he  had  charge  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
miles  of  road.  In  1872  he  was  transferred  to  the 
old  reliable  Overland  from  Boise  City  to  Kenton 
as  division  agent,  and  was  in  charge  of  that  road 
until  1875.  He  then  went  to  the  Pacific  slope  and 
took  charge  of  the  permanent  road  from  the  end 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  to  Bakersfield,  California, 
for  the  Coast  Stage  Company.  He  ran  this  line  un- 
til the  railroad  was  completed  to  Los  Angeles,  then 
coming  east  as  far  as  Mountain,  Nevada,  and  ran 
a  stage  line  of  his  own  until  1879  to  Tuscarora. 
Selling  out,  he  returned  to  Boise  City  and  again 
took  charge  of  the  Overland  route  for  Gilmer,  Salis- 
bury &  Company,  until  1880,  in  which  year  he  re- 
signed and  went  to  the  Wood  River  country,  where 
he  secured  a  mail  contract  from  Ketchum  to  Saw- 
tooth City,  and  put  into  operation  a  stage  line  of 
his  own.  After  running  it  three  months  he  sold 
out  and  retired  to  his  ranch  on  Goose  Creek,  where 
he  lived  until  1889.  In  all  the  history  of  the  West, 
there  was  no  more  competent,  faithful  or  obliging 
driver  than  Charley  Haynes.  No  commission  was 
too  dangerous  for  him  to  take.  During  the  early 
sixties  when  he  was  driving  for  Ben  Holliday,  the 
noted  "Millionaire  Stage  King,"  he  passed  through 
experiences  and  dangers  that  would  have  caused 
a  man  of  less  courage  to  give  up  the  vocation  for 
all  time.  Day  and  night,  through  hundreds  of  miles, 
he  rode  over  the  Kansas  prairies,  along  the  little 
Blue  river,  in  southern  Nebraska,  and  through  the 
wild  buffalo  and  Indian  country  on  the  Platte  be- 
tween Fort  Kearney  and  Cottonwood  Springs.  At 
all  times  he  was  faithful  to  his  trust,  safeguard- 
ing his  passengers  and  bringing  his  valuable  freight 
through  to  its  destination. 

Mr.  Haynes  has  held  a  number  of  important  offi- 
cial positions,  serving  as  deputy  United  States 
marshal  under  Fred  T.  Du  Boise  and  Joseph  Rink- 
haus,  was  constable  of  Shoshone  for  many  years, 
and  acted  as  the  first  sheriff  of  Lincoln  county. 
In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republican,  but  exer- 
cises his  prerogative  of  voting  for  the  man  he  deems 
best  fitted  for  the  office,  regardless  of  party  lines. 
In  1889  he  purchased  the  Dewey  House,  at  Sho- 
shone, and  was  engaged  in  hotel  keeping  until  the 
caravansary  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  November, 
1890.  Most  of  his  time  now  is  spent  in  looking 
after  his  town  property,  and  he  is  a  striking  figure 
on  the  streets  of  Shoshone,  with  his  silvery  hair 
and  beajd.  Admired  and  respected  by  everyone,  he 
is  affectionately  known  as  "Uncle  Charley,"  and  he 
is  known  by  young  and  old  between  the  Missouri 
and  the  Pacific.  Mr.  Haynes  is  the  owner  of  one 
of  the  old  Concord  coaches,  built  by  the  Abbott- 
Downing  Company  many  years  ago,  and  he  is  very 
proud  of  it.  It  is  a  handsome  vehicle,  not  as  his- 
toric as  Buffalo  Bill's  celebrated  Deadwood  coach, 
but  one  of  the  finest  turned  out  of  the  manufac- 
tory. The  old  vehicle  is  a  little  marred  by  the  In- 


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dians'  bullets  and  arrows,  but  otherwise  he  keeps 
it  looking  as  neat  as  the  first  day  it  came  out  of 
the  old  Granite  State.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
ran  this  stage  to  the  Falls  of  Shoshone,  twenty- 
six  miles  distant,  transporting  tourists  and  others 
who  desired  to  view  the  wonderful  Niagara  of  the 
great  Northwest,  and  the  charming  scenery  be- 
tween the  two  points.  The  old  stage  coach,  which 
originally  had  six  horses,  has  carried  through  the 
romantic  scenery  of  Idaho  hundreds  and  thousands 
of  people,  many  of  them  leading  citizens  from  all 
parts  of  the  country.  In  1897,  Hon.  William  Jen- 
nings Bryan,  how  secretary  of  state,  with  his  wife 
and  three  children,  rode  in  it  from  Shoshone  to 
Blue  Lakes  and  Shoshone  Falls,  while  the  distin- 
guished guest  was  on  his  trip  to  Yellowstone 
Park.  Concerning  a  previous  journey  he  had  made, 
Mr.  Bryan  wrote  to  the  editor  of  the  Shoshone 
Journal,  under  date  'of  May  25,  1897,  as  follows : 
"Our  driver.  Capt.  C  C.  Haynes,  was  so  experienced, 
and  his  horses  so  fast,  that  the  twenty-five-mile 
coach  ride  across  the  lava-covered  plain  was  made 
in  less  than  four  hours,  and  was  neither  tiresome 
nor  unpleasant." 

Frank  A.  Root,  in  writing  of  his  western  trip  in 
the  summer  of  1905,  says :  "While  on  a  trip  -to  the 
Lewis  and  Clark  Centennial  Exposition  late  in  the 
summer  of  1905,  in  going  over  the  'Oregon  Short 
Line'  through  Idaho,  I  stopped  off  for  a  few  days 
at  Shoshone  where  I  visited  with  Mr.  Charles  C. 
Haynes,  one  of  the  old  Overland  stage  drivers,  and 
my  warm,  true  friend  for  more  than  four  decades. 
Two  score  of  years  had  elapsed  since  we  had  seen 
each  other.  The  last  time  we  met,  before  the  clos- 
ing of  the  noted  staging  era,  was  out  on  the  plains 
in  the  sixties,  several  hundred  miles  beyond  the 
Missouri  river. 

"The  brief  visit  I  was  now  making  with  the  vet- 
eran Jehu  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  us  both  as  we 
sat  for  hours  at  a  time  and  rehearsed  the  almost 
forgotten  events  of  the  early  days  on  the  old  trail. 
In  talking  over  the  long-gone-by  staging  days  on 
the  famous  overland  highway,  among  other  things 
Haynes  related  an  incident  that  happened  when  he 
was  a  pioneer  in  Kansas  during  the  territorial  era, 
way  back  in  '59.  He  was  then  employed  by  the 
Kansas  Stage  Company  on  the  route  between  Lea- 
vemvorth  and  Topeka,  and  was  on  his  drive  to  the 
prospective  state  capital,  sitting  on  the  box  of  one 
of  the  newest  modern  canvas-covered  four-horse 
Concord  stages.  Inside  the  stage  were  several  pas- 
sengers ticketed  to  Topeka.  The  only  man  who 
occupied  an  outside  seat  on  the  box  with  the  early 
driver  was  the  pioneer  Colonel  Isaac  E.  Eaton,  of 
Leavenworth. 

"The  colonel  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Kansas, 
even  in  territorial  days,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
following  its  admission  into  the  Union  as  a  state 
was  known  in  political  gatherings  as  the  Kansas 
'Democratic  War  Horse.'  Haynes  was  holding  the 
lines  at  the  time  between  Mount  Florence  and  To- 
peka via  the  old  historic  towns  of  Grasshopper 
Falls  and  Indianola.  In  the  little  schoolhouse  at 
the  falls  there  *as  a  lady  teacher  employed  and 
on  that  day  she  decided  to  exercise  her  prerogative. 
She  made  a  brief  talk  to  the  pupils,  dismissing 
school  early  in  the  afternoon  in  order  that  the  boys 
and  girls  might,  for  the  first  time  in  their  lives, 
have  an  opportunity  of  viewing  a  Concord  stage 
coach.  The  sight  of  this  much  admired  vehicle 
as  it  came  along  near  the  schoolhouse  was  enjoyed 
about  as  much  by  the  teacher  as  it  was  by  the  pupils 
under  her  training.  The  children  were  all  eagerly 

lookine  for  something  new  to  them.    Every  moment 
vol.  m— s 


they  seemed  to  be  getting  more  restless  for  the 
coming  of  the  old  stage  coach.  The  approach  of 
a  circus  entering  the  town  at  the  time  could  hardly 
have  been  a  more  exciting  moment  for  the  anxious 
youngsters.  Colonel  Eaton,  an  old  stage  man  him- 
self, seemed  unusually  pleased  with  the  incident 
and  watched  with  no  little  interest  the  final  out- 
come. He  had  not  forgotten  that  he  had  once  been 
a  child  himself,  hence  could  sympathize  the  more 
earnestly  with  the  anxious  little  ones.  This  oc- 
casion was  one  of  the  most  pleasing  moments  in 
Haynes'  long  career  as  a  'Knight  of  the  Lash'  on 
the  box.  As  he  neared  the  schoolhouse  a  delightful 
sensation  suddenly  crept  over  him,  only  a  few  rods 
distant  stood  the  smiling  'school  marm,'  together 
with  a  score  or  more  of  happy  pupils  between  the 
road  and  the  schoolhouse  where  they  had  for  some 
minutes  been  so  earnestly  watching.  When  he 
drove  up  with  his  handsome  team  opposite  to  them 
they  were  all  full  of  smiles  and  joined  in  a  hearty 
greeting.  The  genial  driver  and  his  passengers 
gracefully  bowed;  the  girls  waved  their  handker- 
chiefs and  modestly  shouted ;  and  the  boys  not  only 
yelled  at  the  tops  of  their  voices  in  hurrahing,  but 
as  is  usual  with  Young  America,  took  off_  and 
swung  their  hats  high  above  their  heads.  This  all 
transpired  in  a  much  shorter  time  that  it  requires 
to  tell  as  the  famous  Concord  vehicle  rumbled 
along  over  the  hard,  smoothly  trodden  highway 
past  the  pioneer  school  building  of  the  little  town, 
and  after  a  brief  delay  in  changing  horses  and  mail, 
the  old  stage  coach  was  soon  out  of  sight,  headed 
toward  its  destination,  the  prospective  and  future 
capital  of  the  great  commonwealth  that  soon  after 
became  the  nation's  thirty-second  star,  the  proud 
state  of  Kansas." 

Mr.  Haynes  has  been  an  Odd  Fellow  for  over 
forty  years,  and  has  passed  through  all  the  chairs. 
While  he  belongs  to  no  particular  religious  denom- 
ination, he  supports  all  worthy  movements,  and 
charity,  religion  and  education  have  all  benefited 
by  his  unfailing  liberality. 

While  a  resident  of  California,  in  1875,  Mr. 
Haynes  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Hicks,  who 
came  from  Iowa,  and  she  died  at  Salt  Lake,  April 
16,  1894,  aged  forty-nine  years.  She  was  a  central 
figure  in  the  religious  and  benevolent  organizations 
of  Shoshone,  was  active  in  the  work  of  the  Method- 
ist church,  and  there  was  no  work  which  had  for 
its  object  the  benefiting  of  humanity  in  which  she 
was  not  an  active  participant.  She  was  an  earnest 
worker  in  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance 
Union  and  a  member  of  the  Rebekah  Lodge.  I.  O. 
O.  F.  There  were  two  boys  born  to  Mrs.  Haynes 
by  a  former  marriage.  After  a  separation  from  her 
first  husband  she  Vesumed  her  maiden  name.  One 
of  the  boys.  Frank  B.  Roland  Haynes,  whom  they 
adopted  when  he  was  five  years  of  age,  and  edu- 
cated in  an  especially  fitting  manner,  is  now  mar- 
ried and  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  The  other 
boy.  adopted  by  them  at  the  age  of  three  years, 
died  in  1905. 

As  a  connecting  link  between  the  past  and  the 
present,  Mr.  Haynes  should  be  honored  and  ven- 
erated. It  has  been  his  privilege  to  witness  events 
that  have  made  history,  and  he  has  played  no  small 
part  in  shaping  the  destiny  of  the  great  Northwest. 
Now.  in  the  evening  of  his  life,  surrounded  by  hosts 
of  friends,  and  living  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  fruits 
of  his  early  years,  he  is  content  in  the  knowledge 
that  his  life  has  not  been  lived  in  vain  and  that 
when  he  is  called  by  the  Grim  Reaper  he  will 
"Go  down  the  twilight  singing  like  a  glad  bird  to 
its  nest." 


1016 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


S.  R.  WORTHINGTON.  Four-score  years  present  a 
long  period  in  which  to  experience  and  enjoy  the 
changing  scenes  of  life,  and  it  is  for  that  duration 
of  human  existence  that  S.  R.  Worthington  has  been 
permitted  to  work  out  his  destinies.  Mr.  Worthing- 
ton is  one  of  the  venerable  pioneers  of  Idaho,  and 
for  many  years  has  had  his  home  at  Oakley  in  Cassia 
county.  He  now  lives  among  his  children,  grand- 
children and  great-grandchildren,  and  is  like  the 
sturdy  patriarchs  of  old,  ripened  and  mellowed  _  by 
the  flight  of  time,  with  a  long  record  of  practical 
accomplishment  and  efficient  activity  in  the  past, 
and  now  enjoying  the  esteem  and  affection  of  fami- 
lies and  friends. 

S.  R.  Worthington  was  born  at  Old  Brighton  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  18,  1832. 
His  parents  were  James  and  Rachel  (Staley)  Worth- 
ington, both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  were  early  adherents  of  the  Mormon  faith.  The 
father  was  by  occupation  a  carpenter,  also  a  farmer, 
and  during  his  life  in  the  west  was  a  stock  raiser. 
The  experiences  of  the  Worthington  family  closely 
follow  those  of  the  Mormon  church  during  the  vari- 
ous migrations  of  its  people  throughout  the  middle 
west  until  they  finally  found  permanent  homes  and 
peace  in  the  far  western  country  of  Utah.  The 
father  brought  his  family  out  to  Missouri,  locating 
in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  state  at  Far  West, 
and  after  the  Mormon  people  were  driven  from  that 
section  took  his  family  to  Illinois,  where  he  lived 
about  eight  years,  and  then  settled  in  western  Iowa, 
near  Council  Bluffs,  in  1849.  His  family  accom- 
panied him  during  all  these  travels.  The  father 
participated  in  the  different  conflicts  between  the 
Mormon  people  and  the  settlers  in  Missouri  and 
Illinois,  and  was  in  the  Mormon  ranks  at  West  Mis- 
souri and  at  Nauvoo,  Illinois,  and  was  in  the  midst 
of  the  fighting  in  both  these  states.  In  the  spring 
of  1853  he  left  Iowa,  and  accomplished  the  long  and 
tedious  journey  to  Salt  Lake  City.  He  soon  settled 
at  a  place  called  Grantsville,  where  he  lived  and 
where  his  death  occurred  in  June,  1885.  His  body 
was  laid  to  rest  at  Grantsville,  and  the  mother  also 
passed  away  there  in  1883.  There  were  seven  chil- 
dren in  the  family  and  three  died  in  infancy. 

S.  R.  Worthington,  who  was  the  second  in  order 
of  birth  in  the  family,  received  very  little  schooling 
on  account  of  the  various  migrations  and  forced  re- 
movals of  the  family  home  from  place  to  place  during 
his  boyhood.  Most  of  his  training  was  the  result  of 
his  own  efforts.  He  had  to  spend  most  of  his  day- 
light hours  in  work,  as  soon  as  he  was  old  enough, 
and  in  order  to  be  able  to  study  at  night  he  gathered 
the  bark  from  the  hickory  trees,  and  with  that  crude 
torch  studied  at  night  under  the  guidance  of  his 
mother  and  father.  He  assisted  his  father  in  the 
work  of  the  farm  all  this  time,  and  lived  at  home 
for  the  first  twenty-four  years  of  his  life.  In  1856 
he  was  married  and  at  that  time  did  not  possess 
a  dollar  of  capital.  Through  the  combined  efforts 
of  himself  and  his  bride  he  started  out  to  gain  a 
place  of  independence,  and  in  a  few  years  bought 
a  ranch  and  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  Later 
he  moved  further  west  and  took  up  some  land,  and 
he  and  his  wife  toiled  early  and  late  to  develop  that 
place.  For  about  twenty-four  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  in  and  about  Utah. 

The  first  visit  of  Mr.  Worthington  to  Idaho  was 
in  the  spring  of  1863,  at  the  height  of  the  mining 
excitement,  and  about  the  time  Idaho  territory  was 
organized.  He  was  in  Boise  at  a  time  when  only 
two  stores  stood  on  the  site,  and  there  were  very 
few  buildings  of  any  kind.  Mr.  Worthington  has 
had  his  full  share  of  trouble  with  Indians,  has  been 
in  a  number  of  skirmishes  and  for  months  at  a  time 


has  risked  life  and  property  at  the  hands  of  the  red- 
skins. In  1881  he  moved  to  Idaho  and  located  at  the 
present  site  of  Oakley,  where  he  acquired  eighty 
acres  of  land  and  filed  on  a  claim  for  another  eighty 
acres.  Haying  prepared  the  land  for  the  reception 
of  his  family,  he  went  back  to  Utah  and  drove  his 
stock  and  brought  the  household  to  Idaho,  in  which 
state  he  has  had  his  permanent  home  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  The  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  was 
being  constructed  to  this  section  of  the  state  about 
the  time  he  settled  at  Oakley,  and  the  first  crop  of 
grain  which  he  raised  on  his  land  he  sold  to  John 
Hailey  for  five  thousand  dollars.  He  was  the  only 
rancher  in  this  locality,  so  that  his  produce  com- 
manded a  very  high  value.  He  had  to  haul  all  the 
grain  to  market  over  roads  which  were  mere  trails. 

Mr.  Worthington  has  long  been  extensively  identi- 
fied with  the  live  stock  industry.  In  1879  he  brought 
out  about  five  thousand  head  of  cattle  to  the  west 
and  ran  them  on  the  range,  and  after  locating  in 
Idaho  brought  a  big  herd  to  this  state.  At  times 
he  has  been  one  of  the  largest  operators  in  the  cattle 
business  in  Southern  Idaho,  and  has  always  engaged 
more  or  less  in  that  industry.  At  the  present  time 
he  has  about  three  hundred  head  of  stock  on  his 
place.  .  He  also  raises  hay  and  grain  and  has  a  very 
profitable  and  well-improved  estate.  His  home  farm 
consists  of  160  acres.  A  short  time  ago  the  family 
sold  one  thousand  acres  of  land  for  $31,000.  Besides 
the  home  place  they  own  120  acres  of  pasture  land. 
Mr.  Worthington  has  been  disposing  of  most  of  his 
interests  in  recent  years,  and  it  is  his  intention  here- 
after to  take  things  easy  and  to  spend  his  winters 
in  California.  He  has  worked  hard  for  more  than 
half  a  century  and  has  well  deserved  the  peace  and 
contentment  and  luxury  which  his  previous  industry 
has  earned. 

On  April  10,  1856,  Mr.  Worthington  married  Miss 
Sarah  A.  Mclntosh.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Solomon 
P.  and  Polly  (Lathrum)  Mclntosh,  her  father  a 
native  of  Kentucky  and  her  mother  of  Illinois.  As 
already  stated,  Mrs.  Worthington  bore  her  full  share 
of  the  duties  and  responsibilities  connected  with  the 
establishment  of  their  home,  and  husband  and  wife 
worked  side  by  side  to  get  the  start  which  brought 
them  such  generous  prosperity  in  after  years.  The 
ten  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Worthington  are 
mentioned  as  follows:  Mary,  who  married  Charles 
Elison,  lives  on  the  ranch  in  Oakley;  Ross  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six;  Rachel,  who  died  June  14, 
1899,  married  Frank  Ramsey,  and  there  were  three 
children  by  their  union,  Mr.  Worthington  having 
taken  these  grandchildren  and  reared  and  educated 
them;  these  three  young  children  are  Marion  and 
Lillian,  both  now  teaching  school  in  Oakley,  and 
Clara  attending  the  University  of  Idaho  at  Moscow; 
Solomon  P.  and  wife,  May,  Haight  W.,  live  at  Oak- 
ley and  are  the  owners  of  the  Worthington  Hotel 
and  The  Store  of  Quality;  James  and  wife,  Dora 
Parks  W.,  live  on  their  ranch  near  the  old  home, 
he  being  a  successful  cattleman  and  farmer;  Annie 
is  the  wife  of  L.  A.  Nelson  of  Oakley;  Geneva  is 
the  wife  of  Horton  Haight  of  Oakley;  Edith  mar- 
ried Dr.  William  Aaron,  a  dentist  at  Twin  Falls ; 
William  M.  and  wife,  Effie  and  Bates  W.,  live  on  the 
home  place.  The  worthy  mother  of  this  family  died 
June  2,  1911.  Mr.  Worthington  is  now  comforted 
by  his  own  children  and  has  thirty-six  grandchildren 
and  fourteen  great-grandchildren.  He  derives  much 
satisfaction  from  the  fact  that  he  always  lived  with 
or  near  his  parents  during  their  lives,  and  his  own 
family  of  children  and  grandchildren  all  live  near 
him.  They  are  all  members  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1017 


JOHN  HERBERT  RICKER.  The  growth  and  de- 
velopment of  the  Payette-Weiser  Milling  Company, 
represented  at  Payette  and  Weiser,  Idaho,  has  been 
rapid  and  continuous,  and  since  the  combining  of 
the  several  small  firms  which  composed  it,  in  1911, 
it  has  become  one  of  the  leading  enterprises  of  its 
kind  in  the  state.  The  directing  head  of  this  es- 
tablishment, whose  powers  of  organization  were 
eloquently  evidenced  during  the  transactions  which 
concluded  the  forming  of  the  present  concern,  is 
John  Herbert  Ricker,  a  business  man  of  recognized 
ability,  astuteness  and  far-sightedness,  who  himself 
has  risen  from  an  humble  position  in  the  world  of 
business  to  a  place  where  his  talents  are  acknowl- 
edged factors  in  the  industrial  importance  of  his 
adopted  state. 

Mr.  Ricker  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
November  25,  1879,  and  is  a  son  of  John  H.  and 
Hettie  (Gheen)  Ricker.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Maine,  moved  to  Wisconsin  during  the  early  '503 
with  the  paternal  grandfather,  a  wholesale  grocer, 
and  himself  became  interested  in  the  manufacture 
of  soap.  He  occupied  a  prominent  place  in  the 
business  life  of  Milwaukee,  but  some  years  ago,  in 
1895,  retired  and  returned  East  to  Massachusetts, 
being  then  forty-five  years  of  age.  Mr.  Ricker 
married  Hettie  Gheen,  a  native  of  Westchester, 
Pennsylvania.  They  were  married  at  Westchester 
in  1876,  and  she  died  jn  1898,  at  the  age  of  forty-six 
years,  having  been  the  mother  of  five  children: 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Gorham,  who  resides  at  Payette,  Idaho; 
Edward  G.,  a  member  of  the  bonding  house  firm  of 
Edgar  Ricker  &  Company,  of  Milwaukee;  Mrs. 
George  Kellogg,  of  Milwaukee;  John  S.,  who  resides 
at  Ontario,  Oregon,  and  is  connected  with  the  Ontario 
Commercial  Company,  and  John  Herbert. 

John  Herbert  Ricker  attended  the  schools  of 
Blackball  and  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  former  in  1896.  He  remained  at 
home  for  one  year,  but  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Span- 
ish-American war  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Regiment, 
Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry,  which  he  accom- 
panied to  Jacksonville,  Florida.  Returning  to  Mil- 
waukee in  November  of  the  same  year,  he  secured 
his  honorable  discharge  and  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Milwaukee  Elevator  Company,  remaining 
there  until  1900.  At  that  time  Mr.  Ricker  de- 
cided to  try  his  fortune  in  the  West,  and  accord- 
ingly went  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  for  two  years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  spent  a 
like  period  in  the  civil  engineering  department  of 
the  O.  R.  N.  Railroad.  His  next  connection  was 
with  the  Baldwin  Sheep  &  Land  Company,  becom- 
ing manager  of  the  stores  of  that  enterprise  in  Hay 
Creek,  Oregon,  and  the  year  1905  saw  his  advent 
in  Idaho,  when  he  accompanied  a  Mr.  Van  Houten, 
one  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  to  Weiser.  Here 
he  was  connected  with  the  Butterfield  Live  Stock 
Company  until  1907,  when  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  a  cousin,  Mr.  Gheen,  and  founded  the  Ricker- 
Gheen  Company,  which  continued  to  do  business 
for  three  years.  During  this  period  Mr.  Ricker  and 
his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Gorham,  and  Mr.  Werner 
Klinger,  purchased"  the  T.  &  K.  Milling  Company 
of  Payette,  and  July  i,  1911,  the  two  firms  were 
combined  and  took  the  name  of  the  Payette-Weiser 
Milling  Company.  This  concern  has  offices  at  Pay- 
ette and  Weiser  and  mills  at  these  two  cities  and 
at  Midvale,  Idaho,  producing  200  barrels  daily  and 
being  one  of  the  best  known  firms  in  the  state. 
Mr.  Ricker,  acting  in  the  capacity  of  president, 
has  firmly  established  the  reputation  of  the  company 
as  a  sound  and  substantial  enterprise,  and  its  con- 


tinued and  rapid  growth  is  ample  evidence  of  his 
skill  and  executive  ability. 

On  September  18,  1907,  Mr.  Ricker  was  married 
in  Weiser,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Oro  B.  Sommercamp. 
Her  parents  are  old  and  well  known  residents  of 
Weiser,  her  father  being  a  native  of  California  and 
her  mother  a  native  of  Oregon.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ricker  have  no  children.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
his  political  views  and  a  popular  member  of  the 
blue  lodge  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  With  Mrs. 
Ricker  he  attends  the  Episcopal  church.  Like  all 
men  whose  duties  have  brought  them  much  in  the 
open,  he  is  fond  of  out-of-door  life.  Having  started 
out  in  life  a  poor  boy  and  worked  out  his  own 
success  through  constant  energy  and  perseverance, 
he  is  at  all  times  ready  to  assist  those  who  are 
struggling  for  a  foot-hold.  He  i?  known  as  a 
loyal,  public  spirited  citizen,  and  his  friends  are 
legion. 

EZRA  R.  WHITLA.  The  city  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  in 
Kootenai  county,  has  numbered  among  its  repre- 
sentative members  of  the  bar  this  progressive 
citizen,  who  has  here  maintained  his  home  since 
1903,  and  who  has  gained  a  place  as  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful members  of  the  legal  profession  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Whitla  was  born  in  Pope  county,  Minnesota, 
on  the  i8th  day  of  April,  1882,  and  is  a  son  of 
Rev.  Jesse  L,  and  Mary  (Reid)  Whitla,  whose 
marriage  occurred  in  the  state  of  Wisconsin.  The 
father,  who  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  was  a  man 
of  fine  intellectual  attainments  and  was  an  honored 
member  of  the  clergy  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  held  various  pastoral  charges  in  Wisconsin, 
Minnesota  and  Kansas,  and  in  the  last  named  state 
he  passed  the  closing  years  of  his  life,  his  remains 
being  interred  beside  those  of  his  wife,  in  Pope 
county,  Minnesota,  where  the  death  of  the  latter 
occurred  in  the  year  1885.  Rev.  Jesse  L.  Whitla 
was  a  man  of  broad  views  and  marked  ability,  and 
aside  from  the  work  of  the  ministry,  to  which  he 
devoted  the  major  part  of  his  active  career,  he  was 
a  prominent  and  influential  factor  in  political  af- 
fairs, his  services  in  the  various  campaigns  having 
been  most  effective,  especially  during  the  period 
of  his  residence  in  Minnesota.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Edgerton,  Kansas,  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1892,  when  he  was  sixty-three  years  of  age.  Of 
the  ten  children  born  to  these  parents  all  are  liv- 
ing, and  he  whose  name  initiates  this  review  was 
the  ninth  in  order  of  birth.  He  is  the  youngest  son 
and  was  a  child  of  about  three  years  at  the  time 
of  the  death  of  the  mother. 

Ezra  R.  Whitla  was  something  like  four  years  old 
at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to  Kansas,  and 
there  he  was  reared  to  years  of  maturity.  After 
duly  availing  himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  pub- 
lic schools,  including  a  high  school  course,  he  en- 
tered the  University  of  Kansas,  in  the  law  depart- 
ment of  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1902  and  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws.  He  was  forthwith  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the 
Sunflower  State,  and  after  having  served  a  brief 
professional  novitiate  at  Olathe,  in  that  state,  until 
1903*  he  came  to  Idaho  and  established  his  resi- 
dence at  Coeur  d'Alene,  where  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  general  practice.  He  has  a  substantial 
business  of  a  representative  order,  and  he  served 
as  prosecuting  attorney  for  Kootenai  county  from 
1904  to  1906.  Mr.  Whitla  is  an  uncompromising 
advocate  of  the  principles  and  policies  for  which 
the  Republican  party  has  ever  stood  sponsor,  and 


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which  he  believes  shall  again  prevail  in  national 
affairs,  notwithstanding  the  results  of  the  erratic 
general  election  of  November,  1912.  He  has  been 
a  most  active  worker  in  the  party  cause,  and  he  has 
been  a  delegate  to  each  state  convention  of  the 
party  in  Idaho  from  the  time  of  establishing  his 
home  in  this  commonwealth,  as  has  he  also  to  each 
Republican  county  convention  in  Kootenai  county. 
He  is  an  enthusiastic  believer  in  the  great  future 
of  Idaho,  a  state  whose  attractions  and  advantages 
he  considers  unrivaled,  and  he  is  ever  ready  to  do 
all  in  his  power  to  further  those  measures  and 
enterprises  which  tend  to  advance  the  material  and 
civic  welfare  of  his  home  city,  county  and  state. 

Mr.  Whitla  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  State  Bar 
Association  and  the  Kootenai  County  Bar  Associa- 
tion, and  is  affiliated  with  the  York  Rite  bodies  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  served  as 
master  of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  lodge  of  Ancient  Free 
&  Accepted  Masons.  He  has  an  attractive  home  in 
Coeur  d'Alene,  and  one  of  its  greatest  attractions 
is  its  fine  private  library,  in  addition  to  which  he 
possesses  a  comprehensive  and  select  law  library. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitla  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  the  latter  is  also  a  popular 
factor  in  the  leading  social  activities  of  her  home 
city,  where  she  holds  membership  in  various  clubs 
and  literary  organizations. 

Mr.  Whitla  is  a  member  of  the  directorate  of  the 
Exchange  National  Bank  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  and  also 
of  the  Kootenai  County  State  Bank  at  St.  Maries. 
He  also  is  a  stockholder  in  several  other  corpora- 
tions of  importance  in  Coeur  d'Alene  and  other 
points  in  this  part  of  the  state. 

At  Coeur  d'Alene,  on  the  i8th  of  July,  1906,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Whitla  to  Miss 
Mary  U.  Williams,  daughter  of  J.  R.  and  Anna 
E.  Williams.  The  three  children  of  this  union  are 
Walter  W.,  Mary  E.  and  Blanche  M. 

Mr.  Whitla  has  won  advancement  through  his  own 
ability  and  his  well  directed  efforts,  and  it  was 
largely  through  his  own  labors  that  he  defrayed 
the  expenses  of  his  higher  academic  and  professional 
training.  He  assumed  practical  responsibilities  when 
a  boy  of  about  ten  years,  when  he  obtained  work 
on  a  Kansas  farm,  at  the  princely  stipend  of  fifty 
cents  a  day.  Later  he  was  employed  in  connection 
with  the  hardware  and  implement  business  con- 
ducted by  one  of  his  older  brothers,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  be  thus  engaged  about  five  years,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  time  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  McCormick  Harvesting  Machine  Company, 
with  which  he  was  engaged  in  various  capacities 
during  the  summer  months,  his  winters  being  de- 
voted to  educational  work.  By  such  means  he 
earned  enough  money  to  pay  the  entire  expenses 
of  his  college  courses.  He  is  a  young  man  of 
energy  and  ambition,  and  has  won  distinctive  suc- 
cess within  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Idaho. 

CYRUS  JOSEPH  STANFORD.  In  the  splendid  task  of 
reclaiming  Idaho's  wonderful  latent  resources,  one 
of  the  men  who  deserve  credit  for  yeoman  service 
as  a  homesteader  and  is  now  enjoying  the  materializa- 
tion of  his  early  hopes  and  endeavors  is  Cyrus 
Joseph  Stanford,  whose  irrigated  ranch  lies  in  the 
valley  of  Little  Wood  River,  adjoining  the  village 
of  Cary.  Mr.  Stanford  has  lived  nearly  all  his  life 
in  the  two  western  states  of  Utah  and  Idaho,  and  his 
career  has  been  one  of  honorable  usefulness. 

Boston,  Massachusetts,  was  his  birthplace  on  Jan- 
uary 31,  1857,  and  his  parents  were  Stephen  and 
Louisa  (Forman)  Stanford,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  England,  and  from  Massachusetts  they 


made  the  long  overland  journey  to  Utah,  in  1861,  set- 
tling at  Logan,  for  a  few  years,  and  afterwards  locat- 
ing in  Salt  Lake  City.  In  Utah,  Mr.  Stanford  spent 
most  of  his  boyhood  days,  and  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  As  a  practical  profession  he 
learned  the  trade  of  ornamental  gardening,  at  which 
he  worked  for  many  years  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  in 
fact  has  been  an  ornamental  gardener  and  farmer 
all  his  life. 

In  1883,  he  took  up  a  homestead  in  the  Little 
Wood  River  valley,  remained  there  until  he  had 
proved  the  claim,  and  then  returned  to  Utah.  In 
1899  ne  brought  his  family  into  the  valley,  and  now 
has  one  of  the  most  delightful  and  at  the  same  time 
most  profitable  farms  in  this  section.  He  owns  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  vil- 
lage of  Cary,  has  it  improved  with  excellent  build- 
ings and  fences,  and  all  the  cultivated  area  is  under 
irrigation.  He  raises  a  great  variety  of  crops,  and 
his  principal  live  stock  product  is  hogs.  His  taste 
and  skill  as  a  gardener  has  caused  Mr.  Stanford 
to  beautify  his  home  in  many  ways,  and  his  resi- 
dence and  surroundings  form  a  picturesque  scene. 

In  1881  Mr.  Stanford  married  Elna  L.  Phippen, 
a  daughter  of  James  W.  and  Julia  Phippen.  Their 
six  children  are :  Elna  Pearl,  wife  of  John  R. 
Adamson;  Mirtis  Julia,  wife  of  Joseph  S.  Cooper; 
J.  Sedley;  Vermile  Louise;  Mazel  Glenn,  and  Rollo, 
who  died  in  infancy.  The  family  are  all  members 
of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  In  politics 
Mr.  Stanford  has  been  a  Democrat  since  the  time 
he  cast  his  first  vote,  but  though  always  glad  to 
do  his  part  in  making  a  better  and  more  wholesome 
community,  has  never  sought  office. 

JAMES  A.  WATERS.  Through  the  energetic  efforts 
of  such  men  as  James  A.  Waters,  the  resources  of 
Idaho  are  being  developed  to  their  proper  capacity. 
He  has  been  identified  with  the  community  about 
Twin  Falls  since  the  early  settlement  of  that  dis- 
trict, and  has  taken  the  lead  in  making  this  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  and  best  known  fruit  producing 
sections  in  the  Northwest.  He  was  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Twin  Falls  Fruit  Growers'  Association, 
and  his  fine  ranch  near  that  city  is  a  revelation 
to  all  who  can  at  all  appreciate  the  possibilities  of 
horticultural  farming  in  this  state. 

James  A.  Waters  won  his  success  after  many 
varied  experiences  and  much  hard  work,  and  has 
deserved  all  the  prosperity  which  has  come  to  him 
in  later  years.  He  was  born  at  Springville,  in 
Vernon  county,  Wisconsin,  September  29,  1862.  His 
parents  were  Charles  and  Mary  (Spencer)  Waters, 
the  father  a  native  of  Illinois  and  the  mother  of 
Indiana.  The  father,  who  was  a  farmer  and  nursery- 
man, moved  out  to  Oregon  in  1886,  was  engaged 
in  the  nursery  business  there,  and  died  December 
29,  1911.  The  mother  died  when  forty-one  years 
old.  The  youngest  in  a  family  of  six  children,  com- 
prising three  sons  and  three  daughters,  James  A. 
Waters  had  only  a  very  limited  common  school  edu- 
cation at  Springville,  and  when  only  sixteen  years 
old  left  home  to  take  up  the  battle  of  life  on  his 
own  account.  He  came  out  West  first  locating  at 
White  Salmon,  Washington,  crossing  the  Columbia 
River  from  Wood  River,  Oregon.  He  worked  two 
years  in  a  nursery,  and  for  two  years  rode  the 
range  as  a  cowboy  for  the  same  man  who  owned 
the  nursery.  His  next  venture  was  in  the  Hood 
River  country  of  Oregon,  where  he  spent  a  year 
on  a  fruit  farm.  For  two  years  he  was  employed  in 
a  saw  mill  at  Tacoma,  Washington.  At  The  Dalles, 
Oregon,  he  engaged  in  the  nursery  for  himself 
from  1884  to  1889.  It  was  as  a  result  of  these  vari- 


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o\is  experiences  and  enterprises  that  he  laid  the 
foundation  for  his  solid  success.  When  he  sold 
out  his  business  in  1889  at  The  Dalles,  he  moved 
to  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho,  where  he  established  a 
nursery,  which  he  continued  to  conduct  for  three 
years.  His  next  enterprise  was  at  Zillah  in  Yakima 
county,  Washington,  where  he  was  in  the  nursery 
and  fruit  business  and  also  handled  cattle  there.  In 
1899  he  returned  to  Coeur  d'Alene,  and  continued 
in  the  fruit  and  cattle  business  until  1904.  In 
September  of  that  year,  lie  arrived  at  Twin  Falls, 
a  little  village  of  sixty  inhabitants,  and  then  just  at 
the  beginning  of  its  development.  Nearly  all  of  the 
land  thereabout  was  still  in  the  hands  of  the  gov- 
ernment, and  Mr.  Waters  filed  on  a  claim  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  a  mile  and  a  half  north 
and  east  of  the  post  office,  at  the  same  time  buying 
a  relinquishment  on  the  other  forty  acres  for  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  This  gave  him  a  quarter 
section  of  land,  and  since  it  came  under  his  pro- 
prietorship he  has  made  it  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
ranches  adjacent  to  Twin  Falls.  WThen  it  is  con- 
sidered that  less  than  ten  years  ago  it  was  govern- 
ment land,  and  that  now  its  value  is  reckoned  at 
five  hundred  dollars  an  acre,  it  is  possible  to  ap- 
preciate not  only  what  Mr.  Waters  himself  has 
done  in  its  improvement,  but  also  how  rapidly  this 
community  has  come  to  the  front  in  this  time.  Re- 
cently Mr.  Waters  sold  two  ten-acre  tracts  from 
the  estate  at  five  hundred  dollars  per  acre,  a  price 
which  set  a  value  upon  the  rest  of  the  estate.  He 
has  made  his  farm'not  only  a  business  proposition, 
but  also  a  place  of  beauty,  and  consequently  a  joy 
forever.  His  locust  grove,  known  as  Waters'  Grove, 
is  famous  for  miles  around  in  this  part  of  the  state, 
and  about  his  home  he  has  cultivated  roses  and  other 
flowers  of  all  kinds,  so  that  his  residence  is  in  a 
bower  of  beauty.  While  one  of  the  large  producers 
of  fruit,  he  also  maintains  a  splendid  nursery  of 
all  kinds  of  fruit  stock,  and  shade  trees. 

Mr.  Waters  is  also  owner  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  ranch  land  at  Rock  Creek,  and  one 
hundred  acres  of  this  is  planted  in  orchards.  Along 
with  fruit  growing  he  has  made  a  success  of  dairy- 
ing, and  at  the  Rock  Creek  Ranch  keeps  a  herd  of 
one  hundred  high-grade  Jersey  cattle,  with  twenty 
cows  of  the  same  breed  on  his  home  place  at  Twin 
Falls.  Few  places  in  cities  are  better  equipped  with 
the  facilities  for  comfortable  living  than  Mr.  Waters' 
home  at  Twin  Falls.  A  pumping  plant  furnishes 
water  to  all  parts  of  his  residence,  and  grounds,  and 
both  house  and  barns  are  lighted  by  electricity. 
These  facilities  also  indicate  the  presence  of  all 
other  modern  conveniences. 

When  he  first  settled  in  this  locality,  Mr.  Waters 
had  to  drive  twenty  miles  to  get  hay  for  his  stock, 
and  paid  twenty  dollars  a  ton  for  that  commodity. 
For  lumber  it  was  necessary  to  go  thirty  miles  to 
Shoshone,  paying  toll  to  cross  the  Snake  River. 
At  that  time  oats  commanded  two  and  a  half  cents 
l>f r  pound,  and  other  supplies  were  in  proportion. 
In  contrast  with  that  time  when  there  were  practi- 
cally no  local  crops,  at  the  present  day,  the  Twin  Falls 
neighborhood  cart  not  be  excelled  anywhere  in  the 
state  for  its  variety  and  qualities  of  crops.  In  1911 
Mr.  Waters  was  the  leading  spirit  in  the  organization 
of  the  Twin  Falls  Fruit  Growers'  Association,  served 
as  its  first  president,  and  is  still  one  of  its  di- 
rectors. Since  1907  he  has  been  chairman  of  the 
school  board  of  Twin  Falls,  and  during  this  time 
the  board  has  built  in  1911-12  one  of  the  finest  school 
houses  in  the  inter-mountain  country,  a  building 
that  would  do  credit  to  any  city  in  the  country. 
Mr.  Waters  has  been  connected  with  school  boards 


in  the  different  communities  where  he  has  had 
his  home  for  the  past  twenty-one  years,  and  is  one 
of  the  best  friends  and  workers  for  educational  ad- 
vancement in  Idaho.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  has  never  been  willing  to  accept  office  except  in 
local  affairs,  such  as  on  a  school  board.  At  one 
time  he  was  forced  to  allow  his  name  to  go  on  the 
ticket  as  candidate  for  representative  from  his  dis- 
trict, and  in  spite  of  his  personal  disinclination  to 
take  any  part  in  practical  politics  he  was  almost 
elected.  Mr.  Waters  was  made  a  Mason  in  Coeur 
d'Alene  in  1902,  and  is  now  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  Templar  Commandery.  He  is  also  affiliated 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

At  Col  fax,  Washington,  January  28,  1892,  Mr. 
Waters  married  Miss  Marie  Dodson,  who  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania.  Their  three  children  are:  Ortha, 
Essena  and  Zora,  all  of  whom  are  attending  high 
school  at  Twin  Falls. 

BERTRAM  S.  VARIAN.  Senior  member  of  the  firm 
of  Varian  &  Morris,  attorneys-at-law  at  Weiser, 
Idaho,  Bertram  S.  Varian  was  born  in  Unionville, 
Nevada,  on  May  12,  1872.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  in  their  removal  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
in  November,  1884,  and  came  to  Idaho  in  1899, 
locating  at  Weiser,  where  he  has  since  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

Mr.  Varian  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Utah,  in 
December,  1895.  His  early  education  was  in  the 
Michigan  Military  Academy  at  Orchard  Lake,  Michi- 
gan, where  he  was  a  student  for  three  years,  and 
for  a  like  period  was  in  the  University  of  Michigan. 
His  father,  Charles  S.  Varian,  is  still  in  the  active 
work  of  the  legal  profession  in  Salt  Lake  City. 
Bertram  S.  Varian  married  at  Dairy  Farm,  in  Cali- 
fornia, December  3,  1904,  Miss  Inez  Trent,  and 
their  two  children  are  Charles  L.  and  Florence  D. 
Varian. 

BENJAMIN  F.  HAYS.  Owing  to  the  exceedingly 
favorable  natural  conditions  of  Twin  Falls  county, 
Idaho,  and  the  energetic  exploitation  of  its  resources 
within  the  last  decade,  the  real  estate  business  has 
been  one  of  much  importance  there  and  one  of  great 
possibilities.  One  of  the  successful  real  estate  men 
of  this  county  is  Benjamin  F.  Hays,  of  Kimberly, 
who  first  became  identified  with  Idaho  in  1906. 

Born  in  Madison  county,  Iowa.  January  4,  1867, 
he  was  orphaned  of  his  parents  in  early  childhood 
and  from  the  age  of  nine  years  practically  made 
his  own  way  in  life.  At  first  he  was  under  the 
care  of  a  guardian  and  was  employed  as  a  farm 
boy,  continuing  thus  until  sixteen  years  of  age 
when  he  took  up  work  on  a  ranch  and  received  his 
first  remuneration  in  the  way  of  money,  his  salary 
at  the  start  being  $16  per  month.  From  this  time 
until  he  came  West  farming  remained  his  occu- 
pation. About  1900  he  went  to  Oklahoma,  where 
he  spent  six  years  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and 
then  in  the  fall  of  1906  he  came  to  Kimberly,  Idaho. 
He  took  up  a  homestead  near  Kimberly.  proved  up 
on  it  and  then  moved  to  the  town.  He  shortly 
afterward  entered  into  partnership  with  O.  G.  Zuck 
to  engage  in  their  present  business.  The  firm  does 
a  general  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business, 
operates  extensively  in  land  and  has  prospered. 
From  both  a  business  and  a  personal  standpoint 
Mr.  Hays  is  deeply  interested  in  the  development 
of  the  Twin  Falls  district  and  of  the  state  and  lends 
to  his  interest  effective  activity  in  that  direction.  In 
his  opinion  Idaho  meets  any  man  of  the  right  stamp- 
more  than  half  way  with  opportunity. 

Mr.    Hays   is   married   and  has   two   sons   and  a. 


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daughter,  namely:  William  E.,  Bessie  M.  and 
Loyd.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
Scientist,  and  fraternally  is  affiliated  with  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America.  In  political  views  he 
is  aligned  with  the  Socialist  party  but  takes  no 
part  in  political  affairs  other  than  as  a  voter.  In 
the  way  of  out-door  recreation  he  enjoys  hunting, 
fishing  and  riding,  while  among  social  diversions 
he  is  specially  interested  in  music  and  at  start  was 
leader  of  the  Kimberly  band.  Both  personally  and 
as  a  business  man  he  stands  high  in  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

JOHN  M.  McCuLLY.  Among  the  energetic  and 
progressive  business  men  of  the  younger  generation 
in  Meadows  is  John  M.  McCully,  who  although  he 
is  not  yet  forty  has  made  for  himself  a  secure  place 
in  the  business  world  and  may  be  accounted  one 
of  the  successful  men  of  the  city.  As  one  of  the 
owners  of  the  Meadows  Electric  Light  and  Power 
Plant,  he  has  aided  in  giving  Meadows  splendid 
service  along  these  lines,  and  the  plant  is  as  modern 
and  up  to  date  as  those  of  larger  cities. 

John  M.  McCully  is  a  son  of  J.  M.  McCully,  who 
was  born  in  Tennessee  and  came  to  Oregon  in  the 
very  early  pioneer  days,  when  little  was  known  of 
the  country  and  any  wild  tale  could  receive  credence. 
He  crossed  the  plains  in  1853  and  settled  in  Albany, 
Oregon,  where  he  took  up  farm  lands  and  became 
one  of  the  best  known  men  in  that  section  of  the 
state.  He  lived  to  see  Oregon  grow  into  the  great 
state  she  has  become,  dying  in  1907,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two.  He  was  married  in  Tennessee  to  Clem- 
entine Humphrey,  who  was  also  born  in  that  state. 
She  bravely  crossed  the  plains  with  her  husband, 
the  trip  taking  about  one  year,  for  they  stopped 
for  a  time  in  Missouri.  She  was  born  in  1827  and 
died  in  1903,  in  Oregon. 

Of  the  eleven  children  of  his  parents  John  M. 
McCully  is  the  youngest  child  and  is  one  of  seven 
surviving  members  of  his  family.  He  was  born  in 
Albany,  Oregon,  on  the  25th  of  November,  1873. 
The  schools  of  his  home  town  furnished  his  edu- 
cation, but  like  most  youngsters  he  was  eager  to  go 
to  work,  and  so  left  school  as  soon  as  he  was  per- 
mitted to  do  so.  He  took  up  contract  work  and 
afterwards  was  engaged  In  various  kinds  of  work 
until  he  came  to  Meadows  in  1911.  Here  he  entered 
into  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Hendricks  and  Mr. 
Krigbaum  and  they  established  the  Meadows  Elec- 
tric Light  and  Power  Company. 

This  concern  which  furnishes  Meadows  with  its 
lighting  system  and  power  plant  is  one  of  the  most 
important  enterprises  in  the  town.  The  power 
house  is  located  about  one  and  a  half  miles  from 
the  town  proper,  at  the  base  of  the  mountain,  on 
Goose  creek.  The  engines  are  ninety  horse  power 
and  the  service  which  is  rendered  the  town  of 
Meadows  is  thoroughly  satisfactory. 

Mr.  McCully  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party, 
but  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics. 

CHARLES  F.  Ross.  Running  away  from  home 
when  a  boy  has  been  the  first  conspicuous  event  in 
the  careers  of  many  men  who  later  have  found 
success,  wisdom,  and  high  standing  in  the  world. 
The  independence  of  spirit  thus  exhibited  has  often 
become  the  factor  of  most  importance  in  guiding 
its  possessor  to  the  things  most  desired  by  man- 
kind. One  of  the  best  known  ranchers  and  influen- 
tial citizens  of  the  mountain  home  district  began 
his  career  in  this  way.  Charles  F.  Ross  has  been 
identified  with  the  great  western  country,  in  many 


territories  and  states  since  boyhood,  and  his  ex- 
periences are  not  without  inspiration  to  the  new 
generation  of  youth  struggling  for  similar  rewards 
to  those  he  has  won  worthily,  and  now  enjoys. 

Born  at  Sun  Prairie  in  Dane  county,  Wisconsin, 
March  30,  1856,  Charles  F.  Ross  was  a  son  of  S.  S. 
and  Caroline  (Murray)  Ross,  the  father  a  native  of 
Otisco,  New  York,  whence  he  came  to  Wisconsin 
during  the  pioneer  period.  He  continued  as  a  farmer 
in  Wisconsin  until  about  twenty  years  ago,  when 
he  moved  out  to  Iowa,  and  later  to  South  Dakota, 
locating  at  Mound  City,  which  was  his  home  until 
1905,  when  he  came  to  Boise,  Idaho,  and  made  his 
home  with  his  son,  B.  S.  Ross.  His  death  occurred 
in  Boise  at  the  home  of  his  son  May  i,  1913,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-eight  years  and  three  months.  His 
last  resting  place  is  at  the  old  home  in  Sun  Prairie, 
Wisconsin. 

When  Charles  F.  Ross  was  eight  years  old,  his 
•  mother  died,  and  he  was  the  third  of  six  children 
who  survived  her.  His  early  schooling  was  in  a 
district  school,  located  two  and  a  half  miles  west 
of  Sun  Prairie,  and  he  had  the  advantages  of  that 
public  institution  until  he  was  about  fourteen  years 
old.  His  love  of  adventure  and  his  ambition  for 
more  diversified  scenes  than  his  home  vicinity  in 
southern  Wisconsin  could  supply,  then  led  him  to 
run  away  from  home,  and  he  first  was  in  Iowa, 
then  in  Minnesota,  and  was  in  Kansas  during  one 
of  the  last  Indian  raids  and  uprisings  in  the  western 
part  of  that  state,  during  which  time  he  belonged 
to  the  local  militia,  engaged  in  fighting  the  hostile 
Indians. 

In  1879  Mr.  Ross  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  which  at 
that  time  was  known  as  Eagle  Rock,  and  lived  there 
until  the  fall  of  1885.  He  then  located  on  the  place 
which  comprises  his  present  ranch,  then  in  Alturas 
county.  It  is  noteworthy  that  Mr.  Ross  first  came 
to  Mountain  Home  in  order  to  settle  his  uncle's 
estate,  of  which  he  had  been  appointed  adminis- 
trator. His  uncle  died  in  1887.  After  settling  the 
estate,  for  which  he  acted  as  agent,  he  determined 
to  make  his  permanent  home  in  Idaho,  and  in  1889 
bought  the  property  for  which  he  has  been  admin- 
istrator, and  now  owns  one  of  the  finest  ranch  places 
in  the  vicinity  of  Mountain  Home.  His  property 
comprises  six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  all  of  it 
under  irrigation,  and  he  raises  great  crops  of  hay 
and  grain  and  feed.  For  some  years  he  owned  a 
large  number  of  horses  and  cattle,  but  now  devotes 
practically  all  his  attention  to  the  sheep  industry 
and  runs  about  five  thousand  head  over  his  estate. 

Mr.  Ross  has  never  had  any  good  luck  in  the 
sense  that  fortune  has  fallen  to  him  except  as  a 
result  of  his  own  labor  and  good  management, 
and  he  has  acquired  his  position  and  wealth  through 
his  own  efforts  and  enterprise. 

In  politics  Mr.  Ross  is  independent,  without  as- 
pirations for  office.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  On  February  20,  1888,  he 
married  Miss  Ida  Fountain,  who  was  born  in  Mis- 
souri, a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Rhoda  Fountain, 
her  father  having  been  a  merchant,  and  also  a  law- 
yer, and  both  her  parents  being  now  deceased.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  been  born  seven  children, 
namely:  Louraine,  born  in  Boise,  and  who  mar- 
ried in  1909  J.  T.  Riley,  who  is  in  the  sheep  busi- 
ness ;  Zella,  born  on  the  ranch  in  Bennett  Creek 
in  1890,  and  now  living  at  home;  Roy,  born  on  the 
home  place  April,  29,  1892;  Chester,  born  on  the 
ranch  April  17,  1897,  and  attending  district  school 
number  nine;  Charles,  born  on  the  homestead 
November  6,  1900,  and  attending  the  same  school 


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as  his  brother  Chester;  Vclna,  born  on  the  home 
place  in  1905,  and  one  child  that  died  in  infancy. 

The  Ross  estate  has  fine  building  improvements, 
and  is  equipped  with  every  facility  and  comfort 
to  make  life  worth  living.  Mr.  Ross,  as  a  suc- 
cessful man  himself,  and  as  one  who  has  had  a  large 
range  of  experience,  sums  up  his  philosophy  of  life 
in  the  advice  to  a  young  man  to  get  a  good  educa- 
tion and  then  go  after  anything  that  may  satisfy 
his  ambition,  and  provided  his  persistence  is  equal 
to  the  task  he  is  bound  to  succeed. 

HENRY  J.  KINGSBURY.  At  this  juncture  in  a  vol- 
ume devoted  to  the  careers  of  representative  citi- 
zens of  Idaho,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  insert  a  brief 
history  of  Henry  J.  Kingsbury,  who  has  ever  been 
on  the  alert  to  forward  all  enterprises  and  meas- 
ures projected  for  the  good  of  the  general  welfare. 
Mr.  Kingsbury  is  most  successfully  engaged  in 
business  as  a  job  printer  in  Twin  Falls,  where  he 
has  a  well  equipped  printing  establishment  and 
where  he  is  the  owner  of  valuable  realty. 

Near  Bristol,  England,  October  26,  1880,  occurred 
the  birth  of  Henry  J.  Kingsbury,  who  is  a  son  of 
John  and  Mary  (Date)  Kingsbury,  residents  of 
Somerset,  England.  The  father  is  a  well-to-do 
farmer  in  the  vicinity  of  Somerset  and  for  thirty- 
five  years  has  been  incumbent  of  the  office  of  coun- 
cilor of  his  home  district.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  after  completing  the  curriculum  of  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  his  native  place,  Henry  J. 
Kingsbury  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  at  Willi- 
ton,  Somersetshire,  England,  to  learn  the  trade 
of  printer.  Subsequently  he  worked  in  London  as 
a  journeyman  printer.  In  1903,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-three  years,  he  came  to  America  and  located 
in  Chicago,  where  he  worked  in  the  leading  job 
printing  offices  for  four  years.  In  the  summer  of 
1907  he  returned  to  England  for  a  visit  and  after 
spending  several  months  at  home  came  back  to 
America.  The  next  six  months  were  spent  in 
Chicago  and  in  March,  1908,  Mr.  Kingsbury  came  to 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho.  Six  months  later  he  opened 
up  a  jobbing  office  of  his  own,  starting  with  a  lim- 
ited capital  of  less  than  one  thousand  dollars.  From 
modest  beginnings,  his  plant  has  increased  in  the 
scope  of  its  operations  until  today  it  ranks  as  the 
second  largest  job  office  in  the  state  of  Idaho.  The 
work  turned  out  is  of  high  class  order  and  Mr. 
Kingsbury  owes  his  success  solely  to  his  own  well 
directed  endeavors.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  print- 
ing illustrated  folders,  and  has  done  much  to  put 
and  keep  Twin  Falls  in  the  public  eye.  He  has  a 
fine  fruit  orchard  of  fifteen  acres  adjacent  to  Twin 
Falls  and  has  a  beautiful  little  residence  in  the  city. 

June  i,  1910,  Mr.  Kingsbury  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Flora  Hardin,  a  native  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Frank  B.  Hardin, 
of  Kimberly,  Idaho.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kingsbury  have 
one  son',  Chester.  In  religious  matters  the  Kings- 
burys  are  devout  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  in  the  different  departments  of  whose 
work  they  are  most  zealous  factors. 

JAMES  M.  LYLE,  M.  D.  The  career  of  Dr.  James 
M.  Lyle  is  a  splendid  example  of  what  may  be  ac- 
complished by  young  manhood  that  is  consecrated 
to  ambition  and  high  purpose.  He  is  a  doctor  and  a 
self-made  one  at  that,  and  he  is  recognized  through- 
out Nez  Perce  county  for  his  high  order  of  ability 
and  skill  in  healing  the  sick.  His  start  in  getting 
his  education  was  particularly  difficult,  and  in  simi- 
lar circumstances  many  young  men  would  have 
become  discouraged  and  left  the  field,  but  the  ob- 
stacles, instead  of  discouraging  Dr.  Lyle,  spurred 


him  onward,  giving  him  a  momentum  and  force 
which  have  resulted  since  the  period  of  his  first 
struggles  in  steady  progress  and  success  and  have 
brought  him  the  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has 
come  in  contact.  His  home  and  professional  head- 
quarters are  at  Peck  Idaho. 

A  native  of  Franklin,  North  Carolina,  Dr.  James 
M.  Lyle  was  born  September  16,  1876.  His  pre- 
liminary educational  training  included  a  high  school 
course  in  North  Carolina.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  he  lost  his  father  and  thereafter  he  worked 
for  several  years  at  farm  work  and  contributed  to 
the  support  of  his  widowed  mother.  Deciding  upon 
the  medical  profession  as  his  life  work,  he  began 
to  hoard  his  earnings  for  a  college  education  and 
eventually  entered  the  University  of  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee, in  the  medical  department  of  which  well 
ordered  institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1901,  duly  receiving  his  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  entered  upon  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Peck,  Idaho,  and  here 
he  has  since  maintained  his  home.  His  patronage 
is  a  large  and  lucrative  one  and  he  is  known  as 
one  of  the  most  efficient  physicians  and  surgeons 
in  Nez  Perce  county.  In  connection  with  his  life 
work  he  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  State  Medical 
Society,  the  North  Idaho  District  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Dr.  Lyle  supports  the  principles  promulgated  by 
the  Democratic  party  and  is  an  active  factor  in  the 
public  affairs  of  his  home  community.  He  is  a 
valued  member  of  the  Peck  Commercial  Club  and 
at  one  time  served  on  the  city  council.  At  present 
he  is  president  of  the  school  board  and  an  enthusi- 
astic worker  in  behalf  of  educational  matters.  He 
is  fond  of  'hunting  and  fishing  expeditions  and 
thoroughly  enjoys  a  good  public  speech.  Of  Idaho, 
he  says:  "Idaho  offers  and  pays  more  to  honest 
effort  than  any  other  state  in  the  Union.  Oppor- 
tunities are  here  for  all  and  there  is  a  market  for 
ambition  and  enterprise.  Failures  are  not  known 
here." 

April  29,  1903,  in  the  city  of  Butte,  Montana,  oc- 
curred the  marriage  of  Dr.  Lyle  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Rogers,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Rogers, 
of  Nez  Perce  county,  Idaho.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lyle 
have  three  children,  whose  names  are  here  entered 
in  respective  order  of  birth — James  M.,  Jr.,  Donald 
R.  and  Elizabeth  L. 

LESTER  T.  WRIGHT.  The  manufacturing  inter- 
ests of  a  section  of  country  are  exceedingly  im- 
portant and  their  healthy  growth  an  indication  of 
prosperity.  Directly  connected  with  this  growth  are 
the  men  whose  knowledge,  judgment,  foresight  and 
energy  are  necessary  in  the  organization  and  main- 
tenance of  these  enterprises.  Capital  with  no  wise 
directing  hand  would  be  useless  and  the  results  of 
unregulated  effort  would  be  unsubstantial.  Lester 
T.  Wright,  district  manager  and  a  stockholder  of 
the  Consolidated  Wagon  &  Machine  Company,  of 
Twin  Falls;  Idaho,  has  won  his  way,  step  by  step, 
to  his  position  through  industry,  natural  aptitude 
and  persevering  effort,  having  been  continuously 
identified  with  this  vast  concern  for  the  past  sev- 
enteen years.  Mr.  Wright  was  born  in  Ogden,  Utah. 
January  10,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  Gilbert  J.  and 
Annie  S.  (Odell)  Wright,  pioneers  of  Utah  of 
1850.  Gilbert  Wright  was  a  very  successful  busi- 
ness man  in  Utah,  where  he  carried  on  extensive 
operations  until  1806,  in  which  year  he  came  to 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  and  became  a  large  stockholder 
in  the  Consolidated  Wagon  &  Machine  Company. 
He  had  many  and  varied  realty  interests  in  Idaho 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1908, 


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his  remains  being  interred  in  the  Idaho  Falls  ceme- 
tery. He  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  Mormon 
church.  Seven  children  were  born  to  Gilbert  J. 
and  Annie  S.  Wright,  namely :  G.  G.,  general  man- 
ager for  the  Consolidated  Wagon  &  Machine 
Company  and  a  large  stockholder  therein;  Belle, 
the  wife  of  Albert  Greenwell,  of  Idaho  Falls;  EU-- 
gene,  a  merchant  of  Idaho  Falls;  Charles,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Lester  T.;  Adeline,  wife  of  Clancy  St. 
Clair,  prominent  attorney  and  Republican  state  sena- 
tor of  Idaho  Falls;  and  Genevieve,  wife  of  Arnold 
Snow,  of  Idaho  Falls. 

Lester  T.  Wright  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Ogden,  Utah,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  '  was 
sent  to  the  agricultural  college  at  Logan,  Utah,  where 
he  remained  four  years,  graduating  in  the  business 
course.  He  began  his  employment  with  the  Con- 
solidated Wagon  &  Machine  Company  in  a  minor 
position  at  a  salary  of  thirty-five  dollars  per  month 
in  1895,  and  has  been  in  the  employ  of  this  company 
to  the  present  time,  gradually  advancing,  step  by 
step,  until  he  now  holds  the  important  position  of 
district  manager,  covering  five  branches,  or  the  Twin 
Falls  financial  district.  His  interests  have  grown 
steadily,  and  this  company  now  has  seventy-three 
branch  establishments  in  Utah,  Idaho,  Nevada  and 
Montana,  and  is  the  largest  retail  wagon  and  ma- 
chinery concern  in  the  world.  It  was  organized  in 
1880  by  an  uncle  of  Mr.  Wright,  George  T.  Odell, 
and  was  known  in  the  beginning  as  Grant  Odell  & 
Company.  Mr.  Wright  is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men  of 
Twin  Falls,  and  his  sound  judgment,  shrewdness 
and  inherent  talents  make  his  advice  valuable,  and 
it  is  often  sought  on  matters  of  importance  by  his 
associates.  In  addition  to  owning  the  finest  resi- 
dence in  Twin  Falls,  Mr.  Wright  has  invested  heav- 
ily in  ranch  lands,  and  has  various  other  business 
interests  in  and  about  Twin  Falls.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can politically,  but  has  had  no  desire  to  hold  public 
office.  His  religious  belief  is  that  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  while  fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  has  passed  through 
all  the  chairs,  and  the  Elks.  He  has  numerous 
friends  in  business  and  social  life,  drawn  about  him 
by  his  integrity  and  many  admirable  traits  of  char- 
acter. A  devotee  of  hunting  and  fishing,  Mr.  Wright 
takes  frequent  outing  trips,  on  which  he  is  invari- 
ably accompanied  by  his  wife,  who  is  also  a  lover 
of  out-of-door  life  and  an  expert  with  gun  and  rod. 

On  February  4,  1904,  Mr.  Wright  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Edith  Wallis,  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  Jas.  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Tood)  Wallis.  Mr. 
Wallis  holds  the  position  of  pure  food  commissioner 
at  Twin  Falls,  and  is  state  senator  for  Idaho. 

ANDREW  J.  FULLER.  During  thirty  years  of  resi- 
dence in  southern  Idaho,  Mr.  Fuller  has  reached 
the  point  of  enviable  success  as  a  rancher,  has 
provided  liberally  for  his  family,  and  enjoys  the 
esteem  which  is  paid  to  a  man  of  enterprise  and 
square  dealing  and  one  who  follows  the  golden 
rule  in  all  his  relations  with  the  community.  Mr. 
Fuller  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  local  public 
affairs  of  Cassia  county,  and  has  lived  in  the  Rock 
Creek  district  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
having  located  here  long  before  the  era  of  irriga- 
tion and  when  all  the  settlers  were  engaged  in 
grazing  the  range  with  the  stock. 

Andrew  J.  Fuller  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine, 
where  he  was  born  March  17,  1852,  a  son  of  James 
and  Margaret  (Wentworth)  Fuller,  both  of  whom 
were  also  natives  of  Maine,  and  lived  and  died  in 
that  state.  The  father  was  a  farmer.  They  reared  a 


family  of  eighteen  children,  and  Andrew  J.  was 
seventh  in  order  of  birth.  When  he  was  four  years 
old  he  was  taken  to  live  in  the  home  of  Andrew 
J.  Frohock,  and  remained  with  him  until  he  reached 
his  majority.  In  the  meantime  he  obtained  a  limited 
common  school  education,  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
began  earning  his  own  way  by  work  in  a  stave  mill. 
Three  years  later  he  began  as  a  practical  farmer, 
and  continued  that  vocation  in  Alaine  until  1873, 
when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 

At  that  time  he  started  for  the  West,  and  finally 
reached  Nevada,  and  spent  two  years  in  work  in  a 
wood  camp  at  Mineral  Hill  in  Neyada.  From  1875 
until  1881  he  was  employed  at  different  points  in 
Nevada,  and  in  the  latter  year  came  to  Idaho,  set- 
tling on  a  tract  of  land  where  he  engaged  in 
ranching,  in  1882  moved  to  Albion,  where  he  was 
employed  in  a  livery  stable,  and  then  in  1886  moved 
to  the  Rock  Creek  neighborhood  and  took  up  a 
homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  He  at 
once  began  the  big  task  of  clearing  up  this  land, 
and  for  many  years  devoted  all  his  energy  to  the 
improvement  and  cultivation  of  his  land.  Since  that 
time  he  has  added  eighty  acres  to  the  homestead 
and  also  owns  eighty  acres  and  a  good  house  at 
Murtaugh  which  is  his  post  office.  He  is  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  cattle  raising,  and  at  the 
present  writing  has  two  hundred  head  of  cattle 
running  on  his  land  with  ten  head  of  cattle  horses 
and  eleven  head  of  range  horses. 

Few  city  homes  in  Idaho  are  more  modern  and 
better  equipped  for  comfortable  living  than  that 
of  Mr.  Fuller.  His  residence  is  piped  for  running 
water,  has  its  bath  facilities,  and  a  constant  supply 
of  hot  artesian  water  is  furnished  from  a  well  lo- 
cated about  half  a  mile  from  the  house.  The  barns 
and  all  the  other  facilities  about  the  place  are  kept 
up  in  the  best  of  condition,  and  tell  their  own 
story  about  the  prosperity  and  progressive  enter- 
prise of  Mr.  Fuller. 

In  politics  he  has  been  a  Democrat  since  casting 
his  first  vote  early  in  the  seventies.  At  the  present 
time  he  is  serving  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Dry 
Creek  precinct,  and  has  held  that  office  since  1905. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  deputy  sheriff  in 
Cassia  county,  holding  that  post  under  Sheriff  Stokes 
in  1883-84,  under  G.  F.  Marshall  in  1888-89,  and 
under  Fred  Denner  in  1892.  Mr.  Fuller  was  made  a 
Master  Mason  at  Elko,  Nevada,  in  1880,  and  held 
the  offices  of  senior  and  junior  warden  in  his  lodge. 
Among  his  various  business  interests  he  is  a  stock 
holder  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Burley,  a 
stockholder  in  the  Kimberly  Bank,  and  in  every  way 
is  a  prosperous  and  substantial  citizen. 

In  1883  Mr.  Fuller  married  Bertha  Davis,  who 
was  born  in  England,  was  brought  as  a  child  to 
America,  and  her  family  located  at  Albion,  Idaho. 
Her  marriage  to  Mr.  Fuller  resulted  in  two  children, 
Lula  and  Delia,  both  of  whom  are  married  and 
have  homes  of  their  own.  In  October,  1902,  Mr. 
Fuller  married  for  his  present  wife,  Valeria  Hamil- 
ton, a  native  of  Utah,  and  they  were  married  in 
Rock  Creek  precinct.  The  following  children  were 
born  to  the  second  marriage :  Ida  Ola,  born  in 
Oakley;  Roy  Jackson;  Everett;  and  George  Warren. 
The  first  three  children  were  born  on  the  home 
place  in  the  old  log  house  that  was  the  former 
residence  of  Mr.  Fuller.  The  youngest,  George 
Warren  Fuller  was  born  in  the  modern  home  which 
now  shelters  the  family. 

CLARENCE  M.  BOOTH.  Taken  from  any  standpoint, 
the  profession  of  law  is  one  that  demands  constant 
attention  of  its  devotees.  Official  position  often 


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claims  the  legist,  but  instances  are  not  rare  where 
men  of  public  spirit  have  given  up  public  life  to 
give  their  entire  attention  to  private  practice,  satis- 
fied that  they  can  thus  serve  their  exacting  task- 
mistress  in  a  manner  better  fitted  to  their  abilities 
and  talents,  not  only  to  their  own  material  profit, 
but  to  the  mutual  benefit  of  their  community.  Care- 
ful training  and  inherent  ability  in  his  profession 
won  for  Clarence  M.  Booth,  of  Twin  Falls,  a  posi- 
tion of  responsibility  and  trust  in  the  United  States 
government  service,  but  he  was  not  satisfied  to  settle 
in  the  rut  of  official  station,  and  his  decision  to  fol- 
low his  vocation  along  independent  lines  has  resulted 
in  material  success  and  the  winning  of  the  respect 
of  his  confreres.  Mr.  Booth  was  born  in  Nobles- 
ville,  Indiana,  August  16,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  John 
T.  and  Susan  (VVright)  Booth.  His  father,  now 
a  wealthy  retired  citizen  of  Mt.  Carmel,  Indiana,  was 
a  commissioned  officer  in  the  Confederate  army 
during  the  Civil  war,  was  seriously  wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  and  following  the  close  of  hostilities 
was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  for  many  years. 
He  has  always  been  an  active  Republican. 

After  attending  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Westfield,  Indiana,  Clarence  M.  Booth  secured  a 
clerical  position  with  the  Big  Four  railroad,  and 
after  one  year  with  that  line  was  appointed  to  an 
office  in  the  United  States  Department  of  Justice, 
at  Washington,  D.  C.  While  thus  engaged,  he  at- 
tended Georgetown  University,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1906,  and  was  then  connected  wilh 
the  Department  of  the  Interior  in  legal  work,  his 
duties  carrying  him  to  points  throughout  the  Pacific 
Northwest.  Realizing  the  opportunities  offered  to 
men  of  energy  and  ability  in  Idaho,  in  1911  he  re- 
signed his  position  and  settled  in  a  general  law 
practice  at  Hailey,  but  after  six  months  came  to 
Twin  Falls,  where  he  has  since  made  a  place  for  him- 
self among  the  leading  professional  men  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Booth  is  possessed  of  much  oratorical  ability, 
and  also  has  the  gift  of  being  able  to  write  intelli- 
gently and  entertainingly  on  matters  pertaining  to 
the  political  issues  of  the  day. 

FRED  H.  MCCONNELL.  A  worthy  representative  of 
the  energetic  younger  and  native  generation  of  Idaho 
is  Fred  H.  McConnell,  now  serving  as  surveyor  and 
engineer  of  Canyon  county.  His  claim  as  a  native 
son  of  Idaho  is  something  of  a  distinction,  for  as 
yet  the  professional,  business  and  industrial  ranks 
of  the  state  are  largely  filled  with  foreign  workers, 
contributions  from  other  of  the  great  commonwealths 
of  the  Union.  He  is  a  young  man -of  merit  and  high 
character  and  is  distinctly  an  Idaho  product,  for  he 
was  not  only  born  and  reared  here,  but  he  was  edu- 
cated in  its  leading  institution  of  learning,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Idaho,  and  thus  far  has  spent  his  profes- 
sional and  business  career  in  the  vicinity  of  his 
birth. 

His  nativity  occurred  at  Caldwell.  Canyon  county. 
July  2,  1876.  David  K.  McConnell,  his  father,  who 
was  born  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  came  overland  to 
Idaho  in  1861,  arriving  in  August,  but  he  pushed  on 
to  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  where  he  followed 
agricultural  pursuits  until  1864.  In  that  year  he 
returned  to  Idaho  and  became  a  pioneer  settler  in  the 
Boise  Valley,  where  he  gave  his  attention  to  stock- 
raising  and  agriculture  until  1879.  The  ensuing 
twenty-five  years  were  spent  near  Parma,  Canyon 
county,  Idaho,  where  he  was  very  successfully  engaged 
in  stock-raising.  In  1906  Mr.  McConnell  took  up  his 
residence  in  the  capital  city,  Boise,  and  though  prac- 
tically retired,  he  has  not  wholly  ceased  his  interest 
m  his  former  pursuits,  for  he  takes  pleasure  in  the 
conduct  of  a  little  home  place  of  ten  acres  in  the 


outskirts  of  the  city,  where  he  has  a  small  but  thriv- 
ing orchard.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but 
has  never  sought  or  desired  official  preferment,  and 
has  been  a  lifelong  Methodist,  as  was  his  father 
before  him.  Distinctly  a  "home"  man,  he  has  never 
joined  any  secret  order  or  other  society,  but  has 
always  been  very  public  spirited  as  a  citizen  and 
keenly  interested  in  the  development  of  Idaho.  He 
is  of  Irish  descent  and  springs  from  Revolutionary 
ancestry,  his  great-great-grandfather  McConnell,  the 
founder  of  the  American  branch  of  the  family,  having 
been  one  of  the  patriots  who  fought  for  indepen- 
dence. In  1871,  at  Corydon,  Wayne  county.  Iowa. 
David  K.  McConnell  was  joined  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Rogers,  a  native  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois, 
whose  parents  were  very  early  settlers  in  Iowa. 
Five  children  were  born  to  their  union,  namely : 
Cora,  who  is  now  Mrs.  J.  L.  Isenberg,  of  Caldwell. 
Idaho;  Fred  H.,  the  subject  of  this  biographical 
mention,  and  the  second  in  order  of  birth ;  Emma, 
the  wife  of  Joseph  L.  Watkins  and  now  residing  at 
Parma,  Idaho;  Mervin  C.,  a  resident  of  Caldwell, 
and  Margaret,  with  her  parents  in  Boise. 

After  completing  his  high  school  education  in 
Caldwell,  Fred  H.  McConnell  became  a  student 
in  the  University  of  Idaho  at  Moscow,  from  which 
institution  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1902,  as  a 
Bachelor  of  Science.  Here  he  has  also  qualified 
as  a  civil  engineer.  After  his  graduation  he  became 
deputy  clerk  and  recorder  of  Canyon  county,  serv- 
ing two  years,  and  following  that  he  entered  the 
United  States  Reclamation  Service,  with  which  he 
remained  identified  a  year.  In  1906  he  became  city 
engineer  of  Caldwell  and  served  four  years ;  then 
in  1910  he  entered  into  private  practice  as  a  civil 
engineer  and  surveyor  in  connection  with  his  duties 
as  county  surveyor,  to  which  office  he  was  elected 
'  in  November,  1908,  and  which  he  has  since  filled. 
In  political  views  he  is  a  Republican  and  while 
he  takes  a  lively  interest  in  party  affairs  he  has  not 
become  active  enough  to  be  termed  a  politician. 
His  religious  tenets  are  those  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  he  also  affiliates  with  the 
Phi  Delta  Theta  college  fraternity  and  with  the 
Caldwell  Commercial  club. 

On  April  10,  1907,  at  Caldwell,  Idaho,  was  sol- 
emnized his  marriage  to  Ellen,  a  daughter  of  John 
Harmon,  who  was  born  in  Minnesota.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McConnell  have  one  son,  Roger,  born  Decem- 
ber 8,  1908,  at  Caldwell. 

JAMES  W.  TANNER.  Like  many  other  successful 
journalists  of  today,  James  W.  Tanner,  editor  and 
publisher  of  the  Filer  Journal,  of  Filer,  Idaho, 
started  his  newspaper  career  in  the  humble  capac- 
ity of  "devil,"  and  has  spent  his  whole  life  in  the 
gathering  and  distributing  of  news,  gradually  work- 
ing his  way  up  the  ladder  of  success  by  repeated 
achievements,  until  he  now  stands  in  the  front  rank 
of  the  men  of  his  profession  in  Idaho,  and  wields  an 
acknowledged  influence  in  the  local  political  field. 
Mr.  Tanner  is  one  of  the  self-made  men  of  his 
section,  and  the  success  which  has  rewarded  his 
efforts,  has  come  after  years  of  earnest  enterprise 
and  steadfast  endeavor.  James  W.  Tanner  was 
born  in  Nevadaf  Iowa,  December  28,  1858.  and 
there  received  his  early  education.  As  a  lad  he 
earned  his  first  wages,  two  dollars  per  week  in 
a  printing  establishment,  and  while  learning  the 
trade  assisted  in  the  support  of  the  family  by  giv- 
ing his  parents  all  of  his  earnings.  That  he  was 
an  enterprising  and  progressive  lad  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  he 
entered  business  on  his  own  account,  establishing 
a  weekly  newspaper  at  Nevada,  known  as  the 


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Morning  Glory,  of  which  he  continued  to  be  the 
proprietor  for  one  year,  being  the  youngest  pub- 
lisher at  that  time  in  the  State  of  Iowa. 

When  about  twenty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Tanner 
removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  where  for  about 
one  year  he  was  connected  with  the  St.  Joseph 
Gazette,  and  then  went  to  Atchison,  Kansas,  to  be- 
come foreman  of  the  Daily  Patriot,  a  position  he 
held  for  four  years,  the  next  year  being  spent  on 
the  Times,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  From  the  lat- 
ter point  he  went  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he 
was  connected  with  the  World-Herald  until  1888, 
and  in  that  year  went  to  Fullerton,  Nebraska,  and 
established  the  Fullerton  Post,  which  he  conducted 
until  1910,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  spent  at 
Central  City,  where  he  conducted  the  Central  City 
Democrat.  In  1910  Mr.  Tanner  came  to  Filer  and 
established  the  Journal,  of  which  he  has  since  been 
the  editor  and  publisher.  This  is  a  Democratic  organ, 
but  aims  to  present  to  its  readers  a  fair,  unbiased 
opinion  on  all  matte'rs  of  importance.  A  neat,  well- 
printed  publication,  it  pages  are  devoted  to  the  inter- 
esting national  news  of  the  day,  together  with  all 
the  local  happenings,  and  terse,  timely  and  well- 
written  editorials.  It  endeavors  to  educate  the  read- 
ing public  into  discouraging  sensational  matter,  the 
management  believing  that  a  clean,  reliable  news- 
paper will  be  the  means  .of  ultimately  developing 
the  best  interests  of  the  community  and  its  peo- 
ple. 

On  December  29,  1885,  Mr.  Tanner  was  married 
at  Atchison,  Kansas,  to  Miss  Mellie  G.  Cook,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  R.  Cook,  of  Atchison.  They 
have  an  adopted  son,  Theodore  L.  Mr.  Tanner 
leans  toward  the  faith  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
of  which  his  wife  is  a  member.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  movement  to  erect  a  new  Methodist 
church,  his  leading  subscription  insuring  the  sue-  * 
cess  of  the  venture.  Fraternally,  he  is  connected 
with  the  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  gone 
through  all  the  chairs,  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
in  which  he  passed  through  the  chairs  and 
was  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge  for  eight 
years,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the 
Tribe  of  Ben  Hur.  For  some  time  secretary  of 
the  Filer  Commercial  Club,  at  this  time  he  is  act- 
ing in  the  capacity  of  president.  In  his  political 
views,  Mr.  Tanner  is  a  Democrat,  is  known  as  one 
of  his  party's  fighters,  is  much  in  demand  as  a  cam- 
paign orator,  and  was  nominated  by  his  party  for 
the  State  senate,  the  nomination  being  unanimous 
and  coming  to  him  unsolicited.  While  a  resident 
of  Nebraska,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic state  central  committee  for  six  years  and 
as  a  representative  in  the  legislature  for  two  terms. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  city  council  of  Filer, 
serving  a  part  of  the  time  as  president  of  that  body, 
and  during  his  administration  the  present  water 
works  system  was  installed  and  other  reforms  made. 
Theatricals,  music  and  reading  all  find  a  place  in 
his  favor,  and  he  is  the  owner  of  a  handsome  pri- 
vate library.  One  of  Filer's  most  enthusiastic  boost- 
ers, he  does  not  hesitate  in  stating  his  belief  that 
Idaho  is  destined  to  be  the  leading  state  of  the 
Union,  a  belief  that  is  only  the  stronger  because  he 
has  visited  various  other  sections  of  the  country. 

WILLIAM  E.  WILSON.  Among  the  old  families  of 
southern  Idaho  the  Wilsons  have  had  a  prominent 
place  from  the  time  when  Idaho  was  a  newly  estab- 
lished territory  on  the  western  frontier.  The  Wil- 
sons have  been  farmers  and  stock  raisers  of  the 
most  progressive  type,  and  during  the  half  century 
since  their  settlement  their  lives  have  been  led  along 
the  paths  of  quiet  industry  and  prosperity,  and  as 


farmers  and  good  citizens,  thev  have  done  their  full 
share  for  the  enrichment  of  community  life. 

Now  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Mountain 
Home  and  vicinity,  William  E.  Wilson  was  only 
two  years  old  when  the  family  came  West,  and  has 
spent  practically  all  his  life  within  the  limits  of 
Idaho.  He  was  born  in  the  state  of  Oregon,  De- 
cember 29,  1872,  the  youngest  son  and  child  of 
James  and  Nancy  Wilson. 

James  Wilson,  whose  death  occurred  on  his  farm, 
twelve  miles  west* of  Boise,  March  20,  1899,  was 
one  of  the  most  notable  of  northwestern  pioneers. 
He  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Indiana,  May 
15,  1826,  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (McCoy)  Wilson. 
'The  family  originated  in  Virginia,  Jesse  Wilson 
having  been  born  near  Morgantown  in  1800,  and 
afterwards  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Washington 
county,  Indiana.  Thus  each  generation  of  the  family 
seems  to  have  had  and  been  influenced  by  the  pioneer 
instinct.  Grandfather  Jesse  Wilson  died  in  Oregon, 
in  the  fall  of  1863.  James  Wilson  when  seven  years 
old  was  taken  to  Vigo  county,  Indiana,  where  he 
lived  until  1854.  He  then  moved  out  to  Iowa,  and 
made  his  home  in  Wayne  county,  until  the  spring 
of  1862.  At  that  time  he  set  out  across  the  great 
plains  to  Oregon,  and  from  Oregon  moved  to  Idaho 
in  March,  1864,  locating  in  a  portion  of  the  country 
that  was  then  Boise  county,  but  is  now  Ada  county. 
He  made  his  last  move  to  the  estate  where  he  died 
in  1887.  He  was  a  man  of  exceptional  business 
ability  and  at  his  death  owned  over  ten  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  Ada  and  Elmore  counties.  He 
gave  his  attention  to  the  cattle  industry,  and  is 
said  to  have  done  as  much  as  any  other  man  in  the 
state  to  build  up  and  improve  the  stock  raising 
industry.  He  introduced  into  Idaho  many  thorough- 
bred short-horn  cattle,  and  in  this  way  improved  the 
general  grade  of  cattle  raised  throughout  the  state 
When  James  Wilson  came  into  the  Boise  Valley,  his 
possessions  consisted  of  five  yoke  of  cattle,  and  a 
cash  capital  of  two  dollars  and  sixty-five  cents. 
When  he  died  he  left  an  estate  conservatively  valued 
at  sixty  thousand  dollars  and  all  of  this  was  honestly 
and  honorably  earned  by  hard  work  and  judicious 
management.  He  was  for  many  years  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  but  towards  the  end  of  his  life  was 
accustomed  to  work  for  the  man  rather  than  the 
party.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1869,  in  Boise 
Lodge,  and  was  a  loyal  member  of  the  order  until 
his  death. 

James  Wilson  was  married  May  27,  1849,  in  In- 
diana, to  Miss  Nancy  Perkins,  who  was  born  in 
Indiana,  October  15,  1832,  and  who  died  in  Ada 
county,  Idaho,  July  30,  1888.  The  six  children  of 
James  Wilson  and  wife  were:  Jesse,  who  was  born 
in  Sligo  county,  Indiana,  July  5,  1850,  and  who  after- 
wards became  a  prominent  farmer  on  the  old  Wilson 
homestead  near  Boise;  Charlotte,  born  in  Indiana, 
September  19,  1852,  and  afterwards  the  wife  of 
D.  C.  Calhoun;  Emily  J.,  born  in  Iowa,  October 
7,  1855 ;  Elizabeth  M.,  born  in  Wayne  county,  Iowa, 
February  15,  1858,  and  who  married  Phelps  Everett; 
James  Lloyd,  born  in  Iowa,  August  4,  1860.  and 
drowned  in  the  Boise  River  in  1865 ;  and  William  E. 

William  E.  Wilson  was  brought  into  Idaho  with 
other  members  of  the  family  in  1863,  and  grew  up  in 
this  state,  and  during  his  youth  attended  the  public 
schools  in  the  Boise  Valley.  He  early  became 
identified  with  the  ranching  and  stock  raising  in- 
dustry, and  for  twelve  years  was  manager  of 
the  stock  business  of  James  Wilson  &  Sons,  in  El- 
more  county.  Since  1894  his  home  ranch  has  been 
on  Bennett's  Creek,  fifteen  miles  from  Mountain 
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hundred  and  forty  acres,  and  is  one  of  the  largest 
producers  of  cattle  and  other  live  stock  in  that  lo- 
cality. 

Along  with  success  in  business  enterprise,  Mr. 
Wilson  is  a  good  citizen,  and  has  given  his  public- 
spirited  cooperation  to  every  movement  and  under- 
taking that  might  advance  the  general  welfare  of  his 
section  of  the  state.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  orders.  On  December  22,  1886,  he  married 
Miss  Anna  Daniels,  who  was  born  in  Jackson  county, 
Iowa,  August  31,  1867,  receiving  her  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  the  State  Normal  in  Kirks- 
ville.  After  one  year  of  teaching  in  Missouri  she 
came  out  to  Idaho  in  1884,  accompanied  by  her 
brother  Thomas,  who  was  then  seven  years  old. 
During  the  following  year  she  taught  a  school  in 
Elmore  county,  and  it  was  there  she  met  Mr. 
Wilson,  and  they  were  soon  afterwards  happily 
married,  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson 
are  mentioned  as  follows :  James ;  Ida ;  Maggie,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  five  years;  Lloyd;  Floyd,  born  in 
January.  1896;  Edward,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
seven  years;  Ada,  born  in  1906;  and  Everett,  born 
in  1910. 

ELMER  E.  HAAG.  It  is  but  fitting  that  such  a  new 
town  as  that  of  Filer,  Idaho,  should  number  among 
its  leading  citizens  men  who  have  just  reached  the 
prime  of  life,  for  youthful  enthusiasm  is  the  factor 
that  has  developed  the  great  interests  of  the  West, 
and  physical  strength  has  been  needed  in  combating 
conditions  in  a  new  country.  It  is  doubtful,  how- 
ever, even  in  a  state  which  boasts  its  successful 
young  men  by  the  thousands,  if  there  are  many  who, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years,  find  themselves  the 
active  directing  head  of  a  large  banking  house,  the 
interests  of  which  extend  over  a  wide  territory. 
Elmer  E.  Haag,  vice-president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Filer  State  Bank,  has  attained  this  distinction, 
as  he  was  born  July  19,  1887,  in  Livingston  county, 
Illinois.  His  father,  Andrew  H.  Haag,  was  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  married  in  Illinois  to  Caro- 
line Hack,  a  native  of  the  Prairie  state.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  Andrew  H.  Haag  followed  farming  and 
stock  raising,  became  prominent  in  Masonry,  and 
took  an  active  and  intelligent  interest  in  the 
political  problems  of  his  day.  His  death  occurred 
in  1908,  when  he  was  about  fifty-two  years  of  age, 
but  his  widow  stil  survives  and  makes  her  home  at 
Cullom,  Illinois. 

Elmer  E.  Haag  attended  the  common  schools  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  father's  farm,  the  Cullom  high 
school,  the  Grand  Prairie  Academy,  and  the  Chicago 
Law  School,  graduating  from  the  last-named  in  1908, 
with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  As  a  lad  he  displayed 
habits  of  industry  and  energy,  competently  assist- 
ing his  father  on  the  home  farm  until  he  had  com- 
pleted his  education,  and  then  becoming  private  sec- 
retary to  the  superintendent  of  Culver  Military  Acad- 
emy. Subsequently,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Swift 
&  Company,  the  Chicago  packers,  as  a  member  of  the 
selling  force,  and  on  severing  his  connection  with 
that  house  became  connected  with  a  bank  at  Gary, 
Indiana,  there  receiving  his  initiation  into  the  finan- 
cial field.  Since  coming  to  Filer,  in  1911,  Mr.  Haag 
has  been  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Filer 
State  Bank,  an  institution  that  bears  a  high  reputa- 
tion throughout  the  state.  In  the  management  of  its 
affairs,  he  has  demonstrated  his  ability  as  a  financier, 
and  has  not  only  gained  the  confidence  of  his  asso- 
ciates, but  that  of  the  people  of  his  adopted  com- 
munity. Aside  from  his  business  enterprises.  Mr. 


Haag  has  always  shown  commendable  interest  in 
public  affairs.  As  a  valued  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club,  of  which  he  has  been  president  and  is 
now  secretary,  he  has  at  all  times  been  stanch  in  his 
support  of  Idaho's  general  advantages,  and  the  op- 
portunities offered  in  Filer  in  particular,  and  no  im- 
portant movement  is  considered  complete  without 
his  co-operation.  He  appreciates  the  benefits  to  be 
secured  from  healthful  recreation,  and  when  he  can 
lay  aside  his  multitudinous  duties,  enjoys  a  hunting 
or  fishing  trip,  or  a  visit  to  a  good  baseball  or  foot- 
ball game.  He  is  also  fond  of  theatricals,  public 
speeches  and  lectures,  and  spends  a  large  part  of 
his  spare  time  in  reading.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  has  only  acted  as  a  voter.  His  religious 
connection  is  with  the  Methodist  church,  while  fra- 
ternally, he  affiliates  with  the  Masons  and  the  Odd 
Fellows. 

JOHN  E.  DAVIES,  one  of  the  prominent  and  lead- 
ing attorneys  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  joined  the  bar  of 
this  city  in  1906  and  brought  to  it  large  legal  abili- 
ties and  the  experience  gained  from  nearly  twenty- 
five  years  of  successful  practice.  He  was  born  in 
Carbondale,  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  August 
18,  1855,  a  son  of  John  D.  and  Anna  (Ellis)  Davies, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Wales.  The  father 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1833  and  followed 
farming  until  his  death.  John  E.  Davies  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Bradford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  at  Susquehanna  College,  Towanda, 
Pennsylvania.  He  left  college  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
six  and  for  some  years  afterward  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  his  uncle, 
the  Hon.  W.  T.  Davies,  who  later  became  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Pennsylvania  and  after  that  was  state 
treasurer.  He  then  traveled  throughout  the  United. 
States  for  several  years  and  finally  took  up  active 
professional  life  in  Colorado,  where  he  taught  school 
five  years  and  in  1885  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by 
the  supreme  court  of  that  state.  In  1887,  after  two 
years  of  practice  there,  he  went  to  Duluth,  Minne- 
sota, where  he  followed  law  very  successfully  until 
1906  and  during  that  period  served  two  years  as 
judge  of  the  municipal  courts  of  Duluth.  He  also 
served  as  prosecuting  attorney  of  St.  Louis  county, 
Minnesota,  four  years.  Prior  to  1894  he  was 
aligned  with  the  Republican  party  in  politics  but 
since  has  changed  his  views  and  is  now  actively  iden- 
tified with  the  Democratic  party.  He  came  to  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  in  1906  and  has  become  well  established 
as  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city.  In  1908 
he  was  nominated  on  the  Democratic  ticket  for  state 
senator  of  Idaho  but  was  defeated. 

On  December  25,  1885,  in  Denver,  Colorado,  he 
was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Frankie  I.  Guerney, 
of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  and  to  their  union  have 
been  born  five  children,  as  follows :  Winifred,  the 
wife  of  Thomas  J.  Woods  of  Twin  Falls,  the  latter  of 
whom  receives  individual  mention  in  this  work; 
Douglass  Davies,  a  prominent  railroad  contractor 
of  Washington;  Ethel,  now  the  wife  of  Kirk  Booth, 
a  pharmacist  at  Twin  Falls;  Gertrude,  now  Mrs. 
A.  M.  Gabelt,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  and  Edward, 
with  his  parents  at  Twin  Falls. 

Mr.  Davies  is  a  gentleman  of  genial  disposition 
and  unfailing  courtesy  and  by  his  strong  abilities  as 
a  lawyer  and  his  amiable  and  friendly  ways  has  in 
a  very  few  years  won  the  high  regard  of  his  pro- 
fessional associates  and  fellow  citizens  and  has  ac- 
quired a  host  of  friends.  Twin  Falls  numbers  him 
among  its  most  forceful  men. 


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HISTORY  OF 'IDAHO 


GEORGE  C.  WILEY.  Ideas  backed  with  indefatigable 
energy, — the  desire  and  power  to  accomplish  big 
things, — these  qualities  make  of  success  not  an  acci- 
dent but  a  logical  result.  The  man  of  initiative  is 
he  who  combines  with  a  capacity  for  hard  work  an 
indomitable  will.  Such  a  man  recognizes  no  such 
thing  as  failure  and  his  final  success  is  on  a  parity 
with  his  well  directed  efforts.  Since  1908  George  C. 
Wiley  has  been  a  resident  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and 
here  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  drug  business  as  a 
member  of  the  Skeels- Wiley  Drug  Company. 

Mr.  Wiley  was  born  at  Lanark,  Illinois,  November 
10,  1881,  and  he  is  the  son  of  Seth  C.  and  Eliza 
(Chaffee)  Wiley.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiley  were  both 
born  and  reared  in  Pennsylvania  and  located  in  Illi- 
nois as  young  people.  He  was  a  gallant  and  faithful 
soldier  in  the  Civil  war  for  four  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  Company  C,  Ninety-second  Illinois  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  he  participated  in  many  of  the 
most  important  battles  marking  the  progress  of  the 
war.  He  was  wounded  in  the  sanguinary  engage- 
ment at  Shiloh  and  at  the  close  of  hostilities  received 
his  honorable  discharge  as  sergeant.  During  his  ac- 
tive career  he  was  a  contractor  and  builder  of  note 
in  Lanark  but  since  1875  he  has  lived  in  virtual  re- 
tirement. He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents  of 
five  children,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  review 
was  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth. 

After  completing  the  curriculum  of  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place,  George  C.  Wiley  was  grad- 
uated in  the  Lanark  high  school  and  later  in  a  local 
business  college.  In  1903  he  entered  upon  an  ap- 
prenticeship to  learn  the  trade  of  druggist  in  the 
store  of  Joseph  L.  Bidlock,  of  Lanark.  He  re- 
mained in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Bidlock  for  the  ensuing 
six  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  passed  exami- 
.  nations  as  a  full  fledged  pharmacist.  In  1908  he 
came  to  Twin  Falls  and  entered  the  employ  of  A. 
N.  Sprague  as  drug  clerk.  Here  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  his  partner  Mr.  Skeels  and  in  July, 
191 1,  they  purchased  the  drug  store  formerly  owned 
by  the  firm  of  Goldsmith  &  Ackerman.  The  Skeels- 
Wiley  Drug  Company  controls  a  large  and  lucrative 
patronage  in  Twin  Falls  and  the  territory  normally 
adjacent  to  this  city  and  their  modern  and  beauti- 
fully appointed  store  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
concerns  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  county. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Wiley  is  deeply  and 
sincerely  interested  in  all  that  affects  the  good  of 
the  general  welfare  of  Twin  Falls  and  Idaho  at  large. 
He  is  not  an  aspirant  for  public  office  but  gives  freely 
of  his  aid  and  influence  in  support  of  all  measures 
and  enterprises  tending  to  advance  the  wheels  of 
progress.  In  fraternal  circles  he  is  a  Mason  and 
an  Elk.  He  is  popular  among  the  citizens  of  his 
home  community  and  is  accorded  the  unqualified  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  had 
business  dealings. 

In  Lanark,  Illinois,  June  14,  1905,  Mr.  Wiley  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Grace  Grove. 

WATSON  N.  SHILLING.  A  publication  of  this  order 
exercises  one  of  its  most  important  functions  when 
it  takes  under  review  the  career  of  a  pioneer  citizen 
whose  experiences  have  been  so  varied,  interesting 
and  in  many  points  thrilling  as  have  been  those  of 
the  honored  citizen  of  Rupert,  Lincoln  county,  where 
he  is  now  serving  as  the  only  postmaster  the  town 
has  ever  known,  and  also  devoting  his  attention  to 
the  development  of  his  fine  ranch  property  in  this 
vicinity.  Few  of  the  men  who  came  to  the  great 
Northwest  in  the  early  pioneer  epoch  have  lived 
up  to  the  full  tension  of  life  on  the  frontier  as  did 
Mr.  Shilling,  who  was  one  of  the  first  telegraph 
operators  sent  into  the  West  by  the  Western  Union 


Telegraph  Company,  and  who  was  stationed,  at 
various  times,  at  many  of  the  most  important  posts 
and  trading  points  in  Idaho,  Utah  and  Montana. 
He  has  a  rare  fund  of  interesting  reminiscences 
of  hardships  endured,  conflicts  with  the  Indians,  and 
other  incidents  of  the  early  days,  and  prior  to  com- 
ing to  the  West  he  had  served  as  a  valiant  soldier 
of  the  Union  in  the  Civil  war.  Even  these  brief 
statements  indicate  somewhat  of  the  rare  career 
that  has  been  his,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  the  pub- 
lishers of  this  work  to  be  able  to  present  even 
an  epitome  of  his  life  history.  A  man  of  unbounded 
courage,  of  inflexible  integrity,  of  broad  mental 
ken  and  of  the  most  kindly  and  sympathetic  nature, 
he  has  known  the  great  West  long  and  well,  and  in 
the  intervening  years  none  has  known  him  save  to 
admire  and  respect,  so  that  his  circle  of  friends  is 
coincident  with  that  of  his  acquaintances. 

Mr.  Shilling  is  a  native  of  the  old  Buckeye  state, 
but  he  was  reared  to  maturity  in  Michigan,  to  which 
state  he  accompanied  his  parents  when  he  was  about 
twelve  years  of  age.  He  was  born  near  Massilon, 
in  Stark  county,  Ohio,  on  the  24th  day  of  April, 
in  1840,  and  is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Marie  (Rogers) 
Shilling,  natives  respectively  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio.  The  father  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  he 
passed  the  closing  years  of  his  life  near  where  the 
subject  of  this  narrative  was  born.  He  died  in 
1886.  His  wife  was  a  resident  of  Paw  Paw,  Mich- 
igan, at  the  time  of  her  death,  in  1900,  and  there 
her  remains  were  laid  to  rest,  her  age  at  the  time  of 
her  passing  having  been  sixty-seven  years.  Of  the 
eight  children  of  these  parents  only  two  are  living, 
Watson  N.,  of  this  review,  and  Martha,  who  is 
the  widow  of  Frederick  W.  Eames,  a  man  of  rare 
inventive  genius,  and  she  resides  in  the  city  of 
Muskegon,  Michigan. 

In  the  common  schools  of  Cass  county,  Michigan, 
Watson  N.  Shilling  gained  his  early  education,  and 
he  was  identified  with  farm  work  in  that  section 
of  the  state  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war.  His  youthful  patriotism  was  roused  to  re- 
sponsive protest,  and  he  promptly  tendered  his  service 
in  defense  of  the  Union.  In  August,  1861,  when  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  First  Michigan  Cavalry,  as  a  member  of 
Company  M.  He  proceeded  with  his  command  to 
the  front  and  it  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  He  made  a  most  valiant  record  as  a 
member  of  this  gallant  regiment  which  saw  its  full 
quota  of  arduous  service  and  he  took  part  in  many 
of  the  important  battles  marking  the  progress  of 
the  great  conflict  between  the  North  and  the  South. 
Among  the  more  important  engagements  in  which 
Mr.  Shilling  participated  may  be  mentioned  Second 
Bull  Run  and  Gettysburg,  and  he  also  took  part  in 
many  others,  as  well  as  innumerable  skirmishes  and 
minor  engagements.  In  July,  1863,  at  Gettysburg, 
he  was  captured  by  the  enemy  and  sent  to  Libby 
Prison,  at  Richmond,  Va.,  and  served  six  weeks 
here,  and  on  Belle  Isle  in  James  River,  but  his 
exchange  was  effected  about  six  weeks  later,  when 
he  promptly  rejoined  his  command.  He  was  in 
active  service  for  four  years  and  three  months, 
covering  virtually  the  entire  period  of  the  long  and 
sanguinary  conflict,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was 
sent  with  his  regiment  and  the  remnant  of  General 
Custer's  brigade  to  fight  the  Indians  in  the  then 
Territory  of  Colorado.  They  were  stationed  at 
.Fort  Collins  until  November  of  that  year,  when  they 
were  mustered  out  and  marched  back  to  Fort  Leaven- 
worth,  where  they  disbanded.  This  gave  to  Mr. 
Shilling  his  first  taste  of  life  in  the  mountain  regions 
and  he  returned  the  following  spring,  continuing 


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here  ever  since,  making  the  Rocky  Mountain  region 
his  permanent  home. 

It  is  not  permissible  to  pass  over  this  portion  of 
Mr.  Shilling's  most  active  military  career  without 
more  than  a  mere  cursory  mention  of  his  part  in  the 
Indian  service  following  the  Civil  war,  and  his 
familiarity  with  conditions  among  the  Indians  after 
he  left  the  army.  He  had  served  through  the  war 
in  General  Custer's  brigade,  and  by  reason  of  this 
his  interest  was  doubly  keen  in  the  horrible  Custer 
Massacre  that  was  perpetrated  by  the  Sioux  Indians 
in  1876.  At  that  time  Mr.  Shilling  was  living  among 
the  Bannock  and  Shoshone  tribes  on  the  Fort  Hall 
Indian  Rest-nation  in  Eastern  Idaho  and  he  was 
therefore  in  a  position  to  note  well  the  effect  of 
the  activities  of  the  Sioux  on  these  seemingly  peace- 
ful tribes.  In  times  of  Indian  disturbances,  it  is 
a  well  established  fact  that  the  various  tribes  have 
a  means  of  communication  that  is  unknown  to  the 
whites,  and  at  this  time  these  tribes,  seemingly  sepa- 
rated most  effectively,  became  very  restless  and  excit- 
able. It  was  evident  that  communication  was  being 
held  with  the  Sioux  and  other  tribes,  but  what  they 
meant  was  not  known.  In  1877,  the  Nez  Perces,  one 
of  the  allied  tribes  of  the  Bannock  and  Shoshones, 
went  on  the  war  path,  committing  a  number  of 
serious  depredations  that  included  the  murder  of  a 
number  of  whites,  before  aid  could  come  from  the 
soldiers,  and  in  the  autumn  of  that  year  they  were 
overtaken  and  beaten  into  submission  in  Yellow- 
stone Park  by  the  regular  army.  During  the  two 
years  in  which  these  activities  were  being  carried 
on  the  Fort  Hall  Indians  were  in  a  constant  state 
of  excitement,  one  Bannock  Indian  becoming  so 
furious  that  he  set  out  to  do  personal  violence,  with- 
out waiting  for  the  word  of  the  chief.  He  satisfied 
himself  with  shooting  two  drivers  of  freight  wagons, 
within  a  few  rods  of  the  trading  post  occupied  by 
Mr.  Shilling  and  his  family,  and  escaped  to  the 
mountains,  but  was  in  the  fall  of  that  year  captured 
and  brought  to  trial,  being  sentenced  to  the  peni- 
tentiary. One  of  his  friends,  bent  upon  revenge, 
shot  a  white  cattle  herder  who  was  in  the  employ 
of  Mr.  Shilling,  killing  his  victim  within  a  few  feet  of 
the  door  of  his  (Shilling's)  residence.  Two  com- 
panies of  infantry  and  one  of  cavalry  were  sent  to 
the  scene  (the  Indians  rising  up  most  alarmingly 
when  once  they  had  a  taste  of  blood),  and  their 
presence  there  was  necessary  until  the  spring  of  1878, 
when  the  Bannocks  set  out  upon  the  war  path  in 
real  earnest,  under  their  chief,  Buffalo  Horn,  while 
the  Shoshones  remained  neutral.  Mr.  Shilling,  lo- 
cated in  the  midst  of  these  only  half  peaceful  tribes, 
had  many  opportunities  to  study  the  character  and 
instincts  of  the  Indian,  and  many  a  thrilling  experi- 
ence was  his  during  the  years  of  the  unsettled  In- 
dian question  in  the  West. 

After  the  war,  Mr.  Shilling  had  learned  the  trade 
of  a  telegrapher,  and  when  he  had  perfected  him- 
self in  that  art  he  went  to  Colorado,  in  the  service 
of  the  Western.  Union  Telegraph  Company,  and 
for  the  long  period  of  twenty-nine  years  that  marked 
the  era  of  struggle  and  development  in  the  great 
West  he  wa%  employed  by  that  company  throughout 
the  Rocky  Mountain  districts.  In  the  early  days  he 
was  placed  in  many  perilous  oositions.  incidental 
to  his  vocation,  and  he  gained  a  wide  and  intimate 
knowledge  of  conditions  in  the  pioneer  epoch,  when 
civilization  was  guiding  its  course  toward  the 
western  star  of  empire.  From  1866  to  1885  Mr. 
Shilling  was  employed  as  a  telegraph  operator  in 
the  central  part  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming,  also 
in  Utah,  Montana  and  Idaho  and  he  also  acted  as 
stage  and  express  agent  on  the  old  Overland  route, 


prior  to  the  establishing  of  railroads.  During  1866-7 
the  stockade  post  in  which  he  was  stationed  was 
attacked  by  Indians  and  the  man  in  charge  of  the 
stock  was  riddled  by  arrows,  the  live  stock  being 
driven  away.  It  was  about  this  time  that  two 
engineers,  employed  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
on  a  preliminary  survey,  were  scalped  by  marauding 
Indians.  The  unfortunate  men  were  brought  to  Mr. 
Shilling's  station  for  burial.  Soon  after  these  events, 
Mr.  Shilling  was  removed  at  his  personal  request, 
to  Helena,  the  present  capital  of  the  state  of  Mon- 
tana, and  there  he  assisted  in  installing  and  placing 
in  operation  the  first  office  in  Helena,  on  the  first 
telegraph  line  entering  Montana.  He  served  as 
operator  at  this  point  for  a  time,  and  was  then  sent 
to  Idaho  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  telegraph  office 
at  Ruddy's  Station,  on  the  site  of  the  present  village 
of  Arimo,  Bannock  county.  In  the  spring  of  1869 
he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  office  at  Echo,  Utah, 
and  while  thus  engaged  he  witnessed  the  laying  of 
the  last  rail  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  connect- 
ing it  with  the  Central  Pacific,  at  Promontory  Point, 
that  state.  He  next  assumed  charge  of  the  office 
at  Ogden,  Utah,  where  he  remained  until  the  spring 
of  1870,  when  he  again  came  to  Idaho  and  took 
charge  of  the  office  at  Malad  City,  Oneida  county, 
Idaho.  In  1874  he  was  transferred  to  Blackrock 
station,  between  McCammon  and  Pocatello,  and  he 
was  there  when  an  attempted  stage  robbery  took 
place,  in  which  the  driver  of  the  stage  was  shot  and 
fell  from  his  seat.  One  Joe  Pinkham,  who  was 
United  States  marshal  for  Idaho  at  the  time  (and 
is  now  in  charge  of  the  United  States  assay  office 
at  Boise,  Idaho),  was  sitting  beside  the  driver.  He 
seized  the  reins  and  drove  the  stage  to  Blackrock 
station,  in  charge  of  Mr.  Shilling,  where  the 
wounded  driver  died  twenty-four  hours  later.  In 
1876  Mr.  Shilling  was  transferred  to  the  Fort  Hall 
Indian  Agency,  in  Idaho,  where  he  not  only  served 
as  telegraph  operator  and  stage  and  express  agent, 
but  also  received  an  appointment  as  government 
licensed  trader  on  the  reservation.  There  he  re- 
mained for  ten  years,  within  which  oeriod  occurred 
three  successive  Indian  wars,  mentioned  in  a  pre- 
ceding paragraph,  and  which  are  matters  of  historical 
moment  today.  At  the  time  of  the  ever  memorable 
Custer  massacre,  Mr.  Shilling,  who  had  served  long 
under  that  gallant  soldier  during  the  Civil  war,  had 
the  distinction  of  receiving  and  sending  to  the  out- 
side world  the  first  message  concerning  the  disaster. 
The  message  was  transferred  to  him  by  and  from 
the  station  of  Pleasant  Valley,  in  charge  of  Lee 
Mantle,  who  later  represented  Montana  in  the 
United  States  Senate  and  who  was  at  that  time 
operating  a  stage  station  in  Pleasant  Valley,  the 
nearest  point  to  Fort  Hall,  from  which  news  of  the 
massacre  might  be  sent.  The  messenger  who 
brought  the  news  over  the  intervening  distance,  of 
about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles,  compassed 
the  journey  by  three  hours  less  than  the  prior  record 
time,  and  Mr.  Shilling  promptly  telegraphed  the  dire 
information  to  the  office  at  Salt  Lake  City,  whence 
it  was  given  out  to  the  world. 

In  1884  Mr.  Shilling  was  elected  a  delegate  from 
Idaho  to  the  Republican  National  Convention  in 
Chicago,  the  same  convention  that  nominated  Hon. 
James  G.  Blaine  for  the  presidency.  After  leaving 
Fort  Hall  he  maintained  his  residence  principally 
at  Blackfoot,  and  was  in  Ogden,  Utah,  for  about 
eight  years,  to  which  place  he  moved  in  order  to 
secure  better  educational  facilities  for  his  children. 
Whila  there  he  was  active  in  civic  life,  and  served 
one  term  as  superintendent  of  the  city  schools  and 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  as  well  as  serving 


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two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of 
the  University  of  Utah.  Mr.  Shilling  devoted  him- 
self chiefly,  to  the  stock  business  until  1904,  when 
he  secured  pre-emption  claim  to  ranch  lands  in  Lin- 
coln county,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Minidoka 
Irrigation  Project.  He  opened  the  first  merchandise 
store  in  Rupert  in  1905,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
appointed  postmaster  of  the  embryonic  town,  being 
the  first  postmaster  of  the  place,  and  thus  far  the 
only  one,  for  he  is  still  the  incumbent  of  the  office. 
In  1908  he  disposed  of  his  mercantile  business,  in 
order  to  give  his  supervision  to  the  developing  and 
other  improving  of  his  lands,  of  which  he  owns  quite 
an  acreage  in  the  vicinity  of  Rupert. 

Ever  a  stalwart  and  well  fortified  supporter  of 
the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Shilling 
has  given  effective  service  in  behalf  of  its  cause.  In 
the  autumn  of  1878  he  was  nominated  for  the  legis- 
lature as  a  representative  of  Oneida  county,  this 
action  having  been  taken  against  his  personal  wishes, 
and  while  he  was  declared  elected,  his  opponent  (a 
Mr.  Webster,  of  Franklin,)  entered  contest  on  a 
minor  technicality,  and  Mr.  Shilling  was  not  himself 
sufficiently  interested  to  make  any  protest  or  take 
action  to  protect  himself,  so  that  his  opponent  re- 
ceived the  coveted  office.  Mr.  Shilling  has  given 
other  public  service  than  that  mentioned  in  connec- 
tion with  his  residence  in  Osrden.  In  an  early  day 
he  was  chairman  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Blackfoot  Asylum,  and  was  later  a  member  of  the 
board  of  the  St.  Anthony  Industrial  School.  He 
also  served  one  term  on  the  directorate  of  the  State 
Normal  at  Albion.  It  may  be  mentioned  here  that 
he  was  again  appointed  to  a  place  on  that  board  in 
the  winter  of  1912-13,  but  was  legislated  out  of  office 
before  he  came  to  service  by  reason  of  the  passage 
of  an  act  placing  all  state  institutions  under  a  board 
of  control. 

Mr.  Shilling  has  long  been  affiliated  with  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  in  which  he  served  as  Grand  Master 
of  the  Jurisdiction  of  Utah,  besides  having  held 
official  chairs  in  the  commandery  and  chapter.  He 
also  holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  his  continued  interest  in  his  old 
comrades  of  the  Civil  war  is  shown  by  his  earnest 
affiliation  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
Large  of  heart  and  mind,  his  career  has  been  marked 
by  sturdy  application  and  unvarying  kindness,  and 
his  word  is  as  good  as  any  bond  ever  issued  under 
the  highest  authority.  He  is  at  all  times  ready  to 
lend  his  influence  in  support  of  measures  and  enter- 
prises tending  to  advance  the  civic  and  material 
progress  and  prosperity  of  his  home  town,  county 
and  state,  and  few  of  the  surviving  pioneers  of  the 
northwest  are  better  known  or  have  a  wider  circle 
of  stanch  friends.  Devoted  to  his  family,  Mr.  Shill- 
ing has  found  his  greatest  happiness  in  the  ideal 
associations  of  his  home  and  he  has  given  to  his 
children  the  best  available  educational  advantages. 

On  the  1 6th  of  December,  1871,  at  Malad,  Idaho, 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Shilling  to  Miss 
Angelina  Harrison,  who  was  born  in  England  and 
who  was  a  child  at  the  time  of  the  family  emigration 
to  America.  Concerning  the  seven  children  of  this 
union,  the  following  brief  data  are  entered  in  con- 
clusion of  this  review :  Mae  S.  is  the  wife  of  Newell 
U.  Carpenter,  a  bank  president  of  Portland,  Oregon ; 
Newton  F.  is  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the  offices  of 
the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  at  Pocatello, 
Idaho;  Alta  is  the  wife  of  Harrv  R.  Dalrymple,  of 
Columbus,  Ohio,  a  highly  respected  college  graduate 
and  following  a  successful  business  in  an  educa- 
tional line ;  George  R.  is  an  official  of  the  govern- 
ment health  department  at  Manila,  Philippine 


Islands ;  Ruby  D.  became  the  wife  of  Floyd  Angel, 
a  civil  engineer  of  high  standing  in  the  Reclamation 
Service  of  the  United  States  and  a  resident 
of  Hailey,  Idaho,  where  her  death  occurred  in 
August,  1909;  Lucile  E.  is  the  wife  of  Frank  J.  Larue, 
a  successful  hardware  merchant  at  Rupert  and  a 
member  of  the  council  of  that  thriving  town ; 
and  Jack  H.  likewise  resides  in  Rupert,  where 
he  is  a  member  of  a  survey  corps.  The  max- 
imum loss  and  bereavement  in  the  life  of  Mr. 
Shilling  was  that  which  came  on  the  3pth  of 
June,  1912,  when  his  loved  and  cherished  wife  and 
helpmeet  was  summoned  to  another  world.  She 
was  a  woman  of  noble  character,  gentle  and  kindly, 
and  ever  held  the  affectionate  regard  of  all  who  came 
within  the  sphere  of  her  influence.  Her  remains 
were  laid  to  rest  besides  those  of  her  daughter,. 
Mrs.  Angel,  in  the  cemetery  at  Hailey,  Idaho,  the 
judicial  center  of  Elaine  county.  All  of  the  children 
of  Mr.  Shilling  are  well  placed  in  life,  and  it  should 
be  noted  here  that  each  of  his  three  married  daugh- 
ters has  one  little  daughter. 

HOWARD  M.  SKEELS  is  a  young  man  of  unusual 
enterprise  and  initiative.  Self-made  in  the  most 
significant  sense  of  the  word,  he  made  his  own  way 
through  college  and  without  assistance  has  become 
one  of  the  prominent  and  representative  business 
men  of  Twin  Falls,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  as  a  member  of  the  Skeels-Wiley  Drug 
Company. 

A  native  of  Swantpn,  Vermont,  Howard  Martin 
Skeels  was  born  April  4,  1885,  and  he  is  a  son  of 
Lucius  W.  and  Lucy  (Hastings)  Skeels,  the  former 
of  whom  was  a  native  of  Vermont  and  the  latter 
of  Canada.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  active  career  and  he 
was  a  man  of  prominence  in  his  home  community, 
having  been  selectman  and  an  office  holder  in  his 
county  prior  to  his  demise.  Mrs.  Skeels  survives 
her  honored  husband  and  is  now  living  in  Swanton, 
Vermont.  She  is  a  woman  of  most  gracious  per- 
sonality and  one  who  is  deeply  beloved  by  all  who 
have  come  within  the  sphere  of  her  gentle  influence. 

The  fourth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  five 
children,  Howard  M.  Skeels,  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  Vermont  and  was  graduated  in 
the  Swanton  high  school  as  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1902.  Thereafter  he  was  engaged  in  various 
lines  of  occupation  during  his  spare  moments,  the 
while  attending  college  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mjchigan.  He 
was  graduated  in  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1907, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  In  1908 
he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  here  found  em- 
ployment as  a  drug  clerk.  July  8,  1911,  he  entered 
into  a  partnership  alliance  with  George  C.  Wiley 
and  organized  the  Skeels-Wiley  Drug  Company, 
which  purchased  the  business  of  Goldsmith  &  Ack- 
erman,  formerly  one  of  the  leading  drug  stores  in 
Twin  Falls.  During  the  year  that  has  elapsed  to 
the  present  time,  in  1912,  Messrs.  Skeels  and  Wiley 
have  demonstrated  their  business  ability  beyond  all 
question  and  their  concern  now  stands  as  the  lead- 
ing drug  business  in  Twin  Falls. 

Mr.  Skeels  is  an  ardent  Republican  in  his  politi- 
cal proclivities  and  in  a  fraternal  way  is  affiliated 
with  the  Benevolent  &  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  believes  firmly  in  the  future  of  Twin  Falls  and  is 
the  owner  of  a  great  deal  of  valuable  business  prop- 
erty in  this  city.  His  success  is  the  outcome  of  his 
own  well  directed  endeavors  and  a  splendid  future 
in  the  business  world  is  predicted  for  him.  He  is 
a  good  mixer  and  has  many  good  friends  in  this 
section  of  the  state. 


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August  6,  1912,  Mr.  Skeels  married  Miss  Ruby 
Ashmore,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Margaret  (St. 
Ranier)  Ashmore,  pioneer  citizens  of  Nebraska. 

DR.  Louis  J.  PERKINS.  Among  the  prominent  phy- 
sicians and  surgeons  of  Lewiston,  Idaho,  is  Louis  J. 
Perkins,  M.  D.,  who  is  especially  prominent  as  a 
surgeon  of  a  high  order  of  ability.  But  it  is  not 
only  as  a  member  of  the  medical  profession  that  Dr. 
Perkins  is  known  and  respected  in  Lewiston,  for  he 
takes  an  active,  part  in  both  business  and  civic  af- 
fairs, being  the  owner  and  manager  cf  a  fine  ranch 
and  serving  as  mayor  of  the  city.  He  is  a  man  of 
wide  experiences,  who  has  lived  under  conditions 
that  have  made  him  first  a  man  and  then  a  doctor, 
and  his  warm  personal  interest  in  his  patients  some- 
times has  as  much  to  do  with  his  success  as  his  un- 
questioned ability.  He  is  a  man  whom  Lewiston  feels 
proud  to  see  in  the  position  of  chief  executive. 

Louis  J.  Perkins  was  born  in  Van  Buren  county, 
Iowa,  on  the  I2th  of  March,  1866.  His  parents  were 
Austin  J.  and  Rhoda  (Wildman)  Perkins,  promi- 
nent residents  of  Van  Buren  county.  Austin  J.  Per- 
kins was  born  in  Kentucky  and  his  wife  was  a  native 
of  Indiana.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  all  of  his 
life,  but  like  his  son,  he  was  always  interested  in 
public  affairs  and  played  an  active  part.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  school  board  and  assessor  of  Van 
Buren  county  for  years,  and  held  a  number  of  pther 
public  offices.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  now  dead. 

Louis  J.  Perkins  was  the  fourth  of  the  seven  chil- 
dren of  his  parents,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Keosauqua,  Iowa,  first  completing  the  work  of 
the  grammar  school  and  then  being  graduated  from 
the  high  school.  He  attended  the  Dexter  Normal 
School  for  the  next  two  years  and  then  taught  school 
in  Van  Buren  county  for  several  years.  He  had  by 
this  time  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  medical 
profession  was  the  one  which  he  desired  to  enter, 
so  having  saved  his  money  in  expectation  of  just 
this  use  for  it,  he  now  entered  the  Kepkuk  Medical 
College,  and  began  the  study  of  medicine.  He  was 
graduated  from  this  institution  with  the  class  of 
1892. 

The  young  doctor  first  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Mt.  Zion,  Iowa,  but  only  remained  there 
a  short  time,  accepting  an  appointment  as  physician 
to  the  Umatilla  Indian  agency  at  Pendleton,  Oregon. 
He  was  engaged  in  this  work  for  four  years,  and 
was  then  sent  to  the  Philippines,  as  an  army  surgeon, 
belonging  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Second  Hospi- 
tal Corps,  of  the  Thirteenth  Regular  Infantry.  He 
was  placed  on  duty  at  the  Santa  Mesa  Hospital  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  island  of  Luzon.  He  re- 
mained here  until  1901  when  he  resigned  to  return 
to  the  United  States.  He  here  continued  in  the 
service  of  the  government,  as  a  member  of  the  medi- 
cal service  of  the  pension  department,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  In  1903  he  resigned  this  position  and 
came  to  Lewiston,  Idaho,  to  once  more  engage  in 
regular  practice.  He  soon  had  built  up  a  flourishing 
practice  and  this  has  been  growing  constantly  until 
he  now  ranks  among  the  leading  physicians  and  sur- 
geons of  the  .city. 

Dr.  Perkins  was  elected  member  of  the  school 
board  in  1907  and  served  four  years.  He  was 
elected  mayor  of  Lewiston  in  1911.  In  politics  he 
has  always  taken, an  active  part,  being  a  stanch  up- 
holder of  the  doctrines  of  the  grand  old  party.  He 
has  been  chairman  of  the  Republican  precinct  for 
four  years.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  United 
States  examining  board  of  pensioners. 

In  the  fraternal  world  he  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the  Masons,  of 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  of  the  Eagles.  In 


the  first  mentioned  order  he  is  a  past  noble  grand. 
Dr.  Perkins  is  the  owner  of  considerable  valuable 
real  estate,  which  consists  mainly  in  his-  splendid 
ranch  in  Nez  Perec  county,  and  of  his  beautiful  home 
in  Lewiston. 

In  1888  Dr.  Perkins  was  married  to  Mamie  Nel- 
son, the  daughter  of  J.  W.  Nelson  and  Eliza  (Bonar) 
Nelson.  J.  W.  Nelson  came  into  Idaho  in  pioneer 
times  and  became  a  very  successful  rancher  and 
stockman,  as  well  as  a  leader  in  public  affairs.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nelson  are  now  deceased.  Four  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  the  Doctor  and  his  wife; 
Bessie,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Idaho, 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1912 ;  John  N.,  who  is  now 
a  student  at  his  sister's  alma  mater;  Paul  and  Ralph. 

JAMES  ANDREW  BYBEE.  No  better  illustration  is 
needed  of  what  pluck  and  determination  can  ac- 
complish when  there  is  a  foundation  of  ability  and 
ambition  than  is  shown  in  the  life-story  of  James 
Andrew  Bybee,  a  prominent  civil  engineer  of  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  and  now  surveyor  of  Twin  Falls 
county,  who  is  considered  as  an  expert  in  his  line. 
He  has  reached  this  attainment  without  a  technical 
school  training,  a  college  education,  or  even  the  full 
advantages  which  the  public  schools  afford.  It  has 
been  the  development  of  a  natural  bent  in  one  who 
had  the  resolution  and  tenacity  of  purpose  with 
which  to  overcome  adverse  conditions  and  to  plod 
steadily  toward  the  coveted  goal,  the  mastery  of 
his  chosen  profession. 

James  Andrew  Bybee  was  born  in  Uintah,  Weber 
county,  Utah,  July  2,  1865,  a  son  of  Robert  L.  and 
Jane  (Miller)  Bybee.  The  father  was  born  in 
Indiana  and  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Scotland. 
They  became  pioneer  settlers  in  Utah,  locating  in 
that  state  as  early  as  1851,  and  there  the  mother 
passed  away  when  James  A.  was  but  five  years  old. 
Robert  L.  Bybee  is  now  a  prominent  resident  of 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  a  commissioner  of  Bonneville 
county  when  it  was  created  from  Bingham  county, 
has  also  served  as  state  senator  from  Bingham 
county,  and  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Democratic 
ranks  of  the  state.  In  business  his  attention  has 
been  given  to  farming  and  ranching  and  he  is  now 
the  owner  of  valuable  ranch  lands  in  Bonneville 
county.  Of  six  children  that  came  to  him  and  his 
wife,  James  A.  is  the  youngest  son.  The  others 
were:  Betsey,  who  died  in  infancy;  Robert  L.,  whose 
death  resulted  from  a  wound  received  on  a  saw 
mill;  Francis  M.,  now  a  prominent  merchant  and 
large  realty  owner  at  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho;  Mary  A., 
the  wife  of  Anthony  Boomer,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
transfer  business  at  Idaho  Falls ;  and  Elizabeth,  the 
wife  of  Charles  W.  Poole,  state  senator  from  Fre- 
mont county  and  a  prominent  attorney  at  Rexburg, 
Idaho. 

James  A.  Bybee  received  a  haphazard  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Utah  as  his  parents  did  not 
remain  in  any  one  place  for  any  length  of  time.  As 
a  boy  his  natural  bent  came  into  evidence  in  his 
play,  which  oftenest  took  the  direction  of  laying  out 
walls,  fences  and  canals  in  miniature,  and  as  he  grew 
older  this  developed  into  a  desire  to  become  a  civil 
engineer.  His  parents,  however,  were  then  unable 
to  afford  him  a  college  training  to  gratify  this  ambi- 
tion. Opportunity  came  his  way  when  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  he  found  employment  in  the  engineer- 
ing department  of  the  Rip  Grande  Western  Rail- 
road. It  was  not  long  until  he  was  advanced  to  the 
position  of  level  man,  continuing  in  this  capacity 
for  some  time.  After  that  his  attention  was  given 
to  farming  for  some  years  but  he  never  gave  up  his 
interest  in  engineering  and  continued  to  read  along 
the  lines  of  that  profession  and  to  keep  himself  in 


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practice,  for  it  was  the  work  he  loved.  In  1903  he 
took  employment  with  the  Twin  Falls  Land  & 
Water  Company  and  continued  as  their  engineer  five 
years.  After  completing  their  project  he  opened 
offices  in  Twin  Falls  for  private  practice  as  a  civil 
engineer  and  has  been  very  successful,  having  es- 
tablished a  reputation  as  an  expert  in  this  line.  In 
1910  he  was  elected  surveyor  of  .Twin  Falls  county 
and  in  1912  was  re-elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket 
for  that  office. 

Mr.  Bybee  is  also  an  enthusiast  on  horticulture  and 
has  a  fine  fruit  orchard  of  thirty-six  acres  adjacent 
to  Buhl,  all  in  a  thriving  condition.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  filled  all  the  local 
offices  of  the  latter  order. 

Mr.  Bybee  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ozetta 
Eastman  on  July  20,  1893.  Her  parents  are  Ozro 
F.  and  Mary  E.  (Whittle)  Eastman,  now  retired 
residents  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho.  Mr.  Eastman  be- 
came a  pioneer  settler  of  Utah  in  1847  when  he 
crossed  the  plains  with  the  first  company  of  Mor- 
mons that  sought  new  homes  in  the  West,  though 
he  is  not  a  Mormon.  He  afterward  made  many 
trips  overland  from  Salt  Lake  City  to  California, 
and  passed  the  most  of  his  active  career  as  a  mer- 
chant. Mrs.  Bybee  is  the  owner  of  320  acres  of  ranch 
land  in  Twin  Falls  county.  Five  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bybee,  namely:  Ozetta,  Le- 
nora,  Genoris,  Ozro  and  Mary  E. 

CHRISTOPHER  W.  MOORE.  Among  a  goodly  num- 
ber of  highly  honored  pioneers  in  Boise,  none  has 
a  warmer  place  in  the  regard  of  the  public  than  has 
Christopher  Wilkinson  Moore,  a  distinguished  citi- 
zen of  the  city  and  for  many  years  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Idaho.  Attainment  of  a  high 
order  has  been  his  portion  in  life,  and  he  has  taken 
his  place  as  a  leader  in  connection  with  the  mam- 
moth material  enterprises  of  the  state,  as  well  as  in 
other  phases  of  life.  A  man  of  the  most  pronounced 
mentality  and  telling  individuality  and  personality, 
he  has  been  one  who  indelibly  left  his  mark  upon 
the  period  in  which  he  labored,  and  in  these  later 
years,  when  he  has  felt  it  incumbent  upon  him  to 
withdraw  in  a  measure  from  the  turmoil  of  business 
activity,  the  power  and  influence  of  his  busier  days 
is  still  pervading  the  circles  in  which  he  was  a  domi- 
nant factor  for  so  long.  The  natural  resources  of 
the  state  held  a  generous  share  in  his  interest  along 
the  lines  of  development,  and  to  him  has  long  been 
ascribed  the  credit  for  the  establishing  and  carry- 
ing out  of  enterprises  that  have  wrought  prodig- 
iously in  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the 
state  of  Idaho,  and  of  the  capital  city  of  that  state, 
wherein  he  has  so  long  made  his  home. 

Born  in  Toronto,  Canada,  on  November  30,  1835, 
Christopher  Wilkinson  Moore  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent  and  ancestry,  and  the  son  of  Christopher 
and  Eliza  (Crawford)  Moore.  These  parents  spent 
the  greater  part  of  their  lives  in  and  about  Toronto, 
where  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming  and  mer- 
chandising. Both  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
church,  and  their  lives  were  well  spent  in  every 
sense.  They  were  people  who  gained  and  retained 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who  came  within  the 
circle  of  their  acquaintance  and  when  they  departed 
this  life  they  left  many  to  mourn  their  passing.  The 
father  died  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  life  and  the 
mother  lived  to  the  age  of  sixty-six  years.  They 
became  the  parents  of  six  children. 

Christopher  W.  Moore  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Toronto  and  of  Wisconsin,  whither  the  family 
moved  when  he  was  in  his  boyhood.  On  May  5, 


1852,  when  he  was  in  his  seventeenth  year,  he  started 
with  his  parents  and  others  of  the  family  for  the 
Pacific  coast.  The  party,  which  included  others  be- 
sides his  immediate  family,  made  the  long  and 
danger-fraught  trip  across  the  plains  to  Oregon 
with  teams,  and  they  experienced  many  an  unex- 
pected hardship  before  their  western  destination  was 
reached.  Some  three  hundred  head  of  cattle  and 
horses  made  up  their  train  of  live-stock,  and  Mr. 
Moore  was  one  of  the  drivers.  The  principal  diffi- 
culty they  encountered  was  that  of  finding  feed  for 
their  stock,,  for  advance  parties  of  emigrants  with 
their  stock  had  bared  the  usual  grassy  spots,  and  it 
became  the  custom  of  Mr.  Moore  and  another  of 
the  party  to  drive  the  stock  several  miles  to  places 
where  they  might  find  feed.  There  they  would  wrap 
themselves  in  buffalo  robes  taken  for  the  purpose, 
and  lying  down,  sleep  until  break  of  day,  when  they 
would  peer  cautiously  from  their  hiding  places  in 
search  of  Indians,  then  if  the  coast  was  clear,  catch 
their  horses  and  drive  the  stock  back  to  camp.  On 
one  occasion  they  made  a  drive  of  forty  miles  in 
search  of  feed  and  water.  Reaching  Snake  river, 
they  found  there  was  nothing  for  them  unless  they 
swam  across,  where  they  could  see  an  abundance 
of  luxuriant  grass.  Mr.  Moore  and  another  young 
man  of  his  age  undertook  this  task,  and  their  self- 
imposed  task  resulted  in  the  death  of  his  companion, 
who. with  his  horse  was  caught  in  a  whirlpool.  •  The 
unfortunate  youth,  hampered  by  his  heavy  boots 
and  clothing,  although  an  excellent  swimmer,  made 
little  headway  against  the  stream,  and  before  Mr. 
Moore  could  reach  him/ sank  from  view.  Some  days 
later  his  body  was  recovered,  some  distance  down 
the  river,  in  Salmon  Falls.  This  unhappy  affair  was 
but  one  of  a  series  of  occurrences  that  marred  the 
trip  of  these  emigrants  to  the  western  coast.  But 
a  few  days  after  the  drowning  incident,  a  white 
man  was  found  dead,  not  far  from  camp,  and  though 
the  first  thought  was  that  it  was  the  deed  of  a  skulk- 
ing Indian,  they  found,  on  tracking  the  murderer  to 
the  river  bank,  that  his  footsteps  were  those  of  a 
white  man,  judging  from  the  heel  marks.  The  arrest 
of  the  man  followed,  and  it  developed  that  he  had 
wantonly  shot  down  his  victim  in  cold  blood,  because 
of  some  trifling  difference  they  had  experienced  as 
to  who  should  be  the  owner  of  a  stray  cow  they 
had  come  upon.  The  man  was  found  guilty,  and  in 
accordance  with  the  swift  justice  that  held  sway  in 
the  West  in  those  early  days,  was  promptly  blind- 
folded and  shot,  and  buried  in  the  grave  with  his 
unfortunate  victim.  So  much  for  the  more  unhappy 
experiences  of  the  western  home  seekers  in  the 
fifties. 

It  follows,  naturally,  that  the  pioneers  who  found 
homes  in  a  new  country  in  those  days  did  so  at  great 
peril  to  themselves,  and  their  efforts  in  developing 
and  bringing  up  the  new  country  to  some  semblance 
of  civilization  in  the  early  fifties  and  sixties  was  a 
work  fraught  with  the  greatest  dangers  to  life  and 
happiness.  But  they  were  all  men  cast  in  a  heroic 
mold,  and  their  work  then  bore  abundant  fruit  in 
the  seventies  and  eighties,  and  is  still  shedding  its 
influence  abroad  in  the  land  today,  when  the  state 
of  Idaho,  with  its  cities  of  metropolitan  cast  and  its 
progressive  methods,  takes  its  place  with  the  greatest 
commonwealths  of  the  Union.  The  name  of  Chris- 
topher W.  Moore  must  inevitably  have  a  lasting 
place  on  the  roster  of  those  men  who  have  been 
influential  in  bringing  about  the  present  creditable 
conditions  here  existing,  and  too  much  may  not  be 
said  in  praise  of  their  noble  efforts  and  of  the  actual 
work  they  wrought. 

When    Mr.    Moore    found    himself    settled    in    the 


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West,  he  first  concerned  himself  with  the  selling, 
buying  and  raising  of  live-stock,  shipping  principally 
to  Puget  Sound  and  Victoria,  in  British  Columbia. 
It  was  thus  that  he  gained  his  independent  start  in 
life.  In  1862  he  went  to  Northern  Idaho  and  in 
the  following  year  located  on  the  spot  where  Boise 
in  later  and  happier  years  reared  her  head  and  ad- 
vanced to  such  a  state  of  prosperity  that  she  inevi- 
tably became  the  capital  of  the  state.  Though  he 
had  no  intention  of  remaining  there  permanently 
then,  Mr.  Moore  gave  early  evidence  of  his  far- 
sightedness by  camping  on  the  site  of  the  city,  and 
throughout  the  long  intervening  years  the  place 
that  became  Boise  has  represented  his  home  and  the 
center  of  his  chief  activities.  He  has  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  development  of  its  chief 
business  interests,  especially  in  the  merchandise 
business,  with  which  he  early  became  associated. 
He  operated  stores  in  Boise,  Booneville,  Ruby 
City  and  Silver  City,  and  he  was  the  first  mer- 
chant in  Owyhee  county.  In  1867  he  joined  forces 
with  B.  M.  DuRell,  William  Roberts  and  D.  W. 
Hallard,  the  latter  becoming  a  later  governor 
of  the  state,  and  the  four  organized  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Idaho  at  Boise.  Mr.  DuRell  was 
the  first  president  and  Mr.  Moore  the  first  cashier. 
It  is  a  notable  fact  that  Mr.  Moore  is  the  sole  sur- 
vivor among  the  men  who  organized  and  established 
this  well  known  financial  institution.  For  nine  years 
he  served  as  cashier,  then  withdrew  from  that  office 
and  until  1890  he  acted  as  a  member  of  the  bank's 
directorate.  It  is  generally  conceded  in  Boise  that 
to  his  excellent  judgment  is  due  much  of  the  success 
that  came  to  this  bank,  and  he  was  known  widely 
during  the  years  of  his  financial  activity  as  a  man 
of  the  soundest  judgment  in  banking  matters,  pro- 
gressive, yet  safe  and  sane  at  all  times.  This  was 
the  second  national  bank  to  be  organized  west  of 
the  Rockies,  the  other  being  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Portland,  Oregon.  It  is  but  due  to  the  bank  and 
those  men  who  made  it  the  solid  institution  it  is  to 
say  that  it  has  been  a  decided  credit  to  the  city, 
reflecting  great  credit  upon  all  who  were  concerned 
with  it. 

Mr.  Moore,  in  the  years  of  his  business  activity, 
was  known  as  a  man  of  the  most  resourceful  mind, 
with  a  genuine  capacity  for  business  that  made  him 
a  power  in  whatever  commercial,  industrial  or  finan- 
cial circles  he  chose  to  enter.  In  various  ways  he 
has  maintained  and  promoted  the  material  welfare 
of  this  city,  some  of  which  may  be  mentioned  here 
briefly.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Artesian  Hot 
and  Cold  Water  Company  since  its  organization, 
which  furnishes  hot  and  cold  water  to  the  best  resi- 
dence district  in  Boise,  and  as  became  one  who  was 
a  true  pioneer  and  a  progressive  man  in  all  things, 
it  was  left  to  him  to  introduce  the  hot  water  heat- 
ing system  into  Boise,  his  own  home  boasting  the 
first  heating  plant.  He  was  long  a  director  of  the 
Capital  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  and  has 
been  for  years  largely  connected  with  farming  and 
stock-raising,  although  in  more  recent  years  he 
abandoned  that  work  to  the  control  of  his  sons.  In 
later  years  he'has  withdrawn  little  by  little  from  all 
connection  with  the  business  activities  of  the  city, 
and  is  content  to  take  his  ease,  secure  in  the  knowl- 
edge that  he  has  performed  his  full  share  of  the 
development  and  settlement  work  of  the  city,  county 
and  state,  and  that  others  may  take  up  his  work 
where  he  has  laid  it  down. 

Mr.   Moore  is  a  man  who  has  all  his  life  given 

his  support  to  the  principles  of  Republicanism,  and 

though  a  stanch  citizen  and  a  voter  on  every  topic 

or   question    that    arises,   he    has   never   shown   any 

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inclination  to  mix  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Pioneer  Society  of  Idaho,  of  which  he  was  long 
president,  and  has  a  lively  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
that  worthy  organization. 

On  July  3,  1865,  Mr.  Moore  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Catherine  Minear,  of  West  Vir- 
ginia, a  pioneer  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  of  Boise,  and  a  lady  who  was  greatly 
esteemed  for  the  many  Christian  graces  that  adorned 
her  personality.  Mrs.  Moore's  death  occurred 
March  26,  1911.  Three  sons  and  three  daughters 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore,  namely:  Alice, 
the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  L.  Bettis;  Laura  B.,  who  married 
J.  W.  Cunningham;  Crawford;  Anna  L.,  the  wife 
of  F.  H.  Parsons;  Marion  P.  and  Raymond  H. 

ABRAMSON  BROTHERS.  The  activity  and  enterprise 
of  any  growing  center  of  population  is  perhaps  as 
clearly  indicated  in  the  class  of  contractors  who 
look  after  its  building  interests  as  in  any  other  re- 
spect, and  it  is  with  pleasure  that  we  refer  to  the 
firm  of  Abramson  Brothers,  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho. 
They  are  men  who  stand  high  in  the  estimation  of 
our  people  as  citizens,  while  in  business  life  they 
have  already  won  most  gratifying  success. 

Joseph  A.,  Charles,  David  W.  and  Samuel  Abram- 
son were  all  born  in  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  and  they 
are  sons  of  John  and  Christine  (Johnson)  Abram- 
son, both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Sweden, 
whence  they  immigrated  to  America  in  an  early 
day  and  settled  in  Iowa.  John  Abramson  was  a 
mason  by  trade  but  after  locating  in  Iowa,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  agricultural  operations  and  was  the 
owner  of  a  finely  improved  farm  in  Monroe  county, 
that  state,  at  the  time  of  his  demise,  in  June,  1909. 
Mrs.  Abramson  survives  her  honored  husband  and 
lives  on  the  old  homestead  in  Iowa.  Two  of  her 
daughters  live  with  her,  namely — Anna,  wife  of  Gus 
F.  Peterson,  and  Thelma,  now  Mrs.  John  C.  Peterson. 

To  the  invigorating  influences  of  the  old  home 
farm  the  Abramson  Brothers  were  reared  to  matur- 
ity and  they  early  became  associated  with  their 
father  in  the  work  and  management  of  the  estate. 
All  were  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Monroe 
county,  Iowa,  and  Joseph  received  a  training  in  a 
business  college  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Joseph 
Abramson  was  the  first  of  the  brothers  to  come  to 
Twin  Falls  and  he  arrived  here  in  March,  1908. 
Charles  followed  him  later  in  the  same  year  and 
David  W.  and  Samuel  came  here  in  1910.  All  the 
brothers  were  proficient  as  carpenters  and  Joseph 
and  Charles  began  as  contractors  and  house  build- 
ers immediately  upon  their  arrival  in  this  city.  They 
met  with  such  splendid  success  in  their  new  field 
that  they  induced  the  other  two  brothers  to  come 
here  and  join  them  in  a  contracting  and  building 
partnership.  From  a  modest  beginning  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Abramson  Brothers  has  grown  steadily 
until  today  the  firm  ranks  as  one  of  the  foremost  of 
its  kind  in  Twin  Falls.  Numerous  fine  residences 
and  business  blocks  have  been  erected  by  them  and 
they  have  a  fine,  fully  equipped  workshop,  in  which 
they  recently  installed  a  planing  mill  run  by  elec- 
tricity. 

Honesty  and  fair  dealing  have  won  for  the  Abram- 
son Brothers  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  business 
world  of  Twin  Falls  and  their  future  success  has 
long  been  assured.  All  of  them,  during  their  resi- 
dence in  this  city,  have  acquired  valuable  real  estate 
holdings  here  and  are  the  owners  of  well  improved 
farming  lands  in  Twin  Falls  county.  In  connection 
with  their  contracting  business  they  handle  grain 
and  provisions  in  carload  lots  and  forward  the  same 
to  the  coast.  They  are  stalwart  Democrats  in  their 


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political  convictions  and  are  deeply  and  sincerely 
interested  in  all  that  affects  the  welfare  of  Twin 
Falls  and  the  state  at  large.  Joseph  is  affiliated  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Two  of  the  brothers  are 
single  and  two  are  married. 

December  23,  1908,  Charles  Abramson  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Sylva  Brooner,  a  native  of 
Indiana  and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Norris) 
Brooner. 

David  W.  Abramson  married  in  March,  1907,  Mary 
Smith,  of  Avery,  Iowa,  and  they  have  three  children : 
lora,  Lawrence  and  Glenn. 

CHARLES  H.  BURTON.  The  history  of  a  nation 
is.  nothing  more  than  a  history  of  the  individuals 
comprising  it,  and  as  they  are  characterized  by  lof- 
tier or  lower  ideals,  actuated  by  the  spirit  of  ambi- 
tion or  indifference,  so  it  is  with  a  state,  county  or 
town.  Success  along  any  line  of  endeavor  would 
never  be  properly  appreciated  if  it  came  with  a 
single  effort  and  unaccompanied  by  some  hardships, 
for  it  is  the  knocks  and  bruises  in  life  that  make 
success  taste  so  sweet.  The  failures  accentuate  the 
successes,  thus  making  recollections  of  the  former 
as  dear  as  those  of  the  latter  for  having  been  the 
stepping-stones  to  achievement.  The  career  of 
Charles  H.  Burton  but  accentuates  the  fact  that 
success  is  bound  to  come  to  those  who  join  brains 
with  ambition  and  are  willing  to  work.  Mr.  Bur- 
ton, an  engineer  by  profession,  has  been  a  resident 
of  Twin  Falls  since  1904  and  since  1910  he  has 
here  been  engaged  in  the  coal  business. 

A  native  of  Utah,  Charles  H.  Burton  was  born 
September  10,  1884,  and  he  is  a  son  of  John  H.  and 
Kathleen  (Ferguson)  Burton,  both  of  whom  were 
born  and  reared  in  Utah,  in  which  state  their  re- 
spective parents  were  early  pioneer  settlers.  John 
H.  Burton  was  an  architect  by  profession  but  was 
killed  in  the  beginning  of  a  very  successful  career, 
aged  thirty  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burton  had  two 
children :  Charles  H.,  of  this  notice ;  and  Phyllis 
B.,  who  is  the  wife  of  LeRoy  Clive,  of  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  Mrs.  Burton  survives  her  honored  hus- 
band and  lives  in  Salt  Lake  City. 

To  the  public  schools  of  Salt  Lake  City  Charles 
H.  Burton  is  indebted  for  his  preliminary  educational 
training,  which  discipline  was  later  supplemented  with 
a  three-year  course  in  the  University  of  Utah.  After 
leaving  college  he  was  engaged  in  the  work  of  his 
profession  for  a  period  of  ten  years  in  Utah,  Oregon, 
Washington,  Canada  and  Idaho.  For  seven  years 
of  the  above  period  he  was  employed  by  various  cor- 
porations on  railroad  and  canal  work  and  in  1904 
he  settled  in  Twin  Falls,  where  for  the  ensuing  five 
years  he  was  identified  with  engineering.  He  was 
an  important  factor  in  the  construction  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Land  &  Water  Company's  canal.  In  1909  he 
retired  from  active  engineering  and  entered  into  a 
partnership  alliance  with  H.  S.  Martin  to  conduct 
the  business  of  the  Filer  Coal  Company.  From  a 
small  beginning  and  in  spite  of  many  obstacles  the 
above  concern  has  become  one  of  the  important 
business  enterprises  in  Twin  Falls.  The  business 
controlled  in  1911  by  the  Filer  Coal  Company  was 
just  five  times  the  amount  cared  for  in  1908.  At 
different  times  Mr.  Burton  gives  his  attention  to 
engineering  and  surveying  work  but  most  of  his 
time  is  devoted  to  his  extensive  business  interests. 
He  is  a  believer  in  land  values  in  Twin  Falls 
county  and  is  the  owner  of  ranch  properties  in  the 
vicinity  of  Twin  Falls,  where  he  has  considerable 
money  invested  in  real  estate. 

In  January,  1910,  Mr.  Burton  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Rose  Etzel,  a  native  of  Iowa. 

Mr.  Burton  is  an  energetic,  active  and  progressive 


business  man  and  he  figures  prominently  in  the 
commercial  world  of  Twin  Falls.  In  1912  he  was 
elected  vice  president  of  the  Merchants  &  Manu- 
facturers Association  of  this  city,  a  position  he  is 
filling  with  credit  and  satisfaction  to  all  concerned. 
In  politics  he  is  an  unswerving  Republican  and  in 
1912  he  was  candidate  for  the  office  of  county  com- 
missioner, but  was  defeated.  He  represents  a  fine 
type  of  American  manhood  and  reflects  credit  on 
the  citizenship  of  Twin  Falls. 

BALL  BROTHERS.  For  the  past  seven  years  the 
Ball  brothers  have  been  connected  with  the  upbuild- 
ing of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  they  have  just  reason 
to  be  proud  of  the  fact  that  to  their  efforts  can  be 
traced  many  a  substantial  enterprise  or  advancement 
contributing  greatly  to  the  growth  and  prosperity 
of  this  section  of  the  state.  In  every  sense  of  the 
word  they  are  representative  citizens  and  business 
men  of  marked  capacity.  They  are  diligent  workers 
and  their  success  has  been  on  a  parity  with  their 
well  applied  endeavors.  They  are  manufacturers  of 
building  and  ornamental  stone  and  are  dealers  in 
steel,  glass  and  building  supplies. 

Natives  of  West  Liberty,  Iowa,  Harry  W.  and 
Fitch  L.  Ball  are  sons  of  Cassius  A.  and  Theona 
(Walton)  Ball,  the  former  of  whom  passed  to  eter- 
nal rest  at  Twin  Falls  July  29,  1912,  and  the  latter 
of  whom  resides  on  a  ranch  in  Twin  Falls  county. 
There  are  five  children  in  the  Ball  family :  The  two 
brothers  mentioned  herein ;  Jesse  S.,  a  rancher  in 
Twin  Falls  county,  Idaho;  Helen  Holmes,  now  Mrs. 
Paul  Sutmiller;  and  Mildred  Berry,  with  her  mother. 

To  the  public  schools  of  West  Liberty,  Iowa, 
Harry  W.  and  Fitch  L.  Ball  are  indebted  for  their 
early  educational  training.  Subsequently  Harry  W. 
was  a  student  in  a  business  college  at  Minneapolis, 
Iowa,  and  Fitch  L.  attended  the  George  school  at 
Newtown,  Pennsylvania.  The  brothers  began  their 
business  career  as  partners  in  contracting  work 
in  West  Liberty  and  later  they  located  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  For  one  year  Harry  W.  was  interested 
in  mining  projects  in  Colorado.  In  1905  they  came 
to  Twin  Falls  and  purchased  an  interest  in  their 
present  business,  which  they  now  own  exclusively. 
In  recent  years  they  purchased  land  and  erected 
the  fine  stone  factory  in  which  is  manufactured 
building  and  ornamental  stone,  the  patents  of  which 
process  are  controlled  by  them.  They  are  pioneers 
in  their  line  in  Twin  Falls  and  it  reflects  credit  on 
their  product  that  many  of  the  leading  business 
blocks  and  public  buildings,  including  the  new  high 
school  building  in  this  city,  are  ornamented  with 
the  output  of  their  factory.  The  Hollister  school 
and  business  blocks  in  Burley,  Idaho,  are  likewise 
beautified  with  stone  from  their  factory.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  stone  business  they  are  dealers  in  steel, 
glass  and  building  supplies.  Successful  and  ener- 
getic, the  Ball  brothers  are  in  perfect  accord  with 
each  other  and  this  is,  in  part,  the  secret  of  their 
splendid  achievements.  They  likewise  have  valu- 
able real  estate  holdings  in  this  city  and  are  the 
owners  of  a  finely  cultivated  ranch  in  Twin  Falls 
county. 

In  1909,  Harry  W.  Ball  married  Miss  Irene  S. 
Allen;  they  have  no  children.  Fitch  L.  Ball  was 
united  in  marriage  in  1904  to  Miss  Gay  Luse  and 
they  have  two  children :  Frances  Atwood  and  James 
Osborne. 

In  politics  Messrs.  Ball  have  usually  been  support- 
ers of  the  Republican  party.  They  have  no  aspira- 
tions for  public  office  of  any  description  but  are  lib- 
eral contributors  of  their  time  and  means  to  all 
matters  tending  to  advance  progress  and  improve- 


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ment.     Harry  W.  is  a   Mason  and  Fitch  L.  is  af- 
filiated with  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

ROBERT  P.  CHATTIN.  As  banker,  sheepman,  min- 
ing developer,  the  place  of  Robert  P.  Chattin  in  the 
business  activities  of  southern  Idaho  has  been  a 
conspicuous  one  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  was  not  a  rich  man  when  he  came  to  this  coun- 
try, nearly  thirty  years  ago.  A  capacity  for  hard 
work,  ability  to  conduct  varied  undertakings,  sound 
judgment  and  unyielding  persistence  in  his  enter- 
prises, brought  him  the  rewards  and  honors  of  busi- 
ness success,  and  he  is  today  one  of  the  most  influen- 
tial citizens  of  the  city. 

Robert  P.  Chattin  belongs  to  the  old  state  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  its  old  families. 
He  was  born  in  Rhea  county,  Tennessee,  April  3, 
1863,  a  son  of  John  D.  and  Susan  (Cooke)  Chattin. 
Both  the  father  and  grandfather  were  natives  of 
Virginia,  and  the  mother  was  born  in  Tennessee, 
where  her  parents  had  settled  after  moving  from 
South  Carolina.  The  father  was  a  merchant  at 
Washington  in  Rhea  county,  but  later  sold  his  place 
of  business,  and  on  a  farm  of  five  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  engaged  in  raising  corn  and  wheat 
and  hogs  and  cattle,  and  was  one  of  the  largest 
farmers  in  Rhea  county.  He  was  Colonel  Chattin  of 
the  Musters  in  Tennessee,  and  a  man  of  great  in- 
fluence over  a  large  community.  He  died  in  Rhea 
Springs,  Tennessee,  in  1869.  The  mother  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty-four,  on  the  old  home  plantation 
in  Tennessee.  In  politics  the  father  was  a  Whig 
during  the  early  half  of  the  century,  and  afterwards 
a  Democratic  voter  until  his  death. 

The  fourth  in  a  family  of  five  children,  Robert  P. 
Chattin's  brothers  and  sisters  were:  John  Cooke 
Chattin,  born  in  Tennessee,  in  1848,  and  who  met 
death  while  he  and  a  cousin  were  playing  with  a 
keg  of  powder  around  a  blasting  place,  the  cousin 
surviving,  though  disfigured  for  life — that  accident 
occurred  in  1863 ;  W.  F.  Chattin  was  born  on  the 
home  place  in  Tennessee  in  1859,  a"d  is  now  a 
farmer,  in  his  home  state;  Katie  C.  was  born  on 
the  old  homestead  in  January,  1862,  was  married  at 
Harriman,  Tennessee,  to  Professor  S.  W.  Tindle,  and 
has  seven  living  children ;  Marie  E.  was  born  on  the 
old  plantation  in  March,  1867,  and  died  in  1900  at 
the  age  of  thirty-four. 

Robert  P.  Chattin  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  in 
Rhea  county,  attained  a  common  school  education, 
and  from  the  time  he  was  fourteen  has  been  earn- 
ing his  own  way,  and  for  a  greater  part  of  the  time 
has  been  separated  by  a  distance  of  thousands  of 
miles  from  the  old  home  place.  He  continued  at 
work  on  the  plantation  until  he  was  twenty  years 
old  and  then  went  west,  arriving  at  Kuna,  Idaho,  in 
January,  1884.  From  there  he  rode  stage  into  Boise, 
and  after  a  week  went  out  to  Rocky  Bar  in  Alturas 
county,  getting  as  far  as  Mountain  Home,  where  he 
spent  some  time,  and  traveled  about  Rocky  Bar  and 
Blackfoot  for  some  time.  After  those  preliminary 
experiences  prospecting  about  the  state,  Mr.  Chattin 
has  had  his  home  in  Elmore  county  practically  ever 
since.  In  January,  1885,  he  returned  to  Tennessee, 
and  at  Knoxville  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  M. 
Rising,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  S.  Rising  of 
Greeneyille,  Tennessee.  In  May,  1886,  the  young 
couple  returned  to  their  future  home  in  Idaho, 
spending  the  first  summer  on  the  Boise  river,  and  in 
the  fall  returning  to  Mountain  Home.  They  spent 
another  season  on  the  Boise  river,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1887  built  their  own  residence  in  Mountain  Home. 

In  March,  1888,  the  gold  excitement  attracted  Mr. 
Chattin  out  to  Pine.  Idaho,  and  after  the  three  feet 


of  snow  had  melted  he  built  two  structures  for  mer- 
chandising purposes,  and  also  bought  a  house  for  his 
own  quarters.  He  served  as  postmaster  at  Pine 
during  1888-89,  and  in  the  latter  year  moved  to 
Rocky  Bar,  where  he  remained  until  the  fall  of  1890. 
He  then  returned  to  Mountain  Home,  and  engaged 
in  business  at  Glenn's  Ferry,  having  an  establishment 
there  which  he  sold  in  December,  1891.  'He  next 
opened  a  store  at  Mountain  Home  in  the  general 
merchandise  business,  and  continued  in  that  line 
until  1893.  In  1892  he  had  interested  himself  in  the 
sheep  business,  and  after  disposing  of  his  merchan- 
dise enterprise  at  Mountain  Home  he  went  out  to 
the  ranch,  and  gave  his  undivided  attention  to  the 
industry.  In  1894,  he  was  candidate  for  sheriff  of 
Elmore  county,  but  was  defeated.  In  1895  he  was 
again  making  his  home  at  Mountain  Home,  and 
since  that  year  has  been  chiefly  engaged  in  raising 
sheep.  In  1897  he  bought  the  Dorsey  ranch  from 
C.  W.  Howth,  comprising  about  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land.  When  he  took  control  there 
were  forty  acres  under  cultivation,  and  he  has  since 
improved  it  and  from  time  to  time  has  added  to  its 
cultivated  area  until  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
acres  of  the  old  ranch  are  now  productive  and  under 
the  plow.  He  has  increased  his  land  holdings  in  this 
vicinity  until  he  is  proprietor  of  about  twelve  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres,  with  about  600  acres  in  cultiva- 
tion, and  under  the  firm  title  of  Hein  &  Chattin  the 
ranch  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  known  in  south- 
ern Idaho.  Mr.  Chattin  was  very  active  and  promi- 
nent in  the  sheep  business  until  about  two  years 
ago,  since  which  time  he  has  spread  his  resources 
and  attention  to  a  more  varied  line  of  enterprise. 

In  1902  Mr.  Chattin  bought  the  old  Franklin  mine 
at  Pine,  Idaho,  and  continued  to  work  the  property 
until  1911.  He  then  leased  it  to  S.  W.  Berneathy. 
In  1908  the  mill  burned  down,  causing  a  great  loss 
to  its  owner,  but  in  1909  was  rebuilt  and  was  made 
the  best  equipped  plant  of  its  kind  in  the  state  of 
Idaho.  For  several  years  the  mine  produced  from 
twenty  to  twenty-five  tons  of  ore  a  day,  but  at  this 
writing  is  not  in  operation.  Mr.  Chattin  is  a  mem- 
ber of  other  business  interests  in  Pine,  where  he 
has  erected  a  number  of  buildings  for  his  own  use, 
and  in  recent  years  has  supplied  much  of  the  capital 
and  enterprise  for  various  well  known  business  and 
financial  undertakings.  In  1907  he  bought  stock  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Mountain  Home  and  has  been 
president  of  the  institution  since  1909.  He  is  also 
interested  in  the  Stock  Growers  Bank  as  a  director, 
and  is  vice  president  of  the  Bruneau  State  Bank. 
He  has  large  real  estate  holdings  besides  those 
already  mentioned,  and  much  city  property  in  Moun- 
tain Home,  and  his  homestead  near  the  latter  city 
comprises  ten  acres  of  land  beautifully  situated  and 
well  improved  for  a  comfortable  home  place.  His 
mining  and  ranching  interests  include  other  proper- 
ties than  those  just  mentioned. 

Mr.  Chattin  has  been  a  Democratic  voter  since 
he  reached  his  majority,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  very  active  in  Idaho  politics.  During  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  late  Governor  Steunenberg  he 
served  as  state  sheep  inspector  from  1897  to  1901. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  has  aided  the  work  o^ 
education  in  his  own  community  by  serving  as  trustee 
at  Mountain  Home.  He  is  a  life  member  of  Boise 
Lodge  No.  310  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  and  is  also  a  charter  member  of  thai 
lodge.  His  other  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Royal  Neigh- 
bors and  other  social  and  fraternal  bodies. 

To  the  marriage   of  Mr.   Chattin   and  wife  have 


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been  born  the  following  children:  Susan  F.,  born 
in  Rhea  county,  Tennessee,  October  29,  1885,  is  the 
owner  of  a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
adjoining  her  father's  place.  Robert  C,  born  in 
Rhea  county,  Tennessee,  June  i,  1888,  married  Miss 
Eva  Cams,  a  native  of  Boise,  their  marriage  having 
occurred  June  29,  1911.  Alice  L.,  born  in  Rocky 
Bar,  Idaho,  March  17,  1890,  now  lives  at  home. 
John  B.,  who  is  employed  in  his  father's  bank,  was 
born  at  Mountain  Home,  January  25,  1895,  and 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Mountain  Home 
in  1912. 

CARL  A.  JUNGST  has  been  connected  with  the 
meat  business  since  we  was  a  boy  of  twelve  years, 
and  it  is  little  wonder  that  he  has  been  able  to  make 
a  success  of  that  line  as  an  independent  dealer,  in 
view  of  his  long  and  exhaustive  experience  in  every 
branch  of  the  work.  When  he  was  twelve  years  of 
age  he  went  from  his  home  in  Iowa  to  North  Yak- 
ima,  Washington,  and  for  ten  years  he  was  con- 
nected in  one  capacity  of  another  with  the  meat 
business.  Then,  for  six  years,  he  was  similarly  en- 
gaged in  Ellensburg,  Washington,  after  which  he 
came  to  Twin  Falls,  and  after  three  years  of  work 
as  a  salaried  man,  he  became  the  owner  and  propri- 
etor of  his  present  business.  His  success  has  been 
sure  and  steady,  and  today  he  is  known  for  one  of 
the  solid  business  men  of  the  city. 

Born  in  Afton,  Iowa,  on  May  13,  1884,  Carl  A. 
Jungst  is  the  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Able) 
Jungst,  of  Germany  and  Iowa  respectively,  the  lat- 
ter living  at  North  Yakima,  Washington,  while  the 
former  is  deceased.  The  early  education  of  the 
boy  was  received  prior  to  his  twelfth  year  in  the 
common  schools  of  Afton,  Iowa,  but  in  later  years 
he  received  some  schooling  in  the  public  schools  of 
North  Yakima,  Washington,  whither  he  removed 
after  he  was  twelve  years  of  age.  He  earned  his 
first  money  as  a  boy  working  in  a  meat  market  in 
North  Yakima  before  and  after  school  hours  and 
during  vacation,  and  when  he  concluded  his  school 
work  he  entered  permanently  into  the  business, 
with  which  he  has  ever  since  been  identified.  For 
twelve  years  he  continued  in  the  work  in  North 
Yakima,  after  which  he  went  to  Ellensburg,  Wash- 
ington, to  accept  a  more  lucrative  position,  and  con- 
tinued there  for  six  years.  In  1906,  as  previously 
mentioned,  he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  and  here  worked 
for  three  years,  after  which  he  established  his  pres- 
ent widely  known  business  under  the  name  of  the 
Independent  Meat  Market.  From  the  first  his  ad- 
vancement in  the  favor  of  the  public  has  been  con- 
tinuous, and  today  he  is  conducting  one  of  the  flour- 
ishing establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  district.  He 
has  a  fine  place,  equipped  with  every  modern  ap- 
pliance known  to  the  business,  and  conducts  his  own 
slaughter  house. 

Mr.  Jungst  is  a  Republican,  but  is  not  an  active 
politician,  and  his  fraternal  affiliations  are  repre- 
sented by  his  membership  in  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

On  December  25,  1903,  Mr.  Jungst  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Ellensburg,  Washington,  with  Miss 
Vivian  W.  Hiddleson,  the  daughter  of  W.  P.  Hid- 
dleson,  of  Vancouver,  Washington.  Three  daugh- 
ters have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jungst,  namely: 
Anna  M.,  deceased;  Helen  G.  and  Rena  M. 

HUBERT  W.  WILSON,  M.  D.  Doctor  Wilson  in 
his  professional  service  has  been  prompted  by  a 
laudable  ambition  for  advancement  as  well  as  by 
deep  sympathy  and  humanitarian  principles  that 


urge  him  to  put  forth  his  best  efforts  in  the  allevia- 
tion of  pain  and  suffering.  He  has  gained  recog- 
nition from  the  profession  as  one  of  its  able  repre- 
sentatives and  the  trust  reposed  in  him  by  the  pub- 
lic is  indicated  by  the  liberal  patronage  awarded 
him.  For  seventeen  years  Dr.  Wilson  was  a  promi- 
nent physician  and  surgeon  in  Michigan  City,  Indi- 
ana, whence  he  removed  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in 
1909,  his  health  necessitating  the  change. 

A  native  of  Indiana,  Dr.  Hubert  Wallace  Wil- 
son was  born  in  Laporte,  that  state,  July  19,  1870, 
and  he  is  a  son  of  Hardy  and  Mary  (Whorwell) 
Wilson,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Bos- 
ton, Lincolnshire,  England,  and  the  latter  of  New 
Jersey.  Mr.  Wilson  died  in  March,  1913.  Mrs. 
Wilson  is  now  living  in  Huntington,  West  Vir- 
ginia, with  a  daughter.  Of  the  eight  children  born 
to  the  Wilsons  Dr.  Wilson  of  this  review  is  the 
only  one  in  Idaho. 

After  completing  the  course  of  studies  prescribed 
in  the  Laporte  high  school,  Dr.  Wilson  was  for  two 
years  under  a  private  tutor  in  Greenfield,  Tennessee. 
He  then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  in  the 
medical  department  of  which  excellent  institution  he 
was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1892.  He 
initiated  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Michigan  City,  Indiana,  and  resided  there  for  the 
following  seventeen  years,  during  which  time  he 
won  a  fair  name  for  himself  as  a  skilled  physician 
and  surgeon.  At  one  time  he  was  coroner  of  La- 
porte county,  Indiana,  and  for  many  years  he  was 
president  of  the  board  of  health  in  Michigan  City. 
He  was  division  surgeon  for  the  Michigan  Central 
Railroad  and  surgeon  for  the  Lake  Erie  &  Western 
Railroad  and  for  the  Haskell  &  Barker  Car  Com- 
pany, of  Michigan  City.  His  health  failing,  Dr. 
Wilson  was  forced  to  leave  the  city  where  all  his 
dearest  interests  were  centered  and  which  placed 
so  high  a  mark  of  approval  on  all  his  efforts. 

In  1909  he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  here 
entered  into  a  partnership  alliance  with  his  one- 
time pupil,  Dr.  Clouchek,  who  had  previously  set- 
tled in  this  city.  The  firm  of  Wilson  &  Clouchek, 
practicing  physicians  and  surgeons,  has  gained 
distinctive  prestige  throughout  this  section  of  the 
state  and  the  members  are  surgeons  for  the  Oregon 
Short  Line  Railroad.  Dr.  Wilson  is  affiliated  with 
the  Twin  Falls  County  Medical  Society,  of  which 
he  was  president  in  1912,  and  he  is  likewise  con- 
nected with  the  Southern  Idaho  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
in  the  time-honored  Masonic  order  is  a  Knight 
Templar  and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason.  His 
chief  recreation  is  the  hunt  and  he  is  an  expert 
rifleman,  being  the  proud  possessor  of  many  trophies 
indicative  of  his  prowess.  He  is  enthusiastic  in  his 
praise  of  Idaho  and  especially  of  Twin  Falls  county, 
believing  that  this  section  has  a  glorious  future.  He 
is  the  owner  of  extensive  ranch  lands  in  the  county 
and  has  a  beautiful  residence  in  the  city  of  Twin 
Falls.  In  every  sense  of  the  word  he  is  a  loyal  and 
public-spirited  citizen  and  is  an  active  worker  for 
the  good  of  his  home  community,  where  he  com- 
mands unqualified  confidence  and  respect. 

At  Laporte,  Indiana,  May  17,  1893,  Dr.  Wilson 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lena  M.  Buck,  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  James  H.  Buck,  who  is  now 
president  of  the  Laporte  Savings  Bank.  Captain 
Buck  is  a  Civil  war  veteran,  having  been  a  member 
of  the  Thirty-first  Regiment  of  Illinois  Infantry  dur- 
ing the  entire  period  of  the  war.  For  many  years 
he  .was  a  revenue  officer  in  Missouri.  His  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Celia  Orer,  is  deceased. 


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Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  became  the  parents  of  two 
children,  one  of  whom  is  deceased.  The  other, 
Margaret,  is  residing  with  her  parents. 

EDGAR  J.  FINCH,  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  clerk  of 
the  district  court  in  Twin  Falls  county,  is  one  of  the 
young  men  who  could  not  resist  the  alluring  call 
of  the  West.  He  was  born  March  2,  1876,  at  Albion, 
Michigan,  and  by  both  paternal  and  maternal  de- 
scent springs  from  old  and  prominent  New  York  an- 
cestry. James  Finch,  his  father,  was  a  native  of 
New  York  and  was  but  five  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  became  numbered  among  the  many  emi- 
grants from  that  state  to  Michigan  during  the  early 
settlement  of  the  latter,  their  journey  thence  having 
been  made  by  ox  team.  For  eighty  years  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  Calhoun  county,  Michigan,  where 
he  followed  farming  during  his  active  career  and 
became  very  prominent  as  a  prohibitionist.  Jane 
Cornell  Finch,  the  mother  of  Edgar  J.,  was  born 
at  De  Ruyter,  New  York,  and  was  a  sister  of  Ezra 
Cornell,  the  American  philanthropist  best  known  as 
the  founder  of  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  New  York. 
To  these  parents  were  born  eight  children,  two  of 
whom  are  deceased.  Those  living  besides  Edgar 
J.  are  Robert  F.  Finch,  a  grain  dealer  at  Ipswich, 
South  Dakota;  James  C.  Finch,  assistant  general 
freight  agent  for  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 
Railway  Company  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  Frank 
A.  Finch,  cashier  of  the  Lemmon  State  Bank,  Lem- 
mon,  South  Dakota,  and  the  first  mayor  of  that 
place;  Hattie,  now  Mrs.  Delbert  S.  Howe,  of  Home/, 
Michigan ;  and  Mary,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Melvm 
Bryant,  of  Albion,  Michigan. 

Educated  first  in  the  public  schools  of  Albion, 
Michigan,  Mr.  Finch  then  entered  Albion  College 
and  remained  a  student  there  until  eighteen  years 
of  age.  Until  he  left  the  parental  home  he  assisted 
his  father  in  farm  duties.  Upon  locating  in  Ipswich, 
South  Dakota,  he  engaged  in  the  implement,  farm 
machinery  and  hardware  business  there  and  carried 
it  on  very  successfully  six  years;  then  desiring  to 
return  to  his  native  state,  he  sold  his.  interest  in 
1904  and  spent  the  following  two  years  at  his  old 
home.  In  1908,  unable  to  resist  longer  the  appeal 
of  the  West,  he  came  to  Idaho  and  at  Filer,  Twin 
Falls  county,  again  embarked  in  the  machinery  and 
produce  business.  After  two  years'  residence  there 
he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  district  court  and  in 
1910  sold  his  business  and  removed  to  Twin  Falls, 
where  he  now  resides  and  is  engaged  in  his  official 
duties. 

Mrs.  Finch  was  Miss  Jessie  A.  Crissman  prior  to 
her  marriage,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  W.  and  Mary 
(Knisely)  Crissman.  Mr.  Crissman  is  a  prominent 
grain  dealer  at  Fessenden,  North  Dakota,  and  was  a 
pioneer  settler  in  South  Dakota.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Finch  have  three  children:  Marguerite  E.,  Roby 
Finch  and  James  C.  Finch. 

Mr.  Finch  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  and  in  poli- 
tics is  a  Democrat  and  active  in  behalf  of  Democratic 
principles.  Though  he  has  been  a  resident  of  this 
section  but  a  very  brief  period,  the  sterling  quali- 
ties of  his  character  soon  became  known  and  have 
placed  him  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
Idaho  has  not  disappointed  him,  and  in  return  has 
gained  in  him  a  good  business  man  and  one  of 
honor,  worth  and  progressive  spirit. 

HON.  FRED  W.  GOODING.  Among  the  men  who  are 
justly  entitled  to  be  enrolled  with  the  makers  of  the 

treat   commonwealth   of  Idaho   and  of  the   city  of 
hoshone  is  the  Hon.  Fred  W.  Gooding,  whose  more 
than  thirty  years  of  residence  here  has  left  its  im- 
press upon  the  entire  Northwest.     Although  reared 


in  Michigan,  and  surrounded  by  the  attractions  which 
that  region  affords,  he  early  saw  the  great  possi- 
bilities which  the  far  west  presented,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence, left  his  home  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the 
western  states.  He  possesse^  no  rich  inheritance 
nor  influential  friends  to  assist  him  in  establishing 
himself  in  business,  but  he  was  filled  with  high 
hopes  and  a  laudable  ambition  to  succeed,  and  a 
determination  which  shrank  from  no  obstacles  or 
difficulties  that  presented  themselves  to  bar  his 
progress.  If  his  ambition  was  great,  his  rise  was 
rapid,  and  in  a  few  short  years  he  became  known 
as  one  of  leading  sheep  men  of  the  Snake  river 
valley.  He  became  imbued  at  a  very  early  period 
with  the  belief  that  Idaho  was  one  day  to  become 
a  great  commonwealth,  and  there  has  been  scarcely 
any  important  enterprise  projected  within  the  past 
decade  but  what  has  found  him  in  some  way  identi- 
fied therewith.  Although  not  among  the  earliest 
settlers,  he  is  yet  a  typical  pioneer,  and  his  career 
forms  a  part  of  the  history  of  Idaho,  and  he  has 
watched  Shoshone  grow  from  a  rough  and  bois- 
terous frontier  town  to  a  metropolis  of  the  West  and 
a  center  of  commercial,  industrial  and  educational 
activity.  With  the  acquirement  of  success  along 
business  lines,  Mr.  Gooding  turned  his  attention  to 
public  matters,  and  in  the  political  arena  his  success 
has  been  as  marked  and  his  rise  as  rapid.  A  sketch 
showing  the  steps  by  which  he  has  risen  from  poor 
and  obscure  boyhood  to  a  position  as  a  leading 
figure  in  the  commercial  life  of  one  of  the  leading 
states  of  the  Northwest  should  prove  both  interest- 
ing and  instructive. 

Fred  W.  Gooding  was  born  May  8,  1856,  in  Eng- 
land, and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Wyatt) 
Gooding.  His  father  brought  the  family  to  the 
United  States  in  1867,  and  made  his  permanent 
home  in  Michigan,  in  which  state  he  followed  farm- 
ing during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six  years.  His  wife,  a  devout  Chris- 
tian woman  and  an  active  church  worker,  passed 
away  when  fifty-six  years  of  age,  and  they  were 
buried  side  by  side  in  a  cemetery  near  their  home- 
stead. Seven  children  were  born  into  their  home, 
of  whom  Fred  W.  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 
One  of  Mr.  Gooding's  brothers,  William,  still  resides 
in  Michigan,  while  three  are  residents  of  Idaho: 
Thomas  H.,  of  Shoshone;  ex-Governor  Frank  R. 
Gooding  of  Idaho,  and  Walter  J.  Gooding,  of  Good-» 
ing,  Idaho. 

Fred  W.  Gooding  started  to  work  at  the  age  of 
eight  years  in  a  lace  factory,  and  for  the  sum  of 
thirty-six  cents,  or  the  equivalent  thereof,  spent  his 
forenoons  at  a  machine,  while  his  afternoons  were 
allowed  him  to  gain  such  knowledge  as  was  afforded 
by  the  public  school  of  his  vicinity.  These  wages 
were  regularly  brought  home  to  his  mother,  and  in. 
fact,  it  continued  to  be  a  habit  to  give  his  earnings 
to  his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty- 
two  years.  Mr.  Gooding  was  eleven  years  of  age 
when  the  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and 
here  he  was  employed  on  a  Michigan  farm  until 
1879,  which  year  saw  his  advent  in  the  West.  Going 
directly  to  California,  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
for  two  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  returned 
East  on  a  visit,  and  during  this  time  took  a  course 
of  study  in  a  business  college  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana. 
He  then  came  West  again,  and  on  May  5,  1882, 
settled  at  Ketchum,  where  he  spent  about  six  years, 
following  mines  and  mining,  and  concerning  himself 
to  a  greater  or  less  degree  with  the  business  of 
cattle  raising.  He  subsequently  removed  to  a  small 
town  known  as  Toponis,  now  the  town  of  Gooding, 
where  he  bought  a  ranch  and  started  in  the  sheep 


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business,  remaining  there  about  seven  years.  In  1895 
Mr.  Gooding  came  to  Shoshone,  which  has  been 
his  home  ever  since.  Here  he  established  the  First 
National  Bank,  the  oldest  financial  institution  in 
Lincoln  county,  and  with  his  brother,  founded  the 
firm  known  as  the  Stock  Growers'  Mercantile  Com- 
pany, which  still  conducts  the  largest  establishment 
in  the  county.  Mr.  Gooding  still  retains  his  large 
sheep  interests,  owning  about  three  thousand  acres 
of  sheep  land  and  being  one  of  the  largest  taxpayers 
in  Lincoln  county.  With  his  two  brothers  he  built  the 
water-works  in  Shoshone,  as  well  as  the  electric 
light  plant,  and  was  president  of  the  company  until 
his  interests  were  disposed  of  in  July,  1912,  to  kin- 
folk.  Mr.  Gooding,  probably,  has  had  more  to  do 
with  interesting  the  public  in  the  Idaho  Irrigation 
Company  than  any  other  individual,  and  as  a  direct 
result  of  his  efforts  the  crops  of  barley  and  oats 
raised  here  are  nearly  double  the  size  of  those  in 
any  other  state  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains,  while 
the  Snake  River  -valley  is  unexcelled  as  a  potato 
growing  region.  It  is  but  natural  that  Mr.  Gooding 
should  be  enthusiastic  as  to  Idaho's  future  and  the 
opportunities  offered  to  the  ambitious  and  cour- 
ageous, for  it  has  been  the  field  wherein  he  worked 
out  his  own  success,  and  where  his  versatile  abilities 
have  had  scope  for  full  play.  He  is  convinced  that 
the  state  has  the  qualities  that  go  to  make  a  great 
wheat  country,  while  from  personal  observation  he 
has  found  that  the  failure  of  an  apple  crop  is  prac- 
tically unknown.  Idaho  owes  much  to  his  signal 
services  in  promoting  its  irrigation  work,  and  to  the 
confidence  he  has  instilled  into  the  minds  of  other 
men  of  capital  and  enterprise. 

One  of  the  greatest  enterprises  with  which  Mr. 
Gooding  has  been  identified  is  the  Good  Roads  Com- 
mission, of  which  he  was  appointed  president  and 
chairman  by  Governor  Hawley.  The  state  legis- 
lature appropriated  $80,000  to  be  used  in  this  dis- 
trict, and  the  commission  is  bent  upon  bringing  to 
perfection  one  hundred  miles  of  highway  such  as 
will  not  be  surpassed  elsewhere  in  the  West.  Mr. 
Gooding  has  long  been  an  advocate  of  this  feature 
of  development  work,  and  might  well  be  "Good 
Roads"  Gooding,  so  often  is  his  name  mentioned  in 
connection  with  the  road  building  enterprise  of  the 
state.  It  was  mainly  through  his  activities  that  the 
appropriation  was  finally  made  by  the  state,  and  the 
appointment  by  the  governor  to  the  first  place  on 
the  commission  came  as  a  distinct  recognition  of  his 
honest  ambition  to  further  the  best  interests  of  the 
people  and  the  state.  The  other  members  of  the 
commission,  which  is  one  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  Idaho,  are  A.  J.  Newman,  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  commission,  and  concerning  whom  mention 
will  be  found  at  length  in  a  sketch  under  his  name, 
and  William  Wallace.  All  are  men  of  the  highest 
integrity  and  moral  stamina,  and  in  every  way  fit 
to  have  charge  of  so  momentous  a  problem  as  that 
they  have  in  charge  at  the  present  time. 

As  a  young  man  Mr.  Gooding  identified  himself 
with  the  Republican  party,  and  its  candidates  and 
principles  have  always  received  his  hearty  support. 
While  a  resident  of  Logan  county  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner  and  upon  the  forming  of  the 
new  county  of  Elaine  received  the  appointment  to 
a  like  position.  When  Lincoln  county  was  first 
created,  he  was  made  the  first  assessor,  and  was 
elected  in  the  following  year  by  a  large  majority. 
He  was  first  sent  to  the  state  senate  in  1901,  and 
when  he  was  returned  to  that  distinguished  body  in 
1910,  was  made  president  pro  tem,  a  capacity  in 
which  he  served  for  the  term  of  two  years.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  connected  with  the  school 


board,  for  six  years  being  chairman  of  that  body, 
and  he  has  also  served  in  the  city  council  and  mayor- 
alty chair  of  Shoshone.  In  all  of  his  official  capac- 
ities he  has  shown  the  same  ability,  the  same  judicial 
mind,  the  same  capacity  for  hard  work  that  has 
characterized  all  of  his  personal  dealings.  It  may 
be  said  that  Mr.  Gooding  takes  his  greatest  pleasure 
in  strenuous  labor,  and  his  infrequent  vacations  are 
spent  in  long,  rough  tramps  through  the  woods  with 
his  gun  and  dog.  Essentially  a  man  of  the  West, 
he  delights  in  the  spirited,  stirring  work  that  is 
typical  of  the  westerner.  Mr.  Gooding  became  a 
charter  member  of  the  Idaho  Wool  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  was  president  for  two  terms, 
and  also  served  three  terms  as  president  of  the 
national  body. 

On  December  n,  1884,  Mr.  Gooding  was  married 
at  Ketchum,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Mary  L.  Griffin,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  F.  Griffin,  of  that  city, 
and  two  children  have  been  born  to  this  union: 
Edward  G.  and  Alta  E.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gooding  are 
members  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Fraternally,  Mr. 
Gooding  is  connected  with  the  Masons,  the  Elks, 
the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
has  filled  all  the  chairs  in  the  two  latter  named 
orders,  being  the  oldest  ex-chancellor  commander 
created  in  the  state.  From  what  has  been  stated 
herein  it  will  be  readily  seen  that  Mr.  Gooding  has 
led  a  busy  life,  and  his  capacity  for  work  has  rarely 
been  equalled  by  any  public  man  in  the  state.  His 
attainments  are  of  a  very  high  order,  and  there  is 
scarcely  a  subject  which  lies  outside  the  range  of 
his  study  and  observation.  It  is  to  such  men  as  he 
that  Shoshone,  the  county  and  the  state  of  Idaho 
owe  their  rapid  advancement  and  most  enlightened 
development. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  TWIN  FALLS.  The 
pioneer  and  leading  banking  institution  of  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  is  the  First  National  Bank,  which  began 
its  existence  a  few  months  after  the  opening  of  the 
city  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  has  been 
one  of  the  strongest  banking  houses  of  southern 
Idaho  and  one  of  the  most  forceful  contributing 
factors  to  the  commercial  and  industrial  stability 
of  this  remarkably  favored  section  of  the  state.  It 
was  organized  March  7,  1905,  by  Frank  F.  Johnson, 
Samuel  H.  Hays,  Philip  Wiesner,  John  M.  Maxwell 
and  I.  B.  Perrine,  men  of  large  business  acumen 
and  shrewd  foresight  who  realized  the  destined 
future  of  this  section  and  contributed  to  the  project 
not  only  for  personal  profit  but  to  give  impetus  to 
the  progress  and  development  of  the  Twin  Falls 
country.  Capitalized  at  $25,000,  it  began  its  career 
with  I.  B.  Perrine  as  president  and  John  M.  Max- 
well as  cashier  and  from  the  start  was  successful. 
Its  business  increased  very  rapidly  and  to  meet  its 
growing  demands  the  capital  has  now  been  increased 
to  $100,000  and  it  has  a  surplus  of  $25,000.  Frank 
F.  Johnson  is  now  president  of  the  bank  and  J.  E. 
Clendon  and  William  H.  Eldridge  are  vice  presidents, 
and  John  M.  Maxwell  continues  as  Us  cashier.  Under 
the  safe  and  sagacious  management  of  such  men  the 
bank  has  gained  and  holds  the  unqualified  confi- 
dence of  its  depositors  and  patrons  and  has  acquired 
a  standing  equaled  by  but  few  of  the  national  banks 
of  the  state. 

WILLIAM  T.  WOOD.  An  essentially  representative 
business  man  in  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  William  T.  Wood 
has  met  with  such  marvelous  good  fortune  in  his 
various  business  projects  that  it  would  verily  seem 
as  though  he  possessed  an  "open  sesame"  to  unlock 
the  doors  to  success.  Self-made  and  self-educated 


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in  the  most  significant  sense  of  the  words,  he  has 
progressed  steadily  toward  the  goal  of  success  until 
he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  business 
men  and  citizens  of  Twin  Falls,  where  he  has  re> 
sided  since  1908. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Atlanta,  Georgia,  July  27,  1875, 
occurred  the  birth  of  William  T.  Wood,  vtho  is  a 
son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Leon  and  Carrie  (Tillery) 
Wood,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Wood  were  born  and  reared  in  Georgia,  whence 
they  removed  to  Indian  Territory,  now  Oklahoma, 
in  an  early  day.  Dr.  Wood  became  a  physician  and 
surgeon  of  note  in  McAllister,  Indian  Territory,  and 
there  resided  until  death  called  him  from  the  scene, 
of  his  mortal  endeavors  in  1908.  Mrs.  Wood  passed 
away  in  1886.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren, but  one  of  whom  is  living  in  1913. 

To  the  public  schools  of  McAllister  William  T. 
Wood  is  indebted  for  his  preliminary  educational 
training.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  initiated 
his  active  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  furnishing  goods 
store  in  McAllister  and  he  was  identified  with  that 
work  for  the  ensuing  twelve  years.  In  1901  he 
opened  a  general  merchandise  store  at  Alderson, 
Indian  Territory,  and  among  his  biggest  customers 
was  the  Rock  Island  Railroad,  with  which  concern 
he  did  a  tremendous  business  in  the  way  of  furnish- 
ing supplies.  He  was  a  resident  of  Alderson  for 
eight  years  but  on  the  opening  of  the  Twin  Falls 
tract  in  Idaho,  in  1908,  he  decided  to  come  to  this 
section.  He  arrived  in  Twin  Falls  December  25, 
1908,  and  in  the  following  August  organized  the 
Diamond  Hardware  Company,  of  which  thriving 
concern  he  has  since  been  president  and  general 
manager.  The  store  conducted  by  the  company  has 
grown  to  extensive  proportions  and  rival  hard- 
ware stores  of  much  larger  cities  in  its  splendid 
equipment  and  the  scope  of  its  operations.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  hardware  business  Mr.  Wood  is  greatly 
interested  in  fruit  raising  and  in  that  connection  he 
is  the  owner  of  a  fine  orchard  just  outside  the  city 
limits.  The  same  affords  him  great  pleasure  as  well 
as  considerable  profit. 

In  his  political  convictions  Mr.  Wood  is  a  stal- 
wart supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  for 
which  the  Democratic  party  stands  sponsor  and  while 
he  has  no  desire  for  the  honors  or  emoluments  of 
public  office  of  any  description  he  is  loyal  and  public- 
spirited  in  his  civic  attitude  and  does  all  in  his 
power  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  his  home 
community.  In  a  fraternal  way  he  is  affiliated  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  July,  1901,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Wood  to  Miss  Bessie  Brown,  a  native  of  Iowa  and 
a  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Brown,  a  retired  physician 
in  Brush,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Wood's  mother  is  deceased. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wood  have  no  children. 

T.  C.  BEMILLER.  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  man 
who  achieves  success  be  made  of  sterner  stuff  than 
his  fellow  man  but  there  are  certain  indispensable 
characteristics  that  contribute  to  the  prosperity  of 
the  individual ;  these  are  enterprise,  energy  and  de- 
termination coupled  with  the  ability  to  recognize  and 
improve  opportunities.  These  qualities  are  cardinal 
elements  in  the  character  of  Theodore  C.  Bemiller 
and  have  accompanied  him  in  his  progress  from  a 
humble  station  in  life  to  one  of  prominence  and  af- 
fluence. 

Mr.  Bemiller  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mary- 
land, August  20,  1887,  and  he  is  a  son  of  Jacob  H. 
and  Emelia  (Dutro)  Bemiller,  both  of  whom  are 
still  living.  Mr.  Jacob  H.  Bemiller  is  most  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  shoe  business  in  West- 


minster, where  he  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  promi- 
nence and  influence. 

In  1905  T.  C.  Bemiller  was  graduated  in  the  West- 
minster high  school  and  immediately  after  that  event 
he  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  with  a  Philadel- 
phia concern  to  learn  the  trade  of  painting  and  deco- 
rating. Three  years  later,  as  a  full-fledged  journey- 
man, he  began  to  travel  and  he  found  employment 
in  the  work  of  his  trade  in  many  of  the  larger  cities 
of  the  United  States.  In  1907  he  came  to  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  then  just  a  mere  village,  and  here  he 
found  plenty  of  work  at  contracting  in  his  line. 
Business  was  so  plentiful  here  that  he  decided  to 
locate  in  Twin  Falls  permanently.  In  addition  to 
caring  for  contracting  Mr.  Bemiller  manages  the 
store  and  it  may  be  stated  here,  without  fear  of  con- 
tradiction, that  the  same  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  modern  and  best  equipped  paper  and  paint 
stores  in  the  state.  A  large  trade  is  controlled— one 
so  extensive  in  its  scope  that  it  places  Mr.  Bemiller 
in  the  front  rank  with  the  successful  business  men  of 
Twin  Falls. 

June  20,  1912,  Mr.  Bemiller  married  Miss  Ada 
Almeta  Roberts,  a  daughter  of  Robert  B.  Roberts, 
a  former  rancher  and  sheepman  of  Twin  Falls 
county.  Mr.  Roberts  is  now  engaged  in  farming  at 
Twin  Falls.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bemiller  command  the 
unalloyed  confidence  and  esteem  of  their  fellow 
citizens  in  Twin  Falls  and  their  comfortable  and  at- 
tractive home  is  widely  renowned  for  its  generous 
hospitality. 

In  politics  Mr.  Bemiller  is  aligned  as  an  uncompro- 
mising supporter  of  the  principles  promulgated  by 
the  Democratic  party  and  in  fraternal  circles  he  is 
a  valued  and  appreciative  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  mind 
and  deep  human  sympathy  and  one  whose  affable 
character  makes  him  a  great  favorite, 

HON.  ANDREW  JACKSON  NEWMAN.  In  the  rapidly 
growing  and  intensely  progressive  sections  of  the 
Northwest,  where  men  of  action,  intelligence  and 
ability  are  not  lacking,  no  better  evidence  of  a  citi- 
zen's general  worth  is  needed  than  the  estimation 
in  which  he  is  held  bv  his  fellow  townsmen.  Those 
who  are  chosen  to  represent  their  communities  in 
official  capacities  must  first  demonstrate  something 
of  their  force  of  character,  their  general  fitness  to 
handle  large  issues  and  their  disposition  to  give  to 
their  office  the  same  conscientious  attention  that 
was  the  agency  which  effected  their  success  in  per- 
sonal affairs.  The  standing  of  any  community  largely 
depends  upon  the  character  of  those  who  represent 
it  in  official  capacities,  and  the  municipality  is  in- 
deed fortunate  which  secures  for  its  chief  executive 
a  citizen  who  has  so  forcibly  demonstrated  his  fit- 
ness in  every  way  as  has  the  Hon.  Andrew  Jackson 
Newman,  mayor  of  Shoshone,  and  owner  of  a  large 
sheep  ranch  in  Lincoln  county.  A ^ sketch  of  this 
public  citizen's  career  shows  that  his  advance  has 
been  steady  and  constant,  and  that  he  is  well  worthy 
of  the  general  confidence  in  which  he  is  held.  Mayor 
Newman  was  born  in  Lewis  county,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1863,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  E.  and  Mar- 
garet (Hamilton)  Newman. 

Henry  E.  Newman  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  as 
a  young  man  crossed  the  plains  to  California  in 
search  of  gold.  In  later  years  he  was  a  resident  of 
various  localities,  and  followed  occupations  of  a 
varied  nature,  finally  coming  to  Shoshone,  where 
his  death  occurred  in  1909,  when  he  was  eighty-two 
years  of  age.  He  was  a  devout  Christian  and  an 
active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  Methodist  church, 
and  one  who  lived  well  up  to  the  highest  standards 


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of  Christian  virtues.  His  wife,  a  native  daughter 
of  the  state  of  Missouri,  died  in  1872,  at  the  early 
age  of  thirty-two  years,  and  was  buried  in  Okla- 
homa. They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children, 
of  whom  Andrew  Jackson  was  the  third  in  order  of 
birth. 

Andrew  Jackson  Newman  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri,  and  later 
was  sent  to  a  pay  school  for  eight  years  in  Texas, 
the  free  school  system  not  being  in  effect  in  the 
Lone  Star  state  at  that  time.  As  a  youth  he  was 
brought  up  to  respect  honorable  labor,  and  his  first 
work  was  on  his  father's  ranches  in  Texas  and  Kan- 
sas. When  about  twenty-five  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied the  family  to  eastern  Oregon,  and  there  he 
began  to  work  at  a  salary  of  $25  per  month 
on  a  ranch,  and  he  continued  to  be  a  resident 
of  that  section  until  1903,  when  he  came  to  Idaho. 
Oregon  thus  held  him  for  seventeen  years,  engaged 
in  the  sheep  business,  and  while  he  was  always  an 
extensive  operator  there,  his  activities  did  not  as- 
sume the  proportions  they  did  in  Idaho  in  after 
years.  Here  he  is  today  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of 
four  hundred  acres  in  Lincoln  county,  located  some 
eight  miles  from  Shoshone,  but  makes  his  home  in 
the  city.  Mr.  Newman,  it  may  also  be  said,  has 
interested  himself  to  some  extent  in  stock  raising 
and  shows  his  love  for  horses  by  breeding  numbers 
of  fine  thoroughbred  animals.  His  success  in  the 
ranch  business  has  long  been  well  established,  and 
he  is  known  for  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the 
county  today. 

In  his  politics  a  stalwart  Republican,  Mr.  Newman 
entered  the  public  arena  a  few  years  ago  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council,  and  his  signal  services  in  that 
capacity  resulted  in  his  election  to  the  office  of  mayor 
when  he  became  the  party's  candidate  in  1911.  In 
the  office  of  chief  executive  Mayor  Newman  is  giv- 
ing his  fellow  citizens  a  clean  and  business-like  ad- 
ministration, his  earnest  and  persevering  efforts  hav- 
ing resulted  in  the  gaining  of  many  much-needed 
improvements.  He  brought  to  his  office  a  sincere 
desire  to  advance  his  community's  interests,  and 
that  he  has  been  successful  in  his  efforts  is  shown 
by  the  prosperous  condition  of  his  city  and  by  the 
general  popularity  which  he  has  gained  and  retained. 
He  has  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  High- 
way Commission,  having  been  appointed  to  the  place 
by  Governor  Hanley,  and  $80,000  is  being  spent  in 
the  business  of  making  good  roads  in  the  district. 
Mr.  Newman  is  treasurer  of  the  board,  and  is  known 
to  be  one  of  the  stanchest  advocates  of  good  roads 
that  the  state  may  claim,  so  that  his  presence  on  the 
Highway  Commission  is  a  matter  of  great  import  to 
Idaho  and  her  people. 

In  Masonry  Mayor  Newman  has  reached  the 
thirty-second  degree,  and  during  the  many  years  that 
he  has  been  connected  with  the  order,  he  has  been 
chosen  to  fill  numerous  official  positions,  carrying 
with  them  no  small  honor  and  distinction. 

In  1896  Mr.  Newman  was  married  to  Miss  Addie 
Claypool,  who  passed  away  in  the  following  year. 
On  June  5,  1902,  he  took  for  his  second  wife  Miss 
Lela  E.  Horn,  of  Ontario,  Oregon,  and  they  have 
had  six  children,  of  whom  five  survive,  namely: 
Marvin  A.,  Montie  S.,  Merritt  J.,  Hazel  E.  and 
Lela  M. 

Mr.  Newman,  though  not  a  church  member,  is  one 
who  lives  upon  a  high  plane  of  life,  and  his  churchly 
sympathies  lean  rather  toward  the  Methodist  church, 
of  which  his  wife  is  a  stanch  and  devoted  member. 
Both  are  fond  of  society  and  entertainment,  but  their 
main  regard  is  for  their  home,  which  is  a  center  of 
refinement  and  the  scene  of  many  social  gatherings. 


Mrs.  Newman  shares  in  her  husband's  enthusiastic 
views  concerning  the  promising  future  of  Idaho, 
and,  looking  through  a  mother's  eye,  regards  the 
educational  system  here  as  one  that  will  develop  her 
children's  minds  and  fit  them  for  the  positions  in 
life  which  they  may  be  called  upon  to  fill. 

CHARLES  H.  STEVENS.  Men  of  efficiency  and  char- 
acter are  the  type  of  workers  the  business,  industrial 
and  educational  worlds  of  today  are  eagerly  seeking 
and  each  individual  ascends  the  ladder  of  fortune 
to  that  height  which  his  own  ability  and  merit  en- 
able him  to  reach.  Charles  H.  Stevens,  '  manager 
and  an  interested  principal  in  the  Williamson,  Stev- 
ens Company,  which  conducts  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful department  stores  at  Winchester,  Idaho,  is 
a  very  young  man  in  years  and  his  brief  business 
career  is  a  proof  that  there  is  yet  room  at  the  top, 
even  under  the  close  competitive  conditions  of  the 
great  business  world  of  today,  if  the  climber  has 
the  required  ability,  force  and  efficiency. 

Charles  H.  Stevens  was  born  at  Castle  Gate, 
Utah,  February  i.  1891,  and  was  two  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  moved  to  Oregon,  where  he  grew 
to  the  age  of  fifteen,  receiving  there  a  public  school 
education,  which  was  later  supplemented  by  a  com- 
mercial course  in  a  business  college.  He  then  came 
to  Idaho  and  for  the  first  three  years  was  located  at 
Nez  Perce,  Lewis  county,  where  he  was  employed  in 
mercantile  lines.  From  there  he  went  to  Moscow, 
Idaho,  where  he  accepted  a  position  in  the  William- 
son department  store,  remaining  four  years,  and  at 
the  end  of  that  period  he  came  to  Winchester,  Idaho, 
as  manager  of  the  establishment  in  which  he  now 
holds  an  interest.  He  is  a  young  man  not  yet  twenty- 
two  years  of  age,  but  he  has  good  business  acumen, 
executive  ability  of  a  high  order,  and,  in  the  phrase 
of  the  day,  he  has  "made  good."  His  interest  in 
promoting  good  business  conditions  for  himself  and 
for  others  is  shown  by  his  membership  in  the  Win- 
chester Commercial  Club  and  the  Merchants'  Protec- 
tive Association,  of  the  latter  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent, and  he  does  his  own  thinking  as  to  political 
problems,  being  independent  of  party  ties  and  sup- 
porting those  men  and  measures  which  in  his  judg- 
ment will  best  conserve  the  public  weal.  He  recog- 
nizes that  after  all  the  work  of  the  farmer  is  the 
foundation  for  all  business  prosperity  and  his  firm 
faith  in  a  most  promising  future  for  northern  Idaho 
is  based  on  the  remarkable  productivity  of  its  soil, 
which  yields  the  most  gratifying  results  where  there 
is  honest  effort.  He  feels  that  for  the  willing  and 
intelligent  worker  there  yet  remains  here  a  wealth 
of  opportunity. 

On  July  10,  1910,  at  Moscow,  Idaho,  Mr.  Stevens 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ora  Randall,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  E.  Randall,  of  Moscow. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stevens  are  both  members  of  the 
Christian  church  and  the  latter  is  a  member  of  the 
Winchester  Ladies  Aid  Society  of  that  denomination. 
Mr.  Stevens  affiliates  fraternally  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  Not  only  for  his  business  ability  but 
for  his  worth  in  every  relation  to  society  he  is  held 
in  the  highest  esteem  in  this  community,  and  as  a 
young  man  of  this  character  we  take  pleasure  in 
mentioning  him  among  the  builders  of  Idaho. 

CHARLES  A.  FISHER  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho 
since  1879.  In  July,  1909,  he  entered  the  United 
States  government  service  and  since  May,  1911,  he 
has  been  located  at  Orofino,  Idaho,  as  supervisor  of 
the  Clearwater  National  Forest.  He  was  born  in 
the  province  of  Nova  Scotia,  Canada,  April  15,  1875, 
and  is  a  son  of  Edward  C.  and  Olive  C.  (Cox) 


EPHRAIM  SMITH 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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Fisher,  both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Can- 
ada, where  was  solemnized  their  marriage.  When 
the  subject  of  this  review  was  a  mere  infant  in  arms 
his  parents  removed  from  Canada  to  California  and 
thence  to  Idaho.  The  father  followed  the  carpen- 
ter and  building  trade  during  his  active  career  but 
he  is  now  living  in  virtual  retirement  at  Everett, 
Washington.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  a  stalwart  Republican  in  politics,  taking 
an  active  interest  in  public  matters  in  his  younger 
days.  He  is  a  prominent  Odd  Fellow  and  Mason. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fisher  became  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  or  whom  Charles  A.  was  the  second  in 
order  of  birth  and  the  oldest  son. 

To  the  public  schools  of  Idaho  Charles  A.  Fisher 
is  indebted  for  his  early  educational  training.  He 
completed  a  high  school  course  at  Moscow,  Idaho, 
and  for  four  years  was  a  student  in  the  University 
of  Idaho,  at  Moscow,  where  he  was  superintendent 
of  the  college  farm  during  the  summer  time  and  as- 
sistant tc  Prof.  H.  T.  French  in  the  experimental 
department  during  the  remainder  of  the  year.  For 
two  years,  from  1898  to  1900,  he  was  the  ranking  cadet 
officer  at  the  university.  In  1904  he  opened  an  engi- 
neering and  draughting  office  of  his  own  in  Mos- 
cow, at  the  same  time  being  employed  by  different 
timber  companies  in  a  professional  capacity.  Sub- 
sequently he  spent  one  year  doing  clerical  work  for 
an  abstract  company  and  he  was  then  appointed  field 
agent  in  the  state  land  department,  under  Governor 
Gooding,  serving  as  such  until  1909,  when  he  entered 
the  United  States  government  service.  He  was  sta- 
tioned at  Wallace,  Idaho,  until  May,  1911,  at  which 
time  he  was  appointed  forest  supervisor  of  the 
Clearwater  National  Forest,  his  headquarters  being 
now  at  Orofino,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Fisher  is  unusually  welj  fitted  for  the  office 
he  holds  at  present  and  is  achieving  remarkable  re- 
sults in  it.  He  is  a  stalwart  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and  manifests  a  deep  and  sincere  interest  in  all 
matters  projected  for  the  good  of  the  general  wel- 
fare. Fraternally,  he  is  a  valued  and  appreciative 
member  of  the  Elks.  He  is  fond  of  boating,  theatri- 
cals and  music  and  thoroughly  enjoys  a  good  public 
speech  or  lecture.  His  religious  faith  is  in  harmony 
with  the  tenets  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  As  re- 
gards opportunities  in  Idaho,  Mr.  Fisher  makes  the 
following  statement :  "Idaho  offers  better  induce- 
ments to  the  homeseeker  and  home  builder  than  many 
of  the  older  states  and  is  not  excelled  in  this  partic- 
ular by  any  of  her  sister  states  in  the  great  North- 
west. Idaho  is  ideal  in  every  way." 

At  Moscow,  Idaho,  July  I,  1910,  Mr.  Fisher  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Mayme  I.  Crow,  who 
was  one  of  his  classmates  in  the  university. 

WILLIAM  M.  BRIGCS.  Among  the  successful  men 
who  in  recent  years  have  brought  their  capital,  ex- 
perience and  enterprise  to  Idaho,  is  William  M. 
Briggs,  who  has  been  a  resident  near  Boise  since 
1902,  and  who  has  large  financial  investments  and 
varied  interests  in  this  state. 

William  M.  Briggs  was  born  in  Montgomery 
county,  Illinois,  September  24,  1847,  a  son  of  Stephen 
R.  and  Paulma  (Woods)  Briggs.  His  father  was  a 
farmer  before  him  and  a  very  prominent  man  in 
Montgomery  county.  He  was  born  in  Ohio,  but 
came  to  Illinois  with  his  parents  when  four  years 
of  age,  and  died  in  Montgomery  county  in  1872. 
For  twelve  years  he  served  as  associate  judge  in  his 
county.  The  mother  died  a  few  years  after  her 
husband,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren, of  which  William  M.  was  the  fourth. 

He  grew  up  in  Montgomery  county,  and  spent 
the  first  fifty-four  years  of  his  life  in  that  locality  in 


Illinois.  Farming  was  his  regular  occupation  and 
he  was  successful  beyond  the  average  even  of  the 
prosperous  Illinois  farmers.  From  that  state  he 
moved  to  Iowa,  settling  near  Emmetsburg,  where  he 
had  his  home  for  three  years.  He  then  came  out 
to  Idaho  in  the  spring  of  1902,  and  invested  all  his 
accumulations  in  Idaho  real  estate  and  other  prop- 
erties. He  bought  the  old  Cole  farm  at  Cole's 
School,  three  miles  west  of  Boise,  a  place  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres.  He  devotes  this  to  gen- 
eral farming.  In  June  of  the  same  year  he  came 
to  Idaho,  where  he  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  the  interurban  line,  five  miles  from  town, 
and  on  that  place  built  what  is  regarded  as  the 
finest  country  residence  in  the  entire  state  of  Idaho. 
Just  east  of  that  farm  he  bought  for  his  son  an  eighty 
acre  farm,  and  all  of  the  land  which  he  owns  is 
worth  about  $300  an  acre  in  its  unimproved  condi- 
tion. In  his  other  investments  he  is  owner  of  a 
saw  mill  in  Idaho,  and  owns  a  large  amount  of  timber 
land. 

On  September  i,  1870,  Mr.  Briggs  married  Lovisa 
T.  Smith,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  came  to  Illinois 
in  childhood.  Her  father,  Stacey  Smith,  was  killed 
by  a  falling  tree.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Briggs  had  six  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  now  living,  namely :  Freddie, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  four  years;  one  that  died 
in  infancy,  unnamed;  Wesley,  who  lives  on  one  of 
his  father's  farms;  Diana,  wife  of  Ray  Besiker,  of 
Cole's  School  neighborhood;  Annati,  at  home,  and 
Mary,  at  home. 

Mr.  Briggs  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  in 
Boise  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Court  of  Honor  at  Emmetsburg, 
Iowa.  His  family  are  all  members  of  the  Methodist 
church  at  Boise,  in  the  First  church,  and  he  belongs 
to  the  official  board  of  the  society.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  and  is  now  serving  as  one  of  the 
county  commissioners  of  Ada  county.  In  the  opinion 
of  Mr.  Briggs,  Idaho  is  coming  to  be  one  of  the 
foremost  states  in  the  Union  as  a  center  of  agricul- 
tural production.  He  speaks  from  the  standpoint  of 
long  experience  as  a  farmer  in  the  great  agricultural 
states  of  Illinois  and  Iowa,  and  it  is  significant  that 
he  claims  to  be  able  to  raise  twice  as  much  in  grain 
and  other  crops  in  Idaho  as  he  could  in  those  Middle 
Western  states. 

DR.  EPHRAIM  SMITH.  An  older  generation  of 
Idaho  people,  especially  residents  of  Boise,  will  long 
hold  a  grateful  remembrance  of  the  late  Dr.  Ephraim 
Smith,  whose  kindly  and  capable  services  as  doctor 
and  counsellor  were  never  fully  measured  in  value 
by"  his  fees.  He  was  an  old-time  doctor,  one  that 
took  a  sincere  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  clients, 
and  at  the  same  time  had  room  for  a  great  loyalty 
to  his  home  city  and  state.  In  the  early  political 
history  of  Idaho,  Dr.  Smith's  name  will  always  have 
an  important  place.  He  was  one  of  the  conspicuous 
pioneers  first  of  California,  in  the  years  immediately 
following  the  discovery  of  gold,  later  in  Nevada, 
and  became  identified  with  Idaho  in  the  first  year 
of  its  settlement  and  organization  as  an  individual 

territory. 

A  son  of  Nelson  and  Polly  Smith,  natives  of  New 
York,  whence  they  moved  to  Pennsylvania  in  1815, 
the  late  Dr.  Ephraim  Smith  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  13,  1819.  He  grew  up  to  young  man- 
hood in  Pennsylvania,  and  did  not  take  up  hi§ 
preparation  for  a  profession  until  he  came  to  Sacra- 
mento, California,  in  the  year  following  the  great 
discovery  of  gold  and  the  exodus  from  the  east  to 
that  state.  At  Sacramento  he  studied  medicine 
under  Dr.  George  Smith,  and  later  with  an  old 


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friend,  and  began  practice  at  Sacramento  in  1852. 
Dr.  Smith  had  come  overland  from  the  east  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1850.  Soon  after  beginning  practice  at 
Sacramento  he  was  elected  one  of  the  county  com- 
missioners. In  1857  he  went  to  Virginia  City,  Ne- 
vada, following  the  first  important  discoveries  of 
gold  in  that  region.  Besides  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession he  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Virginia  City, 
and  also  had  important  interests  in  the  mine  of  that 
vicinity.  Dr.  Smith  came  to  Idaho  in  1863,  only  a 
few  months  after  the  first  gold  discovery,  and  the 
same  year  with  the  organization  of  Idaho  territory. 
He  located  at  Placerville,  where  he  established  a 
•drug  store  in  the  midst  of  the  mining  camp,  and  also 
offered  his  services  as  a  physician  to  the  assembled 
host  of  miners.  From  Placerville,  the  local  citizen- 
ship sent  him  to  the  first  territorial  legislature  in 
the  upper  house  or  council.  Placerville  at  the  time 
was  a  mining  camp  of  more  than  ten  thousand  popu- 
lation, and  one  of  the  chief  centers  of  population  of 
the  entire  territory.  He  was  a  senator  or  council- 
man for  two  terms.  In  the  meantime  he  had  been 
appointed  the  first  treasurer  of  the  Idaho  territory, 
and  that  appointment  caused  him  to  move  to  Boise, 
which  ever  afterwards  continued  to  be  his  home.  As 
the  history  of  the  state  reveals,  the  late  Dr.  Smith 
was  one  of  the  small  group  of  influential  public  men 
who  took  the  leading  part  in  moving  the  capital  from 
Lewiston,  its  original  seat,  to  Boise,  and  thus  the 
citizens  of  Boise  owe  his  memory  a  lasting  gratitude 
since  the  presence  of  the  capital  has  always  been  one 
of  the  chief  assets  in  the  commercial  prosperity  of 
the  city.  The  removal  of  the  capital  was  accom- 
plished in  about  two  days'  time,  and  was  one  of 
those  pioneer  exploits  which  have  a  place  of  peculiar 
interest  in  the  history  of  Idaho. 

On  July  31,  1854,  Dr.  Smith  married  Caroline 
Atherton,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Levina  (Flint) 
Atherton,  her  father  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and 
her  mother  of  New  Hampshire,  in  which  latter  state 
both  died. 

Mrs.  Smith  came  out  to  San  Francisco  in  1855, 
and  met  her  husband  on  the  west  coast.  Five  chil- 
dren were  born  of  their  long  and  happy  marriage. 
The  first  was  Helen.  Lottie  is  now  Mrs.  Oliver 
Benefield,  of  Sheridan,  Wyoming.  Heber  is  de- 
ceased. R.  W.  Smith  is  a  druggist  at  Mountain 
Home,  Idaho.  Frank  is  also  deceased. 

Dr.  Smith  was  an  honorary  member  of 'the  first 
medical  society  of  Boise.  He  was  a  man  of  prac- 
tical generosity  and  gave  liberal  support  to  all  church 
denominations,  and  to  all  charities.  He  was  for 
many  years  accounted  the  leading  physician  of  Boise, 
and  was  one  of  the  comparatively  few  members  of 
his  profession  who  were  more  than  ordinarily  suc- 
cessful as  financial  and  business  managers.  He  early 
became  the  owner  of  some  of  Boise's  most  valuable 
real  estate,  and  much  of  it  is  still  owned  by  his 
widow,  Mrs.  Smith.  On  a  portion  of  his  estate,  at 
the  corner  of  Main  street  and  Eleventh  avenue,  in 
Boise,  is  now  being  erected  a  beautiful  business 
building,  which  will  commemorate  the  name  of  Dr. 
Smith,  and  which  is  a  splendid  addition  to  the  busi- 
ness district. 

In  1893  Dr.  Smith  went  back  east  to  Ohio  to  visit 
relatives  whom  he  had  not  seen  for  forty  years,  and 
while  there  met  with  a  street  car  accident,  which 
resulted  in  his  death.  His  body  was  returned  to 
Idaho,  and  is  buried  in  the  Masonic  cemetery  at 
Boise.  Dr.  Smith  was  really  a  pioneer  in  every 
sense  of  the  word  and  possessed  the  wholesome  and 
fine  attributes  of  character  usually  associated  with 
the  old-timer.  His  active  life  was  nearly  all  spent 


in  the  western  states  and  territories,  and  he  went 
through  many  years  marked  not  only  by  private  suc- 
cess, but  by  a  large  service  to  his  fellow  men. 

WILLIAM  C.  FORESMAN  is  editor  of  the  Clearzvater 
Republican  and  he  has  been  identified  with  journal- 
istic enterprises  during  practically  the  entire  period 
of  his  active  career.  The  dissemination  of  news,  the 
discussion  of  public  questions  and  the  promotion  of 
the  general  welfare  of  his  community  through  the 
columns  of  his  paper  constitute  life's  object  with 
him  as  a  private  citizen.  Needless  to  say  he  has 
figured  prominently  in  all  worthy  measures  projected 
for  the  good  of  the  general  welfare  and  has  mani- 
fested a  keen  interest  in  local  politics.  He  has 
resided  in  Orofino  since  1906. 

At  Harristown,  Illinois,  September  7,  1864,  occurred 
the  birth  of  William  C.  Foresman,  who  is  a  son  of 
a  prominent  tile  manufacturer  in  Illinois  and  Indiana. 
The  subject  of  this  review  was  reared  to  'the  age 
of  -fourteen  years  in  his  native  place  and  then  re- 
moved to  Foresman,  Indiana,  where  he  completed 
his  early  educational  training  and  where  he  continued 
to  reside  until  1890.  For  some  years  he  was  a  student 
in  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Danville,  Indiana, 
and  at  the  end  of  that  period  he  began  to  work  in 
his  father's  tile  factory,  which  he  managed  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  years.  He  came  to  Idaho  in 
1890  and  located  at  Lewiston,  where  he  resided  dur- 
ing the  next  decade,  the  while  being  associated  with 
his  brother  in  publishing  the  Lewiston  Teller.  In  1900 
he  purchased  the  Nez  Perce  Herald  and  the  Culdesac 
Register,  removing  to  Nez  Perce  and  himself  run- 
ning both  these  publications.  At  the  end  of  one 
year  he  sold  the  Register  and  continued  to  conduct 
the  Herald  until  1905,  when  he  sold  it  and  returned 
to  Lewiston  in  order  to  accept  a  position  as  deputy 
sheriff  under  his  brother.  In  June,  1906,  he  came  to 
Orofino  and  purchased  the  Clearwater  Republican, 
of  which  noted  newspaper  he  has  since  been  active 
head  and  manager.  Just  three  months  after  he  as- 
sumed charge  of  this  paper  the  entire  plant  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire.  Not  disheartened,  however,  he 
erected  another  plant  and  began  to  build  up  his  busi- 
ness. Today  he  has  a  fine,  modern  plant,  fully 
equipped  with  all  the  latest  machinery,  and  the  Clear- 
water  Republican  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
powerful  newspapers  in  this  section  of  Idaho. 

A  stalwart  Republican  in  his  political  convictions, 
Mr.  Foresman  is  deeply  interested  in  local  politics 
and  is  known  as  one  of  the  real  party  fighters.  He 
has  served  for  several  years  on  the  school  board 
and  has  done  good  work  as  alderman,  both  at  Nez 
Perce  and  at  Orofino.  He  has  attended  every  Repub- 
lican state  convention  in  Idaho  except  one  since 
1890.  His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  In  religious  matters  he  and  his  wife  are 
devout  members  of  the  Unitarian  church.  Mr.  Fores- 
man  is  quite  a  baseball  fan,  is  fond  of  horses  and 
spends  much  leisure  time  in  reading,  being  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  fine  library.  In  praise  of  his  adopted 
state  he  says :  "Idaho  is  a  grand  state  and  Clear- 
water  county  is  the  greatest  undeveloped  region  in 
the  whole  Northwest.  The  opportunities  offered  for 
all  classes  are  so  numerous  and  extensive  as  to  dis- 
appoint no  one." 

At  Lewiston,  Idaho,  February  27,  1894,  Mr.  Fores- 
man was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Katherine  J. 
Pope,  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  S.  J.  Pope,  of  Lewiston, 
whither  she  removed  from  Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Foresman  have  two  children,  Katherine  J.  and  Helen 
J.,  both  at  the  parental  home. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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GEORGE  JACOBSON.  The  oldest  newspaper  of  Elmore 
county  is  the  Elmore  County  Republican,  a  journal 
which  was  established  in  October,  1889,  before  Idaho 
came  into  the  Union,  and  which  for  nearly  a  quar- 
ter century  has  maintained  its  existence  amid  the 
countless  difficulties  which  beset  the  course  of  news- 
paperdom.  During  the  last  five  or  six  years  the 
Republican  has  arrived  at  a  state  of  mature  pros- 
perity under  the  management  of  Mr.  George  Jacob- 
son,  who  is  one  of  the  most  skillful  newspaper  man- 
agers in  the  state.  He  has  made  the  Republican 
reliable  and  full  as  a  news  medium,  influential  in 
politics  for  the  advancement  of  the  party  whose 
name  it  bears,  and  a  creditable  force  in  community 
and  general  civic  affairs. 

Mr.  Jacobson  is  a  native  of  Denmark  and  was 
born  at  Copenhagen,  February  9,  1876.  Hardly  less 
well  known  in  Elmore  county  than  himself  is  his 
father,  Henry  Jacobson,  who  has  been  identified  with 
Mountain  Home  and  vicinity  since  1906.  He  and  his 
wife,  Carolina  Jacobson,  left  their  native  land  and 
brought  their  children  to  America  in  1880,  locating 
first  at  .Minneapolis,  then  in  North  Dakota,  and  from 
there  coming  to  Idaho.  Besides  general  farming, 
which  the  Father  successfully  followed  for  some 
years,  he  is  also  expert  in  horticulture  and  is  one  of 
the  well  known  fruit  growers  of  Elmore  county. 
Hi-  has  taken  an  active  part  in  Republican  politics 
and  at  the  last  election  was  candidate  for  the  office 
of  county  assessor  and  tax  collector.  Mrs.  Jacob- 
son,  the  mother,  had  eight  children,  and  six  of  them 
are  still  living. 

Mr.  George  Jacobson,  the  oldest  of  the  living  chil- 
dren, spent  most  of  his  early  years  in  Minneapolis 
and  North  Dakota.  After  attending  the  public  schools 
of  the  city  he  began  to  depend  on  his  own  exertions 
pretty  largely,  and  from  farm  work  he  apprenticed 
himself  to  learn  the  printer's  trade,  spending  three 
years  at  the  case  and  the  miscellaneous  work  of  the 
shop  before  he  was  qualified  for  journeyman  em- 
ployment. In  the  meantime  he  advanced  his  educa- 
tion by  earning  his  tuition  and  support  at  the  North 
Dakota  Agricultural  College,  where  he  finished  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two.  Mr.  Jacobson  has  been  ac- 
tively connected  with  the  printing  trade  and  news- 
paper enterprise  for  fifteen  years.  The  first  paper 
he  owned  was  the  Carpis  News,  which  he  established 
in  Ward  county,  North  Dakota,  and  after  conducting 
it  successfully  four  years  sold  out,  and  then  bought 
his  present  plant  at  Mountain  Home. 

Mr.  Jacobson  is  a  successful  man,  owns  lands  and 
is  interested  in  farming  in  Ward  county,  North  Da- 
kota, and  has  some  city  property  in  Mountain  Home. 
He  is  secretary  of  the  Mountain  Home  Commercial 
Club,  and  never  neglects  an  opportunity  to  give 
publicity  to  the  growing  resources  of  Idaho  and 
do  all  he  can  in  a  legitimate  way  to  promote  the 
development  of  this  wonderful  state.  He  is  an  in- 
fluential worker  in  local  Republican  politics,  and  is 
affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows  order  in  North 
Dakota. 

»M  August,  1904,  at  McKinney,  North  Dakota,  Mr. 
Jacobson  married' Miss  Hattie  P.  Parkhill,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Lafayette  Parkhill.  Her  father  belonged  to  a 
pioneer  family  ..f  Wisconsin,  and  the  Parkhills  are 
directly  descended  from  English  ancestry  that  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower.  Mr.  Jacobson  and  wife  have 
one  son,  Francis  Henry,  born  May  24,  1907. 

W.  A.  HOOBLER.  At  Mountain  Home  one  of  the 
most  influential  and  valuable  business  corporations 
is  the  Guarantee  Title  &  Abstract  Company,  which 
was  organized  in  1910  by  Mr.  W.  A.  Hoobfer,  until 
recently  president  of  the  company.  Mr.  Hoobler  has 
been  a  resident  of  Idaho  for  about  six  years,  coming 


here  from  South  Dakota,  where  he  had  prospered  as 
a  stock  rancher.  In  bringing  his  resources  and  en- 
terprise to  Idaho,  he  has  contributed  an  important 
share  to  the  business  activities  of  the  state,  and  is 
loyally  devoted  to  the  development  of  the  splendid 
natural  wealth  which  is  destined  in  a  few  years  to 
make  Idaho  one  of  the  greatest  commonwealths  of 
the  Union. 

Mr.  Hoobler  has  had  an  active  and  successful 
career.  He  was  born  in  Carroll  county,  Ohio,  Aug- 
ust 26,  1865.  His  parents  were  Alexander  and  Caro- 
line (Harlan)  Hoobler,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Ohio  and  spent  their  lives  there.  The  father 
died  in  1907  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine,  and  the 
mother  in  1902  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  Alexander 
Hoobler  was  a  farmer  by  vocation,  and  during  the 
Civil  war  was  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards  and 
saw  service  in  West  Virginia.  Their  family  con- 
sisted of  eight  children,  W.  A.  being  the  seventh  in 
order  of  birth. 

As  a  boy  he  attended  school  in  Ohio  and  fitted  him- 
self for  teaching.  Leaving  home  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen, he  went  out  to  South  Dakota  during  the  terri- 
torial period.  He  taught  school  in  Brule  and  Aurora 
counties,  and  also  served  a  term  as  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  in  Buffalo  county.  The  tasks 
of  schoolmaster  he  resigned  in  order  to  identify 
himself  with  the  leading  industry  of  the  country, 
farming  and  stock  raising.  In  a  few  years  he  had 
gained  prominence  in  this  industry  and  continued  it 
successfully  for  fifteen  years  in  Buffalo  county.  At 
the  end  of  that  time,  having  sold  out  his  interests, 
he  came  to  Idaho,  locating  first  in  Nampa,  where  he 
conducted  a  general  real  estate  business  for  three 
years.  Since  the  fall  of  1910  his  residence  and  place 
of  business  have  been  at  Mountain  Home.  His  son, 
W.  H.  Hoobler,  is  secretary  of  the  Guarantee  Title 
&  Abstract  Company. 

Politically  Mr.  Hoobler  is  a  Republican.  His  wife 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He  was 
married  at  Kimble,  South  Dakota,  October  3,  1888, 
to  Miss  Alsadie  Barrington,  daughter  of  James  and 
Rachel  Barrington,  who  were  pioneers  of  South  Da- 
kota, now  both  deceased.  The  five  children  of  Mr. 
Hoobler  and  wife  are  as  follows:  Mrs.  Carrie 
Frphm,  who  lives  in  Idaho  and  has  two  children, 
William  and  Ernest  B. ;  Harold  Wallace,  who  was 
l)i -rn  in  South  Dakota  in  1891,  is  connected  with  the 
Guarantee  Title  &  Abstract  Company;  Floyd  D., 
born  in  South  Dakota  in  1893,  is  at  home;  Miss 
Bertha,  born  in  South  Dakota  in  1896,  is  attending 
school  at  Mountain  Home,  and  Wayne,  who  was 
born  in  South  Dakota  in  1903,  is  also  a  schoolboy. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Hoobler  is  affiliated  with  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  \Vorkmen  in  South  Dakota. 

When  he  began  his  career  it  was  without  assistance 
from  anyone  to  the  extent  of  a  single  dollar,  and 
the  success  he  has  won  has  been  secured  in  like 
independent  manner.  The  confidence  which  caused 
him  to  invest  his  capital  in  permanent  business  is  his 
best  testimonial  to  Idaho.  With  the  best  all-around 
climate,  with  the  finest  crops  of  fruit  and  vegetables 
grown  in  the  country,  and  with  the  water  storage 
and  power  possibilities  of  the  Boise  and  Snake 
rivers,  he  can  foresee  nothing  but  an  almost  unlimited 
future  of  productiveness  and  wealth  in  this  splendid 
commonwealth. 

ARTHUR  D.  NORTON.  From  the  late  sixties  until 
his  death  in  1906,  Arthur  D.  Norton  filled  a  big  place 
among  the  people  of  south  Idaho.  In  the  business 
of  producing  beef  cattle  for  the  markets  of  the 
world,  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  largest  ope- 
rators in  his  part  of  the  state.  None  could  begrudge 
him  his  success,  for  his  was  a  record  of  "honesty 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


and  good  report,"  wherever  known.  He  was  a  square, 
big-hearted  man,  and  could  not  pass  unremembered 
when  those  are  mentioned  who  gave  their  work  and 
influence  to  the  development  of  Idaho  during  its 
first  decades  of  growth. 

In  Elba,  Genesee  county,  New  York,  Arthur  D. 
Norton  was  born  August  17,  1841.  His  parents  were 
Horace  and  Fidela  Norton,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  New  York,  farming  people,  and  on  the 
old  homestead  Arthur  D.  Norton  grew  to  manhood. 
In  the  meantime  he  acquired  such  advantages  as  the 
common  school  could  furnish,  later  on  entering  the 
academy  at  Alexandria,  where  he  prepared  for 
college.  He  was  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Rochester  with  the  class  of  1864.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  D.  K.  E.  fraternity.  After  finishing  his  col- 
lege course  he  spent  two  years  in  the  study  of  medi- 
cine, although  that  profession  was  never  his  regular 
line  of  work.  When  his  health  failed,  he  went  west 
in  1867,  crossing  the  plains,  and  after  spending  a 
short  time  near  Denver  located  at  the  head  of  Dry 
creek  in  Idaho,  where  he  conducted  a  store  for  some 
years,  and  was  among  the  pioneer  merchants  of  that 
vicinity.  When  he  sold  his  stock  of  goods  he  bought, 
cattle  and  early  in  the  seventies  located  on  Rock 
creek,  where  he  in  time  became  one  of  the  large 
cattlemen  of  Idaho,  running  great  herds  over  the 
ranges  in  the  mountains  and  valleys  of  southern 
Idaho.  In  one  basin  he  had  fourteen  hundred  acres 
of  irrigated  and  grazing  lands,  and  has  other  ranches 
at  different  places.  His  home  ranch  comprises  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  on  Rock  creek  and  that  is 
one  of  the  best  improved  and  most  productive  estates 
of  its  size  in  this  valley. 

On  March  31,  1885,  Mr.  Norton  married  Miss 
Mary  Young,  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  a  daughter 
pf  O.  B.  and  Emma  (Norton)  Young,  who  were 
pioneers  of  Illinois.  Three  children  were  born  to 
the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norton.  Alice  is  the 
wife  of  J.  A.  Walker,  who  manages  the  large  ranch 
on  Cottonwood  creek,  in  Idaho;  Daniel  M.  lives  on 
the  Rock  creek  ranch,  and  the  daughter,  Bertha,  is 
attending  Stanford  University  of  California,  being 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1915.  Mrs.  Norton  and 
her  daughters  are  communicants  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  In  politics  the  late  Mr.  Norton  was  a 
stanch  Republican,  and  supported  the  principles  and 
candidates  of  that  party  almost  from  its  beginning. 
He  was  for  one  term  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  University  of  Idaho  at  Moscow.  His 
death  occurred  after  a  long  illness  at  his  home  in 
Rock  Creek  on  May  7,  1906,  and  he  is  buried  in  the 
family  plot  on  the  ranch  at  that  place.  Outside  of  his 
extensive  business  relations,  the  late  Mr.  Norton  was 
devoted  to  his  home,  where  he  found  his  best  pleas- 
ure, and  was  a  man  who  acquired  many  strong  and 
lasting  friendships,  and  always  enjoyed  the  high 
regard  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

JUDGE  WILLIAM  J.  SMITH.  A  citizen  who  stands 
high  in  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  men 
in  the  city  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  is  Judge  William 
J.  Smith,  who,  by  appointment,  took  up  the  duties 
of  police  judge  the  year  the  town  was  opened,  1905, 
and  by  successive  re-elections  has  been  retained  in 
that  position  to  the  present  time.  He  is  one  of 
Idaho's  most  enthusiastic  admirers  and  is  convinced 
that  the  day  will  come  when  it  will  take  its  place 
among  the  foremost  commonwealths  of  the  Union. 
After  having  traveled  all  over  the  Northwest  and 
after  having  become  familiar  with  the  advantages 
which  each  state  of  this  great  section  offers,  he  has 
formed  the  opinion  that  while  each  of  them  is  rich 
in  possibilities,  Idaho  stands  second  to  none  and  in 


many  respects  surpasses  the  others.  So  loyal  an 
admirer  could  not  but  be  a  good  citizen. 

Judge  Smith  was  born  in  Hudson,  Michigan,  De- 
cember 9,  1859,  and  was  a  lad  of  nine  years  when 
he  accompanied  his  parents  from  his  native  state 
to  Nebraska.  There  he  grew  up  a  farmer  boy  and 
completed  the  public  school  education  begun  in 
Michigan.  He  was  seventeen  years  of  age  when  he 
went  to  Colorado  to  take  service  in  the  construction 
department  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, and  until  1905,  or  for  nearly  thirty  years,  he 
continued  employed  in  this  line  of  work  in  one 
capacity  or  another.  During  the  first  two  years 
with  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  he  was 
employed  in  Colorado,  and  then  for  one  year  also 
traveled  through  northern  Iowa  and  in  Minnesota. 
Another  year  for  the  same  company  was  spent  in 
the  same  capacity  operating  between  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska, and  Butte,  Montana.  Following  that  he  en- 
tered the  construction  department  of  the  Oregon 
Short  Line  Railway  Company  and  continued  in  this- 
employment  until  the  road  was  completed  from 
Granger  to  Huntington,  Oregon.  In  the  meantime 
one  winter  was  spent  as  division  lineman  between 
Lima  and  Virginia  City,  Montana,  and  to  Helena. 
He  then  accepted  a  'position  as  division  lineman  in- 
the  telegraph  service  and  operated  between  Poca- 
tello,  Idaho,  and  Huntington,  Oregon.  About  four- 
teen years  were  spent  in  that  capacity  and  then  in- 
19°5  Judge  Smith  came  to  Twin  Falls,  then  a  newly 
opened  town.  He  was  shortly  afterward  appointed 
police  judge  and  later  was  elected  to  the  office  which 
he  has  since  filled.  At  each  election  an  opposing  can- 
didate appears,  but  the  vote  each  time  is  a  reaffirma- 
tion  of  the  confidence  the  citizens  of  this  city  have 
in  Judge  Smith  as  a  man  and  in  his  efficiency  in 
this  official  capacity.  He  is  also  a  justice  of  the 
peace. 

He  is  not  one  of  those  who,  "Having  eyes  see 
not,"  for  during  some  twenty-five  years  spent  in 
this,  one  of  the  most  interesting  sections  of  the 
whole  world  in  a  natural  sense,  he  has  become  inter- 
ested in  archaeology  and  in  the  course  of  his  travels 
has  acquired  a  very  interesting  collection  of  speci- 
mens, many  of  them  of  his  own  finding.  Among 
them  are  a  piece  of  opalized  wood  picked  up  near 
the  Bruneau  river  in  Idaho;  a  human  jaw  bone  with 
the  teeth,  the  bone  opalized;  an  old  sandstone  pipe 
and  several  pieces  of  pre-historic  pottery  found  in 
the  Salmon  river  canyon;  a  stone  mortar  and  pestle, 
and  others  very  interesting,  but  too  numerous  to- 
mention  in  this  brief  space.  He  has  some  specimens- 
that  are  very  valuable,  among  them  being  a  petri- 
fied bird  and  a  solid  rock  clam  shell.  Judge  Smith 
has  a  fine  library  on  archaeological  subjects,  and  he 
is  also  a  taxidermist,  carrying  on  this  business  in 
connection  with  his  official  duties. 

At  Shoshone,  Idaho,  on  August  3,  1893,  Judge 
Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Heughn,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Agnes  Heughn  of  that  place. 
Three  sons  and  three  daughters  have  blessed  their 
union,  namely :  Myrtle,  John,  Bessie,  Jeanette,  Justin 
and  Raymond.  In  religious  views  Judge  Smith  is 
inclined  toward  the  Methodist  faith,  while  Mrs. 
Smith's  preference  is  for  the  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tion. Fraternally  he  is  united  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  Mrs.  Smith  is  a  member 
of  its  auxiliary  order,  the  Royal  Neighbors.  Their 
daughter  Myrtle  is  a  member  pf  the  Daughters  of 
Rebekah.  Judge  Smith  is  a  Democrat  and  is  ac- 
tively interested  in  politics.  In  Lincoln  county  of 
this  state  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  thirteen  years  without  remuneration,  and  at 
various  times  during  his  residence  in  that  county 


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served  as  probate  judge,  a  justice  of  the  peace  and 
as  police  judge. 

HENRY  J.  FAILING.  One  of  the  essentially  repre- 
sentative citizens  and  business  men  of  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho,  is  Henry  J.  Failing,  vice  president  of  the 
Twin  Falls  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  who  in  but 
a  few  years'  residence  there  has  taken  a  place  among 
the  strong  business  factors  of  that  city.  He  is  a 
native  of  Illinois,  born  in  Rock  Island  county  of 
that  state  on  April  20,  1871,  but  for  a  number  of 
years  prior  to  his  coming  to  Idaho  had  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Iowa.  Educated  first  in  the  public  schools 
of  Rock  Island  county,  Illinois,  he  later  took  a 
business  course  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  supple- 
mented that  training  with  a  course  in  Valparaiso 
University,  Valparaiso,  Indiana.  As  a  boy  he  worked 
on  the  farm  with  his  father  and  after  removing  to 
Randolph,  Iowa,  in  1892  accepted  a  position  in  a 
mercantile  establishment  there,  where  he  remained 
six  months  and  then  went  into  a  bank  in  a  clerical 
capacity.  Four  years  later  he  became  the  owner 
and  controller  of  the  banking  house  he  had  first 
entered  as  a  clerk,  and  in  1903  saw  it  merged  into 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Randolph.  In  1907  he 
organized  a  bank  at  Anderson,  Iowa,  and  was  its 
president  until  November  i,  1909,  when  he  sold  out 
his  Iowa  interests  and  came  west.  Locating  at 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  he  almost  immediately  became 
vice  president  of  the  Twin  Falls  Bank  &  Trust 
Company,  in  which  position  he  has  continued  to  the 
present  time.  Possessed  of  a  sound  and  conserva^ 
live  business  judgment  and  with  nearly  twenty  years 
of  experience  in  the  banking  business,  he  has  very 
capably  served  as  active  head  and  manager  of  the 
institution  and"  has  guided  its  financial  operations 
in  safe  and  profitable  channels. 

Mr.  Failing  is  the  youngest  son  of  Adam  and 
Joannah  (Valentine)  Failing,  both  of  whom  are 
now  deceased.  Adam  Failing  was  born  in  the  state 
of  New  York,  but  in  1856  settled  in  Illinois,  where 
his  subsequent  business  career  was  spent  as  a  wagon 
manufacturer.  He  took  a  keen  interest  in  Republi- 
can political  affairs,  but  was  never  himself  a  seeker 
for  official  preferment.  He  passed  away  in  1900  at 
the  age  of  seventy-four  and  was  buried  in  Rock 
Island  county,  Illinois,  by  the  side  of  his  wife,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  who  had  preceded  him  in  death  sev- 
eral years,  she  having  passed  to  rest  in  Illinois  in 
1892  at  the  age  of  fifty-one. 

Henry  J.  Failing  is  the  youngest  of  their  five 
was  solemnized  his  marriage  to  Jessie  B.,  daughter 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Townsend,  of  that  city. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Failing  have  one  son,  Millard  H. 
Failing.  Both  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  In  a  fraternal  way  Mr.  Failing  is  affiliated 
with  the  blue  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of  the 
Masonic  order  and  served  as  master  of  his  local 
lodge  in  Iowa,  and  his  interest  in  promoting  the 
commercial  and  industrial  prestige  of  this  city  and 
section  finds  expression  as  a  member  of  the  Twin 
Falls  Commercial  Club.  He  is  a  Republican  in  his 
political  views,  but  takes  no  active  interest  in  politi- 
cal affairs.  His  principal  recreation  is  in  automobile 
trips  in  his  own  private  car,  visiting  and  enjoying 
the  many  points  of  scenic  interest  in  this  great  sec- 
tion. He  has  become  one  of  the  state's  enthusiasts 
and  says  that  he  can  honestly  and  conscientiously 
advise  anyone  to  select  Idaho  for  an  advantageous 
home. 

JOHN  A,  BARRETT.  As  manager  of  the  Studebaker 
Brothers  Company  of  Idaho,  in  Twin  Falls,  that 
state,  John  A.  Barrett  occupies  a  position  of  promi- 
nence in  the  business  life  of  this  citv.  He  has  been 


a  resident  of  the  state  practically  all  his  life  since 
he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  his  identification 
with  Twin  Falls  dates  from  March  i,  1911,  when  he 
came  here  to  take  charge  of  the  interests  of  the 
firm  which  he  still  represents. 

John  A.  Barrett  was  born  in  Morgan  county,  Utah, 
on  August  3,  1879,  and  is  the  son  of  John  S.  and 
Eliza  (Stewart)  Barrett.  The  father  was  born  in 
England,  and  came  to  the  United  States  when  he 
was  eight  years  of  age.  On  reaching  years  of  ma- 
turity he  settled  first  in  Utah  and  later  in  Idaho, 
and  he  was  connected  with  mercantile  activities 
throughout  his  life.  The  wife  and  mother  was  a 
native  of  California,  and  they  were  married  in  Utah. 
Five  children  were  born  to  them,  John  A.  being  the 
second  child  of  his  parents  and  the  eldest  son.  When 
he  was  four  years  old  the  family  moved  to  Idaho, 
and  they  settled  at  Montpelier,  where  he  remained 
until  he  was  about  twenty-eight  years  old.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  that  place  and  earned 
his  first  money  as  a  boy  of  sixteen,  working  in  a 
local  drug  store  for  $1.50  a  week.  His  next  work 
was  with  the  Coop  Wagon  &  Machine  Com- 
pany, at  Montpelier,  and  he  remained  with  them 
for  about  four  years.  He  began  with  them  as  a 
general  errand  boy,  and  when  he  gave  up  his  connec- 
tion with  the  firm  he  was  in  full  charge  of  their 
clerical  department.  That  year  marked  his  first 
identification  with  his  present  concern,  the  Stude- 
baker Brothers  Company  of  Utah,  his  connection 
with  them  dating  from  February,  1902.  Since  Mr. 
I'.arrett  took  charge  of  the  Twin  Falls  branch  of 
the  business  the  following  branches  have  been  opened, 
all  of  which  are  under  his  supervision :  Buhl,  Burley, 
Oakley  and  Albion. 

Mr.  Barrett  is  a  Democrat,  but  not  an  active 
worker  in  the  political  field.  Whije  at  Montpelier 
he  was  president  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  that 
city  for  three  years,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Twin  Falls  Commercial  Club,  an  organization  which 
has  done  some  effective  work  in  the  best  interests 
of  the  city. 

On  September  30,  1907,  Mr.  Barrett  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Irene  Thomas,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Thomas,  of  Montpelier,  Idaho,  but 
formerly  of  Brevier,  Missouri.  The  marriage  was 
solemnized  at  Montpelier.  Two  sons  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barrett:  S.  Harvard  and 
Lloyd  Barrett.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barrett  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

HENRY  JONES.  The  passage  of  many  years  have 
brought  Mr.  Jones  a  large  degree  of  prosperity  and 
the  possession  of  practically  all  the  resources  and 
comforts  which  men  most  covet  in  this  world  He 
has  been  a  resident  in  the  Rock  creek  district  in 
Idaho  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  and  his  earlier 
years  in  the  state  were  spent  as  a  cowboy  and  in 
the  hard  work  of  the  ranch  and  range.  It  was  dur- 
ing that  time  that  he  earned  the  money  which 
enabled  him  to  get  a  start,  and  since  establishing 
himself  on  his  first  farm  and  with  his  first  herd  of 
stock  he  has  steadily  gone  ahead  in  building  up  what 
many  men  would  consider  a  good  fortune. 

Henry  Jones  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  in  Sulli- 
van county,  September  23,  1859,  a  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Tamzy  Jones.  The  father,  a  native  of  Virginia, 
was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  There  were  eleven 
children  in  the  family  and  Henry  was  the  youngest. 
He  grew  up  in  Missouri,  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  was  early  taught  the  value  of  indus- 
try and  thrifty  habits.  He  was  nineteen  years  old 
when  he  broke  away  from  home  surroundings  and 
went  west,  locating  in  Albion,  which  continued  to  be 
his  headquarters  for  five  years.  During  that  time 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


he  served  various  cattlemen  and  ranchers  of  south- 
ern Idaho  as  a  hired  worker,  and  was  employed  on 
the  range,  and  also  in  freighting,  until  he  was  ready 
to  begin  for  himself.  Locating  at  Rock  Creek  in 
1885,  he  has  continued  to  make  that  his  home  ever 
since,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  old  settlers 
of  this  section.  During  this  time  he  has  acquired 
a  large  amount  of  land,  and  is  still  owner  of  three 
ranches  along  the  Rock  Creek  valley.  In  1910  he 
moved  to  the  present  ranch  home  at  Goat  Springs, 
and  gets  his  mail  through  the  post  office  at  Hollister. 
On  the  home  farm  are  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  land,  and  it  is  all  irrigated  and  in  its  im- 
provements will  measure  up  to  the  best  standards 
maintained  on  any  farm  in  the' state.  Mr.  Jones  has 
an  artesian  well  on  the  farm,  and  that  supplies  water 
for  domestic  and  irrigation  purposes.  His  residence 
is  not  excelled  in  comfort  and  convenience  in  all  this 
section  of  Idaho.  He  is  still  one  of  the  big  stock- 
men of  the  state,  and  at  this  writing  has  two  thou- 
sand head  of  cattle  on  his  different  farms,  and  some 
sixty  head  of  horses.  Along  Rock  Creek  valley  his 
three  ranches  comprise  respectively  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres,  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land,  all  of  .it  being 
under  irrigation.  Mr.  Jones  is  also  a  director  in  the 
bank  of  Kimberly,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
that  institution. 

On  January  3,  1885,  he  married  Wilmoth  Gray,  a 
daughter  of  T.  M.  and  Susan  Gray.  Mrs.  Jones  was 
born  in  Montana,  and  her  father  was  one  of  the  big 
cattlemen,  an  old  Indian  fighter  and  a  pioneer  who 
was  known  throughout  the  western  country.  Nine 
children  were  born  to  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jones,  namely:  Cora,  is  the  wife  of  Ernest  Mclntyre 
of  Kimberly;  Ora  follows  the  business  of  driving 
artesian  wells;  Thomas  is  a  cattleman;  Perry  is  also 
a  well  driller;  John  lives  on  the  home  ranch;  Nora 
is  at  home;  Tanzy  is  in  school;  Norris  is  also  in 
school ;  and  Truman  is  the  youngest  of  the  family. 
Mr.  Jones  in  politics  is  a  Republican  but  has  never 
been  a  politician.  By  his  quiet  and  effective  energy 
in  developing  his  ranch  lands,  he  has  contributed 
a  more  important  part  to  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity than  he  could  have  formed  through  any 
public  position. 

MARLIN  J.  SWEELEY.  When  it  is  stated  that  Marlin 
J.  Sweeley,  of  Twin  Falls,  has  served  in  the  legis- 
latures of  two  states,  Iowa  and  Idaho,  and  in  each 
of  these  states  has  become  prominent  as  a  lawyer, 
citizen  and  man  of  affairs,  the  reader  will  naturally 
and  very  correctly  infer  that  Mr.  Sweeley  is  a  man 
of  more  than  usual  ability  and  strength  of  character. 
His  talents,  acquirements  and  force  have  made  him 
a  most  valued  factor  in  the  public  life  of  Idaho  and 
his  influence  has  given  both  inspiration  and  impetus 
to  the  civic  and  material  progress  in  his  city  and 
state. 

Born  in  Dallas  county,  Iowa,  December  18,  1857, 
Mr.  Sweeley  continued  a  resident  of  his  native  state 
until  his  removal  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in  1905.  Edu- 
cated first  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  Adel, 
Iowa,  he  then  taught  school  about  two  years  and 
following  that  became  a  student  at  the  State  Univer- 
sity of  Iowa,  Iowa  City,  where  he  was  graduated 
from  the  law  department  in  1878.  After  leaving 
college  he  located  at  Adel  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  and  remained  seven  years,  removing  from 
thence  to  Storm  Lake,  where  six  years  were  spent 
in  professional  activity.  The  next  fifteen  years  passed 
as  a  successful  lawyer,  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  from 
whence  he  removed  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in  1905. 
While  a  resident  of  Iowa  he  served  in  the  lower 


branch  of  the  state  legislature,  and  in  1909  and  1910 
served  as  senator  in  the  state  legislature  of  Idaho, 
where  his  services  were  of  a  high  order.  He  was  a 
constructive  legislator,  whose  name  will  certainly 
endure  in  connection  with  policies  of  far-reaching 
importance,  and  in  this  connection  his  talent  for 
concise  and  exact  expression  made  him  a  still  more 
valued  member.  Mr.  Sweeley  was  the  author  of 
the  anti-pass  law  which  was  passed  at  that  (the  loth) 
session  and  he  drafted  the  anti-trust  law  which  be- 
came a  part  of  the  Idaho  statutes  during  the  same 
session.  He  took  the  leading  part  in  framing  and 
shaping  the  present  local  option  law  of  the  state, 
and  had  entire  charge  of  the  bill  in  the  senate  until 
it  became  law.  It  was  also  he  who  introduced  and 
secured  the  passage  of  the  bill  creating  a  public 
park  at  Shoshone  Falls,  Idaho.  In  political  views 
Mr.  Sweeley  is  a  Republican  and  has  always  taken 
an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  his  party.  On  lo- 
cating at  Twin  Falls,  Mr.  Sweeley  took  as  a  law 
partner  his  son,  Everett  M.  Sweeley,  a  graduate'  of 
the  University  of  Michigan,  and  the  association  con- 
tinues under  the  firm  name  of  Sweeley  &  Sweeley. 
In  Iowa  Mr.  Sweeley  had  attained  a  place  among 
the  foremost  men  of  his  profession,  and  when  he 
came  to  Idaho  the  members  of  the  Idaho  bar  soon 
became  aware  that  a  man  of  commanding  legal 
strength  had  joined  them.  His  practice  has  been 
extensive,  both  as  to  the  number  and  character  of 
the  cases  tried,  and  many  of  them  have  been  of 
important  bearing.  Not  only  as  a  lawyer,  but  as 
a  man  and  citizen  he  stands  for  what  is  the  highest 
order  of  useful  and  worthy  living.  What  he  does 
for  the  advancement  of  Idaho  is  prompted  by  a  sin- 
cere and  firm  faith  in  a  great  future  for  the  state. 
He  says  of  it:  "Idaho,  especially  the  southern 
part  of  it,  offers  more  attractions  to  the  active  man 
than  any  other  part  of  the  country,  for  it  is  rich 
in  natural  resources  and  rapid  development  has 
already  been  made  and  more  will  be  done  in  the 
near  future.  The  possibilities  along  all  lines  are  . 
great  and  the  Twin  Falls  country  is  favored  with  a 
large  proportion  of  them.  I  do  not  hesitate  to  ad- 
vise anyone  to  come  here  for  a  home,  and  I  will 
cheerfully  answer  all  inquiries  regarding  Idaho." 

At  Adel,  Iowa,  on  March  28,  1879,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Sweeley  and  Miss  Alice  J.  Slo- 
cumb,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Lydia  Slocumb,  of 
Albany,  Illinois.  They  have  one  son,  Everett  M., 
now  married  and  the  law  partner  of  his  father.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Sweeley  are  attendants  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Mrs.  Sweeley  is  a  woman  of  refined 
and  cultivated  tastes  and  of  strong  and  attractive 
personality,  qualities  that  have  brought  her  into 
prominence  in  the  social  and  club  circles  of  Idaho, 
where  she  has  an  extensive  acquaintance.  She  was 
formerly  vice  president  and  is  now  president  of  the 
First  District  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  in  this 
state.  Mr.  Sweeley  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
order  as  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  as  a  noble  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Idaho 
State  Bar  Association,  and  a  member  and  president 
of  the  Twin  Falls  Commercial  Club. 

WILBUR  S.  HILL.  Some  view  opportunity  as  ex- 
pressed by  the  late  John  J.  Ingalls,  the  brilliant  Kan- 
sas statesman  and  writer,  who  wrote : 

"I  knock  unbidden  once  at  every  gate. 
If  sleeping,  wake — if  feasting,  rise  before 
I  turn  away.     It  is  the  hour  of  fate." 

Others  believe  that  opportunity  is  ever  present,  but 
reveals  itself  only  to  him  of  a  discerning  mind,  re- 
sourceful, courageous  and  with  the  nerve  to  attempt; 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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that  opportunity  is  largely  a  matter  of  character.  It 
would  seem  that  the  latter  view  would  hold  in  the 
case  of  Wilbur  S.  Hill,  who,  in  1906,  came  to  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  as  an  employe  in  the  office  of  the  Tivin 
Falls  Times,  then  a  struggling  weekly.  He  pur- 
chased the  paper  that  same  year  and  today  publishes 
the  Twice-a-Week  Times,  the  leading  paper  of  Twin 
Falls  and  one  of  the  most  prosperous  in  southern 
Idaho.  He  has  kept  pace  with  the  remarkable  growth 
of  the  city,  has  been  quick  to  see  and  seize  every 
advantage  offered,  and  has  turned  into  success  what 
seemed  a  failure. 

Wilbur  S.  Hill  was  born  in  Red  Wing,.  Minne- 
sota, January  18,  1878,  and  continued  a  resident  of 
that  state  until  1905,  or  until  twenty-seven  years  of 
age.  His  common  and  high  school  education  was 
obtained  at  Morris,  Minnesota,  and  his  college  train- 
ing was  acquired  in  Carleton  College,  Northfield, 
Minnesota,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated 
in  1905.  He  earned  his  first  money  as  a  newsboy, 
selling  the  Minneapolis  Journal,  and  continued  thus 
employed  until  twenty-one  years  of  age.  It  was  after 
this  that  he  attended  Carleton  College.  After  grad- 
uating he  came  west,  locating  first  at  Weiser,  Idaho, 
where  for  one  year  he  was  connected  with  the 
Weiser  World;  then  early  in  1906  he  came  to  Twin 
Falls  and  accepted  a  position  on  the  Tivin  Falls 
Times.  In  March  of  that  same  year  he  bought  the 
paper  and  began  the  capable  and  energetic  manage- 
ment which  has  developed  it  into  one  of  the  best 
paying  newspaper  properties  in  this  section  of  Idaho. 
He  enlarged  the  plant  and  added  to  its  equipment 
until  the  entire  establishment  is  now  modern  and 
complete.  He  enlarged  and  changed  the  weekly 
into  a  semi-weekly,  which  is  now  issued  twice  a  week 
to  a  large  list  of  subscribers.  A  member  of  the 
Eastern  Idaho  Press  Club,  he  served  as  its  president 
one  year,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Twin  Falls  and  a  director  of  the  Merchants' 
and  Manufacturers'  Association  of  that  city.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Independent  Republican,  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Twin  Falls  county  Republican  cen- 
tral committee.  He  has  the  Idaho  spirit  and  feels 
confident  there  is  a  magnificent  future  ahead  for 
this  state,  that  opportunity  still  abounds  for  the 
men  of  ability  who  have  a  large  capacity  for  ener- 
getic and  honest  effort.  In  the  way  of  outdoor 
recreation  he  enjoys  the  sport  of  fishing  and  the 
game  of  tennis.  He  is  fond  of  reading  and  has  a 
good  library  of  well-selected  books,  especially  along 
the  lines  of  history  and  political  economy,  which 
at  all  times  affords  him  a  pieasant  and  profitable 
diversion. 

At  Morris,  Minnesota,  on  July  18,  1906,  Mr.  Hill 
wedded  Miss  Mabel  L.  McDonald,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  F.  McDonald,  of  that  city. 
Mr.  Hill  is  a  member  of  the  fraternal  order  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

NELS  A.  JACKSON  is  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the 
most  extensive  bakery  establishments  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  st  ite.  He  has  advanced  from  a  position 
of  minor  importance  in  the  business  life  of  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  until  he  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the 
solid  business  men  of  the  city,  and  his  acquaintance 
with  business  people  and  conditions  of  the  city  is 
not  surpassed  by  any. 

Born  in  Norway,  on  Christmas  day,  1881,  Nels  A. 
Jackson  passed  the  early  years  of  his  life  in  his 
native  land.  He  was  nineteen  years  of  ago  when 
he  made  his  first  trip  to  the  United  States,  settling 
in  Chicago,  where  he  remained  for  about  six  years. 
He  secured  work  in  a  bake  shop  and  there  continued, 
giving  close  and  careful  attention  to  every  detail 


of  the  work,  so  that  when  he  quitted  the  establish- 
ment after  six  years  he  was  a  thoroughly  experienced 
and  qualified  baker.  He  made  a  trip  home  to  Nor- 
way, spending  three  months  amid  his  boyhood  friends, 
and  when  he  returned  once  more  to  the  land  of 
his  adoption  he  made  nis  way  directly  to  Twin  Falls. 
He  arrived  here  in  1908,  and  he  has  been  a  resident 
of  the  town  continuously  since  that  time.  His  first 
business  connection  in  this  city  was  as  an  employe 
of  Smith  &  Smith.  He  very  soon  purchased  the 
business  from  them,  becoming  sole  owner  of  the 
shop  and  good  will  of  the  business,  and  has  since 
that  time  been  successfully  conducting  a  wholesale 
and  retail  bakery  establishment,  with  a  trade  that 
reaches  far  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city,  drawing  a 
revenue  from  every  hamlet  in  the  county. 

Mr.  Jackson  received  a  fairly  good  training  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  land,  his  common  school 
training  being  followed  by  a  course  in  Latin  at  a 
preparatory  institution  in  his  home  town,  and  after 
coming  to  Chicago  he  took  a  one-year  course  in  a 
night  school  and  a  year  in  day  school,  his  studies  in 
Chicago  being  principally  intended  to  further  his 
mastery  of  the  English  language,  in  which  he  is 
unusually  proficient.  His  bakery  experience  in  Chi- 
cago was  aided  by  his  three-year  apprenticeship  to 
the  trade  in  his  native  land,  so  that  he  has  brought 
to  bear  in  the  business  knowledge  gained  in  both 
American  and  foreign  shops.  When  he  started  up 
in  business  in  Twin  Falls  he  was  necessarily  handi- 
capped by  lack  of  means,  and  he  conducted  the  busi- 
ness on  a  small  scale  until  the  steady  increase  made 
it  possible  for  him  to  expand.  The  result  is  that 
his  shop  today  controls  the  business  in  his  line,  and 
he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  successful  young 
business  men  of  the  city.  He  stands  high  in  the 
esteem  of  the  community,  his  splendid  character 
winning  to  him  the  confidence  and  friendship  of  a 
large  circle  of  people  in  the  community.  Since  coin- 
ing to  Twin  Falls,  Mr.  Jackson  has  made  his  second 
trip  to  his  home  in  Norway,  but  his  best  interests 
are  centered  in  his  adopted  city,  and  he  will  always 
regard  America  as  his  real  home. 

Mr.  Jackson  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church, 
as  becomes  one  of  his  upbringing  and  nationality. 
Politically,  he  is  an  independent,  taking  no  active 
part  in  the  political  affairs  of  the  city,  beyond  the 
duties  of  good  citizenship.  He  believes  it  the  bounden 
duty  of  every  man  to  vote  according  to  his  best 
judgment,  but  is  content  to  let  others  strive  for 
political  favor  in  the  public  arena. 

HON.  JAMES  L.  FULLER.  The  roster  of  distin- 
guished jurists  who  have  brought  honor  to  the  bench 
of  Lincoln  county  contains  many  names  of  deserved 
eminence,  and  the  place  occupied  by  James  L.  Fuller, 
judge  of  the  probate  court  of  the  county,  is  one  of 
high  credit  and  distinction.  Now  serving  his  fourth 
term  in  his  high  office,  he  has  made  a  record  that 
holds  out  a  stimulus  and  example  to  all  men  who 
are  called  upon  to  bear  the  responsibilities  of  a  place 
upon  the  bench.  The  sound  judgment,  the  well  bal- 
anced judicial  mind,  the  intellectual  honesty  and 
freedom  from  bias  which  are  required  of  a  judge — 
these  attributes  are  his  and  enable  him  to  maintain 
the  best  traditions  of  the  judicial  office.  Judge  Fuller 
was  born  at  Angelica,  New  York,  March  17,  1845, 
and  is  the  oldest  of  the  seven  children  of  Russell 
and  Margaret  (Winegar)  Fuller. 

Russell  Fuller  was  born  in  New  York  state  and 
resided  there  all  his  life,  following  the  farming  and 
lumber  industries,  and  passing  away  at  the  age  of 
sixty-four  years.  His  wife  was  also  a  native  of  New 
York  state,  where  they  were  married,  and  she  died 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


in  1875,  they  being  buried  side  by  side  in  the  ceme- 
tery at  Angelica. 

James  L.  Fuller  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  state,  following  which 
he  started  to  take  an  academic  course,  but  after  two 
years,  when  he  was  seventeen' vears  old.  he  enlisted 
in  Company  G,  One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  which  was 
eventually  transferred  to  the  First  New  York  Dra- 
goons. With  this  organization,  the  young  man  took 
part  in  forty-four  engagements,  and  his  services 
were  of  so  brave  and  faithful  an  order  that  he  re- 
ceived his  honorable  discharge  as  a  quartermaster 
sergeant  instead  of  as  a  private,  the  rank  he  held 
upon  entering.  On  completing  his  gallant  military 
career,  Mr.  Fuller  returned  to  his  home,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  farming  for  two  years,  but  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  decided  to  come  west  and  accord- 
ingly made  his  way  to  Iowa.  There  he  spent  one 
year  in  railroading,  but  about  1870  removed  to  Ne- 
vada and  there  for  a  number  of  vears  was  engaged 
in  teaming  and  freighting  from  Elko,  in  Elko 
county,  to  Pioche,  in  Lincoln  county,  and  hauled  the 
machinery  into  the  latter  town  for  the  first  smelter 
that  was  established  there.  He  continued  to  be  en- 
gaged in  the  same  enterprise  until  November,  1874, 
when  he  came  to  Idaho,  and  has  since  been  a  resi- 
dent here.  First  locating  at  Marsh  Lake,  he  took 
up  a  government  homestead  and  remained  in  that 
part  for  five  years,  when  he  traded  his  land  and 
moved  to  Dry  Creek,  on  another  ranch,  on  which 
he  spent  about  two  years.  His  next  venture  was 
in  mining  on  Snake  river,  near  the  town  of  Bliss, 
and  there  he  subsequently  established  a  mercantile 
business,  which  was  conducted  by  him  until  1902, 
and  for  many  years  also  acted  in  the  capacity  of 
postmaster  at  that  place.  He  served  as  county  com- 
missioner of  Lincoln  county,  being  first  appointed 
to  that  position  by  Governor  McConnell  when  Lin- 
coln county  was  first  established,  and  later  being 
elected  lo  the  office.  Since  1905  he  has  served  as 
a  member  of  the  Shoshone  school  board,  having 
come  to  this  city  in  1902  and  established  himself  in 
the  hotel  business,  continuing  to  conduct  a  popular 
hostelry  for  three  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
Mr.  Fuller  was  appointed  probate  judge  of  Lincoln 
county  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and  since  that  time  he  has 
been  elected  to  the  office  four  times,  discharging  the 
duties  of  his  office  in  such  a  manner  as  to  gain  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  all  parties  concerned.  He  is 
a  stanch  supporter  of  the  policies  of  the  Republican 
party  and  of  its  candidates,  and  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  wheel-horses  of  his  party  in  this  section.  A 
popular  comrade  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, in  1896  Judge  Fuller  served  as  department 
commander  thereof.  In  religious  belief  he  leans  to- 
ward the  faith  of  the  Episcopal  church,  while  his 
wife  is  a  Baptist  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Ladies.' 
Aid  Society.  He  takes  great  pleasure  in  hunting  and 
fishing,  is  very  fond  of  reading,  and  is  the  owner  of 
a  fine  private  library.  During-  his  residence  here  Mr. 
Fuller  has  made  nummerous  friends  in  social  and 
official  life,  who  have  been  drawn  about  him  by  his 
many  admirable  traits  of  character. 

While  living  near  Bliss,  Idaho,  Judge  Fuller  met 
Miss  Alice  Decker  Bliss,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  David  B.  Bliss,  at  whose  house  he  was  board- 
ing when  a  disastrous  fire  destroyed  the  house  and 
all  its  contents,  including  the  wardrobe  of  Mr.  Fuller 
and  his  financee.  The  latter,  bemoaning  her  loss  to  the 
judge,  was  informed  that  the  future  dignitary  was 
not  marrying  her  for  her  clothes,  and  to  prove  it 
suggested  that  they  be  married  at  once.  After  some 
hesitation  the  young  lady  agreed,  and  thus,  in  the 


month  of  August,  1879,  they  were  married  by  a 
justice  of  the  peace.  Eleven  children  were  born  to 
this  happy  union,  as  follows:  Mildred,  who  is  now 
deceased;  James  Elmer;  Truman  C;  Josie  E. ;  de- 
ceased; Margaret;  Aaron  and  Russell,  who  are 
twins;  Amos,  John;  Alice  A.  and  Theodore.  Two 
of  these  children  have  received  college  educations 
and  all  have  received  more  than  ordinary  educa- 
tional advantages,  sufficient  to  fit  them  amply  for 
whatever  positions  in  life  they  may  be  called  upon  to 
fill. 

Judge  Fuller  has  an  honorable  record  on  the  bench, 
and  from  the  time  when  as  a  youth  he  dropped  his 
school  books  to  take  up  a  musket  with  the  boys  in 
blue,  he  has  at  all  times  demonstrated  his  patriotism 
and  public  spirit. 

FRANK  LYTLE,  of  the  firm  of  the  Lytle  &  Young 
Furniture  Company,  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho 
since  1901  and  of  Twin  Falls  since  1905.  His  first 
identification  with  this  section  of  the  country  was 
as  a  rancher,  and  he  operated  along  those  lines  until 
1908,  when  he  accepted  a  position  in  the  furniture 
store  of  Mr.  Layering  in  Twin  Falls.  He  was  thus 
employed  until  1910,  in  which  year  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Young  and  they  purchased  the 
business  of  Mr.  Layering,  styling  the  new  firm  the 
Lytle- Young  Furniture  Company.  They  have  a 
large  and  modern  establishment,  with  the  most  com- 
plete and  up-to-date  lines  in  stock,  and  they  con- 
duct a  representative  business  in  and  about  the  city. 

Mr.  Lytle  is  the  son  of  George  and  Nettie  (Thurs- 
tpn)  Lytle,  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  respec- 
tively, and  the  mother  resides  in  Twin  Falls  at  the 
present  time.  Her  husband  died  in  October,  1904. 
The  subject  was  born  on  January  24,  1883,  in  Hop- 
kins, Missouri,  and  made  his  home  in  that  state 
until  he  was  about  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  home  town,  and 
gave  a  good  share  of  his  time  to  the  work  of  his 
father's  farm.  He  later  became  interested  in  a 
business  venture  on  his  own  responsibility  and  con- 
tinued to  be  thus  occupied  until  he  came  to  Idaho 
in  1901.  His  first  location  in  Idaho  was  in  Boise, 
and  he  spent  four  years  in  that  city,  engaged  during 
that  time  as  a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  establishment. 
In  January,  1905,  he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  engaged 
in  the  ranching  business  and  maintained  his  asso- 
ciation with  that  business  for  three  years.  In  1908 
he  accepted  a  position  with  Mr.  Layering,  as  pre- 
viously mentioned,  and  in  1910  entered  into  a  part- 
nership which  still  lives  as  the  Lytle- Young  Furni- 
ture Company.  The  young  men  are  thoroughly  alive 
and  wide  awake  to  the  possibilities  of  the  state  of 
Idaho,  both  commercially  and  otherwise,  and  are 
well  content  to  trust  their  future  to  its  splendid  pos- 
sibilities. Mr.  Lytle  in  particular  is  enthusiastic 
about  the  future  of  the  state,  and  has  invested  in 
no  small  way  in  property,  holding  considerable 
land,  and  being  interested  in  a  mercantile  way  as 
well  in  Buhl,  Idaho.  Mr.  Lytle  is  an  independent  in 
his  political  faith,  and  takes  no  active  part  in  the 
party  activities  of  the  district.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Commercial  Club  of  Twin  Falls. 

On.  February  24,  1909,  he  was  married  at  Santa 
Ana,  California,  to  Miss  Fay  Swank,  formerly  of 
Seattle,  Washington.  They  have  one  child,  Charles 
E.  Lytle. 

ALFRED  W.  WIKER  has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Twin  Falls  since  1910,  and  in  the 
brief  season  that  has  elapsed  since  his  establish- 
ment here  he  has  made  splendid  strides  in  busi- 
ness growth  and  favor  in  and  about  the  city. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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Mr.  Wiker  was  born  in  West  Liberty,  Iowa,  on  April 
9,  1875,  and  is  the  son  of  Ezra  M.  and  Julia  (Allen) 
Wiker.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
who  came  west  and  settled  in  eastern  Iowa  when 
a  mere  boy.  Later  he  located  in  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, and  for  many  years  was  there  engaged  as  a 
carpenter  and  contractor.  He  now  resides  on  a 
fruit  ranch  near  Kansas  City.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  war,  having  fought  in  the  Union  army,  and 
during  his  enlistment  took  part  in  many  of  the 
hottest  conflicts  of  the  war  period,  serving  through 
until  the  close  of  the  strife.  The  wife  and  mother 
was  born  in  Indiana,  and  she  still  survives,  making 
her  home  on  their  ranch  near  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
They  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  the  subject 
being  the  second  born  and  the  eldest  son  of  his 
parents. 

When  Alfred  W.  Wiker  was  four  years  old  his 
parents  moved  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  There  he 
received  his  early  education,  the  common  schools 
of  the  city  constituting  the  extent  of  his  training 
in  that  respect.  He  lived  in  Kansas  City  until  1910. 
He  earned  his  first  money  as  an  office  boy  in  the 
offices  of  the  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  R.  R ,  continuing  there 
for  seven  years,  after  which  he  went  into  the  offices 
of  Swift  &  Company.  He  continued  there  for  three 
years,  resigning  to  go  into  the  asbestos  business  for 
himself  in  Kansas  City.  He  was  for  four  years 
engaged  in  that  industry,  and  in  1910  he  closed  out 
the  business  and  came  to  Twin  Falls,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business,  as  previously  men- 
tioned. He  has  invested  largely  in  agricultural  prop- 
erty near  the  city,  and  has  two  splendid  orchards 
near  Twin  Falls  which  are  a  source  of  much  pleasure 
to  him.  He  also  has  a  valuable  ranch  about  ten 
miles  distant  from  the  city,  which  is  being  developed 
rapidly.  He  has  shown  his  unbounded  confidence 
in  the  future  of  the  city  of  Twin  Falls  as  well  as 
of  the  surrounding  country  by  his  very  material 
investments  in  city  property,  his  store  building  being 
only  one  of  the  pieces  of  realty  he  owns  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Wiker  is  an  independent  in  politics,  and  does 
not  take  an  active  part  in  party  affairs.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Twin  Falls,  and 
with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid 
Society  of  the  church  and  of  the  Century  Club. 

On  December  21,  1896,  Mr.  Wiker  was  married  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  to  Miss  Janet  D.  Forrester, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Forrester  of 
Kansas  City.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wiker — Charlotte  and  Bruce  Wiker. 

FREDERICK  C.  GRAVES.  Although  he  cannot  be  said 
to  have  been  a  pioneer  in  the  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business  in  Filer,  few  men  have  been  identified 
with  its  growth  in  a  greater  degree  than  Frederick 
C.  Graves.  Having  supreme  faith  in  the  future  of 
his  adopted  state,  he  has  at  all  times  displayed 
boundless  enthusiasm  in  setting  forth  its  advantages 
and  opportunities  to  homeseekers,  and  through  his 
efforts  emigration  has  been  greatly  encouraged.  It 
is  to  this  class  of  men  that  the  state  owes  its  rapid 
development,  not  only  in  growth  of  population,  but 
in  importance  as  ft  center  of  commercial,  agricultural 
and  industrial  activity.  Mr.  Graves  was  born  in 
Dade  county,  Missouri,  December  6,  1872.  but  in  his 
third  year  was  taken  to  Nebraska,  and  there  received 
his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools.  On 
completing  his  education,  he  devoted  his  attention 
to  farming,  in  which  he  had  been  engaged  during 
his  vacation  periods,  but  in  1904  entered  the  real 
estate  business  in  Nebraska,  and  continued  therein 
until  making  removal  to  Filer,  Idaho,  in  1909.  Dur- 
ing the  first  three  months  here,  Mr.  Graves  was 
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identified  with  the  banking  business,  but  at  the  end 
of  that  time  established  his  present  office,  and  now 
does  a  general  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  busi- 
ness, operating  extensively  in  farm  lands  and 
orchards.  Mr.  Graves  has  never  hesitated  to  recom- 
mend this  state  to  those  who  are  seeking  new  locali- 
ties in  which  to  display  their  abilities,  and  his  faith 
in  the  future  of  the  state  has  been  demonstrated 
by  his  investing  in  valuable  farm  and  fruit  lands 
near  Filer,  included  in  which  are  twenty  acres  ad- 
joining the  town.  His  business  has  been  success- 
ful, and  his  standing  among  his  associates  in  the 
business  is  that  of  a  man  of  integrity  and  honorable 
dealing,  whose  operations  have  always  been  carried 
on  along  strictly  legitimate  lines. 

On  January  20,  1891,  Mr.  Graves  was  united  in 
marriage  at  David  City,  Nebraska,  to  Minnie  M. 
Walling,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Walling, 
well  known  residents  of  that  city.  To  this  union 
there  have  been  born  two  sons :  Ronald  L.  and  Ray- 
mond F.  With  his  family,  Mr.  Graves  attends  the 
Methodist  church,  his  wife  being  an  active  member 
of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  He  has  interested  him- 
self to  some  extent  in  fraternal  work,  being  con- 
nected with  the  Masons,  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  has  the  honor  of  hav- 
ing been  the  first  master  of  the  Masonic  lodge  here, 
a  position  he  has  held  for  two  years.  He  and  Mrs. 
Graves  are  also  members  of  the  Order  of  the  East- 
ern Star,  in  which  he  is  worthy  patron.  In  politics 
Mr.  Graves  is  a  Republican,  and  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  public  matters,  the  confidence  of  his 
fellow  citizens  in  hie  integrity  having  been  demon- 
strated by  his  election  to  the  office  of  city  treasurer 
of  Filer,  a  position  which  he  now  occupies.  He  is 
a  valued  member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  in  the 
interests  of  which  he  has  ever  been  an  active 
worker.  Mr.  Graves  is  fond  of  theatricals,  lectures 
and  speeches,  and  is  an  ardent  automobilist,  being 
the  owner  of  a  modern  high-power  car. 

Louis  R.  ADAMS.  It  is  uniformly  conceded  that 
Mr.  Adams  has  been  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
resourceful,  most  liberal  and  progressive  of  the 
sterling  citizens  who  have  brought  about  the  develop- 
ment and  substantial  upbuilding  of  the  thriving  town 
of  Rupert,  in  Idaho.  He  visited  the  site  of  the  vil- 
lage before  it  was  platted  and  at  that  early  date 
determined  to  identify  himself  with  the  new  town. 
He  was  a  pioneer  business  man  of  Rupert,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  lumber  trade  when  the 
place  was  represented  by  only  three  small  houses, 
and  he  has  contributed  by  every  means  in  his  power 
to  the  advancement  of  the  town,  which  now  has  a 
population  of  one  thousand  and  which  is  a  normal 
trade  center  for  a  fine  section  of  agricultural  coun- 
try. The  upbuilding  of  Rupert  has  been  accom- 
plished within  less  than  a  decade,  and  its  substantial 
status  today  stands  in  patent  evidence  of  Idaho  thrift 
and  aggressiveness.  Mr.  Adams  was  the  founder 
of  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Rupert,  and  is  president 
of  the  same,  besides  which  he  is  the  owner  of  a 
large  amount  of  valuable  ranch  property.  He  is  one 
who  commands  unqualified  confidence  and  esteem  in 
the  state  of  his  adoption,  is  one  of  its  loyal  and 
appreciative  citizens,  and  his  status  is  such  as  to 
render  most  consistent  his  recognition  in  this  pub- 
lication. 

Louis  Rudolph  Adams  was  born  at  Griswold,  Cass 
county,  Iowa,  on  the  first  of  August,  1871,  and  is  a 
member  of  one  of  the  honored  oioneer  families  of 
the  Hawkeye  state.  He  is  a  son  of  Robert  D.  and 
Margaret  J.  (Ware)  Adams,  both  of  whom  were 
born  in  the  state  of  Kentucky  and  both  of  whom 


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were  children  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  their 
respective  families  to  Illinois,  in  which  state  they 
were  reared  to  maturity  under  the  conditions  and 
influences  incident  to  that  pioneer  epoch  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Illinois  commonwealth.  It  was  theirs 
to  undergo  distinctive  pioneer  experiences  in  their 
more  mature  years  as  well,  for  they  were  numbered 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Cass  county,  Iowa,  where 
Mr.  Adams  served  as  countv  sheriff  in  the  early  days 
and  where  he  reclaimed  to  cultivation  a  valuable 
farm,  besides  which  he  became  one  of  the  leading 
stock  growers  of  that  section  of  the  state.  He  was 
a  zealous  supporter  of  the  cause  of  the  Republican 
party  and  especially  was  he  influential  in  public 
affairs  in  the  countv  in  which  he  lived  for  many 
years,  and  in  which  both  he  and  his  wife  died,  their 
remains  being  interred  in  Cass  countv.  to  whose 
development  and  material  upbuilding  they  contributed 
much.  Both  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  devout  in  their  manner  of  life  and  wprship, 
and  folk  of  superior  mentality  and  of  an  invincible 
integrity.  They  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren all  of  whom  are  deceased  with  the  exception  of 
Louis  R.,  whose  name  initiates  this  review. 

Louis  R.  Adams  is  indebted  to  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county  for  his  early  educational  disci- 
pline, and  he  was  there  graduated  in  the  high  school 
at  Griswold,  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1894.  There- 
after he  completed  a  thorough  commercial  course 
in  the  Corning  Academy,  located  at  Corning,  Iowa, 
and  he  initiated  his  independent  career  by  engaging 
in  agricultural  pursuits  and  stock-raising  on  one  of 
the  farms  owned  by  his  father."  He  thus  continued 
his  endeavors  for  six  years,  and  so  gratifying  and 
substantial  was  his  success  that  he  decided  to  indulge 
himself  in  travel.  In  accordance  with  this  plan  he 
passed  two  years  of  traveling  in  the  west,  and  within 
that  time  he  visited  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  Idaho, 
Montana,  Washington  and  Oregon,  and  gained  a 
clear  impression  in  regard  to  the  advantages  of  the 
various  sections  in  which  he  soiourned.  He  became 
at  that  time  especially  appreciative  of  the  manifold 
resources  and  beauties  of  Idaho,  the  veritable  "Gem 
of  the  Mountains,"  and  after  his  return  to  Iowa  he 
had  charge  of  the  old  homestead  for  one  year.  In 
the  meanwhile,  he  had  taken  unto  himself  a  wife. 
The  lure  of  Idaho  was  such  that  he  decided  to  leave 
his  native  state  and  establish  his  home  in  the  newer 
and  to  him  more  attractive  reeion.  Accordingly,  in 
the  autumn  of  1902,  he  came  to  Glenn's  Ferry,  El- 
more  county,  Idaho,  where  he  purchased  a  well  estab- 
lished lumber  business,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  fol- 
lowing year  his  wife  and  infant  daughter  joined 
him  in  the  new  home.  He  continued  successfully 
in  the  lumber  business  at  Glenn's  Ferrv  until  1909, 
when  he  disposed  of  the  yards  and  stock.  In  1905 
he  had  visited  the  site  of  the  present  town  of  Rupert, 
and  had  decided  that  here  was  an  eligible  place  to 
establish  a  lumber  business  and  become  one  of  the 
builders  of  the  new  village.  He  accordingly  estab- 
lished a  well  equipped  yard  and  within  a  brief  period 
there  was  active  demand  for  his  lumber  and  other 
building  supplies,  as  the  town  errew  most  rapidly, 
and  within  the  space  of  a  few  years  assumed  a  place 
of  considerable  relative  importance  as  a  trade  and 
industrial  center.  He  has  continued  successfully  in 
business  as  the  pioneer  lumber  merchant  of  Rupert, 
and  has  here  maintained  his  residence  since  1906. 
He  has  viewed  with  distinct  satisfaction  the  develop- 
ment of  the  town  and  no  citizen  has  done  more  to 
advance  its  material  and  civic  prosperity  than  has  he. 
He  is  influential  in  the  promoting  and  carrying  for- 
ward of  measures  and  enterprises  tending  to  advance 
the  general  welfare  of  the  communitv  and  has  been 


most  liberal  in  his  expenditure  of  time  and  money 
for  this  laudable  purpose.  In  1910  he  effected  the 
organization  of  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Rupert,  and 
he  has  since  continued  as  president  and  stockholder 
of  this  institution,  which  is  of  substantial  order  and 
managed  along  conservative  lines,  so  that  it  is  an 
important  factor  in  connection  with  the  general  in- 
dustrial and  business  activities  of  Rupert  and  the 
tributary  territory.  Mr.  Adams  is  also  a  stockholder 
of  the  Glenn's  Ferry  Bank,  and  is  the  owner  of  sev- 
eral well  improved  ranches,  in  Lincoln  and  Cassia 
counties.  He  is  the  owner  of  valuable  real  estate 
in  Rupert,  including  his  own  modern  and  attractive 
residence,  which  has  become  a  center  of  the  best 
social  activities  of  the  community,  with  Mrs.  Adams 
as  its  gracious  and  popular  chatelaine. 

In  politics  Mr.  Adams  accords  a  stalwart  alle- 
giance to  the  Republican  party  and  he  is  one  of  the 
leaders  in  its  ranks  in  his  home  county.  He  served 
as  a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  the  state  legis- 
lature in  the  sessions  of  1908-10,  as  representative 
from  Lincoln  county,  and  he  made  an  admirable 
record  as  a  zealous  and  effective  working  member  of 
the  general  assembly.  He  was  assigned  to  various 
committees  and  was  the  author  of  several  bills  whose 
enactment  has  proved  of  special  value  to  the  section 
of  the  state  which  he  represented.  In  1912  he  again 
became  a  candidate  for  the  legislature,  and  in  the 
election  of  November  of  that  year,  after  a  spirited 
canvass,  he  was  elected.  Mr.  Adams  was  the  author 
of  the  bill,  passed  in  the  last  legislative  session,  to 
create  the  county  of  Minidoka,  out  of  a  part  of  Lin- 
coln county,  with  Rupert  as  the  county  seat  of  the 
new  county. 

On  the  27th  of  June,  1901.  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Adams  to  Miss  Marie  Nelson,  who 
like  himself,  was  born  and  reared  in  Cass  county, 
Iowa,  where  her  parents  established  their  home  in 
the  pioneer  days.  Her  father  became  one  of  the 
substantial  farmers  in  the  vicinity  of  Griswold,  that 
county,  and  there  he  and  his  wife  still  reside.  They 
are,  Frank  and  Melina  (Hanson)  Nelson,  and  both 
are  of  stanchest  Scandinavian  lineage,  representative 
of  that  valuable  element  which  has  played  so  impor- 
tant a  part  in  the  development  and  upbuilding  of 
the  great  northwestern  section  of  our  national  do- 
main. Fred  A.  Nelson,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Adams,  is 
now  associated  with  her  husband  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  Rupert.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  have  three 
children,  Winona,  Herbert  and  Leona. 

LEE  J.  SNELSON.  The  popular  postmaster  of  Filer, 
Idaho,  Lee  J.  Snelson,  has  been  a  resident  of  this 
city  since  1008,  and  during  this  time  has  firmly  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  confidence  and  friendship  of 
the  citizens  of  his  adopted  community.  In  his  official 
capacity  he  has  shown  a  conscientious  regard  for  the 
duties  of  public  office,  and  as  a  good  citizen  no  move- 
ment for  the  betterment  of  Filer  or  its  people  has 
failed  to  secure  his  support.  Mr.  Snelson  was  born 
in  Carroll  county,  Arkansas,  November  10,  1877, 
and  is  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Margaret  (Black) 
Snelson. 

James  W.  Snelson  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  but 
as  a  young  man  removed  to  Arkansas,  and  for  many 
years  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Car- 
roll county.  In  1883  he  took  his  family  to  Colorado, 
where  he  continued  his  farming  operations  until 
1906,  and  since  that  time  has  been  a  resident  of 
Idaho,  now  making  his  home  in  Filer.  During  the 
war  between  the  states,  he  cast  his  fortunes  with  the 
South,  and  for  a  time  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
Confederate  army.  He  was  married  in  Arkansas  to 
Margaret  Black,  a  southern  lady,  who  had  been 


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born  in  North  Carolina,  and  she  died  in  July,  1912, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  and  is  buried  in 
Filer.  They  had  a  family  of  twelve  children,  Lee 
J.  being  the  eleventh  child  and  youngest  son. 

Lee  J.  Snelson  was  but  six  years  of  age  when 
taken  to  Colorado,  and  his  education  was  secured 
in  the  schools  of  that  state.  As  a  youth  he  was 
reared  to  agricultural  pursuits,  and  on  first  coming 
to  Idaho,  in  1906,  settled  at  Hagerman,  where  he 
continued  to  farm  for  two  years.  He  then  came 
to  Filer,  and  shortly  thereafter  received  the  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  postmaster,  in  which  he  has 
served  efficiently  to  the  present  time.  Mr.  Snelson 
makes  an  ideal  official,  his  pleasing  personality  and 
courteous  manner  having  made  numerous  friends 
among  those  who  have  had  occasion  to  transact  busi- 
ness at  the  postoffice.  In  political  matters  he  is 
independent,  believing  that  every  man  should  vote, 
but  that  he  should  be  allowed  to  exercise  his  pre- 
rogative of  casting  his  ballot  for  the  man  he  deems 
best  fitted  for  the  position,  irrespective  of  party  ties. 
Although  he  is  a  member  of  no  particular  denomina- 
tion, he  favors  all  church  bodies  and  cheerfully  do- 
nates to  movements  calculated  to  advance  religion, 
education  and  morality.  He  is  ardent  in  his  praise 
of  the  multifold  advantages  offered  the  ambitious 
and  enterprising  in  Idaho,  and  to  all  such  offers  his 
advice  to  investigate  conditions  here  before  seeking 
a  home  elsewhere.  Mr.  Snelson  is  competent  to 
judge  in  this  matter,  as  during  his  career  he  has 
visited  a  number  of  states,  none  of  which,  however, 
rank  with  Idaho  as  to  future  possibilities.  Like  all 
virile  Western  men,  Mr.  Snelson  is  fond  of  horse- 
back riding,  hunting  and  fishing,  and  is  also  a  patron 
of  theatricals,  public  speeches  and  lectures.  He  is 
of  an  enterprising  and  progressive  nature,  and  is 
doing  all  in  his  power  to  make  his  city  one  of  the 
commercial,  educational  and  industrial  centers  of  the 
state. 

ISAAC  R.  CROW.  As  president  and  editor  of  the 
Orofino  Tribune,  Isaac  R.  Crow  holds  a  high  place 
in  the  business  world  of  Orofino.  He  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  December  18,  1853, 
and  to  the  public  schools  of  Springfield  is  indebted 
for  his  early  educational  training.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  he  went  to  Nebraska,  where  he  com- 
pleted a  high  school  course  and  where  he  continued 
to  reside  during  the  ensuing  twelve  years.  He  entered 
upon  an  apprenticeship  to  learn  the  trade  of  printer, 
his  salary  at  the  start  being  $2  per  week,  but  with  the 
passage  of  time  he  worked  himself  up  to  important 
newspaper  positions,  and  during  his  career  has  been 
connected  with  many  very  well  known  publications. 
In  1881  he  left  Nebraska  and  went  to  the  Black 
Hills,  in  South  Dakota,  there  working  as  a  printer 
in  five  different  counties.  It  is  said  that  he  was 
so  well  known  in  that  district  that  a  letter  addressed 
to  any  town  in  the  hills  would  have  reached  him. 
In  1907  he  left  South  Dakota  and  went  to  Spokane, 
Washington,  where  he  maintained  his  home  until 
1911,  coming  in  that  year  to  Orofino,  Idaho.  Here 
he  immediately  organized  a  company,  of  which  he 
became  president  and  manager,  and  purchased  the 
Orofino  Tribune,  to  the  improvement  of  which  pub- 
lication he  has  since  devoted  his  undivided  atten- 
tion. The  Tribune  is  now  equal  in  every  way  to 
newspapers  published  in  many  of  the  metropolitan 
centers  of  the  East,  one  of  its  features  being  a  col- 
ored supplement. 

Mr.  Crow  is  a  writer  of  unusual  ability  and  has 
written  numerous  valuable  articles  on  the  various 
towns  in  which  he  has  lived.  Today  he  is  a  strong 
booster  for  Orofino.  He  says  that  for  the  invest- 
ment of  capital  and  a  place  for  ideal  homes,  Idaho 


is  the  best  location  in  the  entire  Northwest,  'it  being 
a  general,  all-round  state,  with  opportunities  for 
everyone.  As  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  he 
figures  prominently  in  local  politics,  giving  freely 
of  his  time  and  means  to  all  measures  and  enter- 
prises projected  for  the  good  of  the  general  welfare. 
His  religious  faith  is  in  harmony  with  the  tenets  of 
the  Christian  church,  and  he  is  a  generous  contribu- 
tor to  worthy  charitable  organizations.  He  is  fond 
of  reading  and  writing  and  says  that  pencil  pushing 
is  a  real  pleasure  to  him.  He  is  well  known  as  a 
man  of  sterling  integrity  of  character  and  is  well 
liked  by  men  in  every  walk  of  life. 

At  Tecumseh,  Nebraska,  June  21,  1876,  Mr.  Crow 
married  Miss  Leulla  R.  Campbell,  formerly  of  \Va- 
yerly,  Illinois.  She  was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal 
in  Spokane,  Washington,  October  16,  1912,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-four  years.  She  was  an  active  church 
worker  and  a  devout  Christian  from  childhood  up. 
A  woman  of  most  gracious  and  pleasing  personality, 
she  was  deeply  beloved  by  all  who  came  within  the 
sphere  of  her  gentle  influence.  Five  of  the  seven 
children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crow  are  living,  in 
1912,  namely:  Mrs.  E.  W.  Valentine,  of  Spokane, 
Washington;  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hurd,  of  Portland,  Oregon; 
Mrs.  S.  R.  Eaton,  of  Chilco,  Idaho,  and  John  H. 
and  Ben  C.  Crow,  both  of  Spokane,  Washington. 

AXEL  E.  HOLM  BERG.  Civilization  will  hail  riches, 
prowess,  honors,  popularity,  but  it  will  bow  humbly 
to  sincerity  in  its  fellows.  The  exponent  of  known 
sincerity,  singleness  of  honest  purpose,  has  its  ex- 
emplification in  all  bodies  of  men;  he  is  found  in 
every  association  and  to  him  defer  its  highest  honors. 
Such  an  exemplar  whose  daily  life  and  whose  life 
work  have  been  dominated  as  their  most  conspicuous 
characteristic  by  sincerity  is  Alex  E.  Holmberg,  who 
is  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Orofino,  Idaho, 
where  he  is  general  manager  and  secretary  of  the 
Orofino  Trading  Company,  one  of  the  biggest  and 
best  department  stores  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

A  native  of  Sweden,  Axel  E.  Holmberg  was  bora 
March  5,  1862.  In  his  second  year  his  parents  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  bringing  him  with  them. 
They  located  in  Minnesota  and  there  the  young  Axel 
grew  to  maturity  and  was  educated.  His  public 
school  training  was  supplemented  with  a  course  of 
study  in  the  Gustafus  Adolphus  College,  at  St.  Peter, 
Minnesota.  After  completing  his  educational  disci-* 
pline  he  accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  general 
merchandise  establishment  in  Minnesota.  Thus 
simply  he  began  his  career  as  merchant.  He  lived 
in  the  Gopher  state  until  1900,  and  during  three  years 
prior  to  that  date  was  interested  in  banking  projects. 
In  the  above  year  he  came  to  Orofino,  Idaho,  and 
here  opened  up  a  general  merchandise  business.  His 
enterprise  was  incorporated,  in  1903,  under  the  name 
of  the  Orofino  Trading  Company,  of  which  concern 
he  is  general  manager  and  secretary,  likewise  the 
principal  stockholder.  This  company  is  housed  in 
a  fine  modern  structure  and  carries  everything  usually 
found  in  an  up-to-date  department  store.  As  Mr. 
Holmberg  has  been  interested  in  mercantile  projects 
during  practically  the  entire  period  of  his  active 
career,  he  is  thoroughly  acquainted  witli  every  de- 
tail of  this  business.  He  has  always  applied  his 
knowledge  and  experience  to  the  best  possible  use 
and  the  result  is  unmitigated  success.  All  his  deal- 
ings have  been  characterized  by  honesty  and  fair 
methods. 

Although  reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Lutheran 
church,  Mr.  Holmberg  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  denomination,  and  he  is  an 
active  worker  in  behalf  of  all  worthy  religious  move- 
ments. His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  Odd 


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Fellows,  the  Elks,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  He  is  likewise  prominent  in  Masonry.  His 
political  support  is  given  without  restriction  to  the 
Democratic  party,  in  the  local  councils  of  which  he 
is  an  active  factor.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  and  while  at  Boise  was  active  in  the  crea- 
tion of  Clearwater  and  Lewis  counties  and  in  retain- 
ing the  state  insane  asylum  for  northern  Idaho.  He 
is  a  firm  believer  in  initiative,  referendum  and  recall. 
He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Orofino  and  was  mayor  of  this  city,  resigning  the 
latter  office  in  order  to  devote  his  undivided  atten- 
tion to  his  growing  business  interests.  In  the  fall 
of  1912  he  was  a  candidate  on  the  Democratic  ticket 
for  the  office  of  state  senator,  but  the  district  being 
normally  Republican,  he  met  with  defeat.  Mr.  Holm- 
"berg  states  that  Idaho  offers  opportunities  to  laboi 
that  surpass  any  other  state.  The  seasons  are  longer 
and  more  pleasant  and  therefore  do  not  require 
people  to  lie  idle  at  any  period.  Idaho  offers  a  real 
home  to  the  homeseeker  and  honest  opportunities  to 
the  business  and  professional  man.  A  brilliant  politi- 
cal future  is  predicted  for  Mr.  Holmberg  by  those 
who  know  him  in  a  business  and  personal  way,  and 
he  is  already  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  leading  men 
in  the  state. 

At  St.  Peter,  Minnesota,  May  23,  1886,  Mr.  Holm- 
berg  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Blanda  Larson, 
a  daughter  of  John  Larson,  formerly  of  Sweden. 
Three  children  were  born  to  this  union,  as  follows : 
Ebba  C,  is  the  wife  of  J.  G.  Bullock,  who  is  inter- 
ested with  Mr.  Holmberg  in  the  mercantile  business 
at  Orofino ;  Mabel,  who  is  at  home  with  her  parents, 
and  Oliver  H.,  present  deputy  county  auditor  and 
a  resident  of  Orofino. 

GEORGE  H.  COULTHARD,  M.  D.  The  city  of  Idaho 
Falls,  judicial  center  of  Bonneville  county,  has  been 
the  center  of  the  able  and  successful  endeavors  of 
Dr.  Coulthard  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  since 
the  summer  of  1904,  and  while  he  can  by  no  means 
he  designated  a  pioneer  of  this  favored  section  of 
the  state  it  is  conceded  that  during  his  period  of  resi- 
dence in  Bonneville  county  no  citizen  has  manifested 
more  insistent  civic  loyalty  and  appreciation  and  that 
none  has  been  more  zealous  and  enthusiastic  in  sup- 
porting measures  and  enterprises  projected  for  the 
general  good  of  the  community.  He  has  high  ideals 
and  progressive  policies  of  every  kind  find  in  him 
a  sturdy  advocate.  He  has  identified  himself  closely 
with  the  interests  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  as  one  of  its 
representative  citizens  and  as  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  this  part  of  the  state  he 
is  eminently  entitled  to  specific  recognition  in  this 
publication.  He  has  won  the  unqualified  confidence 
and  high  regard  of  the  people  of  his  home  county 
and  besides  serving  in  local  positions  of  public  trust 
he  was  formerly  a  valued  and  zealous  member  of  the 
Idaho  state  board  of  health. 

Dr.  Coulthard  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Missouri 
Valley,  Harrison  county,  Iowa,  on  the  9th  of  March, 
1878,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Eddee) 
Coulthard,  who  were  numbered  among  the  early 
settlers  of  that  section  of  the  Hawkeye  state  and 
became  prominently  identified  with  its  pioneer  devel- 
opment and  upbuilding.  The  father  secured  a  tract 
of  government  land  in  Harrison  county,  and  re- 
claimed the  same  into  a  valuable  and  productive 
farm.  Indefatigable  industry  and  careful  manage- 
ment brought  to  him  a  due  reward,  and  he  was  able 
not  only  to  provide  well  for  his  family  but  also  to 
achieve  distinctive  independence  and  prosperity.  He 
still  resides  on  the  old  homestead  farm  and  the  same 
has  been  his  place  of  abode  for  fully  42  years.  His 


cherished  and  devoted  wife  remains  by  his  side,  and 
after  years  of  earnest  toil  and  endeavor  they  find 
that  their  "lines  are  cast  in  pleasant  places,"  their 
lives  being  now  marked  by  "smiling  plenty  and  fair, 
prosperous  days."  William  Coulthard  was  born  at 
Glencoe,  province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  in  the  year 
1844,  and  thus  is  nearing  the  psalmist's  allotted  span 
of  three-score  years  and  ten,  as  is  also  his  wife, 
who  is  about  two  years  his  junior,  in  excellent  health, 
with  a  pleasant  home,  and  surrounded  by  friends 
who  are  tried  and  true,  they  are  passing  the  gracious 
evening  of  their  lives  in  peace  and  prosperity,  secure 
in  the  high  regard  of  all  who  know  them  and  con- 
tent with  the  benignant  aftermath  which  is  theirs 
after  having  borne  to  the  full  the  heat  and  burden 
of  the  day.  Of  their  nine  children  five  are  now 
living,  namely :  Mrs.  Anna  Downey,  of  Logan, 
Iowa;  Mrs.  Inez  Herman,  of  Clarkston,  Nebraska; 
Mrs.  Ella  Doty,  of  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa;  David 
Lloyd;  and  Dr.  George  H.,  whose  name  initiates  this 
review.  The  parents  are  devout  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  the  father  is  a  stanch 
Republican  in  his  political  adherency. 

Dr.  George  H.  Coulthard,  who  was  the  third  in 
order  of  birth  of  the  nine  children,  gained  his  early 
experiences  in  connection  with  the  work  and  man- 
agement of  the  home  farm,  and  after  availing  himself 
of  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
county  he  completed  the  curriculum  of  the  Woodbine 
Normal  School,  at  Woodbine,  Harrison  county,  in 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1900.  He  had 
in  the  meanwhile  formulated  definite  plans  for  his 
future  life-work,  and  in  harmony  therewith  he  was 
matriculated  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa,  at  Iowa  City,  in  which  he  com- 
pleted the  prescribed  course  and  was  graduated  as 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1904,  his  degree  of  doctor 
of  medicine  having  been  conferred  upon  him  on 
the  I4th  of  June  of  that  year.  In  1904  of  the  same 
year  the  ambitious  and  well  fortified  young  disciple 
of  Aesculapius  came  to  Idaho  and  established  his 
residence  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  here  his  professional 
novitiate  was  of  brief  duration,  for  he  soon  proved 
his  ability  and  gained  such  popular  confidence  that 
his  practice  grew  apace,  to  become,  as.it  is  today, 
one  of  the  most  extensive  and  substantial  controlled 
by  any  physician  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

In  1907  Dr.  Coulthard  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  city  council,  and  his  splendid  majority  at  the 
polls  again  attested  his  unequivocal  popularity.  There 
are  no  half-way  measures  possible  with  him,  and 
thus  he  was  not  in  the  least  perfunctory  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  as  a  representative  of  the  munici- 
pal government.  He  was  zealous  in  furthering 
measures  and  enterprises  for  the  general  good  of  the 
city  and  its  people  and  was  indefatigable  in  urging 
a  policy  of  definite  municipal  progressiveness,  with 
wise  economy  in  the  expenditure  of  city  revenues. 
During  the  administration  of  Governor  Brady  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  health, 
and  of  this  body  likewise  he  proved  a  most  earnest 
and  valued  member.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Idaho  Falls  Club  of  Commerce,  and  has  the 
distinction  of  being  chosen  its  first  president.  This 
representative  body  has  done  much  to  promote  high 
civic  ideals  and  to  further  the  material  progress  and 
advancement  of.  Idaho  Falls  and  its  tributary  terri- 
tory. The  Doctor  was  secretary  of  this  club,  as  well 
as  a  member  of  its  directorate.  In  national 
affairs  he  is  stanch  in  his  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party,  but  in  local  matters  he  gives  his  sup- 
port to  men  and  measures  meeting  the  approval  of 
his  judgment,  without  reference  to  strict  partisan 


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lines.  Dr.  Coulthard  has  been  an  earnest  and  appre- 
ciative student  of  the  history  and  teachings  of  the 
time-honored  Masonic  fraternity  and  is  one  of  its 
prominent  representatives  in  Idaho.  He  has  com- 
pleted the  circle  of  both  the  York  and  Scottish  Rites, 
in  the  latter  of  which  he  has  received  the  thirty- 
second  degree,  his  affiliation  being  with  the  Idaho 
Sovereign  Consistory,  at  Boise,  the  capital  of  the  state. 
He  has  passed  various  official  chairs  in  the  different 
Masonic  bodies,  being  past  master  of  Eagle  Lodge, 
Free  &  Accepted  Masons,  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  being 
senior  deacon  in  the  Grand  Lodge.  The  Doctor  also 
holds  membership  in  the  local  lodge  of  the  Benevo- 
lent &  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  has  served  as 
its  exalted  ruler.  Enjoying  thoroughly  the  whole- 
some diversion  of  hunting  and  fishing,  Dr.  Coulthard 
does  not  deny  himself  periodical  relaxatjon  in  these 
lines,  and  he  is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the 
Idaho  Falls  Gun  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  Idaho  State  Med- 
ical Association. 

Dr.  Coulthard  still  marches  sturdily  along  in  the 
ranks  of  the  eligible  bachelors  of  Idaho,  and  it  may 
well  be  said  that  this  fact  in  no  wise  militates  against 
his  personal  popularity  in  social  circles.  He  has 
gained  large  and  worthy  success  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession and  subordinates  all  else  to  its  exacting 
demands.  He  is  well  known  in  the  state  of  his  adop- 
tion, and  his  circle  of  friends  coincides  with  that 
of  his  acquaintances.  His  faith  in  the  great  future 
of  Idaho  is  unbounded,  and  he  is  the  owner  of  a 
fine  ranch  of  950  acres,  in  Bonneville  county,  to 
which  he  gives  a  general  supervision  and  upon 
which  he  is  making  the  best  of  improvements,  besides 
which  he  is  the  owner  of  valuable  real  estate  in  his 
home  city.  A  loyal,  popular  and  progressive  citizen, 
he  has  done  well  his  part  in  furthering  the  best 
interests  of  his  home  city  and  county,  and  it  is  a 
matter  of  consistency  to  accord  to  him  definite  rep- 
resentation in*  this  publication. 

WILLIAM  R.  AFFLECK.  The  Affleck  Drug  Company 
is  -recognized  as  one  of  the  representative  business 
institutions  in  Orofino.  William  R.  Affleck,  who  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  city  since  December,  1911, 
was  born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  February  28,  1885.  He 
resided  in  the  fine  old  Hawkeye  state  until  he  had 
reached  his  fourteenth  year,  and  in  that  common- 
wealth obtained  his  preliminary  educational  train- 
ing. In  1899  he  went  to  Minnesota,  which  state  rep- 
resented his  home  for  the  ensuing  seven  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  worked  his  way  through  the  Minne- 
sota College  of  Pharmacy  and  for  some  years  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Reeve  Drug  Company,  of  St. 
Paul.  In  1906  he  made  a  trip  to  the  Pacific  coast 
and  for  four  years  was  a  resident  of  the  beautiful 
city  of  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  where  he  was 
connected  with  the  Tallman  Drug  Company  as  head 
druggist.  In  1910  he  went  to  Spokane,  Washington, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  drug  firm  of  Grugg 
&  Affleck  for  one  year,  at  the  expiration  of  which, 
in  December,  1911,  he  came  to  Orofino,  here  opening 
up  a  first  class  drug  store  that  has  no  superior  in 
the  quality  of  g^ods  handled.  He  carries  a  full  line 
of  drugs,  druggist's  sundries  and  jewelry  and  con- 
trols a  large  and  very  profitable  trade. 

In  his  political  convictions  Mr.  Affleck  maintains 
an  independent  attitude,  preferring  to  give  his  sup- 
port to  men  and  measures  meeting  with  the  approval 
of  his  judgment,  rather  than  to  vote  along  strictly 
partisan  lines.  He  is  deeply  and  sincerely  interested 
in  all  that  affects  the  good  of  the  general  welfare, 
and  is  generous  in  his  contributions  to  different 
charitable  movements.  In  religious  matters  he  leans 


toward  the  Catholic  church.  He  is  fond  of  horse- 
back riding,  singing  and  reading  and  enjoys  to  the 
full  a  good  public  speech  or  lecture.  Concerning 
Idaho,  he  says  it  is  rapidly  forging  to  the  front  and 
its  condition  today  is  better  than  ever  before.  He 
predicts  that  she  will,  in  the  next  ten  years,  show 
a  growth  in  wealth  and  population  that  will  bring 
her  into  a  prominent  position  with  her  older  sister 
states.  He  insists  that  for  a  young  man  with  ability 
and  push  Idaho  is  the  place. 

At  Westpn,  Oregon,  October  10,  1905,  Mr.  Affleck 
married  Miss  Kate  Kirkpatrick,  a  daughter  of  James 
Kirkpatrick,  who  is  most  successfully  engaged  in 
business  at  Weston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Affleck  have  two 
children:  Estle  and  Alice. 

JOSEPH  KENT.  An  energetic  Idahoan  of  English 
birth  is  Mr.  Joseph  Kent,  who  had  a  very  active 
part  in  the  making  of  Boise,  where  he  has  lived  all 
but  two  years  of  his  American  citizenship. 

Plymouth,  England,  was  the  home  of  Joseph 
Kent's  parents  and  of  his  more  remote  progenitors. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  Robert  Kent,  was  a 
farmer  of  an  early  period  in  that  place,  and  his 
father,  also  named  Robert  Kent,  was  during  his  en- 
tire life  a  blacksmith  of  Plymouth.  Mrs.  Robert 
Kent,  the  mother  of  Joseph  Kent,  was  Emma  Stev- 
ens Kent,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  prominent  rail- 
road men  of  that  place.  In  the  home  of  Robert  and 
Emma  Kent  eight  children  were  born.  The  eldest, 
Robert  Kent,  became  a  blacksmith  and  came  to 
America,  where  he  died  in  1892,  in  Bisbee,  Arizona. 
Richard  Kent  is  with  the  latter  in  the  stock  business 
in  Idaho.  John  Kent  is  with  the  Idaho  Carriage 
Company.  The  three  sisters  9f  the  family  are  Mrs. 
Grace  Stoyes,  Mrs.  Emily  Whitelock,  whose  husband 
resides  in  Boise,  and  Miss  Polly  Kent. 

Joseph  Kent,  the  second  in  line  in  his  father's 
family,  was  born  in  June  of  1868.  In  Plymouth. 
England,  his  native  place,  he  received  his  educational 
advantages  and  prepared  himself  for  the  occupation 
of  a  carpenter.  In  1886  he  felt  the  need  of  a  broader 
horizon  for  his  vocational  activities  and  left  his 
English  home  for  the  New  World.  His  first  loca- 
tion here  was  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  carpenter  work  for  two  years.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  became  so  much  interested  in  what 
he  heard  of  life  in  the  great  West  that  he  came 
— in  1886 — to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Boise  City.  The 
place  was  then  but  a  small  city,  with  a  large  future 
before  it.  Mr.  Kent  found  a  demand  for  contract- 
or's work  and  in  that  line  he  at  once  engaged.  Many 
of  the  early  houses  in  Boise  were  built  under  his 
management  and  bear  witness  to  his  ability.  His 
contracting  and  building  continued  until  1904,  when 
the  attractions  of  ranch  life  so  strongly  appealed 
to  Mr.  Kent  that  he  has  since  taken  advantage  of  his 
fine  opportunities  in  such  enterprise.  He  purchased 
six  hundred  acres  of  land  near  what  is  now  the 
Arrow  Rock  Dam-Site.  There  he  has  established  a 
flourishing  business  in  sheep- raising,  his  products 
being  sent  to  eastern  markets.  Mr.  Kent  has  become 
a  very  well-known  stock  man  and  his  ranch  is 
counted  one  of  the  finest  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Kent,  with  his  family,  still  maintains  his  home 
at  1703  North  Thirteenth  street.  Mrs.  Kent  was- 
formerly  Miss  Emma  E.  Hicks,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Hicks,  leading  residents  of  Boise. 
Her  marriage  to  Joseph  Kent  took  place  in  July, 
1895,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children.  Es- 
ther Emma  Kent,  born  in  1808,  is  a  student  in  the 
Boise  high  school;  while  Robert  Henry  Kent,  born 
in  1899,  is  attending  the  graded  schools  of  the  city. 

The  Kent  family  are  numbered  among  the  sup- 


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porters  and  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  Mr. 
Kent's  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  in  which  he  belongs  both  to  chap- 
ter and  blue  lodge.  His  political  preferences  have 
always  been  those  of  the  Republican  party. 

HOWARD  W.  BRUNE.  A  representative  and  public- 
spirited  citizen  of  Genesee,  Latah  county,  Idaho,  is 
Howard  W.  Brune,  editor  and  owner  of  the  Genesee 
Neiys.  He  is  a  young  man,  well  educated  and  ac- 
quainted with  printer's  ink  from  early  youth,  and 
in  the  few  years  that  he  has  been  in  Idaho  he  has 
shown  that  energy  and  ability  in  the  line  of  news- 
paper work  that  has  given  him  a  position  well  to  the 
fore  in  the  newspaper  fraternity  of  northern  Idaho. 
A  Kansan  by  nativity,  he  was  born  April  16,  1885, 
in  the  city  of  Lawrence,  whither  his  father,  George 
C.  Brune,  had  come  from  Illinois  some  twenty-five 
years  before,  or  about  the  time  of  the  famous  Quant- 
rell  raid  in  that  section  of  Kansas  during  the  Civil 
war.  The  latter  is  a  native  of  Illinois  and  followed 
the  newspaper  business  in  Kansas  many  years  but  is 
now  retired.  George  C.  Brune  has  always  been  a 
staunch  Republican  and  remains  today  an  active 
worker  in  behalf  of  his  party.  He  is  also  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Kansas.  In  that 
state  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary  Featheroff, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  to  their  union  were 
born  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

Howard  W.  spent  his  childhood  and  youth  in  his 
native  state,  receiving  there  both  a  common  and 
high  school  education,  which  later  was  supplemented 
by  a  course  in  Baker  University,  Baldwin,  Kansas. 
He  then  attended  the  United  States  Naval  Academy 
at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  two  years,  and  following 
that  he  returned  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  employed 
in  newspaper  work  three  years.  The  West  gave  an 
alluring  call  to  the  young  man  and  in  response  to 
that  call  he  then  went  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where 
he  followed  the  printing  trade  about  one  year.  From 
there  he  came  to  Genesee,  Idaho,  and  purchased  the 
Genesee  News,  of  which  he  is  now  the  publisher 
and  sole  owner.  Since  he  has  had  charge  of  the  paper 
various  improvements  have  been  made  in  every  de- 
partment of  the  plant  and  the  publication  is  one 
that  in  every  respect  is  in  keeping  with  the  progres- 
sive order  that  dominates  every  line  of  activity  in 
Idaho.  Mr.  Brune  acquired  a  thorough  and  practi- 
cal knowledge  of  the  newspaper  business  and  print- 
ing trade  in  his  father's  office,  and  with  a  good 
preparation  in  an  educational  way  he  is  well  fitted 
for  this  line  of  endeavor. 

On  June  5,  1912,  at  Genesee,  Idaho,  he  was  joined 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Olive  Larrabee,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  S.  Larrabee,  the  former  of  whom 
is  a  prominent  merchant  at  Genesee.  In  religious 
faith  Mr.  Brune  is  inclined  toward  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  while  Mrs.  Brune  is  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Knight  of  Pythias,  and  his  interest  in  promoting  the 
welfare  of  Genesee  is  expressed  by  his  membership 
in  the  Genesee  Commercial  Club,  of  which  he  was 
president  one  year.  He  is  also  a  member  and  now 
vice-president  of  the  Northern  Idaho  Press  Club. 
A  strong  Republican  in  political  views,  he  takes  an 
active  interest  in  the  work  of  his  party  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Latah  county  Republican  central  com- 
mittee. 

FRANK  C.  BOWMAN.  In  points  of  progressiveness, 
civic  loyalty,  initiative  and  constructive  ability  and 
broad  and  well  matured  business  policies  there  are 
few  citizens  of  Idaho  Falls,  Bonneville  county,  who 
have  done  more  within  the  past  decade  to  further 


its  advancement  and  prosperity  than  has  Mr.  Bow- 
man. His  splendid  energies  have  been  exerted  along 
divers  lines  of  productive  enterprise,  he  is  a  prac- 
tical enthusiast  in  his  liberal  and  aggressive  citizen- 
ship, and  his  achievement  has  been  a  credit  to  him- 
self and  to  the  city  and  state  in  which  he  has  estab- 
lished his  home,  the  while  his  sterling  character 
and  genial  personality  have  gained  to  him  impreg- 
nable vantage  ground  in  the  esteem  of  those  with 
whom  he  has  come  into  contact  in  the  varied  rela- 
tions of  life.  He  is  essentially  one  of  the  represen- 
tative business  men  and  influential  citizens  of  Idaho 
Falls  and  is  one  to  whom  it  is  gratifyig  to  accord 
specific  consideration  in  this  publication. 

Mr.  Bowman  was  born  in  Morgan  county,  Utah, 
on  the  2Oth  of  January,  1870,  and  is  a  scion  of  one 
of  the  sterling  pioneer  families  of  that  state,  within 
whose   borders    the    marriage    of    his    parents    was 
solemnized.    He  is  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Cal- 
yert)  Bowman,  both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared 
in    Pennsylvania.      Isaac    Bowman    gained    excellent 
educational  training  in  the  old  Keystone  state,  and 
was  a  man  of  fine  intellectual  attainments,  even  as 
he  was  also  one  whose  course  was  ordered  upon  the 
loftiest  plane  of  integrity  and  honor.     In  the  early 
'505  he  braved  the  hardships  and  perils  of  life  >on 
the  frontier,  in  order  to  establish  a  home  in  the  new 
empire  of  the  great  west.     His  was  the  strength  of 
character,  the  indomitable  energy  and  the  fortitude 
which   combine   to  make   the   ideal  pioneer,   and   in 
coming  to  the  west  he  crossed  the  plains  with  an 
ox  team  and  "prairie  schooners,"  the  crude  vehicles 
that  traversed  the  broad  stretches  now  easily  access- 
ible   through    the    network    of    railroads.      Fording 
swollen   streams,   plodding   across   arid   and    dreary 
plains,  and  venturing  through   dangerous  mountain 
passes,   with   constant   menace   from   wiley   Indians, 
this  hardy  pioneer  made  his  way  to  Morgan  county, 
Utah,  to  become  one  of  its  first  settlers.    He  became 
one  of  the  first  school  teachers  in  that  section  of 
the  state,  having  previously  followed  the  pedagogic 
profession    in    Pennsylvania,    and    his    success    and 
popularity  in  the  new  field  of  endeavor  were  on  *a 
parity  with  his  recognized  ability  and  his   devotion 
to  his  profession,  in  the  work  of  which  he  continued 
during  the  remainder  of  his  active  career,  honored 
by  all  who  knew  him.     He  passed  the  closing  period 
on  his  long  and  useful  life  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
where   he   died   in    1890,   at  the   age   of   sixty-seven 
years.     His  wife,  who  was  one  of  the  early  pioneer 
women    of    Utah,    crossed    the    weary    stretches    of 
plains  and  joined  him  in  the  West,  their  marriage 
having  been  solemnized  in  Morgan  county,  Utah.     A 
woman  of  noble  personality,  it  was  hers  to  endure 
to  the  full  the  vicissitudes  of  the  pioneer  days,  and 
she  is  now  in  the  best  of  health,  at  the  venerable 
age    of    eighty    years.      She    resides    at    La    Virkin, 
Utah,  and  is  held  in  affectionate  regard  by  all  who 
have  come  within  the  compass  of  her  influence.     Of 
the   thirteen   children   five   sons   and   two   daughters 
survive  the  honored  father,  and  the  subject  of  this 
review  was  the  eighth  in  order  of  birth. 

Frank  C.  Bowman  acquired  his  rudimentary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
and  thereafter  was  a  student  in  the  Eleventh  ward 
school  in  Salt  Lake  City  until  he  had  attained  to 
the  age  of  thirteen  years.  He  then  entered  into 
practical  service  as  cash  boy  in  the  mercantile  estab- 
lishment of  Simon  Brothers,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
from  that  time  forward  his  advancement  was  sure 
and  substantial,  as  he  proved  himself  capable  and 
worthy  of  trust  and  was  careful  and  energetic  in 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  assigned  to  him.  After 
remaining  six  years  with  the  concern  mentioned  he 


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obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  1«»arUnsr  book  and 
stationery  store  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  also 
had  charge  of  the  accounts  of  the  establishment,  in 
the  capacity  of  bookkeeper.  One  year  later  he  found 
it  possible  to  mark  another  stage  of  progress,  as  he 
secured  a  more  profitable  position  in  the  employ  of 
the  Utah  Lithographing  Company,  in  the  same  city. 
With  this  concern  he  remained  until  1891,  when 
he  left  the  Utah  metropolis  and  went  to  Denver. 
Colorado,  where  he  soon  afterward  entered  the 
•employ  of  the  Howland  Millinery  Company.  He  con- 
tinued with  this  company  until  1893  and  then  went 
to  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  engaged 
with  a  large  wholesale  millinery  house,  for  which 
he  continued  as  salesman  at  the  house  headquarters 
until  1900,  when  he  returned  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  became  assistant  to  the  assessor  and  col- 
lector and  the  state  board  of  equalization.  This 
incumbency  he  retained  until  1902,  when  he  came 
to  Idaho  Falls  to  assume  charge  of  the  accounting 
department  of  the  Consolidated  Wagon  Company. 
He  was  thus  actively  concerned  with  the  affairs  of 
this  corporation  until  1907,  when  he  resigned  his 
position  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  responsi- 
bility. In  that  year  Mr.  Bowman  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  insurance  and  loan  business,  in  1910 
organizing  The  Security  Trust  Company,  of  which 
he  is  manager,  and  he  has  shown  such  discrimination 
and  ability  in  the  handling  of  the  business  that  it 
now  takes  precedence  over  all  others  of  similar 
order  in  this  part  of  the  state, — a  solid  and  well 
ordered  enterprise  that  has  a  direct  influence  in 
furthering  the  material  and  civic  prosperity  of  the 
town  and  county. 

Mr.  Bowman's  capacity  for  the  handling  of  affairs 
of  broad  scope  and  importance  seems  to  be  unlimited, 
and  his  progressive  spirit  has  prompted  him  to  give 
his  cooperation  in  the  prompting  and  upbuilding  of 
many  noteworthy  undertakings  in  this  section  of 
his  adopted  state.  He  was  the  organizer  and  became 
the  secretary  of  the  Security  Trust  Company  of 
Idaho  Falls,  which  was  incorporated  with  a  capital 
stock  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  in  addition  to 
retaining  the  position  of  secretary  of  this  substan- 
tial and  important  institution  he  is  also  serving  as 
its  manager,  the  president  of  the  company  being 
Frank  H.  Means,  another  of  the  leading  citizens  and 
business  men  of  Idaho  Falls.  Mr.  Bowman  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bonneville  County  Fair 
Association;  was  secretary  of  the  Idaho  Falls  Club 
of  Commerce,  and,  in  connection  with  his  large  in- 
dustrial interests  in  Bingham  county,  this  state,  he 
is  secretary  of  the  Bingham  County  Grazing  Associ- 
ation and  also  of  the  Bingham  County  Wool 
Growers'  Association,  the  while  he  holds  a  similar 
office  in  the  Bonneville  County  Shearing  Associa- 
tion, the  Conant  Live  Stock  Association,  the  Idaho 
Irrigation  district,  and  the  Idaho  Honey  Producers' 
Association. 

Particular  distinction  pertains  to  Mr.  Bowman  in 
connection  with  his  initiation  of  a  most  important 
enterprise  along  the  line  of  public  utilities.  In  1912 
he  effected  the  organization  of  the  Idaho  Falls  & 
Interurban  Electric  Railway  Company,  for  which  a 
charter  has  been  applied  for,  and  the  work  of  con- 
structing the  line  will  be  instituted  as  soon  as  pre- 
liminary matters  are  properly  compassed,  the  enter- 
prise being  one  that  will  prove  of  inestimable  value 
in  furthering  the  growth  and  commercial  prosperity 
of  Idaho  Falls  and  of  great  service  to  the  fine  sec- 
tion of  agricultural  country  which  it  is  destined  to 
traverse. 

In  politics  Mr.  Bowman  accords  unwavering  alle- 
giance to  the  Republican  party,  and  he  takes  a  spe- 
cially deep  interest  in  public  matters  of  a  local 


order.  In  1903  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  city 
council  of  Idaho  Falls,  of  which  he  was  a  prominent 
member.  As  a  member  of  this  municipal  body  he 
earnestly  advocated  progressive  policies  along  the 
line  of  public  improvements,  including  measures  for 
the  beautifying  of  the  city,  and  though  his  course 
met  with  opposition  on  all  sides  he  did  not  lack 
the  courage  of  his  convictions  and  strenuously  de- 
manded the  carrying  forward  of  measures  which  he 
advocated  and  which  he  had  the  foresight  to  know 
would  prove  of  enduring  value.  One  of  his  first 
official  acts  was  to  bring  about  the  removal  of  the 
unsightly  telegraph  and  telephone  poles  and  wires 
that  defaced  the  main  business  street  of  the  city, 
and  all  citizens,  no  matter  what  their  previous  atti- 
tude may  have  been,  appreciate  the  change  since  the 
wires  of  the  operating  companies  have  been  placed 
in  alleys.  After  having  accomplished  this  excellent 
improvement  Mr.  Bowman  secured  the  passing  of 
an  ordinance  for  the  paving  of  the  principal  streets 
of  the  city  with  bituminous  macadam  and  for  the 
laying  of  concrete  sidewalks  along  the-  principal 
thoroughfares.  Against  this  expenditure  a  hue  and 
cry  was  promptly  made  by  citizens  of  undue  conserv- 
atism, but  again  Mr.  Bowman's  liberal  and  legitimate 
policy  prevailed,  to  the  lasting  benefit  of  the  city. 
He  then  advocated  and  procured  the  enactment  of 
a  measure  for  the  taking  up  of  ninety-five  thousand 
dollars  of  the  municipal  bonds  of  the  city  and  the 
erection  of  a  hydro-electric  power  plant  of  the  city. 
At  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  the  city  council 
he  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  each  of  these  impor- 
tant measures  brought  to  fruition,  and  through  his 
earnest  endeavors  the  city  began  to  assume  a  really 
metropolitan  appearance.  Though  the  tax-payers  in 
general  bitterly  opposed  his  advanced  policies  for 
municipal  improvements  they  gave  to  him  belated 
approval  when  they  came  to  realize  the  practical 
value  of  the  measure  he  had  advocated,  and  in  1910 
popular  vote  again  made  him  a  member  of  the  city 
council,  in  which  he  is  still  serving,  with  character- 
istic ability  and  progressiveness.  It  is  mainly  due 
to  his  efforts  as  a  member  of  the  council  that  attrac- 
tive clusters  of  electric  lights  are  now  utilized  on  the 
principal  streets  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  that  the  work 
of  street  paving  has  been  extended,  besides  which 
he  was  the  originator  of  the  plan  for  the  parking  of 
C  street,  which  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of  the  beauti- 
ful thoroughfares  of  the  city,  the  park  work  being 
still  in  progress  along  its  course.  In  manifold  other 
lines  has  Mr.  Bowman  manifested  his  enthusiastic 
desire  to  make  his  home  city  one  of  the  most  attrac- 
tive and  prosperous  in  the  state,  and  his  personal 
liberality  has  been  shown  in  the  generous  expendi- 
ture of  time  and  means.  No  other  citizen  did  so 
much  along  such  lines  as  he  has,  and  the  citizens 
in  general  owe  to  him  a  debt  of  lasting  gratitude 
and  honor. 

Mr.  Bowman  is  a  valued  and  appreciative  member 
of  the  time-honored  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  his 
affiliations  are  with  Eagle  Rock  Lodge,  No.  19,  An- 
cient Free  &  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is  past 
master  and  was  grand  master  of  Masons  of  Idaho, 
1911-12,  Idaho  Falls  Chapter,  No.  10,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  Idaho  Falls  Commandery,  No.  6,  Knights 
Templars,  all  of  Idaho  Falls;  and  Elkora  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  at  Boise,  the  capital  of  the  state.  He  is  also 
a  charter  member  of  the  Idaho  Falls  lodge  of  the 
Benevolent  &  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

On  the  8th  of  May,  1890,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Bowman  to  Miss 
Margaret  Conrad,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
Conrad.  John  Conard  was  numbered  among  the 
representative  business  men  and  honored  citizens  of 


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the  Utah  metropolis  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and 
his  widow  is  now  a  member  of  the  family  circle  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowman,  whose  beautiful  home,  one 
of  the  finest  in  Idaho  Falls,  is  a  center  of  hospitality 
and  of  ideal  associations.  Concerning  the  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowman  the  following  brief  record 
is  entered:  Earl  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  on  the 
24th  of  September,  1900,  and  is  now  in  the  sixth 
grade  in  the  public  schools  of  Idaho  Falls;  Jack 
was  born  at  Idaho  Falls,  on  the  i?th  of  April,  1905, 
and  is  pursuing  the  dignified  studies  of  the  first  grade 
in  the  public  schools ;  Derald,  the  eldest  of  the  three 
children,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  on  the 
3ist  of  July,  1896,  and  was  summoned  to  the  life 
eternal  on  the  2ist  of  December,  1910,  in  California, 
from  which  state  his  remains  were  brought  home  for 
interment  in  the  cemetery  at  Idaho  Falls. 

Mr.  Bowman  is  a  man  who  is  full  of  life  and 
ambition,  who  is  buoyant  and  optimistic  of  tempera- 
ment, and  w.ho  has  a  wide  circle  of  friends  through- 
out of  the  state  of  his  adoption.  He  has  achieved 
through  his  own  efforts  large  and  worthy  success 
as  one  of  the  world's  productive  workers,  and  he 
is  now  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  affairs  in  his 
section  of  the  state,  well  fortified  in  his  opinions  and 
a  firm  believer  in  the  magnificent  future  of  this 
favored  commonwealth,  where  opportunity  smiles  on 
every  person  who  is  willing  to  apply  himself  along 
legitimate  lines  of  enterprise. 

WILLIAM  A.  BRADBURY.  A  line  of  business  enter- 
prise that  closely  touches  the  general  interests  of 
every  community  and  that  is  of  great  importance  is 
that  implied  in  the  facilities  for  safeguarding  real 
estate  transactions  through  the  providing  of  authori- 
tative abstracts  of  title,  and  at  Idaho  Falls,  the 
thriving  judicial  center  and  metropolis  of  Bonneville 
county  the  best  of  provisions  of  this  order  are  made 
through  the  medium  of  the  Bonneville  Abstract  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Bradbury  is  president.  This  com- 
pany gives  the  most  reliable  service  and  it  may  con- 
sistently be  said  that  one  of  its  abstracts  is  as 
authoritative  as  any  deed.  The  interested  principals 
are  business  men  of  the  highest  standing,  the  files 
and  all  other  provisions  of  the  office  have  been  ar- 
ranged according-  to  the  best  modern  methods  and 
the  service  is  prompt,  accurate  and  authoritative,  so 
that  the  county  is  fortunate  in  having  a  concern 
whose  facilities  thus  adequately  cover  all  titles  to 
realty  within  its  borders.  The  president  of  this  com- 
pany is  a  progressive,  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen, 
a  man  of  sterling  character  and  one  who  has  a  secure 
place  in  popular  confidence  and  esteem,  his  position 
in  the  community  being  such  that  he  is  most  em- 
phatically entitled  to  consideration  in  this  publication. 
'  William  A.  Bradbury  was  born  at  Dixon,  the  cap- 
ital city  of  Lee  county,  Illinois,  on  the  25th  of  Jan- 
uary, 1859,  and  is  a  scion  of  the  stanchest  of  New 
England  stock,  both  his  paternal  and  maternal  an- 
cestors having  settled  in  that  section  in  the  colonial 
days.  He  is  a  son  of  Josiah  and  Mindwell  B.  (Proc- 
tor) Bradbury,  both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared 
in  the  state  of  Maine.  They  were  numbered  among 
the  sterling  pioneers  of  Illinois,  and  from  that  state 
the  father  went  forth  as  a  valiant  soldier  of  the 
Union  in  the  Civil  war.  He  enlisted  as  a  recruit 
from  Dixon,  that  state,  as  a  member  of  the  Seventy- 
sixth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  while  on  the 
march  with  his  regiment  he  contracted  typhoid  fever. 
He  was  sent  to  his  home  and  shortly  afterward,  in 
1864,  his  death  occurred,  his  age  at  the  time  having 
been  fifty-four  years.  His  wife  survived  him  by 
more  than  a  score  of  years  and  was  a  resident  of 


Iowa  at  the  time  of  her  death,   in   1887,   at   which 
time  she  was  sixty-five  years  of  age. 

The  tenth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  eleven 
children,  William  A.  Bradbury  was  a  child  of  five 
years  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  and  he  was 
reared  to  adult  age  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  where  he 
received  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  of 
State  Center,  Marshall  county.  Thereafter  he  learned 
the  drug  business,  and  with  this  line  of  business 
enterprise  he  continued  to  -be  identified  for  several 
years.  He  then  left  Iowa  for  the  purpose  of  taking* 
up  a  homestead  in  western  Nebraska,  where  he 
obtained  government  land  and  improved  a  productive 
farm.  He  continued  his  residence  in  that  state  for 
seventeen  years,  and  in  1901  he  came  to  Idaho  Falls, 
Idaho,  where  he  became  cashier  in  the  bank  con- 
ducted by  Anderson  Brothers.  He  retained  this 
office  until  1906,  when  he  identified  himself  with 
the  abstract  business  to  which  he  now  gives  virtually 
his  entire  time  and  attention  and  in  the  upbuilding 
of  which  he  has  been  a  resourceful  factor.  He  was 
elected  president  of  the  Bonneville  Abstract  Com- 
pany in  1908  and  has  since  had  the  active  supervision 
of  the  business.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  great 
future  of  the  state  of  his  adoption,  is  appreciative  of 
its  manifold  advantages  and  attractions  and  has 
identified  himself  closely  and  permanently  with  its 
interests.  He  is  one  of  the  active  and  valued  mem- 
bers of  the  Idaho  Falls  Club  of  Commerce,  which 
is  exercising  important  functions  in  fostering  the 
growth  and  precedence  of  his  home  city,  and  he 
served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  city  council, 
besides  which  he  has  been  specially  progressive  in 
his  services  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  education. 
While  a  resident  of  Frontier  county,  Nebraska,  Mr. 
Bradbury  served  two  terms  as  county  clerk.  His 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  Republican  party. 
In  the  time-honored  Masonic  fraternity  Mr.  Brad- 
bury is  actively  affiliated  with  the  York  Rite  bodies, 
in  which  he  has  passed  the  various  official  chairs  in 
the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery,  besides  which 
he  is  an  appreciative  member  of  the  adjunct  organ- 
ization, the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  identified  with  the 
Benevolent  &  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  finds  in  Idaho 
the  most  alluring  of  attractions  in  the  line  of  out- 
door sports,  and  devotes  a  few  weeks  each  year  to 
hunting  expeditions,  in  which  he  has  brought  down 
some  fine  trophies  of  skill  in  marksmanship. 

On  the  9th  of  May,  1886,  was  solemnized  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Bradbury  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Medbury, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Medbury,  of  Frontier  county, 
Nebraska,  to  which  state  he  removed  from  Minne- 
sota, the  place  of  his  birth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradbury 
and  their  children  are  popular  in  the  social  activities 
of  the  community  and  their  pleasant  home  is  one  of 
generous  and  unostentatious  hospitality.  Concern- 
ing the  three  children  the  following  brief  data  are 
given :  Alice,  who  was  born  in  Frontier  county, 
Nebraska,  on  the  23d  of  December,  1893,  was  grad- 
uated in  the  Idaho  Falls  high  school  and  remains 
a  member  of  the  family  circle;  Paul,  who  was  born 
in  the  same  county,  on  the  26th  of  January,  1897,  is 
a  student  in  the  high  school  in  Idaho  Falls;  and 
Donald,  who  was  born  in  Frontier  county,  Nebraska, 
on  the  i8th  of  February,  1900,  is  a  student  in  the 
public  schools. 

HON.  GEORGE  T.  COAXES,  senator  from  Elaine 
county  in  the  state  legislature  of  Idaho,  has  been  a 
resident  of  this  county  for  sixteen  years.  He  has 
acquired  and  developed  various  interests  here  which 
have  been  interwoven  with  the  interests  of  the  people 


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of  this  locality,  and  since  he  has  stood  for  the  best 
in  both  business  and  social  life  he  is  recognized  by 
his  fellow  citizens  at  large  as  well  as  by  his  close 
associates  and  neighbors  and  friends  as  a  man  of 
sterling  worth. 

Mr.  Coates  is  a  native  of  Canada.  He  was  born 
in  Ontario,  February  15,  1874,  and  in  his  native  land 
spent  the  first  twenty-two  years  of  his  life.  His 
early  education  was  received  in  the  Canadian  public 
schools,  and  he  was  later  a  student  in  the  Collegiate 
Institute  at  Seaforth,  Ontario.  His  father  being 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  he  remained  at  home 
and  farmed  in  conjunction  with  his  father  until,  in 
1896,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  States.  It 
was  then  that  he  came  to  Idaho  and  to  Blaine  county. 
His  first  settlement  was  at  Carey,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  sheep  business  and  where  he  remained  until 
1907,  when  he  became  a  resident  of  Bellevue.  Here 
he  assisted  in  forming  the  Bellevue  Mercantile  Com- 
pany, one  of  the  largest  mercantile  establishments 
of  the  county,  of  which  he  is  president.  Also  he 
founded  the  cold  storage  plant,  of  which  he  is  now 
joint  owner  with  R.  G.  Proctor;  and  he  has  an  inter- 
est in  the  Bellevue  State  Bank. 

In  June,  1907,  Mr.  Coates  married  Miss  Eva  May 
Wrencher,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Wren- 
cher,  pioneers  of  this  state;  and  their  union  has 
been  blessed  in  the  birth  of  four  children,  three  sons 
and  a  daughter,  namely:  John  J.,  Kenneth  G.,  Rob- 
ert and  Enid. 

On  coming  to  this  country,  Mr.  Coates  allied  him- 
self with  the  Republican  party  and  has  been  a  party 
worker  ever  since.  He  has  served  in  local  office, 
such  as  member  of  the  city  council  and  school  board, 
and  also  has  been  honored  with  a  seat  in  the  state 
legislature,  as  the  senator  from  Blaine.  During  his 
term  in  the  state  senate  he  introduced  three  bills, 
all  of  which  passed  and  became  laws. 

Mr.  Coates  was  the  first  president  of  the  Bellevue 
Commercial  Club,  and  is  now  its  vice-president.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  a  Mason  of  high  degree,  having  re- 
ceived the  degrees  from  the  Blue  Lodge  to  the  Mystic 
Shrine  inclusive.  Also  he  has  membership  in  the 
M.  W.  A. 

In  speaking  of  the  state  of  his  adoption,  Mr. 
Coates  says  there  is  more  chance  in  Idaho  for  a 
young  man  who  is  willing  to  put  forth  honest  ef- 
fort than  in  any  place  he  has  been.  In  his  opinion, 
Idaho,  with  its  great  natural  resources  and  ideal 
climate,  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  wealthiest  states 
of  the  Union. 

NEAL  MALLISON,  M.  D.  A  physician  and  surgeon 
of  the  younger  generation  in  Pocatello,  Idaho,  Dr. 
Neal  Mallison  is  gaining  distinctive  prestige  in  the 
medical  profession.  Although  a  practitioner  but  a 
short  time,  Dr.  Mallison  already  controls  a  large  and 
lucrative  patronage  and  has  won  an  enviable  name 
for  himself  by  reason  of  the  splendid  success  that 
has  accompanied  his  efforts  in  the  alleviation  of 
human  pain  and  suffering. 

A  native  of  Shoshone,  Idaho,  Dr.  Neal  Mallison 
was  born  December  20,  1887,  and  he  is  a  son  of  Harry 
C.  Mallison,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  i86i,*and  who  came  to  Idaho  in  1885.  He 
is  now  a  resident  of  Boise,  this  state,  and  there  is 
engaged  in  the  farm  implement  business.  Sam  Mal- 
lison, father  of  Harry  C.  Mallison.  was  for  many 
years  an  official  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  his 
home  being  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Harry 
C.  Mallison,  whose  maiden  name  was  Katherine  E. 
White,  was  born  in  New  York,  in  1865,  and  she  and 
her  husband  are  the  parents  of  three  children :  Dr. 
Neal  is  the  immediate  subject  of  this  review;  Law- 


rence William,  born  in  1893,  is  attending  high  school 
in  Boise;  and  Helen,  born  in  1904,  is  a  pupil  in  the 
graded  schools  at  Boise. 

Dr.  Neal  Mallison  was  graduated  in  the  Boise 
high  school  in  1905  and  subsequently  he  was  matricu- 
lated as  a  student  in  the  John  A.  Creighton  Uni- 
versity, at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  which  excellent  institution  he  was  graduated 
bas  a  member  of  the  class  of  1912,  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  came  to  Pocatello  in  May, 
1913,  and  here  initiated  the  active  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  has  met  with  splendid  success  in 
the  line  of  his  chosen  work.  In  politics  he  is  a  stal- 
wart Republican  and  in  religious  matters  he  is  a 
devout  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  He  is  an  energetic  and  progressive  citizen 
and  one  who  is  ever  on  the  alert  and  enthusiastically 
in  sympathy  with  all  measures  and  enterprises  pro- 
jected for  the  good  of  the  general  welfare.  He  is 
fond  of  hunting  and  fishing  and  thoroughly  enjoys 
traveling. 

In  Boise,  Idaho,  June  10,  1908,  Dr.  Mallison  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Dorothy  A.  Heaston,  a 
daughter  of  Louis  and  Mary  Heaston,  prominent 
residents  of  McPherson,  Kansas.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Mallison  have  one  daughter,  Mary  Marlys,  who  was 
born  in  Boise,  June  16,  1912. 

CHARLES  HENRY  BRITTENHAM.  Since  he  was 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Michigan,  re- 
ceiving his  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  that  institution  in 
1904,  Charles  Henry  Brittenham  has  confined  his 
legal  practice  to  the  state  of  Idaho.  He  first  settled 
in  Nampa,  Idaho,  in  the  autumn  of  1905,  soon  there- 
after removing  to  Weiser,  this  state,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year.  Then  for  two  years  he  was 
located  in  Cambridge  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  since  1908  he  has  been  established  in  Mid- 
vale,  where  it  would  seem  that  he  is  sufficiently  well 
pleased  with  his  location  to  continue  permanently. 

Charles  Henry  Brittenham  was  born  in  Pontiac, 
Illinois,  in  1880,  November  29th  being  his  natal  day. 
He  is  the  son  of  Charles  K.  and  Julia  (Sliepsieck) 
Brittenham.  Both  parents  are  native  residents  of  the 
state  of  Illinois.  The  father  was  a  real  estate  dealer 
in  Pontiac  for  years,  successful  and  prominent,  and 
a  man  of  considerable  influence  in  his  home  city. 
The  mother,  who  is  of  German  descent,  is  at  present 
living  in  the  old  home  at  Pontiac. 

Of  the  six  children  born  to  Charles  K.  and  Julia 
Brittenham,  Charles  H.  of  this  review  was  the  sec- 
ond born.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Pontiac,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
latter  school  with  the  class  of  1900.  He  soon  there- 
after entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  in 
1904  was  graduated  from  the  law  department  with 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In  the  fall  of  1905  he  came  to 
Idaho,  this  state  seeming  to  offer  more  opportuni- 
ties for  a  young  and  ambitious  attorney  that  most 
of  the  others,  and  in  that  same  year  he  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  Idaho,  having  been  previously  admitted 
to  the  bars  of  Michigan  and  Illinois.  As  before 
stated,  Mr.  Brittenham  settled  in  Nampa,  Idaho,  re- 
maining for  a  few  months  and  then  locating  in 
Weiser,  Idaho,  in  which  place  he  continued  for  a 
year,  followed  by  a  two  years  stay  in  Cambridge. 
It  was  in  1908  that  he  located  in  Midvale,  and  so 
well  has  he  prospered  that  he  regards  his  oppor- 
tunity to  advance  in  the  law  to  be  as  well  defined  here 
as  elsewhere,  and  he  is  permanently  established  in 
his  profession.  He  conducts  a  growing  general 
practice,  and  in  addition  conducts  a  loan  and  fire 
insurance  business.  Mr.  Brittenham  is  a  Republican, 
and  has  been  quite  active  in  city  and  county  poli- 


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tics  since  he  has  been  here  established.  He  is  sens- 
ing as  city  attorney  of  Midvale,  and  enjoys  a  prac- 
tical monopoly  on  the  legal  business  of  the  city, 
being  the  only  attorney  in  the  place, 

Mr.  Brittenham  is  a  member  of  the  Washington 
County  Bar  Association,  and  fraternally  he  is  allied 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Weiser,  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
lodge  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  being 
a  member  of  the  Midvale  lodges  of  the  orders. 

On  December  n,  1908,  Mr.  Brittenham  was' 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lillian  Cole,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Elizabeth  L.  Cole,  a  native  citizen  of  Iowa, 
and  the  representative  of  an  old  pioneer  family  of 
the  state.  One  child  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brittenham, — Charles  Howard,  born  May  25,  1911, 
at  Midvale. 

Mr.  Brittenham  comes  of  good  substantial  stock 
on  both  sides  of  his  family,  his  father  being  of 
English  ancestry  and  the  mother  of  German.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  Charles  Brittenham,  who 
founded  the  American  branch  of  the  family  in  this 
country,  settling  in  Illinois  from  England  in  1848. 
Both  his  paternal  and  maternal  grandfathers  were 
ministers  of  the  gospel,  the  former  representing  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  the  latter  the 
Lutheran  faith,  and  a  touch  of  their  natural  inclina- 
tion may  be  found  in  Charles  H.  Brittenham  in  his 
fondness  for  Bible  study,  in  which  he  is  known  to  be 
quite  proficient. 

ROBERT  B.  GREENWOOD,  whose  identification  with 
Idaho  life  dates  back  nearly  thirty  years,  is  one  of  the 
pioneer  ranchers  and  live  stock  dealers  of  Oneida 
county  and  one  of  that  county's  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful business  men.  He  came  to  American  Falls, 
Oneida  county,  in  1885,  a  young  man  just  entering 
upon  an  independent  career,  and  in  the  years  that 
have  passed  since  then  that  little  city  has  had  no 
more  persevering,  energetic,  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  worker  in  pushing  its  development  than 
Mr.  Greenwood.  Of  New  England  birth,  he  early 
imbibed  those  qualities  which  have  rendered  the 
Yankee  nation  famous  the  world  around  for  their 
ingenuity,  thrift  and  perseverance,  and  his  personal 
career  has  been  one  of  unrelaxing  industry  and  un- 
swerving integrity. 

Robert  B.  Greenwood  was  born  July  21,  1862,  at 
New  London,  New  Hampshire.  His  father  was  Na- 
hum  T.  Greenwood  and  his  mother  was  J.  Maria  Bur- 
pee before  her  marriage,  both  natives  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  descendants  of  cplonial  ancestors.  Nahum 
T.  Greenwood  was  a  prominent  manufacturer  and 
wholesale  merchant  of  scythes,  axes  and  cutlery  at 
New  London,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  also  promi- 
nent in  the  political  and  public  life  of  that  state, 
haying  been  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  state 
legislature  and  a  leader  in  Republican  political  af- 
fairs. He  and  his  wife  are  both  deceased  and  are 
interred  at  New  London,  New  Hampshire. 

Robert  B.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  Colby  Academy  at  New  London,  New  Hampshire. 
He  began  life  independently  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three,  when  he  came  to  American  Falls,  Idaho,  then 
but  a  railroad  station.  Here  with  W.  H.  Philbrick 
he  engaged  in  cattle  and  sheep-rasing  in  Oneida 
county  and  now  for  more  than  twenty-five  years 
they  have  stood  at  the  fore  among  the  most  promi- 
nent and  successful  wool-growers  in  that  county. 
Aside  from  this  they  are  numbered  among  the  lead- 
ing merchants  of  American  Falls,  being  large  stock- 
holders in  the  Fall  Creek  Sheep  Company,  merchan- 
dise and  live  stock,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  suc- 
cessful business  enterprises  of  the  town.  Mr.  Green- 
wood has  large  and  valuable  holdings  in  ranch  and 
grazing  lands  in  different  parts  of  the  state  and  is 


also  a  large  owner  of  city  realty,  among  which  is  his 
own  pleasant  home  in  American  Falls.  He  and  Mr. 
Philbrick  are  also  associated  together  in  the  Ameri- 
can Falls  Development  Company,  the  latter  as  presi- 
dent and  the  former  as  secretary  and  treasurer,  and 
they  are  also  the  owners  of  the  Hotel  Remington, 
a  modern  three-story  building,  which. is  one  of  the 
well  known  and  favorite  resorts  of  the  traveling  pub- 
lic in  this  section  of  Idaho.  In  these  and  in  many 
other  ways  these  partners  have  shown  their  confi- 
dence in  American  Falls  and  generously  and  public- 
spiritedly  have  used  of  their  means  to  improve  and 
build  up  the  city.  Mr.  Greenwood  came  to  Idaho 
with  limited  means,  but  by  industry  and  persever- 
ence  has  helped  in  the  building  up  of  successful 
business  enterprises.  This  has  been  accomplished 
without  any  sacrifice  of  honor  or  integrity  on  his 
part,  for  in  the  more  than  twenty-five  years  he  has 
resided  in  this  community  he  has  ever  stood  high 
in  public  respect  and  esteem.  In  politics  he  is  aligned 
with  the  Republican  party  and  is  an  enthusiastic 
worker  in  its  behalf.  In  a  fraternal  way  he  is  af- 
filiated with  the  Masonic  order  at  American  Falls 
and  was  master  of  the  lodge  in  its  early  days.  The 
multiplicity  of  business  cares  gives  him  but  little 
time  for  diversions,  but  he  enjoys  an  occasional 
automobile  trip  visiting  different  parts  of  the  beau- 
tiful and  interesting  scenic  spots  of  Idaho,  and  he 
and  his  wife  both  frequently  return  to  their  old 
home  in  the  East  to  renew  old  friendships.  While 
they  still  cling  to  the  New  England  ties  of  family 
and  youthful  associations,  Idaho  loses  none  of  their 
loyalty.  Mr.  Greenwood  has  a  firm  faith  in  the 
state  and  in  his  county,  and  at  his  own  expense  he 
will  take  pleasure  in  advising  any  one  who  desires 
to  learn  the  real  conditions  and  future  promise  of 
Oneida  county. 

In  June,  1900,  Mr.  Greenwood  was  joined  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Alice  M.  Macomber,  a  native  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  who  has  become  well  and  promi- 
nently known  in  the  social  circles  of  southern  Idaho. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greenwood  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

LEON  FULD.  The  success  of  the  pioneer — and  civ- 
ilization will  always  be  in  debt  to  him — has  rewarded 
Leon  Fuld  of  Hailey.  An  early  settler  of  California, 
he  later  transferred  his  energies  to  the  still  fresh 
fields  of  Idaho.  As  merchant,  mine  owner  and  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen,  he  has  long  been  above  the  level 
of  average  prosperity,  and  now  lives  in  ease  and  com- 
fort and  in  that  contentment  which  is  the  crown  of 
worthy  accomplishments. 

Leon  Fuld  is  one  of  the  sturdy  representatives 
of  German-American  stock,  was  born  in  Bavaria, 
Germany,  and  in  1859  emigrated  to  the  United 
States.  When  still  a  young  man  he  left  New  York, 
went  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  California, 
and  in  the  early  days  there  found  work  as  a  clerk, 
and  by  his  experience  and  gradual  accumulation  of 
savings  finally  entered  the  mercantile  business.  He 
continued  to  be  identified  with  California  life  for 
seven  years.  By  this  time  he  was  thoroughly  versed 
in  western  methods  of  doing  business,  and  then  moved 
up  to  the  frontier  Idaho  mining  town  of  Placerville, 
which  he  reached  after  a  long  journey  overland.  He 
had  the  many  experiences  of  the  early  settlers,  and 
in  the  light  of  modern  times  it  was  by  no  means  an 
easy  task  to  establish  a  business  successfully  in  Idaho 
at  that  time.  Mr.  Fuld  encountered  the  difficulties 
cheerfully,  and  with  determination,  ran  many  risks 
during  his  early  years,  but  eventually  became  one 
of  the  most  successful  merchants  of  Idaho,  and  con- 
tinued to  do  a  thriving  business  until  1881.  He  was 


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particularly  prosperous  during  the  palmy  days  of 
placer  mining  along  Moore's  creek.  In  1881  he  sold 
out  his  business  interests,  and  moved  to  Hailey, 
where  he  established  a  large  stock  of  goods  and  also 
opened  an  office  for  abstracting.  At  the  present  time 
Mr.  Fuld  is  owner  of  thirty-seven  mines  in  the 
Vienna  and  Solace  groups,  and  these  mines  in  the 
past  have  produced  more  than  a  million  dollars.  He 
is  also  owner  of  considerable  real  estate  in  Hailey. 
A  self-made  man,  whose  success  has  come  entirely 
as  a  result  of  his  own  efforts,  Mr.  Fuld  has  gained 
and  maintained  the  confidence  and  respect  of  those 
who  know  him,  and  holds  a  warm  place  in  the  hearts 
of  numerous  friends.  Leon  Fuld  married  Rosa 
Weiler,  and  they  had  a  family  of  four  children,  as 
follows :  Sidney  C.,  who  is  in  the  bonding  and  real 
estate  business  in  Boise;  Joseph  W.,  whose  career 
as  a  Hailey  business  man  is  noted  in  the  following 
paragraphs;  Mabel,  who  married  Edgar  Hppke,  of 
Hailey ;  and  Karoline  Fern,  who  is  engaged  in  teach- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of  Hailey. 

JOSEPH  W.  FULD.  The  postmaster  at  Hailey,  and 
formerly  a  prominent  merchant,  is  Joseph  W.  Fuld. 
He  conducted  a  flourishing  mercantile  establish- 
ment until  September  18,  1913,  when  his  store  and 
contents  were  totally  destroyed  by  fire.  Mr.  Fuld 
is  one  of  the  community's  leading  citizens,  and  a 
member  of  a  family  that  located  in  Idaho  in  1866. 

Joseph  W.  Fuld  was  reared  in  Idaho,  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Hailey,  graduating 
from  the  high  school,  and  began  his  business  career 
at  the  early  age  of  fifteen.  At  that  time  he  became 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  clothing  store.  Afterwards 
he  spent  two  years  as  a  traveling  salesman,  but  in 
1899  established  himself  in  business  as  the  proprietor 
of  a  store  at  Hailey,  in  which  he  has  continued  to 
the  present  time.  In  January,  1910,  Mr.  Fuld  was 
appointed  postmaster  by  President  Taft,  and  in  this 
connection  has  proved  himself  an  able  assistant  and 
trustworthy  official,  as  conscientious  in  the  discharge 
of  his  public  duties  as  he  has  been  in  looking  after 
his  private  business. 

Like  his  father,  Mr.  Fuld  has  been  the  architect 
of  his  own  fortunes,  and  a  great  deal  of  his  suc- 
cess may  be  accredited  to  the  earnest  attention  to 
detail  and  the  thorough  knowledge  which  he  has 
gained  of  his  business.  He  is  one  of  the  leading 
members  of  the  Commercial  Club,  being  an  energetic 
Idaho  booster,  and  is  popular  with  the  members  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which 
he  is  a  prominent  member.  On  August  30,  1905, 
Mr.  Fuld  was  united  to  Miss  Lulu  Floyd,  a  daugh- 
ter of  A.  C.  and  Sarah  E.  (Ballard)  Floyd.  Her 
parents  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Idaho. 

WILLIAM  P.  DA  WE.  The  continued  occupancy  of 
an  honored  official  position  in  a  community  is  equiv- 
alent to  a  strong  endorsement  of  character  and  .effi- 
ciency. Obscure  or  ignorant  men  are  seldom  en- 
trusted with  public  matters  which  affect  the  general 
welfare.  Education  and  experience  are  necessary 
equipments,  and,  in  an  office  such  as  city  clerk,  pa- 
tience and  diplomacy  are  almost  equally  valuable. 
To  this  office  at  Idaho  Falls,  William  P.  Dawe 
brought  a  high  school  training,  supplemented  by 
three  years  of  clerical  work  under  exacting  em- 
ployers, and  a  reputation  for  honesty  equaling  that 
of  efficiency,  and  the  competent  manner  in  which 
he  has  continued  to  discharge  his  duties  gives  evi- 
dence that  the  people  of  this  city  made  no  mistake 
in  their  choice.  William  P.  Dawe  was  born  in  No- 
vember 19,  1883,  in  the  city  of  Detroit,  Michigan, 
and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Clara  (Root)  Dawe. 

William  Dawe,  a  native  of  London,  England,  came 


to  the  United  States,  as  a  youth  of  eighteen  years, 
and  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
his  faithful  work  in  which  has  made  him  known  all 
over  the  state  of  Michigan.  He  now  has  one  of  the 
largest  charges  in  Detroit,  and  is  still  in  active  serv- 
ice, at  hough  he  has  reached  the  age  of  sixty-three 
years.  He  was  married  in  Illinois  to  Clara  Root, 
a  native  of  the  Prairie  State,  and  she  passed  away 
at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years,  in  Detroit,  in  1883, 
having  been  the  mother  of  twin  children :  William 
P. ;  and  Edward  Raymond,  who  is  an  officer  in  the 
United  States  regular  army,  stationed  at  a  point  in 
New  Mexico. 

William  P.  Dawe  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Detroit,  Michigan,  and  following  his  graduation  from 
the  High  school,  in  1903,  entered  the  office  of  the 
general  manager  of  the  firm  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Com- 
pany. Two  years  later  he  severed  his  connection 
with  that  concern  to  accept  employment  in  a  clerical 
capacity  in  the  Detroit  offices  of  the  Michigan  Cen- 
tral Railroad,  where  he  remained  one  and  one-half 
years,  at  that  time  becoming  an  employe  of  the 
Pere  Marquette  Railway,  where  he  remained  one 
year.  In  1906  Mr.  Dawe  decided  there  were  better 
opportunities  to  display  his  abilities  in  the  West, 
and  in  that  year  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  spending  a 
short  time  on  the  ranch  of  Judge  McCutcheon.  Re-: 
turning  to  the  city,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  C. 
W.  and  M.  Company,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  In  1911,  Mr.  Dawe  became  the  Republican 
candidate  for  the  office  of  city  clerk  of  Idaho  Falls, 
and  in  the  election  which  followed  was  returned 
a  winner  at  the  polls.  His  personal  popularity  has 
been  greatly  enhanced  by  the  efficient  services  he  has 
rendered  his  adopted  city,  and  his  standing  among 
the  people  here  is  that  of  a  capable,  conscientious 
and  hard-working  official. 

Mr.  Dawe  was  married  November  14,  1906,  in 
Idaho  Falls,  to  Miss  Clara  Marriott,  a  native  of 
Michigan,  and  a  daughter  of  Fred  and  Anna  Mar- 
riott, of  Detroit.  They  have  had  one  child:  Mar- 
riott Gertrude,  who  was  born  at  Idaho  Falls,  August 
18,  1909.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dawe  are  consistent  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  are 
general  favorites  in  social  circles  of  the  city.  He 
has  interested  himself  to  some  extent  in  fraternal 
work,  and  at  this  time  is  a  valued  member  of  the 
local  lodges  of  the  Masons,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  and  the  Elks.  With  a  firm  belief  in  the 
future  greatness  of  his  adopted  state,  he  takes  every 
occasion  to  extoll  its  advantages,  and  is  known  as 
one  of  Idaho  Falls'  enthusiastic  boosters. 

THOMAS  E.  WALKER.  The  dense  forests  of  the 
northern  portion  of  Idaho  and  the  upper  parts  of 
the  Boise,  Weiser  and  Payette  valleys,  wherein  thrive 
the  white  and  yellow  pine,  fir,  cedar,  spruce,  hemlock 
and  tamarack,  furnish  the  state  with  one  of  its  lead- 
ing industries.  The  lumber  business  has  steadily 
grown  to  be  a  leading  factor  in  Idaho's  industrial 
importance,  having  been  carefully  conserved  and 
fostered  by  men  of  acknowledged  ability,  judgment 
and  foresight.  One  of  the  leading  lumber  firms  of 
Canyon  county,  which  in  a  few  short  years  has  grown 
from  a  humble  beginning  to  a  concern  of  consider- 
able magnitude,  is  that  of  the  Caldwell  Lumber  Com- 
pany, bf  Caldwell,  a  large  part  of  the  success  of 
which  may  be  accredited  to  the  ability  and  untiring 
efforts  of  its  secretary,  Thomas  E.  Walker.  Mr. 
Walker  entered  the  lumber  business  little  more  than 
a  decade  ago,  before  which  time  he  had  but  little 
practical  experience  in  this  line,  but  so  thoroughly 
has  he  applied  himself,  that  today  he  is  conversant 
with  every  detail  of  the  business  and  has  a  high 


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reputation  arhong  his  associates  in  the  trade.  Mr. 
Walker  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  at  Sedalia, 
October  29,  1860,  a  son  of  A.  K.  and  Pernetha  (Fow- 
ler) Walker.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  Judge 
James  Walker,  of  Kentucky,  where  the  family  re- 
sided for  several  generations,  while  on  the  maternal 
side  his  grandfather  Joseph  Fowler  came  from  Mary- 
land. A.  K.  Walker  was  born  in  Kentucky,  and  came 
to  Missouri  in  1847,  locating  on  a  farm  near  Sedalia, 
where  he  died  in  1863,  when  but  forty-four  years 
of  age.  He  was  married  in  Missouri  to  Parnetha 
Fowler,  a  native  of  that  state,  born  at  Fulton,  and 
she  died  there  in  1894,  when  sixty-six  years  old. 

Thomas  E.  Walker  received  his  education  in  the 
Sedalia  public  schools,  after  leaving  which  it  was 
necessary  that  he  make  his  own  way  in  the  world, 
having  lost  his  father  when  he  was  but  three  years 
old.  Accordingly  he  mastered  the  vocation  of  teleg- 
rapher and  became  an  operator  for  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railway,  remaining  in  the  service  of  that  com- 
pany for  upwards  of  twenty  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  and  in 
January,  1902,  located  in  Caldwell,  where,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1906,  he  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Caldwell  Lumber  Company,  the  original  officers  of 
which  were  as  follows:  H.  R.  Cleaver,  president; 
George  Clithroe,  vice  president;  and  Mr.  Walker, 
secretary.  At  this  time  Mr.  Clithroe  is  president; 
Claud  Ferguson  is  vice  president,  and  Mr.  Walker 
retains  his  position  as  secretary.  Like  his  associates, 
Mr.  Walker  is  known  as  a  sound  and  substantial 
business  man,  with  the  ability  to  handle  large  inter- 
ests in  a  conservative,  though  courageous,  manner. 
Although  essentially  a  business  man,  with  the  greater 
part  of  his  attention  given  to  the  handling  of  his 
company's  affairs,  he  has  realized  his  duty  as  a  citizen, 
and  is  now  serving  as  city  councilman,  a  position  to 
which  he  was  elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  Dur- 
ing his  vacations  he  enjoys  hunting  and  fishing,  and 
in  the  interests  of  his  concern  has  traveled  to  several 
sections  where  fish  and  game  abound. 

Mr.  Walker  was  married  at  Sedalia,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1886,  to  Miss  Maggie  Mitchell,  daughter 
of  Dr.  and,  Mrs.  Mitchell,  of  Clay  county,  Missouri, 
and  they  have  one  child :  Lillieve,  born  May  22,  1891, 
at  Liberty,  Missouri.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker 
have  many  friends  in  the  city,  and  occupy  a  prominent 
place  in  social  circles  of  Caldwell. 

ED  A.  JOHNSON.  One  of  the  ablest  civil  engineers 
of  Idaho  is  Ed  A.  Johnson,  of  Boise.  Though  a 
young  man  in  the  early  thirties,  he  has  already  ac- 
quired some  of  those  distinctions  of  work  and  posi- 
tion which  mark  him  out  among  those  who  are  ris- 
ing to  success.  Mr.  Johnson  has  had  a  varied  career 
both  in  pqblic  service  and  in  his  profession. 

He  belongs  to  a  family  which  has  been  identified 
with  Idaho  since  1892.  He  was  born  at  Oakland, 
Nebraska,  December  12,  1879,  and  was  the  second 
of  six  children  born  to  Charles  A.  and  Margaret 
(Olson)  Johnson.  His  father,  a  native  of  Sweden, 
came  to  America  in  young  manhood,  locating  first 
at  Omaha,  where  he  worked  at  day  labor,  then  be- 
came a  homesteader  at  Oakland,  and  on  moving  to 
Idaho  in  1892  engaged  in  farming  near  Idaho  Falls, 
where  he  is  still  active  in  farming  and  good  citizen- 
ship at  the  age  of  sixty-one.  The  mother,  who  is 
now  fifty-six,  was  born  in  Lapland,  emigrating  to 
America  in  girlhood,  and  was  married  in  Nebraska. 
The  other  children  in  the  family  are  named :  Harvey 
A.,  Nathaniel  T.,  Arthur  B.,'  Mrs.  Mayme  L.  Mel- 
quist  and  Anna  Mildred. 

The  first  schooling  for  Mr.  Ed  A.  Johnson  was  at 
Wahoo,  Nebraska,  and  after  coming  to  Idaho  at 
the  age  of  thirteen  he  attended  the  high  school  of 


Idaho  Falls,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1898.  Like 
many  successful  men,  he  began  as  a  school  teacher, 
his  work  being  in  schools  near  Idaho  Falls.  After 
two  years  in  that  employment  he  entered  the  rail- 
way mail  service,  and  for  three  years  his  duties  kept 
him  on  the  road  between  Idaho  Falls  and  St.  An- 
thony, and  Pocatello  and  Portland.  United  States 
Marshal  Ruel  Rounds,  for  the  Idaho  district,  then 
chose  him  chief  deputy  marshal.  He  had  already  de- 
termined upon  a  professional  career,  and  took  up 
civil  engineering  in  a  practical  way  under  Mr.  Paul 
S.  A.  Bickel,  in  the  Twin  Falls  district,  remaining 
under  Mr.  Bickel's  capable  supervision  four  years. 
He  then  located  at  Glenns  Ferry  in  connection  with 
work  on  the  King  Hill  Extension,  and  in  1910-11 
served  as  city  engineer  for  Glenns  Ferry.  Mr.  John- 
son is  at  present  chief  engineer  for  the  Thousand 
Springs  Land  &  Irrigation  Company,  a  project  in- 
volving seventy-five  hundred  acres  northwest  of 
Mackey.  During  his  residence  at  Twin  Falls  he 
served  as  assistant  postmaster  in  1904. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  and  has  a  high  standing  in  his  pro- 
fession throughout  the  state.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Odd  Fellow  lodge  at  Idaho  Falls,  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  His  own  career  has  caused  him  to  become 
one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  Idaho  boosters,  and  he 
has  all  the  confidence  in  the  remarkable  development 
of  the  state. 

At  Boise  City  on  May  18,  1912,  Mr.  Johnson  was 
married  to  Miss  Edna  A.  Griffith,  the  result  of  this 
union  being  a  boy,  Arnold  Stanton.  Mrs.  Johnson 
was  born  at  Carthage,  Missouri,  where  she  began 
her  schooling,  and  later  attended  the  College  of  Idaho 
at  Caldwell,  where  she  was  graduated  in  the  academic 
course  in  1908.  She  has  a  brother,  Frank  E.  Grif- 
fith, born  in  1883,  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  Ed  N.  Mapes, 
both  of  whom  were  also  natives  of  Carthage,  Mis- 
souri. Their  parents  are  Edwin  S.  and  Anna  (Grif- 
fith) Griffith.  Her  father,  who  was  born  at  Phila- 
delphia, spent  a  number  of  years  in  Illinois,  Missouri, 
Texas  and  Tennessee,  and  in  1905  moved  to  Idaho, 
being  a  resident  at  Glenns  Ferry  till  1909,  when  he 
moved  to  Caldwell.  He  is  one  of  the  prosperous 
ranchers  of  that  section.  The  mother  was  born  at 
Winchester,  Virginia,  but  in  early  childhood  moved 
to  Iowa,  and  later  to  Carthage,  Missouri,  where  she 
was  married.  Her  father,  James  Hackney  Griffith, 
a  staunch  Union  man  during  the  Civil  war,  piloted 
the  first  Union  forces  through  the  Shenandoah  val- 
ley. He  was  captured  by  the  rebels  and  sentenced  to 
death,  but  escaped*  He  crossed  West  Virginia,  and 
swam  the  Ohio  river  on  horseback,  with  a  black 
boy  behind  his  saddle.  His  family  later  followed 
him  to  Iowa,  where  they  partly  retrieved  their  for- 
tune, lost  by  the  ravages  of  the  war. 

PROF.  JAMES  M.  MARKEL.  There  is  no  royal  road 
to  success  in  the  educational  profession.  The  voca- 
tion is  open  to  ability,  but  with  this  there  must  be 
long  and  careful  training,  persistent  and  conscien- 
tious labor,  and  a  natural  inclination  that  enables 
the  educator  to  overcome  all  obstacles  and  set  aside 
all  discouragements.  Among  the  educators  of  Idaho 
who  have  risen  to  places  of  prominence  in  their 
profession  through  the  medium  of  their  own  efforts, 
Prof.  James  M.  Markel,  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Buhl,  holds  important  place.  When  still  a  lad  of 
fifteen  years  he  was  engaged  in  hard,  manual  labor 
in  order  that  he  might  secure  the  means  wherewith 
to  complete  his  education,  and  his  career  speaks  elo- 
quently of  the  beneficial  results  to  be  obtained  through 
a  life  of  industry  and  perseverance.  Professor  Markel 
was  born  at  Monticello,  Illinois,  May  16,  1866,  and 


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his  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  Piatt  county,  that  state.  When  fifteen  years  of 
age,  he  became  self-supporting,  securing  a  position 
carrying  water  in  a  railroad  construction  camp,  his 
wages  being  $1.50  per  day.  Following  this  he  worked 
at  various  occupations  until  he  had  accumulated 
enough  to  continue  his  studies,  when  he  entered 
the  National  Normal  University,  Lebanon,  Ohio, 
there  taking  a  full  course  of  three  years.  Thus  pre- 

Sared,  he  started  upon  his  career  as  a  teacher,  which 
e  has  followed  almost  without  interruption  ever 
since.  For  twelve  consecutive  years  he  was  an  in- 
structor in  various  schools  in  Illinois,  and  since  that 
time  has  held  various  official  positions,  such  as  prin- 
cipal and  superintendent,  and  has  been  at  the  head 
of  large  institutions  in  various  large  Illinois  towns. 
He  came  to  Idaho  in  1909,  and  first  settled  at  Filer, 
where  he  had  charge  of  the  schools  for  two  years, 
then  coming  to  Buhl  to  accept  the  city  supermten- 
dency  of  the  three  schools  here,  and  through  his  per- 
sonal efforts  the  new  high  school  was  built  here,  a 
modern  structure  of  architectural  beauty,  equipped 
with  all  modem  conveniences  and  special  features. 
As  an  educator,  Mr.  Markel  possescs  that  rare  and 
happy  faculty  of  being  able  to  impart  his  own  wide 
learning  to  others;  as  city  superintendent  of  schools, 
he  possesses  the  executive  ability  to  plan  and  carry 
through  large  projects;  and  as  a  man,  he  has  the 
admiration  of  his  teachers,  the  friendship  of  his 
pupils  and  the  respect  of  the  people  of  his  com- 
munity. 

Professor  Markel  was  married  at  Monticello,  Illi- 
nois, August  7,  1895,  to  Lilla  Bond,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Daniel  Bond,  of  Monticello,  and  they  have 
had  one  son:  Daniel  B.  Professor  Markel  affiliates 
with  the  Methodist  church,  as  does  also  his  wife,  who 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  In 
political  matters  he  is  a  Democrat  and  is  known  as 
one  of  the  party  fighters,  his  services  being  much  in 
demand  as  a  campaign  orator.  Professor  Markel  takes 
his  greatest  pleasure  in  his  home  and  his  profession, 
although  he  is  also  fond  of  theatricals  and  music, 
and  enjoys  an  occasional  camping  trip.  He  has  made 
a  special  study  of  economics,  and  his  valuable  library 
contains  many  works  of  this  nature.  Professor 
Markel  has  been  in  the  state  of  Idaho  only  since 
1909,  but  during  this  time  has  formed  such  an  admira- 
tion for  this  part  of  the  country  that  he  is  satisfied 
he  will  be  content  to  live  no  where  else.  He  has  not 
only  become  enamored  of  the  many  opportunities 
and  unbounded  advantages  offered  by  the  state,  but 
has  been  impressed  by  the  general  friendliness  of 
the  people  here,  among  whom  he  has  found  no  an- 
•  tagonism  or  restraining  conventionalities.  Harmony 
has  been  the  watch-word,  and  that  friction  between 
man  that  has  so  frequently  been  detrimental  to  the 
growth  of  a  community  has  been  conspicuous  here 
by  its  absence. 

It  is  a  self-evident  fact  that  Professor  Markel  is 
popular,  and  his  popularity  has  resulted  no  more  from 
a  pleasing  personality  and  attractive  presence  and  ad- 
dress, than  from  the  recognition  and  appreciation  of 
his  abilities  by  the  people  of  his  adopted  city.  His 
career  in  his  chosen  field  has  been  a  long^nd  useful 
one  and  stamps  him  as  a  man  whose  activities  have 
served  in  material  manner  to  benefit  his  fellow-men. 

JAMES  R.  SHUPE,  M.  D.  The  physician  of  today 
must  be  a  man  of  education,  carefully  trained,  ex- 
prienced  in  all  branches,  and  many  times  skilled  in 
numerous  lines.  His  is  a  profession  which  admits 
of  no  stand-still  methods,  for  the  constant  advance- 
ments and  discoveries  in  the  field  of  medicine  and 
surgery  demand  constant  study,  and  the  practitioner 
who  would  win  a  full  measure  of  success  must  keep 


thoroughly  abreast  of  the  times.  Dr.  James  R, 
Shupe,  of  Sugar  City,  is  entitled  to  mention  as  one 
of  the  leading  physicians  of  Fremont  county,  not 
only  because  of  his  achievements  along  the  lines 
of  private  practice,  but  also  as  the  head  of  the  Shupe- 
Morefield  Hospital,  one  of  the  best  equipped  and 
most  modern  institutions  in  the  state.  Although  he 
has  been  a  resident  of  Sugar  City  only  since  1908, 
he  has  gained  a  wide-spread  reputation,  and  by  his 
recognized  skill  in  his  chosen  field  of  endeavor  has 
firmly  established  himself  in  the  confidence  of  the 
people  of  the  city  and  surrounding  country. 

James  R.  Shupe  was  born  at  Lewiston,  Utah, 
Mary  A.  Shupe,  the  former  a  native  of  Utah  and  the 
latter  of  New  York,  from  whence  she  accompanied 
her  parents  across  the  plains  at  an  early  date.  John 
R.  Shupe  has  been  engaged  in  farming  all  of  his 
life,  and  although  now  sixty-two  years  of  age  is  still 
in  active  business  at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  where  Mrs. 
Shupe  died  in  1911,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one  years. 
They  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  James  R.  being 
the  next  to  the  oldest. 

Jamjs  R.  Shupe  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tional training  in  the  primary  schools  of  Utah,  fol- 
lowing which  he  took  an  agricultural  course  at  Logan, 
Utah,  it  being  his  parents'  belief  that  he  should  be- 
come a  farmer.  The  young  man,  however,  did  not 
feel  agriculturally  inclined,  entering  the  drug  bus- 
iness instead  at  Logan,  and  later  following  the  same 
vocation  at  Provo  and  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and 
Montpelier,  Idaho.  During  this  time  he  prosecuted 
his  medical  studies,  and  eventually  he  entered  Barnes 
University,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1907,  with  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine. 
Dr.  Shupe  then  spent  one  year  in  a  general  practice 
in  St.  Louis,  then  going  to 'Bountiful,  Utah,  from 
whence  he  came  to  Sugar  City  in  September,  1908. 
Here  he  continued  in  a  general  practice,  meeting 
with  well-deserved  success,  and  in  1912  opened  the 
•  Shupe-Morefield  Hospital,  fully  equipped  with  the 
latest  conveniences  and  inventions  known  to  the 
medical  science,  and  in  three  months  there  were 
performed  in  this  institution  no  less  than  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-six  major  operations,  without  a 
single  fatality,  considered  a  remarkable  achievement 
among  medical  men.  Dr.  Shupe  holds  membership 
in  the  Davis  County  (Utah)  Medical  Association,  of 
which  he  is  at  this  time  secretary.  His  fraternal  con- 
nection is  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  and  his  religious  belief  that  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  has  interested  himself 
in  all  that  has  pertained  to  the  welfare  of  his  adopted 
state,  and  along  with  other  men  of  good  judgment 
and  foresight,  believes  that  Idaho  is  destined  to 
become  one  of  the  leading  states  in  the  Union. 

On  June  17,  1902,  Dr.  Shupe  was  married  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Elnora  Dalton,  daughter 
of  J.  M.  and  Adelaide  (Chase)  Dalton,  well-known 
people  of  Salt  Lake  City.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shupe 
have  had  two  children :  Reed,  born  in  June,  1903, 
at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  and  now  attending  school  in 
Sugar  City;  and  James  Emmet,  born  May  10,  1908, 
at  Bountiful,  Utah. 

DAVID  GROVER  PARKER.  The  position  of  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  any  community,  large  or  small, 
has  of  late  years  come  to  be  recognized  as  of  the 
highest  importance,  and  to  be  given  its  proper  place 
of  honor.  This  is  partly  because  education  has  come 
to  play  such  an  important  place  in  the  lives  of  the 
people  of  every  section,  and  partly  because  of  the 
high  order  of  men  who  are  now  candidates  for  these 
positions,  they  being  no  longer  scholars  merely,  or 
pedants,  but  men  of  force  and  executive  ability,  who 


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understand  organization.  Of  this  new  type  of  school- 
master is  David  Grover  Parker,  superintendent  of 
schools  of  Albion,  Idaho. 

David  Grover  Parker  is  the  son  of  Wyman  M.  and 
Eliza  Ann  (Grover)  Parker.  Wyman  Parker  is  a 
well  known  name  in  Idaho,  for  he  was  one  of  the 
early  and  prominent  pioneers.  He  was  born  in  the 
state  of  New  York  and  came  west  with  his  wife, 
who  was  a  native  of  Missouri,  in  the  early  days  of 
the  country.  They  settled  first  in  Utah  and  then 
came  to  Idaho,  where  Mr.  Parker  engaged  in  ranch- 
ing and  stock-raising.  He  became  very  prosperous, 
and  a  well  known  man  in  this  connection,  but  he  is 
remembered  by  the  people  of  his  part  of  the  state 
because  he  it  was  who  completed  the  first  irrigation 
canal  in  Fremont  county,  the  original  promoters  hav- 
ing abandoned  this  project.  Not  only  has  the  canal 
been  of  inestimable  benefit  to  the  residents  of  Fre- 
mont county,  but  its  greatest  value  has  been  in  that 
it  set  an  example  that  other  communities  were  not 
slow  in  following.  He  served  as  county  commis- 
sioner of  Fremont  county,  and  was  the  founder  of 
the  town  of  Parker,  which  was  named  for  him.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Mormon  dhurch, 
and  for  many  years  was  a  bishop  in  this  church.  He 
died  in  Parker,  Idaho,  in  1907,  on  the  ist  day  of 
March.  Mrs.  Parker  is  yet  living,  making  her  home 
on  the  old  homestead  at  Parker. 

Twelve  children  were  born  to  Wyman  Parker  and 
his  wife  and  of  these,  David  Grover  Parker  was  the 
next  to  the  youngest.  The  latter  was  born  at  Mor- 
gan, Utah,  on  the  23rd  day  of  January,  1876.  He  re- 
ceived a  fine  education;  after  completing  his  ele- 
mentary work,  going  to  Logan,  Utah,  where  he  ma- 
triculated at  Brigham  Young  College.  He  later  took 
special  work  in  the  State  Normal  School  at  Albion, 
Idaho.  After  completing  his  educational  work  he 
began  to  teach  school,  and  for  eleven  years  was  thus 
engaged  in  Fremont  and  Cassia  counties.  In  1908 
he  was  elected  county  superintendent  of  schools  for 
Cassia  county,  and  in  1910,  he  was  re-elected  to  this 
position.  He  is  eminently  successful  in  his  work, 
and  has  accomplished  much  for  the  school  system 
of  Cassia  county. 

Mr.  Parker  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  and  a 
pleasant  home  in  Basin,  Cassia  county,  but  his  time 
is  mainly  given  to  his  professional  work.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  his  political  beliefs,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Mormon  church. 

On  the  21  st  day  of  August,  1901,  David  Grover 
Parker  married  Miss  Nettie  Dayley,  the  daughter 
of  Enoch  R.  and  Jeanette  (Cooley)  Dayley.  Enoch 
Dayley  was  a  pioneer  rancher  of  Idaho,  coming  to  the 
state  in  1880.  He  became  a  well  known  man  and  a 
very  successful  rancher,  and  was  widely  known  as  a 
prominent  and  active  member  of  the  Mormon  church. 
He  is  now  deceased  but  his  widow  is  a  resident  of 
Albion.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parker  have  become  the  par- 
ents of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  boys — Dayley, 
Donald  and  Alton  Parker. 

JAMES  AURELIUS  YOUNG,  M.  D.  Too  frequently, 
the  modern  hospital  is  looked  upon  as  a  convenience 
or  luxury  of  the  well  to  do,  but  this  theory  is  both 
unfounded  and  injurious.  The  modern  hospital  is  not 
only  for  the  highest  development  of  science  for  the 
alleviation  and  cure  of  the  swarming  ills  of  man- 
kind, a  wonderful  organization  into  which  the  best 
thought  and  experience  of  physicians  the  world  over 
have  entered,  it  is  also  a  great  philanthropic  enter- 
prise. One  of  the  best  organized  and  most  thor- 
oughly equipped  private  hospitals  in  Washington 
county  is  Josephine  Hospital,  at  Weiser,  an  institu- 
tion that  has  been  developed  through  the  activities  of 
one  of  the  city's  leading  physicians,  James  Aurelius 


Young,  M.  D.,  who  has  maintained  his  field  of  prac- 
tice here  since  1909.  Dr.  Young  was  born  near 
Rankin,  Vermilion  county,  Illinois,  May  29,  1878, 
and  is  a  son  of  James  A.  and  Katherine  (Ash) 
Young.  His  father,  a  native  of  Ohio,  was  taken  to 
Illinois  as  a  lad  by  his  parents,  and  is  still  .engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits  in  the  Prairie  State,  being 
sixty-eight  years  of  age.  He  married  Katherine  Ash, 
who  was  born  in  Germany,  and  was  brought  to  the 
United  States  as  a  child  of  eight  years,  and  she  is 
still  living,  being  sixty-seven  years  old. 

James  Aurelius  Young  was  the  fourth  in  order  of 
birth  of  the  five  children  of  his  parents,  and  his 
early  education  was  secured  in  the  public  schools 
of  Vermilion  county.  Following  this  he  attended  the 
Rankin  high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1896,  and  then  entered  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Illinois;  receiving  his  degree  with  the 
class  of  1903.  For  a  short  time  thereafter,  Dr. 
Young  acted  in  the  capacity  of  interne  at  the  West 
Side  Hospital,  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  then  came  to 
Idaho,  settling  first  at  Pearl,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  practice  for  about  one  and  one-half  years.  His 
next  location  was  in  Caldwell,  where  he  spent  four 
years,  and  in  1909  he  came  to  Weiser  and  opened 
offices.  His  abilities  were  soon  recognized,  and  his 
practice  grew  commensurately  as  he  became  estab- 
lished in  the  confidence  of  the  community.  Associ- 
ated with  Dr.  Dudley,  he  opened  Josephine  Hospital, 
which  has  been  a  distinct  financial  success  and  enjoys 
a  large  patronage  and  an  excellent  reputation.  Both 
doctors  are  skilled  in  surgery,  and  their  success  in  a 
number  of  complicated  cases  has  attracted  wide- 
spread attention  in  the  profession. 

In  November,  1905,  at  Boise,  Idaho,  Dr.  Young 
was  married  to  Ann  W.  Walters,  daughter  of  Rus- 
sell Walters,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to 
this  union :  Katherine,  born  in  1906,  at  Caldwell ; 
Walter,  born  in  1908,  at  Caldwell ;  and  James,  born 
in  1911,  at  Weiser.  Fraternally,  Dr.  Young  is  con- 
nected with  the  Masons,  and  has  attained  to  the 
Scottish  Rite  degree.  He  belongs  to  the  Washington 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Idaho  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and 
during  1908  and  1909  acted  in  the  capacity  of  presi- 
dent of  the  Southern  Idaho  Medical  Society.  With 
Mrs.  Young,  he  attends  the  Congregational  church, 
and  both  have  hosts  of  friends  in  social  circles  of 
the  city. 

ALDEN  R.  HICKS.  One  of  the  prominent,  able  and 
representative  young  men  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  who 
have  added  their  talents  to  the  bar  of  that  city  is 
Alden  R.  Hicks,  county  attorney  of  Twin  Falls- 
county,  who  has  but  recently  selected  this  city  as  a 
field  for  his  professional  activity  but  has  already 
secured  a  fair  vantage  ground  and  has  every  promise 
for  success.  Born  in  Macoupin  county,  Illinois,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1876,  he  was  reared  a  farmer  boy  in  that 
state  and  remained  there  to  the  age  of  twenty,  secur- 
ing in  the  meantime  both  a  common  and  high  school 
education.  He  had  not  reached  his  majority  when 
he  went  to  California,  where  he  remained  four  years 
following  various  occupations.  During  this  time  he 
was  a  student  in  the  Leland  Stanford  University, 
where  he  was  graduated  from  the  collegiate  depart- 
ment in  1901  as  a  Bachelor  of  Arts.  From  California 
he  went  to  Chicago,  where  for  a  time  he  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  law  department  of  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, Eyanston,  and  following  that  spent  one  year 
in  the  Chicago  University  Law  School,  graduating 
from  the  latter  institution  in  1903.  In  December, 
1904,  after  one  year  spent  as  a  law  clerk  in  Chicago, 
he  came  to  Idaho,  where  he  was  immediately  admitted 
to  the  bar  by  the  supreme  court  of  this  state,  and 


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then  set  about  to  carve  out  an  independent  profes- 
sional career.  Locating  at  Lewiston,  he  practiced 
law  there  successfully  about  six  years,  or  until  the 
beginning  of  1910,  when  he  decided  to  identify  him- 
self with  the  rapidly  growing  city  of  Twin  Falls.  In 
the  fall  of  that  same  year  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  as  county  attorney  of  Twin  Falls  county  and 
in  1912  was  re-elected  for  that  office.  He  has  already 
demonstrated  that  he  has  no  uncertain  force  as  a 
lawyer  and  the  professional  record  he  has  already 
made  presages  for  him  a  successful  future.  Mr. 
Hicks'  first  legal  triumph  came  with  his  first  case 
and  the  experience  was  therefore  one  of  the  most 
gratifying  to  him  of  his  whole  professional  career 
and  one  that  stands  most  prominently  in  his  memory. 
The  decision  depended  on  a  question  of  law  and  Mr. 
Hicks  won  the  case  on  a  technicality.  Idaho  has  not 
disappointed  him  in  opportunity  and  he  feels  that  no 
one  can  make  a  mistake  in  selecting  a  home  in  this 
state,  especially  in  the  Twin  Falls  district,  which,  in 
a  general  way,  affords  every  advantage  that  could 
be  desired. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Hicks,  Vines  and  Nancy 
(Rhodes)  Hicks,  are  both  natives  of  Illinois  and 
are  now  retired  residents  of  that  state.  The  senior 
Mr.  Hicks  spent  his  whole  active  career  as  a  farmer 
and  stockman.  Eight  children  came  to  this  union 
and  of  these  Alden  R.  is  seventh  in  order  of  birth 
and  is  the  youngest  son.  Mr.  Hicks  recognizes  the 
church  as  an  emphatic  force  for  good  in  any  com- 
munity but  is  himself  affiliated  with  no  denomination. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  and  in  politics  a  Demo- 
crat and  an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  his 
party.  As  is  usual  with  college  men,  he  appreciates 
and  is  interested  in  athletics,  and  in  reading  his 
tastes  incline  toward  history.  Mr.  Hicks  is  un- 
married. 

ROBERT  M.  MCCOLLUM.  As  one  of  the  foremost 
promoters  of  the  Twin  Falls  district  the  career  of 
Robert  M.  McCpllum  is  especially  deserving  of  rec- 
ord in  this  publication.  He  was  the  first  inhabitant 
and  handled  the  townsite  of  Twin  Falls,  and  sold 
the  first  lot  in  the  city,  August  ist,  1904,  to  George 
C.  Walters,  one  of  the  engineers  on  the  canal  system 
of  the  Twin  Falls  project.  The  project  was  financed 
and  built  by  S.  B.  Milner  of  Salt  Lake,  Frank  H. 
Buhl  and  Peter  L.  Kimberly  of  Sharon,  Pa.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  a  leading  and  influential 
citizen  of  Twin  Falls,  and  his  activity  in  business 
affairs,  his  cooperation  in  public  interests,  and  his 
zealous  support  of  all  objects  that  he  believes  will 
contribute  to  the  material,  social  or  moral  improve- 
ment of  the  community,  keep  him  in  the  foremost 
rank  of  those  to  whom  the  city  owes  its  develop- 
ment and  present  position  as  one  of  the  leading 
metropolitan  centers  of  Idaho. 

Robert  M.  McCollum  was  born  in  Auburn,  New 
York,  in  the  month  of  September,  1860.  He  is  a 
son  of  William  J.  and  Agnes  A.  (Brown)  McCollum, 
both  of  whom  are  now  deceased  To  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place  Mr.  McCollum  is  indebted 
for  his  early  educational  training,  which  was  of  but 
a  meagre  order.  As  a  very  young  boy  he  entered 
upon  an  apprenticeship  to  learn  the  trade  of  a 
printer,  which  he  succeeded  in  mastering  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  years.  At  this  time,  in  1874,  he 
crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado,  where  he  subse- 
quently owned  and  published  two  papers.  In  1894 
he  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Shoshone,  where 
he  published  the  Journal.  He  is  an  ardent  Repub- 
lican and  during  the  entire  period  of  his  owner- 
ship of  the  latter  paper  he  vigorously  upheld  the 
principles  of  that  organization.  He  was  a  stalwart 


supporter  of  McKinley  and  Hobart  in  1896,  when,  as 
he  says  himself,  most  of  the  Republicans  of  Idaho 
were  ghost  dancing.  All  his  advertisers  and  sub- 
scribers quit  him  because,  in  their  opinion,  he  was 
against  Idaho  on  the  silver  question. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  Twin  Falls  Invest- 
ment Company  in  1904,  Mr.  McCollum  was  chosen 
secretary  and  continued  in  that  office  until  practi- 
cally all  the  lands  and  townsites  on  the  Twin  Falls 
tract  were  sold.  The  above  company  was  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  colonizing  the  lands  of  the  original 
Twin  Falls  project  and  to  build  towns.  The  popu- 
lation in  June,  1904,  was  one  man  (McCollum), 
and  the  population  in  June,  1913,  aggregated  about 
eight  thousand.  The  company  was  officered  as  fol- 
lows :  C.  R.  Hurtt,  president ;  S.  H.  Hays,  vice 
president;  George  F.  Sprague,  treasurer;  all  of 
Boise;  I.  B.  Perrine,  of  Blue  Lakes,  Idaho,  second 
vice  president;  and  R.  M.  McCollum,  secretary.  The 
board  of  directors  consisted  of  the  above  officers,  and 
in  addition  to  them  were  Thomas  Costello  and  John 
Crocker,  of  Maroa,  Illinois;  and  Ben  C.  Simmons, 
cashier  of  the  Corn  Exchange  Bank  of  Chicago.  Mr. 
McCollum  was  representative  of  the  company  on  the 
ground  and  as  such  made  an  undying  reputation  for 
himself  by  his  tremendous  activity  in  the  sale  of 
these  properties.  He  firmly  believed  in  and  pre- 
dicted the  wonderful  progress  and  the  great  future 
that  was  in  store  for  Twin  Falls  county,  and  while 
he  does  not  seek  publicity,  he  is  nevertheless  de- 
serving of  high  praise  for  his  efforts. 

For  four  years  Mr.  McCollum  was  clerk  of  the 
District  court  for  the  county  of  Summit.  Colorado, 
and  for  three  years  he  was  secretary  of  the  Idaho 
Republican  State  Committee,  with  Hon.  Frank  R. 
Gooding  as  chairman.  In  a  fraternal  way  Mr.  Mc- 
Collum is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  and  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  in  which  latter  organization  he  was  chan- 
cellor commander  of  Delos  Lodge,  at  Shoshone,  for 
two  years.  In  the  Masonic  fraternity  his  connections 
are  with  all  the  bodies,  both  York  and  Scottish  rites, 
and  with  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine. 

In  Canyon  City,  Colorado,  in  1882.  occurred  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  McCollum  to  Miss  Alice  R.  Coombs, 
a  daughter  of  Lorenzo  G.  Coombs,  who  removed 
to  Colorado  from  Belfast.  Maine.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McCollum  have  one  daughter,  Elva  M.,  who  is  the 
wife  of  J.  W.  Craven.  They  have  two  grandchil- 
dren, Alice  Elizabeth  and  Robert  McCollum  Craven. 

Mr.  McCollunrs  life  has  been  characterized  by 
upright  and  honorable  principles  and  it  also  exem- 
plifies the  truth  of  the  Emersonian  philosophy  that 
"the  way  to  have  a  friend  is  to  be  one."  His 
genial  manner  wins  him  the  kind  regard  and  good 
will  of  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact  and  he 
is  recognized  as  a  man  of  mark,  honored  and  hon- 
orable in  all  the  relations  of  life.  Twin  Falls 
has  been  greatly  benefitted  by  the  citizenship  of 
Mr.  McCollum,  and  owes  much  of  its  present  prestige 
to  him. 

EDWIN  B.  HEINECKE.  The  advantages  of  both 
education  and  capital  count  for  much  in  the  career 
of  any  man,  but  what  he  is  and  the  use  he  makes  of 
his  abilities  and  opportunities  determine  his  true 
rank  in  society.  Edwin  B.  Heinccke,  treasurer  and 
general  manager  of  the  Hollister  Lumber  Company 
at  Hollister,  Idaho,  is  a  young  man  who  has  re- 
ceived an  excellent  education  and  who  in  the  few 
years  of  his  business  career  has  demonstrated  that  he 
possesses  not  only  preparation  but  also  character, 


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strength  and  business  ability  and  knows  how  to  direct 
his  energies  to  the  accomplishment  of  success  and 
of  worthy  citizenship. 

Born  at  Jewell  City,  Kansas,  April  9,  1883,  Mr. 
Heinecke  remained  in  his  native  state  until  some 
years  after  he  had  obtained  his  majority  and  there 
secured  his  education,  first  in  the  common  schools 
and  then  the  high  school  at  Jewell  City  and  later  at 
the  University  of  Kansas,  Lawrence,  from  which  in- 
stitution he  was  graduated  in  1906.  His  business 
career  opened  at  the  age  of  nineteen  as  an  employe 
in  a  lumber  concern  and  from  that  time  to  the  pres- 
ent his  business  identification  has  been  wholly  along 
the  line  of  the  lumber  business,  having  been  con- 
nected during  this  time  with  a  number  of  large  lum- 
ber concerns  and  having  held  different  executive  posi- 
tions of  responsibility.  In  1906  he  went  to  Colorado, 
where  for  about  two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business,  and  then  during  a  similar  period 
following  was  connected  with  lumber  companies  in 
Kansas  looking  after  their  interests  in  different 
towns.  It  is  a  large  part  of  business  genius  to  recog- 
nize and  grasp  opportunity  when  it  presents  itself.  The 
Twin  Falls  district  in  Idaho  from  the  beginning  of 
its  exploitation  attracted  wide  attention  and  in  1909, 
when  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railway  Company  com-- 
pleted  its  branch  to  Rogerson,  the  central  part  of 
Twin  Falls  county  was  opened  up  to  more  advan- 
tageous settlement.  It  was  at  this  time  that  Mr. 
Heinecke  severed  his  business  connections  in  Kan- 
sas and  came  to  Idaho.  Before  locating  permanently, 
however,  he  spent  sixty  days  in  travel  throughout 
the  West  looking  for  a  favorable  location  and  after 
thoroughly  investigating  many  places  he  decided 
that  Idaho  presented  the  best  opportunities  for  busi- 
ness and  for  a  home.  Here  the  best  of  business  con- 
ditions prevailed  and  there  was  every  promise  for 
an  even  more  prosperous  future ;  the  people,  almost 
universally  of  educational  attainment,  seemed  un- 
usually progressive,  with  high  standards  of  what 
constitutes  good  citizenship ;  and  the  climate,  too, 
seemed  invigorating  and  of  that  evenness  so  lack- 
ing in  almost  every  section  of  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Heinecke  has  since  found  his  first  impressions 
to  be  realities  and  in  no  way  has  he  experienced 
discontent  or  disappointment  since  locating  here. 
Judging  from  his  own  experience,  he  feels  that  it  will 
profit  any  one  looking  for  a  good  location  to  in- 
vestigate Idaho,  and  once  established  here,  he  is 
sure  the  individual  cannot  but  become  one  of  the 
state's  enthusiasts.  Mr.  Heinecke  was  the  second 
man  to  locate  at  Hollister  and  shortly  afterward  or- 
ganized the  Hollister  Lumber  Company,  of  which  he 
is  treasurer  and  general  manager  and  the  success 
of  which  has  in  a  business  way  fully  justified  his  ex- 
pectations of  the  location.  Besides  his  interests  in 
the  lumber  business  he  gives  considerable  attention 
to  the  management  of  a  fine  ranch  that  he  owns  near 
Hollister.  In  political  affairs  he  gives  his  support 
to  the  Republican  party  and  is  a  stalwart  and  active 
advocate  of  its  principles,  being  at  the  present  time 
a  member  of  the  Twin  Falls  county  Republican 
central  committee.  He  is  without  personal  political 
ambition,  however,  and  though  he  has  been  solicited 
for  office  he  has  each  time  refused  to  seek  prefer- 
ment. 

At  Smith  Centre,  Kansas,  on  April  9,  1910,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Heinecke  and  Miss 
Eva  Detwiler,  the  latter  of  whom  also  is  an  alumnus 
of  the  University  of  Kansas  and  is  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Detwiler,  of  Smith  Centre.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Heinecke  have  one  son,  John  B.  Heinecke. 
Both  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
Mrs.  Heinecke  is  also  affiliated  with  the  Ladies' 
Aid  Society  of  that  denomination  in  Hollister.  Mr. 


Heinecke  is  a  member  of  several  fraternal  orders, 
also  of  the  Hoo  Hoo  order  and  of  the  Phi  Delta 
Theta  and  Theta  Nu  Epsilon  college  fraternities. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heinecke  are  young  people  whose  ac- 
quirements and  genial  ways  well  fit  them  for  prom- 
inence in  the  social  life  of  their  community  and  they 
are  fully  deserving  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  they 
are  held  in  Hollister. 

W.  HOMER  CRAVEN  AND  ALFRED  F.  CRAVEN.  Emer- 
son, the  great  essayist  and  philosopher,  said  that  the 
true  history  of  a  nation  or  state  is  recited  in  the 
lives  of  the  leading  citizens,  and  it  is  the  purpose 
of.  this  volume,  through  the  biographies  of  men  who 
have  been  helmsmen  of  affairs  in  the  various  lines 
of  activity,  to  present  a  trustworthy  history  of  Idaho. 
No  class  of  men  contribute  so  largely  and  certainly 
none  so  substantially  to  the  development  of  any  com- 
munity as  the  thorough-going  business  men — the 
men  of  affairs  and  dollars.  Two  wide-awake  and 
energetic  young  representatives  of  this  class  in  Idaho 
are  W.  Homer  Craven  and  Alfred  F.  Craven,  the 
former  president  and  the  latter  cashier  of  the  Bank 
of  Hollister  at  Hollister,  both  of  whom  are  recog- 
nized among  the  forceful  men  of  the  great  Twin 
Falls  district. 

W.  Homer  Craven  was  born  in  Texas  county, 
Missouri,  March  21  st,  1877,  and  remained  a  resident 
of  his  native  state  until  he  came  to  Idaho  in  1906. 
Locating  first  at  Twin  Falls,  he  remained  there  three 
years  and  during  that  time  took  a  prominent  part 
in  opening  up  the  Deep  Creek  country,  which  has 
already  become  famous  as  an  orchard  district. 
Throughout  the  whole  of  his  business  career  he  has 
been  identified  with  banking  and  possesses  that  keen- 
ness of  perception  and  accuracy  of  judgment  that 
makes  him  well  adapted  to  this  line  of  financiering. 
In  1909  he,  with  his  brother  Alfred  F.  Craven  and 
others,  established  the  Bank  of  Hollister  at  Hollis- 
ter, Twin  Falls  county,  of  which  institution  he  has 
since  been  the  executive  head.  Under  his  conserva- 
tive yet  energetic  management  a  profitable  financial 
system  has  been  established,  safe  investments  have 
been  made,  and  the  bank  has  been  made  of  immeas- 
urable service  in  the  development  and  upbuilding 
of  this  section  of  Twin  Falls  county.  Mr.  Craven 
exemplifies  the  most  loyal  and  public  spirited  citizen- 
ship and  is  not  only  prominent  as  a  business  man  but 
in  other  relations  to  society  gives  himself  unreservedly 
to  the  furtherance  of  social  and  meterial  progress  in 
his  community.  Himself  a  strong,  vigorous  and  cap- 
able man,  his  citizenship  is  of  the  same  high  order 
as  his  personal  qualities  of  character,  and  it  has 
been  through  the  work  of  such  men  as  Mr.  Craven 
that  the  Twin  Falls  district  has  in  less  than  a  decade 
become  one  of  the  leading  and  most  prosperous  sec- 
tions of  Idaho.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch,  active 
and  effective  advocate  of  Democrat  party  principles 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Twin  Falls  County  Demo- 
cratic Central  committee.  He  is  president  of  the 
Hollister  board  of  education  and  the  Hollister  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  as  a  member  affiliates  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks.  In  1900,  in  his  native  state  of 
Missouri,  Mr.  Craven  was  joined  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Jenevieve  Levitt,  of  Houston,  Missouri.  Two 
children,  Imogene  and  H.  Levitt,  have  been  born 
to  the  union. 

Alfred  F.  Craven,  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Hollis- 
ter, was  born  on  a  farm  in  Texas  county,  Missouri, 
April  23,  1887,  and  was  reared  a  farmer  boy.  His 
earlier  education  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of 
Missouri  was  effectively  supplemented  first  by  a 
high  school  course  and  then  later  by  a  college  course 
at  Baker  University,  Baldwin,  Kansas.  After  leav- 


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ing  college  he  entered  into  business  activity  as  assist- 
ant cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Licking,  Licking,  Missouri, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  and  for  the  following 
two  years  was  identified  with  the  Mechanics  Ameri- 
can National  Bank  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  In  1909 
he  joined  his  brother,  W.  Homer  Craven  in  the  or- 
ganization and  opening  of  the  Bank  of  Hollister, 
Hollister,  Idaho,  and  has  there  since  officiated  as 
cashier  of  the  institution.  Possessed  of  business 
acumen  of  a  high  order  and  with  his  previous  ex- 
perience to  guide  him,  he  has  been  an  able  co-worker 
with  his  brother  in  building  up  the  business  of  the 
bank  and  he  ranks  high  among  the  capable  and 
prominent  business  men  of  Twin  Falls  county.  In 
religion  he  favors  the  tenets  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal faith.  Like  his  brother,  Mr.  Craven  is  a 
Democrat  in  political  views  and  individually  is 
keenly  interested  in  the  work  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and*both  are  of  one  mind  as  to  progressive 
policies.  He  is  a  member  and  formerly  was  treas- 
urer of  the  Hollister  Commercial  Club,  and  frater- 
nally he  is  affiliated  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  As  is  usual  with  college  men  he  is  fond 
of  athletics  and  he  also  greatly  enjoys  hunting,  for 
which  sport  the  game  facilities  of  Idaho  so  plenti- 
fully provide.  Mr.  Craven  holds  no  uncertain  views 
as  to  the  future  of  this  state  and  especially  of  the 
Twin  Falls  section.  He  deems  irrigation  a  king,  so 
masterful  and  so  powerful  for  development  that 
eventually  Idaho  will  hold  prestige  for  possessing 
the  finest  farming  country  of  the  whole  Union ;  that 
the  state  will  continue  the  march  of  progress  which 
in  the  last  decade  has  so  rapidly  pushed  it  to  the  fore 
among  the  greatest  commonwealths  of  the  West. 

These  young  men  are  the  sons  of  James  A.  Craven, 
a  North  Carolinian  by  birth,  who  has  long  been  a 
resident  of  Missouri  and  has  been  engaged  in  the 
ranking  business  there  for  many  years.  He  is  a  de- 
vout Christian,  is  actively  interested  in  church  work, 
and  fraternally  is  prominently  identified  with  the 
.vlasonic  order  in  Missouri.  He  was  married  in 
Missouri  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Sherrill,  a  native  of  that 
state,  who  passed  to  rest  in.  1888  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
tliree.  She,  too,  was  an  earnest  and  consistent  Chris- 
tian. Of  the  ten  children  that  came  to  this  union, 
\V.  Homer  and  Alfred  F.  are  respectively  fourth 
and  youngest  in  order  of  birth.  Both  are  men  that 
Missouri  may  be  proud  to  claim  as  native  sons  and 
that  Idaho  holds  representative  of  her  best  citizen- 
ship. 

JOSEPH  R.  DIEBOLT,  one  of  the  foremost  citizens 
of  Hollister,  Idaho,  in  expressing  his  opinion  of  the 
Twin  Falls  district  said  that  for  the  homeseeker 
with  limited  means  this  part  of  Idaho  is  an  ideal 
spot,  the  only  requirements  for  success  being  push, 
energy  and  honest  effort.  In  giving  this  formula 
for  others  Mr.  Diebolt  unconsciously  named  in  con- 
cise terras  the  qualities  that  have  characterized  his 
own  career  as  a  business  man  and  have  made  him 
one  of  the  valued  men  of  Twin  Falls  county.  He 
but  recently  located  there  but  already  it  has  become 
apparent  that  in  him  a  business  man  of  force  and  re- 
sourcefulness has  joined  the  strong  contingent  of 
business  ability  with  which  Twin  Falls  county  is 
favored. 

Mr.  Diebolt  is  a  Kansan  by  nativity,  born  April 
ii,  1872,  on  a  farm  near  the  city  of  Atchison.  He 
grew  up  a  farmer  boy  and  in  the  meantime  ac- 
quired a  public  school  education,  which  later  was 
supplemented  by  a  special  course  at  St.  Benedict 
College  at  Atchison.  When  about  eighteen  years  of 
age  he  went  to  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  where  he  passed 
four  years  following  various  occupations.  From  there 
he  went  to  Chicago,  where  nearly  eighteen  years 
vol.  in—  1 1 


were  spent  in  various  capacities  in  connection  with 
several  different  hardware  concerns  of  that  city,  and 
during  that  time  he  became  well  trained  in  the  hard- 
ware business  and  in  the  principles  governing  suc- 
cessful business  management.  He  came  to  Hollis- 
ter, Idaho,  direct  from  Chicago  in  1909  and  immed- 
iately established  his  present  general  merchandise 
business.  His  stock  includes  a  full  line  of  hard- 
ware, groceries,  farm  implements,  wire  fencing,  har- 
ness, paints  and  other  of  the  commodities  needed  by 
the  housewife  and  farmer.  Mr.  Diebolt  served  as 
the  first  postmaster  at  Hollister  and  is  a  member  and 
formerly  was  treasurer  of  the  Hollister  Commercial 
Club.  He  is  independent  of  party  ties  in  his  political 
views  and  in  the  exercise  of  his  franchise  and  takes 
no  part  in  political  affairs.  He  frequently  avails 
himself  of  the  facilities  Idaho  so  abundantly  affords 
for  the  sports  of  hunting  and  fishing  and  a  good 
game  of  baseball  always  affords  him  enjoyment, 
being  the  while  no  less  appreciative  of  diversions 
along  social  and  cultural  lines. 

At  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  on  June  16,  1909,  was  sol- 
emnized the  marriage  of  Mr.  Diebolt  and  Miss  Mary 
E.  Clarke  of  that  city.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Diebolt 
are  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

BURDICE  J.  Btuccs  was  born  in  Belleview,  Sarpy 
county,  Nebraska,  on  the  21  st  day  of  November, 
1859,  and  there  spent  his  early  life.  He  is  the  son 
of  Alpheus  N.  and  Harriet  (Green)  Briggs,  natives 
of  Vermgnt  and  Michigan,  respectively.  The  father 
moved  to  Nebraska  from  his  home  state  in  1853, 
at  which  time  the  state  of  Nebraska  was  in  a  most 
primitive  state.  Mr.  Briggs  was  a  pioneer  in  the 
strictest  sense  of  the  word,  and  his  daughter  Ettie 
S.,  now  the  wife  of  George  Reider,  of  Council  Bluffs, 
Idaho,  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Sarpy 
county.  The  father  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but 
on  locating  in  Nebraska  turned  his  attention  to  the 
freighting  business,  running  a  freight  line  from 
Plattsmouth,  Nebraska,  to  Denver,  Colorado.  Later 
he  engaged  in  ranching  and  farming,  and  was  fairly 
successful  in  that  industry.  He  continued  to  reside 
in  Nebraska  until  1892,  when  he  removed  to  Mon- 
tana, and  ten  years  later  he  died  at  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  The  mother 
was  born  in  Allegan,  Michigan,  and  was  married 
at  Allegan.  Her  death  occurred  at  Philipsburg, 
Montana,  when  she  was  fifty-five  years  of  age.  She 
was  the  mother  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  are 
living,  and  of  which  number  Burdice  J.  is  the 
second  in  order  of  birth. 

Burdice  J.  Briggs  was  trained  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Columbus,  Nebraska,  to  the  age 
of  sixteen  years.  Until  he  was  eighteen  he  spent 
a  great  deal  of  his  time  on  the  home  farm,  but 
he  left  home  at  that  age  and  set  about  learning  the 
carpenter  trade.  He  finished  his  training  and  there- 
after for  some  twelve  years  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building.  He  came  to  the  state  of  Idaho  in 
1881  and  in  1884  settled  at  Idaho  Falls.  In  the 
three  years  previous  to  locating  in  this  city,  he  fol- 
lowed contracting  and  railroading,  while  his  family 
lived  on  a  farm  seven  miles  north  of  the  city. 
During  these  years  Mr.  Briggs  had  applied  hts 
every  spare  moment  to  the  study  of  law,  and  in 
1896  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  since  which  time 
he  has  been  in  active  practice  of  his  profession, 
winning  a  place  among  the  leading  attorneys  of  the 
state.  He  conducts  a  wide  general  practice,  and  has 
been  very  successful  in  the  work. 

Mr.  Briggs  is  the  owner  of  extensive  properties 
in  farm  lands  and  city  properties.  He  has  ever  been 
active  in  the  general  development  of  the  county, 


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from  the  beginning  of  his  association  with  it,  and 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  building  of  canals 
and  other  matters  of  equal  importance  to  the  com- 
munity. He  has  given  a  considerable  attention  to 
the  raising  of  blooded  stock — horses,  cattle,  sheep 
and  hogs,  and  has  demonstrated  his  ability  as  a 
stock  man,  as  well  as  a  lawyer  and  a  builder.  In 
politics  Mr.  Briggs  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  been 
active  and  prominent  in  the  political  life  of  the 
district.  He  has  twice  been  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature — at  the  first  session  in  1890-91  and  also 
as  a  member  of  the  fourth  assembly.  Mr.  Briggs' 
fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Masonic  order  and 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in 
which  latter  order  he  is  Past  Master  and  Past 
Exalted  Ruler  of  the  lodge  at  Idaho  Falls.  He  is 
president  of  the  local  Commercial  Club,  and  has 
done  good  work  in  that  connection. 

On  September  7,  1885,  Mr.  Briggs  was  married  to 
Miss  Isabelle  W.  Gordon,  the  daughter  of  James 
and  Janette  Gordon,  both  natives  of  Scotland.  Four 
children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Briggs,  of 
which  number  three  are  yet  living.  Ethel  W.  is  de- 
ceased; the  others  are:  Milroy  G. ;  DeForrest; 
Jane;  none  of  the  three  are  married. 

Mr.  Briggs  is  a  man  of  English  ancestry,  his 
paternal  ancestors  having  settled  in  New  York  at 
an  early  date,  while  on  the  maternal  side,  James 
Green,  the  grandfather  of  Mr.  Briggs,  was  the  first 
of  his  mother's  family  to  come  to  America.  Mr. 
Briggs  is  inclined  to  attribute  much  of  the  credit 
for  his  splendid  business  success  to  the '  impossi- 
bility of  failure  in  a  state  so  replete  with  oppor- 
tunity as  he  finds  Idaho  to  be,  but  it  is  only  just 
to  say  that  his  many  excellent  qualities  of  mind  and 
heart  have  had  their  full  share  in  bringing  about 
his  present  prosperous  state. 

CHARLES  H.  MULL.  In  a  practical  way,  no  citizen 
of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  has  been  more  closely  identi- 
fied with  the  development  of  that  city  than  has 
Charles  H.  Mull,  its  pioneer  civil  engineer  and  its  city 
engineer  from  the  time  the  town  was  opened  to  the 
present.  He  is  a  college  man,  as  are  almost  all  the 
young  men  of  Idaho,  and  is  one  who  secured  his 
education  through  his  own  determination  and  in- 
dustry. 

Born  February  12,  1879,  jn  Lancaster,  Missouri,  he 
was  five  years  old  when  his  parents  moved  to  Kan- 
sas, and  from  that  time  until  1904,  he  remained  a  resi- 
dent of  that  state.  Educated  first  in  the  public  schools 
at  Anthony,  Kansas,  he  later  completed  a  course  at 
the  Kansas  State  Normal  College,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  was  graduated  in  1903.  As  a  boy  and 
until  about  nineteen  years  of  age  he  worked  on  a 
farm  and  saved  enough  from  his  earnings  to  pay  his 
way  through  college.  After  his  graduation  he  be- 
came superintendent  of  the  public  schools  at  Wa- 
keeney,  Kansas,  where  he  continued  until  he  came  to 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  in  1904.  He  has  the  distinction 
of  having  opened  the  first  civil  engineer's  office  in 
the  city  of  Twin  Falls  and  has  maintained  it  to  the 
present,  with  a  very  satisfactory  private  practice. 
He  is  the  first  and  only  city  engineer  that  Twin 
Falls  has  had.  He  assisted  in  the  completion  of 
staking  out  the  town  lots  and  since  employed  in 
an  official  capacity  every  improvement  of  the  city, 
such  as  cement  sidewalks,  paved  streets,  sewerage 
system  and  curbings,  has  been  made  under  his  direct 
supervision.  With  a  full  knowledge  of  what  has 
already  been  accomplished  here  and  certain  of  a  pros- 
perous future  for  this  section,  he  has  made  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  real  estate  investments  in  the  city 
and  county.  Mr.  Mull  has  traveled  extensively  and 


after  having  visited  nearly  every  state  in  the  Union 
he  is  of  the  opinion  that  as  a  new  country  Idaho, 
from  a  general  point  of  view,  is  unexcelled  in  busi- 
ness, professional  and  industrial  opportunity  for 
the  young  men  of  energy  and  ambition. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Mull  were  John  and  Mary 
(Sloop)  Mull,  both  natives  of  Missouri  and  both 
deceased,  the  former  having  passed  away  in  1900 
at  the  age  of  fifty-four,  and  the  latter's  demise  hav- 
ing occurred  in  1885,  when  thirty-five  years  of  age. 
John  Mull  served  four  years  and  five  months  in  de- 
fense of  the  Union  during  the  Civil  war  and  partici- 
pated in  a  number  of  the  most  important  engage- 
ments. It  was  nearly  twenty  years  after  that  con- 
flict that  he  removed  to  Kansas,  in  which  state  both 
he  and  his  wife  passed  to  rest  and  are  interred  side 
by  side.  Both  were  devout  Christians  and  took  an 
active  interest  in  church  work.  They  were  married 
in  Missouri  and  three  children  came  to  their  union, 
Charles  H.  being  their  eldest  child  and  only  son. 
The  daughters  are  Mrs.  Minnie  Kuykendall,  of  Kan- 
sas, and  Mrs.  Reese  M.  Williams,  of  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho. 

At  Wakeeney,  Kansas,  on  August  17,  1907,  were 
pronounced  the  marriage  rites  which  united  Mr.  Mull 
and  Miss  Ethel  F.  Straw,  an  orphan  girl  formerly 
from  Pennsylvania.  Two  children  have  come  to 
their  union:  Ila  M.  and  Charles  H.,  Jr.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mull  are  both  attendants  of  the  Episcopal 
church  and  the  latter  is  a  communicant  and  active 
in  church  work.  Mr.  Mull  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason, 
his  membership  as  such  being  held  in  the  Boise 
Consistory  No.  2,  and  is  a  member  at  Boise  of  the 
Masonic  auxiliary,  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles, 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  affiliated  with  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican  and  takes  a  warm  interest  in  the 
political  situation  of  the  day. 

JOHN  E.  WILLIAMS.  The  commonwealth  of  Ohio 
has  contributed  a  worthy  representative  to  the  citizen 
body  of  Idaho  in  the  person  of  John  E.  Williams, 
now  city  attorney  of  Twin  Falls,  who  in  but  a  few 
years'  residence  in  that  city  has  won  recognition  as 
an  able  lawyer  and  as  a  young  man  of  ability  and 
energy  who  is  eager  to  push  the  advancement  of  the 
state  in  which  he  has  chosen  to  carve  out  his  profes- 
sional career  and  to  make  his  home. 

He  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  Ohio,  January 
12,  1880,  and  received  the  whole  of  his  literary  edu- 
cation in  that  county,  first  in  the  common  schools, 
then  in  the  Delaware  high  school  and  finally  in  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1903  as  a  Bachelor  of  Arts  and 
where  he  received  his  Master's  degree  in  1906.  Fol- 
lowing his  graduation  from  the  university  he  be- 
came an  instructor  in  the  well  known  Shortridge 
high  school  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  and  during 
three  years'  service  in  that  capacity  he  also^  took  up 
.the  study  of  law  in  the  Indianapolis  College  of  Law. 
After  leaving  this  institution  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Indiana.  In  1908  he  decided  to  avail  himself 
of  the  larger  opportunities  for  which  the  West  is 
famed  and  with  creditable  discrimination  selected 
Idaho  as  his  location,  a  choice  for  which  he  has  no 
regrets  and  in  which  he  is  each  year  more  strongly 
confirmed  in  the  wisdom  of  his  selection.  He  spent 
about  one  year  at  Jerome,  Idaho,  and  came  from  there 
to  Twin  Falls,  where  he  has  since  practiced  his  pro- 
fession. After  about  two  years'  residence  here  he 
was  appointed  city  attorney  and  is  now  filling  that 
position. 

David  D.  Williams,  the  father  of  John  E.,  was 
born  in  Ohio  and  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1907 


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at  the  age  of  fifty-nine.  He  was  a  prominent  farmer 
citizen  of  Delaware  county  and  took  an  active  part 
in  the  local  political  affairs  of  the  Republican  party. 
He  was  a  prominent  Odd  Fellow  of  Ohio,  and  in 
religion  was  a  devout  Baptist,  living  consistently 
the  faith  he  professed.  He  was  wedded  in  Ohio  to 
Mary  A.  Jones,  also  a  native  of  that  state,  and  to 
their  union  were  born  four  children,  of  whom  John 
E.  is  the  youngest.  The  wife  and  mother  is  still 
living  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead  near  Dela- 
ware, Ohio.  In  religion  Mr.  Williams  is  inclined 
to  the  Baptist  faith,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  In  the  last  named  order  he 
served  as  clerk  at  both  Jerome  and  Twin  Falls.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  a  very  active  worker  in 
the  ranks  of  his  party,  and  is  now  chairman  of  the 
Twin  Falls  county  Democratic  central  committee, 
in  which  connection  he  spares  neither  effort  nor 
energy  on  his  part  to  win  success  for  the  Democratic 
party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
college  fraternity,  and  the  influence  of  college  days 
is  still  in  evidence  in  his  enjoyment  of  all  outdoor 
amusements,  especially  the  game  of  football,  in 
which  he  took  an  active  interest  when  yet  a  student. 
He  is  not  lacking  in  the  loyal  spirit  which  seems  to 
dominate  all  who  become  citizens  of  this  state,  and 
he  feels  that  Idaho  as  a  field  for  successful  profes- 
sional, business  or  political  careers  affords  a  wealth 
of  opportunity  to  young  men  of  the  right  stamp. 

WILLIAM  H.  GREENHOW  is  the  present  postmaster 
of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho.  He  has  served  in  that  official 
capacity  since  1906,  almost  since  the  beginning  of  the 
city,  and  has  the  honor  of  being  the  city's  first  post- 
master. He  is  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of 
Idaho,  his  advent  to  this  state  dating  back  to  the 
territorial  days  of  1880,  and  he  bears  further  honored 
distinction  as  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war. 

Born  in  Vincennes,  Indiana,  January  8,  1846,  he 
grew  to  the  age  of  thirteen  in  that  state  and  there 
received  his  earlier  education  in  the  public  schools.  As 
a  boy  he  earned  his  first  money  there  working  in  a 
shingle  factory  during  vacations.  He  earned  and  saved 
until  he  had  $10,  and  this  he  very  generously  gave  to 
his  sister  as  a  wedding  present.  Removing  from 
Indiana  to  Nebraska  with  his  sister,  he  remained  in 
that  state  until  1862,  when  he  returned  eastward  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  began  to  learn  the  ma- 
chinist's trade.  He  only  worked  a  few  months,  how- 
ever, and  then  enlisted  in  Company  K  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  Ohio  Infantry  and  re- 
mained in  the  defense  of  the  Union  until  he  received 
his  honorable  discharge  on  September  i,  1864.  His 
company  did  relief  service  during  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  and  he  was  present  at  Fort  Spring  Hill 
during  the  bombardment  of  Petersburg.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  his  service  as  a  soldier  Mr.  Greenhow  re- 
turned to  Nebraska  and  located  at  Omaha,  where  for 
nearly  ten  years  he  followed  farming,  freighting  and 
railroad  work.  In  1871  he  was  appointed  post  trader 
at  Camp  Douglas,  Utah,  where  he  remained  three 
years,  and  then  for  several  years  followed  mining. 
In  1880  he  came  to  Idaho,  and,  with  the  exception 
of  five  years  spent  in  Washington  and  Alaska,  he 
has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  ever  since.  He  first 
located  at  Ketchum,  Alturas,  now  Blaine  county, 
where  for  a  few  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  and  also  followed  mining,  and  from 
there  he  went  to  Boise,  remaining  one  year.  It  was 
then  that  he  removed  to  Ellesburg,  Washington,  and 
for  a  few  years  was  there  engaged  in  mining  and  in 
railroad  service.  Returning  to  Idaho,  he  came  to  the 
Twin  Falls  district  and  was  among  the  first  of  Nelson 


Bennett's  men  who  built  the  first  twenty-seven  miles 
of  the  canal.  The  town  was  opened  in  1905  and  in 
1906  .he  was  appointed  postmaster,  which  position 
he  has  since  held.  He  held  the  same  office  at 
Ketchum,  Idaho,  while  a  resident  of  that  place  and 
was  the  first  postmaster  in  the  Wood  river  country. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  takes  an  active 
interest  in  the  work  of  his  party. 

At  Hailey,  Idaho,  on  January  2,  1882,  was  solem- 
nized the  marriage  of  Mr.  Greenhow  and  Miss  Alta 
M.  Wheat,  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  J.  K,  Morrill,  of 
Hailey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greenhow  have  two  daughters: 
Cora,  who  is  the  wife  of  H.  E.  Dodd  and  resides  in 
Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  Nan,  now  Mrs.  Earl  Carey, 
of  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greenhow  and  their 
daughters  are  communicants  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
Mr.  Greenhow  is  a  Royal  Arch  and  a  Knight  Templar 
Mason  and  has  filled  various  offices  in  the  different 
Masonic  bodies  with  which  he  is  connected.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  is  now  second  in  command  in  Idaho.  As  a  lover 
of  the  sports  of  hunting  and  fishing,  the  fine  oppor- 
tunities which  Idaho  affords  in  this  direction  form 
no  small  part  of  the  state's  attractions  to  Mr.  Green- 
how.  The  fact  that  he  has  so  long  identified  him- 
self with  this  commonwealth  indicates  that  it  has 
more  fully  met  his  ideals  for  a  home  than  has  any 
other  section  of  the  country,  and  this  preference  has 
been  formed  after  visiting  almost  every  part  of  the 
United  States.  And  of  the  numerous  fine  locations- 
in  Idaho,  in  his  opinion  the  Twin  Falls  section  sur- 
passes all  others.  During  his  long  western  experi- 
ence he  has  had  many  tilts  with  the  Indians,  but 
none  ever  terminated  seriously — except  for  the  Indian. 

WILLIAM  EDWARD  WHEELER  has  been  a  potent 
force  in  the  shaping  of  the  political  and  general 
affairs  of  the  state  of  Idaho  through  the  power  of 
the  press,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  practi- 
cally all  his  life.  After  nine  years  as  publisher  in 
Evanston,  Wyoming,  his  newspaper  experience  in 
Idaho  dates  back  from  the  year  1880  to  the  year 
1909,  when  he  sold  his  .plant  and  retired  from  active 
business.  He  was  born  in  Peacham,  Caledonia 
county,  Vermont,  on  the  2Oth  of  August,  1843,  and 
is  the  son  of  Samuel  Dexter  and  Sarah  Jane  (Bailey) 
Wheeler.  The  father  was  born  in  Dixfield,  Maine, 
and  died  at  Rockford,  Illinois,  on  the  2Oth  day 
of  April,  1874,  and  the  mother,  who  was  born  at 
Cabot,  Caledonia  county,  Vermont,  is  still  living 
at  the  age  of  ninety  years,  and  makes  her  home  in 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho. 

In  1858  William  Edward  Wheeler  moved  from  his 
Vermont  home  to  Rockford,  Illinois,  in  company 
with  his  parents,  being  then  fifteen  years  of  age. 
His  schooling  was  received  in  the  district  schools  of 
his  native  community  in  Vermont,  prior  to  his 
fifteenth  year.  When  he  was  about  sixteen  years 
old  he  learned  the  baker's .  trade,  after  which  he 
served  for  three  years  in  a  grocery  store.  This 
brought  him  up  to  the  closing  months  of  the  Re- 
bellion and  he  enlisted  on  August  29th,  1864,  on 
his  twenty-first  birthday,  in  Company  B  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Forty-sixth  Illinois  Infantry  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  the  war  was 
over  Mr.  Wheeler  devoted  a  few  years  to  service 
in  a  hardware  store  at  home  in  Rockford,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1869  he  left  for  the  West.  He  was 
employed  by  a  printing  house  in  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa,  as  a  traveling  salesman  until  January  i,  1871, 
when  he  decided  to  engage  in  an  independent  bus- 
iness, and  accordingly  purchased  the  Evanston  Age 
at  Evanston,  Wyoming.  He  continued  as  the  pub- 
lisher of  the  paper  there  until  July  i,  1880,  them 


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moved  to  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  and  started  the  Idaho 
Register.  In  April,  1883,  he  moved  the  plant  to 
Idaho  Falls,  then  known  as  Eagle  Rock,  and -con- 
tinuing in  the  publication  of  his  paper  there  until 
June,  1909,  when  the  plant  and  entire  business  was 
sold  to  Marshal  B.  Yeaman,  after  thirty-eight  years 
of  successful  newspaper  work  on  the  part  of  Mr. 
Wheeler. 

Mr.  Wheeler  has  always  been  a  citizen  of  the  finest 
mettle.  He  has  served  his  community  in  any  desired 
capacity,  wherever  he  has  found  himself,  always 
with  good  results  and  with  honor  and  credit  to  him- 
self. He  was  county  superintendent  of  schools  for 
Uinta  county,  Wyoming,  a  fact  which  speaks  well  for 
his  accomplishments  in  an  educational  way,  when 
it  is  remembered  that  he  received  no  actual  school- 
ing after  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  served  Uinta 
county  for  two  years  in  that  important  capacity,  dis- 
charging his  duties  with  entire  satisfaction  to  all 
concerned.  In  1885  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the 
peace  of  Eagle  Rock,  now  known  as  Idaho  Falls, 
and  served  for  two  years.  In  1889  he  was  again 
elected  for  an  additional  two  years,  when  he  suc- 
ceeded himself  to  the  office  in  1891. 

Mr.  Wheeler  is  an  old  time  Republican.  He  allied 
himself  with  the  Republican  party  as  a  boy  of 
thirteen  years,  when  John  C.  Fremont  was  nom- 
inated for  president  in  1856,  and  he  cast  his  first 
vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  1864,  going  home  from 
the  army  to  vote.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  an 
ardent,  earnest  Republican,  and  has  done  good  work 
in  the  interests  of  the  party. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Wheeler  was  identified  with  the 
Odd  Fellows  for  over  twenty  years  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  was  initiated  into  Odd  Fellowship  in  De- 
cember, 1865,  at  Rockford,  Illinois,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Idaho  and  Wyoming.  la 
the  autumn  of  1909  he  joined  the  Elks,  Lodge  No. 
1084,  at  Idaho  Falls.  He  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R. 
as  well,  and  was  commander  of  Joe  Hooker  Post 
No.  34  from  October,  1909,  to  January  i,  1912.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Commerce  Club  of  Idaho  Falls, 
and  was  secretary  of  the  dub  for  the  year  1910.  He 
is  a  regular  attendant  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Idaho  Falls,  but  is  not  a  member. 

On  December  19,  1883,  Mr.  Wheeler  married 
Elizabeth  Macey  Dougherty,  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary 
Dougherty,  of  Elgin,  Illinois,  but  natives  of  Ireland. 
They  came  to  the  United  States  soon  after  their 
marriage  in  Ireland  and  settled  at  Martha's  Vine- 
yard, Massachusetts,  where  they  lived  for  a  few 
years,  then  moved  to  Elgin,  Illinois,  where  Mrs. 
Wheeler  was  born.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wheeler  have  no 
children. 

A  local  publication  had  this  to  say  of  this  hon- 
ored pioneer  and  editor : 

"Dad  Wheeler,  the  first  editor  west  of  the  Mis- 
souri. He  ran  a  daily  paper  in  Evanston,  Wyoming, 
.and  came  to  Idaho  1879  and  started  a  paper  at 
Blackfoot  called  the  Register.  Later  he  moved  to 
Eagle  Rock,  where  he  and  a  few  friends  built  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Snake  River. 

"The  country  was  all  sagebrush  then  and  all  the 
sagebrush  now  left  is  on  Dad's  chin.  Little  he 
thought  that  the  same  type  he  used  then  relating 
Indian  fights,  hanging  horse  thieves,  and  almost 
jugging  him  for  contempt  of  court,  would  be  used 
in  the  Register  office  to  publish  the  Gazool — which 
"has  no  superior,  and  is  on  a  par  with  Appeal  to 
Reason. 

"He  is  the  daddy  of  us  all.  We  call  him  'the 
old  Bull  Elk'  But  don't  get  the  name  mixed  and 


call  him  a  Bull  Moose,  as  he  has  a  few  gores  left 
in  him." 

AMASA  M.  RICH.  The  mayor  of  Paris,  Amasa  M. 
Rich  is  a  distinguished  pioneer  of  this  region  and  a 
native  of  California,  being  the  son  of  an  even  more 
distinguished  pioneer  father.  Since  he  was  eight 
years  of  age,  Amasa  M.  Rich  has  lived  in  Paris,  which 
became  his  home  in  1863.  His  father  was  one  of 
that  party  which  migrated  to  the  Salt  Lake  locality 
in  1847,  and  was  so  prominent  among  early  settlers 
of  the  West  that  special  interest  is  found  in  the 
details  of  his  career.  Charles  C.  Rich  was  an  apostle 
of  the  Mormon  church.  He  was  a  native  of  Kentucky 
and  after  coming  west  he  led  the  first  colony  that 
settled  in  San  Bernardino,  California.  He  again  be- 
came a  leader,  in  the  same  way,  of  the  party  oi 
settlers  which  he  brought  to  Paris,  Idaho.  Charles 
Rich  was  an  agriculturist,  specializing  in  stock  farm- 
ing and  also  conducting  both  grist  mills  and  saw 
mills.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  seventy-three  in  Paris, 
where  his  memory  is  still  held  in  unusual  honor. 
Mrs.  Charles  C.  Rich,  nee  Mary  Phelps,  was  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania  and  was  married  in  Missouri.  She 
reached  the  age  of  eighty-two,  her  life  closing  in 
Paris  in  1911. 

When  Charles  C.  Rich  and  his  family  were  living 
in  San  Bernardino,  California,  the  son  was  born  who 
was  named  Amasa,  and  who  has  lived  to  fill  a  place 
of  prominence  among  Idaho's  citizens  of  wealth  and 
influence.  The  date  of  his  birth  was  October  25, 
1856.  While  he  was  yet  an  infant  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Centerville,  Utah,  where  they  remained  for 
seven  or  eight  years.  In  1864  they  settled  in  Paris, 
Idaho,  the  final  and  permanent  home  of  the  family. 
Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Paris  and  later 
in  the  State  University  of  Utah  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Amasa  M.  Rich  grew  up  amid  the  pioneer  conditions 
of  this  section.  As  a  very  young  man  he  became 
interested  in  the  cattle  and  stock  business,  and  to 
that  line  of  activity  he  has  devoted  his  interests  ever 
since  that  time.  He  has  worked  independently  on 
his  own  property  and  with  his  own  stock,  except  for 
two  years  which  he  spent  as  foreman  of  the  ranch 
owned  by  H.  S.  Woolley.  At  another  time  he  spent 
a  period  of  two  years  on  a  mission  for  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  While  thus  engaged,  he 
was  in  various  parts  of  Alabama,  Mississippi  and 
Georgia.  The  rest  of  his  time  has  been  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  his  stock  and  land,  which  have  been 
developed  to  a  remarkable  degree-  of  financial  pro- 
ductivity. 

Mr.  Rich  has  not  only  attained  wealth  in  his  chosen 
line,  but  he  has  also  been  useful  in  civic  affairs  for 
many  years.  He  has  served  several  terms  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council  and  for  a  half  dozen  years 
or  more  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Paris. 
He  has  held  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Bear  Lake  county, 
that  of  assessor  and  that  of  deputy  game  warden. 
At  present  he  serves  with  ability  'in  the  highest  office 
that  is  in  the  gift  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Idaho.  Mayor 
Rich  is  a  Democrat  in  political  affiliation  and  takes 
an  active  interest  in  all  political  affairs. 

Aside  from  his  business  and  political  responsibili- 
ties, Mr.  Rich  is  occupied  with  social  and  domestic 
interests.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club  of  Paris.  His  church  affiliation  is  with 
the  sect  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  His  home  was  founded 
on  September  30,  1880,  on  which  date  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Jacobs,  a  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  Haines  Jacobs  of  St.  Charles, 
Idaho.  The  children  of  Amasa  and  Mary  Rich  were 
seven  in  number,  six  of  whom  were  boys  and  one  a 
girl.  The  eldest,  Amasa  Marion,  is  now  deceased. 
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is  now  one  of  the  married  residents  of  Paris,  where 
he  is  engaged  in  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of 
the  pedagogical  profession.  Miss  Myrtle  Rich  lives 
at  home  and  is  occupied  with  professional  interests 
as  a  music  teacher.  The  younger  members  of  the 
family  are  Charles  O'Niel  Rich,  Spencer  Haines 
Rich  and  Reed  Jacob  Rich.  The  Rich  family  com- 
prise a  conspicuous  and  influential  element  of  the 
citizenship  of  Paris. 

JESSE  P.  RICH.  Position  of  prominence  as  well  as 
family  of  distinction  may  well  be  claimed  with  espe- 
cial merit  by  Jesse  P.  Rich,  the  young  county  attor- 
ney of  Bear  Lake  county.  His  father,  William  L. 
Rich,  is  very  well  known  in  this  locality  as  well  as 
others  throughout  the  West.  Of  California  birth 
and  of  residence  since  1864  in  the  state  of  Idaho. 
William  Rich  has  become  an  eminent  agricultural 
citizen,  politician  and  churchman.  He  has  also  been 
very  well  known  in  his  capacity  of  state  senator,  hav- 
ing held  office  in  that  highest  state  body  for  two 
terms.  For  several  terms  he  served  as  mayor  of 
Paris;  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of 
Fielding  Academy,  and  he  is  first  counsellor  to  Bear 
Lake,  Utah.  William  L.  Rich  married  in  Salt  Lake 
City  Miss  Ella  Pomeroy.  In  that  same  city  was 
born  to  them  on  April  8,  1883,  the  son  who  has  be- 
come so  well  known  as  Jesse  P.  Rich. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Bear  Lake  county  Jesse 
P.  Rich  received  his  preliminary  education.  He  then 
pursued  a  course  of  study  in  Brigham  Young  College 
at  Logan,  Utah.  He  was  graduated  in  1905  and 
very  soon  afterward  went  abroad  on  a  mission  for 
the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  His  travels  for  this  purpose  took  him 
through  Germany,  Switzerland,  Italy,  Russia,  Finland, 
Sweden,  Norway,  Denmark  and  England.  After 
three  years  in  Europe,  Mr.  Rich  returned  to  Paris, 
where  for  one  year  he  was  engaged  in  pedagogical 
work. 

After  another  year  Jesse  P.  Rich  entered  upon  the 
more  definite  preparations  for  his  life  work.  Hav- 
ing chosen  to  follow  the  legal  profession,  he  selected 
the  University  of  Chicago  as  the  institution  most 
favorable  for  the  study  of  legal  subjects  in  theoretical 
and  practical  lines.  From  the  law  department  of  this 
great  school  in  the  metropolis  of  the  Middle  West, 
Mr.  Rich  received  his  law  diploma  in  1912.  Before 
he  had  quite  completed  his  research  and  study  and 
before  he  had  returned  to  his  home  at  Paris,  he  was 
made  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  county  attorney 
in  Bear  Lake  county.  After  his  graduation  he  came 
back  at  once  to  his  native  county  and  proceeded  to 
fight  through  the  campaign,  which  resulted  in  his 
election  to  this  important  office.  He  is  now  engaged 
in  legal  practice  as  county  attorney  and  has  already 
demonstrated  his  efficiency  in  this  work.  In  all  un- 
dertakings he  seems  to  be  unfailingly  successful,  a 
fact  which  is  due  not  only  to  his  nimbleness  of  mind, 
but  also  to  the  peculiarly  winning  quality  of  his  per- 
sonality, for  he  has  been  called  "a  dispenser  of 
psychic  sunshine."  At  all  events,  his  gifts  are  devoted 
to  the  growth  and  progress  of  whatsoever  movements 
and  organizations  he  indorses. 

The  family  life  of  Mr.  Rich  began  in  1908.  On 
October  8  of  that  year  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Louise  Rogers,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Mrs.  Rich  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Rogers  of  Montpelier.  Three  little  ones— two  sons 
and  a  daughter— have  come  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rich. 
Lothair  Rogers  Rich  is  the  eldest;  Russell  Rogers 
Rich  and  little  Miss  Rhea  Rich  are  twins. 

Aside  from  his  family  and  officially  political  con- 
nections. Mr.  Rich  is  interested  in  social  life,  and, 
as  mentioned  above,  in  that  of  the  ecclesiastical  or- 


ganization with  which  his  family  has  long  been  prom- 
inently allied.  He  has  been  since  early  youth  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints  and  is 
now  the  Bear  Lake  Stake  president  of  the  Young 
Mm's  Mutual  Improvement  Association.  He  is  sec- 
retary of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Paris  and  solicits 
correspondence  for  that  organization.  Mr.  Rich  is 
swiftly  fulfilling  the  prophecy  made  by  his  friends 
that  he  would  be  one  of  the  "coming  men  of  Paris 
and  Bear  Lake  county." 

MINER  G.  WILCOX.  One  of  the  successful  and  up- 
to-date  business  men  of  Paris  is  Miner  G.  Wilcox, 
the  proprietor  of  the  Paris  Drug  Company.  His 
place  of  business  is  a  popular  one,  for  Mr.  Wilcox 
is  a  well-trained  pharmacist  and  his  goods  are  of 
desirable  quality  and  variety. 

Paris,  Idaho,  is  the  place  of  birth  and  November 
i,  1882,  the  date  of  nativity  of  Miner  G.  Wilcox. 
After  his  preliminary  studies  in  the  public  schools 
of  Paris,  he  passed  through  the  prescribed  curricu- 
lum in  the  Fielding  Academy  at  this  same  place. 
Having  determined  upon  following  pharmacy  as  his 
vocation,  Mr.  Wilcox  made  preparations  to  secure 
first  class  training  for  that  work.  After  the  com- 
pletion of  his  academic  studies,  he  went  to  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  where  he  spent  some  time  as  a  student 
in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  at  that  place.  Upon  the 
completion  of  his  course,  he  entered  a  drug  store 
of  the  same  city  as  an  employe.  When  he  had  spent 
six  months  as  a  pharmacist  in  the  Missouri  city, 
he  again  felt  strongly  "the  pull  of  the  West."  Re- 
turning to  the  region  of  the  Rockies,  he  went  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  was  for  about  a  year  en- 
gaged in  pharmaceutical  work.  He  next  went  to 
Ogden,  where  he  remained  for  two  years  and  then 
went  to  Huntsville,  where  he  accepted  a  position 
as  manager  of  a  drug  store.  There  he  remained  for 
about  a  year,  after  which  he  again  took  up  his  abode 
in  his  native  town.  Here  he  was  for  a  time  con- 
nected with  the  Bear  Lake  Drug  Company,  assist- 
ing that  enterprise  for  about  eighteen  months.  Hav- 
ing by  this  time  gained  much  successful  experience, 
Mr.  Wilcox's  next  step  was  to  establish  a  business 
for  himself.  He  proceeded  to  inaugurate  the  Paris 
Drug  Company,  whjch  he  still  conducts.  He  has 
met  with  a  gratifyingly  large  patronage,  for  his 
store  is  stocked  with  a  full  line  of  drugs  and  the 
useful  sundries  usually  combined  therewith. 

Mr.  Wilcox  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints.  He  was  married  on  October  21, 
1908,  to  Miss  Olga  Peterson,  at  Salt  Lake  City.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  L.  Peterson,  of 
Huntsville,  Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilcox  are  the 
parents  of  one  child,  a  small  daughter  named  Doris 
Louise. 

In  political  affiliation  Mr.  Wilcox  is  a  member  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  is  not  publicly  active  in 
political  affairs,  having  no  craving  for  the  limelight 
of  civic  office,  but  casting  his  vote  in  all  thoughtful- 
ness  and  conscientiousness.  Mr.  Wilcox  is  an  active 
and  popular  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of 
Paris. 

CHRISTIAN  G.  KELLER.  The  life  and  activities  of 
Christian  G.  Keller,  president  of  the  Keller  Imple- 
ment Company,  of  Rexburg,  Idaho,  illustrate  most 
forcibly  the  possibilities  that  are  open  to  a  young 
man  who  possesses  sterling  business  qualifications. 
They  prove  that  neither  wealth  nor  the  assistance  of 
influential  friends  at  the  outset  of  his  career  are 
at  all  necessary  to  place  a  young  man  upon  the  road 
to  success,  but  that  ambitious  perseverance,  stead- 
fastness of  purpose  and  indefatigable  industry,  com- 
bined with  sound,  business  principles,  will  be  re- 


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warded,  and  that  true  success  follows  individual 
effort  only.  Starting  to  make  his  own  way  in  the 
world  at  the  early  age  of  eight  years,  Mr.  Keller 
has  so  well  directed  his  activities  that  he  has  not 
only  earned  a  place  among  those  of  Rexburg's  bus- 
iness men  who  are  entitled  to  the  honor  of  having 
aided  in  promoting  the  building  and  operating  of  im- 
portant industries  of  the  city,  but  has  won  promi- 
nence for  his  civic  activities  and  his  general  worth  as 
a  citizen.  Mr.  Keller  is  a  native  of  Berne,  Switzer- 
land, and  was  born  January  6,  1870,  a  son  of  John 
G.  and  Rose  (Zucher)  Keller. 

John  G.  Keller  was  born  in  Switzerland,  and 
there  learned  the  trade  of  baker,  which  he  followed 
at  Victor,  Iowa,  after  having  come  to  the  United 
States  in  1872.  During  his  later  years  he  became 
interested  in  horticultural  pursuits,  in  which  he 
was  engaged  at  Victor  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1909,  when  he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age.  He 
married  Rose  Zucher,  also  a  Swiss  by  birth,  and 
she  died  in  1908,  at  Victor,  aged  sixty-six  years,  the 
mother  of  four  children,  of  whom  Christian  G.  was 
the  youngest. 

Christian  G.  Keller  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools,  while  attending  which  he 
worked  at  such  employment  as  he  could  find.  He 
continued  to  busy  himself  while  attending  the  Victor 
high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1887, 
and  when  fifteen  years  of  age  began  to  contribute 
to  the  family  support,  continuing  to  do  so  and  to 
care  for  his  parents  as  long  as  they  lived.  He  later 
supplemented  his  early  studies  by  courses  in  the 
Normal  and  Business  College  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana, 
the  Iowa  State  Normal  and  the  Nebraska  University, 
attending  the  summer  courses  in  these  institutions 
and  teaching  the  regular  school  terms  in  the  schools 
of  Winfield  and  Wayland,  Iowa,  and  Gibbon,  Ne- 
braska, and  being  principal  of  the  schools  in  the 
places  named.  On  February  17,  1900,  occurred  Mr. 
Keller's  advent  in  Idaho,  having  previously  spent 
one  year  as  an  expert  accountant  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah.  First  locating  at  Blackfoot,  he  became  gen- 
eral representative  of  the  collection  department  of 
the  International  Harvester  Company,  but  on  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1905,  left  their  employ  and  came  to  Rex- 
burg,  where  he  purchased  the  Fremont  Implement 
and  Produce  Company,  which  he  conducted  under 
the  firm  style  of  C.  G.  Keller,  implement  dealer, 
until  July  i,  1907.  The  business  at  this  time  had 
grown  to  such  large  proportions  that  it  was  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  Keller  Implement 
Company,  and  since  then  it  has  steadily  grown  and 
developed,  now  having  branches  in  a  number  of 
smaller  towns.  As  president  of  this  large  corpora- 
tion, Mr.  Keller  has  displayed  extraordinary  busi- 
ness ability,  and  among  his  associates  his  judgment 
is  unquestioned.  He  is  gifted  with  native  talents 
of  a  high  order,  with  a  vast  stock  of  knowledge 
eminently  fitting  him  for  all  the  relations  of  life. 
Having  succeeded  himself,  he  has  at  all  times  been 
ready  to  assist  others  in  their  efforts  to  secure  in- 
dependent positions,  and  his  charities  are  known 
only  to  himself.  Mr.  Keller  has  his  own  ideas  of 
the  duties  of  citizenship,  and  no  man  has  done 
more  to  advance  the  interests  of  Rexburg.  He  is 
known  as  the  most  active  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club,  and  has  interested  himself  in  behalf  of  the 
Democratic  party  since  1884,  although  he  has  never 
sought  nor  cared  for  public  office,  other  than  that 
of  delegate  to  conventions.  Fraternally,  he  is  well 
known  in  Masonry,  belonging  to  the  Commandery  at 
Idaho  Falls  and  the  Shrine  at  Boise.  He  is  the 
owner  of  a  dry  farm  of  1,000  acres,  and  in  1912 
raised  26,000  bushels  of  wheat.  Mr.  Keller's  re- 


ligious connection  is  with  the  Presbyterian  church, 
of  which  he  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

On  January  29,  1908,  Mr.  Keller  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Green  City,  Missouri,  with  Miss  Elma 
Davis,  who  was  born  in  that  city,  daughter  of  John 
E.  and  Fannie  Davis.  To  this  union  there  has  come 
one  son :  John  D.,  born  February  25,  1909,  at  Rex- 
burg,  Idaho. 

FREDERICK  T.  SHEPHERD.  As  a  dean  of  Paris'  citi- 
zenship and  as  a  member  of  one  of  the  most  eminent 
families  of  the  place,  the  manager  of  the  Shepherd 
Mercantile  Company  is  entitled  to  a  conspicuous  place 
in  this  collection  of  Idaho  biographies.  His  is  one 
of  the  old  families  of  the  section,  having  been  con- 
nected with  its  history  for  nearly  a  half  century. 

Frederick  Shepherd  is  a  son  of  that  William  Shep- 
herd of  England  who  came  in  1877  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Bear  Lake  county,  where  he 
pursued  the  combined  vocations  of  shoemaking  and 
farming  and  was  in  many  ways  a  leading  citizen. 
He  lived  until  1897,  reaching  the  age  of  seventy-one, 
and  his  wife,  Mary  Ann  Tracey,  outlived  him  several 
years,  dying  in  1910  at  the  age  of  eighty.  Both  are 
remembered  in  Paris  with  great  affection  and  respect. 

The  Shepherd  family  still  occupied  the  ancestral 
home  in  England  when  Frederick  T.  Shepherd  was 
born  on  March  22,  1867.  He  was  a  lad  of  ten  years 
when  the  migration  to  America  was  made.  At  that 
age  he  became  a  resident  of  Paris,  Idaho,  where  he 
has  ever  since  resided.  His  education,  which  had 
been  begun  in  the  public  schools  of  England,  was 
continued  in  the  Paris  public  schools.  The  land 
on  which  his  father  had  settled  occupied  his  active 
interests  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
At  that  time  he  accepted  a  position  with  his  brother, 
J.  R.  Shepherd,  for  whom  he  worked  at  a  salary 
until  he  had  achieved  a  financial  status  which  enabled 
him  to  become  a  member  of  the  firm. 

On  August  16,  1888,  Mr.  Shepherd  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Morgan,  at  Paris, 
Idaho.  Mrs.  Shepherd  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Owen  Morgan  of  Salt  Lake  City.  The  relig- 
ious affiliation  of  this  family  is  with  the  Church  of 
Latter  Day  Saints.  Socially,  Mr.  Shepherd  is  a 
member  of  the  Commercial  Club.  His  political 
connection  is  with  the  Democratic  party,  in  which 
he«is  not,  however,  publicly  active.  He  has  at  various 
times  been  sought  as  an  incumbent  of  civic  office, 
which  he  has  filled  with  ability  and  fidelity.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  in  Paris. 

Here  also  should  be  mentioned  the  very  prominent 
position  held  by  the  two  brothers  of  Mr.  Shepherd, 
who  also  conduct  the  business  above  mentioned.  J.  R. 
Shepherd  is  the  president  of  the  Mercantile  Com- 
pany and  holds  eminent  place  politically.  At  present 
he  fills  the  high  office  of  state  senator  from  Bear 
Lake  county,  and  discharges  the  duties  of  that  posi- 
tion with  ability  and  distinction.  He  has,  indeed, 
filled  many  political  offices,  including  that  of  city 
mayor  and  for  several  terms  that  of  county  com- 
missioner. He  is  spoken  of  by  many  in  connection 
with  yet  higher  honors  than  any  he  has  filled.  One 
of  the  influential  members  of  the  Commercial  Club, 
he  is  most  active  in  assisting  local  business  and  other 
institutions  to  a  higher  plane  of  efficiency.  He  is 
prominent  in  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints  and 
is  president  of  the  Bear  Lake  Stake.  Interested  also 
in  educational  affairs,  he  is  an  important  member 
of  the  board  of  regents  of  Pocatello  Academy,  and 
is  president  of  the  board  of  directors  of  Fielding 
Academy  in  Paris.  His  financial  affairs  are  on  a 
very  solid  basis,  and  entitle  him  indisputably  to  his 


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office  as  president  of  the  Bear  Lake  State  Bank  of 
Paris. 

Likewise  active  in  both  business  and  politics  is 
L,  T.  Shepherd,  the  third  brother  of  the  trio.  He 
is  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Mercantile  Com- 
pany. Among  the  public  offices  which  he  has  ably 
held  are  that  of  county  auditor  and  recorder;  that 
of  county  treasurer  for  two  terms;  that  of  city  clerk 
for  two  terms,  and  for  several  years  that  of  referee 
in  bankruptcies.  Both  he  and  Mr.  J.  R.  Shepherd 
are  also  married  and  are  the  heads  of  creditable 
families. 

The  Shepherd  Mercantile  Company  occupies  an 
establishment  which  is  easily  the  largest  business 
institution  in  Paris.  It  is  a  typical  department  store, 
containing  full  and  high  class  stock  of  every  depart- 
ment usually  found  in  such  a  store.  The  work  of  the 
Shepherd  brothers  has  been  peculiarly  successful  in 
every  way.  All  three  have  achieved  an  enviable 
financial  independence,  which  is  equaled  by  their  dis- 
tinguished position  in  other  lines  of  activity.  Their 
material  prosperity,  their  political  efficiency,  their  re- 
ligious influence,  their  social  eminence — all  have  been 
achieved  through  the  ability  of  these  men  to  live 
at  a  high  standard  in  any  and  all  phases  of  life. 

JOSEPH  H.  DENIO.  A  valuable  feature  of  the  pub- 
lic accommodations  in  Paris,  Idaho,  is  the  hostelry 
known  as  the  Denio  Hotel,  which  was  established 
by  Joseph  Denio,  a  citizen  of  this  place  for  the 
last  score  of  years.  He  has  been  associated  with 
life  in  Idaho  ever  since  he  attained  his  majority — 
a  little  less  than  n  quarter  century  ago.  Though  a 
native  of  Canada,  Mr.  Denio  has  almost  since  infancy 
"been  a  resident  of  the  States. 

Mr.  Denio's  parents  were  John  and  Louisa 
(Brown)  Denio.  John  Denio  was  a  native  of  New 
York  state,  but  ultimately  made  his  home  in  Wis- 
consin. He  was  a  lumberman  and  agriculturist  by 
vocation  and  was  religiously  a  member  and  devoted 
servant  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  Louisa 
Brown  Denio  was  a  Canadian  by  birth,  but  her  mar- 
riage occurred  in  Michigan.  Her  life  closed  in  Can- 
ada in  1868  and  that  of  her  husband  in  Iowa  in 
1897,  his  earthly  years  having  reached  the  goodly 
number  of  seventy-one.  The  children  of  their  house- 
hold had  been  five  in  number.  The  youngest  was 
Joseph  H.  Denio,  the  special  subject  of  this  sketch. 

St.  Joseph  Island,  of  Ontario,  Canada,  was  the 
birthplace  of  Joseph  H.  Denio,  and  February  2,  1868, 
•was  tjpe  date  of  his  nativity.  He  was  five  years  of 
age  when  his  parents  became  residents  of  Wisconsin, 
and  there  he  grew  up,  engaged  in  the  usual  school 
activities  of  youth  and  in  assisting  with  the  lumber 
business.  He  was  thus  Occupied  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  nineteen.  At  that  time  he  was  sent  into 
southern  Wisconsin,  southern  Minnesota  and  South 
Dakota  on  his  first  mission  for  the  Church  of  Latter 
Day  Saints.  For  two  years  he  served  in  that  work, 
and  immediately  afterward  he  turned  his  face 
definitely  westward.  Becoming  a  citizen  of  Idaho, 
he  spent  eighteen  months  here,  but  when  they  were 
concluded  he  was  again  called  upon  to  serve  the 
•church  in  missionary  efforts.  His  second  series  of 
labors  took  him  to  Pennsylvania,  where  for  a  second 
period  of  two  years  he  was  active  in  the  church  cause. 
During  that  time  he  was  stationed  as  president  of 
the  Pennsylvania  conference  of  the  church,  that  divi- 
sion including  the  states  of  Pennsylvania,  West  Vir- 
ginia and  New  York. 

Mr.  Denio's  first  settlement  in  Idaho  had  been  in 
St.  Charles.  Upon  settling  there  he  became  active 
in  the  capacity  of  a  traveling  salesman,  carrying  sev- 
<ral  lines  of  staple  goods.  It  was  in  1903  that  he 


established  his  residence  in  Paris,  his  subsequent  and 
permanent  home. 

Mr.  Denio  had  married  in  Logan,  Utah,  on  April 
i9f  1893,  Miss  Eliza  M.  Linford,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  W.  Linford  of  St.  Charles,  Idaho. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Denio  have  become  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  four  being  sons 
and  two  daughters.  They  are  named  as  follows: 
Joseph  H.,  Jr.,  Juanita,  Maxwell,  Don  Carlos,  Doris 
and  Ben  Rich  Denio. 

Not  only  has  Mrs.  Denio  been  a  worthy  domestic 
helpmeet,  but  she  is  her  husband's  able  business  as- 
sistant as  well.  The  hotel  is  given  over  to  her 
supervision,  thus  enabling  Mr.  Denio  to  continue  his 
work  as  a  traveling  salesman. 

Although  his  commercial  affairs  take  him  often 
from  Paris,  Mr.  Denio  is  one  of  the  interested  citi- 
zens of  the  place.  He  has  served  as  deputy  sheriff, 
as  justice  of  the  peace  and  as  police  judge  of  Paris, 
in  which  capacity  he  is  now  serving.  He  is  an  active 
Republican,  taking  a  lively  interest  in  its  affairs  and 
being  a  well  known  party  fighter.  He  takes  a  per- 
sonal part  in  all  campaigns,  attending  conventions 
and  making  public  speeches  for  the  political  cause. 

Mr.  Demo  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club 
of  Paris.  His  church  affiliation  is  with  the  Church 
of  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  has,  moreover,  much  local 
enthusiasm  and  is  interested  in  the  future  of  Idaho. 

JULIUS  O.  JOHANNESEN.  No  element  of  citizen- 
ship has  wielded  greater  or  more  benignant  influence 
in  the  developing  and  upbuilding  of  various  sections 
of  the  great  Northwest  than  that  of  Scandinavian 
stock,  and  from  this  source  America  has  had  much 
to  gain  and  nothing  to  lose.  One  of  the  honored  and 
influential  citizens  and  representative  business  men 
of  southern  Idaho  who  claims  the  far  Norseland 
as  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  who*  has  won  large 
and  definite  success  in  connection  with  productive 
business  enterprise  in  Idaho  is  Julius  O.  Johannesen, 
who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  and  pioneer  mer- 
chants of  the  thriving  village  of  Rupert,  Lincoln 
county,  which  was  founded  in  1905  and  which  has 
now  a  population  of  fully  one  thousand.  Here  he  is 
president  of  the  Southern  Idaho  Mercantile  Company, 
which  is  now  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  sub- 
stantial concerns  of  its  kind  in  this  part  of  the  state, 
and  the  high  reputation  of  which  constitutes  its  best 
commercial  asset.  The  business  has  been  developed 
under  the  direct  and  able  supervision  of  Mr.  Johan- 
nesen, and  his  integrity,  fairness  and  consideration 
have  given  him  a  secure  place  in  the  confidence  and 
high  regard  of  the  people  who  have  had  dealings 
with  him  and  those  who  have  come  into  contact  with 
him  in  the  various  other  relations  of  life.  He  has  won 
prosperity  through  his  own  efforts,  has  been  one 
of  the  world's  workers  and  is  well  deserving  of  the 
success-  which  is  his. 

Mr.  Johannesen  was  born  in  the  city  of  Christiania, 
in  the  southern  Norway  state  of  the  same  name,  and 
the  date  of  his  nativity  was  November  14,  1857.  He 
is  a  son  of  Anders  and  Aaste  (Johnson)  Johannesen, 
who  were  born  and  reared  in  that  section  of  Norway, 
where  the  father  followed  the  trade  of  molder  in  a 
foundry  until  1886,  when  he  came  with  his  family  to 
America  and  established  his  home  in  Cache  county, 
Utah,  he  and  his  wife  having  become  members  of 
the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints  prior  to  their 
immigration  from  Norway.  In  Utah  Anders  Johan- 
nesen continued  to  follow  the  work  of  his  trade  until 
his  death,  in  1895,  and  his  wife  survived  him  by 
several  years. 

In  the  excellent  schools  of  his  native  city  Julius 
O.  Johannesen  gained  his  early  educational  discipline, 
and  when  sixteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  depend 


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upon  his  own  resources.  He  secured  a  clerkship  in 
a  mercantile  establishment  in  Christiania,  and  he 
was  employed  in  this  capacity  for  several  years, 
within  which  he  gained  valuable  experience.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  he  located  in  the  town  of 
Skien,  capital  of  Bratsberg,  Norway,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  provision  business  on  his  own  respon- 
sibility, the  principal  function  of  his  trade  being  in 
furnishing  supplies  to  vessels  entering  that  port. 
He  was  successful  in  this  enterprise,  but  he  had 
become  convinced  that  better  opportunities  could  be 
found  in  the  United  States  and  he  accordingly  de- 
termined to  seek  his  fortunes  in  America.  Accord- 
ingly, in  the  year  1886,  he  came  to  this  country  and 
established  his  residence  in  Utah.  He  reversed  the 
usual  order  by  inducing  his  parents  to  accompany 
him  to  the  new  home,  while  the  average  provision 
in  such  cases  is  for  the  parents  to  head  such  a  mo- 
mentous expedition.  He  secured  employment  as 
clerk  in  a  mercantile  establishment  at  Logan,  Utah, 
where  he  remained  six  years,  within  which  he  worked 
in  various  leading  establishments.  At  the  expiration 
of  that  period  he  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  to 
assume  a  similar  position  in  one  of  the  branch  stores 
of  the  Zions  Co-operative  Mercantile  Institute,  and  in 
this  establishment  he  continued  as  a  trusted  and 
valued  employe  for  thirteen  years,  during  the  last 
five  of  which  he  held  the  position  of  bookkeeper. 

In  August,  1905,  soon  after  the  platting  of  the 
new  town  of  Rupert,  Lincoln  county,  Mr.  Johannesen 
here  established  his  home  and  engaged  in  independent 
general  merchandise  business,  under  the  title  of  the 
Home  Supply  Company.  With  the  rapid  growth  of 
the  town  and  the  settling  up  of  the  surrounding 
country,  the  venture  proved  a  most  prosperous  one, 
and  within  eleven  months  after  he  had  initiated  busi- 
ness Mr.  Johannesen  found  it  expedient  to  organize 
the  Southern  Idaho  Mercantile  Company,  in  which 
he  enlisted  the  co-operation  of  other  substantial  citi- 
zens as  stockholders.  He  has  retained  his  stock  and 
that  of  the  other  original  five  stockholders  was  pur- 
chased by  him  and  his  present  coadjutor,  John  Tollef- 
son,  in  1909,  so  that  these  two  interested  principals 
now  have  sole  control  of  the  large  and  substantial 
business.  The  enterprise  had  a  modest  inception, 
and  under  the  effective  and  honorable  administration 
of  Mr.  Johannesen  it  has  been  expanded  to  one  of 
great  volume.  Mr.  Tollefson  likewise  has  been  a  re- 
sourceful factor  in  the  developing  of  the  business, 
and  both  of  the  interested  principals  are  aggressive 
and  energetic  business  men,  honest  and  upright  in 
character  and  fair  and  honorable  in  all  dealings,  so 
that  they  well  merit  the  unqualified  confidence  and 
esteem  so  uniformly  reposed  in  them.  They  have 
a  large  and  finely  equipped  general  store  and  the 
concern  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  substantial 
of  its  kind  in  southern  Idaho,  with  a  trade  that  is 
constantly  increasing  and  one  that  indicates  the  gen- 
eral prosperity  of  this  section  of  the  state.  Mr. 
Johannesen  owns  and  occupies  an  attractive  modern 
residence  on  his  forty  acres  adjoining.  He  is 
liberal  and  public  spirited  and  is  ever  ready  to  lend 
his  influence  and  tangible  aid  in  the  promotion  of 
enterprises  and  measures  advanced  for  the  general 
good  of  the  community.  He  is  well  fortified  in  his 
opinions  concerning  public  affairs  and  civic  condi- 
tions, and  is  a  -strong  advocate  of  the  principles  for 
which  the  Socialist  party  stands  sponsor.  He  and 
his  wife  are  zealous  members  of  the  Church  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  he  is  affiliated  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Johannesen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Annetta  Anderson  in  his  native  country,  and  she 
was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal  in  1892.  She  is 
survived  by  four  children — Gundrun,  who  is  now  the 


wife  of  P.  M.  McFarland  of  Poplar,  Idaho ;  Allen, 
who  is  an  employe  in  the  reclamation  service  of  the 
government;  Julius  O.,  Jr.,  who  runs  the  farm,  and 
Esther,  who  remains  at  the  parental  home.  In 
1895  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Johannesen 
to  Miss  Mary  E.  Jones,  who  was  born  at  Harper, 
Utah,  and  who  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Jones,  an 
early  settler  of  Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johannesen  have 
four  children,  all  of  whom  remain  members  of  a 
singularly  ideal  family  circle,  their  names  being  here 
entered  in  the  respective  order  of  their  birth :  Verna, 
Robert,  Phoebe  and  George. 

Mr.  Johannesen  has  been  a  man  of  indefatigable 
industry  and  his  long  and  varied  experience  in  con- 
nection with  retail  merchandising  makes  him  an 
authoritative  judge  of  values,  so  that  he  is  enabled 
to  cater  with  much  facility  to  the  demands  of  his 
extensive  and  appreciative  patronage,  the  while  hia 
sterling  attributes  of  character  have  won  him  secure 
vantage  ground  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all 
who  know  him. 

FRANK  L.  DAVIS.  The  title  of  Frank  L.  Davis  to 
a  place  among  the  representative  men  of  Idaho  rests 
not  only  upon  the  fact  that  he  is  the  oldest  resident 
of  Sugar  City,  but  also  because  of  his  activities  in 
business  and  financial  matters.  As  cashier  of  the 
Fremont  County  Bank,  he  is  known  as  one  of  the 
sound  and  substantial  financiers  of  this  part  of  the 
state,  and  he  has  also  given  of  his  time  and  energies 
to  the  promotion  of  education,  religion  and  good 
citizenship.  Mr.  Davis  was  born  November  .17, 
1877,  at  Battle  Mountain,  Nevada,  and  is  a  son  of 
Walter  and  Theodosia  (Walker)  Davis. 

Walter  Davis  was  born  in  Missouri,  and  in  1870 
moved  to  Nevada  from  the  Salt  Lake  Valley,  Utah, 
where  he  had  come  in  advance  of  the  railroads  in 
1850,  being  engaged  as  a  telegrapher.  Since  1870 
he  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Harriman  lines  and 
the  Oregon  Shortline  Railroad,  and  is  still  active 
in  his  vocation,  now  being  a  resident  of  Fort  Hall, 
Idaho.  He  married  Theodosia  Walker,  a  native  of 
Utah,  whose  parents  were  pioneers  of  that  state, 
and  her  mother  still  survives  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
nine  years.  Six  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Davis,  Frank  L.  being  the  next  to  the  oldest. 

After  completing  his  preliminary  studies  in  the 
public  schools  of  Nevada,  Mr.  Davis  entered  the 
State  University,  at  Reno,  being  graduated  from  the 
commercial  department  thereof  in  1896.  On  leaving 
the  university,  he  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  at 
Lewisville,  Fremont  county,  where  he  purchased  a 
small  farm  and  was  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil  until 
1903.  In  that  year  he  gave  his  farm  to  his  parents 
and  moved  to  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  became  engaged 
in  clerical  work  in  the  offices  of  the  Idaho  Sugar 
Company,  and  in  January,  1904,  when  the  company 
built  the  Fremont  Sugar  Factory,  at  Sugar  City,  he 
was  transferred  from  Idaho  Falls  to  this  city,  con- 
tinuing in  the  employ  of  the  company  until  July 
I,  1907.  He  then  resigned  his  position  to  become 
cashier  of  the  Fremont  County  Bank,  which  had  been 
organized  in  1905,  and  of  which  Mark  Austin  is 
president.  Mr.  Davis  has  continued  to  act  as  cashier 
of  this  institution,  and  his  efforts  have  resulted 
in  a  greatly  increased  number  of  deposits.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  executive  council  of  the  Idaho 
Bankers'  Association,  and  is  widely  and  favorably 
known  not  only  in  Fremont  county,  but  among 
bankers  generally  throughout  the  state.  For  the  past 
two  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  of  which  he  is  clerk  and  treasurer  and  also 
a  member  of  the  city  council.  Politically  a  Demo- 
crat, he  has  been  an  active  worker  in  his  party's 


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ranks,  having  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  of  Lewis- 
ville  for  one  term,  and  in  1904  was  candidate  for 
the  office  of  treasurer  of  Fremont  county,  but  was 
defeated  by  the  small  majority  of  ninety  votes. 
Since  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  has  served  as 
a  notary  public.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  member  of  the 
Sugar  City  Commercial  Club,  and  as  secretary  and 
treasurer  thereof  has  done  much  to  advance  the 
interests  of  his  adopted  place.  His  religious  con- 
nection is  with  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 
On  October  11,  1899,  Mr.  Davis  was  married  to 
Mi?-s  Alvaretta  Harmon,  born  at  Clarkston,  Utah, 
daughter  of  Henry  Harmon,  and  a  member  of  an  old 
pioneer  family  of  Wyoming  and  Utah.  The  follow- 
ing children  have  been  born  to  this  union :  Frank ; 
Alvaretta ;  Caddie ;  Leota ;  Adele.  who  is  deceased ; 
Harmon;  Walter;  Orville  and  Orwith,  twins,  who 
are  deceased ;  and  Marjorie  born  December  roth, 
1912.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  representative  self-made  man, 
as  his  success  has  come  entirely  through  the  medium 
of  his  own  efforts,  and  he  has  been  independent  of 
outside  assistance.  He  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in 
the  eastern  part  of  the  state,  and  everywhere  he  is 
known  as  an  excellent  business  man  and  a  public 
spirited  citizen. 

WILLIAM  A.  HYDE.  A  citizen  of  sterling  char- 
acter and  one  who  has  attained  to  distinctive  success 
through  his  own  well  directed  efforts,  Mr.  Hyde  is 
one  of  the  well  known  and  highly  honored  public 
men  of  southeastern  Idaho,  maintaining  his  home  in 
the  thriving  city  of  Pocatello,  where  he  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  the  William  A.  Hyde  Realty 
Company. 

He  has  been  prominent  and  influential  in  public 
affairs  in  Bannock  county,  and  is  also  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  councils  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day 
Saints  in  Idaho,  where  he  is  president  of  the  im- 
portant Pocatello  Stake,  which  comprises  eighteen 
wards,  and  has  a  church  affiliation  of  nearly  6,000 
persons. 

Mr.  Hyde  was  born  at  Kaysville,  Davis  county, 
Utah,  on  the  i6th  of  June,  1863,  and  is  a  scion  of 
one  of  the  honored  pioneer  families  of  that  state.  He 
is  a  son  of  Rosel  and  Mary  Ann  (Cowles)  Hyde,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  Vermont  of  stanch 
colonial  stock,  and  the  latter  of  whom  was  born  in 
the  state  of  New  York,  from  whence  her  parents 
removed  to  Illinois  when  she  was  a  girl.  Rosel  Hyde 
accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  from  the 
old  Green  Mountain  state  to  that  of  New  York,  and 
later  met  his  future  wife  in  Illinois,  where  he  mar- 
ried her,  and  in  the  early  pioneer  days  together,  with 
an  ox  team,  they  crossed  the  plains  to  Utah,  where 
they  were  numbered  among  the  founders  of  one  of 
the  colonies  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter 
Day  Saints,  settling  at  Kaysville. 

Rosel  Hyde  was  prominently  identified  with  the 
development  and  upbuilding  of  Davis  county  in  a 
religious  and  political  way.  He  served  as  mayor  of 
Kaysville,  and  as  selectman,  or  commissioner,  of  the 
county.  In  the  church  he  was  a  valiant  defender  of 
the  faith,  serving  as  a  counselor  to  the  bishop  of  the 
ward,  and  finally  as  a  patriarch,  matured  in  wisdom 
and  honors,  He  passed  to  his  eternal  reward  at  a 
ripe  old  age.  His  beloved  wife  followed  him  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six,  haying  faithfully  endured  with 
her  husband  the  vicissitudes  and  trials  of  pioneer 
life,  and  of  the  ten  children  born  to  them  four  sons 
and  four  daugnters  are  now  living,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  being  the  youngest  of  the  ten. 

William  A.  Hyde  is  indebted  mainly  to  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  state  and  to  his  wide  and  indus- 
trious reading  for  his  education,  for  he  was  per- 


mitted to  attend  a  higher  institution  of  learning,  the 
Deseret  University  at  Salt  Lake  City,  for  six  months 
only.  After  leaving  school  he  learned  the  art  of 
telegraphy,  and  later  qualified  for  school  teaching, 
but  neither  of  these  lines  of  work  being  to  his  taste, 
he  soon  after  assumed  a  clerical  position  in  the 
establishment  of  Barton  &  Company  at  Layton,  t'tali. 
Here,  to  his  other  duties,  he  added  that  of  post- 
master, being  the  first  one  appointed  in  this  thriving 
settlement. 

He  remained  with  Barton  &  Company  as  a  valued 
employe  for  six  years  and  then  in  1890  engaged  in 
the  general  merchandise  business  on  his  own  respon- 
sibility. 

In  1894,  obeying  the  call  of  the  pioneer  blood  in 
his  veins,  he  picked  up  his  business,  loaded  it  with 
his  household  effects  in  a  box  car,  and  came  to  Idaho, 
to  him  the  promised  land. 

He  was  the  pioneer  of  the  village  of  Downey, 
Bannock  county,  his  being  the  first  building  erected 
in  the  new  town.  In  this  then  barren  spot,  situated 
in  the  midst  of  the  sage  brush,  he  established  a 
general  store  and  began  life  again.  Success  attended 
him  from  the  first  day,  and  in  a  few  years  he  built 
up  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  conducted  under 
the  title  of  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Company,  and  Mr. 
Hyde  still  continues  as  secretary  of  the  same,  his 
brother,  George  T.,  having  the  general  management 
of  the  enterprise. 

In  the  summer  of  the  year  that  he  arrived  in 
Downey  he  was  called- to  be  the  bishop  of  the  neigh- 
boring ward,  and  continued  to  give  his  personal 
supervision  to  his  business  interests  and  religious 
work  until  1900,  when  he  removed  to  Pocatello  to- 
assume  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  he  had  been 
appointed,  that  of  counselor  to  the  president  of  the 
Pocatello  Stake  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints, 
in  whose  work  and  affafrs  he  had  taken  the  deepest 
interest  from  his  early  youth. 

Previous  to  leaving  Downey  he  had  served  in  the 
state  legislature  in  the  session  of  1898-9. 

On  the  xoth  of  March,  1901,  he  was  made  president 
of  the  Pocatello  Stake,  which  office  he  still  holds, 
associated  with  Noah  S.  Pond  and  Henry  S.  Wood- 
land as  his  counselors. 

Soon  after  his  removal  to  Pocatello,  Mr.  Hyde 
became  associated  with  Noah  S.  Pond,  Henry  S. 
Woodland  and  Milo  A.  Hendricks  in  the  retail  gro- 
cery business,  and  he  continued  this  partnership  alli- 
ance until  1908,  when  he  sold  his  interest-  in  the 
business  and  assumed  the  position  of  deputy  county 
clerk  of  Bannock  county,  an  office  that  he  filled  for 
the  ensuing  three  years. 

In  January,  1911,  after  various  business  experiences, 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Arthur  R.  Reddish, 
with  whom  he  has  since  been  associated  in  the  real 
estate,  insurance,  loan  and  bonding  business,  latterly 
under  the  firm  name  of  .the  William  A.  Hyde  Realty 
Company,  and  the  enterprise  has  grown  to  one  of 
substantial  proportions,  being  based  on  unqualified 
confidence  and  esteem. 

Mr.  Hyde  is  also  a  stockholder  in  and  president 
of  a  number  of  mining  companies  that  are  at  pres- 
ent developing  some  very  promising  properties  near 
to  Pocatello,  the  principal  one  being  the  Fort  Hall 
Mining  &  Milling  Co.,  Ltd.  This  company  has  re- 
cently issued  a  prospectus  descriptive  of  its  property 
and  operations,  and  copies  of  the  same  may  be  had 
upon  application  to  the  company's  headquarters  in 
the  city  erf  Pocatello.  The  interested  principals  are 
men  of  the  highest  standing,  and  the  company  offers- 
to  investors  most  attractive  inducements  under  well 
regulated  conditions. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hyde  maintains  an  independent  atti- 


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tude,  and  he  is  essentially  progressive  and  public 
spirited.  His  efforts  in  a  political  way  have  been 
largely  in  the  line  of  reform,  the  distinct  improvement 
in  Bannock  county  and  Pocatello  municipal  govern- 
mental affairs  being  largely  due  to  his  fearless  leader- 
ship and  able  advocacy  of  good  laws  and  their  genu- 
ine enforcement.  He  has  great  confidence  in  the 
future  of  Idaho,  and  has  pleasure  in  prophesying  po- 
litical purity. 

He  gives  close  attention  to  his  administrative  duties 
as  president  of  the  Pocatello  Stake,  and  while  ardent 
in  the  advocacy  of  the  doctrines  of  his  church,  is 
recognized  as  a  broad  minded  and  liberal  man.  In 
addition  to  his  many  activities,  he  has  found  time  to 
write  upon  doctrinal,  political  and  ethical  subjects, 
and  as  a  contributor  to  several  magazines  is  recog- 
nized as  a  writer  of  considerable  force  and  ability. 

On  June  16,  1886,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  Hyde  to  Miss  Maria  Reddish,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Eliza  Reddish,  of  Kaysville,  Utah,  both  of  whom 
are  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hyde  became  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  of  whom  only  three  are 
living,  namely :  Myrtle  P.,  who  was  born  at  Layton, 
Utah,  in  1890;  Elaine  M.,  born  in  Layton  in  1893,  and 
Charles  W.,  who  was  born  in  Downey,  Utah,  in  1895. 

JOSEPH  H.  DEWITT.  Since  June,  1910,  Mr.  De- 
Witt  has  been  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Pioneer- 
Record,  at  Rupert,  Minidoka  county,  and  he  has 
brought  the  paper  up  to  a  high  standard  defined  for 
effective  country  journalism.  -  He  is  making  the 
Record  a  specially  valuable  exponent  of  the  varied 
interests  of  Minidoka  county.  The  paper  is  pub- 
lished on  Thursday  of  each  week  and  in  its  attractive 
letter  press,  its  representative  advertising  patronage 
and  its  progressive  and  loyal  editorials  it  is  equal 
to  the  average  country  newspaper.  The  owner  of 
the  Pioneer-Record  has  had  varied  experience  in  the 
western  newspaper  field. 

Joseph  Howard  DeWitt  is  a  native  of  the  West 
and  has  imbibed  fully  of  its  spirit.  He  was  born 
at  Ottawa,  the  judicial  center  of  Franklin  county, 
Kansas,  on  the  1st  of  September,  1873,  and  is  a  son 
of  Henry  C.  and  Josinna  (Strawn)  DeWitt,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  Ohio  and  the  latter 
in  Indiana.  They  were  numbered  among  the  early 
pioneers  of  Kansas,  where  the  father  established  a 
home  in  1866.  He  obtained  government  land  and 
became  one  of  the  successful  agriculturists  and  stock 
growers  of  the  Sunflower  state,  though  he  endured 
his  full  share  of  the  hardships  and  losses  which 
marked  the  early  history  of  that  commonwealth, 
where  the  sturdy  farmers  were  compelled  to  battle 
alternately  with  drought  and  the  grasshopper  plague. 
Henry  C.  DeWitt  continued  to  reside  in  Kansas  until 
1907,  when  he  came  to  Idaho,  where  he  has  since 
been  a  member  of  the  family  circle  of  his  son  Joseph 
H.,  of  this  review,  his  wife  having  passed  to  the  life 
eternal  in  July,  1883,  and  her  remains  having  been 
laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Burlington,  Coffey 
county,  Kansas. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  place  afforded 
Joseph  H.  DeWitt  his  early  educational  advantages 
and  he  continued  his  studies  therein  until  he  had 
attained  to  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  In  the  mean- 
while, during  vacations  and  other  leisure  hours,  he 
had  set  himself  the  task  of  delving  into  the  mys- 
teries of  the  "art  preservative  of  all  arts,"  by  working 
in  printing  office  in  Ottawa,  where  he  exacted  all  the 
honors  of  and  demanded  the  dignified  attention  due 
to  the  "printer's  devil."  He  learned  the  trade  of 
compositor  in  a  measurably  adept  way  under  these 
conditions,  and  the  experience  thus  gained  has  proved 
of  value  to  him  in  his  subsequent  career  as  a  full- 
fledged  newspaper  publisher.  For  two  weeks  after 


leaving  school  he  found  employment  as  clerk  in 
the  mercantile  establishment  of  C.  D.  Crane  at 
Ottawa,  his  native  place,  and  he  then,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  severed  home  ties  and  set  forth  to 
test  his  powers.  He  went  to  Del  Norte,  Colorado, 
where  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  mercantile  lines 
until  1903,  when  he  removed  to  LaPlatt,  that  state, 
where  he  resumed  his  association  with  newspaper 
work.  There,  about  one  month  prior  to  his  nine- 
teenth birthday  anniversary,  he  wrote  his  first  edi- 
torial, and  the  same  was  published  in  the  LaPlatt 
Miner.  He  continued  to  be  identified  with  this  paper 
as  an  employe  until  April  of  the  following  year, 
when  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the  plant  and 
business,  with  the  editorial  and  general  affairs  of 
which  he  continued  to  be  thus  identified  until  October, 
1897,  when  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  enterprise  and 
removed  to  Dolores,  Montezuma  county,  Colorado, 
where  he  became  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Dolores 
Star.  He  continued  as  owner  and  publisher  of  this 
paper  until  1903,  when  he  disposed  of  the  business 
and  purchased  the  controlling  interest  in  the  Chief- 
tain, at  Soda  Springs,  Bannock  county,  Idaho.  He 
sold  this  plant  and  business  on  the  ist  of  July,  1910, 
after  having  made  the  paper  a  potent  agency  in  the 
fostering  the  best  interests  of  the  village  and 
county,  and  he  had  in  the  meanwhile  shown  good 
judgment  in  determining  to  establish  his  home  in 
the  thriving  town  of  Rupert,  Idaho,  to  which  he 
came  in  June,  1910,  about  a  month  prior  to  selling 
his  business  at  Soda  Springs.  Here  he  effected  the 
purchase  of  the  Rupert  Pioneer-Record,  the  only 
paper  in  the  village,  and  he  has  since  given  his  time 
and  attention  to  making  the  paper  a  stanch  vehicle 
for  promoting  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  this 
favored  section  of  the  state.  His  career  as  a  news- 
paper man  has  been  from  the  initiation  signally  suc- 
cessful, and  he  has  shown  resourcefulness  and  ability 
in  the  developing  of  the  various  papers  with  which 
he  has  been  connected.  He  discusses  the  political 
issues  of  the  day  with  fearlessness,  with  utmost  fair- 
ness and  from  a  standpoint  independent  of  mere 
partisanship. 

That  Mr.  DeWitt  has  identified  himself  closely 
and  permanently  with  Rupert  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  in  1912  he  there  erected  a  substantial  and 
modern  brick  residence  of  eight  rooms,  and  this  at- 
tractive home  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  town.  While 
a  resident  of  Soda  Springs,  Colorado,  Mr.  DeWitt 
served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  village  board 
of  trustees,  but  he  has  no  special  predilection  for 
public  office,  as  he  believes  that  he  can  do  more  for 
the  general  welfare  of  the  community  by  exploiting 
its  claims  through  the  columns  of  his  paper.  He  is 
affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

On  the  a8th  of  March,  1910,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  DeWitt  to  Miss  Perdette  Merrell, 
who  was  born  in  the  state  of  Nevada,  but  reared  in 
Idaho,  to  which  state,  which  was  then  a  territory, 
her  parents  came.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Francis 
Marion  Merrell,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  Nevada  and 
later  of  Idaho,  and  who  served  as  representative 
in  the  first  state  legislature  of  the  latter  common- 
wealth. Mr.  and  Mrs.  DeWitt  have  one  child,  Gladys, 
and  in  the  home,  circle  is  also  John  H.  Locke,  a 
stepson  of  Mr.  DeWitt  by  a  former  marriage. 

J.  FRANCIS  JONES,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Jones  &  Sheehan,  dealers  in  implements  and  lumber, 
Bellevue,  Idaho,  has  been  identified  with  the  com- 
mercial activities  of  this  place  only  a  few  years,  but 
by  his  thoroughgoing  and  up-to-date  methods  he 
has  made  himself  a  factor  to  be  reckoned  with  in 
the  business  life  of  the  little  town. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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Mr.  Jones  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  He  was  born  at 
Williamsburg,  that  state,  November  20,  1885,  and 
there  spent  his  boyhood  and  attained  his  majority. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
high  school,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1903.  His 
first  work  was  at  the  trade  of  painter.  After  having 
been  employed  in  the  painting  business  about  one 
year,  he  accepted  a  position  in  the  Williamsburg  Sav- 
ings Bank  as  assistant  cashier,  a  position  he  filled 
three  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his  coming  to  Idaho. 
In  Bellevue  also  he  was  for  a  time  engaged  in 
banking.  For  three  years  he  served  as  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Bellevue  State  Bank,  and  on  resigning 
this  position  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Shee- 
han,  under  the  name  of  Jones  &  Sheehan,  to  deal  in 
implements  and  lumber. 

Politically  Mr.  Jones  harmonizes  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  taking  no  active  interest  in  political 
matters,  however,  further  than  to  cast  a  conscientious 
vote.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bellevue  Commercial 
Club,  and  religiously,  while  not  having  membership 
in  any  church,  his  inclinations  are  toward  the  Con- 
gregational creed.  He  is  fond  of  music  and  popular 
entertainments,  and  is  keenly  alive  to  the  attractions 
of  out-door  sports  and  games,  including  fishing  and 
hunting. 

At  Provo,  Utah,  November  10,  1908,  J.  Francis 
Jones  and  Miss  Bess  Allred  were  united  in  marriage. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  pleased  with  Idaho  as  a 
place  of  residence,  and  have  great  faith  in  the  future 
development  of  the  state. 

XKCHARIAH  BALLANTYNE,  manager  of  the  Rigby 
branch  of  the  St.  Anthony  Building  and  Manufac- 
turing Company,  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
October  13,  1856.  His  parents,  Richard  and  Mary 
( Pearce)  Ballantyne,  were  of  Scotch  and  English 
birth,  respectively,  and  from  them  he  inherited  a 
robust  constitution,  habits  of  sobriety  and  industry, 
a  reverent  disposition,  and  an  ambition  to  make  the 
best  use  of  his  abilities  for  his  own  advancement,  as 
well  as  for  the  advancement  of  any  community  in 
which  his  lot  in  life  might  be  cast.  That  he  has 
succeeded  in  this  laudable  determination  may  be  gath- 
ered from  his  high  standing  not  only  in  business 
circles,  but  also  from  the  universal  esteem  in 
which  he  is  held  by  those  who  know  him. 

Richard  Ballantyne  came  to  the  United  States 
from  Scotland  in  1843  and  first  settled  in  Nauvoo, 
Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  a  flour  milling  business 
<•!.>  well  as  being  superintendent  of  a  carriage  factory, 
accompanying  other  members  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints  in  their  journey  across  the  plains 
to  Utah,  in  1848.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  until 
1852  and  was  one  of  the  first  missionaries  to  circle 
the  world,  going  to  Hindustan,  where  he  spent 
a  three-year  mission  and  in  1860  moved  to  Ogden, 
and  there  he  followed  mercantile  lines  until  1863, 
when  he  then  again  engaged  in  farming  until  1876, 
and  from  that  year  to  1878  was  the  publisher  of  the 
Ogden  Junction  Daily  and  Semi-Weekly \  a  successful 
newspaper.  During  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  he 
was  identified  with  the  lumber  business,  and  was  so 
engaged  until  shortly  before  his  death  in  1898,  when 
eighty-one  year!  of  age.  Mr.  Ballantyne  was  uni- 
formly successful  in  his  various  enterprises,  but  the 
financial  panic  of  1893  caused  him  to  lose  the  greater 
part  of  a  large  fortune.  Added  to  his  business 
abilities,  he  had  a  predilection  for  public  affairs,  and 
for  many  years  was  prominent  in  Republican  pol- 
itics, serving  as  commissioner  of  Weber  county  and 
in  various  other  capacities.  Perhaps  he  was  best 
known,  however,  for  his  signal  services  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  was  high  priest  of  Eden 


branch  of  Weber  Stake,  was  the  first  to  go  around 
the  world  as  a  missionary  for  the  church,  traveling 
from  1852  to  1855,  was  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  high  council  of  Weber  Stake,  was  for  a 
quarter  of  a  century  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  of  that  stake,  and  as  builder  and  founder  of 
the  first  Sunday  school  for  the  church,  in  1849,  was 
known  as  the  "Father  of  the  Sunday  school"  of  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  His  wife,  a  native 
of  London,  England,  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1855,  and  settled  in  Salt  Lake  City,  haying  joined  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  in  her  native 
land.  A  very  devout  woman,  she  lived  at  Salt 
Lake,  to  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
dying  in  November,  1912. 

The  oldest  of  his  parents'  six  children,  Zechariah 
Ballantyne  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  subsequently  attended  a  private  academy 
taught  by  Prof.  L.  F.  Moench,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  at  the  age, of  nineteen  years.  His  early 
life  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm,  and  on  com- 
pleting his  studies  entered  upon  a  career  as  educator, 
but  after  four  years  gave  up  that  profession  to  as- 
sociate himself  with  his  father  in  the  newspaper 
business.  From  1882  to  1888  he  was  engaged  in  the 
real-estate  and  insurance  business  in  Ogden,  and  dur- 
ing this  time,  from  1882  to  1886,  was  assessor  and 
collector  of  Ogden.  Mr.  Ballantyne  then  identified 
himself  for  three  years  with  Grant  Odell  &  Com- 
pany, now  the  Consolidated  Wagon  and  Machine 
Company,  being  manager  of  the  Ogden  branch  of 
the  business,  and  on  leaving  their  employ  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  father  and  brothers  in  the 
lumber  business,  doing  a  large  trade  from  1889  to 
1895  under  the  firm  style  of  Ballantyjie  Brothers 
Lumber  Company.  When  he  abandoned  this  bus- 
iness he  was  for  three  years  engaged  in  various  lines 
of  activity  in  and  about  Ogden,  and  jn  1898  settled 
at  Menan,  Idaho,  engaging  in  farming,  which  he 
followed  successfully  until  1910,  then  becoming  a 
member  and  manager  of  the  firm  at  Rigby,  of  the 
St.  Anthony  Building  and  Manufacturing  Company. 
In  addition  to  ably  directing  the  affairs  of  this  large 
and  important  enterprise,  he  conducts  a  farm  in  Fre- 
mont county.  Mr.  Ballantyne  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  has  never  sought  nor  cared  for  public 
office.  As  a  working  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club,  he  has  done  much  to  encourage  the  growth 
and  development  of  Rigby  and  the  contiguous  ter- 
ritory, giving  evidence  of  his  faith  in  Idaho  and  its 
opportunities  in  various  ways.  Like  his  father  he 
has  been  active  in  the  work  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints,  being  a  member  of  the  high 
council,  superintendent  of  the  local  Sunday  school, 
and  prominent  in  various  branches  of  church  work. 
He  has  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  this  part  of 
the  West,  and  everywhere  is  known  as  a  man  of 
high  ideals,  sound  judgment  and  absolute  integrity. 

On  December  27,  1877,  Mr.  Ballantyne  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Martha  J.  Ferrin.  a  native  of  Utah,  and 
daughter  of  Josiah  M.  Ferrin  and  Martha  Ann  (Bron- 
son)  Ferrin,  who  came  to  Utah  in  1847.  Mr-  and 
Mrs.  Ballantyne  have  had  eleven  children,  as  follows : 
Martha  Althera,  who  married  Claude  V.  Zinn,  a 
resident  of  Ogden,  Utah;  Jane,  the  wife  of  Wesley 
Gibson,  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  living  at 
Roberts;  Eva,  the  wife  of  Gilbert  M.  Green,  who 
lives  at  Menan,  Idaho;  Zechariah,  Jr.,  also  a  resident 
of  Menan,  who  married  Ethel  Poole,  daughter  of 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  Upper  Snake  River 
Valley;  Heber  G..  a  resident  of  St.  Anthony,  who 
married  Minnie  Tyler,  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho;  Jose- 
phine, the  wife  of  James  L.  Stephens,  residing  at 
Rigby;  William  F.,  also  a  resident  of  Rigby,  who 
married  Hazel  Crowther,  of  this  city;  Abraham, 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Edward   and  Junius,   who  live  at   home   with  their 
parents ;  and  Mary,  the  wife  of  Arthur  Kinghorn. 

By  a  subsequent  marriage  with  Rachel  Burton, 
daughter  of  William  W.  and  Rachel  (Fielding)  Bur- 
ton of  Ogden,  Utah,  he  has  nine  children,  as  follows : 
Rachel  Julina,  wife  of  Justin  M.  Green  of  Menan; 
David  Burton,  Frances,  Joseph,  Vilate,  Bertha,  Rich- 
ard Burton,  Willard  Burton  and  Fielding  Burton, 
all  of  whom  are  unmarried. 

ALSON  H.  NIHART.  With  supreme  faith  in  the 
future  of  Idaho,  with  the  ability  to  profit  by  present 
conditions,  and  possessing  commendable  public  spirit 
that  has  led  him  to  render  his  community  signal  serv- 
ices in  high  official  position  and  to  identify  himself 
with  all  that  promises  to  benefit  his  adopted  state 
in  any  way,  Alson  H.  Nihart,  postmaster  of  Buhl, 
is  known  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  enter- 
prising citizens  of  his  locality,  and  to  his  influence 
and  example  is  largely  due  the  present  activity  shown 
in  various  lines  of  the  city.  Mr.  Nihart  was  born 
at  Freeport,  Illinois,  November  5,  1880,  and  is  a  son 
of  Fred  and  Alice  (Stout)  Nihart.  His  father,  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  was  reared  in  his  native 
state  and  on  reaching  his  majority  migrated  to  Illi- 
nois. Subsequently  he  took  his  family  to  South  Da- 
kota for  three  years,  then  to  Nebraska  for  two  years 
and  Utah  for  eight  years,  and  finally  settled  in  Idaho, 
at  this  time  being  a  resident  of  near  Buhl,  where  he 
owns  a  ranch.  Mr.  Nihart  is  a  man  of  the  greatest 
probity,  has  never  used  intoxicating  liquors,  and  is 
an  ardent  church  worker.  Always  interested  in 
politics,  he  is  the  representative  of  his  district  in 
the  state  legislature,  and  is  known  as  one  of  the 
active  members  of  that  body.  He  was  married  in 
Illinois  to  Alice  Stout,  a  native  of  the  Prairie  state, 
and  they  have  had  three  sons,  one  older  and  one 
younger  than  Alson  H. 

Alson  H.  Nihart  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tional training  in  the  public  schools  of  Freeport,  Illi- 
nois, and  when  ten  years  of  age  was  taken  to  South 
Dakota,  where  he  also  attended  school  for  three 
years.  He  likewise  was  a  student  in  Nebraska,  and 
subsequently  took  a  special  course  in  a  Kansas  high 
school  and  a  business  course  in  the  Agricultural 
College  at  Brookings,  South  Dakota.  As  a  lad  he 
earned  his  first  wages  as  a  call  boy  for  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  at  Grand  Island,  Nebraska,  and  a 
large  share  of  his  $60  a  month  salary  was  deposited 
to  his  credit  in  a  bank  in  that  city.  On  leaving  the 
employ  of  the  Union  Pacific,  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  first 
in  the  clerical  department  and  later  as  an  operator, 
but  eventually  became  a  private  operator  for  a 
brokerage  firm.  This  position  he  continued  to  hold 
until  he  accompanied  the  family  to  Utah,  and  there 
his  earnings  were  used  to  speculate  in  land  in  the 
Bear  river  valley,  a  venture  that  proved  most  satis- 
factory. The  year  1905  saw  his  advent  in  Idaho, 
and  here  he  has  bought  and  sold  many  valuable 
properties  and  still  owns  various  tracts  in  and  around 
Buhl. 

In  February,  1904,  Mr.  Nihart  was  married  at  Tre- 
monton,  Utah,  to  Miss  Eliza  H.  Haws,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haws  of  that  place.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Nihart  are  members  of  various  fraternal  organ- 
izations, she  having  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the 
Rebekahs,  and  now  holding  office  in  the  order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  while  Mr.  Nihart  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Masons  and  the  Odd  Fellows  for  some  years, 
has  filled  all  the  chairs  in  the  latter,  and  was  the 
youngest  delegate  to  the  grand  lodge  in  the  history 
of  the  state.  He  is  connected  with  no  particular 
religious  denomination,  but  favors  all  movements 
tending  to  advance  religion,  education  and  morality. 
He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Commercial  Club.  Mr. 
Nihart  is  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing,  enjoys  theat- 


ricals, and,  being  well  informed  on  matters  of  public 
interest,  appreciates  a  good  speech  or  lecture.  Like 
others  who  have  succeeded  in  business  here,  he  is 
loud  in  his  praise  of  the  opportunities  offered  by  the 
state,  and  believes  that  future  development  will  dem- 
onstrate that  this  is  the  ideal  locality  for  the  home- 
seeker.  Shortly  after  coming  to  Buhl,  in  1905,  Mr. 
Nihart  was  appointed  postmaster,  a  position  he  has 
continued  to  hold  to  the  present  time,  and  the  able 
manner  in  which  he  is  discharging  his  duties  testifies 
eloquently,  to  his  executive  abilities.  His  acquaint- 
ance is  large  throughout  this  county,  and  no  citizen 
of  Buhl  has  a  wider  circle  of  appreciative  friends. 

JOHN  J.  PLUMER,  M.  D.  Thirty  years  of  devotion 
to  his  profession  is  the  record  of  John  J.  Plumer, 
M.  D.,  a  veteran  physician  and  surgeon  of  southern 
Idaho;  thirty  years  given  to  the  career  which  he 
chose  as  his  life  work;  nearly  a  third  of  a  century 
spent  in  the  alleviation  of  the  ills  of  mankind.  Such 
is  indeed  a  faithful  service,  a  record  of  which  no 
man  could  feel  ashamed.  Beginning  his  professional 
career  in  Kansas,  at  a  time  when  that  state  was 
plunged  in  one  of  its  greatest  periods  of  despondency,, 
he  labored  faithfully  and  well  until  being  called  fur- 
ther west,  always  giving  of  his  best  to  the  science 
which  he  had  chosen  as  his  field  of  endeavor  and 
never  sparing  himself.  During  the  past  twelve  years 
he  has  become  known  to  the  people  of  Hailey  as  an 
able,  earnest  and  faithful  physician,  as  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  who  has  the  welfare  of  his  adopted 
community  thoroughly  at  heart,  and  as  a  kind  and 
sympathetic  friend  to  whom  those  in  trouble  may 
turn,  assured  of  assistance.  Dr.  Plumer  was  born 
in  Edina,  Missouri,  April  8,  1860,  and  is  a  son  of 
W.  F.  and  Frances  (Beswick)  Plumer,  natives  of 
Ohio.  His  father,  a  civil  engineer  by  profession,  who 
also  spent  much  of  his  active  career  in  farming,  and 
who  is  now  living  in  retirement  at  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years,  served  as 
county  judge  of  Knox  county,  Missouri,  during  the 
Civil  war.  Mrs.  Plumer  also  survives  and  is  seventy- 
nine  years  of  age.  They  had  a  family  of  six  chil- 
dren, as  follows :  Happy  M.,  who  married  John 
Benhow,  an  attorney  of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa;  Kate 
P.,  who  married  E.  P.  Brockman,  of  Fort  Madison; 
Grace,  who  lives  with  her  parents  at  the  home  in 
Fort  Madison ;  William  Pitt,  a  prominent  and  well- 
to-do  live-stock  dealer  of  Stockport,  Iowa ;  George 
Gaywood,  a  prosperous  merchant  of  Hillsboro,  Iowa ; 
and  John  J. 

John  J.  Plumer  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Birmingham,  Iowa,  and  the  Birmingham  Academy, 
following  which  he  entered  the  Columbus  (Ohio) 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1882.  He  at  once  began  to  practice  his 
profession  in  Dodge  City,  Kansas,  and  remained  there 
eight  years,  although  the  great  financial  depression 
of  that  period  brought  him  no  heavy  material  returns 
for  his  labors.  In  1890  he  went  to  De  Lamar,  Idaho,, 
as  surgeon  for  the  De  Lamar  Mining  Company,  but 
after  ten  years  came  to  Hailey,  where  he  has  since 
continued  his  labors.  A  deep  thinker  and  constant 
student,  Dr.  Plumer  has  ever  devoted  himself  to 
research  and  study.  His  sympathetic  nature  and 
kind  personality  have  assisted  him  greatly  in  his 
work,  and  have  made  him  highly  respected  and 
esteemed  throughout  Hailey  and  the  vicinity.  He 
has  been  successful  also  in  a  material  way,  owning 
a  beautiful  home  in  Hailey  and  several  fine  ranches 
in  Elaine  county,  and  each  year  takes  a  vacation  to 
engage  in  bird  hunting.  During  his  earlier  years  the 
doctor  was  an  expert  in  trap  shooting,  attending 
meets  as  far  East  as  St.  Louis,  and  winning  numerous 
prizes.  A  Democrat  in  his  political  affiliation,  he 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  state  treasurer  in  1901 
and  1902.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 


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Masonic    fraternity,   in    which    he   has   reached    the 
Shriner  degree. 

Dr.  Plumer  was  married  tp  Miss  Margaret  Du- 
quette, a  native  of  Idaho  and  daughter  of  O.  A. 
Duquette,  a  pioneer  of  Idaho  City  and  prominent 
ranchman  of  Boise  county.  Two  sons  have  been 
born  to  this  union,  namely:  John  Duquette  and  Wil- 
liam Fulton. 

KRNEST  ROHLFINC,  one  of  the  prominent  busi- 
ness men  in  Ilo,  Idaho,  where  he  is  general 
manager  of  •  the  Leggett  Mercantile  Company, 
Ltd.,  known  as  the  "wide-awake  dealers  in  general 
merchandise,"  was  born  at  Frankfurt,  Germany,  June 
ii,  1873,  he  being  a  son  of  Ernest  and  Christine 
(Rind)  Rohlfing,  who  immigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  May,  1882.  The  family,  on  their  arrival  in 
the  United  States,  located  at  Ackley,  Iowa,  where 
the  father  engaged  in  business  as  a  painter  and  con- 
tractor. Mrs.  Rohlfing  died  in  1884  and  in  1887  Mr. 
Rohlfing  removed  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  which  city 
represented  his  home  until  death  called  him,  in  1908, 
at  a  venerable  age.  He  is  interred  with  his  wife  at 
Ackley,  Iowa. 

At  /the  age  of  nine  years  Ernest  Rohlfing,  of  this 
notice,  came  to  America.  For  three  years  prior  to 
his  advent  in  this  country  he  attended  school  in  his 
native  town  of  Frankfurt  and  after  locating  in  Ackley, 
Iowa,  he  attended  the  public  schools  until  his  four- 
teenth year.  He  worked  on  a  farm  near  Ackley 
until  1887  and  in  that  year  entered  upon  an  appren- 
ticeship to  learn  the  trade  of  butcher  in  Omaha.  In 
September,  1892,  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixth  United 
States  Cavalry  and  was  sent  to  Fort  Niobrara,  Ne- 
braska, where  he  remained  until  July,  1894.  His  regi- 
ment participated  in  the  Chicago  railroad  strike  in 
1894  and  in  October,  1894,  he  was  sent  to  Fort  Myer, 
Virginia,  where  he  served  until  September,  1895,  at 
which  time  he  was  given  a  three  months'  furlough. 
He  then  returned  tp  Omaha  and  there  was  discharged 
from  the  service  in  December,  1895.  He  then  en- 
gaged in  the  meat  business  in  that  city  and  remained 
there  for  one  year,  when  he  disposed  of  his  business 
and  entered  the  employ  of  Swift  &  Company,  of  South 
Omaha.  In  the  spring  of  1897  he  went  to  Chicago 
and  accepted  a  minor  position  with  Libby,  McNeil  & 
Libby,  at  the  union  stock  yards,  eventually  becoming 
manager  of  the  shipping  department  of  that  big  con- 
cern. 

When  the  Spanish-American  war  broke  out  in  1898, 
Mr.  Rohlfing  re-enlisted  in  the  United  States  army, 
at  Fort  Sheridan,  Illinois,  and  was  sent  to  Fort  Mc- 
Pherson,  Georgia,  to  drill  recruits  for  the  Sixth  Cav- 
alry. His  promotion  was  rapid,  he  being  eventually 
made  first  sergeant  of  Troop  L  of  the  Sixth  Regiment 
of  Cavalry  and  regimental  quartermaster  sergeant 
of  the  Sixth  Cavalry.  He  participated  in  all  the  en- 
campments of  the  Spanish  war  and  was  with  the  first 
expedition  to  China  during  the  Boxer  rebellion  ir 
1000,  where  he  was  promoted  to  post  quartermaster 
sergeant, 'United  States  army.  He  served  for  about 
a  year  in  China,  being  assigned  to  duty  at  Tongku, 
where  he  had  charge  of  all  supplies  and  transportation 
under  Captain  \V.  S.  Wood,  United  States  Army. 
Subsequently  he  was  sent  to  the  Philippines,  where  he 
was  on  duty  in*  the  chief  quartermaster's  office  at 
Manila  and  also  at  the  supply  depot  at  Dagupan,  P.  I. 
Ill  health  finally  demanded  his  return  to  the  United 
States  and  he  was  then  stationed  at  Fort  Huachuca, 
Arizona,  and  later  at  Fort  Schuyler,  New  York, 
whence  he  was  sent  to  the  United  States  clothing 
depot  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  had  charge  of 
all  work  and  supplies  until  discharged  from  the  serv- 
ice, January  7,  1906,  at  his  own  request. 


In  1896  Mr.  Rohlfing  went  to  Spokane,  Washington, 
where  he  was  shipping  clerk  for  Fairbanks,  Morse  & 
Company  for  a  short  time.  He  then  became  cashier 
and  bookkeeper  for  the  Rasher-Kingman-Herrin 
Company  in  Spokane  and  in  January,  1907,  formed 
a  partnership  with  O.  W.  Leggett  to  engage  in  the 
general  merchandise  business  at  Harrington,  Wash- 
ington. In  June,  1907,  he  disposed  of  the  above  busi- 
ness and  bought  the  general  merchandise  establish- 
ment of  Allen  &  Scheib,  at  Ilo,  Idaho,  which  place 
has  since  represented  his  home  and  business  head- 
quarters. He  enlarged  and  reorganized  his  store  and 
the  business  is  now  known  as  the  Leggett  Mercantile 
Company,  Ltd.,  of  which  Mr.  Rohlting  is  general 
manager  and  part  owner.  Mr.  Rohlfing  is  a  member 
of  the  town  council  of  Ilo  and  is  likewise  affiliated 
with  the  Ilo  Commercial  Club.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  Ilo  Flour  Mill  and  has  money  invested  in  real 
estate  and  other  business  projects  in  Lewis  county. 
He  is  an  independent  Republican  in  politics,  is  self- 
made  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ilo,  and  in  fraternal 
matters  has  been  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
for  thirteen  years  and  is  now  keeper  of  records  and 
seal  and  master  of  finance. 

September  2,  1896,  Mr.  Rohlfing  married  Miss 
Louese  S.  Miilett,  a  native  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Rohlfing  have  two  children :  Ernest  F., 
and  Ruth  E  The  family  are  devout  Episcopalians 
in  their  religious  faith. 

MILTON  M.  HAMMOND.  One  of  the  progressive, 
and  influential  citizens  of  Fremont  county,  where 
his  capitalistic  interests  are  substantial  and  varied, 
Mr.  Hammond  has  achieved  success  through  his 
own  well  ordered  endeavors  and,  familiar  with 
conditions  in  many  states  of  the  Union,  he  accords 
to  Idaho  the  palm  in  the  matter  of  opportunities, 
resources  and  future  promise,  so  that  his  allegiance 
to  this  commonwealth  has  solid  basis.  He  was  for 
many  years  engaged  in  railroad  contracting  and 
he  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  during  virtually 
the  entire  period  of  its  statehood,  as  he  here  estab- 
lished his  permanent  home  about  two  years  after 
the  admission  of  the  commonwealth  to  the  Union. 
He  is  essentially  a  vital  Westerner  in  spirit  and 
action  and  claims  Utah  as  the  place  of  his  nativity, 
his  father  having  been  one  of  the  very  early  set- 
tlers of  that  state. 

Mr.  Hammond  was  born  at  Farmington,  Davis 
county,  Utah,  on  the  6th  of  February,  1855,  and  is 
a  son  of  Milton  D.  and  Lovisa  (Miller)  Hammond, 
the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Michigan  and 
the  latter  of  Illinois,  their  marriage  having  been 
solemnized  at  Farmington,  Utah,  in  1853.  Judge 
Milton  D.  Hammond  was  one  of  the  historic  band 
of  argonauts  who  set  forth  across  the  plains  in 
1849  for  the  purpose  of  seeking  the  precious  gold 
in  the  newly  discovered  placers  of  California.  He 
passed  the  winter  of  that  year  in  Utah  and  was  so 
favorably  impressed  that  he  decided  to  establish  his 
permanent  home  there.  He  obtained  a  tract  of  un- 
improved land  and  developed  a  large  and  productive 
farm,  the  later  years  of  his  life  having  been  devoted 
largely  to  the  farm-implement  business,  in  which 
he  was  engaged  at  both  Logan  and  Ogden,  Utah. 
He  became  one  of  the  substantial,  honored  and  in- 
fluential citizens  of  the  state  of  his  adoption,  and 
was  closely  and  effectively  identified  with  the  civic 
and  industrial  development  of  the  state.  He  was 
a  leader  in  the  local  ranks  of  the  Republican  party 
and  served  ten  years  as  probate  judge  of  Cache 
county.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  most  zealous 
members  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
and  he  served  a  number  of  years  as  a  bishop  of  the 


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same,  besides  having  been  a  valued  member  of  the 
council  of  the  president  of  the  church.  He  passed 
the  closing  years  of  his  life  at  Providence,  Cache 
county,  Utah,  where  he  died  in  1907,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-two  years.  His  name  merits  enduring  place 
on  the  roll  of  the  sturdy  and  noble  pioneers  of  Utah, 
where  he  lived  and  labored  to  goodly  ends  and  ac- 
counted well  to  himself  and  the  world.  Mrs.  Lovisa 
(Miller)  Hammond  preceded  her  husband  to  the 
life  eternal,  her  death  having  occurred  at  Provi- 
dence, Utah,  about  the  year  1885.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  A.  Miller,  who  was  a  pioneer 
settler  of  Utah  and  she  was  a  girl  at  the  time  of 
the  family's  removal  from  Illinois  to  that  state.  Of 
the  eleven  children  Milton  M.,  of  this  review,  was 
the  first  born,  and  of  the  others,  five  sons  and 
three  daughters,  still  survive  the  honored  parents;  a 
daughter,  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth,  and  a  son, 
the  sixth  born,  are  deceased. 

Milton  M.  Hammond  passed  his  boyhood  days  on 
the  old  homestead  farm  and  he  was  afforded  the  ad- 
vantages of  the  public  schools  of  Logan,  Utah, 
including  those  of  the  high  school.  He  left  school 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years  and  soon  afterward  be- 
came concerned  with  others  in  railroad  contract 
work,  a  line  of  enterprise  in  which  he  was  destined 
to  be  specially  successful.  His  work  as  a  contractor 
has  extended  into  Idaho,  Arizona,  New  Mexico, 
Colorado,  Washington  and  Oregon,  as  well  as  into 
the  Canadian  Northwest.  He  was  concerned  in 
•contracting  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad; 
the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad,  which  is  now  a 
part  of  the  Santa  F6  system;  and  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railroad,  besides  other  lines.  He  continued 
to  be  actively  and  successfully  identified  with  such 
contracting  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years  and  in 
1892  he  established  his  permanent  home  in  Idaho, 
where  he  has  since  continued  an  effective  exponent 
of  normal  progress  and  development.  He  first  set- 
tled in  the  Marysville  country,  at  a  point  about  five 
miles  southwest  of  the  present  village  of  Ashton, 
Fremont  county,  where  he  secured  a  tract  of  wild 
land  and  set  himself  to  the  arduous  work  of  develop- 
ing the  same  into  a  productive  ranch.  He  brought 
to  bear  most  effective  methods  and  policies  and  his 
landed  estate  in  that  locality  now  comprises  six 
hundred  acres, — one  of  the  splendid  agricultural  do- 
mains of  this  favored  section  of  the  state  and  one 
to  which  he  still  continues  to  give  a  general  super- 
vision. 

In  all  that  has  tended  to  foster  social  and  material 
progress  in  the  state  of  his  adoption  Mr.  Hammond 
has  shown  the  liveliest  interest,  and  he  has  been  a 
zealous  worker  in  behalf  of  the  cause  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  whose  ascendancy  in  the  national  elec- 
tion of  November,  1912,  is  naturally  a  source  of 
marked  satisfaction  to  him.  He  was  elected  county 
assessor  of  Fremont  county  in  1900  and  served  two 
years.  In  1910  he  was  again  elected  assessor,  as 
well  as  collector,  and  he  continued  the  efficient  and 
popular  incumbent  of  this  dual  office  until  the  1st  • 
of  January,  1913.  The  success  of  Mr.  Hammond 
during  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Idaho  has  been 
of  unequivocal  order  and  he  has  been  insistently 
progressive  and  public-spirited.  He  is  a  stockholder 
of  the  St.  Anthony  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  is  a 
director  and  one  of  the  principal  stockholders  of  the 
Fremont  Abstract  Company,  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  city  council  of  St.  Anthony,  where  he  has 
maintained  his  residence  since  1900  and  is  at  the 
present  time  a  valued  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation. Both  he  and  his  wife  are  most  earnest 
adherents  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter 
Day  Saints,  and  he  is  influential  in  its  councils,  hav- 


ing twice  served  in  the  office  of  bishop  while  a  resi- 
dent of  Utah. 

On  the  3d  of  March,  1876,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Hammond  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Thorn- 
ton, who  was  born  in  California  and  who  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Utah  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  her 
father,  Jasper  Thornton,  having  been  a  pioneer  of 
the  latter  state,  as  had  he  also  of  California.  •  Mrs. 
Hammond  passed  to  the  "land  of  the  leal"  in  1892, 
and  is  survived  by  five  children, — Milton  J.,  Jasper 
M.,  Cora  E.,  Dorval  R.,  and  Frances  Marion.  Cora 
E.  is  the  wife  of  Franklin  G.  Hale  and  they  reside 
at  Blackfoot,  Idaho.  On  the  21  st  of  July,  1888,  Mr. 
Hammond  wedded  Miss  Eliza  J.  Tibbitts,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  Utah,  where  her  father,  Benjamin 
Tibbitts,  established  his  home  in  the  early  pioneer 
epoch.  The  children  of  the  second  marriage  are  as 
here  designated :  Lewis  T.,  Robert  L.,  Irus  B., 
Lovisa,  Melvin  M. ;  Ross  J.,  born  March  3Oth,  1906, 
died  February  26th,  1907,  and  Karl  H. 

HENRY  KOSMAN  SILVERSMITH.  Managing  editor 
of  Illustrated  Idaho,  Mr.  Silversmith  is  a  newspaper 
man  of  broad  experience  in  different  fields,  and  his 
present  journal,  known  as  "A  magazine  of  'facts 
about  Idaho,"  is  performing  a  very  useful  service  in 
disseminating  the  reliable  knowledge  about  the  re- 
sources and  advantages  of  Idaho. 

Henry  Kosman  Silversmith  was  born  October  II, 
1869,  in  Omaha,  Nebraska.  He  is  a  son  of  Julius 
and  Kathryn  Allerton  (Barlow)  Silversmith.  Julius 
Silversmith,  M.  A.,  was  born  in  Saxony,  Germany, 
in  1834,  was  educated  in  private  schools,  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1845,  and  had  a  long  and  useful 
career  as  editor,  publisher,  journalist,  scientist  and 
scholar.  His  life-long  efforts  were  devoted  in  be- 
half of  educational  institutions  and  scientific  research, 
and  he  also  served  for  some  years  as  a  custom  house 
official.  He  was  a  liberal  in  his  religious  belief,  and 
a  Republican  in  politics.  Kathryn  Allerton  (Bar- 
low) Silversmith,  the  mother,  was  born  in  New 
York,  October  6,  1852,  and  comes  of  an  old  and 
prominent  New  England  family.  She  was  descended 
from  Isaac  Allerton  and  Fear  Brewster,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  Elder  Brewster,  whose  name  frequently 
figures  in  early  New  England  history.  Isaac  Aller- 
ton was  the  fifth  signer  of  the  compact  drawn'  on  the 
lid  of  a  chest  on  board  the  Mayflower,  on  November 
II,  1620.  He  was  assistant  governor  to  William 
Bradford  from  April,  1620,  to  1624.  Dr.  Reuben 
Allerton,  great-grandfather  of  Kathryn  Barlow  was 
surgeon  in  Colonel  Hopkins'  regiment  in  the  battle  of 
Saratoga  in  1777.  Joel  Barlow,  who  was  born  in 
Connecticut  and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war 
as  chaplain,  was  a  statesman,  poet  and  diplomat.  In 
1795  he  was  appointed  by  President  Washington  as 
consul  to  Algiers,  and  in  the  winter  of  1812  was  in- 
vited by  Napoleon  to  a  conference  of  ministers  at 
Wilna.  Jesse  Barlow,  a  grandfather  of  Kathryn 
Barlow,  was  an  officer  in  the  War  of  1812.  .  Kathryn 
Barlow  was  educated  in  private  schools  in  New  York 
City,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant  faith. 

Henry  Kosman  Silversmith  was  educated  in  the 
grade  and  high  schools  of  Chicago,  in  which  city 
he  was  reared  and  began  his  career.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  class  entering  the  old  Chicago  Man- 
ual Training  School.  He  followed  in  the  wake  of 
his  father,  in  devoting  his  efforts  to  journalism, 
science  and  education.  Since  the  establishment  in 
January,  1911,  of  Illustrated  Idaho,  he  has  been  edi- 
tor and  publisher  of  this  "Magazine  of  Facts  About 
Idaho."  The  magazine  is  published  monthly  at  Boise, 
and  the  best  possible  development  of  the  wonderful 
resources  of  the  state  is  the  goal  toward  which  the 


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publication  is  directed.  Mr.  Silversmith  received 
his  first  journalistic  experience  in  Chicago,  and  in 
later  years  has  traveled  extensively  throughout  the 
United  States,  Mexico  and  Canada.  He  has  started 
and  published  a  number  of  daily  and  weekly  news- 
papers and  for  ten  years  has  been  identified  with 
magazine  work  in  the  West. 

In  politics  Mr.  Silversmith  is  independent,  and  a 
worker  for  good  government,  and  identified  with  all 
public  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  the  best 
interests  of  Idaho.  Like  his  father  he  is  liberal  in 
religious  belief,  but  a  generous  contributor  to  all 
worthy  benevolent  works. 

At  Caldwell,  Idaho,  March  2,  1910,  Mr.  Silversmith 
married  Miss  Rebecca  Belle  Hart.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  William  Henry  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Lewis) 
Hart.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Daniel  Boone,  while  her 
mother  was  a  native  of  Illinois.  She  obtained  most 
of  her  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Lorimer,  and  at  college  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Silversmith  have  no  children. 

LE  ROY  G.  HAYFORD.  The  ranching  interests  of 
Twin  Falls  county,  Idaho,  have  a  prominent  repre- 
sentative in  LeRoy  G.  Hayford,  of  Buhl,  who  also 
is  assessor  and  tax  collector  of  Twin  Falls  county, 
and  is  well  known  in  Republican  political  circles, 
both  local  and  state. 

Born  in  Nance  county,  Nebraska,  March  22,  1885, 
he  is  a  son  of  Lewis  A.  and  Kate  (Sutherland) 
Hayford,  who  are  now  residents  of  Buhl,  Idaho, 
and  have  been  engaged  in  ranching  since  1906.  LeRoy 
G.  began  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Nance  county,  Nebraska,  later  attended  the  Boise 
high  school,  and  following  that  was  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Colorado,  Boulder,  Colorado.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-one  he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho.^ 
and  purchased  a  ranch  in  Twin  Falls  county  that  he* 
still  owns.  He  followed  rancning  very  successfully 
until  1907,  when  he  entered  the  lumber  business  as 
a  partner  in  the  Milner  Perrine  Lumber  Company, 
of  which  he  was  the  second  largest  stockholder.  After 
one  year  thus  identified  he  sold  his  lumber  interests 
and  purchased  another  ranch  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  which,  together 'with  his  original  ranch, 
he  is  now  improving.  In  1908  he  was  appointed 
assessor  and  tax  collector  for  Twin  Falls  county  to 
fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  George  E.  Harland, 
who  resigned,  and  in  1910  Mr.  Hayford  was  elected 
to  this  same  office  on  the  Republican  ticket,  leading 
the  ticket  in  his  county.  He  was  nominated  in  1912  for 
representative  to  the  state  legislature  from  Twin 
Falls  county  and  elected  by  a  large  majority.  As 
previously  noted,  Mr.  Hayford  is  a  Republican,  an 
aggressive  worker  in  the  interests  of  his  party,  and 
his  successes  of  the  past  presage  for  him  a  bright 
political  future.  As  a  rancher  and  business  man  he 
is  numbered  among  those  whose  alertness,  energy 
and  enterprise  have  brought  personal  prosperity  and 
are  rapidly  advancing  the  prestige  of  the  Twin  Falls 
country  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  sections  of  the 
state  and  of  the  West.  Vim  and  energy  characterize 
his  efforts  in  whatever  he  undertakes.  In  high  school 
days  he  served  as  captain  of  the  Boise  high 
school  cadets,  and  during  his  senior  year  in  high 
school  he  was  captain  of  the  football  team.  He  has 
the  happy  faculty  of  making  friends  and  keeping 
them  and  is  one  of  the  popular  young  men  of  this 
county.  Mr.  Hayford  resides  at  Buhl  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church  there.  Fraternally  he 
is  associated  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Hayford  is 
unmarried. 


PROFESSOR  WILLIAM  E.  MORGAN.  One  of  the  strong 
institutions  of  learning  in  Idaho  is  Fielding  Academy 
at  Paris,  Idaho.  It  is  said  that  Fielding  turns  out 
more  prominent  and  successful  professional  men  than 
any  other  school  or  college  in  the  state.  It  is  con- 
stantly increasing  both  in  enrollment  and  in  faculty, 
as  well  as  in  the  high  quality  and  large  number  of 
courses  given.  Since  1910  this  school  has  been  so 
fortunate  as  to  have  as  its  head  Professor  William 
E.  Morgan,  a  sketch  of  whose  career  follows. 

Willard,  Utah,  was  Mr.  Morgan's  birthplace  and 
September  29,  1871,  was  his  natal  day.  He  remained 
in  his  native  state  until  1894,  in  which  year  he  came 
to  Idaho  and  entered  upon  the  work  of  public  in- 
struction. After  two  years  of  activity  in  the  public 
schools,  Mr.  Morgan  was  s«nt  on  a  church  mission 
in  North  Carolina.  There  he  was  engaged  for  two 
and  one-half  years,  and  when  his  work  was  com- 
pleted, he  returned  to  Utah.  There  he  was  occupied 
with  agricultural  and  pedagogical  activities  until 
1904.  In  that  year  he  entered  Brigham  Young  Uni- 
versity at  Prove,  Utah,  where  he  studied  for  a  time 
and  then  passed  to  the  University  of  Utah  at  Salt 
Lake  City.  These  courses  he  supplemented  by  further 
work  at  the  University  of  Chicago.  There  he  was 
accorded  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  and  with  that 
thorough  and  abundant  preparation  he  again  entered 
upon  his  work  of  educationally  directing  youth. 

Accepting  the  position  of  principal  of  Fielding 
Academy,  Professor  Morgan  established  himself  in 
Paris,  where  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  for  his  traits 
of  mind  and  character,  particularly  as  both  con- 
tribute so  notably  to  the  advancement  of  the  academy. 
Since  he  has  taken  charge,  many  improvements  have 
been  made  in  this  institution,  among  them  being  the 
new  chemical  laboratory,  the  high  school  course  in 
agriculture  and  the  exceptionally  fine  lyceum  course. 

Professor  Morgan's  family  life  began  on  August 
14,  1901,  on  which  date  he  was  united  to  Miss  Mary 
E.  Henderson  of  Willard,  Utah.  Mrs.  Morgan  is  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Henderson  of  that 
place.  The  Hendersons  constitute  one  of  the  promi- 
nent pioneer  families  of  Utah.  In  the  years  that 
have  succeeded  the  Henderson-Morgan  marriage, 
five  children  have  come  to  complete  the  home  of  the 
professor  and  his  wife.  The  youngest,  Edward 
Henderson  Morgan,  was  called  by  death  while  yet 
at  an  early  age.  His  four  sisters,  all  of  whom  are 
still  living,  are  known  as  Norma,  Arthel,  Lucy  and 
Ruth  Morgan. 

Professor  Morgan  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
Latter  Day  Saints.  Being  interested  in  the  com- 
mercial welfare  of  Paris  and  having  also  a  genially 
social  nature,  he  is  a  popular  and  active  member  of 
the  Paris  Commercial  Club.  Politically,  he  is  a 
progressive  Democrat ;  although  a  close  student  of 
economic  matters,  Professor  Morgan  restricts  his 
civic  interest  and  enthusiasm  to  the  duties  of  a  voter 
only. 

"An  all-around  man  as  well  as  a  scholar,"  is  the 
comment  one  hears  of  Professor  Morgan  from  those 
of  his  acquaintance  in  Paris.  All  athletic  affairs  ap- 
peal strongly  to  his  interest  as  do  all  others  that 
tend  to  the  development  of  mind,  of  body,  or  of 
character.  It  goes  without  saying  that  he  has  a  keen 
appreciation  of  all  aesthetic  movements  in  school 
and  local  life.  Practical  sciences  are,  however,  his 
chief  hobby,  although  his  literary  and  oratorical  gifts 
have  brought  him  into  some  demand  as  a  public 
lecturer.  Himself  a  skillful  debater,  he  does  much  to 
further  the  power  of  logical  argument  among  his 
students.  Mr.  Morgan's  personality  is  one  that  makes 
him  a  valuable  leader  of  youth,  for  he  has  from  boy- 
hood carved  his  own  career  and  laid  his  own  stepping 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


stones  from  point  to  point  in  the  pathway  to  suc- 
cess. It  is  hoped  by  citizens  of  Paris  and  asserted 
by  Professor  Morgan  himself  that  Idaho  is  his  per- 
manent home.  He  has  made  many  investments  here 
and  is  daily  making  a  more  and  more  purposive 
and  worthy  impress  on  the  future  citizenship  of  this 
community  and  state. 

OLE  O.  SKALET.  Our  citizens  of  Scandinavian 
birth  or  lineage  have  vied  with  those  of  the  German 
element  in  the  rapidity  and  effectiveness  with  which 
they  have  become  assimilated  with  the  body  politic 
of  our  great  republic,  and  from  this  source  America 
has  gained  much  and  lost  nothing.  One  of  the 
representative  men  of  such  type  in  Fremont  county, 
Idaho,  is  Mr.  Skalet,  who  is  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  St.  Anthony,  the  thriving  little  cap- 
ital city  of  the  county,  and  who  is  a  citizen  of  utmost 
loyalty  and  progressiveness.  He  has  achieved 
marked  success  in  his  business  career  in  Idaho  and 
has  done  much  to  further  the  development  and  up- 
building of  Fremont  county.  He  is  a  representative 
merchant  of  St.  Anthony  and  is  also  a  successful 
factor  in  real-estate  operations  in  this  section  of  the 
state.  Of  inviolable  integrity  and  honor  in  all  of 
the  relations  of  life,  he  has  gained  and  maintained 
secure  hold  upon  the  confidence  and  good  will  of  all 
who  know  him,  and  he  is  well  entitled  to  recogniton 
in  this  publication. 

Mr.  Skalet  was  born  in  Norway,  on  the  7th  of 
September,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Ole  A.  and  Anna 
(Ellestad)  Skalet,  the  father  having  been  one  of 
the  sterling  citizens  and  substantial  agriculturists 
of  his  native  land  until  his  death  in  1908,  at  Valders, 
Norway.  He  was  eighty-two  years  of  age  when  he 
was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal  and  his  widow, 
likewise  venerable  in  years,  still  resides  on  the 
old  homestead.  Of  the  seven  children,  three  sons 
and  four  daughters,  all  are  living.  He  whose  name 
initiates  this  review  attended  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  land  until  he  had  attained  to  the 
age  of  fourteen  years,  and  thereafter  he  continued 
to  be  associated  in  the  work  of  his  father's  farm 
until  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  when  he  severed 
the  gracious  ties  that  bound  him  to  the  fatherland 
and  valiantly  set  forth  to  seek  his  fortunes  in  the 
United  States.  He  made  his  way  to  Decorah, 
Winneshiek  county,  Iowa,  and  in  that  vicinity  he 
was  employed  at  farm  work  during  the  summer 
seasons  for  two  years,  the  while  he  manifested  his 
ambition  and  good  judgment  by  continuing  his  edu- 
cational work,  in  which  connection  he  availed  him- 
self of  the  advantages  of  the  Breckenridge  Institute. 
At .  the  expiration  of  the  period  noted  Mr.  Skalet 
removed  to  Arvilla,  North  Dakota,  when  he  was 
employed  for  two  years  in  the  general  merchandise 
store  of  John  M.  Blakely.  In  this  position  he 
gained  his  initial  experience  in  a  line  of  enterprise 
along  which  he  was  destined  to  achieve  marked  suc- 
cess, and  to  a  young  man  of  such  marked  ambition 
and  energy  as  his,  advancement  was  a  natural  se- 
quence. From  Arvilla  he  removed  to  Rolla,  the  ju- 
dicial center  of  Rollette  county,  North  Dakota,  where 
he  initiated  his  independent  business  career  by  open- 
ing a  general  store.  He  began  operations  on  a  most 
modest  scale  and  with  capitalistic  resources  of  less 
than  five  hundred  dollars.  Energy,  careful  man- 
agement and  fair  dealing  brought  to  him  definite 
success  and  he  built  up  a  substantial  and  prosperous 
enterprise.  At  the  expiration  of  eight  years  Mr. 
Skalet  sold  his  business  at  Rolla  and  removed  to 
the  city  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  where  he  com- 
pleted a-  course  in  a  commercial  college  and  thus 
fortified  himself  more  fully  for  successful  activities 
in  the  domain  of  practical  business. 


His  zest  for  the  acquirement  of  knowledge  was 
not  yet  satisfied,  and  he  went  to  Valparaiso,  Indiana, 
where  he  took  a  scientific  course  in  the  institution 
now  known  as  Valparaiso  University.  His  next 
manifestation  of  remarkable  progressiveness  and 
good  judgment  was  in  entering  the  celebrated  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  in  this  in- 
stitution he  specialized  in  the  study  of  philosophy 
and  political  economy.  He  then  entered  the  law 
department  of  Valparaiso  University,  in  which  he 
was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1901  and 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws,  with  incidental  admission  to  practice  in  all 
of  the  courts  of  Indiana,  as  well  as  the  United 
States  circuit  court.  Few  native  sons  of  the  United 
States  have,  under  circumstances  and  conditions  of 
the  same  relative  order,  shown  such  splendid  ambi- 
tion and  determination  and  few  have  an  equal 
knowledge  of  the  institutions  and  economic  and 
political  affairs  of  the  country.  Mr.  Skalet  has 
never  entered  the  active  practice  of  law,  but  he  is 
known  as  a  man  of  high  intellectual  and  professional 
attainments  and  his  success  as  a  lawyer  would 
have  been  assured,  had  he  chosen  to  enter  practice 
instead  of  consulting  expediency  and  identifying 
himself  with  business  activities  of  broad  scope  and 
productiveness. 

In  April,  1902,  Mr.  Skalet  established  his  resi- 
dence in  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business,  in  which  he  has  built  up  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  popular  department  stores 
in  this  section  of  the  state,  the  same  having  both 
wholesale  and  retail  departments  and  the  annual  busi- 
ness having  attained  to  the  notable  aggregate  of 
about  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 
The  "Skalet  Store"  is  widely  known  for  the  efficiency 
of  its  service  and  for  the  fair  and  honorable  policies 
that  have  from  the'  beginning  constituted  its  best 
commercial  asset.  In  addition  to  giving  his  per- 
sonal supervision  to  this  fine  enterprise  Mr.  Skalet 
has  amplified  his  activities  by  extensive  operations 
in  the  buying  and  selling  of  real  estate  and  in  the 
extension  of  financial  loans  on  farm  properties.  His 
well  ordered  enterprise  along  these  lines  has  not 
only  added  to  his  personal  advancement  and  pros- 
perity but  have  also  been  effective  in  promoting 
the  civic  and  industrial  development  and  progress 
of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is  the  owner  of 
valuable  city  and  ranch  properties  and  is  one  of  the 
well  known,  substantial  and  valued  citizens  of  Fre- 
mont county,  where  his  circle  of  friends  is  coincident 
with  that  of  his  acquaintances.  His  career  offers 
both  lesson  and  incentive,  for  his  achievement  has 
been  large  and  in  every  respect  worthy.  Mr.  Skalet 
has  had  no  desire  to  enter  the  arena  of  practical 
politics  but  accords  a  staunch  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  he  is  a  zealous  and  valued  mem- 
ber of  the  St.  Anthony  Commercial  Club.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  attend  the  Presbyterian  church  in  their 
home  city  and  they  are  popular  factors  in  the  social 
activities  of  the  community. 

On  the  6th  of  September,  1908,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Skalet  to  Miss  Kate  R.  Parry, 
daughter  of  Herbert  F.  Parry,  a  representative  citi- 
zen of  England.  Mrs.  Skalet  was  elected  general 
secretary  of  Idaho  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs 
for  1912  and  1913,  but  her  highest  ideal  is  working 
in  church  and  Sunday  school.  On  June  9,  1913,  a 
son  was  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skalet,  named 
Herbert  O. 

HANS  C.  JOHNSON.  Among  the  young  men  of 
Idaho  who  are  achieving  success  in  business  circles 
appears  the  subject  of  this  mention,  Hans  C.  John- 


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son,  of  Bancroft,  Bannock  county.  He  is  a  native 
of  Utah,  born  in  Logan,  that  state,  March  g,  1885. 
His  early  life  was  spent  in  the  vicinity  of  his  birth 
and  his  educational  advantages  included  those  of  the 
public  schools  of  Logan  and  a  course  in  the  agri- 
cultural college  there.  About  1900,  or  when  fifteen 
years  of  age,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ban- 
nock •ounty,  Idaho,  and  for  the  first  few  years  as- 
sisted his  father  in  the  management  of  the  latter's 
ranch  near  Bancroft.  He  then  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Pacific  Express  Company  at  Pocatello  and 
followed  that  employment  four  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  period  he  went  up  into  northern  Norway,  the 
land  of  the  midnight  sun,  to  fufill  a  mission  of  his 
church,  that  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  remained 
there  about  two  years  and  a  half  and  while  there  he 
mastered  the  Norwegian  language.  On  his  return 
to  Bancroft,  Idaho,  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business  and  has  since  been  actively  identified  with 
that  line  of  endeavor.  Believing  firmly  that  the  whole 
of  the  state,  and  especially  this  section  of  it,  has  un- 
excelled advantages  to  offer  the  homeseeker,  his 
activities  in  real  estate  have  conscientious  founda- 
tions and  he  invites  correspondence  from  those  de- 
sirous of  learning  what  Idaho  has  to  offer  in  the 
way  of  good  homes.  Soon  after  returning  to  Ban- 
croft he  also  took  over  the  management  of  his  uncle's 
furniture  business  there  and  later  he  and  his  father 
purchased  it,  the  firm  style  now  being  that  of  the 
Bancroft  Furniture  &  Carpet  Company.  Mr.  John- 
son is  also  a  notary  public.  He  is  a  wide-awake, 
alert  and  energetic  young  business  man  who  is  keen 
to  recognize  opportunity  and  seldom  fails  to  make  the 
most  of  it  when  it  presents  itself.  He  is  prospering 
and  deserving  and  by  his  honesty  and  uprightness 
has  gained  many  warm  personal  friends  and  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  his  community.  As  a  member 
of  the  Bancroft  Commercial  Club  he  is  an  energetic 
worker  in  attracting  attention  to  the  commercial  and 
industrial  advantages  of  his  town  and  community 
and  by  this  interest  and  his  personal  business  activi- 
ties he  has  performed  those  services  by  which  he 
merits  recognition  as  one  of  the  builders  of  Idaho. 

\Vhile  interested  in  the  political  problems  of  our 
nation  he  has  not  assumed  partisan  ties  and  exercises 
his  franchise  independent  of  them.  He  believes  it 
the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  vote.  In  college  days 
he  gave  considerable  attention  to  football  and  still 
enjoys  the  game,  while  his  other  favorite  outdoor 
sport  is  fishing. 

Mrs.  Johnson  was  Miss  Millie  Corbett  prior  to 
her  marriage  to  Mr.  Johnson,  a  daughter'  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Corbett.  of  Garland,  Utah.  They 
have  one  daughter,  named  Eva  Merle. 

The  father  of  our  subject  is  Chris  Johnson,  who 
was  born  in  Denmark  and  came  to  America  at  the 
age  of  seventeen.  His  home  was  in  Utah  for  many 
years,  but  since  1900  he  has  been  located  in  Bannock 
county,  Idaho,  and  resides  on  his  ranch  near  Ban- 
croft. As  previously  mentioned,  he  is  associated  with 
his  son  in  the  ownership  and  management  of  the  fur- 
niture establishment  of  the  Bancroft  Furniture  & 
Carpet  Company.  His  wife,  who  was  Miss  Christine 
Jeppesen  as  a  maiden,  also  is  a  native  of  Denmark. 
They  were  married  in  Utah.  Hans  C.  is  the  eldest 
of  their  ten  children. 

LEWIS  S.  TRAPP.  As  manager  of  the  Bear  River 
Valley  Land  Company  in  Montpelier,  and  as  one 
of  the  most  energetic  and  progressive  citizens  of  that 
place,  Lewis  S.  Trapp  has  in  the  past  five  years  made 
a  firm  place  for  himself  in  the  town  and  community 
in  which  he  lives.  In  the  forty-odd  years  of  his  life, 
Mr.  Trapp  has  seen  wide  and  varied  experience  in 
different  states  of  the  West  and  Middle  West.  He 

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is  of  Virginian  parentage  and  of  Missouri  birth.  His 
father,  John  L.  Trapp,  and  his  mother,  Caroline 
Stockton  Trapp,  were  both  born  in  Virginia,  but 
were  married  in  Missouri,  where  they  reared  their 
family.  John  L.  Trapp  was  an  agriculturist  and  poli- 
tician and  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  in  the  Union 
army.  His  life  closed  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  in 
west  central  Missouri,  where  his  widow  still  lives. 
They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  the  youngest 
of  whom,  born  in  Warrensburg  on  June  12,  1867, 
was  called  Lewis  S.  Trapp. 

The  public  and  high  schools  of  Warrensburg,  Mis- 
souri, gave  Lewis  Trapp  his  intellectual  start  in  life. 
That  training  was  followed  by  four  years  of  study 
in  the  state  normal  school  located  at  Warrensburg. 
Thus  thoroughly  prepared,  he  entered  the  pedagogical 
profession  in  which  he  reached  the  rank  of  superin- 
tendent, acting  in  that  capacity  in  the  public  schools 
of  Lee's  Summit,  Missouri.  After  one  year  of  that 
work,  Mr.  Trapp  sought  "other  worlds  to  conquer," 
both  vocationally  and  geographically,  and  left  the 
familiar  Missouri  scenes  behind  him. 

Going  to  Texas,  he  found  valuable  experience  in 
various  positions  of  a  clerical  nature  in  different 
parts  of  the  state.  In  that  locality  and  that  line  of 
work  he  remained  for  six  years,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business  in  Wyoming  until 
1908.  The  year  named  marks  the  time  of  his  re- 
moval to  Idaho  and  his  settling  in  Montpelier.  He 
at  9nce  established  his  office  for  the  transaction  of 
business  in  real  estate,  insurance  and  loans.  He  is 
still  engaged  in  that  work,  which  has  reached  ex- 
tensive proportions  and  which  means  much  to  the 
development  of  this  section.  His  vigor,  enterprise 
and  far-sightedness,  combined  with  his  keen  interest 
in  his  home  town  and  locality,  have  led  those  who 
know  him  to  pronounce  Mr.  Trapp  "a  hustler  and  a 
booster." 

Although  without  domestic  affiliations,  Mr.  Trapp 
is  by  no  means  narrow  in  his  interests,  having  asso- 
ciations with  numerous  fraternal  and  social  organi- 
zations. These  include  the  Masonic  orders,  in  which 
he  is  connected  both  with  the  blue  lodge  and  the 
order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  the  Commercial  Club  of  Montpelier.  His  recre- 
ational habits  are  both  athletic  and  literary,  and  he 
drives  his  own  motor  car  with  much  enjoyment  and 
enthusiasm. 

Politically,  Lewis  S.  Trapp  is  a  Republican  of 
sound  convictions  and  of  intelligent  interest.  He  is 
exceedingly  active  in  matters  pertaining  to  civic 
improvement,  to  the  welfare  of  his  chosen  state  and 
to  principles  touching  the  progress  and  high  stand- 
ards of  the  country  as  a  whole. 

AURELIAN  B.  GOUGH.  One  of  the  prominent  mem- 
bers of  the  Idaho  bar  is  Aurelian  B.  Gough,  who 
since  1895  nas  been  active  in  the  practice  of  the  law 
in  this  state  and  for  a  dozen  years  of  that  time  has 
conducted  his  practice  at  Montpelier,  and  is  now 
mayor  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Gough  is  a  Kentuckian  by  birth.  In  Graves 
county  of  that  state,  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on 
January  31,  1865.  He  early  gave  evidence  of  that 
mental  acquisitiveness  which  contributes  in  such 
large  measure  to  his  legal  ability.  In  more  than  the 
average  degree  he  profited  by  the  advantages  of  the 
public  schools,  which  he  determined  to  supplement 
by  higher  education  in  both  academy  and  college. 

As  a  young  man,  Mr.  Gough  left  the  schools  at 
a  stage  in  his  education  at  which  he  felt  ready  to 
take  up  the  useful  work  of  public  school  instruction. 
Although  the  pedagogical  field  was  not  to  be  his  ulti- 
mate vocation,  he  gave  to  the  work  of  teaching  five 
vigorous  years  of  his  life.  From  time  to  time  dur- 


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ing  that  period  he  availed  himself  of  college  oppor- 
tunities and  gradually  broadened  his  general  and 
specific  knowledge  until  he  was  enabled  to  take  up 
professional  study  of  another  line,  with  more  than 
ordinary  purposiveness.  At  Mayfield,  Kentucky,  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  Smith  Robbins.  From  that 
practical  vantage  point,  he  so  far  mastered  the 
necessary  knowledge  of  legal  lore  as  to  creditably 
pass  bar  examinations  in  1890.  Many  other  young 
men  would  at  that  point  have  begun  the  practice 
without  further  study.  But  Mr.  Cough's  intellectual 
ambition  always  reached  beyond  the  mere  necessities 
of  his  life  work.  Desiring  a  broader  appreciation 
for  the  problems  of  legal  and  judicial  life  from  ana- 
lytic and  theoretical  standpoints,  and  wishing  to  have 
to  his  credit  the  best  possible  education  in  law,  he 
entered  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  department  of  law  in 
that  institution  in  the  year  1891.  Returning  to  May- 
field,  he  entered  the  practice  of  law  at  that  place, 
where  he  continued  to  be  professionally  active  until 
his  removal  to  Idaho,  four  years  later. 

Just  thirty  years  of  age  at  the  time,  Mr.  Gough 
came  westward  and  made  his  first  location  at  Salmon 
City,  Idaho.  For  four  years  he  remained  there  in 
practice  and  on  January  I,  1899,  he  moved  to  Poca- 
tello.  There  he  pursued  the  activities  of  the  legal 
profession  for  about  a  year,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
he  made  another  and  permanent  change. 

Locating  in  Montpelier  in  1890,  Mr.  Cough  estab- 
lished his  office  here  and  has  ever  since  continued  his 
home  life  and  professional  work  at  this  place.  He 
still  occupies  the  same  office  which  he  first  opened 
and  his  practice  has  reached  a  status  most  gratifying 
both  to  himself  and  his  patrons.  His  clientele  is  a 
very  wide  one  throughout  this  region  and  it  repre- 
sents a  superior  class  of  Idaho  citizens. 

In  politics  Mr.  Gough  is  Democratic  in  theory 
and  party  affiliation  on  general  measures.  He  is, 
however,  independent  in  his  judgments  of  men  and 
measures  and  his  outlook  on  economic  affairs  is 
decidedly  progressive.  Although  deeply  interested 
in  public  welfare  along  all  important  lines,  Mr.  Gough 
never  held  office  until  1913,  when  he  was  elected 
mayor  of  his  home  city  without  opposition. 

The  social  interests  of  Aurelian  B.  Gough  include 
his  membership  in  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  encourages  all  churches,  believing  in 
their  professed  motive  of  elevating  the  ethical  stan- 
dards of  humanity ;  he  does  not,  however,  personally 
affiliate  with  any  denomination.  Mr.  Cough's  domes- 
tic life  began  on  December  I,  1910,  when  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Kate  Jones  of  Mont- 
pelier. 

The  personal  habits  of  Mr.  Gough  are  of  a  de- 
cidedly scholarly  nature.  He  is  very  much  a  part  of 
Idaho  life,  considering  this  commonwealth  the  home 
state  of  the  West.  To  the  development  and  better 
organization  of  affairs  in  a  growing  country,  men  of 
Mr.  Cough's  type  are  invaluable  and  Montpelier  is 
fortunate  in  claiming  him  as  one  of  the  leading  bar- 
risters of  the  state. 

JAMES  T.  HUMPHRIES.  The  great  questions  of  the 
age  are  no  longer  those  of  a  purely  poltical  nature ; 
that  is,  they  no  longer  deal  with  a  body  of  people, 
but  with  men,  women  and  children  as  individuals. 
The  responsibility  of  the  nation  to  the  individual  is 
being  recognized  more  and  more  strongly  each  day, 
and  the  burning  questions  which  agitate  the  country 
are  social  and  economic,  or  philanthropic,  in  their 
nature.  This  fact  has  drawn  upon  the  country  for 
some  of  her  finest  men.  Men  who  are  not  visionary, 
but  intensely  practical,  using  all  the  fund  of  knowl- 


edge of  the  human  mind  and  soul  that  the  study  of 
psychology  has  been  able  to  confer,  and  using  that 
knowledge  in  the  sanest  and  most  practical  ways 
thought  out  by  the  most  careful  educators  in  the 
country.  Such  a  man  is  James  Tobias  Humphries* 
superintendent  of  the  Idaho  Industrial  Training 
School,  an  institution  that  is  widely  known  for  the 
work  it  has  thus  far  accomplished,  and  the  gratifying 
results  that  have  attended  his  efforts  during  his 
tenure  of  office  have  been  many  and  far  reaching. 
James  Tobias  Humphries  is  descended  from  an  old 
English  family,  members  of  which  emigrated  to  the 
colony  of  Virginia  in  the  earliest  days  of  the  coloniza- 
tion period.  The  family  is  a  most  interesting  one, 
and  such  meagre  history  of  the  house  of  Humphries- 
as  can  be  obtained  at  this  time  is  well  worthy  of 
incorporation  in  this  brief  life  sketch  of  the  Idaho- 
educator,  whose  life  and  work  are  now  under  con- 
sideration. It  may  be  said  briefly  that  in  the  six- 
teenth century  seven  English  Humphries  suffered 
persecution  and  martyrdom  in  England,  for  various 
reasons.  One  died  during  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII 
because  he  spoke  against  the  sacraments  and  cere- 
monies of  the  church  in  his  time.  The  others  suf- 
fered for  the  same  and  other  reasons.  The  Hum- 
phries of  Virginia,  be  it  said,  are  directly  descended 
from  the  family  of  one  of  these  English  martyrs, 
and  James  Tobias  Humphries  traces  his  descent  in 
a  direct  line  from  that  time  to  the  present  day.  One 
of  the  first  of  the  family  to  emigrate  to  the  New 
World  was  James,  born  in  Wendover,  England, 
about  1608.  He  came  to  Dorchester  in  1637  and  be- 
came a  prominent  man  in  the  activities  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts colony.  He  was  a  dear  and  lifelong  friend 
of  the  well  known  Richard  Mather,  famed  as  a 
Congregationalist  Divine  in  his  time.  Coming  down 
the  line  of  the  family  descent,  George  Humphries 
is  noteworthy  as  being  one  of  the  greatest  of  ship, 
builders  of  his  time.  It  is  a  known  fact  that  in  1824 
Emperor  Alexander  of  Russia  offered  Mr.  Hum- 
phries a  yearly  salary  of  $60,000.00  to  take  in  charge 
the  construction  of  a  navy  for  the  Russian  Empire, 
but  the  splendid  spirit  of  the  man  was  manifested 
most  unequivocally  in  his  reply  to  that  offer :  "I 
do  not  know  that  I  possess  the  merits  attributed  to 
me,"  he  said,  "but  be  they  great  or  small,  I  owe 
them  all  to  the  flag  of  my  country."  An  earlier 
member  of  the  family,  David  Humphries  by  name, 
entered  the  army  at  the  beginning  of  the  American 
Revolution  with  the  rank  of  captain,  and  served  to 
its  close- with  valor  and  distinction,  and  John  Hum- 
phries, a  direct  progenitor  of  the  subject,  also 
served  as  lieutenant  in  the  Continental  army  through 
the  long  years  of  the  struggle  for  independence, 
giving  signal  aid  to  the  cause  of  the  young  colonies 
and  winning  marked  distinction  as  a  soldier  of 
more  than  ordinary  merit.  Reverting  to  the  career 
of  David  Humphries,  who  advanced  to  the  rank 
of  colonel  from  that  of  captain,  it  may  be  said  that 
he  was  attached  to  the  staff  of  General  Putman 
and  was  appointed  aide-de-camp  to  General  Wash- 
ington. At  the  siege  of  Yorktown  that  worthy 
officer  particularly  distinguished  himself  and  was 
voted  a  handsome  sword  by  Congress  in  recognition 
of  his  action  at  that  time.  David  Humphries  was 
a  poet,  as  well  as  gallant  soldier,  and  while  in  the 
army  wrote  stirring  lyrics  designed  to  stimulate  and 
encourage  the  ranks,  and  which  did  not  fail  of  their 
worthy  purpose.  On  the  disbanding  of  the  Con- 
tinental troops,  Colonel  Humphries  accepted  the  invi- 
tation of  General  Washington  to  go  with  him  to 
Mount  Vernon,  and  he  continued  there  as  an  honored 
member  of  the  household  for  almost  a  year.  In  later 
years  Colonel  Humphries  entered  business  and  be- 


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came  well  known  and  prosperous  as  a  manufacturer 
of  woolens.  His  fighting  days  were  not  over,  how- 
ever, and  in  1812  he  was  among  the  first  to  volunteer 
for  action,  serving  throughout  the  War  of  1812  with 
the  rank  of  brigadier-general. 

John  Wesley  Davis  Humphries,  the  son  of.  Gen- 
eral David  Humphries,  and  the  father  of  James  T. 
Humphries,  was  born  in  Virginia,  on  November  2, 
1834.  He  was  early  trained  in  the  milling  business, 
after  completing  a  thoroughly  planned  and  executed 
common  school  education,  and  passed  his  life  in  the 
milling  business.  When  the  war  broke  out  in  1861 
he  abandoned  his  business  and  forsook  the  cause  of 
the  old  Southland  to  enlist  in  the  Federal  army,  so 
strong  an  adherent  was  he  to  his  sense  of  duty, 
and  for  three  years  he  gave  valiant  service  to  the 
Union  cause.  He  was  a  Republican  and  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  practically  all 
his  life.  When  the  war  was  over  he  withdrew  from 
the  South,  left  his  old  Virginia  home  where  he  had 
been  born  and  reared,  and  where  his  children  were 
born,  and  migrated  into  Iowa,  where  he  settled  as  a 
farmer,  there  spending  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
As  a  young  man  he  married  Margaret  Matilda  Hilt, 
born  on  February  25,  1839,  in  Virginia,  the  child 
of  German  and  Welsh  parents.  She  was  a  woman 
of  the  most  excellent  qualities,  a  devoted  wife  and 
mother,  and  a  woman  who  enjoyed  the  unqualified 
affection  and  esteem  of  all  who  shared  in  her  ac- 
quaintance. She  was  especially  active  and  prominent 
in  the  good  works  of  the  Methodist  church,  of  which 
she  was  long  a  devoted  member,  and  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  and  the  missionary 
department  of  the  church  work  received  an  unusual 
share  in  her  devotion  and  activity.  No  less  than 
did  her  honored  husband,  she  left  an  indelible  mark 
upon  the  upward  and  onward  life  of  whatever 
community  she  favored  by  her  presence,  for  the  in- 
fluence of  her  life  from  every  angle  was  one  of  the 
utmost  beneficence. 

These  worthy  parents  reared  a  family  of  eleven  chil- 
dren and  James  Tobias  Humphries,  the  second  born 
of  the  family,  was  born  on  the  8th  day  of  March, 
1860.  He  was  yet  a  young  lad  when  the  family  re- 
moved from  the  old  Virginia  homestead  after  the 
close  of  the  war  and  settled  in  Iowa,  and  it  was 
in  that  state  that  he  was  for  the  most  part  reared 
and  educated.  The  public  schools  of  his  home 
community  afforded  him  his  early  education,  after 
which  he  entered  Cornell  College,  at  Mount  Vernon, 
Iowa.  This  was  succeeded  by  a  thorough  business 
course  in  the  University  of  Valparaiso,  in  Indiana, 
where  lie  spent  four  years.  The  close  of  his  col- 
lege career  was  followed  by  his  entering  the  field 
of  educational  work  and  from  1885  until  1890  the 
young  man  was  occupied  in  the  Epworth  Seminary, 
at  Epworth,  Iowa,  and  at  Albion  Seminary,  at 
Albion.  Iowa.  It  was  not  until  1890  that  he  entered 
the  industrial  school  field,  and  his  energies  and 
activities  have  since  been  devoted  to  that  wholly 
praiseworthy  field  of  educational  work.  It  may  be 
said  in  passing  that  Mr.  Humphries  for  the  most 
part  supplied  the  funds  with  which  he  prosecuted 
his  education,  teajching  in  smaller  schools  between 
the  years  of  his  college  work,  so  that  he  early  learned 
the  value  of  hard  work  and  is  thoroughly  conversant 
with  the  trials  and  difficulties  attendant  upon  the 
securing  of  an  education  in  that  manner.  Mr.  Humph- 
ries, early  in  his  teaching  work,  developed  an 
inordinate  interest  in  the  so-called  bad  boy,  whom 
he  recognized  in  many  cases  to  be  not  more  than 
a  good  boy,  overflowing  with  life  and  vitality,  and 
with  no  natural  vent  for  his  high  spirits.  The  fate 
of  such  as  these,  when  remanded  to  the  so-called 


reformatory  institutions  of  which  our  country  in 
recent  years  had  so  many,  and  of  which  it  still  has 
more  than  its  best  good  requires,  made  a  strong 
appeal  to  him  and  to  his  sense  of  justice,  so  that  he 
was  compelled  to  turn  his  attention  to  reformatory 
work,  compelled,  one  might  say.  with  better  fitness, 
for  the  call  of  the  work  was  one  which  he  found 
himself  unable  to  withstand.  It  was  on  the  ist 
of  July,  1890,  that  Mr.  Humphries  entered  the  Iowa 
Industrial  School  for  Boys,  at  Eldora,  Iowa,  as  a 
family  manager  and  a  teacher  of  a  company  of  boys. 
In  1892  he  was  elected  principal  of  one  of  the 
schools  of  the  institution,  and  so  apt  did  he  prove 
himself  in  the  management  of  the  boys  and  in  ad- 
vancing them  in  health,  mind  and  morals,  that  in 
1879  he  was  elected  assistant  superintendent.  He 
held  that  position  until  in  1904,  when  he  was  elected 
superintendent  of  the  Idaho  Industrial  Training 
School,  at  St.  Anthony,  Idaho.  Mr.  Humphries 
took  charge  of  his  new  office  on  the  24th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1904,  and  has  held  that  position  ever  since.  It 
is  needless  to  say  that  the  school  has  made  un- 
paralleled progress  since  Mr.  Humphries  assumed  the 
superintendency,  and  his  work  in  the  reformation 
of  delinquent  boys  and  girls  has  never  been  equaled 
and  has  made  this  institution  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant and  valuable  of  its  kind  in  the  state.  It 
is  interesting  to  note  that  the  institution  of  which 
Mr.  Humphries  is  the  head  is  no  longer  regarded 
as  a  penal  institution,  but  rather  as  an  educational 
one,  and  its  work  is  conducted  in  the  manner  of 
a  boarding  school  rather  than  as  an  institution. 
There  is  absolutely  nothing  in  the  arrangement  and 
conduct  of  this  school  to  suggest  penalty.  It  has 
been  placed  tinder  the  direct  supervision  of  the 
state  board  of  education  and  the  board  of  requests 
of  the  University  of  Idaho.  There  are  no  dark 
cells,  no  bars,  no  screens,  no  fences  or  high  walls, 
and  every  freedom  is  given  that  the  youth  would 
enjoy  in  a  well  regulated  boarding  school,  selected 
by  the  most  careful  parent.  Mr.  Humphries  has 
been  a  leader  in  the  thought  that  the  child  who 
yesterday  was  considered  criminal  would  today  be 
regarded  as  lacking  in  good  judgment,  rather  than 
otherwise,  and  his  training  is  one  calculated'  to 
arouse  the  thinking  capacity  of  the  child  or  youth, 
and  direct  his  energies  into  the  proper  channels, 
and  start  him  upon  th«  way  to  a  useful  and  proper 
manhood.  In  short,  Mr.  Humphries  believes  with 
Judge  Ben  Lindsay  that  bad  boys  are  not  more  than 
good  boys  whose  energies  have  been  directed  in  im- 
proper directions.  It  is  this  work,  then,  the  educa- 
tion, training  and  formation  of  young  and  perhaps 
too  exuberant  life  and  spirits  into  good  citizenship, 
upright  manhood  and  womanhood,  that  Mr.  Humph- 
ries has  unselfishly  and  in  a  whole-souled  and  happy 
manner  dedicated  his  life,  and  the  state  of  Idaho  is 
most  fortunate  in  having  drawn  to  herself  the  serv- 
ices of  one  so  able  and  efficient  in  the  work  he  has 
chosen  for  his  lifework. 

Mr.  Humphries  is  in  no  sense  a  politician.  He  is 
a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party, 
but  he  has  never  been  politically  active,  his  work 
being  of  a  nature  that  would  admit  of  no  mixture  in 
political  turmoils.  He  has  for  eighteen  years  been 
an  active  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  has  a 
hearty  interest  in  the  work  of  the  organization.  He 
is  now  a  member  of  Benevolent  Lodge,  No.  38,  of 
St.  Anthony.  Idaho,  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  of 
Evergreen  Chapter,  No.  35.  Eldora.  Iowa,  and  is  a 
member  of  St.  Elmo  Commandery  No.  48,  Knights 
Templar,  of  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa.  The  early  training  of 
Mr.  Humphries  was  so  fortunate  as  to  have  had  its 
effect  on  his  entire  life  thus  far  and  has  brought  him 


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into  membership  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  which  was  the  faith  of  his  sainted  mother. 
He  has  long  been  an  active  worker  in  that  church, 
and  is  a  leader  in  the  choir  and  in  all  philanthropic 
and  public-spirited  enterprises  outside  of  those  fur- 
thered by  his  own  church. 

On  June  26,  1890,  Mr.  Humphries  was  married  at 
Eldora,  Iowa,  to  Miss  Bertha  Estelle  Allyn,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Nancy  (Mason)  Allyn.  Mrs. 
Humphries  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  her 
home  town,  in  Hyram  College,  Bryan,  Ohio,  and  in 
Oberlin  College,  Oberlin,  Ohio.  One  son  has  been 
born  to  them :  Earl  Kenneth  Humphries,  born  Nov- 
ember 22,  1892,  at  Eldora,  Iowa.  He  is  now  a  stu- 
dent at  the  University  of  Idaho,  at  Moscow,  where 
he  is  taking  a  course  in  civil  engineering,  and  is  in 
his  sophomore  year  at  this  writing  (1913). 

H.  HOWARD  BROOM  HEAD.  The  office  of  clerk  of 
the  district  court  in  Bear  Lake  county  is  capably 
filled  by  H.  Howard  Broomhead,  who  since  infancy 
has  lived  at  Paris  and  vicinity.  It  is  needless  to  say 
that  he  has  thoroughly  identified  himself  with  the 
life  of  the  place  and  that  he  has  become  a  citizen  of 
worth  and  importance. 

The  capital  city  of  Utah  was  Howard  Broomhead's 
place  of  nativity  and  April  6,  1870,  was  the  day  of  his 
birth.  He  was  but  a  very  small  child  when  his  par- 
ents removed  from  Salt  Lake  City  to  Paris,  Idaho. 
In  this  young  and  growing  community  he  grew  to 
manhood,  witnessing  during  those  years  the  remark- 
able progress  of  this  region  in  civilization  and 
material  development.  In  the  public  schools  of  Bear 
Lake  county  he  gained  those  opportunities  for  mental 
growth  which  are  demanded  by  all  parents  for  their 
children  in  this  age  of  education.  As  a  boy,  Howard 
Broomhead  earned  his  first  money  as  a  farm  assist- 
ant and  in  agricultural  occupations  he  continued,  more 
or  less  continuously,  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twenty-five.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he  gained 
valuable  experience  in  various  other  lines,  for  it  has 
ever  been  his  ambition  to  be  both  broad  minded  and 
well-informed  in  all  practical  affairs.  In  his  later 
twenties  Mr.  Broomhead  entered  upon  the  duties 
of  public  school  teaching  and  in  that  useful  and 
arduous  service  he  continued  for  fifteen  years.  In 
this  era  of  public  service  he  demonstrated  such  clear- 
headed intelligence,  such  self-reliance  and  such  a  keen 
sense  of  public  needs  that  in  1910  he  was  nominated 
as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  state  legislator  from 
Bear  Lake  county.  He  was  duly  elected  and  served 
for  two  years,  after  which  he  was  elected  clerk  of 
the  district  court.  He  is  still  serving  in  that  re- 
sponsible capacity. 

Mr.  _  Broomhead  founded  his  domestic  establish- 
ment in  1896.  He  was  married  on  October  22  of 
that  year  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Patterson,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Patterson,  of  Blopmington, 
Idaho.  The  Patterson-Broomhead  marriage  took 
place  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Broomhead 
immediately  began  their  residence  in  Bloomington, 
•almost  within  the  limits  of  Paris,  where  they  have  be- 
come one  of  the  important  families.  They  welcomed 
into  their  home,  as  years  passed,  their  little  daugh- 
ter, Helen  Mary,  and  their  baby  son,  Clayton  How- 
ard, both  of  whom  were  early  called  to  another 
world.  But  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Broomhead  have  those 
parental  instincts  which  have  led  them  to  open  the 
doors  of  their  pleasant  home  to  two  other  children 
whom  they  have  adopted  as  their  own.  These  little 
girls  are  known  as  Una  Viola  and  Leone  Marvine 
Broomhead. 

Mr.  Broomhead  is  a  member  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints'  church.  His  club  affiliation  is  with  the  Com- 


mercial Club  of  Paris.  Politically  he  is  a  Republi- 
can and  it  is  from  that  party  that  he  received  his 
present  office.  He  has  also  served  at  a  former  time 
in  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace.  Mr.  Broomhead's 
recreations  are  athletic  and  literary,  but  he  is  pre- 
eminently a  faithful  and  efficient  office-holder. 

NOAH  S.  POND.  A  resident  of  Idaho  for  thirty 
years  and  at  Pocatello  for  twenty-five,  Mr.  Pond 
had  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  development  which 
has  marked  the  rise  of  Idaho  into  one  of  the  most 
resourceful  of  the  Northwest  commonwealths.  It 
was  his  lot  to  have  been  thrown  upon  his  own  re- 
sponsibilities at  an  early  age,  and  he  consequently 
became  a  productive  worker  when  most  boys  are 
still  care  free.  The  results  of  his  life  labors  in 
material  wealth  have  been  amply  satisfying,  and  when 
his  early  circumstances  are  considered  they  become 
a  fine  tribute  to  his  energy  and  business  ability.  Mr. 
Pond,  who  is  a  member  of  the  well  known  mercan- 
tile firm  of  Pond  Brothers,  is  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  Pocatello. 

He  was  born  at  Richmond,  Utah,  December  22, 
1872,  and  attended  the  public  schools  there  until  he 
was  ten  years  old.  The  death  of  his  father  at  that 
time  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  leave  school  and 
take  up  the  practical  work  of  life.  He  came  to  Idaho 
and  lived  two  years  at  Preston  and  four  years  at 
Idaho  Falls,  being  employed  by  William  C.  Parkin- 
son at  the  former  place  and  at  Idaho  Falls  being 
connected  with  a  mercantile  house,  where  he  laid  the 
basis  of  his  subsequent  successful  experience  in  simi- 
lar lines. 

In  1888  he  transferred  his  residence  to  Pocatello, 
where  for  a  few  months  he  was  employed  in  the 
shops  of  the  Short  Line  Railroad,  and  then  obtained 
employment  with  one  of  the  general  stores.  At  the 
age  of  twenty,  to  remedy  his  early  lack  of  advantages 
and  prepare  for  a  larger  field  of  usefulness,  he  en- 
tered the  Brigham  Young  College  at  Logan,  Utah, 
where  he  completed  the  commercial  and  normal 
courses.  Thereafter  he  was  engaged  with  several 
of  the  mercantile  concerns  of  Pocatello  up  to  1898. 
at  which  time  he  was  sent  on  a  mission  to  Europe  and 
remained  abroad  for  two  years.  On  his  return  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  William  A.  Hyde  in  the 
grocery  and  general  merchandise  business,  and  this 
firm  continued  prosperously  until  July  I,  1908.  At  that 
date  Mr.  Pond  and  his  brother,  M.  A.  Pond,  bought 
out  Mr.  Hyde  and  formed  the  present  firm  of  Pond 
Brothers.  Their  trade  is  in  groceries,  produce,  fruits, 
flour,  feed,  etc.,  and  by  reason  of  their  long  standing 
and  able  business  methods  they  have  one  of  the 
most  profitable  establishments  in  Pocatello. 

Mr.  Pond  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City,  June  24, 
1896,  to  Miss  Allie  Young,  daughter  of  B.  M.  Young, 
of  Salt  Lake  City.  On  her  father's  side,  Mrs.  Pond 
is  a  granddaughter  of  President  Brigham  Young, 
and  her  maternal  grandfather  was  President  Lorenzo 
Snow.  Seven  children,  all  boys,  were  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Pond,  as  follows:  Noah  S.,  Jr.,  deceased; 
Dean,  deceased;  Alfonso,  Wayne,  Leon,  Vaughn 
and  Seymour,  all  at  home.  The  family  are  members 
of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints. 

Mr.  Pond  is  one  of  the  citizens  who  have  given 
vigor  and  effectiveness  to  the  work  of  the  Pocatello 
Commercial  Club,  has  given  service  on  several  of 
its  important  committees  and  in  1911  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  governors.  Notwithstanding  his  busy 
life  he  enjoys  the  wholesome  pleasures  and  diver- 
sions, likes  to  take  an  occasional  outing  for  hunt- 
ing or  fishing,  has  a  good  library  at  home  in  which 
he  finds  both  pleasure  and  instruction,  and  attends 
most  of  the  local  public  entertainments  where  music 


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or  good  lectures  are  provided.  Politically  he  is  a 
Republican  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  public  af- 
fairs. With  his  brother  he  has  such  extensive  and 
important  business  interests  in  this  city  and  vicin- 
ity that  he  has  never  been  able  to  respond  to  the 
invitations  to  become  a  political  candidate,  but  other- 
wise he  seldom  neglects  an  opportunity  to  work  for 
the  party  welfare  and  for  the  improvement  of  his 
home  city  and  state. 

PETER  HANSEN.  In  1886,  Pocatello  was  but  a 
straggling  village;  today  it  is  the  second  city  in  size 
in  Idaho.  In  the  year  mentioned  Peter  Hansen,  a 
young  Dane  in  search  of  opportunities  for  which 
our  country  and  especially  the  West  was  famed, 
came  to  Pocateflo;  he  remained.  Thus  he  became 
one  of  the  city's  pioneers  and  in  the  intervening 
quarter  of  a  century  he  has  there  attained  high 
standing  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  leading,  substantial 
and  forceful  business  man. 

Born  in  Denmark,  March  u,  1866,  Peter  Hansen 
spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  his  native  land,  ob- 
taining meanwhile  a  public  school  education.  He  also 
learned  the  painter's  trade  and  as  a  boy  acquired 
mercantile  knowledge  and  experience  working  for 
various  mercantile  establishments  in  the  vicinity  of 
his  home.  With  most  commendable  filial  regard 
these  early  earnings  were  given  to  his  parents.  He 
was  eighteen  when  he  crossed  the  water  to  push  his 
way  in  a  new  land.  On  his  arrival  here  he  located 
first  in  Iowa,  where  for  about  two  years  he  was 
employed  at  his  trade  in  railroad  shops.  Then  he 
came  to  Pocatello,  Idaho.  That  was  in  1886,  and  for 
twenty-six  years  he  has  given  the  services  of  a  good 
citizen  and  business  man  in  the  building  up  of  a 
wide-awake  and  progressive  city.  During  the  first 
four  years  in  Pocatello  he  worked  in  the  shops  of 
the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  and  then  engaged 
in  business  independently  as  the  proprietor  of  a 
restaurant  and  lodging  house.  He  continued  in  that 
line  until  1900,  when  he  established  his  present  gen- 
eral mercantile  store,  which  under  his  enterprising 
and  progressive  business  management  has  proved  a 
very  prosperous  and  lucrative  venture  and  one  that 
has  contributed  to  the  commercial  prestige  of  the 
city.  All  movements  that  mean  the  development  and 
progress  of  Pocatello  receive  warm  interest  and  sup- 
port from  Mr.  Hansen  and  his  influence  in  that  di- 
rection is  made  more  effective  as  a  member  of  the 
Pocatello  Commercial  Club.  He  is  a  loyal  and  active 
Democrat  in  political  affairs  and  is  now  a  member 
of  the  city  council,  in  which  capacity  he  has  also 
given  previous  service.  While  he  is  affiliated  with 
no  particular  religious  denomination  he  values  the 
influences  of  churches  on  community  life  and  is  iden- 
tified with  this  order  of  good  work  as  a  member 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  the  Order  of  Eagles,  Wood- 
men of  the  World  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  in  the  last  named  order  he  has  filled 
the  highest  office  of  his  local  lodge  and  has  twice 
served  as  representative  to  the  Idaho  grand  lodge. 

At  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  July  19,  1893,  Mr.  Han- 
sen was  happily  married  to  Miss  Carrie  Johnson, 
who  was  formerly  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  Of  the 
six  children  born  to  their  union,  three  daughters  are 
living,  named:  Bertha  May,  Luverne  Katherine  and 
Dorothy.  The  family  is  one  of  the  most  estimable 
of  this  city. 

J.  H.  GREENE,  who  figures  prominently  in  the  com- 
mercial life  of  the  little  town  of  Mackay,  Idaho,  is  a 
self-made  man  who  should  be  accorded  more  than  a 
passing  mention  in  this  biographical  record. 


Mr.  Greene  hails  from  Indiana.  He  was  born  at 
South  Bend,  in  the  "Hoosier  State,"  in  July,  1850, 
son  of  John  and  Ann  (Mercer)  Greene,  the  former 
a  native  of  Delaware  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  John 
Greene  took  up  his  residence  in  Indiana  in  1832,  and 
there  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life,  occupied  as  a 
farmer  and  miller,  operating  a  sawmill.  He  lived 
to  the  ripe  age  of  seventy-eight  years  and  died  in 
1886.  His  wife  died  in  Indiana  in  1874,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-two  years.  They  were  married  in  Indiana  and 
the  children  of  their  union  numbered  nine,  J.  11. 
being  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth. 

J.  H.  Greene  had  his  schooling  in  Indiana  and 
there  obtained  his  initial  experience  in  the  mercan- 
tile business.  In  1881  he  came  west  as  far  as  North 
Dakota,  where  he  remained  a  year  and  a  half,  en- 
gaged in  merchandising.  His  next  move  was  to 
Livingston,  Montana,  where  he  was  similarly  occu- 
pied until  1884.  In  1884  he  came  to  Houston,  Idaho, 
and  opened  a  drug  store,  and  in  the  spring  of  1885 
he  went  to  'Erie,  a  mining  camp  in  Custer  county, 
and  opened  a  mercantile  store,  but  in  the  fall  of  1890 
he  moved  back  to  Houston  and  opened  a  mercantile 
store  there  and  remained  until  1901.  He  then  moved 
his  store  to  Mackay,  Idaho.  That  was  the  first  year 
the  Oregon  Short  Line  railroad  was  built  up  in  this 
part  of  the  state.  Here,  he  opened  up  his  stock  of 
goods,  and  soon  established  a  business  which  has 
grown  to  large  proportions,  the  firm  style  being  the 
Lost  River  Commercial  Company.  Also  he  has- 
other  business  interests  here  and  elsewhere.  He  is 
president  of  the  G.  W.  Jenkins  &  Co.  bank  of  Mac- 
kay and  a  director  of  the  Mackay  Light  and  Power 
Company,  and  he  is  also  president  of  the  firm  of 
J.  E.  Smith  &  Co.,  which  operates  a  store  at  Arco,. 
Idaho. 

Mr.  Greene  was  first  married  at  South  Bend,  In- 
diana, to  Miss  Flora  Woolman,  whose  untimely 
death  occurred  in  1879.  His  second  wife  was  Miss 
Madora  B.  Trego,  and  they  were  married  at  Black- 
foot,  Idaho.  Of  his  children,  we  record  that  the 
eldest,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hilliar,  is  a  resident  of  South 
Bend,  Ind. ;  Mrs.  Flora  Maddock,  the  next  in  order 
of  birth,  resides  at  Mackay,  Idaho,  and  is  the  mother 
of  one  child,  Joe  Maddock;  the  others,  Raymond  T., 
John  Yardley  and  Donald,  are  at  home. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Greene  has  high  standing  in  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member  for  forty 
years  and  in  which  he  has  filled  all  the  chairs.  That 
he  is  a  success  financially  and  that  he  stands  as  an 
influence  for  good  in  the  community  in  which  he 
lives,  is  due  to  his  own  efforts.  He  believes  in  hon- 
esty, not  for  policy's  sake,  but  for  its  own  sake,  and 
as  he  has  worked  his  way  on  and  up  in  life  it  has 
been  his  aim  to  live  up  to  the  principles  incorporated 
in  the  great  organization  to  which  "he  belongs. 

PETER  CLEMENT  O'MALLEY,  who  was  city  attorney 
for  two  years,  and  a  rising  lawyer  of  Pocatello,  is 
a  man  who  in  the  selection  of  a  place  of  residence 
was  very  discriminating  and  Pocatello  was  his  final 
choice  only  after  he  had  visited  and  acquainted  him- 
self with  conditions  in  practically  every  part  of  Ore- 
gon and  of  southern  Idaho.  He  has  been  a  hard 
worker  all  his  life,  prepared  himself  for  his  profes- 
sion, and  in  his  present  field  of  labors  has  acquired 
the  recognition  owing  to  a  successful  man. 

He  was  born  in  Allamakee  county,  Iowa,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1871,  and  lived  in  his  native  state  until 
about  thirty-two  years  of  age.  A  farmer  boy,  he  had 
only  such  school  advantages  as  were  afforded  by  the 
country  schools,  and  saw  little  of  the  regular  institu- 
tions of  learning  after  he  was  seventeen  years  old. 
The  farm  was  his  home  and  work  place  until  he 


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was  twenty-one,  at  which  time  he  moved  to  Mason 
City,  Iowa,  and  for  three  years  was  engaged  in  rail- 
roading. During  all  his  spare  time  he  carried  on 
such  reading  as  amounted  to  a  liberal  education  in 
many  subjects.  In  1895,  returning  to  the  old  home- 
stead, he  applied  himself  to  its  management  until 
the  death  of  his  father  in  1903,  his  mother  having 
died  about  fifteen  years  before. 

With  the  breaking  up  of  the  old  home,  he  left 
Iowa  for  good  and  found  his  first  field  of  business 
in  Minnesota,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  for  a  little  more  than  three  years. 
During  the  next  year  he  was  in  the  same  line  in 
Adams  county,  North  Dakota,  where  he  also  had 
an  interest  in  the  hardware  business.  After  selling 
out  to  his  partners  in  the  winter  of  1908,  he  was  at- 
tracted to  the  state  of  Oregon,  which  he  intended  to 
make  his  permanent  home.  For  two  years  he  was  a 
resident  of  Portland,  where  he  continued  in  the  real 
estate  business.  In  previous  years  he  had  been  keep- 
ing up  a  fairly  regular  study  of  law  and  at  Portland 
he  attended  the  Oregon  Law  School  and  completed 
his  preparation  for  his  profession.  On  May  2,  1910, 
he  passed  the  bar  examination  of  the  state.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  visited  nearly  every  county  in 
Oregon,  and  after  admission  to  the  bar  made  another 
trip  into  the  Harney  valley..  Of  all  these  localities 
the  city  of  Portland  alone  seemed  desirable,  but  he 
felt  that  a  larger  success  would  come  in  a  smaller 
city.  The  resources  of  southern  Idaho  had  been  fre- 
quently brought  to  his  attention,  and  he  determined 
to  test  that  field.  Locating  at  Nampa,  he  passed  the 
state  bar  examinations  on  June  18,  1910,  and  during 
the  next  two  months  toured  many  of  the  towns  in 
the  south  half  of  the  state.  Good  opportunities  were 
presented  in  several  places,  but  the  environments  did 
not  suit  his  disposition  until  finally  he  chose  Poca- 
tello,  where  he  took  up  his  permanent  residence  on 
the  I3th  day  of  August,  1910.  With  the  opening  of 
his  office,  he  threw  himself  with  characteristic  energy 
into  professional  work  and  has  enjoyed  a  liberal  and 
high-class  practice.  Since  May,  1911,  he  has  filled 
the  office  of  city  attorney  with  credit  and  efficiency. 

Mr.  O'Malley  was  married  at  Butte,  Montana, 
January  10,  1912,  to  Miss  Zpe  Henry,  formerly  a 
resident  of  North  Dakota.  His  church  is  the  Catho- 
lic, and  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles.  He  is  one  of  the  active  members 
of  the  Pocatello  Commercial  Club  and  a  member  of 
the  Railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  this  city.  Chairman  of 
the  Democratic  county  central  committee,  Mr. 
O'Malley  is  a  local  leader  in  politics,  and  has  already 
been  mentioned  for  higher  political  honors.  The 
hard  work  of  his  profession  is  his  favorite  recrea- 
tion, but  he  is  also  a  follower  of  baseball  and  enjoys 
music  and  literature. 

WILLIAM  P.  MCDONALD.  Pocatello,  already  an  im- 
portant railroad  center,  is  rapidly  growing  also  into 
one  of  the  best  distributing  points  of  Idaho.  One  of 
the  largest  houses  in  the  jobbing  and  general  com- 
mercial district,  and  one  that  by  its  increasing  trade 
is  doing  much  to  establish  the  reputation  of  the  city 
as  a  wholesale  center,  is  the  Idaho  Wholesale  Gro- 
cery Company.  This  house  since  its  founding  has 
been  extending  its  trade  by  leaps  and  bounds  into 
an  ever-widening  territory,  and  is  now  one  of  the 
leading  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  inter-mountain 
region  of  the  Northwest. 

This  company  originated  in  Kansas  among  some  of 
the  enterprising  business  men  of  that  state.  T.  J. 
McDonald,  the  president,  is  still  a  resident  of  Wich- 
ita Kansas.  His  brother,  William  P.  McDonald,  vice 


president  and  treasurer  of  the  company,  has  been  one 
of  the  live  and  public-spirited  citizens  of  Pocatello 
since  the  business  was  started  here.  The  secretary 
of  the  company  is  Mr.  J.  T.  Young,  also  a  resident 
of  Pocatello. 

Mr.  William  P.  McDonald  has  been  identified  with 
mercantile  lines  from  his  boyhood,  much  of  the  time 
in  the  wholesale  trade,  and  the  success  of  the  Idaho 
company  has  been  largely  due  to  his  thorough  ex- 
perience and  well  tested  ability.  He  was  born  at 
Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  September  8,  1867.  In 
the  schools  at  the  military  post  and  the  city  of  Leav- 
enworth he  obtained  his  early  education,  and  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  entered  St.  Benedict's  College  at  Atch- 
ison,  where  he  remained  three  years  and  took  a  com- 
mercial course. 

On  leaving  school  his  first  position  was  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  of  W.  F.  Dolan  Company  at  Atch- 
ison.  Beginning  as  a  clerk,  he  advanced  until  when 
he  left  at  the  end  of  eight  years  he  had  an  interest 
in  the  firm.  From  Atchison  he  went  to  Wichita  and 
for  thirteen  years  was  connected  with  the  Wichita 
Wholesale  Grocery  Company  in  an  executive  capacity. 
He  then  bought  an  interest  in  the  Coffeyville  Mercan- 
tile Company,  and  was  active  in  its  management  for 
about  two  years. 

The  Idaho  Wholesale  Grocery  Company  was  or- 
ganized at  Coffeyville  by  J.  J.  Hill,  T.  J.  McDonald 
and  W.  P.  McDonald,  and  shortly  after  the  organi- 
zation was  completed  Mr.  W.  P.  McDonald  came  to 
Pocatello  and  established  the  business.  It  has  been 
a  matter  of  congratulation  among  Pocatello  citizens 
that  the  firm  selected  their  city,  for  the  prosperity  of 
the  business  has  been  reflected  in  the  welfare  of  the 
city.  A  branch  house  is  also  conducted  at  Twin 
Falls. 

T.  J.  and  W.  P.  McDonald  are  twin  brothers,  and 
their  striking  personal  resemblance,  increased  by  the 
fact  that  they  do  not  vary  a  pound  in  weight,  causes 
them  to  be  often  mistaken  one  for  the  other  when 
they  are  together. 

Mr.  W.  P.  McDonald  was  married  at  Atchison, 
Kansas,  May  27,  1897,  to  Miss  Mildred  M.  Bowen, 
daughter  of  J.  M.  Bowen  and  wife  of  Atchison. 

WILLIAM  N.  MCCARTY  is  one  of  the  men  who  were 
on  the  ground  floor  when  Pocatello  was  fairly  start- 
ing as  a  commercial  center,  and  has  not  only  been 
present  to  take  advantage  of  opportunities  but  has 
also  for  his  own  part  done  much  as  a  business  builder 
and  a  creator  of  prosperity  in  this  thriving  city.  He 
is  now  considered  one  of  the  most  successful  business 
men  of  Pocatello,  and  has  always  given  his  public- 
spirited  co-operation  in  movements  for  a  larger  and 
better  city. 

Mr.  McCarty  was  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  February 
12,  1872.  The  public  schools  of  his  native  city  fur- 
nished him  with  a  practical  education,  and  a  day 
or  so  after  he  had  laid  aside  his  books  he  began  his 
initiation  into  the  hide  and  wool  business.  In  his  sub- 
sequent career  he  has  ne.ver  foll6wed  any  other  line 
of  business  than  the  one  he  took  up  as  a  boy.  In 
1889,  when  about  eighteen,  he  left  Ogden  and  came 
to  Pocatello,  and  has  thus  witnessed  the  develop- 
ment of  this  city  for  more  than  twenty  years.  He 
was  a  salaried  man  in  the  hide  and  wool  trade  up  to 
1901,  and  since  that  year  has  had. his  own  business. 

At  Pocatello  on  December  23,  1893,  Mr.  McCarty 
married  Miss  Fannie  Falk,  whose  father  was  Ben 
Falk,  of  Anaconda,  Montana.  Fraternally  Mr.  Mc- 
Carty is  affiliated  with  the  Masons,  from  blue  lodge 
to  shrine,  with  the  Elks  and  the  Odd  Fellows.  He 
takes  an  active  interest  in  Republican  politics,  and 
has  served  the  city  in  the  council.  His  favorite 


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diversions  are  hunting  and  fishing  and  reading  and 
music.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pocatello  Commercial 
Club,  and  with  his  numerous  interests  in  the  real 
estate  and  banking  and  other  directions,  he  is  a 
ready  friend  to  progressive  development  in  his  home 
city  and  state. 

EDWIN  CUTLER,  M.  D.  Bringing  to  his  profession 
a  thorough  literary  and  technical  training,  innate 
soundness  and  accuracy  of  judgment,  and  that  most 
doirable  quality  of  sympathy,  Dr.  Edwin  Cutler,  of 
Shelley,  has  gained  and  maintained  a  leading  place 
in  the  medical  faculty  of  Bingham  county.  Almost 
his  entire  medical  career  has  been  spent  in  this  city, 
but  his  reputation  is  not  confined  to  its  limits,  as  for 
many  years  he  was  known  throughout  this  state  and 
Utah  as  an  educator.  Dr.  Cutler  was  born  April  12, 
1868,  at  American  Fork,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of  Royal 
James  and  Theda  Ann  (Morton)  Cutler.  His  father, 
a  native  of  New  York,  became  a  pioneer  settler  of 
I 'tah  in  1852,  there  following  farming  and  stock 
raising  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1894,  when  he 
was  sixty-six  years  of  age.  At  one  time  he  was  a 
representative  in  the  Arizona  legislature,  and  for  a 
long  period  was  prominently  identified  with  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  spending  two  years 
on  a  foreign  mission  and  being  bishop  of  Glendale 
(Utah)  Ward  for  twenty  years.  In  1851  Mr.  Cutler 
was  married  in  New  York  to  Theda  Ann  Morton, 
who  was  born  in  that  state  in  1827,  and  who  prior 
to  her  marriage  had  been  engaged  in  school  teach- 
ing. She  passed  away  June  24,  1910,  at  Hyrum, 
Utah,  aged  eighty-three  years,  having  been  the 
mother  of  five  sons  and  five  daughters. 

The  next  to  the  youngest  of  the  children  of  his 
parents,  Edwin  Cutler  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Glendale,  Utah,  the  high 
school  at  Provo  and  Brigham  Young  University. 
During  this  time  he  had  spent  his  spare  time  on  his 
father's  farm,  but  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  on 
leaving  the  university,  became  a  school  teacher,  a 
vocation  which  he  followed  during  the  thirteen  suc- 
ceeding years.  During  this  time  he  served  in  the 
capacity  of  principal  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  Sem- 
inary, at  Parowan,  Utah,  for  some  time;  was  four 
years  principal  of  the  Glendale  schools,  principal  at 
Orderville,  for  a  like  period,  principal  of  Preston 
Academy  for  two  years,  and  teacher  in  the  Weber 
State  Academy  for  one  year.  He  first  came  to  Idaho 
in  1900  and  during  the  next  two  years  taught  at 
Preston,  but  by  the  end  of  this  time  had  fully  de- 
cided to  enter  the  field  of  medicine,  and  accordingly 
became  a  student  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  Chicago,  from  which  noted  institution  he 
was  graduated  in  1906.  Having  now  completed  his 
preparation  for  his  career  the  question  of  location, 
one  of  the  most  perplexing  that  presents  itself  to  the 
young  practitioner,  was  to  be  determined  between 
town  and  country.  The  solution  fixed  upon  the  city 
of  Preston  as  the  place,  and  for  one  year  he  was 
engaged  in  practice  there  with  a  brother,  Dr.  Allen 
R.  Cutler.  In  1907,  however,  he  came  to  Shelley, 
which  has  since  been  his  field  of  practice,  as  well  as 
the  scene  of  his  activities  in  other  lines  of  earnest 
endeavor.  He  has  been  a  member  and  chairman  of 
the  village  board  since  1909,  and  has  ever  been  active 
in  Republican  politics.  Like  other  men  of  foresight 
and  good  judgment,  he  has  invested  in  lands  in  Bing- 
ham county,  where  he  carries  on  extensive  farming 
operations.  Like  his  father,  he  is  prominent  in  the 
work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
for  three  years  has  been  bishop  in  the  first  ward. 
He  was  the  organizer  and  is  the  present  leader  of  the 


Shelley  Choral  Society,  an  organization  that  is 
known  all  over  the  state. 

On  September  5,  1889,  Mr.  Cutler  was  married  in 
Manti  Temple,  Utah,  to  Miss  Minda  M.  Harris,  who 
was  born  at  Leeds,  Utah.  Mrs.  Cutler  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Women's  Relief  Society,  being  sec- 
ond councilor  in  the  presidency  of  this  organization 
in  the  Blackfoot  stake  in  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints.  Twelve  children  have  been  born  to  this 
union,  and  all  the  boys  have  Harris  for  their  middle 
name.  The  living  members  are  Edwin,  Harold,  Glenn, 
Orville,  Cliffe,  Genevieve,  Marion,  Gladys  and  Hor- 
tense. 

Dr.  Cutler  comes  of  a  family  that  originated  in 
Sheffield,  England,  and  was  founded  in  the  United 
States  early  in  the  eighteenth  century,  the  progenitor 
of  the  Cutlers  first  settling  in  Connecticut.  On  the 
maternal  side,  his  grandfather  was  of  Irish  birth,  as 
was  also  the  grandmother,  who  bore  the  name  of 
Gillette. 

WILLIAM  R.  HOLMES.  No  man  in  Paris  does  more 
— if  as  much — towards  increasing  the  spirit  of  enter- 
prise and  ambition  in  civil  affairs  than  does  William 
R.  Holmes,  the  efficient  editor  of  The  Paris  Post. 
The  quality  of  energy  that  makes  his  present  work 
such  a  notable  success  has  also  characterized  all  other 
lines  he  has  undertaken. 

The  vigor  of  Mr.  Holmes'  personality  and  the  ef- 
fectiveness of  his  work  here  may  be  partly  due  to 
the  fact  that  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  born  in 
this  state  and  county  which  are  now  his  home.  Mont- 
pelier, Idaho,  was  his  birthplace,  and  the  date  of 
his  nativity  was  February  n,  1874.  In  the  public 
schools  of  Bear  Lake  county  he  gained  his  education, 
which  was  concluded — so  far  as  formal  book  study 
was  concerned — when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  At 
that  time  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  first  posi- 
tion, which  was  that  of  assistant  clerk  in  a  drug  store. 
His  salary,  which  at  the  beginning  was  twenty  dol- 
lars per  month,  he  devoted  to  the  needs  of  his  mother. 
After  two  years  in  the  work  above  mentioned,  the 
young  man  accepted  employment  with  the  O.  S.  L. 
Railroad  Company  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  at  Mont- 
pelier.  That  position  he  retained  for  about  three 
years.  0 

Mr.  Holmes  was  called  by  church  authorities  to  go 
on  a  mission  to  the  southern  states.  He  spent  some 
twenty-one  months  in  Mississippi  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  he  was  transferred  to  the  eastern  states. 
His  work  there  was  concluded  in  about  six  months 
and  he  was  thereupon  free  to  return  to  Idaho.  Here 
he  accepted  a  position  with  the  C.  W.  &  M.  Co.,  at 
Montpelier,  and  was  employed  there  six  months,  then 
accepting  a  position  with  O.  S.  L.  R.  R.  as  cashier, 
which  he  continued  until  January  i,  1907.  Being 
elected  county  clerk  at  that  time,  he  served  in  the 
civic  office  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
he  entered  upon  the  editorial  duties  in  which  he  has 
accomplished  so  much  that  is  valuable,  not  only  for 
the  paper  and  for  individuals,  but  for  the  town  as  a 
whole. 

It  was  on  January  i,  1911,  that  Mr.  Holmes  took 
charge,  as  editor  and  publisher,  of  The  Paris  Post. 
He  has  ever  since  continued  in  that  important  work, 
in  which  he  has  achieved  so  much  of  benefit  to  the 
town,  of  success  for  the  paper  and  of  prestige  for 
himself  as  its  head.  Many  improvements  have  been 
made  in  the  newspaper  plant. 

Both  in  Montpelier  and  in  Paris,  Mr.  Holmes  has 
ever  been  keenly  alive  to  the  conditions  in  the  com- 
munity about  him  and  so  great  is  his  energy  that  he 
often  carries  on  several  lines  of  activity  at  the  same 
time.  In  Montpelier  he  served  as  city  clerk  for 


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two  years  and  also  for  four  years  as  a  member  of 
the  school  board  of  that  place.  He  is  a  leading  mem- 
ber of  the  county  fair  association  of  Bear  Lake 
county  and  holds  the  office  of  secretary  in  that  or- 
ganization. His  organizing  power  and  his  gift  for 
systematizing  are  among  the  qualities  that  make  him 
such  a  valuable  member  of  any  deliberative  body 
and  such  a  useful  incumbent  of  any  secretarial  or 
clerical  office.  The  report  form  that  is  used  for  the 
annual  reports  of  all  the  county  auditors  is  one  that 
was  prepared  by  Mr.  Holmes.  His  movements  ior 
local  improvement  are  by  no  means  confined  within 
the  columns  of  his  paper,  for  he  is  personally  active 
to  an  equal  degree. 

It  is  greatly  to  Mr.  Holmes'  credit  that  although  he 
had  never  previously  had  any  newspaper  experience, 
he  has  made  of  The  Post — of  which  he  became  man- 
ager when  its  affairs  and  quality  of  material  were  at 
a  rather  low  status — a  most  creditable  paper  in  every 
way.  Not  only  is  it  a  decidedly  eloquent  organ  of 
local  interest  and  local  enthusiasm,  but  it  has  been 
placed  on  a  paying  basis  in  a  remarkably  short  time. 
Mr.  Holmes  has  in  the  meantime  made  an  enviable 
name  for  himself  among  the  editors  of  the  state, 
for  he  is  acknowledged  by  his  brother  editors  to  be 
one  of  the  best  in  the  state  and  is  one  of  those  called 
upon  for  the  important  work  of  the  Press  Club  of 
Idaho.  He  was  recently  requested  to  prepare  material 
for  the  consideration  of  state  legislators  in  connec- 
tion with  the  interests  of  the  press  of  the  state,  but 
owing  to  the  short  time  allowed  him  in  which  to 
accomplish  this  work,  he  refused  same. 

Politically,  Mr.  Holmes  is  a  Republican  of  active 
habits.  Religiously,  he  is  connected  with  the  Church 
of  Latter  Day  Saints.  His  domestic  life  began  in 
February  19,  1896,  at  which  time  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Emma  Bowen,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
B.  H.  Bowen,  of  Montpelier.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowen 
are  the  parents  of  four  children,  all  of  whom  are 
girls.  They  are  called  as  follows :  Irene,  Velma, 
Nathell  and  Wanda  Holmes. 

It  may  be  added  in  conclusion  that  Mr.  Holmes  is 
very  highly  appreciated  by  his  fellow  citizens,  who 
recognize  him  both  as  a  success  and  as  a  hard  worker. 
They  say  of  him  that  he  delights  in  attempting  and 
accomplishing  the  apparently  impossible.  It  is  well 
worth  noting,  however,  that  he  never  undertakes 
anything  rashly,  but  carefully  lays  all  his  plans,  "like 
an  army  general,"  thus  proceeding  to  bring  his  pur- 
poses to  a  successful  issue.  The  combination  of 
hard  work  and  clear  judgment  that  has  made  The 
Paris  Post  a  credit  to  Paris  will  yet  accomplish  other 
and  larger  achievements. 

JAMES  F.  WOODALL,  of  Soda  Springs,  is  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Bannock 
county,  Idaho,  one  that  is  well  known  thereabout 
and  is  of  exceptionally  high  standing.  For  nearly 
thirty  years  its  members  have  entered  into  the  com- 
mercial, industrial  and  social  life  of  that  section  and 
their  citizenship  has  always  been  of  that  order  that 
would  make  them  valued  factors  9f  any  community. 
James  F.  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Soda 
Springs  and  is  a  son  of  Christopher  T.  Woodall,  a 
well  known  and  wealthy  pioneer  stockman  of  Ban- 
nock county.  Here  he  grew  up  and  received  his 
earlier  education  in  the  public  schools,  later  com- 
pleting a  two  years'  course  in  the  agricultural  college 
at  Logan,  Utah.  He  was  about  eighteen  years  of 
age  when  he  started  out  independently  by  accepting 
employment  on  a  cattle  and  stock  ranch  in  Bannock 
county,  and  he  continued  there  four  years,  subse- 
quently returning  to  Soda  Springs,  where  a  like 
period  was  spent  in  various  occupations.  He  then 


opened  a  meat  market  at  Soda  Springs  and  has  con- 
tinued that  business  identification  to  the  present,  his 
establishment  being  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  the 
town  and  one  that  is  kept  first  class  in  its  appoint- 
ments, its  stock,  and  its  service. 

At  Soda  Springs,  Idaho,  on  January  29,  1906,  Air. 
Woodall  was  married  to  Miss  Vella  Davis,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Davis,  of  Soda  Springs. 
They  have  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter, 
namely:  James  F.,  Jr.,  Virginia  Percy  and  Henry 
Gorton. 

In  religious  faith  Mr.  Woodall  leans  toward  the 
Presbyterian  church,  but  he  is  broad  in  his  views 
and  sympathies  and  contributes  to  the  support  of 
all  denominations  in  his  community.  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat,  but  is  active  only  as  a  voter.  For 
men  of  the  right  stamp  Mr.  Woodall  deems  Idaho 
a  safe  state  in  which  to  settle,  to  invest  and  to  make 
a  permanent  home. 

Christopher  T.  Woodall,  father  of  James  F.,  was 
born  in  Missouri  and  continued  his  home  in  that 
state  until  a  number  of  years  after  his  marriage,  or 
until  along  in  the  '8os,  when  he  came  to  Idaho  and 
settled  in  Bannock  county.  Here  he  has  been  in  the 
sheep  and  cattle  business  for  nearly  thirty  years,  has 
prospered  and  is  numbered  among  the  wealthy  stock- 
men of  this  section  of  Idaho,  his  residence  being 
at  Soda  Springs.  As  a  Democrat  he  is  active  politi- 
cally and  has  served  his  city  in  various  official  ca- 
pacities. Fraternally  he  is  a  prominent  member  of 
Salt  Lake  Lodge  No.  85,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  at  Salt  Lake  City.  In  Mis- 
souri Mr.  Woodall  wedded  Ellen  D.  Doyle,  who 
also  is  a  native  of  that  state,  and  to  their  union 
have  been  born  seven  children,  of  which  family 
James  F.  was  third  born.  The  elder  Mrs.  Woodall 
is  a  member  of  the  Ladies  of  the  Maccabees  and  is 
a  charter  member  of  the  Soda  Springs  lodge  of  that 
fraternal  order. 

JOHN  M.  BISTLINE.  The  mayor  of  Pocatello  is 
undeniably  a  man  who  is  pre-eminently  fitted  for  the 
duties  of  his  position,  and  his  brief  service  in  that 
important  office  has  gone  far  in  the  proving  of  his 
capacity  and  sagacity  as  a  public  official.  The  record 
he  has  already  established  as  chief  executive  of  the 
city  is  one  which  has  won  encomiums  from  all  who 
are  alive  to  the  best  interests  of  the  community,  and 
is  one  which  future  mayors  will  do  well  to  emulate. 
For  many  years  engaged  in  educational  work,  his 
activities  have  been  far  reaching  and  effective,  and 
in  recent  years  his  connection  with  his  well  known 
and  prosperous  brother,  Joseph  B.  Bistline,  as  a 
member  of  the  Bistline  Lumber  Company,  of  Poca- 
tello, has  brought  him  prominence  in  this  com- 
munity that  places  him  in  the  front  ranks  of  the 
stable  and  solid  business  men  of  the  place. 

Born  in  Perry  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  March  II, 
1867,  John  M.  Bistline  is  the  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Jane  E.  (Nesbit)  Bistline,  the  father  being  a  native 
born  Pennsylvanian,  as  well  as  the  mother.  They 
passed  their  entire  lives  in  the  Keystone  state,  and 
the  father  died  there  in  1909  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
six,  the  mother  passing  beyond  in  1881  when  she 
was  in  the  forty-seventh  year  of  her  life.  They 
were  the  parents  of  five  children.  John  M.  remained 
at  home  with  his  parents  until  he  was  about  nine- 
teen years  old,  at  which  time  he  started  for  the 
West,  filled  with  the  zeal  and  ambition  for  conquest 
that  is  the  heritage  of  the  healthy  American  youth. 
He  had  been  well  educated  up  to  that  age  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  community,  and  when  he 
reached  Nebraska  he  settled  there  and  remained 
for  two  years,  engaged  the  while  in  school 


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teaching,  for  which  his  training  in  the  East 
had  mainly  fitted  him.  He  then  went  to  Kan- 
sas and  there  for  fifteen  years  he  continued  in  educa- 
tional work,  two  years  of  the  time  being  passed  as 
county  superintendent.  It  was  not  until  then 
that  he  came  to  Idaho,  February,  1903,  marking 
his  advent  into  the  state.  Since  that  time  his  alle- 
giance to  his  adopted  state  has  not  wavered,  and  he 
has  filled  a  high  place  in  the  annals  of  the  city  of 
Pocatello.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here  Mr.  Bistline 
entered  into  a  business  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Joseph  B.  Bistline,  who  had  long  been  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  in  this  vicinity,  and  Mr.  Bistline 
became  a  member  of  the  Bistline  Lumber  Company. 
Their  business  operations  have  been  extended  with 
every  passing  year  and  today  has  reached  a  promi- 
nence and  volume  that  make  it  one  of  the  big  con- 
cerns of  the  county  or  this  part  of  the  state.  They 
handle  a  full  line  of  lumber,  coal,  hardware  and  ma- 
chinery and  kindred  lines,  and  are  continually  broad- 
ening out  in  the  scope  and  character  of  their  business. 
Mr.  Bistline  is  a  Democrat  and  has  ever  taken  an 
intelligent  and  manly  interest  in  national  and  munici- 

£al  politics.  For  six  years  since  coming  to  Pocatello 
e  has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  so 
well  did  he  serve  in  that  lesser  capacity  that  the 
citizens  of  the  municipality  felt  they  could  do  no 
better  than  to  place  him  at  the  head  of  the  affairs 
of  the  city.  He  was  accordingly  elected  to  the  office 
of  mayor  in  1911,  and  is  now  the  incumbent  of  that 
office.  Under  his  administration  thus  far  something 
like  $300,000  worth  of  paving  and  sewerage  was 
installed  in  the  city,  and  he  has  in  every  way  safe- 
guarded the  interests  of  the  city  as  only  one  in  his 
position  has  the  ability  to  do.  Mr.  Bistline  took  a 
firm  and  decided  stand  in  his  attitude  toward  the 
water  company  in  Pocatello,  and  made  demands  for 
the  city  which  the  company  saw  fit  to  fight  through 
every  court  in  the  land.  On  December  16,  1912,  the 
United  States  supreme  court  decided  the  case  in 
favor  of  the  city  of  Pocatello.  Concerning  this 
decision  the  Pocatello  Tribune,  under  date  of  De- 
cember 16,  1912,  has  to  say:  "Victory  for  the  city 
of  Pocatello  in  its  long  pending  litigation  with  the 
Pocatello  Water  Company,  perched  today  on  the 
municipal  banner  when  Clark  &  Budge,  special  coun- 
sel for  this  city,  this  morning  received  a  telegram 
from  Washington  announcing  that  the  supreme  court 
of  the  United  States  had  affirmed  the  decision  of  the 
supreme  court  of  Idaho,  which  held  that  the  com- 
pany must  name  two  commissioners  to  act  in  con- 
junction with  commissioners  named  by  the  city 
council,  and  readjust  the  water  rates  in  the  Gate 
City.  The  action  was  instituted  under  the  Idaho 
statute  which  provides  a  penalty  of  $100  a  day  for 
every  day  a  company  fails  to  appoint  a  commissioner. 
Enough  time  has  elapsed  since  the  city  named  its 
commissioners  and  formally  notified  the  water  com- 
pany to  do  likewise  to  bring  the  amount  due  the 
city  to  nearly  $53,000.  Suit  for  the  collection  of  this 
sum  will  be  instituted  at  once."  The  inflexibility  of 
Mayor  Bistline  on  this  subject  was  the  chief  factor 
in  the  continued  fight  of  the  city  versus  the  water 
company,  and  it  is  directly  due  to  him  that  so  signal 
a  victory  has  b«en  won  for  the  city  against  a  corpo- 
ration that  defied  the  law  of  the  land  and  the  will 
of  the  people.  Mayor  Bistline,  it  might  be  said,  won 
his  election  upon  the  stand  he  took  upon  this  all- 
important  issue,  and  it  may  be  readily  understood 
that  he  felt  a  considerable  degree  of  pride  in  the 
results  of  the  litigation,  which  sustained  his  opinion 
and  those  of  his  constituents. 

On  October  17,  1889,   Mr.  Bistline  was  united  in 
marriage  with   Martha   Shellenberger,  the  daughter 


of  E.  M.  Shellenberger  and  wife,  of  Ransom,  Kan- 
sas. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bistline  five  children  have 
been  born— four  sons  and  a  daughter.  They  are 
named  as  follows:  Ray  D.,  a  graduate  of  the  State 
University  of  Idaho,  and  is  practicing  civil  engi- 
neer; Paul  E.,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in 
the  business;  Ralph,  Francis  and  Helen,  all  attend- 
ing school  in  Pocatello. 

The  Bistline  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Pocatello,  and  Mr.  Bistline  has 
membership  in  the  Commercial  Club,  of  which  he 
is  one  of  the  most  active  and  enterprising  members. 
He  has  always  been  a  defender  of  the  interests  of 
the  city,  even  prior  to  his  election  to  the  office  of 
mayor,  and  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing  about 
much  of  improvement  and  benefit  in  the  communal 
life  of  the  city.  His  latest  reform  is  his  fight  for  the 
municipal  ownership  of  the  city  waterworks,  and  it 
is  anticipated  that  he  will  bring  that  reform  to  pass 
with  the  same  despatch  that  he  has  accomplished 
other  good  works  for  the  city.  Mr.  Bistline  is  a 
stanch  and  true  citizen  of  the  state  and  a  firm  advo- 
cate of  its  many  excellent  qualities.  He  belongs  to 
that  class  of  men  who  are  ever  up  and  doing  and 
are  never  found  in  the  ranks  of  that  faction  who 
speak  fluently  and  eloquently  of  what  ought  to  be 
done,  but  who  never  initiate  an  enterprise  or  move- 
ment for  the  good  of  the  community.  Action  is  the 
watchword  of  his  life  and  results  show  him  for 
what  he  is. 

G.  F.  HANSBROUGH  is  a  lawyer,  was  born  at  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  November  25,  1865.  Was  educated 
in  Louisville,  where  he  received  his  early  training 
in  the  law,  came  west  and  located  in  Ogden,  Utah, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  that 
State  in  April,  1896.  Removed  to  Idaho,  and  lo- 
cated at  Salmon  City  in  Lemhi  county  and  began 
the  practice  of  law  in  Idaho  February,  1897.  Re- 
moved from  there  to  Blaine  county  in  1900,  and  in 
October,  1903,  located  at  Blackfoot,  where  he  has 
resided  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Hansbrough  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Hansbrough  &  Gagon  at  Blackfoot,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing firms  of  the  Southwest.  He  is  an  able  lawyer, 
an  able  and  convincing  speaker  and  advocate,  his 
specialty  is  trial  practice,  having  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  that  branch  of  the  work.  Politically  he  is  a 
Republican,  but  he  has  paid  but  little  attention  to 
politics  in  late  years,  his  entire  time  having  been 
devoted  to  his  law  practice. 

JOHN  HENRY  STOCKER.  Noteworthy  among  the 
pioneers  of  southeastern  Idaho  is  John  Henry 
Stocker,  the  efficient  county  treasurer  of  Bear  Lake 
county,  who,  before  he  assumed  official  duties  in 
1910,  had  been  one  of  that  county's  highly  esteemed 
citizens  and  foremost  agriculturists  for  thirty-four 
years.  His  career  affords  an  excellent  illustration 
of  what  industry,  persistency  and  self-confidence  can 
accomplish  in  America.  Coming  to  Paris,  Idaho,  in 
1876,  a  young  Swiss  immigrant,  alone  and  without 
financial  resources,  he  set  to  work  to  find  out  what 
diligent  and  intelligent  effort  could  accomplish  in 
that  undeveloped  and  seemingly  unproductive  coun- 
try. He  has  here  lived  the  life  of  a  good  citizen, 
deserving  and  winning  the  high  esteem  of  his  fellow 
men,  and  today  is  a  man  of  competence. 

A  son  of  Hans  Conrad  and  Anna  Barbara 
(Wurmli)  Stocker,  he  was  born  in  Canton  Thurgau, 
Switzerland,  near  the  fair  Lake  Constance,  on  March 
i,  1846,  and  there  was  reared  to  farm  pursuits.  His 
education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  and  in 
an  academy  in  his  native  canton,  and  after  his  student 


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days  were  over  he  learned  the  drug  business.  In 
July,  1876,  he  immigrated  to  the  United  States  and 
came  directly  to  Paris,  Idaho,  where  he  took  up  farm- 
ing and  followed  it  continuously  until  1910.  Early 
that  year  he  became  a  census  enumerator  and  then  in 
the  fall  following  was  elected  treasurer  of  Bear 
Lake  county,  to  which  office  he  was  re-elected  in 
1912.  He  has  proved  an  efficient  treasurer  and  in 
every  respect  has  fulfilled  the  confidence  reposed 
in  him.  From  his  long  experience  there  as  a  farmer 
he  knows  well  the  resources  and  possibilities  of  this 
section  and  feels  that  in  time  it  will  be  one  of  the 
best  agricultural  districts  of  the  state.  He  also  recog- 
nizes its  adaptability  to  dairying  and  is  interested 
in  this  direction  as  one  of  the  organizers  and  stock- 
holders of  the  Paris  Creamery. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Stocker  and  Miss  Mary  Anna 
Bieri,  daughter  of  John  and  Rosina  Bieri,  was  solem- 
nized July  15,  1880,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Eight 
children,  all  born  at  Paris,  Idaho,  have  been  the 
issue  of  this  union,  namely:  Mrs.  Rose  Grandi,  born 
in  March,  1884,  who  has  three  children;  Mrs.  Sarah 
Louise  Von  Almen,  born  in  July,  1885,  who  resides 
-at  Montpelier,  Idaho;  Mrs.  Emeline  Gubler,  of  Paris, 
Idaho,  who  was  born  in  October,  1886,  and  has  one 
child ;  John  H.  Stocker,  born  in  1888,  who  is  now 
serving  the  Latter  Day  Saints  church  as  a  mission- 
ary in  Germany ;  William  R.  Stocker,  born  in  No- 
vember, 1889,  and  now  farming  in  Bear  Lake  county; 
Mary,  born  in  March,  1882,  and  deceased  in  Septem- 
ber of  that  year;  Charles,  born  in  1895  and  deceased 
in  1900,  and  Joseph,  born  in  1897  and  deceased  in  1900. 

Mr.  Stocker  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints  church  and  has  filled  different  important 
positions  in  that  connection.  He  was  ward  teacher 
and  secretary  of  the  Seventies  for  seven  years,  was 
secretary  to  the  high  priest  of  this  stake  fifteen  years, 
was  ward  clerk  thirteen  years,  and  in  1892  went  put 
for  mission  work  and  served  two  years,  returning 
to  Paris,  Idaho,  in  1894. 

That  year  his  parents  left  their  native  Switzerland 
and  joined  him  at  Paris,  Idaho.  The  father,  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  died  there  in  1900  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty ;  the  mother's  years  were  extended  until 
1905.  when  she  passed  away  also  full  of  years,  having 
attained  the  age  of  eighty-two.  They  were  the 
parents  of  four  children  and  our  subject  was  their 
first  born. 

JAMES  C.  MOORE  has,  since  1907,  held  the  responsi- 
ble position  of  private  secretary  to  I.  B.  Perrine 
and  general  manager  of  the  Perrine  interests  as  well. 
He  is  not  a  native  westerner,  but  was  born  in 
Reedsville,  Pennsylvania,  on  September  3,  1861,  and 
is  the  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Gurney)  Moore, 
natives  of  Ireland,  and  the  father  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. 

When  he  was  three  years  of  age,  James  C.  Moore 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Minnesota,  and  from  then 
until  1905,  Minnesota,  Wisconsin  and  North  Dakota 
represented  his  home.  In  1905  he  came  to  Idaho, 
settling  first  on  a  homestead  at  Rupert,  and  for  a 
time  he  conducted  a  hotel  at  that  place.  In  1907  he 
came  to  Twin  Falls,  and  here  formed  his  present 
association  with  I.  B.  Perrine.  As  private  secretary 
to  Mr.  Perrine,  he  is  manager  of  the  vast  Perrine 
interests,  a  position  which  calls  for  the  continued 
application  of  the  best  qualities  of  mind  and  character 
in  the  incumbent.  The  wise  manipulation  of  the 
many  affairs  of  such  an  estate  as  this  requires  the 
finest  of  executive  ability,  and  that  Mr.  Moore  has 
so  well  succeeded  in  his  capacity  as  manager  of  the 
estates  is  the  best  of  evidence  of  his  many  splendid 
qualities. 


Mr.  Moore  is  not  a  man  of  the  highest  education, 
his  schooling  having  been  confined  to  the  common 
schools  of  Minnesota,  which  he  attended  as  a  boy. 
He  earned  his  first  money  as  a  lad  working  on  a 
farm,  receiving  fifty  cents  a  day  as  his  pay.  When  he 
was  seventeen  years  old  he  started  to  learn  the 
miller's  trade,  but  did  not  continue  with  the  work 
for  more  than  two  years,  after  which  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Rail- 
road in  the  telegraphy  department.  For  twenty-five 
years  he  remained  with  that  company  in  various  ca- 
pacities, and  his  present  high  position  is  a  fitting 
climax  to  his  life  of  consistent  endeavor. 

Mr.  Moore  is  a  Republican,  and  is  active  in  the 
interests  of  that  party,  having  been  secretary  of  the 
county  central  committee.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Goodhue  County  Fair  Association  in  Minnesota  for 
two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club 
of  Twin  Falls,  and  fraternally  affiliates  with  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  having  filled  all 
chairs  in  both  lodges. 

On  June  16,  1893,  Mr.  Moore  was  married  in 
Zumbrota,  Minnesota,  to  Miss  Mamie  C.  Doxey,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latimer  Doxey  of  that 
place.  They  have  two  children — Kathleen  S.  and 
James  C.,  Jr.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  are  members  of 
the  Episcopal  church  of  Twin  Falls,  while  Mrs. 
Moore  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Guild  of  that 
church. 

ROBERT  J.  HAYES.  Nearly  thirty  years  of  residence 
in  Idaho  entitle  Mr.  Hayes  to  distinction  as  one  of 
the  old-timers.  But  he  has  done  more  than  merely 
live  in  the  territory  and  state  for  that  length  of 
time — which  would  be  a  distinction  without  any  great 
honor — he  has  made  himself  a.  successful  career  in 
business,  has  identified  himself  in  public-spirited  man- 
ner with  his  home  city  of  Pocatello,  and  is  one  of  the 
substantial  and  influential  citizens  of  Idaho. 

Robert  J.  Hayes  was  born  at  Oswego,  New  York, 
February  27,  1861.  When  he  was  about  six  years 
of  age  his  parents  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  spent 
about  ten  years,  and  during  that  time  acquired  his 
education  in  the  Chicago  public  schools.  Many  men 
have  begun  their  practical  careers  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  or  sooner,  but  only  comparatively  few  ven- 
ture so  far  away  from  the  environs  of  home  and 
friends  as  did  Mr.  Hayes.  In  1877  he  came  out  west 
to  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  and  thence  to  Rawlins,  in 
the  same  state,  where  he  got  his  first  regular  job 
as  an  employe  in  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  shops. 
Previous  to  this  for  a  short  while  he  had  done  what 
is  called  "night  herding"  for  a  party  of  freighters. 
After  three  years  at  Rawlins  he  moved  to  Helena, 
Montana,  and  for  about  a  year  was  again  engaged  in 
night  herding  between  that  city  and  Fort  Bentpn. 
Billings  was  then  the  terminus  of  the  Northern  Pacific 
and  for  six  months  he  was  ^engaged  in  filling  a  con- 
tract to  furnish  wood  to  the'  railroad  company  there. 
Bozeman,  Montana,  was  his  next  location,  and  from 
there  he  operated  a  pack-horse  outfit  up  to  the  Clarke 
Fork  mine  for  about  six  months.  In  California  and 
Arizona  he  continued  in  similar  work  for  several 
months,  and  then  came  into  Idaho.  That  was  in 
1884,  and  his  arrival  proved  the  beginning  of  a  perma- 
nent residence.  At  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  first  lo- 
cated, he  spent  about  two  years  in  the  railroad  ma- 
chine shops.  He  then  moved  to  Blackfoot  and  for 
two  years  was  a  deputy  sheriff. 

From  Blackfoot  Mr.  Hayes  moved  to  Pocatello 
and  began  the  business  career  which  has  been  pros- 
perously continued  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  On 
coming  here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  N.  G. 


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Franklin,  and  their  names  have  been  associated  ever 
since  in  business  under  the  title  of  Franklin  &  Hayes. 
They  established  a  small  bottling  plant  for  soda 
water,  one  of  the  first  in  southern  Idaho.  Under 
their  energetic  management  the  business  has  grown 
from  year  to  year  until  it  is  now  one  of  the  largest 
and  best  equipped  in  the  entire  state.  They  manu- 
facture and  bottle  a  complete  line  of  soda  and  general 
soft  drinks  and  ship  their  product  into  three  states, 
Idaho,  Wyoming  and  Utah.  Out  of  their  original 
enterprise  they  also  developed  a  brewing  plant,  and 
the  Franklin  &  Hayes  brewery  has  established  a 
large  patronage. 

Mr.  Hayes  was  married  at  Idaho  Falls,  August  2, 
1886.  to  Miss  Mary  R.  Wilber,  daughter  of  L.  D. 
\Vilber  of  that  city.  Six  children— three  sons  and 
three  daughters — have  been  born  to  their  union, 
namely:  Jessie  M.,  the.  wife  of  Fred  Banning,  of 
Pocatello ;  William  L.,  a  student  in  the  Armour  Insti- 
tute of  Technology  at  Chicago ;  Robert  R.,  a  student 
in  Columbia  University  at  Portland,  Oregon;  Irene, 
Helen  and  Frank,  all  at  home.  Mr.  Hayes  believes 
in  religion  and  the  churches,  but  is  not  a  denomina- 
tional man.  His  fraternities  are  the  Masons,  Elks 
and  Eagles,  and  he  is  one  of  the  active  workers  for 
Republican  success  in  politics.  He  has  given  public 
service  as  county  commissioner  and  was  chairman 
of  the  board  for  over  two  years.  Occasionally,  as 
business  permits,  he  takes  an  excursion  for  hunting 
and  fishing.  His  home  diversions  are  principally 
for  the  satisfaction  of  his  taste  for  music  and  the 
theater,  and  he  is  very  fond  of  lectures  and  a  good 
speech. 

GEORGE  A.  GREENE.  One  of  Pocatello's  business 
men  with  a  record  of  more  than  a  quarter  century's 
residence  and  activity  is  George  A.  Greene,  founder 
and  head  of  the  oldest  plumbing  establishment  in  the 
city.  Mr.  Greene  was  a  pioneer  in  his  business  and 
for  some  time  had  no  competitors  in  this  section  of 
the  state.  And  it  was  also  true  during  the  first  years 
of  his  residence,  as  he  can  well  testify,  that  there 
was  very  little  plumbing  in  the  modern  sense  of  the 
word  to  be  done  in  any  of  the  towns  of  southern 
Idaho.  Progress  and  improvement  have  taken  giant 
strides  in  Idaho  since  Mr.  Greene  first  became  ac- 
quainted with  the  region. 

Mr.  Greene  was  born  at  St.  Albans,  Vermont, 
October  3,  1865,  a  son  of  C.  B.  and  Rose  (Andrews) 
Greene.  The  parents  were  both  natives  of  Vermont, 
the  father  a  prosperous  druggist,  and  lived  in  Ver- 
mont until  1897,  when  they  moved  to  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  where  they  still  reside,  the  father 
aged  seventy-five  and  the  mother  seventy-four.  Of 
their  eleven  children  George  A.  was  the  fourth. 

Reared  in  the  old  New  England  community  of  St. 
Albans,  where  he  continued  his  early  studies  Into  the 
high  school  until  he  was  fifteen,  George  A.  Greene 
then  served  an  apprenticeship  and  acquired  the 
machinist's  trade,  but  subsequently  turned  to  the 
trade  of  plumber.  In  1885.  when  he  was  a  young  man 
of  twenty  but  with  considerable  experience  in  his 
trades,  he  continued  work  at  them  some  five  years 
in  this  city.  In  1892  he  established  the  first  plumb- 
ing shop  in  Pofatello.  and  for  several  years  had  all 
the  business  there  was  both  in  this  town  and  sur- 
rounding territory.  He  was  sole  proprietor  up  until 
1902,  at  which  date  Mr.  Higson  formed  a  partnership 
that  still  exists.  They  have  taken  many  important 
contracts  in  this  section  of  the  state,  and  the  firm 
has  an  excellent  record  in  the  business  community. 

Mr.  Greene  is  also  a  director  and  part  owner  of 
the  A.  B.  Bean  &  Company  hardware  establishment 
and  is  president  of  the  Trist  Auto  Company.  Fra- 


ternally his  membership  is  with  the  Elks,  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
He  was  married  at  Pocatello  in  1900  to  Miss  Lizzie 
Gallagher,  and  they  have  one  child,  George  Greene, 
born  in  Pocatello  in  1904.  Mr.  Greene  is  very  fond 
of  every  diversion  that  takes  him  into  the  open,  such 
as  camping  and  the  field  sports.  He  has  been  a 
hard  worker  all  his  life,  has  worked  out  in  his  own 
fashion  a  very  gratifying  degree  of  success,  and  now 
enjoys  the  esteem  and  regard  of  the  entire  citizen- 
ship of  his  home  city. 

NATHAN  G.  FRANKLIN.  One  of  the  pioneer  citi- 
zens and  business  men  of  southern  Idaho,  Nathan 
G.  Franklin,  is  one  of  the  comparatively  few  citizens 
who  can  claim  thirty  years  of  residence  in  the  terri- 
tory and  state  of  Idaho.  He  has  the  distinction  of 
having  served  as  the  first  postmaster  of  Pocatello, 
with  which  now  thriving  city  he  has  been  identified 
almost  from  its  beginning.  As  a  successful  business 
man  he  has  done  much  to  advance  the  welfare  of  this 
community. 

Mr.  Franklin  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
January  25,  1858,  and  during  the  first  sixteen  years 
of  his  life  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  also 
got  some  practical  training  while  at  work  in  his 
father's  meat  market.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
started  west,  but  got  no  farther  than  Ohio,  in 
which  state  he  remained  seven  years  and  worked 
at  the  buggy  manufacturing  trade,  having  charge  of 
the  machinery  department.  The  next  stage  of  his 
westward  migration  took  him  to  Omaha,  where  for 
about  a  year  he  worked  in  the  car  department  of 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad. 

From  Omaha  Mr.  Franklin  came  to  Idaho  Falls 
in  1882,  his  advent  following  close  upon  early  railroad 
construction  in  this  state.  During  the  six  years  of 
his  residence  at  Idaho  Falls  he  was  foreman  in  the 
woodworking  machinery  department  of  the  Oregon 
Short  Line  Railroad.  Since  leaving  Idaho  Falls  Mr. 
Franklin  has  been  permanently  identified  with  Poca- 
tello, and  as  already  mentioned  became  the  first  post- 
master of  the  town.  In  partnership  with  Robert  J. 
Hayes,  under  the  firm  name  of  Franklin  &  Hayes, 
he  engaged  in  the  bottling  business,  putting  up 
sodas  and  other  soft  drinks,  and  from  small  begin- 
nings they  have  developed  one  of  the  most  important 
institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  southern  half  of  the 
state.  They  have  also  established  a  brewery,  and 
the  output  of  their  combined  enterprise  is  now 
shipped  into  three  states. 

Mr.  Franklin  was  married  at  Idaho  Falls.  March 
21,  1885,  to  Miss  Lida  Wilber,  whose  sister  is  the 
wife  of  Robert  J.  Hayes.  Their  home  circle  com- 
prises four  children,  namely:  Mame,  the  wife  of 
Charles  Kibbler,  of  Pocatello;  Lorenzo  D.,  who  is 
married  and  lives  in  Pocatello;  Clarence  E.  and 
Aileen,  at  home.  Mr.  Franklin's  religious  preference 
is  for  the  Methodist  church.  He  is  a  Mason,  affiliated 
with  the  blue  lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and 
shrine,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Elks.  He  takes 
an  active  interest  in  Republican  politics,  and  has 
always  been  ready  to  lend  his  support  to  movements 
for  the  better  development  of  his  home  city.  His 
diversions  he  finds  in  outdoor  recreations.  He  is 
proud  of  his  city  and  state,  and  is  representative  of 
the  sterling  qualities  of  citizenship  which  have  con- 
tributed most  to  the  permanent  welfare  of  Idaho. 

POCATELLO  RAILROAD  Y.  M.  C.  A.  As  an  institu- 
tion that  is  helping  to  conserve  resources  by  the  up- 
building and  development  of  the  all-around  powers 
of  men,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  as  a 


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general  organization  and  in  its  separate  departments 
has  a  unique  place  of  influence  and  usefulness  in  mod- 
ern life.  Many  citizens  of  Idaho  are  unfamiliar  with 
the  importance  and  excellent  facilities  of  the  Railroad 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  department  at  Pocatello,  and  as  an  insti- 
tution that  deserves  recognition  in  this  history  of  the 
state  the  following  account  will  describe  the  leading 
-  features  of  the  organization  and  its  practical  oper- 
ation : 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  which  originated  in  England 
and  was  introduced  into  America  in  1851,  has  main- 
tained special  organization  for  the  benefit  of  railroad 
men  for  the  past  forty  years,  and  the  railroad  asso- 
ciation now  has  about  254  departments  in  America. 
The  department  at  Pocatello,  maintained  both  for 
the  benefit  of  railroad  men  and  for  local  residents, 
was  organized,  largely  through  efforts  of  Pocatello 
citizens,  in  1894,  and  its  first  home  was  in  a  small 
building  now  used  as  a  railway  emergency  hospital. 
The  Pocatello  Y.  M.  C.  A.  deserves  special  distinc- 
tion because  it  was  the  pioneer  undertaking  of  the 
kind  in  the  entire  Northwest,  and  is  properly  called 
the  "trailblazer"  association.  The  experiment  was 
successful  and  in  1896  more  adequate  quarters  were 
secured  on  the  second  floor  of  a  brick  business  build- 
ing (the  Reuss  block)  on  North  Main  street.  In 
1907  the  present  home,  a  three  story  building  spe- 
cially constructed  for  the  purpose  and  valued  at 
$50,000,  was  completed. 

The  facilities  and  service  of  this  association 
may  be  briefly  outlined  from  the  last  annual 
report  of  General  Secretary  A.  B.  Richardson. 
The  attendance  at  the  building  during  the 
year  aggregated  nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand,  an  average  of  nearly  seven  hundred 
per  day.  The  membership,  comprising  about 
four  hundred  in  the  so-called  "city  membership"  and 
about  nine  hundred  active  railroad  men,  has  privi- 
leges equal  to  those  offered  by  the  average  athletic 
or  social  club  in  the  larger  cities.  These  include 
shower  and  tub  baths  and  lavatories,  a  library  of 
3,500  books  and  reading  room  with  magazines  and 
daily  papers,  a  writing  room  which  gives  special 
encouragement  to  writing  letters  to  "home  folks," 
gymnasium  classes  under  the  direction  of  a  physical 
director,  twenty-two  private  bedrooms  and  four  gen- 
eral sleeping  rooms,  accommodating  about  seventy 
men  at  a  time;  educational  classes  and  lectures  for 
practical  instruction  of  those  preparing  for  "some- 
thing better"  and  for  stimulating  entertainment  to 
others;  a  religious  department,'  with  special  Sunday 
talks  and  song  services.  There  are  also  various 
committees  from  the  membership  who  plan  and 
carry  out  special  features  of  work  and  service  for 
the  association. 

ALVAH  B.  RICHARDSON,  general  secretary  of  the 
Pocatello  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  has  been  actively  identified 
with  association  work  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  has 
had  the  chief  executive  management  at  Pocatello 
since  the  completion  of  the  present  home  of  the  asso- 
ciation. 

He  was  born  at  North  Star,  Ohio,  June  14,  1875, 
a  son  of  Rev.  Theodore  F.  Richardson,  a  minister 
of  the  Baptist  church.  When  he  was  ten  years  old 
the  family  left  Ohio  and  during  the  next  twenty 
years  lived  at  different  places  in  the  states  of  Penn- 
sylvania, Illinois  and  Missouri.  As  a  boy  he  at- 
tended school  in  all  these  states,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  at  Williamsville,  Illinois,  and  from 
the  Orchard  City  College  at  Flora,  Illinois. 

Having  to  become  self-supporting  when  a  boy,  Mr. 
Richardson  has  a  ready  understanding  of  many  of  the 
problems  to  be  solved  by  his  youthful  friends  in  the 


association,  and  his  own  experience  has  increased 
his  practical  usefulness  and  service  in  his  present 
vocation.  The  first  regular  salary  he  earned  was 
in  a  printing  .  office,  and  after  about  two  years  he 
went  on  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman.  Later 
he  took  a  position  in  a  store  in  Missouri  and  con 
tinued  in  that  way  until  1903,  when  he  entered  asso- 
ciation work.  At  Texarkana,  Texas,  he  served  an 
apprenticeship  for  training  in  the  railroad  department 
of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  at  the  end  of  seven. months 
received  his  first  appointment  as  general  secretary 
at  Pine  Bluff,  Arkansas.  His  success  there  was 
conspicuous,  and  during  the  five  years  he  remained 
he  developed  the  fourth  largest  railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in  the  world.  From  Pine  Bluff  he  was  called  to  take 
charge  of  the  Pocatello  Association  in  the  spring  of 
1908.  Besides  the  many  improvements  in  facilities 
and  scope  of  service  since  he  took  charge,  he  has 
more  than  doubled  the  membership,  and  has  made  the 
Pocatello  department  worthy  of  its  distinction  as  the 
"trailblazer"  organization  of  the  kind  in  the  North- 
west. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  married  at  Stanberry,  Mis- 
souri, May  15,  1898,  to  Miss  Mattie  V.  Clark,  whose 
father,  Eugene  P.  Clark,  was  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  of  that  town.  Their  two  children  are 
named  Clark  and  Alvah  B.,  Jr.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rich- 
ardson are  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  she 
takes  a  very  active  part  in  the  local  church,  being 
a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid,  president  of  the  Mis- 
sionary Society,  and  leader  of  the  adult  Bible  class. 
Mr.  Richardson  is  one  of  the  workers  in  the  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  is  a  Republican  voter,  though  not 
active  in  politics.  In  outdoor  sports  he  has  special 
fondness  for  tennis.  He  enjoys  all  that  is  wholesome 
and  good  in  social  life,  and  music  and  literature  make 
a  strong  appeal  to  his  tastes. 

WILLIAM  VARLEY.  Among  the  men  of  foreign 
birth  whose  useful  activities  are  serving  to  advance 
the  commercial  and  industrial  interests  of  Idaho, 
William  Varley,  superintendent  of  the  beet  sugar 
plant  at  Blackfoot,  holds  prominent  position.  During 
the  ten  years  that  he  has  made  his  home  in  this  city, 
he  has  formed  a  wide  acquaintance,  not  only  among 
business  men  but  with  those  engaged  in  all  lines  of 
activity,  among  whom  he  is  universally  and  deserv- 
edly recognized  as  an  exemplary  citizen  and  excel- 
lent business  man.  Mr.  Varley  was  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  May  12,  1875,  and  is  a  son  of  George 
and  Emma  (Phalfremon)  Varley,  natives  of  Britain. 
His  father,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  spent  the  entire 
period  of  his  life  in  his  native  place,  where  he  passed 
away  in  1900,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years,  having 
survived  his  wife  six  years,  she  being  forty-four  at 
the  time  of  her  demise.  They  were  the  parents  of 
eight  children. 

William  Varley  attended  the  schools  of  England 
up  to  his  sixteenth  year,  at  which  time  he  started 
upon  a  business  career  of  his  own  as  the  proprietor 
of  a  dairy.  In  this  line  he  continued  two  years, 
when,  deciding  there  was  a  broader  field  for  the  ex- 
hibition of  his  abilities  in  America,  he  emigrated 
to  this  country  and  first  settled  in  New  York,  estab- 
lishing himself  on  a  truck  farm.  Gradually  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  beet  sugar  industry,  then  in 
its  infancy  in  New  York,  and  became  an  employe  of 
the  factory  at  Binghamton,  in  the  meantime  dispos- 
ing of  his  property.  Subsequently,  when  his  com- 
pany was  looking  about  for  a  more  commodious 
location,  he  assisted  in  the  removal  of  the  factory 
from  Binghamton  to  Blackfoot,  and  in  1903  became 
assistant  superintendent  of  the  plant  here.  Five 
years  later,  when  the  superintendency  became  vacant, 


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he  was  the  logical  man  for  the  position,  having 
proven  himself  capable,  reliable  and  faithful  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  and  he  was  accordingly  made 
superintendent,  an  office  which  he  has  held  to  the 
present  time.  Few  men  are  better  informed  on  this 
business  than  is  Mr.  Varley.  He  has  made  it  a 
study,  and  every  little  detail  of  the  manufacture  of 
beet  sugar  is  at  his  finger  tips.  Among  his  associates 
he  is  known  as  a  man  of  shrewd  judgment  and  far- 
sightedness, of  great  capacity  and  strict  integrity. 
He  has  been  interested  in  many  enterprises  which 
have  contributed  to  the  welfare  of  his  adopted  place, 
and  no  movement  for  progress  is  considered  com- 
plete without  his  support.  Like  other  men  of  fore- 
sight and  business  intelligence,  he  has  invested 
largely  in  realty,  owning  a  modern  home  in  Black- 
foot  and  extensive  farming  property  in  Fremont 
county.  Mr.  Varley  is  a  supporter  of  Republican 
principles  and  policies,  although  he  has  never  sought 
personal  preferment. 

In  March,  1900,  at  Binghamton,  New  York,  Mr. 
Yarley  was  married  to  Carrie  May  Bulger,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Bulger,  the  former  deceased, 
while  the  latter  is  a  resident  of  Binghamton.  One 
child  has  been  born  to  this  union :  Geraldine,  born 
in  April,  1902,  at  Binghamton,  who  is  now  attending 
school  in  Blackfoot.  The  family  is  connected  with 
the  Episcopal  church,  in  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Varley 
have  numerous  friends. 

JL-DGK  OSA  J.  BELL.  One  of  the  pioneers  of  south- 
ern Idaho,  for  many  years  identified  with  the  rail- 
road service  through  this  section  of  the  state,  Judge 
Osa  J.  Bell  has  recently  been  honored  by  election 
.to  the  important  office  of  probate  judge  of  Bannock 
county.  He  has  also  the  distinction  of  having  been 
appointed  the  first  clerk  of  the  district  court  after 
the  organization  of  Bannock  county,  and  among  the 
citizenship  there  is  no  one  more  highly  esteemed  than 
Judge  Bell. 

He  has  had  a  career  of  unusual  activity  and  experi- 
ence in  many  activities.  Born  at  Middlefield,  Ohio, 
July  29,  1852,  he  spent  the  first  eighteen  years  of  his 
life  in  his  native  vicinity,  where  he  learned  the 
fundamentals  taught  in  the  schools  and  also  was 
trained  for  hard  work.  His  first  venture  was  in 
the  wilderness  of  northern  Michigan,  where  he  spent 
a  year  in  the  rough  work  of  lumbering.  He  returned 
to  Ohio  to  prepare  himself  by  education  for  a  better 
grip  on  the  world,  and  spent  two  years  in  the  normal 
school  at  Orwell. 

He  had  just  about  attained  his  majority  when  he 
made  his  next  trial  in  the  world,  and  this  time  he 
sought  his  opportunity  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  where 
he  was  employed  a  short  time  as  a  collector.  This 
did  not  satisfy,  and  he  returned  to  his  former  loca- 
tion in  the  Michigan  lumber  district.  After  a  time 
he  got  into  the  charcoal  business  for  himself,  and 
was  getting  along  quite  prosperously  until  a  fire 
destroyed  all  his  establishment.  After  this  misfor- 
tune he  moved  out  to  Nebraska  and  for  three  years 
engaged  in  burning  charcoal  for  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad. 

In  1877  he  caine  out  into  the  Northwest  country 
to  Wyoming  territory.  The  first  two  years  he  was 
a  stage  driver,  then  for  a  year  was  in  government 
service,  and  finally  entered  "the  train  service  of  the 
Union  Pacific  with  headquarters  at  Rawlins.  During 
the  fifteen  years  of  his  career  as  a  railroader  he 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  passenger  conductor, 
and  had  a  fine  record  of  efficiency  in  the  company 
and  was  very  popular  among  the  railroad  men  of  the 
time. 


During  his  railroad  career  he  had  already  become 
identified  with  southern  Idaho  and  Pocatello,  and 
with  the  creation  of  Bannock  county  received  ap- 
pointment as  the  first  clerk  of  the  district  court. 
After  two  years  in  office  he  turned  his  attention  to 
ranching  and  mining,  and  has  been  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful men  in  those  lines  for  many  years.  His  sub- 
stantial record  in  business  and  his  high  standing 
among  both  old  and  new  classes  of  citizenship  gave 
him  a  gratifying  majority  at  the  November  election 
of  1912  for  the  office  of  probate  judge.  Judge  Bell 
has  long  been  prominent  in  local  Republican  politics. 

He  was  married  at  Soda  Springs,  Idaho,  December 
18,  1898,  to  Miss  Maggie  E.  Watson.  Her  parents 
came  from  Scotland.  The  home  circle  of  Judge  Bell 
and  wife  comprises  four  children — Edna,  Lynn,  Mar- 
garet and  Harold.  Judge  Bell  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Science  church.  He  is  fond  of  outdoor 
sports,  for  a  number  of  years  served  as  president  of 
the  local  gun  club,  is  an  admirer  of  good  horses, 
and  is  also  keenly  interested  in  music  and  literature 
and  the  finer  things  of  life. 

ARTHUR  D.  COOLEY,  M.  D.,  is  a  young  physician  of 
Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  who  located  at  Paris,  the 
county  seat,  as  recently  as  1911,  but  already  has  gained 
recognition  for  his  ability  and  merit  as  a  prac- 
titioner. For  this,  one  of  the  most  exacting,  respon- 
sible, yet  interesting  of  professions,  he  has  had  excel- 
lent educational  training,  and  his  personal  qualities 
of  heart  and  mind  are  such  that  he  is  very  well 
fitted  for  the  labors  that  make  such  heavy  demands 
for  cheering  words  and  helpful  deeds  and  of  inspiring 
hope  and  courage  in  hearts  where  dwells  despair. 
On  locating  at  Paris  he  became  associated  with  Dr. 
G.  F.  Ashley  and  has  had  a  very  gratifying  practice, 
considering  the  very  brief  period  he  has  been  estab- 
lished there.  They  are  erecting  a  hospital  at  Mont- 
pelier,  in  the  same  county,  with  Dr.  Ashley  at  the 
latter  place. 

Arthur  D.  Cooley  was  born  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  March  2,  1885.  His  father  was  Andrew  Wood 
Cooley,  a  native  of  Michigan  who  came  to  Salt  Lake 
City  at  an  early  period  and  became  a  school  teacher 
there.  He  passed  away  in  that  city  in  1888  at  the 
age  of  forty-eight  years.  The  mother  of  Dr.  Cooley 
was  Miss  Ann  Hazen  prior  to  her  marriage.  She 
was  born  in  England  and  at  the  age  of  three  years 
accompanied  her  parents  to  America  and  across  the 
plains  to  Utah  in  the  early  '6os.  She  is  yet  living, 
now  fifty-seven  years  of  age,  and  resides  at  Salt 
Lake  City.  Seven  children  came  to  the  union  of 
these  parents  and  of  this  family  Dr.  Cooley  is  sixth 
in  order  of  birth.  After  concluding  his  preliminary 
educational  studies  he  was  successively  a  student  in 
the  high  school  at  Logan,  Utah,  the  University  of 
Utah  at  Salt  Lake  City,  and  Northwestern  University, 
Chicago,  Illinois,  completing  his  medical  course  in 
the  latter  institution  and  graduating  in  1911.  During 
the  summer  months  following  his  graduation  he 
took  a  special  course  in  languages  at  Boyd  College, 
Chicago,  and  following  that  he  spent  a  period  as  an 
interne  in  the  Latter  Day  Saints  Hospital,  Salt  Lake 
City,  from  whence  he  came  to  Paris,  Idaho,  and 
formed  his  present  association  with  Dr.  Ashley.  He 
selected  this  location,  believing  that  this  part  of 
Idaho  has  very  bright  prospects,  and  especially  so 
if  more  attention  is  given  to  dairying,  for  which 
industry  this  section  has  precedence  ove'r  any  in  this 
state  for  its  natural  adaptation.  Dr.  Cooley  learned 
early  the  valuable  lesson  of  industry  and  secured 
his  collegiate  education  by  means  of  his  own  exer- 
tions. He  owns  his  own  home  in  Paris  and  has  also 
invested  in  other  property  there.  In  politics  he  is 


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a  Democrat,  and  in  church  faith  and  membership  he 
is  affiliated  with  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  September  4,  1912,  at  Paris,  Idaho,  Dr.  Cooley 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louise  Price,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Lottie  (Ennis)  Price,  the  former 
of  whom  is  well  known  in  this  section  of  the  state 
as  one  of  its  early  pioneers. 

JAMES  NYE.  One  of  the  best  known  pioneers  of 
southeastern  Idaho  is  James  Nye,  now  postmaster  at 
Paris,  Bear  Lake  county,  who  has  resided  in  that 
immediate  vicinity  since  1877  and  who  has  had  a 
very  varied  but  successful  career. 

He  was  born  at  Christian  Molford,  Wiltshire,  Eng- 
land, April  21,  1840,  and  to  the  age  of  twelve  grew 
up  in  his  native  isle,  acquiring  there  his  schooling. 
In  1852  he  accompanied  his  parents,  John  N.  and 
Charlotte  (Osburne)  Nye,  both  natives  of  England, 
to  Australia,  their  voyage  thence  being  by  sailing 
vessel  and  covering  a  period  of  five  months,  during 
which  time  James  taught  school  on  board  ship.  Dur- 
ing the  six  years  of  their  residence  in  Australia 
James  was  a  sheep  herder  two  years,  a  miner  two 
years  and  then  followed  various  occupations.  In 
1858  the  family  came  from  Australia  to  the  United 
States,  landing  at  San  Francisco  and  locating  first 
in  California,  where  they  spent  about  one  year 
before  removing  to  Utah.  The  father  passed  away 
in  Utah  in  1866,  when  fifty-eight  years  of  age ;  the 
mother  survived  until  1892,  when  she  departed  life 
there  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  They  were 
the  parents  of  seven  children,  of  which  family  James 
was  third  in  birth.  During  1862-3  he  carried  the 
United  States  mail  between  Brigham  City  and 
Logan.  His  home  remained  in  Utah  until  1877,  when 
he  removed  to  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  and  settled 
at  Paris.  He  took  up  carpentry  and  contracting  work 
and  followed  that  line  of  business  until  his  appoint- 
ment in  1907  as  postmaster  at  Paris,  which  office 
he  is  yet  filling.  He  has  been  successful  in  all  of 
his  endeavors.  Willing  hands  have  been  his  tools 
and  an  industrious  and  thrifty  nature  his  aid,  and 
with  these  he  has  forged  his  own  way  in  life  without 
financial  assistance  from  any  source  whatsoever.  Dur- 
ing his  long  residence  here  he  has  witnessed  many 
chapges  and  has  seen  the  first  results  of  the  awak- 
ened interest  in  Idaho's  possibilities  as  an  agricultural 
— J  horticultural  state.  The  splendid  showing  it 


and 


has  'already  made  he,  like  all  who  are  here,  believes 
to  be  but  a  meager  beginning  of  what  the  common- 
wealth may  some  day  boast.  Mr.  Nye  is  a  Republi- 
can in  political  views,  and  besides  his  services  as 
postmaster  he  was  also  the  first  police  judge  of 
Paris,  serving  in  that  capacity  four  years.  He  served 
as  school  trustee  in  the  fourth  school  district  in  the 
county  of  Bear-  Lake  four  years,  and  resigned  that 
position  to  make  a  two  years'  visit  to  his  native  land, 
England,  in  1885,  returning  in  1887.  He  served  in 
the  Indian  war  in  Utah  for  ten  years,  and  in  1864 
he  drove  a  freight  team  from  Salt  Lake  City  to  Vir- 
ginia City,  Montana,  and  back  to  Salt  Lake  City. 
His  religious  creed  is  that  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints 
church  and  he  has  filled  different  of  the  official 
positions  of  his  church,  being  at  present  a  member 
of  the  high  council  and  first  counselor  to  the  high 
priest  of  this  stake. 

On  December  25,  1864,  at  Ogden,  Utah,  Mr.  Nye 
was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Smith, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Mole)  Smith,  who 
were  well  known  citizens  of  Providence,  Cache 
county,  Utah.  To  this  union  have  been  born  nine 
children,  mentioned  as  follows :  James  S.,  born  in 
November,  1865,  at  Ogden,  Utah,  is  married  and  has 
a  family  of  seven  children ;  William  C.,  born  at  Logan, 


Utah,  in  1867,  resides  at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  and  has 
two  children,  both  of  whom  are  now  married ;  Mrs. 
Rena  Bunn,  born  at  Providence,  Utah,  in  1869,  re- 
sides at  Paris,  Idaho,  and  is  the  mother  of  five  chil- 
dren; Frank,  born  at  Providence,  Utah,  in  1871,  re- 
sides at  Cache  Junction,  Idaho,  and  has  seven  chil- 
dren; Joseph,  born  at  Providence,  Utah,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1874,  resides  at  Paris,  Idaho,  is  married  and  has 
one  child;  Mrs.  Mary  Hunsaker,  born  at  Paris, 
Idaho,  in  November,  1878,  is  now  a  resident  of  Utah 
and  has  two  children ;  Mrs.  Lottie  Shepard,  born  in 
October,  1881,  resides  in  Paris,  Idaho,  the  town  of 
her  birth,  and  has  two  children;  Ernest,  born  in 
Paris  in  1885,  who  died  there  in  1887,  whom  Mr. 
Nye  never  saw,  being  in  England  for  some  time,  and 
Miss  Viola  Nye,  born  in  September,  1888,  is  at  the 
parental  home  in  Paris. 

GEORGE  L.  MORGAN.  Members  of  the  Morgan 
family  have  for  a  number  of  generations  been  promi- 
nent in  the  field  of  public  service,  occupying  places 
of  trust  and  responsibility  in  political  life  as  well 
as  in  other  fields  of  activity.  As  postmaster  of 
Mackay,  Idaho,  George  L.  Morgan  has  served  since 
1905,  and  his  connection  with  public  affairs  has  ex- 
tended as  far  as  service  in  the  Idaho  legislature  for 
the  years  of  1904-5-6,  and  he  has  been  United  States 
Commissioner  of  this  district  since  1904  up  to  the 
present  time.  .Other  branches  of  public  life  have 
claimed  his  attention,  and  in  addition,  he  has  con- 
ducted a  thriving  mercantile  business  at  this  point 
since  he  located  here  in  1901.  All  things  considered, 
it  would  be  difficult  to  point  to  a  man  who  is  more 
busily  occupied  in  a  number  of  enterprises  than  is 
George  L.  Morgan. 

Born  in  Watseka,  Illinois,  on  October  14,  1865, 
Mr.  Morgan  is  the  son  of  Decatur  and  Elizabeth 
(Richardson)  Morgan.  The  father,  who  was  a  na- 
tive of  the  state  of  New  York,  came  to  Illinois  in 
1844.  He  was-  a  machinist  in  his  early  life,  but  later 
turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
divided  his  time  between  activities  of  a  personal 
nature  and  his  duties  in  connection  with  the  varied 
public  offices  that  he  held  from  time  to  time.  Mr. 
Morgan  was  United  States  internal  revenue  collector 
for  the  state  of  Illinois  for  twenty-five  years,  a  posi- 
tion in  which  he  served  with  all  honor  and  rectitude, 
and  which  brought  him  an  acquaintance  that  was 
state-wide.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serv- 
ing in  the  quartermaster's  department  of  the  Eighty- 
third  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry  throughout  the 
entire  war  period,  and  being  stationed  at  Fort  Donel- 
son  until  the  cessation  of  hostilities.  He  died  in  his 
home  community  in  Illinois  in  1900,  when  he  was 
sixty-six  years  of  age.  He  was  the  brother  of  Chief 
Justice  Morgan  of  the  state  of  Idaho.  The  mother 
of  .Mr.  Morgan  was  a  native  daughter  of  the  state 
of  Illinois  and  her  marriage  occurred  at  Peoria.  in 
that  state.  She  is  still  living  at  Watseka,  Illinois, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-four.  Five  children  were  born 
to  these  parents,  and  of  that  number  the  subject  was 
the  first  born. 

As  a  boy  in  his  native  community  George  Morgan 
attended  the  schools  of  his  home  town  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Watseka  high  school  in  1885, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  the  work  of  school  teach- 
ing. He  taught  for  two  years  in  his  home  vicinity, 
then,  in  1887,  came  to  Idaho  and  located  in  Cassia 
county,  where  he.  again  took  up  pedagogic  work. 
For  a  number  of  years  thereafter  he  taught  in  the 
district  schools  of  five  counties,  and  it  was  twenty- 
four  years  ago  he  came  to  Custer  county.  For  a 
number  of  years  Mr.  Morgan  was  clerk  in  the  Boise 
postoffice,  leaving  that  place  in  1901  and  coming  to 


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Mackay,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  mer- 
cantile business.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  actively 
engaged  in  that  enterprise,  and  a  generous  measure 
of  success  has  attended  his  efforts  in  that  direction. 
He  is  recognized  among  the  leading  business  men 
of  the  town  and  takes  a  prominent  part  in  all  the 
most  worthy  activities  and  enterprises  that  find  their 
origin  in  the  community.  In  1905  Mr.  Morgan  was 
appointed  postmaster  of  Mackay,  an  office  which  he 
has  continued  to  retain,  and  the  duties  of  which  he 
has  discharged  in  the  most  capable  and  praiseworthy 
manner.  In  1904  Mr.  Morgan  was  the  representative 
of  his  district  in  the  state  legislature  of  Idaho  and 
he  served  through  that  and  the  two  succeeding  years. 
His  appointment  to  the  office  of  United  States  Com- 
missioner of  this  district  came  in  1904,  and  since  that 
time  Mr.  Morgan  has  been  the  constant  incumbent 
of  that  post,  meritorious  service  resulting  in  his  con- 
tinued appointment  to  the  office  with  each  succeeding 
term,  his  election  and  appointment  to  the  various 
offices  he  has  filled  coming  through  the  Republican 
party,  whose  stanch  adherent  he  is,  and  ever  has 
been. 

As  a  fraternalist,  Mr.  Morgan  is  prominent  and 
popular.  He  has  membership  in  the  Scottish  Rite 
Masons,  in  which  he  has  attained  the  thirty-second 
degree;  has  passed  through  all  chairs  in  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Mackay,  and  is 
now  past  grand  of  the  order,  and  is  worthy  presi- 
dent of  the  Fraternal  Order  of 'Eagles. 

In  November,  1895,  Mr.  Morgan  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Anna  B.  Hillix,  of  Bozeman, 
Montana,  the  daughter  of  George  W.  Hillix.  Orph- 
aned in  childhood,  Mrs.  Morgan  was  reared  in  the 
home  of  her  maternal  uncle,  Thomas  Lewis.  Two 
children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morgan: 
Kathryn  Morgan,  born  in  January,  1898,  and  Geneva 
Morgan,  born  in  January,  1903,  the  birth  of  the  for- 
mer occurring  at  Emporia,  Kansas,  and  the  latter  in 
Mackay,  Idaho,  the  home  of  the  family.  They  are 
at  present  under  the  care  of  a  private  tutor  who  has 
their  education  in  charge. 

Mr.  Morgan  is  easily  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  popular  among  the  men  of  this  city,  and  one 
who  enjoys  the  friendship  of  a  wide  circle  of  friends 
throughout  the  state.  He  is  an  ardent  sportsman 
and  his  favorite  pastime  is  found  in  the  hunting  of 
big  game.  In  earlier  years,  Mr.  Morgan  gave  some 
attention  to  the  cattle  business  in  this  county,  but 
has  withdrawn  from  that  industry,  and  his  entire 
time  is  now  devoted  to  his  mercantile  interests  and 
to  his  duties  as  postmaster  of  Mackay,  and  such 
other  office  of  a  public  nature  as  he  finds  himself  the 
incumbent  of  from  time  to  time.  His  years  in  Idaho 
have  been  crowded  full  of  varied  fprms  of  service 
in  a  public  way,  and  perhaps  no  man  has  ever  come 
into  this  county  in  years  gone  by  and  in  ten  years 
occupied  as  many  important  offices  as  have  fallen  to 
the  lot  of  this  son  of  Illinois.  It  is  a  most  eloquent 
commentary  on  the  character  of  the  man  that  his 
fellow  citizens  have  found  his  service  always  of 
an  order  that  justified  his  return  to  office,  and  one 
that  does  not  frequently  fall  to  the  lot  of  office 
holders. 

RICHARD  A.  SULLIVAN.  One  of  the  self-made  and 
successful  men  of  Idaho  is  Richard  A.  Sullivan,  cash- 
ier of  the  First  National  Bank  at  Montpelier,  Bear 
Lake  county,  whose  business  career  of  a  quarter  of 
a  century  has  all  been  spent  in  the  West  and  in  the 
banking  business,  and  who  in  each  of  his  locations 
has  commanded  the  highest  respect  for  his  ability 
as  a  business  man  and  for  his  personal  worth  as  a 
citizen. 


Born  at  La  Salle,  Illinois,  February  2,  1862,  he  is 
the  youngest  of  twelve  children  born  to  Bartholo- 
mew and  Johanna  (Condon)  Sullivan.  Both  parents 
were  born  in  Ireland  and  were  married  in  their  native 
land  prior  to  their  immigration  to  this  country  along 
in  the  early  '505.  Here  they  first  settled  in  Illinois 
and  were  farmers,  but  in  1868  they  removed  to  cen- 
tral Kansas  and  became  pioneers  there.  At  that 
time  thousands  of  buffalos  still  roamed  the  prairies 
of  that  state,  and  frequent  encounters  with  the 
Indians  were  yet  to  be  reckoned  on.  The  father  took 
up  large  holdings  of  farm  lands  and  continued  his 
residence  there  until  his  death  in  the  spring  of  1879, 
when  sixty-two  years  of  age.  His  wife  joined  him 
in  death  the  same  year,  she  being  fifty-eight  years  of 
age. 

Richard  A.  spent  his  youth  and  early  young  man- 
hood in  Kansas  and  was  there  when  that  state  passed 
through  some  of  its  most  trying  periods  of  uncer- 
tainties. After  attending  the  district  schools  of  his 
locality  he  entered  St.  Mary's  College  at  St.  Mary's, 
Kansas,  but  left  the  institution  before  graduating  on 
account  of  the  death  of  his  parents.  He  then  re- 
turned home  to  take  charge  of  his  father's  large 
ranch  and  remained  there  until  1888.  In  that  year 
he  came  to  the  farther  West,  locating  at  Dillon, 
Montana,  where  he  became  an  employe  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Dillon.  He  remained  identified 
with  that  bank  fifteen  years,  entering  its  service  as 
a  bookkeeper  and  leaving  it  as  cashier.  From  Dillon 
he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  for  eight 
months  he  was  employed  in  the  collection  department 
of  the  Studebaker  Brothers,  and  then  in  the  fall  of 
1903  he  came  to  Montpelier,  Idaho.  Here  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  Consolidated  Wagon  & 
Machine  Company,  with  which  he  remained  until 
September,  1904,  when  he,  with  E.  A.  Burrell  and 
others,  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Mont- 
pelier, which  opened  its  doors  on  September  14,  1904. 
All  branches  of  banking  business  are  conducted  and 
they  also  write  insurance,  aaid  from  the  beginning  the 
institution  has  been  an  absolute  success.  Mr.  Sulli- 
van has  continued  the  while  to  act  as  its  cashier 
and  to  his  judgment,  thorough  understanding  of  this 
form  of  finance  and  his  conservative  yet  progressive 
policies  in  the  conduct  of  the  bank's  affairs,  has 
been  due  in  a  very  large  measure  the  firm  standing 
this  bank  holds  among  the  leading  financial  institu- 
tions of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  Idaho. 

Mr.  Sullivan  was  married  on  December  19,  1892, 
at  Dillon,  Montana,  to  Miss  Ella  M.  McGough, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  D.  McGough  of 
that  place. 

Mr.  Sullivan  is  a  Republican  in  political  allegiance, 
and  in  a  fraternal  way  is  affiliated  with  King  Solo- 
mon Lodge  No.  27,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  and  also  is  a  member 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  The  death 
of  his  parents  when  he  was  yet  a  youth  in  his  teens 
threw  him  early  upon  his  own  resources  and  he  has 
since  had  his  own  way  to  make  in  the  world,  thus 
the  term  self-made  is  truthfully  nnd  fittingly  applied 
in  his  case.  He  regards  Idaho  unexcelled  in  her 
possibilities,  and  he  has  also  the  faith  that  in  a  few 
years  they  will  be  converted  into  realities. 

TWIN  FALLS  HOSPITAL.  In  the  young  city  of  Twin 
Falls,  an  institution  which  represents  the  progres- 
sive character  of  the  community  is  the  Twin  Falls 
Hospital,  owned  by  Dr.  Truman  O.  Boyd,  and  one 
of  the  best  equipped  and  best  managed  private  hos- 
pitals in  the  entire  northwest.  The  history  of  the 
hospital  begins  with  the  time  when  Dr.  Boyd  and 
his  family  moved  into  the  three  rooms  on  the  east 


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side  of  the  original  building  in  January,  1905.  These 
rooms,  although  only  three  in  number,  and  in  size 
less  than  ten  by  twelve  feet,  served  as  a  residence 
for  the  doctor  and  his  family  and  for  his  private 
office  as  well  as  a  place  where  a  great  many  sick 
and  injured  were  received  and  cared  for  until  their 
recovery.  There  was  no  available  place  at  this  time 
for  the  care  of  the  sick  and  injured  people.  All 
rooming  houses  being  overcrowded,  it  was  found 
necessary  a  great  many  times  to  provide  places  to 
keep  the  patients  and  care  for  them  until  their 
recovery.  In  the  meantime,  Dr.  Boyd  was  construct- 
ing a  five-room  cottage  at  what  is  now  325  Second 
avenue,  north.  This  was  the  second  plastered  "resi- 
dence in  the  town  and  was  used  as  a  residence  and 
also  as^  quarters  to  which  the  doctor  took  the  sick 
and  injured  people,  and  also  performed  his  opera- 
tions there.  Late  in  the  fall  of  1905  there  was  an 
epidemic  of  typhoid  fever,  and  it  was  impossible 
to  give  care  to  all  those  who  were  in  absolute  need 
of  attention.  This  fact  was  reported  to  Mr.  M.  M. 
Murtaugh,  who  was  then  the  assistant  general  man- 
ager of  the  Twin  Falls  Land  and  Water  Company. 
Mr.  Murtaugh  instructed  the  doctor  to  secure  a  suit- 
able place  and  open  a  hospital  where  charity  work 
could  be  done  and  that  he  would  personally  under- 
take to  raise  the  funds  to  operate  the  same. 

Accordingly  a  building  on  Second  avenue,  south, 
which  had  recently  been  vacated  by  a  saloon,  was 
secured  and  equipped  as  a  hospital,  and  from  funds 
derived  from  public  contributions,  a  trained  nurse 
was  secured  from  Boise  and  also  one  from  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  the  hospital  was  conducted  under 
Dr.  Boyd's  supervision  during  the  fall  and  winter. 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Allen  and  Mrs.  Vale,  the  mother  of 
Morgan  Heap,  personally  solicited  aid  and  assisted 
in  the  fitting  up  of  the  building  as  well  as  in  personal 
attention  given  the  sick  confined  in  this  room.  Con- 
sidering the  facilities  for  caring  for  people,  a  great 
deal  of  good  and  charitable  work  was  done  at  this 
place. 

During  the  summer  of  1906  the  Boyd  block  was 
built,  and  into  that  building  Dr.  Boyd  moved  his 
office  and  fitted  up  an  operating  room,  while  in  the 
upper  story  he  conducted  during  the  winter  of  1906 
a  private  hospital. 

In  the  meantime  there  had  been  a  movement 
started  for  the  construction  of  a  public  hospital  by 
public  subscription  to  stock.  When  $1,800  had  been 
subscribed  and  collected,  and  a  hospital  building 
commenced,  it  became  evident  that  the  building  and 
equipment  was  going  to  cost  more  than  was  at  first 
anticipated,  and  that  it  would  probably  not  be  pos- 
sible at  that  time  to  raise  the  necessary  amount  in 
this  manner.  A  proposition  having  been  made  by 
Dr.  Boyd  to  complete  the  hospital  as  a  private  in- 
stitution, it  was  accepted  and  accordingly  com- 
pleted. To  this  finished  building  Dr.  Boyd  moyed 
his  private  patients  and  opened  up  a  private  hospital 
in  the  fall  of  1907,  and,  having  purchased  all  the 
outstanding  stock,  the  doctor  continued  to  conduct 
the  private  hospital  in  this  building  until  the  fall 
of  1909.  By  that  time  the  business  had  grown  to 
such  an  extent  that  it  became  necessary  to  increase 
the  capacity,  and  he  built  an  addition  and  completed 
the  building  as  it  stood  until  .'912.  During  the  fol- 
lowing years  Dr.  Boyd  continued  to  conduct  a  strictly 
private  hospital,  receiving  only  his  own  medical  and 
surgical  patients  until  the  spring  of  1911.  In  the 
spring  of  1911  the  business  had  increased  to  such 
an  extent  that  it  was  evident  that  the  capacity  would 
have  to  be  enlarged,  and,  desiring  to  be  relieved  of 
the  responsibility  of  conducting  a  hospital,  in  order 
that  he  might  give  his  entire  attention  to  his  medical 


and  surgical  practice,  Dr.  Boyd  leased  the  building 
to  the  Misses  Ida  Craycroft  and  Electa  C.  Nesbitt, 
graduate  nurses  of  the  Holy  Cross  Hospital  of  Salt 
Lake  City.  It  was  the  understanding  that  the  hos- 
pital should  be  opened  as  a  public  institution,  and 
that  certain  improvements  should  be  made,  and 
these  improvements  were  completed  in  the  fall  of 
1912. 

At  this  writing,  in  the  spring  of  1913,  the  capacity 
of  the  hospital  is  often  taxed  to  its  limit,  and  it  is 
evident  from  the  reputation  of  the  physicians  on  the 
staff  .and.  the  patronage  that  it  now  enjoys  from 
surrounding  counties,  that  it  is  only  a  matter  of  time 
when  the  facilities  will  have  to  be  greatly  enlarged. 
This  is  probably  the  largest  and  most  thoroughly 
equipped  private  hospital  to  be  found  anywhere  in 
the  northwest,  and  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having 
a  heating  system  that  is  probably  the  first  of  its 
kind  anywhere  in  the  country.  It  is  a  hot-water 
system,  but  is  so  arranged  that  it  can  be  operated 
either  by  electricity  or  by  coal,  or  by  combination  of 
electricity  and  coal.  At  the  present  time  electricity 
is  used,'  but  the  change  can  be  made  in  a  moment's 
time  by  the  throwing  of  a  switch  or  the  change  of 
a  valve  so  that  the  heat  can  be  derived  either  from 
coal  or  electricity  or  from  both. 

The  founder  of  this  notable  institution  at  Twin 
Falls  is  Dr.  Truman  O.  Boyd,  who  was  born  in 
Coshocton,  Ohio,  September  26,  1869,  the  son  of 
James  and  Margaret  (Boyd)  Boyd.  His  father  was 
a  stockman  and  coal  mine  owner,  a  vigorous  aboli- 
tionist, who  had  charge  of  one  of  the  stations  of 
the  old  "underground  railroad"  before  the  Civil 
war.  The  father  died  in  1879,  and  the  mother,  after 
moving  her  family  to  Indiana,  died  in  1880.  Finan- 
cial reverses  had  come  in  the  meantime,  and  Truman 
O.  and  his  older  brother  had  to  apply  themselves 
to  the  task  of  paying  off  a  heavy  mortgage  on  the 
old  farm. 

Dr.  Boyd,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  became  a  stu- 
dent in  the  American  Normal  School  at  Fostoria, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1889,  and  later  entered 
Central  College  at  Kentucky  and  took  his  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts.  In  the  meantime  he  had  been 
teaching  school  in  Indiana  and  various  other  places, 
and  was  attending  medical  lectures.  He  served  a 
term  as  county  auditor  in  Jay  county,  Indiana,  and 
in  1902  was  admitted  to  practice  medicine  in  that 
state.  After  about  one  year  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  and  his  career  here 
has  been  largely  with  the  hospital  already  described. 
At  the  present  time  Dr.  Boyd  devotes  most  of  his 
attention  to  his  private  medical  and  surgical  practice. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, is  affiliated  with  the  Elks  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  having  been  first  chancellor  in  Twin  Falls 
of  the  latter  lodge.  In  1912  he  was  Progressive 
candidate  for  the  office  of  lieutenant-governor  of 
Idaho.  Dr.  Boyd  in  1892  married  Miss  May  Well- 
ing, and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Lydia,  Walter  and  Truman. 

JAMES  LONA  SALMON  STEWART,  M.  D.  Physician 
and  surgeon,  with  offices  in  the  Overland  building 
at  Boise,  Dr.  Stewart  has  been  successfully  identi- 
fied with  his  profession  since  1899. 

James  Lona  Salmon  Stewart  was  born  at  West 
Point,  Iowa,  December  16,  1874.  His  first  American 
ancestor  was  Andrew  Stewart,  who  in  1800  came 
from  Ayreshire,  Scotland.  His  son  was  James  An- 
drew Stewart,  born  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  in  1811,  and 
next  in  line  was  Salmon  C.  Stewart,  the  father  of 
Dr.  Stewart,  born  in  Danville,  Iowa,  in  1851.  The 
father,  who  received  a  common  school  education, 


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was  a  country  banker  in  Iowa  and  a  man  of  con- 
siderable influence  and  prosperity  in  his  community. 
He  was  a  Republican  m  politics  and  a  Protestant 
in  religion.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Ellen 
Goldsmith,  of  German  descent,  her  people  having 
come  from  the  province  of  Basle. 

Dr.  Stewart  attained  his  academic  education  from 
the  Nebraska  Wesleyan  University  at  Lincoln,  and 
for  his  professional  studies  attended  one  of  the 
foremost  institutions  of  America,  the  Rush  Medical 
College  of  Chicago,  where  he  was  graduated  M.  D. 
in  1899.  Dr.  Stewart  is  a  member  of  the  various 
medical  societies,  and  by  his  work  and  standing 
i>  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and 
surgeons  of  Boise. 

In  September,  1899,  at  Axtell,  Nebraska,  Dr. 
Stewart  married  Miss  Eva  May  Montgomery.  They 
have  one  child,  James  S.  Stewart,  born  at  San 
Pedro,  in  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  November  5,  1901. 

DR.  FRANK  A.  SCHMITZ.  When  Dr.  Frank  A. 
Schmitz  was  first  graduated  from  Barnes  Medical 
College,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1909,  he  imme- 
diately turned  his  face  in  a  westerly  direction,  locat- 
ing first  at  Cambridge,  Idaho,  where  his  brother  was 
already  established,  but  very  soon  thereafter  coming 
on  to  Midvale,  his  arrival  here  being  on  June  5, 
1909.  Since  that  time  he  has  confined  his  medical 
practice  to  Midvale  and  adjacent  territory,  and  the 
fact  that  he  was  the  first  medical  man  to  locate  in 
this  city  has  given  him  a  prestige  that  is  a  splendid 
aid  to  his  already  well  established  reputation  as  a 
physician  of  no  mean  ability. 

Dr.  Schmitx  was  born  on  March  17,  1885.  in  Maple- 
ton.  Kansas,  and  is  the  son  of  John  and  Christina 
(Bauer)  Schmitz,  both  natives  of  Germany.  The 
father  came  to  America  in  1867  and  settled  almost 
immediately  in  Kansas,  where  he  became  identified 
with  the  ranch  business.  He  died  in  1907  at  Map'.e- 
ton,  Kansas,  aged  fifty-six,  widely  known  as  one 
of  the  successful  farmers  and  stock  men  of  the  state. 
The  wife  and  mother  came  to  America  from  her 
native  land  as  a  young  girl,  and  met  and  married 
her  German  husband  in  Kansas.  She  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Midvale,  Idaho,  where  her  son  resides,  but 
she  still  retains  her  farms  and  other  property  in 
Kansas.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
three  of  which  number  are  residents  of  the  state  of 
Idaho,  as  follows:  Dr.  Charles  Ernest  Schmitz. 
located  at  Cambridge,  where  he  enjoys  an  enviable 
reputation  as  a  physician  and  surgeon ;  Carrie  F., 
the  wife  of  John  Allen,  a  rancher  of  Washington 
county;  and  Frank  A.  of  this  review. 

Frank  A.  Schmitz  was  educated  in  the  grade  and 
high  schools  of  Fort  Scott,  Kansas.  Following  his 
graduation  from  the  high  school  he  entered 
Barnes  Medical  College  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  from 
which  he  was  duly  graduated  in  1909  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  As  previously  mentioned,  he 
came  to  Cambridge,  Idaho,  immediately  after  his 
graduation,  but  his  stay  there  was  of  short  duration. 
June  sth  of  the  same  year  finding  him  in  Midvale, 
where  he  has  since  continued.  The  doctor  enjoys  a 
representative  and  growing  practice,  and  in  addition 
thereto  is  the  medical  representative  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  a  number  of  old  Line  life 
insurance  companies,  including  the  New  York  Life 
and  the  Mutual  Life  of  New  York.  He  is  assistant 
county  physician  and  is  health  officer  of  the  district, 
and  in  those  capacities  has  given  good  service  to  the 
community,  beyond  his  private  practice. 

Dr.   Schmitz  is  a   member  of  the   State   Medical 

Society,    and    of   the    Midvale    Commercial    Club,    a 
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thriving  young  organization  which  has  already  done 
good  work  for  the  community  and  will  do  more.  He 
is  a  Democrat,  but  not  an  active  politician. 

On  June  15,  1910,  Dr.  Schmitz  was  married  at 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  to  Miss  Anna  Rasdall,  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  Rasdall,  a  native  born  Kansan. 
One  child  has  been  born  to  them, — Albert,  born 
June  21,  1911. 

PAUL  S.  HADDOCK  of  Shoshone,  Idaho,  is  one  of 
southern  Idaho's  typical  boosters.  His  special  hobby 
is  Shoshone  and  its  immediate  vicinity. 

Mr.  Haddock  received  his  education  and  business 
training  in  Bedford,  Iowa,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
law  department  of  the  State  University  of  Iowa. 
He  moved  from  there  to  Shoshone  in  1906,  and 
from  that  time  on  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  'and  in  promoting  the  larger  class 
of  real  estate  deals. 

Mr.  Haddock  has  examined  in  detail  all  of  the 
big  irrigation  projects  of  southern  Idaho.  He  at- 
tended all  of  the  Carey  Act  openings  and  made 
large  investments  for  himself  and  his  friends.  Dur- 
ing the  years  1909  and  1910  he  promoted  five  new 
additions  to  the  village  of  Shoshone,  all  of  which 
were  highly  successful. 

By  reason  of  his  intimate  knowledge  of  general 
business  conditions  in  southern  Idaho  he  is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  real  estate  promoters  in  the 
state  and  his  opinion  on  all  matters  pertaining  to 
land  values  and  investments  is  much  sought  after. 
Mr.  Haddock  says  that  there  is  no  place  in  the 
United  States  that  has  prospects  of  such  a  brilliant 
future  as  southern  Idaho. 

Mr.  Haddock  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Johnson  &  Haddock.  This  firm  has  built  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice  which  extends  over  a  large 
territory  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  They 
are  the  regular  attorneys  for  the  town  of  Shoshone, 
the  Shoshone  Highway  District,  the  Shoshone  School 
District,  Twin  Falls  North  Side  Association  and 
numerous  other  of  the  large  business  interests  of 
this  section  of  the  country. 

On  January  i,  1901,  Mr.  Haddock  was  married 
at  Bedford,  Iowa,  to  Miss  Maragaret  Fowler  of  that 
city  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  George 
B.  and  Lucile. 

NADOR  C.  KAFOURY.  prominent  in  public  and  busi- 
ness life  in  Ilo,  Idaho,  where  lie  is  proprietor  of  the 
largest  and  best  equipped  department  store  of  Lewis 
o  unity,  was  born  in  Beyreuth,  Syria,  May  20.  1873. 
He  is  a  son  of  Korury  and  Irene  Kafoury,  the  former 
nf  whom  died  in  Beyreuth  and  the  latter  of  whom  is 
now  a  resident  of  Ilo,  Idaho.  In  the  public  schools  of 
I'.eyreuth  Nador  C.  Kafoury  was  educated  and  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1888,  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  years.  He  landed  in  New  York  City  and 
in  that  metropolis  joined  friends  and  began  to  learn 
the  English  language.  His  first  employment  was  in 
a  mercantile  establishment  in  New  York,  where  he 
remained  for  one  year,  at  the  end  of  which  he  went 
to  South  Dakota,  locating  in  Cooperstown,  where 
he  clerked  in  a  dry  goods  store  for  the  ensuing  five 
years.  In  1894  he  came  west  and  made  his  home 
in  Seattle,  Washington,  whence  he  went  to  Unalaska, 
Alaska.  In  the  latter  place  he  engaged  in  business 
on  his  own  account  and  for  three  years  conducted  a 
successful  concern.  He  then  disposed  of  his  in- 
terests in  the  far  north,  although  he  still  has  prop- 
erty holdings  in  Alaska,  and  in  1904  he  came  to 


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Ilo,  Idaho.  Here,  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
Stephen,  he  opened  a  general  department  store, 
which  is  proving  a  tremendous  success,  it  being  one 
of  the  finest  concerns  of  its  kind  in  this  section 
of  the  state.  Six  or  eight  clerks  are  constantly  em- 
ployed in  the  store  and  it  is  so  well  equipped  in 
every  connection  that  it  would  be  a  credit  to  a  much 
larger  city  than  Ilo.  Mr.  Kafoury  is  the  owner 
of  fine  farming  lands  in  Lewis  county. 

He  maintains  an  independent  attitude  in  his  po- 
litical convictions  and  gives  freely  of  his  time  and 
means  in  support  of  all  measures  and  enterprises 
projected  for  the  good  of  the  general  welfare.  He 
has  long  been  -a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Ilo 
and  in  1911  was  elected  mayor  of  this  city.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Rebekahs,  of  which  last  organization  he  is  treas- 
urer. He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Ilo.  In  1909,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  Mr. 
Kafoury  made  a  trip  to  his  old  home  in  Syria,  also 
visiting  the  Holy  Land  and  different  countries  of 
Europe.  He  is  extremely  fond  of  travel.  On  his 
return  to  America  he  brought  his  mother  back  with 
him  and  she  is  now  a  resident  of  Ilo. 

In  February,  1902,  Mr.  Kafoury  married  Miss 
Mary  Condo  George,  a  native  of  Canada.  This 
union  has  been  prolific  of  two  children:  Leo  and 
Ivan,  the  former  aged  eight  years  and  the  latter 
three. 

Stephen  Kafoury,  a  brother  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  and  his  partner  in  business,  went  from  Bey- 
reuth  to  South  America  in  1902  and  spent  a  year  and 
a  half  in  the  Argentine  Republic.  For  six  months 
he  lived  in  Brazil  and  he  then  came  to  the  United 
States,  living  for  a  time  in  Seattle,  Washington,  and 
then  joining  his  brother  in  Ilo,  in  1904.  The 
Kafoury  brothers  stand  high  in  the  esteem  of  their 
fellow  citizens  and  are  well  known  for  their  fair 
and  honorabe  business  methods.  They  are  devout 
communicants  of  the  Greek  Catholic  church. 

DR.  Louis  A.  HARRIS.  The  fact  is  often  remarked 
upon  that  the  taste  for  medicine  runs  in  a  family 
more  frequently  than  any  other  inherited  tendency. 
None  of  the  professions  seem  to  pass  from  father 
to  son  as  readily  as  this  ancient  one  of  healing  the 
physical  ills  of  mankind.  Dr.  Louis  A.  Harris,  who 
is  a  successful  and  popular  physician  of  New  Mead- 
ows, Idaho,  is  an  example  of  this  fact,  his  father 
heaving  been  Aaron  Harris,  a  noted  physician  of 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  The  latter  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, of  English  parentage,  and  lived  there  for  many 
years  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
was  one  of  the  well  known  residents  of  the  city, 
and  he  died  there  in  1907  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four.  He  was  married  in  Washington,  D.  C,  to 
Jerusha  Sherwood,  who  was  a  native  of  the  same 
state  as  her '  husband,  and  was  also  of  English 
parentage.  She  died  in  Boston  in  the  same  year 
as  her  husband,  1907,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two. 

Louis  A.  Harris  was  born  in  Melrose,  Massachu- 
setts, on  the  26th  of  October,  1872,  and  was  reared 
in  the  refined  surroundings  of  a  cultured  home.  He 
received  his  elementary  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  state,  graduating  from  the  high  school.  He 
then  attended  the  Boston  Latin  School,  an  institu- 
tion famous  for  the  thorough  work  there  accom- 
plished, and  then  went  to  the  School  of  Pharmacy, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1894.  Next  and 
almost  inevitably  followed  Harvard  University.  He' 
was  graduated  from  the  great  university,  having 
taken  a  literary  course.  He  then  came  west  and  at 
the  University  of  Kansas  took  his  professional  work, 


being  graduated   from  this  institution  at  Lawrence, 
Kansas,   in    1900. 

He  first  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Sheridan,  Wyoming,  and  then  in  1903  went  to  Idaho, 
where  he  settled  for  a  time.  He  next  went  further 
west  and  located  in  San  Francisco,  where  he  practiced 
until  the  earthquake,  when  he  returned  to  Idaho  and 
located  in  New  Meadows.  He  has  been  in  prac- 
tice here  ever  since  and  has  built  up  a  good  prac- 
tice, being  a  happy  combination  of  physician  and 
friend  to  all  who  desire  his  services. 

Dr.  Harris  has  never  had  time  to  take  a  very 
active  part  in  politics.  His  sole  efforts  in  this  line 
have  been  that  for  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
president  of  _  the  board  of  pension  examiners.  He 
is  now  candidate  for  county  coroner  and  stands  an 
excellent  chance  of  winning  the  office.  In  the  fra- 
ternal world  Dr.  Harris  is  quite  active  and  is  keenly 
interested  in  the  work  of  the  various  societies  of 
which  he  is  a  member.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  belonging  to 
the  blue  lodge.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  In  professional  circles  he  holds  member- 
ship in  all  of  the  medical  societies. 

Dr.  Harris  married  Fannie  T.  Levy,  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  in  1907,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  that 
city.  Mrs.  Harris  is  a  daughter  of  Jonas  and  Theresa 
Levy,  her  father  being  a  retired-  merchant  of  Chi- 
cago. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harris  have  no  children. 

DR.  HIRAM  S.  WOOLLEY,  JR.  Prominent  among 
the  medical  talent  of  Pocatello,  Idaho,  is  Dr.  Hiram 
S.  Woolley,  Jr.,  who  is  highly  respected  in  this  city, 
both  for  his  professional  ability  and  for  the  order 
of  his  citizenship.  He  is  a  young  man  who  has 
builded  slowly  but  most  substantially,  whose  every 
attainment  has  been  the  reward  of  his  own  effort 
and  merit.  While  he  has  but  recently  become  a  med- 
ical practitioner,  his  reputation  as  a  man  and  as  a 
worker  had  long  since  been  established  here  so  that 
the  foundation  of  confidence  in  the  order  of  his 
efforts  and  services  was  already  laid  when  he  turned 
his  attention  to  medicine. 

Dr.  Woplley's  birth  occurred  August  6,  1874,  on 
the  Hawaiian  Islands,  whither  his  parents  had  re- 
moved for  a  period  while  his  father  was  engaged  in 
business  affairs.  The  latter  is  Hiram  S.  Woolley, 
Sr.,  now  retired  and  residing  in  California.  The 
elder  Mr.  Woolley  was  born  in  Utah  and  grew  up 
there,  later  removing  to  Idaho,  where  he  continued 
his  home  for  over  twenty-five  years.  By  trade  he 
was  a  blacksmith  and  wagonmaker  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  also  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business.  Both  in  Utah  and  in  Idaho  he  was  very 
active  in  political  affairs  as  a  Republican.  He  wedded 
Minerva  Rich,  whose  father  was  an  old  California 
pioneer  and  once  owned  the  land  and  the  original 
townsite  of  where  is  now  the  city  of  San  Bernardino. 
Dr.  Woolley  is  the  eldest  of  their  eight  children.  He 
was  yet  an  infant  when  his  parents  returned  to  the 
United  States  and  took  up  their  residence  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  but  a  year  later  they  removed  to  Paris, 
Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  where  he  grew  to  man's 
estate.  His  father  was  well-to-do  and  well  able  to 
provide  for  him,  but  the  spirit  of  independence  was 
inborn  and  strong  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  by  pref- 
erence, he  began  to  paddle  his  own  canoe  and  has 
ever  since  made  his  way  in  life  by  his  own  efforts. 
His  earlier  education  included  the  common  and  high 
school  courses  at  Paris,  Idaho,  and  a  course  of  in- 
struction in  Fielding  Academy  in  the  same  town. 
He  then  went  to  Salt  Lake  City  as  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Utah  and  after  a  four  years'  course 


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was  graduated  in  1893.  As  a  boy  he  followed  ranch- 
ing and  stock  work  and  in  this  way  paid  his  own 
way  through  the  academy  and  university,  the  ex- 
penses of  his  subsequent  medical  training  also  being 
provided  for  from  his  own  earnings.  He  came  to 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  in  1896,  and  for  the  first  seven 
years  was  in  the  government  service  as  an  employe 
in  the  internal  revenue  department.  It  was  after 
the  conclusion  of  this  service  that  he  began  his  prep- 
aration for  his  present  profession  by  matriculating 
at  Northwestern  University,  Chicago,  Illinois,  from 
the  medical  department  of  which  well  known  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  in  1909.  To  add  to  his  prac- 
tical knowledge  he  then  became  an  interne  in  St 
Mark's  Hospital,  Salt  Lake  City,  and  then  in  the 
spring  of  1910  he  returned  to  Pocatello  to  become  an 
active  practitioner.  The  period  of  his  practice  has 
been  brief -but  the  success  of  his  professional  service 
has  been  such  that  he  has  forged  rapidly  to  the  fore 
among  the  medical  talent  of  this  city  and  already 
commands  a  representative  clientele  and  a  very  large 
practice.  He  is  now  county  physician  of  Bannock 
county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bannock  County 
Medical  Society,  the  Southern  Idaho  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Pi  medical  college  fra- 
ternity, and  his  other  fraternal  associations  are  as  a 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  the  Order  of  Eagles,  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In 
the  way  of  outdoor  recreations  he  is  fond  of  hunt- 
ing, and  as  the  owner  of  an  automobile  he  is  enabled 
to  frequently  enjoy  the  different  scenic  attractions 
of  this  section  of  Idaho.  His  interest  in  civic  de- 
velopment and  progress  along  material  lines  is  ex- 
pressed by  his  affiliation  with  the  Pocatello  Com- 
mercial. Club,  and  in  political  views  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. In  religion  he  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints  church  and  is  a  member  of  it,  but 
favors  all  denominations.  Almost  the  whole  of  his 
life  has  been  spent  in  Idaho  and  he  believes  that  no 
state  of  the  Union  equals  it  in  the  rewards  given  to 
honest  and  industrious  effort. 

At  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  June  21,  1896,  was  solem- 
nized the  marriage  of  Dr.  Woolley  and  Miss  Mary 
S.  Budge,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Budge, 
of  Bear  Lake,  Idaho.  To  their  union  have  been  born 
two  sons  and  a  daughter,  namely :  Leland,  Arvilla 
and  Hoyt. 

OKIE  W.  CLICK.  Former  sheriff  of  Nez  Perce 
county,  and  esteemed  equally  for  his  official  ability 
and  business  probity,  Mr.  Click  has  resided  on  the 
reservation  in  the  county  of  Nez  Perce  for  a  long 
period  of  years,  and  for  a  greater  part  of  the  time  was 
engaged  in  business,  but  sacrificed  his  personal  in- 
terests to  serve  in  behalf  of  the  public  welfare.  A 
short  review  of  his  life  will  show  that  he  has  al- 
ways been  industrious,  energetic  and  enterprising 
and  that  he  has  failed  in  no  particular  of  discharg- 
ing the  duties  of  life. 

Orie  W.  Click  was  born  June  I,  1871,  at  New 
Ross,  Montgomery  county,  Indiana,  and  is  a  son  of 
Jonathan  M.  and  Lou  (Cox)  Click.  His  father  was 
a  prominent  lumberman  of  Horton,  Missouri,  to 
which  town  the  family  had  removed  when  Orie  W. 
was  a  child,  and  was  also  interested  in  Democratic 
politics.  On  completing  his  studies  in  the  schools  of 
Nevada,  Missouri,  Orie  W.  Click  entered  the  Nevada 
Business  College  at  that  place  and  was  but  eighteen 
years  of  age  when  he  became  identified  with  the  lum- 
ber business.  Mr.  Gick  continued  to  reside  at  Hor- 
ton, Missouri,  until  1890,  in  which  year  he  disposed 
of  his  interests  there  and  came  to  Nez  Perce  reser- 


vation in  Idaho.  He  entered  the  lumber  and  milling 
business,  and  established  a  flour  mill  where  is  now 
located  the  town  of  Winchester.  He  did  a  success- 
ful business  in  both  lines  until  1907,  when  he  sold  the 
mill  advantageously  and  continued  in  the  lumber 
business  until  1910. 

In  that  year  he  was  elected  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  to  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Nez  Perce  county, 
and  disposed  of  his  lumber  business  in  order  that  he 
might  devote  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  the 
duties  of  his  office.  The  primaries  of  1912  marked 
his  defeat,  but  a  petition  of  more  than  six  hundred 
tax  payers  named  him  as  the  choice  for  reelection  on 
the  People's  ticket.  This  demonstration  of  appro- 
bation was  but  the  appreciation  that  is  earned  by 
faithful  devotion  to  duty  and  an  earnest  effort  to 
maintain  the  best  traditions  of  public  service.  A 
courageous  and  conscientious  official,  his  administra- 
tion has  been  marked  by  a  devotion  to  duty  that  is 
as  rare  as  it  is  commendable.  He  has  been  fearless 
in  the  prosecution  of  what  he  has  deemed  wrong, 
pursuing  his  activities  without  fear  or  favor,  and 
it  is  this  quality,  perhaps,  that  has  made  the  people 
rely  so  absolutely  on  his  judgment  and  ability.  On 
retiring  from  his  office,  January  13,  1913,  he  left  a 
record  which  will  serve  as  a  high  standard  for  his 
successors  to  maintain. 

Believing  that  Idaho  is  the  future  locality  for 
some  of  the  largest  commercial,  industrial  and  agri- 
cultural activities  of  the  country,  he  has  invested  in 
Nez  Perce  county  and  Lewiston  City  realty,  and  has 
not  hesitated  in  advising  others  to  do  likewise.  His 
fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  the  Hoo-Hoos.  With  his  family  he  attends 
the  Baptist  church,  and  at  this  time  is  serving  in  the 
capacity  of  trustee.  In  October,  1892,  Mr.  Cfick  was 
married  to  Miss  Betsy  M.  Seybold,  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri. They  have  four  sons :  Wellington  B..  Marion 
C,  Frank  W.  and  Ralph. 

DR.  IRA  R.  WOODWARD.  Payette,  Idaho,  is  proud 
to  claim  as  one  of  its  citizens  such  a  man  as  Ira 
Richard  Woodward,  M.  D.,  who  is  not  only  a  phy- 
sician and  surgeon  of  unusual  excellence,  but  a 
leader  in  all  matters  of  public  interest,  civic,  social 
or  along  economic  lines.  Dr.  Woodward,  in  connec- 
tion with  his  brother,  Dr.  J.  C.  Woodward,  has 
been  one  of  the  strongest  factors  in  placing  the 
medical  profession  of  this  part  of  the  country  up_on 
a  high  plane  of  merit.  He  has  attained  a  wide 
popularity  through  his  own  personality,  and  his  pro- 
fessional attainments  have  won  him  a  reputation  that 
is  far  reaching. 

Israel  Woodward,  the  father  of  Dr.  Woodward, 
was  a  native  of  New  York  and  a  contractor  and 
builder  by  occupation.  In  the  late  fifties  he  came  to 
Colorado,  by  the  overland  route.  He  settled  in 
Blackhawk  in  that  state,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
contract  work  for  some  time.  He  later  removed 
to  the  city  of  Denver,  and  here  he  did  a  great  deal 
toward  the  upbuilding  of  that  county,  and  became 
a  well  known  and  highly  respected  resident 

He  married  Miss  Jennie  Bell  in  Illinois  in  1863. 
Three  children  were  born  of  this  union.  Burton, 
born  1868,  died  1871 ;  Jesse  Charles,  born  in  Aurora, 
Illinois,  December  2,  1871 ;  Ira  Richard,  born  in  West 
DePere,  Wisconsin,  on  May  17,  1874.  Israel  Wood- 
ward died  in  Denver,  Colorado,  in  1002  at  the  age  of 
sixty-nine  years.  Mrs.  Jennie  Woodward  now  lives 
in  Payette,  Idaho,  with  her  two  remaining  sons. 

Ira  Richard  Woodward  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Denver,  Colorado.  He 
was  graduated  in  time  from  the  Blast  Denver  high 
school  and  then  entered  the  University  of  Denver. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


where  he  took  the  course  in  medicine,  and  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1897.  He  first  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Mercur,  Utah,  remaining  there  for 
two  years.  In  1899  he  came  to  Idaho,  and  located 
in  the  town  which  has  since  been  his  home,  and  is 
now  the  oldest  practitioner  in  this  city,  in  point 
of  length  of  service. 

Dr.  I.  R.  Woodward  is  a  past  master  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar and  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  South  Idaho  District  Medical  So- 
ciety and  of  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society.  He 
is  an  ex-president  of  the  Idaho  State  Board  of 
Medical  Examiners,  president  of  the  Payette  Valley 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Peoples  Irrigation  Company.  He  is 
now  serving  his  city  as  president  of  the  city  council. 

In  Boise,  Idaho,  on  December  4,  1907,  he  married 
Miss  Anna  Josephine  Hastings,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Hastings,  and  a  graduate  of  St. 
Marks  Hospital  Training  School  of  Salt  Lake  City. 
Two  children  have  been  born  of  this  union:  Jean 
Elizabeth  Woodward  on  the  I9th  of  December,  1910, 
and  Ira  Richard  Woodward,  Jr.,  on  August  31,  1912. 

Jesse  Charles  Woodward  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado  in  1900.  In  1904  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Margaret  Morgan,  and  on  Octo- 
ber 29,  1910,  a  son,  Jesse  Charles  Woodward.,  Jr., 
was  born.  Dr.  J.  C.  Woodward  is  an  ex-vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society,  and  an 
ex-president  of  the  South  Idaho  District  Medical 
Society,  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, a  member  of  the  Clinical  Congress  of  Sur- 
geons of  North  America  and  a  member  of  the  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  has  taken 
post-graduate  work  in  the  New  York  Post-Graduate 
Medical  School  and  Hospital  and  the  Cornell  Uni- 
versity Medical  College. 

In  1904  the  two  brothers  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  each  other  and  their  practice  became  so 
large  and  the  necessity  for  a  hospital  so  apparent 
that  a  few  years  later  they  built  the  substantial 
structure  which  now  houses  their  modern  and  up-to- 
date  private  hospital,  where  medical  and  surgical 
treatment  of  every  description  can  be  had. 

They  are  the  local  surgeons  for  the  Oregon  Short 
Line  Railroad,  chief  surgeons  for  the  Payette  Val- 
ley Railroad,  local  surgeons  for  the  Mountain  States 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  Idaho-Oregon 
Light  and  Power  Company,  and  the  Michigan-Idaho 
Lumber  Company.  In  addition  to  their  hospital 
building,  they  are  the  owners  of  considerable  valu- 
able real  estate  and  a  fine  modern  office  building  in 
which  their  own  offices  are  located. 

RALPH  H.  KELLEY,  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Winchester  Journal,  is  a  young  and  wide-awake  rep- 
resentative of  the  journalistic  interests  of  Lewis 
county,  Idaho,  who,  though  he  has  been  a  citizen  of 
the  state  but  a  short  period,  gives  evidence  on  the 
pages  of  his  paper  that  he  has  caught  the  Idaho  spirit 
and  has  the  most  optimistic  faith  in  the  future  of 
both  his  county  and  of  the  entire  commonwealth. 
He  is  well  experienced  in  newspaper  work,  having 
practically  grown  up  in  the  atmosphere  of  printer's 
ink,  as  his  father  has  for  years  been  one  of  the  prom- 
inent newspaper  men  of  Minnesota,  and  he  not  only 
has  the  knowledge  gained  by  experience  but  he  has 
the  native  originality  and  ability  that  makes  for 
success  in  journalism.  One  of  the  secrets  of  genius 
is  painstaking  effort,  and  judging  from  the  make-up 
of  the  Winchester  Journal  we  hazard  the  prediction 
that  Mr.  Kelley  will  not  long  remain  a  village  editor 


but  soon  will  be  found  in  a  much  more  prominent 
and  responsible  position  in  newspaper  work. 

Ralph  H.  Kelley  was  born  in  LeSueur  county, 
Minnesota,  April  3,  1889,  and  grew  up  in  that  state, 
receiving  his  education  in  its  public  schools.  After 
school  days  were  over  he  began  to  learn  the  print- 
ing business  and  has  followed  it  practically  ever 
since.  In  1909  he  came  west,  spending  the  first 
summer  in  California,  where  he  was  employed  in 
the  lumber  business,  and  from  California  he  went 
to  Washington,  where  he  followed  the  printing  busi- 
ness about  a  year.  Following  that  he  came  to  Win- 
chester, Idaho,  to  take  charge  of  the  Winchester 
Journal  and  under  his  energetic  management  it  is 
made  a  force  in  pointing  out  the  resources  and  pos- 
sibilities of  this  section  of  the  state  and  in  fostering 
the  spirit  of  development  and  progressiveness  among 
all  who  are  located  here.  Mr.  Kelley  says  that  oi 
the  places  he  has  visited  he  has  seen  none  that  will 
compare  with  the  Craig  mountain  district  of  Idaho, 
amo_ng  its  many  good  features  being  its  valuable  and 
fertile  farm  lands.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican 
and  he  is  now  vice-chairman  of  the  Lewis  County 
Republican  central  committee.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Foresters  of  America  and  is  now  one  of  the 
deputy  grand  chief  rangers  and  organizers  of  the 
order.  His  religious  faith  is  expressed  as  a  com- 
municant of  the  Episcopal  church. 

Charles  T.  Kelley,  the  father  of  our  subject,  also 
was  born  in  LeSueur  county,  Minnesota,  and  has 
spent  his  entire  life  there,  being  numbered  among 
the  pioneer  citizens  of  that  locality.  Until  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  followed  farming;  then  he  took  up 
newspaper  work  and  has  been  identified  with  that 
profession  ever  since,  being  now  the  publisher  of  the 
Menahga  Journal  at  Menahga,  Minnesota.  He  is 
prominent  not  only  as  an  editor  and  publisher  but 
for  his  influence  in  Republican  political  affairs.  He 
has  held  many  minor  public  offices  and  has  been 
spoken  of  for  very  high  national  political  honors, 
as  many  of  the  leading  newspapers  of  Minnesota  have 
urgently  requested  him  to  become  a  candidate  for 
congress,  but  he  has  always  refused  on  account  of 
business  interests.  Deeply  interested  in  civic  im- 
provement, he  never  loses  an  opportunity  to  pro- 
mote the  interests  of  his  town  and  community  and 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Northern  Minnesota 
Development  League.  In  Minnesota  he  was  joined 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Minnie  Barlow,  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky who  was  a  devout  communicant  of  the  Epis- 
copal church  and  who  passed  away  in  1904,  when 
about  forty  years  of  age.  She  was  laid  to  rest  at 
Cleveland,  Minnesota.  Of  the  seven  children  of 
these  parents,  Ralph  H.  is  the  second  in  birth  and 
is  the  eldest  son.  His  brother  William  H.  Kelley 
also  has  taken  up  newspaper  work  and  is  located 
at  Toucher.,  Washington,  where  he  publishes  The 
Pioneer. 

JOSEPH  BELNAP.  One  of  the  oldest  and  most 
prominent  names  in  Utah  and  Idaho  is  borne  by 
Joseph  Belnap,  the  manager  of  the  Preston  Lumber 
Company,  and  one  of  the  most  active  citizens  of  this 
locality.  The  Belnap  family  was  founded  in  the  West, 
at  the  very  beginning  of  settlement  and  development 
here,  and  though  during  most  of  the  years  it  has 
been  identified  with  Utah,  the  father  of  the  Preston 
business  man  located  in  Idaho  nearly  sixty,  years  ago, 
and  was  among  the  first  of  the  prominent  pioneers, 
who  contributed  to  the  development  of  this  country. 
In  1855-56-57  he  and  fifty-five  other  men  located  at 
Fort  Lemhi,  in  Lemhi  county,  Idaho,  but  were  driven 
out  by  the  Indians  and  returned  to  Utah. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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Joseph  Belnap,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  Preston 
since  1905,  was  born  at  Ogden,  January  26,  1853. 
Though  a  part  of  his  childhood  was  spent  in  Idaho, 
he  was  reared  and  passed  most  of  his  business  career 
in  Utah  up  to  1905.  At  that  date  he  came  to  Preston, 
and  undertook  the  organization  of  the  Preston  Lum- 
ber Company,  of  which  he  has  been  the  active  head  and 
manager  ever  since.  This  is  one  of  the  leading  busi- 
ness enterprises  of  its  kind  in  southeastern  Idaho, 
and  through  the  energies  of  Mr.  Belnap  was  rapidly 
promoted  after  its  founding  to  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. The  early  education  of  Mr.  Belnap  was  ac- 
quired in  the  public  schools  of  Ogden,  later  supple- 
mented by  a  commercial  course  of  two  years  in  a 
business  college.  He  has  never  been  a  wage  earner, 
in  the  strict  sense  of  the  term,  at  any  time  of  his 
career.  For  a  number  of  years,  in  the  earlier  part 
of  his  life,  he  was  engaged  in  farming,  and  was  then 
attracted  into  public  affairs  in  the  office  of  deputy 
sheriff  of  Ogden,  a  position  which  he  held  for  four- 
teen years,  up  to  the  time  he  came  to  Idaho.  In 
1872  he  helped  to  organize  the  Utah  State  Militia, 
and  was  appointed  second  lieutenant  under  Captain 
Joseph  A.  West,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until 
that  company  was  disbanded  by  Governor  West  in 
1883.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war 
he  was  offered  the  position  of  second  lieutenant  of 
Company  C,  Utah  Militia,  to  go  to  the  Philippine 
Islands,  but  could  not  go  on  account  of  financial 
affairs. 

In  Salt  Lake  City  on  the  twenty-sixth  of  April, 
1875,  Mr.  Belnap  married  Miss  Minerva  P.  Howard, 
a  daughter  of  William  R.  Howard,  whose  residence 
was  at  Hooper,  Utah.  The  marriage  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Belnap  was  blessed  with  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren, young  people  who,  most  of  them,  have  already 
taken  worthy  and  respected  positions  in  the  world, 
and  in  residence  are  divided  between  Utah  and 
Idaho.  The  eleven  children,  seven  daughters  and 
four  sons,  are  named  as  follows :  Joseph  H.,  who  is 
married  and  lives  at  Ogden;  Augusta,  the  wife  of 
B.  A.  Johnson,  of  Preston;  Lodasca,  the  wife  of 
Hiram  Williams  of  Ogden;  Tirza,  who  married 
Aaron  C.  Ross,  and  lives  in  Ogden;  Josie  M.,  who 
married  John  Payne,  and  resides  at  Reno,  Nevada; 
Florence,  the  wife  of  Alma  A.  Hale,  of  Preston; 
Amos,  who  is  now  on  a  mission  for  the  church  in 
England;  Emery-,  who  is  married  and  is  associated 
with  hfs  father  in  business  at  Preston;  Blanche,  who 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Preston  high  school,  and  a  stu- 
dent of  the  University  at  Salt  Lake  City;  Ida  and 
Stanton,  who  are  young  people  still  at  home. 

Mr.  Belnap  and  family  are  members  of  the  church 
of  .the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  when  he  was  twenty- 
eig'ht  years  of  age  he  was  sent  on  a  mission  for  his 
church,  and  spent  two  years  in  North  Carolina  en- 
gaged in  that  work.  Mr.  Belnap  is  one  of  the 
original  promoters  and  organizers  of  the  Preston 
Commercial  Club,  and  it  was  largely  through  his 
influence  and  personal  efforts  that  this  local  organi- 
zation was  perfected,  and  it  has  been  his  pleasure 
to  assist  in  its  efforts  for  a  larger  and  better  city  in 
every  way  possible.  He  has  served  as  president  and 
also  as  director  of  the  club.  In  politics  he  has  always 
been  an  active  ^Republican,  and  has  served  one  term 
as  a  member  of  the  Preston  city  council.  Outdoor 
amusements  of  all  kinds,  particularly  baseball,  are 
the  diversions  of  which  he  is  most  fond,  and  he  is 
particularly  interested  in  a  good  lecture  or  public 
speech.  He  is  a  broad  minded  business  man.  has 
a  wealth  of  experience  in  Western  life  and  affairs, 
and  is  a  willing  worker  for  every  movement  which 
will  promote  the  permanent  upbuilding  of  Idaho. 

Mr.  Belnap's  ancestry  is  authentically  traced  back 


to  the  year  1636,  at  which  time  the  family  was  estab- 
lished in  America.  His  father,  Gilbert  Belnap,  was 
the  Idaho  and  Utah  pioneer  whose  early  settlement 
has  already  been  noted.  Gilbert  Belnap.  born  in 
Canada,  came  to  Utah  in  1850,  a  year  which  was 
almost  the  first  in  the  settlement  of  that  region,  and 
in  1855  moved  up  into  Idaho.  His  settlement  was 
in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Lemhi,  and  his  name  belongs 
in  the  permanent  record  of  pioneers  in  this  state, 
since  he  was  among  the  first  who  contributed  any- 
thing of  permanence  to  the  settlement  and  upbuilding 
of  this  country.  It  was  partly  due  to  his  suggestions 
that  the  name  was  chosen  for  Fort  Lemhi,  and  from 
that  old  military  fort  has  been  derived  the  name  of 
the  county.  He  also  helped  to  erect  some  of  the  first 
houses  for  the  first  settlers  in  this  state.  At  that 
time,  as  well  as  for  many  years  later,  he  was  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs,  and  during  his  lifetime  held 
many  important  offices.  In  1858  he  returned  to  Utah, 
which  was  his  home  until  his  death.  He  had  given 
service  as  the  first  prosecutor  at  Ogden.  For  six- 
teen years  he  was  sheriff,  and  served  in  the  Utah 
legislature  several  terms,  was  a  member  of  the  first 
constitutional  convention,  which  drafted  a  constitu- 
tion under  which  Utah  was  denied  admission,  and 
was  honored  with  many  other  positions  and  commis- 
sions of  trust  and  responsibility  by  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. His  death  occurred  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years  in  1899,  and  his  remains  now  rest  at 
Ogden.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Adeline 
Knight,  was  a  native  of  New  York  state,  and  they 
were  married  in  Illinois.  She  is  now  living  in  Salt 
Lake  City. 

ARTHUR  PENCE.  In  the  Bruneau  valley  of  Idaho 
during  the  past  thirty-odd  years  no  name  has 
been  associated  more  closely  with  the  agricultural 
and  stock  raising  activities  than  that  of  Arthur  Pence. 
Arthur  Pence  is  truly  a  pioneer  of  Idaho,  and  it  will 
soon  be  half  a  century  since  he  first  came  into  this 
country.  He  has  known  and  been  a  participant  in 
every  activity  and  experience  since  the  establish- 
ment of  the  territory,  and  is  one  of  the  exceedingly 
successful  and  influential  men,  held  in  high  esteem 
not  only  for  his  pioneer  character,  but  for  his  varied 
accomplishments  and  his  efficiency  as  a  man  and 
citizen. 

Arthur  Pence  came  into  Idaho  in  1864,  driving 
an  ox  team  from  Agency  City,  Iowa,  in  Wapello 
county,  and  on  arriving  in  this  northwest  country 
first  settled  near  Caldwell.  One  of  his  first  experi- 
ences was  driving  a  six-yoke  team  of  oxen  to  Idaho 
City,  with  a  load  of  hay.  Afterwards  he  came  back 
on  foot,  and  with  three  other  men  engaged  in  haul- 
ing freight  for  mining  companies  on  hand-sleighs 
one  and  one-half  miles,  to  the  Gombrinos  quartz 
mill,  at  ten  cents  a  pound,  that  being  during  the  two 
months  of  a  severe  winter  season,  when  they  had  to 
transport  their  freight  over  ten  foot  of  snow.  They 
made  from  ten  to  twenty  dollars  a  day  during  this 
brief  enterprise.  After  that  Mr.  Pence  went  into 
the  mines  and  tried  placer  mining,  but  it  was  too  ex- 
pensive to  get  the  water  at  that  time,  and  he  soon 
gave  it  up.  During  that  period  in  Idaho  there  were 
hundreds  of  men  who  were  working  for  their  board. 
In  April,  1865,  the  town  burned  down,  and  after  that 
for  three  years  Mr.  Pence  was  engaged  in  freighting 
among-  the  different  settlements  and  mining  camps 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Abram  Robinson,  their  prin- 
cipal route  being  from  Umatilla  to  Boise.  He  then 
settled  on  Dry  creek  near  Boise  and  in  1869  moved 
to  Bruneau,  trading  his  place  at  Caldwell  for  cattle. 
Since  then  his  ranch  headquarters  have  been  in  the 
Bruneau  valley,  and  Hot  Springs  at  the  head  of 


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Bruneau  valley,  is  on  his  place.  At  first  Mr.  Pence 
and  his  brother,  J.  C.  Pence,  were  engaged  in  the  cat- 
tle business,  running  the  brand  J.  P.,  but  finally  sold 
put  in  1879,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  and  garden- 
ing for  several  years.  He  sold  vegetables  to  the  min- 
ing camps,  and  did  a  very  profitable  business  until 
1885.  Then  he  and  his  brother  John  bought  a  band  of 
sheep  from  their  brother  J.  C.,  and  worked  them  as 
partners  for  four  years,  finally  dividing  up  and  each 
keeping  his  separate  flock.  Mr.  Pence  continued  in 
the  sheep  business,  and  is  still  one  of  the  large  factors 
in  that  industry  in  the  southern  half  of  the  state. 
Mr.  Pence  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Bruneau 
State  Bank  in  1905,  and  has  since  been  president  of 
that  substantial  institution.  He  is  the  owner  of  four 
hundred  acres  in  his  home  ranch,  and  his  live  stock 
comprises  two  hundred  head  of  cattle,  and  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  head  of  horses. 

In  1877,  Arthur  Pence  married  Mary  S.  Wells,  who 
was  born  in  Missouri.  Their  four  children  have  al- 
ready grown  up  and  taken  their  places  in  the  world 
of  worthy  activities.  Maude,  is  the  wife  of  J.  M. 
Waterhouse;  Arthur,  Jr.,  married  Edith  Harley; 
Mattie  is  the  wife  of  A.  F.  Trammell,  on  a  ranch 
in  Bruneau,  and  they  have  one  child ;  Grover  is  un- 
married and  lives  on  the  home  ranch. 

Mr.  Pence  is  affiliated  with  the  Elmore  Lodge  No. 
30  of  the  Masons  at  Mountain-  Home,  and  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  No.  79,  now  located 
at  Bruneau.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  at  Mountain  Home,  and  in  politics  has  been 
a  Democratic  voter  all  his  life.  He  has  taken  a  very 
prominent  part  in  public  affairs,  and  was  elected  to 
the  lower  house  of  the  legislature  in  1901,  and  to  the 
senate  in  1903,  and  again  in  1907.  In  1872  Mr.  Pence 
organized  the  school  district  near  his  home  ranch, 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  ever 
since. 

JOEL  W.  CRAVEN.  One  of  the  men  who  have  taken 
the  leading  part  in  the  material  development  of  the 
Twin  Falls  agricultural  district  is  Joel  W.  Craven. 
During  his  earlier  career  he  was  successful  as  a 
banker  and  business  man  in  the  state  of  Missouri, 
and  came  out  to  Idaho  at  the  beginning  of  the  settle- 
ment and  development  about  Twin  Falls,  and  his 
name  is  associated  with  a  number  of  enterprises 
which  constitute  the  most  important  business  inter- 
ests of  this  section. 

Joel  W.  Craven  was  born  at  Licking  in  Texas 
county,  Missouri,  February  23,  1874,  and  was  the 
second  in  a  family  of  eight  children  born  to  James 
A.  and  Mary  E.  (Sherrill)  Craven.  His  mother 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight  years. 

The  son  grew  up  in  Licking,  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  finished  his  education  in  the  C.  W.  Rob- 
bins  business  college  of  southern  Missouri.  At 
the  conclusion  of  his  school  days  be  became  identi- 
fied with  a  wholesale  mercantile  house  in  St.  Louis, 
where  he  had  two  years'  experience.  Returning  to 
his  home  town  he  then  took  the  position  of  cashier 
in  his  father's  bank  for  two  years,  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  established  the  Iron  County  State  Bank  at 
Ironton,  Missouri.  He  was  connected  with  that  in- 
stitution for  two  years,  and  then  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  brokerage  business  in  St.  Louis,  and  this  ex- 
perience with  his  varied  operations  in  different  fields 
finally  brought  him  out  to  Idaho.  He  established 
his  home  and  business  headquarters  at  Twin  Falls 
in  the  spring  of  1905,  and  at  once  began  buying  and 
developing  real  estate  property.  His  largest  under- 
taking in  this  state  was  the  reclamation  of  the  now 
famous  Deep  Creek  district,  a  tract  comprising  five 
thousand  acres.  This  is  one  of  the  largest  projects 


of  its  kind  in  Idaho.  Twenty-seven  hundred  acres 
of  that  land  is  planted  to  orchards,  and  that  is  the 
largest  orchard  in  one  bodv  in  the  entire  state.  Mr. 
Craven  is  also  identified  with  various  other  undertak- 
ings, and  is  active  in  the  business  life  of  Twin  Falls. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Idaho  department  store 
of  that  city,  and  a  director  in  the  Twin  Falls  Bank 
&  Trust  Company.  On  January  6,  1909,  in  Twin 
Falls,  Mr.  Craven  married  Miss  Elva  McCollum.  of 
the  city.  Their  two  children,  are  Alice  E.  and 
Robert  McCollum  Craven.  A  Democrat  in  politics, 
Mr.  Craven  served  four  years  on  the  city  council  of 
Twin  Falls.  Fraternally  he  is  prominent  in  Masonry, 
having  taken  both  the  York  and  Scottish  Rite  de- 
grees, and  having  membership  in  the  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 

DAVID  C.  MACWATTERS.  In  every  nook  and  cor- 
ner of  the  wide  world  the  traveler  will  find  the 
Scotchman.  Everywhere  plodding,  patient,  deter- 
mined, steadfast,  reliable,  prosperous.  To  under- 
stand his  nature  one  must  know  Scotland.  If  he 
appears  crabbed,  stern,  unsocial,  dour  (as  the  Scotch 
say)  consider  the  barren  land  in  which  he  has  had 
to  fight  nature  for  all  the  centuries  in  order  to 
wring  from  an  unfertile  soil  and  harsh  climate  a 
subsistence  for  himself  and  family.  But  that  is  only 
one  side  of  him.  Beneath  the  rugged  and  practical 
exterior  lies  deep  a  softer  stratum,  and  from  this 
stratum  one  can  dig  up  the  poet,  the  dreamer,  the 
idealist,  the  hero.  The  Scotchman,  like  his  land,  is 
many-sided.  A  small  country,  a  poor  country,  a 
little  nation,  yet  the  doings  of  the  Scotch  fill  a  large 
page  in  history,  and  one  of  which  they  need  not  be 
ashamed  when  placed  in  comparison  with  any 
other  people.  They  gave  to  America  a  body  of 
citizens  whose  priceless  value  cannot  be  reckoned, 
and  who  have  made  such  an  imprint  upon  our  his- 
tory that  any  of  our  citizens  are  proud  to  claim 
Scotch  .or  Scotch-Irish  blood. 

Of  Scotch  parents,  though  himself  a  native  of 
Canada,  David  C.  MacWatters  as  a  factor  in  develop- 
ment work  in  Idaho  has  exemplified  the  finest  qual- 
ities of  his  race.  He  is  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of  all  the  J.  S.  and  W.  S.  Kuhn  irrigation, 
power,  railroad  and  townsite  projects  in  the  state, 
and  in  addition  is  identified  in  an  executive  capacity 
with  many  other  equally  important  enterprises,  so 
that  his  name  is  a  power  in  financial  and  industrial 
circles  in  Idaho. 

Born  on  August  23,  1864  in  Newtonville,  Canada, 
David  C.  MacWatters  is  the  son  of  John  T.  and 
Jeannette  (Copeland)  MacWatters  both  of  whom 
were  born  and  reared  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in 
which  city  they  were  married.  The  family  moved 
from  Canada  to  the  United  States,  and  David  C. 
MacWatters  •attended  the  public  schools  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  finishing  his  schooling  in  the  high  school 
in  1881.  It  is  at  this  point  that  interest  attaches 
to  the  narrative  of  the  progress  of  the  young  man. 
His  first  position  was  that  of  a  messenger  in  the 
offices  of  the  Pennsylvania  lines  in  Cleveland.  At 
the  end  of  three  months  he  was  promoted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  clerk  and  stenographer  to  the  assistant  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  road.  He  held  that  office  for 
seven  years  when  he  became  city  passenger  agent, 
for  the  same  company,  at  Cleveland.  After  another 
four  years  he  became  secretary  to  the  general  pas- 
senger agent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Lines  at  Pittsburgh, 
a  position  he  held  for  three  years,  then  for  a  similar 
period  was  district  passenger  agent  at  Pittsburgh, 


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thus  rounding  out  a  period  of  seventeen  years  with 
one  company.  His  next  connection  was  with  the 
New  York  Central  Lines.  He  was  three  years  as- 
sistant to  the  general  passenger  agent,  after  which 
for  several  years  he  was  general  passenger  agent  for 
a  number  of  lines  in  Colorado,  with  headquarters 
at  Denver  and  Colorado  Springs. 

The  railroad  service  trains  men  for  the  heaviest 
tasks  of  modern  industrialism,  and  from  his  long 
apprenticeship  in  1907  Mr.  MacWatters  was  grad- 
uated to  the  position  of  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  J.  S.  &  W.  S.  Kuhn  projects  in 
the  state  of  Idaho.  He  is  also  officially  connected 
with  various  other  industrial  and  financial  enter- 
prises; is  vice  president  and  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Jerome,  Idaho;  president  of  the 
Wendell  State  Bank  of  Wendell ;  is  vice  president  and 
director  of  the  Milner  State  Bank  of  Milner,  Idaho, 
and  director  of  the  Bankers'  Trust  Company  of  Salt 
Lake,  Utah.  Representing  the  Kuhn  Syndicate,  he 
is  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Twin 
Falls  North  Side  Land  &  Water  Company ;  the  Twin 
Falls  Salmon  River  Land  &  Water  Company;  the 
Twin  Falls  Oakley  Land  &  Water  Company;  the 
Great  Shoshone  and  Twin  Falls  Water  Power  Com- 
pany; the  Southern  Idaho  Water  Power  Company; 
the  Twins  Falls  North  Side  Investment  Company, 
Ltd.;  the  Idaho  Southern  Railroad  Company;  and 
the  Milner  &  North  Side  Railroad  Company. 

Mr.  MacWatters  took  charge  of  the  Kuhn  inter- 
ests in  the  development  cf  southern  Idaho  as  vice 
president  and  general  manager  on  February  13,  1907. 
What  has  been  accomplished  by  the  different  com- 
panies in  the  periods  since  that  time  is  not  only  a 
part  of  the  personal  history  of  Mr.  MacWatters, 
but  is  also  a  pertinent  and  valuable  chapter  on  Idaho 
development  during  this  time.  A  brief  outline  of  the 
different  projects  in  the  past  six  years  is  given  as 
follows : 

The  syndicate  has  constructed  for  the  irrigation 
system  of  the  north  side  project,  over  seven  hundred 
miles  of  canals,  so  that  the  company  is  now  prepared 
to  irrigate  on  that  project  alone  more  than  two 
hundred  thousand  acres  of  land.  That  system  in- 
cludes two  local  reservoirs — one  near  the  town  of 
Jerome,  with  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-one 
thousand  acre- feet;  the  other  at  Wilson  Lake  with  a 
capacity  of  twenty  thousand  acre-feet,  in  addition  to 
which  the  company  is  now  engaged  in  enlarging  the 
Jackson  Lake  reservoir  in  the  upper  Snake  river 
county,  giving  the  Messrs.  Kuhn  an  additional  stor- 
age supply  of  over  three  hundred  thousand  acre- 
feet,  the  water  from  which  will  be  used  on  the  north 
side  tract  and  for  some  additional  pumping  land. 
On  the  north  side  tract  have  also  been  completed 
and  are  now  in  operation  five  pumping  plants  sup- 
plying about  fifteen  thousand  acres  of  land.  Two 
town  sites  have  been  established  on  the  north  side 
tract,  Jerome  and  Wendell,  with  modern  hotels, 
water-work  system,  telephone  lines,  electric  lighting 
systems,  power,  and  other  facilities.  As  part  of 
the  development  work  on  the  north  side  tract,  there 
were  constructed  in  1909  the  Idaho  Southern  Rail- 
road, running  from  Gooding  to  Jerome  through 
Wendell.  An  Important  feature  of  the  company's 
relations  to  the  region  which  it  is  developing  is  its 
large  loans  to  the  settlers,  who  are  thus  aided  in  the 
buying  and  stocking  of  their  farms,  with  dairy  cows, 
hogs  and  sheep,  and  it  is  now  predicted  that  the 
north  side  tract  will  be  the  finest  dairy  and  stock 
country  in  southern  Idaho. 

The  Kuhn  interests  have  also  completed  the  irri- 
gation for  the  Salmon  river  tract,  located  south  of 
the  original  Twin  Falls  tract,  and  containing  one 


hundred  thousand  acres  of  'land.  There  has  been 
constructed  a  concrete  dam,  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  feet  high,  with  a  reservoir  capacity  of  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-six  thousand  acre-feet  On  this 
tract  has  been  opened  the  town  site  of  Hollister, 
with  electric  light  and  power  service,  telephone  ser- 
vice, complete  water  works,  and  other  facilities. 

The  Oakley  project  of  fifty  thousand  acres  was 
opened  and  water  deliveries  begun  on  May  13,  1913. 
This  irrigation  system  is  one  of  the  most  modern 
and  up-to-date  in  the  world,  including  a  reservoir 
with  a  capacity  of  seventy-eight  thousand  acre-feet 
of  water,  with  an  earth  dam,  concrete  core  wall, 
one  hundred  and  forty-three  feet  high. 

The  power  development  undertaken  by  the  Kuhn 
interests  has  been  very  extensive.  It  includes  a 
power  plant  at  Shoshone  Falls  with  two  modern 
units ;  a  power  plant  at  lower  Salmon  Falls  with  two 
large  up-to-date  units;  and  three  power  plants  at 
American  Falls  with  four  units,  with  contract  for 
the  output  of  the  Thousand  Springs  plant  with  two 
units.  There  is  now  being  installed  an  additional 
or  third  unit  at  Shoshone  Falls,  and  work  is  pro- 
gressing to  complete  the  hydraulic  installation  for 
power  at  Upper  Salmon  Falls,  where  from  forty 
to  fifty  thousand  horse-power  will  be  developed. 
The  total  power  development  of  the  Kuhns  in  Idaho 
in  a  short  time  will  aggregate  between  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  and  two  hundred  thousand  horse- 
power. 

Among  other  accomplishments,  the  companies  have 
built  the  Milner  and  North  Side  Railroad  from 
Milner  to  Oakley,  a  distance  of  twenty-two  miles, 
for  the  purpose  of  developing  the  Oakley  project 
At  Milner  is  a  large  dam  for  diverting  water  to 
the  north  and  south  side  canals.  At  Milner  also 
has  been  constructed  a  modern  hotel  known  as 
Riverside  Inn.  principally  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  office  staff  and  employes  of  the  c9mpany.  Be- 
sides the  chief  companies  operating  in  the  Kuhn 
Syndicate,  and  already  mentioned,  there  are  sixteen 
auxiliary  or  subsidiary  companies,  being  chiefly  the 
operating  companies  for  the  canal,  water-works,  and 
telephone  system,  etc.,  and  through  these  various  or- 
ganizations, the  duties  and  service  conducted  by  the 
Kuhn  interests  are  probably  more  diversified  than 
any  other  'organization  in  the  country.  During  the 
past  six  years  the  Kuhns  have  expended  in  the  de- 
velopment of  southern  Idaho  more  than  fifteen  million 
dollars  and  are  still  spending  their  money  in  that 
direction  very  lavishly. 

It  would  seem  that  these  manifold  business  as- 
sociations might  make  such  exorbitant  demands  upon 
the  time  of  Mr.  MacWatters  as  to  preclude  the 
possibility  of  his  giving  attention  to  other  business 
affairs,  but  he  finds  time  for  social  and  business 
activities  elsewhere.  He  owns  considerable  city  prop- 
erty, a  number  of  farms  and  ranches,  some  of  them 
well  stocked  and  in  operation. 

Mr.  MacWatters  was  married  on  November  7, 
1888,  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  to  Miss  N.  Mildred  Hen- 
ricle,  the  daughter  of  C.  L.  Henricle.  One  daughter 
has  been  born  to  their  marriage,  Helen  Jeanette, 
now  deceased. 

REV.  FATHER  CYRIL  VANDER  DONCKT.  The  genera- 
tion of  the  uplifting  spiritual  forces  through  society 
is  more  important  than  the  opening  of  a  mine  or  the 
establishment  of  a  large  industrial  plant.  In  a  new 
country  like  Idaho,  where  almost  perforce  the  ener- 
gies of  a  people  are  concentrated  upon  the  develop- 
ment of  the  raw  material  of  civilization,  it  is  easy 
to  overlook  the  intangible  but  not  less  effective  in- 
fluences which  work  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of 


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men.  A  peculiar  emphasis  should  therefore  be  given 
to  the  career  of  such  a  man  as  Father.  Vander 
Donckt,  a  pioneer  of  his  church  and  faith  in  southern 
Idaho  and  the  revered  spiritual  director  of  the  parish 
of  Pocatello. 

A  native  of  Belgium,  where  he  was  born  January 
2g,  1865,  as  the  youngest  of  the  family,  he  early  dis- 
played an  aptitude  for  knowledge  and  other  qualifi- 
cations which  confirmed  his  choice  for  the  ministry 
of  his  church.  From  the  lower  grades  of  the  public 
schools,  at  the  age  of  eleven,  he  entered  the  Renaix 
College,  where  he  made  such  progress  that  his  supe- 
riors advanced  him  a  class  and  he  finished  the  six- 
year  course  in  five  years.  He  spent  the  next  three 
years  in  the  Seminary  of  St.  Nicholas,  studying  the 
higher  branches  and  philosophy,  and  with  a  view 
to  work  in  the  United  States  he  then  entered  the 
American  college  in  Louvain,  where  he  continued 
his  ecclesiastical  studies  for  three  years.  In  June, 
1887,  he  was  ordained  priest  at  Louvain.  He  was 
younger  by  twenty  months  than  the  regularly  pre- 
scribed age  for  this  honor,  but  was  admitted  to 
ordination  by  a  special  dispensation  from  Pope 
Leo  XIII. 

Destined  for  work  in  the  new  fields  of  the  west, 
in  1887  he  came  direct  to  Idaho  and  began  his  mis- 
sionary career  among  the  scattered  settlements  that 
then  composed  the  population  of  the  state.  For  a 
time  he  was  the  only  secular  priest  in  Idaho.  His 
first  location  was  in  Boise,  where  he  remained  eight 
months,  and  then  took  up  the  laborious  duties  of 
supplying  church  ministrations  to  the  people  of 
eleven  counties,  his  parish  covering  practically  the 
whole  of  southern  Idaho.  For  six  years  he  per- 
formed this  missionary  work  of  the  hardest  type. 
While  the  people  were  nearly  everywhere  cordial  and 
welcomed  his  coming,  the  stress  of  constant  travel 
over  a  region  with  few  railroads,  many  rough  trails 
and  primitive  accommodations  was  severe,  and  his 
experience  was  only  a  few  degrees  removed  from 
those  which  have  made  notable  the  annals  of  Cathol- 
icism in  pioneer  America. 

Father  Vander  Donckt  first  came  to  Pocatello  in 
June,  1888,  and  this  has  remained  his  home  and 
headquarters  throughout  the  subsequent  quarter  of 
a  century.  That  the  church  at  Pocatello.  is  one  of 
the  best  in  the  state  and  its  influences  most  benefi- 
cent through  a  large  territory  is  due  to  the  long- 
continued  and  faithful  labors  of  this  pioneer  priest. 
His  salary  has  never  been  large,  and  he  has  devoted 
it  and  a  considerable  part  of  his  private  funds  to  the 
advancement  of  Christianity  in  this  region.  Though 
always  a  representative  of  his  faith,  he  has  not  con- 
fined his  ministry  solely  to  the  narrow  channel  of  his 
own  denomination  and  has  been  a  vigorous  upholder 
of  morality  and  social  and  civic  betterment  in  all 
directions.  The  people  of  Pocatello  have  had  par- 
ticular reason  to  be  grateful  for  the  sincere  work  of 
this  priest  and  citizen.  Men  of  every  creed  or  of 
none  at  all  speak  with  respect  and  admiration  of 
the  character  and  benevolence  of  Father  Vander  . 
Donckt,  and  it  is  not  beyond  the  mark  to  say  that 
his  life  and  influence  in  this  vicinity  have  been  more 
important  than  any  other  one  institution  or  business 
establishment. 

The  parents  of  Father  Vander  Donckt  were  Con- 
stant and  Mary  Theresa  (Martroye)  Vander  Donckt. 
They  spent  all  their  lives  in  Belgium,  where  the 
father  was  a  farmer  during  most  of  his  active  career. 
He  died  in  1895  at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  and  the 
mother  passed  away  at  the  age  of  sixty  in  1885. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children. 


WARREN  J.  MALLORY.  There  are  to  be  found  in 
this  work  many  instances  of  men  who  started  their 
business  careers  in  humble  capacities  and  worked 
their  way  into  places  of  independence  and  promi- 
nence in  the  world  of  business,  finance  and  politics 
through  the  sheer  force  of  their  own  industry  and 
perseverance,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  any  have  been 
the  architect  of  their  own  fortunes  in  a  greater 
degree  than  Warren  J.  Mallory,  proprietor  of  Mai- 
lory's  Cash  Store,  at  Shelly.  Starting  his  business 
career  when  reaching  manhood,  satisfied  to  begin  at 
the  bottom  of  the  ladder  and  win  prominence  by  dis- 
playing his  abilities,  he  has  so  well  directed  his 
activities  that  today  he  is  justly  entitled  to  a  position 
among  the  men  who  are  contributing  to  Idaho's 
importance,  not  only  as  a  commercial  center,  but  as 
the  home  of  religion,  education  and  good  govern- 
ment^ Mr.  Mallory  has  the  added  distinction  of  being 
a  native  son  of  Idaho,  having  been  born  at  Mont- 
pelier,  in  Bear  Lake  county,  a  son  of  Charles  H.  and 
Caroline  M.  (LeSeuer)  Mallory.  His  father,  a  na- 
tive of  Michigan,  migrated  to  Idaho  during  the  early 
sixties,  after  a  short  stay  in  Utah,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising.  He  is  now  retired  from  active  pur- 
suits, and  is  living  quietly  at  Bedford,  Wyoming, 
in  the -enjoyment  of  the'  fruits  of  his  early  labors. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints.  Mr.  Mallory  married  Caroline  M.  Le- 
Seuer, a  native  of  Guernsey,  England,  of  French 
parentage,  and  she  died  in  1878,  having  been  the 
mother  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom 
Warren  J.  was  next  to  the  oldest. 

Until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  Warren  J. 
Maljory  attended  the  public  schools  of  various  places 
in  Idaho,  Utah  and  Arizona,  following  which  he  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  conducting  the 
home  farm.  At  twenty  one  years  of  age  he  started 
on  a  career  of  his  own,  and  when  he  was  twenty-two 
years  of  age  accepted  a  position  with  a  mercantile 
concern  of  St.  Johns,  Arizona,  at  a  salary  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  per  month.  In  1907,  when  he  withdrew 
from  the  concern,  so  rapid  had  been  his  advance- 
ment that  he  was  half-owner  of  the  establishment. 
Disposing  of  his  interests  at  that  time,  Mr.  Mallory 
came  to  Shelley,  where,  while  he  looked  over  the 
ground,  he  was  employed  by  the  Shelley  Mercantile 
Company,  but  in  October  of  the  same  year  he  bought 
the  established  business  of  Johnson-Lundell  Com- 
pany, a  general  merchandise  establishment,  which  he 
is  now  conducting  under  the  style  of  Mallory's  Cash 
Store.  This  enterprise  has  been  successful  from 
its  inception,  and  its  proprietor  is  now  numbered 
among  the  foremost  business  men  of  this  thriving 
city.  He  has  not  "put  all  of  his  eggs  in  one  basket," 
however,  as  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Shelley  Mer- 
cantile Company  and  the  Shelley  Creamery  Com- 
pany, and  is  carrying  on  extensive  and  profitable 
farming  operations  on  a  tract  of  eighty  acres,  located 
four  miles  south  of  Shelley  in  Bingham  county. 
Known  as  a  shrewd,  far-sighted  man  of  business,  of 
great  capacity  and  strict  integrity,  he  has  the  con- 
fidence of  his  associates,  who  rely  on  his  good  judg- 
ment in  all  important  matters,  and  the  patronage  of 
the  people,  who  have  appreciated  his  efforts  to  give 
them  honest  goods  in  an  honest  manner.  Politically 
a  Democrat,  Mr.  Mallory  has  been  active  in  the  in- 
terests of  his  party,  and  has  served  as  a  member  of 
the  town  board  for  one  term.  He  has  shown  an  in- 
telligent interest  in  all  that  affects  the  welfare  of 
his  adopted  place,  and  no  movement  that  makes 
for  progress  along  right  lines  lacks  his  support  and 
co-operation.  Mr.  Mallory  has  been  active  in  the 
work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in 


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which  he  has  held  a  number  of  minor  offices,  and  is 
now  bishop  of  the  Second  Ward  of  Shelley.  Miss- 
ing no  chance  to  commend  his  native  state  to  the 
ambitious  and  enterprising,  he  is  known  as  one  of 
Idaho's  most  enthusiastic  "btwDsters,"  and  as  such 
has  done  much  to  promote  his  section's  growth  and 
development. 

Mr.  Mallory  was  married  at  St.  Johns,  Arizona, 
February  15,  1893,  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Freeman,  a 
native  of  Ogden,  Utah,  daughter  of  Elijah  M.  Free- 
man, whose  father  was  an  old  pioneer  and  member 
of  the  Mormon  Battalion.  Mrs.  Mallory  is  active 
in  the  work  of  the  Young  Ladies'  Association  of  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  of  which  she  is 
president,  and  has  many  private  charities.  Eight 
children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  a*nd  Mrs.  Mallory, 
namely:  VV.  Freeman,  born  December  II,  1893,  who 
is  his  father's  associate  in  business ;  and  Anna  Flor- 
ence, Charles  Guy.  'Alta  L..  Theola  and  Beatrice,  all 
of  whom  reside  with  their  parents,  and  two  who  died 
in  infancy. 

EDWARD  FANNING.  As  president  of  the  Dunwoody 
Furniture  Company,  Edward  Fanning  is  chief  execu- 
tive of  the  largest  retail  furniture  establishment  in 
the  Snake  river  district.  His  various  business  rela- 
tions, combined  with  this,  make  him  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  Idaho  Falls,  or  indeed,  in  Bonne- 
ville  county,  witli  which  he  has  been  identified  con- 
spicuously since  1895.  His  life  has  been  a  busy  and 
successful  one,  and  today,  though  he  has  passed  the 
sixty-eighth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  he  is  as  busy 
and  energetic  as  in  the  days  of  his  youth. 

Edward  Fanning  is  purely  of  Irish  extraction  and 
birth.  He  was  born  in  County  Carlow,  Ireland,  on 
the  23d  of  February.  1844.  and  is  a  son  of  Patrick 
and  Bridget  (Murphy)  Fanning,  farming  people 
of  that  district.  They  were  people  of  splendid  char- 
acter and  esteemed  above  many  of  their  community, 
where  they  lived  lives  of  a  most  worthy  nature. 
They  were  devout  Roman  Catholics  and  reared  their 
eight  children  in  the  same  faith.  Of  their  family, 
but  three  survive  today. 

The  situation  of  the  family  in  a  financial  way  per- 
mitted Edward  Fanning  to  secure  an  education  in 
advance  of  what  the  average  youth  of  Ireland  is 
able  to  attain.  He  left  school  at  the  age  of  twenty 
and  entered  a  mercantile  establishment  as  a  salesman, 
and  after  three  years  of  excellent  training  in  one 
of  the  best  establishments  of  its  kind  in  Ireland,  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  locating  first  in  Omaha, 
where  he  secured  a  position  in  the  storeroom  of  one 
of  the  big  railroad  companies  which  terminated  at 
that  point.  In  1869  he  moved  farther  west,  locating 
in  Evanston,  Wyoming,  and  he  advanced  so  rapidly 
in  railroad  circles  that  he  was  placed  in  the  posi- 
tion of  road-master  at  that  place,  later  serving  in 
the  same  capacity  at  Pocatello  and  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho, 
until  1895.  It  was  in  that  year  that  Mr.  Fanning  gave 
up  railroad  work,  with  a  view  to  associating  him- 
self with  some  independent  business  venture,  hav- 
ing no  mind  for  further  service  in  the  capacity  of  an 
employe.  With  Nathan  H.  Clark  he  organized  the 
Clark  &  Fanning  Company,  dealers  in  merchandise, 
and  they  continued  successfully  for  two  years,  when 
the  store  was  destroyed  by  fire.  Fortunately,  they 
were  sufficiently  insured  to  permit  them  to  resume 
business  without  undue  embarrassment,  and  later 
they  purchased  a  mercantile  establishment  which  had 
been  organized  by  John  &  Poulson,  soon  after  which 
Mr.  Clark  withdrew  from  the  business  and  Messrs. 
Johnson  and  Poulson  bought  an  interest  in  the  Clark 
&  Fanning  Company,  which  was  thereafter  con- 
tinued for  a  number  of  years  under  the  name  of 


Clark  &  Fanning.  This  concern  was  one  of  the  most 
complete  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  state  in 
its  day,  and  enjoyed  a  most  liberal  patronage  through- 
out the  city  and  surrounding  towns.  Mr.  Fanning 
became  associated  with  the  Dunwoody  Furniture 
Company  in  the  capacity  of  president  of  the  concern, 
and  he  is  still  thus  associated.  He  has  been  con- 
nected with  mercantile  enterprises  practically  all  his 
life  from  his  boyhood,  and  it  is  not  a  matter  of 
wonderment  that  his  association  with  any  firm  of 
that  nature  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  its  fullest 
success  and  prosperity.  His  identification  with  his 
present  company  has  been  no  exception  to  the  rule, 
33  the  flourishing  and  ever  expanding  condition  of 
the  firm  amply  testifies. 

Mr.  Fanning  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  has  given 
worthy  and  valued  service  to  the  party  in  various 
capacities  during  his  life  time.  He  has  been  several 
times  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Idaho 
Falls,  and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  city  council, 
representing  the  Third  ward.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  board  of  commerce,  and  among  other  business 
connections,  is  a  vice  president  of  the  American  Na- 
tional Bank. 

In  1879  Mr.  Fanning  married  Miss  Catherine 
Coady.  a  native  lowan.  She  died  in  1891,  leaving 
six  children,  as  follows :  Margaret ;  Ann ;  John  T. ; 
Helen ;  Edward  and  Mary.  John  T.  is  employed 
in  the  business  of  his  father,  and  Edward  W.  was 
married  in  September,  1910,  to  Miss  Ethel  Robinson. 
They  live  in  Idaho  Falls.  On  January  *,,  1894.  Mr. 
Fanning  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Agnes 
Furrey,  of  the  state  of  Ohio.  Sne,  like  her  husband, 
is  an  ardent  Roman  Catholic,  and  the  family  is  one 
which  is  especially  popular  and  prominent  in  church 
and  social  circles  in  Idaho  Falls. 

WILLIAM  T.  WA.»E.  In  the  successful  conducting 
of  a  mercantile  business  many  things  must  l>e  taken 
into  consideration.  Strict  attention  to  the  details  of 
management,  conscientious  regard  for  the  rights  of 
customers,  strict  integrity  in  dealing  with  business 
associates,  and  constant  alertness  in  keeping  abreast 
of  the  changes  and  fluctuations  of  trade — all  bear  an 
important  part,  and  the  difference  between  business 
mediocrity  and  a  full  measure  of  success  may  be 
readily  traced  to  the  regard  of,  or  indifference  to, 
these  factors.  William  T.  Wade,  proprietor  of  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  highly  patronized  exclusive 
furnishing  and  clothing  establishments  in  Bonneville 
county,  is  an  excellent  type  of  the  progressive  and 
enterprising  business  man  who  has  won  prestige 
through  the  possession  of  the  above-mentioned  char- 
acteristics. Although  he  has  been  located  in  Idaho 
Falls  only  since  1908,  he  has  spent  his  whole  life  in 
mercantile  lines,  and  has  had  a  wide  and  varied  ex- 
perience. Mr.  Wade  was  born  in  Crawford  county, 
Arkansas,  January  5.  1872.  and  is  a  son  of  William 
J.  and  Martha  (Crowell)  Wade.  His  father,  a  native 
of  Tennessee,  moved  to  Arkansas  about  the  year 
1864,  and  about  1885  went  to  Oklahoma  as  a  licensed 
trader,  following  merchandising,  banking  and  manu- 
facturing very  successfully,  and  retiring  in  1902  with 
a  quarter  million  dollars.  He  is  now  a  resident  of 
Riverside,  California,  as  is  also  his  wife,  who,  like 
her  husband,  was  born  in  Tennessee.  They  have 
had  four  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  and  of 
whom  William  T.  is  the  oldest. 

William  T.  Wade  received  his  education  in  the 
private  schools  of  Arkansas  and  Oklahoma,  which  he 
attended  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  and  at 
that  time  became  associated  with  his  father  in  mer- 
i-;mtile  pursuits.  He  remained  with  him  at  Vinita, 
Oklahoma,  for  fifteen  years,  and  on  December  12, 


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1908,  arrived  in  Idaho  Falls,  where,  in  February, 
•  1909,  he  established  the  firm  of  Wade  Brothers,  in 
partnership  with  his  younger  brother,  Ira  D.  This 
association  continued  until  the  summer  of  191 1,  when 
Ira  D.  Wade  retired  from  the  business,  and  since 
that  time  William  T.  Wade  has  been  sole  proprietor. 
This  was  the  second  exclusive  furnishing  and  cloth- 
ing store  established  in  Idaho  Falls,  and  is  now 
known  as  one  of  the  largest  in  this  part  of  the  state. 
A  large  and  constantly-growing  trade  has  been  at- 
tracted by  the  excellence  of  the  stock,  by  fair  and 
courteous  treatment,  and  by  the  pleasant  personality 
of  the  proprietor,  whose  business  policy  has  always 
been  to  give  his  customers  the  benefit  of  fair  deal- 
ing. Mr.  Wade  has  been  the  architect  of  his  own 
fortunes,  his  present  success  having  been  built  upon 
a  small  borrowed  capital.  Essentially  a  business 
man,  he  is  possessed  of  high  ideals,  and  is  not  in- 
different to  the  amenities  of  life.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Club  of  Commerce,  a  stalwart  supporter  of 
the  Democratic  party,  and  active  in  the  work  of  the 
First  Methodist  church,  where  he  acts  as  treasurer 
and  secretary  of  the  Sunday  school.  Since  coming 
to  Idaho,  Mr.  Wade  has  not  been  backward  in  exr 
tolling  its  many  opportunities  and  advantages,  and 
is  known  as  one  of  Idaho  Falls'  most  enthusiastic 
boosters. 

On  May  7,  1895,  Mr.  Wade  was  married  to  Miss 
Ida  M.  Bluejacket,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bluejacket, 
a  native  of  Oklahoma,  and  they  have  three  children: 
Preston,  Pratt,  Emily  Dean  and  Churchill. 

WATKIN  LEWIS  ROE.  The  Franklin  County  Citi- 
zen, as  its  name  implies,  is  a  publication  of  Preston, 
Idaho,  that  with  energy  and  enthusiasm  seeks  to  ad- 
vance the  interests  of  Preston,  of  Oneida  county  and 
of  the  state  of  Idaho  and  to  assist  in  laying  fast  and 
sure  the  foundations  of  an  enlightened  common- 
wealth. The  man  behind  the  columns  is  Watkin  L. 
Roe,  one  of  the  best  known  journalists  of  southern 
Idaho,  and  associated  with  him  in  the  management 
of  the  paper  is  his  son,  Watkin  L.  Roe. 

Watkin  Lewis  Roe  was  born  August  i,  1866,  at 
Derby,  Derbyshire,  England,  and  springs  from  one 
of  the  old»and  prominent  families  of  that  city.  His 
father  was  Rev.  John  Roe  a  native  of  England  and 
a  Congregational  minister  of  note,  who  was  well 
known  both  for  his  work  in  the  pulpit  and  as  a  writer 
of  sermons.  He  passed  away  in  Derby  in  1870. 
Thomas  W.  Roe,  a  brother  of  Rev.  John  Roe,  was 
at  one  time  a  member  of  Parliament  and  is  now 
mayor  of  Derby,  a  city  of  150,000  inhabitants.  The 
mother  of  Mr.  Roe  was  Miss  Catherine  Byatt,  prior 
to  her  marriage  to  Reverend  Roe,  and  was  a  native 
of  Ireland.  She  emigrated  to  the  United  States  and 
became  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where 
her  demise  occurred  in  1904. 

Watkin  L.  was  reared  in  England  and  there  re- 
ceived his  education.  His  preparation  for  his  pro- 
fession was  made  as  an  employe  in  the  largest  news- 
paper establishments  of  the  cities  of  Derby  and  Man- 
chester, England.  In  1888  he  came  to  the  United 
States  and  located  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where 
he  became  foreman  of  the  advertising  department 
of  the  Salt  Lake  Herald.  He  left  Salt  Lake  in  1894 
and  for  three  years  thereafter  was  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Nephi  Republic,  published  at  Nephi, 
Utah.  In  1897  he  sold  his  interests  in  that  paper 
and  returned  to  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  accepted 
the  position  of  foreman  of  the  Salt  Lake  Herald, 
continuing  thus  identified  until  February,  1907.  At 
that  time  he  first  came  to  Preston,  Idaho,  where  with 
J.  David  Larsen  he  purchased  and  became  editor  of 
the  Cache  Valley  News.  In  1909  a  reorganization 


was  effected  and  the  paper  became  placed  in  charge 
of  an  incorporated  company,  of  which  Mr.  Roe  was 
business  manager  and  was  one  of  the  largest  stock- 
holders. At  that  time  the  name  of  the  paper  became 
the  Preston  News.  In  the  fall  of  1910  he  severed  his 
connections  with  the  paper  and  accepted  the  position 
of  editor  of  the  Logan  Republican  at  Logan,  Utah, 
where  he  continued  in  that  capacity  until  February, 
1912,  when  at  the  request  of  prominent  business 
men  of  Preston,  Idaho,  he  returned  there  and  with 
Thomas  G.  Carter  bought  out  the  News,  changing 
its  name  to  that  of  the  Preston  Booster.  Mr.  Roe 
bought  out  the  interest  of  Mr.  Carter  in  November, 
1912,  and  on  the  formation  of  Franklin  county  by 
the  state  legislature  changed  the  name  of  the  paper 
to  the  Franklin  County  Citizen.  True  to  its  name 
it  gives  lively  encouragement  to  every  project  that 
means  the  upbuilding  of  Preston  and  its  vicinity. 
Mr.  Roe  is  energetic  and  forceful  both  as  a  business 
man  and  as  an  editor  and  under  his  able  management 
the  paper  has  enjoyed  a  steady  growth  and  an  in- 
creasing circulation.  In  political  sentiment  he  is  a 
Republican  and  is  well  known  in  Idaho  for  his 
ability  as  an  editorial  writer  and  as  a  campaign  ora- 
tor, both  his  editorial  work  and  his  utterances  upon 
the  platform  being  concise,  forcible  'and  entertaining 
in  expression  and  sound  in  reasoning.  He  is  active 
in  Republican  party  work  because  he  believes  in  it 
and  enjoys  it.  In  religious  faith  he  is  identified  with 
the  Mormon  church,  and  has  been  prominent  in  local 
missionary  work.  He  owns  a  pleasant  home  and 
valuable  business  realty  in  Preston. 

In  March,  1888,  Mr.  Roe  wedded  Miss  Ellen 
Lomax,  daughter  of  John  and  Ellen  (Green) 
Lomax.  Mrs.  Roe  also  is  a  native  of  Derby, 
England,  and  in  1887  came  to  the  United  States  with 
her  parents,  who  settled  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Prior  to  his  coming  to  the  United  States  Mr.  Lomax 
was  a  prominent  manufacturer  in  Derby,  England. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roe  are  the  parents  of  five  children, 
narrfely:  Catherine  Zelia,  deceased;  Watkin  Lomax 
Roe,  an  assistant  in  the  Franklin  County  Citizen 
office;  and  John  Lewis,  Lonsdale  Byatt  and  Gladys 
Ellen. 

HON.  GEORGE  CHAPIN.  At  a  time  whe'n  the  wealth 
of  Idaho  was  as  yet  unguessed,  or  at  best  only  half 
suspected,  and  the  wonderful  development  of  the  state 
was  scarce  beginning  to  take  shape  in  the  mines  of 
the  men  who  afterwards  did  so  much  along  those 
lines,  George  Chapin  came  to  Idaho  in  1870,  en 
route  to  Puget  Sound.  It  is  not  in  accordance  with 
our  purpose  to  go  into  details  at  this  point,  but  let 
it  be  said  here  that  so  deeply  was  he  impressed  with 
the  glimpse  he  had  into  the  future  of  the  state  that 
he  gave  over  his  purpose  for  the  time  and  located  in 
Idaho,  convinced  that  opportunity  had  rapped  sharply 
upon  his  door,  and  determined  to  heed  the  warning  of 
fortune.  His  present  high  standing  in  his  adopted 
state  offers  the  most  unquestionable  testimony  as  to 
the  correctness  of  his  decision. 

George  Chapin  was  born  in  Rochester,  New  York, 
on  the  3d  day  of  April,  1839,  and  is  the  son  of  Or- 
lando and  Maria  (Dickenson)  Chapin,  both  natives 
of  the  state  of  Massachusetts.  The  father  moved 
to  New  York  state  in  the  late  twenties,  and  was  for 
many  years  successfully  engaged  in  manufacturing 
in  that  state.  He  was  born  in  1800  and  died  on  July 
16,  1857,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  is  interred  in 
Rochester,  the  old  home  of  the  family.  The  mother 
and  father  are  descendants  of  Puritan  stock,  of 
English  ancestry,  her  early  American  ancestors  hav- 
ing been  among  the  first  settlers  of  this  country, 


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•coming  from  England  shortly  after  the  landing  of 
the  Pilgrims.  In  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  may  be 
seen  a  statute  of  one  of  her  early  ancestors.  The 
family  was  closely  related  to  General  Putnam.  The 
mother  died  in  1881.  at  Goose  Creek  valley,  Idaho, 
when  she  was  seventy-seven  years  of  age,  having 
•come  to  Idaho  in  1875.  She  was  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  George  of  this  review  being  the 
sixth  born  of  that  number  and  the  only  son  of  his 
parents. 

Until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  George  Chapin 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Brooklyn,  graduating 
from  the  Marcellus  Institute  in  that  city,  after  which 
he  removed  to  New  York  City.  His  first  employ- 
ment in  the  city  was  in  a  clerical  capacity  in  a  steam- 
ship office,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  was 
•engaged  in  the  delivering  of  seven  vessels  to  the  U. 
S.  government  at  southern  ports,  he  being  in  the 
capacity  of  supercargo.  He  was  occupied  in  this  line 
of  service  throughout  the  war,  being  exempt  from 
drafting  on  that  account,  his  activities  being  con- 
sidered as  government  service.  His  company  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacturing  and  chartering  of  ves- 
sels for  the  government  after  the  close  of  the  war, 
and  he  continued  with  them.  He  remained  in  the 
steamboat  business  for  ten  years  and  in  the  spring 
•of  1870  he  started  west,  intending  to  make  for  Puget 
Sound.  He  never  got  farther  than  Idaho,  however, 
for  the  attractions  of  the  state,  in  that  early,  un- 
developed time,  proved  strong  enough  to  hold  him, 
and  Idaho  has  been  the  center  of  his  varied  activities 
from  then  until  now. 

He  settled  at  Boise,  Idaho,  and  remained  there 
some  four  or  five  years,  during  that  time  carrying 
on  certain  mining  enterprises  and  a  freighting  busi- 
ness, conducting  a  freight  line  from  Kelton,  Idaho, 
to  Boise  and  surrounding  towns,  these  being  the  days 
prior  to  the  building  of  railroads  in  Idaho.  The 
entire  state  was  in  a  most  primitive  state,  and  he 
had  many  experiences  and  hair-breadth  escapes  at 
the  hands  of  the  redmen,  who  were  able  to  make 
things  interesting  for  the  encroaching  whites  in  those 
«arly  days.  While  engaged  in  cattle-raising  in  Goose 
Creek  valley  in  1877-78  Indians  broke  out,  and  Mr. 
Chapin  organized  a  company  of  scouts,  consisting 
of  forty-five  men,  he  being  appointed  captain  by 
Governor  Brayman,  and  they  were  successful  in  driv- 
ing the  Indians  out  of  that  section  of  the  country ; 
but  not,  however,  without  loss  of  life,  some  four 
or  five  of  this  little  company  giving  up  their  lives 
during  the  campaign.  After  relinquishing  his  freight- 
ing interests,  Mr.  Chapin  turned  his  attention  more 
largely  to  cattle  and  sheep  raising  in  the  Goose 
Creek  valley,  and  there  he  was  extensively  occupied 
for  seventeen  years,  enjoying  a  pleasurable  measure 
of  success  in  his  operations.  In  1892  he  removed  to 
Bingham,  now  Bonneville,  county,  and  settled  at 
Idaho  Falls,  there  establishing  the  Idaho  Falls  Times, 
the  second  paper  to  be  published  in  the  county.  He 
continued  in  newspaper  work  for  about  nine  years, 
when  he  sold  the  paper  and  gave  his  attention  to 
the  promotion  of  power  plants,  and  he  and  his  son, 
Charles  D.  Chapin,  now  deceased,  and  a  civil  engi- 
neer by  profession,  projected  the  Idaho  Power  & 
Transportation  Company  plant,  also  the  municipal 

flant  of  Idaho  Falls,  now  the  property  of  the  city, 
n    February,    1911,   Mr.   Chapin   was   appointed   by 
Governor  James  H.   Hawley  to  the  office  of  judge 
of    probate    of    Bingham    county,    which    office    he 
held  two  years.     He  was  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature  during   the    tenth    assembly,   and    served    as 
mayor  of  Idaho  Falls  in  the  years  from  1802  to  1895, 
•  inclusive.     He   has   also   served   in   the  city   council 
during  four  terms,  two  of  which  he  served  as  mayor. 


He  is  Democrat,  and  has  always  taken  an  active 
share  in  the  political  movements  of  his  party  in  the 
county  and  district.  His  churchly  relations  are  rep- 
resented by  his  membership  in  the  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Chapin  has  never  been  a  man  who  found  pleas- 
ure in  clubs  or  society  life,  but  has  been  a  typical 
"home"  man.  He  is  known  for  a  man  of  nigh 
ideals,  affable  and  courteous,  and  one  who  has  made 
and  kept  a  wide  circle  of  friends  about  him  all  his 
life. 

On  February  28,  1861,  Mr.  Chapin  was  married  at 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  to  Miss  Delphine  Henion,  a 
native  daughter  of  New  York  City,  and  the  child  of 
Jacob  Henion,  the  representative  of  one  of  the  old 
Dutch  families  of  that  state.  Three  children  were 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chapin:  Cornelia  H.,  the  wife 
of  Adolph  Hutton,  a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York;  Charles  D.f  who  is  deceased.  He  was  born 
July  6,  1864,  and  died  on  January  8,  1912.  Charles 
Chapin  was  one  of  the  best  known  hydraulic  engi- 
neers in  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  during  his  active 
career  laid  out  more  canals  than  any  other  man  in 
the  state.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Idaho  state 
government  when  he  died.  Clarence  J.f  the  one  re- 
maining son,  is  a  resident  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  is 
actively  engaged  in  farming. 

JAMES  C.  McMuLLEN  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho 
Falls  since  1891,  although  his  identification  with  the 
west  dates  back  to  1877,  when  he  settled  in  Deer 
Lodge,  Montana.  He  is  a  native  product  of  the 
state  of  Wisconsin,  born  at  Mineral  Point,  in  Iowa 
county,  that  state,  on  the  8th  day  of  December, 
1864.  He  is  a  son  of  James  C.  and  Anna  (O'Neil) 
McMullen  natives  of  Ireland  and  Scotland,  respec- 
tively. The  father  came  to  America  in  1842  and 
settled  in  Wisconsin  in  the  early  pioneer  days,  there 
engaging  in  farming,  a  business  in  which  he  was 
more  than  ordinarily  successful.  He  died  in  1898 
at  Mineral  Point  on  the  old  homestead,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-eight  years.  In  1848  he  made  one  of  the 
vast  number  who  went  to  California  to  look  for 
gold,  but  after  a  two  years  stay  there,  he  made  his 
way  back  to  the  peace  and  quiet  of  home  life  once 
more.  Though  the  trip  going  and  coming  was  made 
without  untoward  circumstances  or  happenings,  his 
experience  in  the  wilds  of  California  were  none  too 
pleasing,  and  when  he  had,  at  the  end  of  two  years, 
cleaned  up  a  few  thousands  of  dollars  in  gold  dust, 
he  beat  a  retreat  for  his  home.  The  mother  came  to 
America  from  Scotland  as  a  young  girl  with  her 
mother,  who  was  a  widow,  coming  in  about  1848, 
and  they  settled  in  Wisconsin,  where  she  met  and 
married  her  husband.  She  died  in  1900  on  the  old 
home  place  at  the  age  of  sixty-four.  Nine  children 
were  born  to  these  parents,  of  which  number  the 
subject  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

Until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  James  C.  Mc- 
Mullen, Jr.,  attended  the  public  schools  of  Mineral 
Point,  after  which  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
limner's  trade.  He  served  a  three  years'  apprentice- 
ship and  followed  the  trade  for  fourteen  years,  going 
west  in  1887  and  settling  at  Deer  Lodge,  Montana. 
There  he  remained  for  four  years,  two  years  of 
which  time  he  was  associated  in  a  partnership  with 
William  H.  O'Neil,  a  cousin,  in  the  hardware,  plumb- 
ing and  heating  business,  the  firm  being  known  as  the 
O'Neil  Hardware  Company.  In  1891  he  sold  his  in- 
terest in  the  business  and  removed  to  Idaho  Falls, 
establishing  his  present  business,  which  is  known  as 
the  McMullen  Heating  &  Plumbing  Company.  He 
has  enjoyed  a  most  agreeable  patronage,  his  being 
the  first  business  of  its  kind  to  be  established  in  the 
county,  and  while  he  began  in  a  small  way,  content 


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to  experiment  a  little  at  the  outset,  the  business  has 
grown  apace  with  each  succeeding  year,  soon  grow- 
ing out  of  all  proportion  to  the.  original  enter- 
prise, and  being  known  today  for  the  largest  exclu- 
sive business  of  its  kind  in  the  county. 

Mr.  McMullen  is  a  Democrat,  but  not  a  politician, 
nor  even  active  in  the  political  life  of  the  county, 
although  he  was  at  one  time  forced  to  accept  the 
nomination  for  county  commissioner.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  and  is  now  serving  as  lecturing  knight  of  that 
order ;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  has 
passed  all  chairs  in  the  Woodmen  up  to  the  national 
meeting,  and  served  as  a  delegate  to  the  head  camp 
meeting  held  in  Milwaukee  in  1895.  He  is  a  member 
'  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  as  are  also,  other 
members  of  his  family. 

Mr.  McMullen  was  married  on  June  I,  1899,  at 
Deer  Lodge,  Montana,  to  Miss  Marie  Pittz,  the 
daughter  of  John  Pittz,  a  native  of  Mineral  Point, 
Wisconsin.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McMullen:  Marjorie,  born  March  27,  1900, 
at  Deer  Lodge,  and  William  Wallace,  born  April  n, 
1905,  at  Freeport,  Illinois. 

In  the  years  of  his  residence  in  this  city,  Mr. 
McMullen  has  acquired  a  considerable  property  which 
is  not  only  valuable  today,  but  is  steadily  appreciat- 
ing in  the  market.  He  owns  his  fine  home  at  No. 
408  Ash  street,  as  well  as  the  property  at  No.  242 
Broadway,  where  his  business  is  located,  and,  in  ad- 
dition, holds  a  tract  of  land  which  he  purchased 
as  farm  lands,  but  which  is  today  the  townsite  of 
Firth,  some  sixteen  miles  south  of  Idaho  Falls.  He 
is  supremely  confident  in  his  expectations  for  the 
future  of  the  state,  and  demonstrates  his  faith  by 
investing  heavily  in  various  properties  in  and  about 
the  city.  The  splendid  success  which  Mr.  McMullen 
has  achieved  is  all  the  more  surprising  when  it  is 
known  that  he  was  penniless,  practically  speaking, 
when  he  first  came  to  the  west, 'but  the  spirit  which 
makes  for  superlative  success  is  found  as  oft  in  the 
man  whose  advantages  and  opportunities  have  been 
conspicuously  minus  as  in  men  who  have  found 
themselves  more  advantageously  placed  in  early  life. 

RALPH  EVERET  BRAUSA.  As  an  example  of  youth- 
ful industry  and  determination,  unceasing  persever- 
ance, courageous  and  independent  spirit  and  never 
failing  integrity,  _the  career  of  Ralph  Everet  Brausa, 
of  Idaho  Falls,  is  worthy  of  consideration  in  a  work 
dealing  with  the  achievements  and  accomplishments 
of  progressive  men.  From  boyhood,  Mr.  Brausa's 
life  has  been  one  of  constant  endeavor,  as  he  became 
self-supporting  at  the  early  age  of  nine  years,  and 
his  position  today  as  one  of  the  substantial  business 
men  of  his  adopted  city  has  been  gained  entirely 
through  the  medium  of  his  own  efforts  and  abilities. 
He  was  born  January  14,  1885,  at  Olney,  Illinois,  and 
is  a  son  of  August  and  Electa  (Geisler)  Brausa, 
farming  people  of  Olney. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Brausa  came  from 
the  town  of  Sipperfelt,  in  the  kingdom  of  Bavaria, 
Germany,  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States  during 
the  early  twenties,  subsequently  settling  in  Illinois, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  He  was  an  earnest  member  of  the 
Evangelical  church,  and  was  the  father  of  seven 
daughters  and  two  sons.  On  the  maternal  side  Mr. 
Brausa  is  descended  from  Nicholas  Geisler,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1829  and  settled  for 
one  year  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  subsequently 
moving  to  Evansville,  Indiana,  where  he  spent  about 
one  year,  then  to  Mount  Carmel,  Illinois,  for  several 


years,  and  finally  to  Lukin,  Lawrence  county,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  in  agricultural  pursuits. 
He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  four  sons  and 
three  daughters.  In  addition  to  being  a  farmer,  he 
was  also  engaged  in  the  cooper  business,  and  was 
a  minister  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  church.  In 
political  matters  he  was  first  an  Abolitionist  and  sub- 
sequently became  a  Republican.  The  parents  of  Mr. 
Brausa  were  born  in  Illinois,  «and  have  had  two 
children  :  Ralph  Everet  and  W.  E. 

Ralph  Everet  Brausa  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Olney,  and  at  the  age  of  nine  years  began  learning 
the  trade  of  harnessmaker,  being  for  thirteen  years 
in  the  employ  of  H.  B.  Wright,  a  business  man  of  his 
native  place.  For  some  time  he  had  been  anxious  to 
test  the  accuracy  of  the  reports  pertaining  to  the 
opportunities  offered  to  ambitious  youths  in  the 
west,  and,  accordingly,  when  the  opportunity  offered 
in  1898,  made  his  way  to  Livingston,  Montana,  leav- 
ing Olney  with  the  best  wishes  of  his  employer  and 
his  many  friends.  Mr.  Brausa  remained  in  Montana 
for  only  six  months,  however,  at  the  end  of  that  time 
coming  to  St.  Anthony,  Idaho.  Being  a  skilled  work- 
man in  his  line,  he  had  no  difficulty  in  securing  em- 
ployment, and  during  the  next  year  he  was  steadily 
engaged  at  wages  far  in  excess  of  anything  he  had 
ever  received  in  his  native  state.  During  this  time 
he  had  carefully  saved  his  wages,  and,  having  accu- 
mulated the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars, 
concluded  he  would  seek  a  location  where  conditions 
might  warrant  him  to  enter  business  as  the  proprietor 
of  his  own  establishment.  Accordingly,  he  came  to 
Idaho  Falls,  and  on  October  10,  1910,  opened  his 
present  place  of  business.  This  was  directly  against 
the  advice  of  many  of  his  acquaintances,  including 
several  who  were  engaged  in  similar  lines,  the  gen- 
eral prediction  being  that  his  venture  would  result 
disastrously,  some  wiseacres  even  going  so  far 
as  to  prophesy  that  sixty  days  would  see  the  doors 
of  his  establishment  closed  in  failure.  Undaunted, 
with  a  spirit  of  determination  to  succeed,  Mr.  Brausa 
set  aside  all  feeling  of  antagonism  or  resentment 
against  those  who  had  shown  such  little  faith  in  his 
ability,  and  resolved  that  if  hard  work,  honesty  of 
policy,  and  a  conscientious  adherence  to  the  Golden 
Rule"  would  work  out  his  salvation,  he  had  nothing 
to  fear  as  to  the  future  of  his  new  enterprise.  His 
faith  has  been  amply  justified.  The  little  stock  pur- 
chased with  his  meager  capital  has  grown  into  one 
worth  today  something  more  than  three  thousand 
dollars,  and  his  •  trade,  at  first  of  an  uncertain  and 
transitory  nature,  has  become  steady  and  healthy 
and  has  outgrown  the  expectations  of  its  proprietor 
by  far.  This  success,  however,  has  not  been  attained 
without  much  sacrifice  and  discomfort,  but  Mr. 
Brausa  has  had  at  all  times  the  assistance  and  en- 
couragement of  his  faithful  wife,  who  has  always 
maintained  her  faith  in  her  husband's  ultimate  suc- 
cess, and  to  whose  sound  advice  and  able  co-operation 
he  attributed  a  great  deal  of  his  success.  During 
their  early  days  in  Idaho  Falls,  in  order  to  curtail 
expenses,  the  family  home  was  situated  in  the  rear 
of  the  little  store,  where  it  was  cozily  and  taste- 
fully furnished  by  Mrs.  Brausa,  but  now,  that  they 
are  in  independent  circumstances,  they  own  their 
own  comfortable  and  modern  home.  Mr.  Brausa 
is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  takes  only  a  good 
citizen's  interest  in  public  matters.  He  is  grateful 
to  the  state  of  his  adoption  for  the  opportunities 
it  has  given  him  to  "make  good,"  and  does  not  hesi- 
tate to  recommend  others  to  do  as  he  has  done, 
being  known  as  one  of  his  section's  enthusiastic 
boosters.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brausa  are  faithful  mem- 


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bers  of  the  Baptist  church,  in  the  congregation  of 
which  they  have  numerous  warm  friends  and  well- 
wishers. 

Mr.  Brausa  was  married  in  1904,  at  Bardwell, 
Carlisle  county,  Kentucky,  to  Miss  Jane  Cunningham, 
who  was  born  in  the  Blue  Grass  state,  daughter  of 
Joel  Jerome  and  Nettye  (Gibbs)  Cunningham,  the 
former  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  fought 
as  a  Confederate  soldier.  Two  children  were  born 
to  this  union,  namely:  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Decem- 
ber 29,  1911;  and  Earl  Everet,  who  is  deceased. 

MALCOLM  CAMPBELL  MACKINNON.  Among  the 
men  whom  the  residents  of  the  southeastern  portion 
of  Bingham  county  would  point  out  as  the  most  im- 
portant men  in  that  section  one  would  certainly  find 
Malcolm  Campbell  MacKinnon,  M.  D.  Not  that  Dr. 
MacKinnon  has  brought  a  large  amount  of  capital 
into  the  section  or  is  engaged  in  any  large  scheme 
for  aiding  in  its  rapid  development,  but  for  the  fact 
that  he  is  the  one  man  upon  whom  they  all  depend 
in  case  of  illness.  It  is  not  only  in  this  wise  that 
the  doctor  is  well  known  and  liked,  for  in  addition 
to  being  a  fine  physician  he  is  a  man  who  uncon- 
sciously inspires  liking  and  respect,  and  he  is  a  prac- 
tical business  man,  who  firmly  believes  in  the  future 
of  this  newly  settled  region  of  Idaho,  and  who  is 
<lciing  everything  in  his  power  to  further  its  progress 
along  the  road  of  civilization. 

Malcolm  Campbell  MacKinnon  was  born  on  the 
3  ist  of  October,  1881,  on  Prince  Edward  Island, 
Canada.  His  father  was  John  MacKinnon,  who  was 
born  in  1841.  His  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Katherine  Campbell,  was  born  in  1848,  in  the  Isle 
of  Skye,  Scotland.  She  was  yet  a  little  girl  when 
her  parents  emigrated  to  Canada,  where  she  was 
married.  She  died  in  1905,  the  mother  of  four  chil- 
dren. 

Of  these  children  of  his  parents  Dr.  MacKinnon 
was  the  eldest,  the  three  younger  being  girls.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  Prince 
Edward  Island  and  after  finishing  the  course  in  the 
public  schools,  he  entered  the  Prince  of  Wales  Col- 
lege at  Charlottetown,  Prince  Edward  Island.  He 
later  matriculated  at  Queen's  University,  as  the 
holder  of  the  Chancellor's  scholarship.  He  was 
graduated  from  this  institution  in  1909,  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.,  C.  M.  During  his  university  course 
he  paid  all  of  his  own  expenses,  working  his  way 
through  by  his  own  labors,  and  no  one  who  has  not 
tried  this  can  know  how  difficult  it  is  to  carry  the 
heavy  work  that  is  required  of  a  medical  student 
and  at  the  same  time  earn  enough  money  to  pay  ex- 
penses. He  thus  showed  his  ability  to  persevere, 
and  the  fighting  qualities  that  have  won  many  a 
battle  for  him  since  that  time.  Part  of  the  money 
for  his  professional  education  he  earned  by  teaching 
school.  For  six  years,  from  1899  till  1905,  he  was 
engaged  as  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island.  In  1909  he  came  to  Aberdeen,  Idaho, 
and  there  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
was  the  first  medical  practitioner  to  come  into  the 
southeastern  part  of  Bingham  county  and  up  until 
the  present  time  he  has  been  the  only  physician  in 
this  section. 

In  the  fraternal  world  Dr.  MacKinnon  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and 
he  also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Aberdeen 
Commercial  Club,  having  been  president  of  this 
wide-awake  body  of  business  men  from  1910  till 
1912.  In  his  church  affiliations  the  doctor  is  a  Pres- 
byterian. 

Dr.    MacKinnon   married   Christine    MacLeod,   at 


Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  the  26th  of  January,  1911.  Mrs. 
MacKinnon  is  a  daughter  of  Roderick  MacLeod, 
who  is  a  resident  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  Canada. 
During  the  three  years  that  the  doctor  has  lived 
in  this  section  of  the  country  he  has  seen  it  develop 
from  a  sage  brush  waste  to  its  present  thriving  state, 
with  several  towns,  a  line  of  railway  and  several 
thousand  settlers.  He  is  a  strong  believer  in  the  fu- 
ture of  this  portion  of  Idaho  and  no  one  is  more 
active  in  making  this  future  as  certain  as  possible. 

WILLIAM  P.  HANSON.  Iowa,  like  practically  every 
state  in  the  Union,  has  contributed  of  her  native 
sons  to  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  great 
state  of  Idaho,  and  William  P.  Hanson  is  not  the 
least  of  these  worthy  men.  Born  in  Williamsburg, 
Iowa,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  May,  1876,  Mr.  Han- 
son is  the  son  of  Hugh  D.  and  Bridget  (Rock) 
Hanson,  both  born  and  reared  in  that  state.  The 
father  was  born  in  1846.  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Hanson,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  settled  in  Iowa 
in  1845,  and  who  was  a  pioneer  farmer  of  the  state. 
The  mother,  likewise  of  Irish  parentage,  pioneers 
of  Iowa,  was  born  in  1848,  and  died  in  1884  when 
she  was  thirty-six  years  old.  Five  of  the  children 
of  Hugh  and  Bridget  Hanson  are  yet  living. 

William  P.  Hanson  was  the  third  child  of  his 
parents.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  community  und  in  the  high  school  of 
Williamsburg,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1898, 
and  thereafter  taking  a  course  in  the  collegiate  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Iowa,  covering  two 
years,  followed  by  three  years  in  the  law  depart- 
ment. He  was  graduated  in  June,  1903,  with  the 
degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  in  September  of  the  same 
year  removed  to  Idaho  and  located  at  Idaho  Falls, 
there  establishing  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  has  remained  in  continuous  practice 
since  that  time  and  has  enjoyed  a  most  pleasing 
success.  From  January,  1905,  to  May,  1911,  he  was 
associated  with  H.  K.  Linger,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Linger  &  Hanson,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
in  independent  practice.  In  February,  1911,  Mr. 
Hanson  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hawley  to  the 
office  of  prosecuting  attorney  of  Bonneville  county. 
Mr.  Hanson  is  a  Democrat  and  has  always  taken 
an  active  part  in  governmental  and  general  civic 
affairs  in  the  city.  He  served  as  secretary  of  the 
Commercial  Club  in  1907  and  1908  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  club  as  yet.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
County  Bar  Association,  and  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  state  of  Idaho 
and  the  United  States  district  court  for  the  northern 
district  of  Iowa  in  1903,  and  has  since  been  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  state 
of  Idaho  and  the  United  States  circuit  court.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  Hanson  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  in  which  latter  society  he  is  consul  com- 
mander of  the  Idaho  Falls  lodge.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

On  October  14,  1908.  Mr.  Hanson  was  married 
at  Pocatello,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Jessie  M.  McCune,  the 
daughter  of  W.  J.  McCune  of  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota. Two  children  have  been  born  to  them:  Fea 
Delphine,  born  October  i,  1909,  at  Idaho  Falls,  and 
Berneice  Ellen,  born  May  18.  1913. 

Mr.  Hanson  is  a  typical  "home"  man,  not  given 
to  seeking  outside  diversions.  Before  he  was  mar- 
ried he  was  a  member  of  the  Idaho  National  Guards 
and  filled  all  offices  from  the  ranks  to  the  office  of 
captain.  In  addition  to  his  home  in  Idaho  Falls 
Mr.  Hanson  owns  a  fine  farm  of  160  acres  of  land 
near  to  the  city.  It  is  such  men  as  he  who  make 


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up  the  spine  of  the  state  and  the  nation,  and  ad- 
verse circumstances  will  never  be  sufficient  to  keep 
them  from  the  winning  of  success  and  position  in 
life. 

ALMA  MARKER.  Probably  no  better  example  of 
the  success  that  may  be  gained  through  a  life  of 
industry,  energy  and  persistent  effort  may  be  found 
than,  the  career  of  Alma  Marker  of  Idaho  Falls, 
proprietor  of  Marker's  Music  Store,  a  man  known 
and  respected  throughout  the  valley,  whose  activi- 
ties have  added  materially  to  the  commercial  im- 
portance of  the  city.  Coming  here  some  thirty 
years  ago,  with  no  capital  save  brains,  ambition  and 
his  well-beloved  violin,  the  "fiddler"  (as  he  is  affec- 
tionately known)  so  well  directed  his  efforts  that 
he  not  only  succeeded  in  accomplishing  his  original 
object  of  clearing  off  a  debt  caused  by  his  father's 
failure,  but  also  built  up  a  business  which  now 
ranks  as  one  of  the  state's  largest  music  and  sport- 
ing goods  establishments.  His  career  should  hold 
something  of  an  encouraging  nature  to  the  youth 
of  any  section,  who  feel  that  they  are  handicapped 
by  the  lack  of  financial  aid  or  influential  friends. 

Alma  Marker  was  born  at  Spanish  Fork,  Utah, 
October  20,  1859,  and  received  a  common  school 
education.  He  first  came  to  what  was  then  the 
little  "jerkwater"  village  of  Eagle  Rock  (now  Idaho 
Falls),  on  the  little  narrow-gauge  train,  in  1883, 
with  the  determination  to  clear  off  the  mortgage  on 
his  father's  farm  and  other  debts  amounting  to  some 
$1,300.  The  only  thing  of  value  he  had  in  the  world 
was  a  rare  old  violin,  his  skill  in  the  handling  of 
which  soon  gained  him  a  reputation  all  over  the 
countryside,  and  as  his  fame  spread  the  demand 
for  his  services  grew  and  his  emoluments  increased 
for  his  performances  at  every  event  of  any  impor- 
tance in  Eagle  Rock  and  the  surrounding  county. 
Of  a  thrifty  and  industrious  nature,  he  carefully 
saved  his  earnings,  and  in  less  than  two  years  was 
able  to  clear  off  the  incumbrance  on  his  father's 
land,  as  well  as  the  aforementioned  debts,  and  was 
in  a  position  to  embark  upon  a  business  career  of 
his  own.  The  nucleus  of  his  present  large  business 
was  founded  in  the  front  rooms  of  his  home  on  Cliff 
street,  where  he  started  out  with  a  small  stock  of 
musical  instruments,  music,  jewelry,  etc.,  and  under 
the  stimulus  of  his  push  and  wide  popularity  his 
business  grew  to  such  an  extent  that  he  was  soon 
compelled  to  seek  larger  quarters,  and  he  accordingly 
built  the  building  now  occupied  by  the  McMullen 
Hardware  Company,  where  he  continued  in  business 
until  1899.  In  that  year  he  was  again  forced  to 
look  for  more  commodious  rooms  on  account  of  the 
growth  of  trade,  and  moved  to  his  present  store 
near  the  Porter  Hotel,  where  he  carries  everything 
in  the  way  of  musical  instruments,  strings  and  trim- 
mings, instrumental  and  vocal  music,  books,  blank- 
books,  stationery,  school  supplies,  notions  and  fancy 
goods,  guns,  ammunition,  fishing  tackle,  cutlery, 
smokers'  supplies  and  hundreds  of  other  articles  not 
to  be  found  in  other  stores.  Marker's  Music  Store 
is  now  one  of  the  leading  business  houses  of  its 
kind  in  the  state,  and  is  situated  in  a  handsome 
two-story  brick  building.  Through  fair  dealing  and 
honest  business  methods  he  has  built  up  a  prosper- 
ous and  growing  trade,  and  his  genial,  courteous 
and  obliging  nature  has  gained  him  widespread 
popularity.  As  a  citizen  his  support  has  always 
been  given  to  those  movements  which  are  calculated 
to  most  greatly  benefit  his  community,  and  Idaho 
and  Idaho  Falls  have  no  more  enthusiastic  "booster." 

Mr.  Marker  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Larsen  of 
Monti,  Utah,  in  1881,  and  five  children  have  been 


born,  of  whom  four  are  living:  Milroy  R,  Eddie,. 
Minnie  and  Elva;  Earl  died,  aged  about'  twelve- 
years. 

ALVIN  T.  SHANE.  The  efficient  and  popular  post- 
master of  the  thriving  little  city  of  Idaho  Falls, 
Mr.  Shane  stands  prominent  as  one  of  the  loyal  and 
progressive  citizens  of  Bonneville  county,  of  which 
his  home  city  is  the  judicial  center,  and  no  man- 
has  greater  confidence  in  the  still  more  splendid 
development  and  prosperity  of  this  favored  section 
of  the  state.  To  the  fullest  extent  of  his  powers- 
and  with,  all  of  enthusiasm  has  he  given  his  influ- 
ence in  support  of  measures  and  enterprises  tend- 
ing to  benefit  his  county  along  industrial  lines,  and 
his  personality  and  unwavering  integrity  as  a  citizen 
have  gained  him  not  only  esteem  and  confidence 
but  also  a  position  of  leadership  in  connection  with 
affairs  of  local  importance. 

Mr.  Shane  claims  the  Badger  State  of  the  Union 
as  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  is  a  representative 
of  one  of  its  pioneer  families.  He  was  born  on  the 
homestead  farm  of  his  parents  in  Buffalo  county, 
Wisconsin,  and  the  date  of  his  nativity  was  October 
17,  1864.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(McEldowney)  Shane,  whose  marriage  was  solem- 
nized at  La  Crosse,  that  state,  the  father  having  been 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  mother  also  of 
the  same  state.  They  became  the  parents  of  four 
children,  of  whom  the  present  postmaster  of  Idaho 
Falls  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth,  and  of  the 
others,  one  son  and  one  daughter  are  living.  The 
devoted  wife  and  mother  was  summoned  to  eternal 
rest  in  1877,  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight  years,  and 
the  father  continued  to  reside  in  Wisconsin  until 
he  too  passed  away,  in  1891,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight 
years.  In  his  native  state  he  was  reared  to  ma- 
turity and  there  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the 
carriagemaker's  trade.  As  a  young  man  he  num- 
bered himself  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Wis- 
consin, and  there  he  developed  and  improved  an 
excellent  farm,  the  residue  of  his  active  career  hav- 
ing been  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  the 
raising  of  live  stock.  He  was  a  stanch  Republican 
in  his  political  proclivities. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  state  afforded 
excellent  educational  advantages  to  Alvin  T.  Shane 
during  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  early  youth, 
and  this  discipline  was  supplemented  by  a  course 
of  study  in  Galesbiirg  University,  at  Galesburg,  Wis- 
consin, as  well  as  a  thorough  training  in  a  business 
college  at  La  Crosse,  that  state.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  years,  after  an  experience  of  practical  order 
in  connection  with  the  work  of  the  home  farm,  he 
went  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  he  was  employed 
in  the  great  wholesale  grocery  house  of  Sprague, 
Warner  &  Company  for  eight  years.  He  then  went 
to  South  Dakota,  where  he  maintained  his  home  for 
three  years,  during  the  major  portion  of  which  period 
he  was  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business 
at  Leola,  the  capital  of  ^McPherson  county.  After 
selling  his  stock  and  business  at  that  place  he  came 
to  Idaho  and  established  himself  in  the  same  line 
of  enterprise  at  Montpelier,  Bear  Lake  county, 
where  he  built  up  a  prosperous  trade  and  where  he 
remained  three  years.  He  then  disposed  of  his 
business,  in  1894,  and  in  seeking  a  new  location  he 
selected  Idaho  Falls  as  his  permanent  home.  Here 
he  established  his  residence  in  1894,  and  here  he  was 
associated  with  F.  H.  Turner  in  the  conducting  of  a 
dry  goods  business  until  1907,  when  he  sold  his 
interest,  the  enterprise  having  been  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Shane  &  Turner.  In  the  mean- 
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for  him  the  regard  of  the  pepple  of  this  section,  and 
thus  it  was  a  matter  of  satisfaction  to  the  citizens 
of  Idaho  Falls  when  he  received  the  appointment  to 
the  office  of  postmaster  of  the  town  in  1908.  He 
assumed  the  duties  of  this  position  in  that  year, 
and  has  since  continued  in  service,  his  administra- 
tion having  been  careful,  conscientious  and  effective, 
so  that  he  has  received  popular  commendation.  He 
is  one  of  the  progressive  citizens  of  Bonneville 
county  and  further  evidence  of  his  popularity,  as 
well  as  of  appreciation  of  his  civic  attitude,  was 
given  by  his  election  to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Idaho 
Falls  in  1904.  He  served  one  term  and  his  course 
as  executive  head  of  the  municipal  government  was 
marked  by  wise  expenditure  of  the  public  funds 
and  by  well-ordered  policies  of  city  improvements 
along  legitimate  lines.  He  is  a  stockholder  and 
director  of  the  Farmers'  &  Merchants'  Bank  of 
Idaho  Falls  and  is  the  owner  of  valuable  real  estate 
here,  including  his  attractive  residence  property. 

In  politics,  as  may  naturally  be  inferred,  Mr. 
Shane  is  a  stanch  advocate  of  the  principles  and 
policies  for  which  the  Republican  party  stands 
sponsor,  and  he  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
councils  of  its  contingent  in  Bonneville  county.  He 
is  affiliated  with  the  local  lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  served  one  term  as  chancellor  of 
the  Idaho  Falls  lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
is  also  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  Christian  Scientists  in 
their  religious  faith.  Mr.  Shane  finds  pleasure  in 
hunting  and  fishing  trips  in  the  mountains  and  val- 
leys of  the  beautiful  state  in  which  he  has  estab- 
lished his  home,  and  his  chief  diversion  is  gained 
along  these  wholesome  lines  of  sport. 

On  the  3ist  of  October,  1888,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Shane  to  Miss  Belle  M.  Turner, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Turner,  of  Janesville, 
Wisconsin,  and  the  one  child  of  this  union  is  Ray- 
mond, who  was  born  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in 
1901,  and  who  is  now  a  student  in  the  public  schools 
of  Idaho  Falls. 

JOHN  B.  COOPER,  M.  D.  The  enterprising  and 
progressive  little  city  of  Blackfoot,  Bingham  county, 
has  drawn  within  its  borders  a  due  contingent  of 
able  physicians  and  surgeons',  and  Dr.  Cooper  has 
the  distinction  of  being  the  oldest  practitioner  in 
this  community,  where  he  has  followed  the  work  of 
his  profession  since  1897,  with  all  of  zeal  and  ability, 
and  where  he  has  won  for  himself  a  large  place  in 
the  affectionate  regard  of  those  to  whom  he  has 
ministered.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of 
Bingham  county,  is  a  citizen  of  distinctive  public 
spirit,  and  is  a  man  in  every  way  deserving  of  the 
high  esteem  so  uniformly  accorded  to  him. 

Dr.  John  Bell  Cooper  was  born  near  New  Castle, 
England,  on  the  24th  of  March,  1839,  and  is  a  son 
of  Thomas  and  Ann  (Bell)  Cooper.  The  father 
was  a  successful  boat-builder  at  Blythe,  Northum- 
berland county,  England,  and  there  he  continued  to 
reside  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four 
years  and  nine  months.  He  was  a  man  of  steadfast 
and  sincere  nature  and  his  life  was  marked  by  ear- 
nest and  honest  endeavor.  He  passed  to  eternal  rest 
on  the  7th  of  Nbyember,  1888,  and  his  cherished  and 
devoted  wife  died  in  1903,  at  a  venerable  age.  Of  the 
eight  children,  of  whom  Dr.  .Cooper  was  the  firstborn, 
five  sons  and  three  daughters,  two  sisters,  three  broth- 
ers are  living.  In  excellent  private  schools  in  his 
native  land  Dr.  Cooper  continued  his  studies  until 
he  had  attained  to  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and 
when  nineteen  years  of  age  he  was  matriculated  in 
the  Newcastle  Medical  College,  at  Newcastle-upon- 


Tyne,  in  his  native  county,  in  which  admirable  in- 
stitution he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1860,  with  the  well  earned  degree  of  doctor  of 
medicine.  For  twelve  years  after  his  graduation 
the  doctor  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  the  historic  old  city  of  Newcastle,  and 
he  then  came  to  the  United  States.  For  five  years 
he  was  engaged  in  practice  in  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  he  then  removed  to  Virginia,  where  he 
remained  three  years.  The  West  then  became  the 
stage  of  his  professional  endeavors,  and  for  eight 
years  he  was  engaged  in  practice  at  Weir  City, 
Cherokee  county,  Kansas.  He  then  removed  to 
Ogden,  Utah,  but  he  soon  afterward  transferred  his 
residence  to  American  Fork,  that  state,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  work  of  his  profession  for  the  ensuing 
eight  years.  The  new  state  of  Idaho  then  attracted 
his  favorable  consideration,  and  in  August,  1896,  he 
established  his  home  at  Rexburg,  Fremont  county. 
Shortly  afterward  he  removed  to  Pocatello,  and  in 
February,  1897,  he  located  at  Blackfoot,  where  he 
has  since  maintained  his  home  and  where  he  has 
found  a  most  attractive  field  for  his  labors  in  his 
profession.  He  has  long  controlled  a  large  and 
representative  practice  in  Bingham  county  and  he 
has  been  signally  earnest  and  self -abnegating  in  his 
work,  in  connection  with  which  he  encountered  many 
arduous  and  fatiguing  labors  in  the '  earlier  years 
of  his  practice.  He  has  held  his  ambition  to  the 
close  line  of  doing  all  in  his  power  to  alleviate  suf- 
fering and  distress,  and  in  summer's  heat  and  win- 
ter's storms  he  has  faithfully  devoted  himself  to  his 
humane  calling,  so  that  he  well  merits  the  high  re- 
gard of  the  community  in  which  he  is  a  pioneer  of 
his  profession,  even  as  he  is  one  of  its  able  and 
honored  representatives. 

Dr.  Cooper  is  a  man  of  well  fortified  opinions  and 
broad  economic  views,  and  he  is  a  firm  believer  in 
the  tenets  of  true  socialism,  as  represented  in  a  co- 
operative commonwealth.  He  has  been  most  suc- 
cessful in  his  professional  work  in  Idaho,  from  a 
technical  and  also  a  financial  standpoint,  and  no  citi- 
zen is  more  loyal  and  appreciative  than  he. 

On  the  3d  of  May,  1877,  was  solemnized  the  mar- 
riage of  Dr.  Cooper  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Mary  Rich- 
ards, of  Hazleton,  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania. 
She  was  born  in  Cornwall,  England,  on  the  nth  of 
January,  1839,  and  is  a  daughter  of  William  and 
Phyllis  Richards,  members  of  stanch  old  English 
families.  Mrs.  Cooper  has  proved  a  devoted  wife 
and  helpmeet  and  she  is  loved  by  all  who  have  come 
within  the  compass  of  her  gentle  and  kindly  in- 
fluence. Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper  have  one  son,  Dr. 
George  Cooper,  who  was  born  at  Meyersdale,  Som- 
erset county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  zoth  of  August, 
1880,  and  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  McCammon,  Bannock  county,  Idaho, 
his  technical  education  having  been  received  in  the 
Central  Medical  College,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

DAVID  F.  DOWD.  A  resident  of  Idaho  Falls  since 
1904,  Mr.  Dowd  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  material  progress  and  substantial  upbuilding  of 
this  fine  little  city,  the  capital  of  Bonneville  county, 
and  is  known  as  one  of  its  liberal  and  public- 
spirited  citizens  and  as  a  business  man  of  distinctive 
ability  and  initiative  power.  As  an  architect  and 
builder  he  has  designed  and  erected  many  of  the 
finest  buildings  in  this  section  of  the  state,  and  in 
addition  to  his  large  and  substantial  business  along 
this  line,  he  has  also  built  up  a  successful  enterprise 
in  the  handling  of  automobile  supplies,  a  business 
that  was  established  by  him  in  February,  1912.  As 
one  of  the  loyal  and  progressive  citizens  and  repre- 


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sentative  business  men  of  Bonneville  county  he  is 
well  entitled  to  recognition  in  this  history  of  his 
adopted  state. 

Air.  Dowd  was  born  at  Owen  Sound,  province  of 
Ontario,  Canada,  on  the  I5th  of  September,  1863, 
and  is  a  son  of  Jarvis  and  Elise  (Atchison)  Dowd, 
both  of  whom  were  born  in  Ireland  and  both  of 
whom  were  young  at  the  time  of  the  emigration  of 
the  respective  families  to  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 
Jarvis  Dowd,  a  man  of  enterprise  and  sterling  char- 
acter, became  one  of  the  prosperous  agriculturists 
of  Sullivan  county,  Ontario,  and  there  he  continued 
to  maintain  his  home  until  his  death,  in  1894,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-seven  years,  his  devoted  wife  having 
been  summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  1887,  at  the  age 
of  forty-eight  years.  Of  the  fourteen  children, 
David  F.,  of  this  review,  was  the  seventh  in  order 
of  birth,  and,  besides  him,  six  sons  and  five  daugh- 
ters are  now  living. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  province  Mr. 
Dowd  gained  his  early  educational  training,  and  as 
a  youth  he  became  identified  with  lumbering  opera- 
tions in  the  province  of  Ontario.  He  was  con- 
cerned with  this  line  of  industry  for  ten  years,  and 
in  1889  he  came  to  the  West  in  search  for  a  more 
attractive  field  of  individual  enterprise.  He  estab- 
lished his  home  in  the  city  of  Butte,  Montana,  where 
he  engaged  In  contracting  and  building,  as  he  had 
gained  practical  experience  at  the  carpenter's  trade 
prior  to  his  removal  to  the  West.  In  the  autumn  of 
1890  Mr.  Dowd  removed  to  the  little  city  of  Nephi, 
Juab  county,  Utah,  where  he  continued  a  success- 
ful representative  of  the  same  line  of  enterprise 
until  1904,  when  he  came  to  Idaho  and  established 
his  home  at  Idaho  Falls.  Here  he  followed  general 
contracting  and  buijding  until  1910,  and  since  that 
time  he  has  confined  his  attention  almost  entirely 
to  architectural  work  and  the  supervising  of  the 
erection  of  buildings  designed  by  him.  He  has  had 
and  filled  the  contracts  for  the  erection  of  some 
of  the  finest  buildings  in  his  home  city,  as  well  as 
in  Sugar  City  and  other  points  in  Bonneville  county. 
In  addition  to  many  fine  residences  in  Idaho  Falls, 
Mr.  Dowd  was  the  'builder  of  the  postoffice  building 
and  the  Denver  block.  As  already  stated  in  this 
context,  Mr.  Dowd  is  also  engaged  in  the  automo- 
bile-supply business,  and  this  new  enterprise,  under 
his  aggressive  and  capable  management,  is  proving 
most  successful.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Birch  Creek 
Mining  Company,  which  is  developing  valuable  min- 
ing properties  in  Fremont  county,  this  state,  and 
is  president  of  the  South  End  Mining  Company, 
the  properties  of  which  are  located  in  Fremont 
county.  He  has  won  advancement  through  his  own 
energy  and  ability,  as  he  has  been  dependent  upon 
his  own  resources  from  his  early  youth,  and  even 
this  brief  review  of  his  career  indicates  that  he  has 
achieved  much  as  one,  of  the  world's  productive 
workers,  the  while  he  has  so  ordered  his  course  as 
to  merit  and  receive  the  confidence  and  high  regard 
of  his  fellow  men.  Mr.  Dowd  looks  upon  Idaho  as 
a  state  whose  attractions  and  advantages  are  not 
excelled  by  any  other  in  the  Union,  and  his  enthu- 
siastic loyalty  to  this  commonwealth  is  contagious. 

In  politics,  though  never  a  seeker  of  official  prefer- 
ment, Mr.  Dowd  is  aligned  as  a  stanch  supporter  of 
the  cause  of  the  Progressive  party,  and  in  local 
affairs  he  is  essentially  liberal  and  public-spirited — 
one  who  is  ever  ready  to  contribute  of  influence 
and  tangible  co-operation  in  the  furtherance  of  meas- 
ures tending  to  advance  the  general  welfare  of  the 
community.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  local  organiza- 
tions of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 


Elks,  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Royal 
Neighbors. 

In  November,  1886,  was  solemnized  the  marriage 
of  Mr.  Dowd  to  Miss  Mary  B.  Lawler,  who  like 
himself  is  a  native  of  the  province  of  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, where  her  father,  the  late  James  Lawler,  was 
engaged  in  farming  during  the  major  part  of  his 
active  career  and  where  his  death  occurred,  his 
home  having  been  at  Belleville,  where  his  widow 
still  resides.  In  conclusion  of  this  sketch  is  entered 
brief  record  concerning  the  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dowd :  David  G.,  who  was  born  in  La  Froey 
county,  province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1887,  is  now 
successfully  engaged  in  farming  in  Bonneville  county, 
Idaho;  Mary  Gertrude,  who  was  born  in  the  province 
of  Ontaria,  in  1889,  still  resides  in  her  native  prov- 
ince and  is  the  wife  of  C.  W.  Bartlett,  their  children 
being  three  in  number :  George,  who  was  born  in 
the  state  of  Utah,  in  1893,  is  identified  with  ranch- 
ing operations  in  Bonneville  county,  Idaho ;  Charles 
A.,  likewise  a  native  of  Utah,  where  he  was  born 
in  the  year  1895,  is  attending  the  public  schools  of 
Idaho  Falls,  as  is  also  Jennie  K.,  who  was  born 
in  Utah  in  1902 ;  Thomas,  who  was  born  in  Canada, 
died  at  the  age  of  one  year  and  eight  months ;  and 
Josephine,  who  was  born  in  Butte,  Montana,  died 
in  Utah,  at  the  age  of  twenty  months. 

FREDERICK  W.  REDFIELD.  One  of  the  important 
enterprises  contributing  to  the  commercial  vigor 
of  Idaho  Falls,  Bonneville  county,  is  that  conducted 
under  the  title  of  the  Superior  Honey  Company, 
and  the  business  at  this  place  is  run  in  conjunction 
with  that  maintained  under  the  same  title  at  Ogden, 
Utah.  He  whose  name  initiates  this  paragraph 
was  the  founder  of  the  business  at  Idaho  Falls  and 
in  the  ownership  of  the  same  he  is  associated  with 
his  brother  Jay,  as  is  he  also  in  that  at  Ogden.  He 
is  known  as  one  of  the  straightforward,  reliable 
and  progressive  young  business  men  of  the  city  of 
Idaho  Falls  and  as  such  is  well  entitled  to  specific 
mention  in  this  publication. 

Mr.  Redfield  was  born  at  Shenandoah,  Page 
county,  Iowa,  on  the  9th  of  December,  1881,  and  is 
a  son  of  William  and  Ella  (Browning)  Redfield,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  one  of  the  Eastern 
states,  whence  he  removed  to  Utah  in  the  pioneer 
days,  and  the  latter  of  whom  was  born  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  a  member  of  one  of  the  prominent  pioneer 
families  of  Utah.  William  Redfield  was  identified 
with  business  interests  in  Utah  and  Iowa  for  many 
years,  and  was  a  resident  of  Ogden,  Utah,  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  1899,  at  the  aSe  °*  fifty-six 
years.  His  widow,  who  is  now  fifty-four  years  of 
age,  still  resides  at  Ogden,  and  of  the  seven  chil- 
dren all  survive  the  father.  Both  Frederick  W.  and 
Jay  Redfield  gained  their  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Iowa  and  Utah,  and  both  were 
graduated  in  the  high  school  at  Ogden.  Shortly 
after  attaining  to  his  legal  majority,  Frederick  W. 
Redfield  obtained  employment  in  the  car  depart- 
ment of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  railroad,  at  Ogden, 
and  after  being  thus  engaged  for  two  years,  in  a 
clerical  capacity,  he  devoted  his  attention,  for  a. 
similar  period,  to  teaching  in  the  Ogden  public 
schools.  In  1905  he  established  in  that  city  the 
Superior  Honey  Company,  and  the  enterprise  proved 
successful  from  the  beginning.  In  1911  he  estab- 
lished the  branch  house  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  of  the 
same  his  brother  Jay  had  charge  for  a  considerable 
time.  On  January  i,  1913,  M.  Spencer  Stone  of 
Idaho  Falls  became' a  member  of  the  firm.  This  also 
was  the  time  when  Jay  Redfield  became  a  member 
of  the  firm.  The  Superior  Honey  Company  is  the 


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largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  Idaho  and  its  func- 
tions are  the  handling  of  the  best  grades  of  honey, 
at  wholesale  and  retail.  Mr.  Redfield  is  alert  and 
enterprising  and  both  he  and  his  brother  have  won 
distinctive  success  through  their  own  well  directed 
efforts,  in  connection  with  which  they  have  shown 
admirable  initiative  and  constructive  ability.  Mr. 
Redfield  is  a  practical  apiarist  and  finds  great  pleas- 
ure in  the  industrial  enterprise  with  which  ne  is 
prominently  identified.  Ever  ready  to  lend  his  sup- 
port to  measures  and  enterprises  tending  to  ad- 
vance the  material  and  civic  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity, he  is  not  constrained  by  strict  partisan  lines 
in  his  political  allegiance,  his  independence  being 
shown  in  his  support  of  candidates  and  measures 
meeting  the  approval  of  his  judgment 

On  the  8th  of  February,  1906,  Mr.  Redfield  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Charlotte  Stone,  daugh- 
ter of  Barona  Stone,  a  representative  citizen  of 
Ogden,  Utah,  and  the  four  children  of  this  union 
are :  Gerald.  Verna,  Spencer  and  Hazel,  all  of  whom 
were  born  in  Ogden. 

JAMES  P.  KIHOLM.  There  are  certain  trades  and 
occupations  that  from  earliest  times  have  been  fol- 
lowed by  representative  men  in  every  community, 
time-honored  vocations  the  very  nature  of  which 
has  commended  them  to  men  of  all  nationalities. 
Among  these  the  business  of  harness  making  holds 
a  prominent  place,  and  in  this  connection  it  is  not 
inappropriate  to  sketch  the  career  of  James  P. 
Kiholm,  harness-maker  of  Shelley,  Idaho,  and  a  man 
who  has  worked  his  way  from  the.  bottom  of  the 
ladder  to  the  top  through  the  medium  of  his  own 
skill,  energy  and  perseverance.  Mr.  Kiholm  is  a 
native  of  Denmark,  and  was  born  on  November  25, 
1862,  a  son  of  Herman  and  Gateroot  (Nelson) 
Kiholm.  His  father,  who  was  well  known  in  the 
district  wherein  he  lived  in  his  native  land,  passed 
away  in  1872,  at  the  age  of  fifty  years,  the  widow 
surviving  until  1907,  when  she  died  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-nine  years.  They  were  the  parents 
of  six  children,  James  P.  being  the  fifth  in  order  of 
birth. 

James  P.  Kiholm  was  granted  the  advantages  to 
be  gained  by  attendance  in  the  public  schools  of 
Denmark,  and  as  a  lad  of  thirteen  years  began  to 
server  an  apprenticeship  to  the  trade  that  he  had  de- 
cided to  make  his  life  work.  Sober,  industrious  and 
energetic,  he  thoroughly  mastered  the  details  of  the 
vocation,  and  continued  to  be  employed  in  Denmark 
until  1891.  In  that  year  his  long  wished-for  oppor- 
tunity came  to  visit  the  United  States  and,  coming 
to  this  country,  he  journeyed  to  the  Salt  Lake  dis- 
trict, where  he  was  connected  with  harness  making 
for  approximately  twenty  years,  the  last  twelve  years 
of  this  time  being  in  business  on  his  own  account.  * 
In  FQI  i  he  came  to  Shelley  and  opened  a  small  estab- 
lishment, which  has  rapidly  grown  to  be  one  of  the 
prosperous  business  enterprises  of  the  town,  his 
trade  being  drawn  from  all  over  the  surrounding 
territory.  From  youth,  Mr.  Kiholm's  life  has  been 
one  of  earnest  endeavor  and  well-directed  energy, 
and  his  success  proves  that  neither  the  possession 
of  large  capital  or  the  help  of  influential  friends 
at  the  outset  of  his  career  are  at  all  necessary  to  the 
young'  man  of  enterprise  and  ambition.  He  has 
never  had  reason  to  regret  coming  to  this  country, 
as  here  he  has  won  prominence  in  business  and  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens.  In  po- 
litical matters  Mr.  Kiholm  is  a  Republican,  but 
business  duties  have  so  engrossed  his  time  that  he 
has  had  little  leisure  to  devote  to  public  matters, 
although  he  supports  movements  tending  to  ad- 

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vance  progress,  public  welfare  and  good  government. 
Fraternally  he  holds  membership  in  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Danish  Brotherhood,  in  both  of  which 
he  has  numerous  friends. 

On  November  26,  1887,  Mr.  Kiholm  was  married 
in  Holfens,  Denmark,  to  Christina  Knudsen,  a  native 
of  that  country,  who  died  in  1902  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  They  had  three  children:  Ina,  born  in 
1889,  in  Denmark ;  Annie,  born  in  1892  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah;  and  James,  born  in  1898,  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  now  attending  school  in  Shelley.  On  June 
8,  1903,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Mr.  Kiholm  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Eleanor  Hanscn,  and  they  have  had 
four  children:  Lila,  born  in  1904;  Leonore,  born 
in  1906-  Viola,  born  in  1907;  and  Ellen,  born  in 
1909,  all  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  the  first  two  of 
whom  are  attending  school  in  Shelley. 

H.  W.  KIEFKR,  register  of  the  United  States  Land 
Office  at  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  since  1907,  has  had  a 
varied  and  interesting  career  since  leaving  his  home 
in  the  East  in  young  manhood.  He  has  traveled 
extensively  through  the  Western  States  and  to 
Alaska,  has  interested  himself  in  farming,  mining, 
real  estate  and  irrigation,  and  for  a  long  period  of 
years  has  been  prominently  identified  with  the  polit- 
ical activities  of  his  adopted  state.  Mr.  Kiefer  came 
to  Idaho  at  a  time  when  the  best  interests  of  the 
locality  were  in  the  early  stages  of  their  development 
and  shared  in  the  rise  in  values,  being  quick  to  grasp 
opportunities  and  having  the  ability  to  carry  his  opera- 
tions to  a  successful  conclusion,  and  his  rise  from 
a  humble  position  in  a  Colorado  lumber  camp  to  a 
place  among  the  most  influential  men  of  his  com- 
munity has  been  as  rapid  as  it  has  been  well  de- 
served. H.  W.  Kiefer  was  born  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  March  18,  1851  and  is  a  son  of  Charles 
F.  and  Eles  (Lappe)  Kiefer.  His  father,  a  native 
of  Germany,  came  to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years,  settling  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  engaged  in  the  tanning  business. 
He  died  in  1865,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  years.  Mr. 
Kiefer  married  Eles  Lappe,  also  a  native  of  the 
Fatherland,  who  came  to  this  country  in  young 
womanhood,  and  she  followed  her  husband  to  the 
grave  in  1867,  being  forty-seven  years  of  age.  They 
were  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  eight  sons  and 
four  daughters,  and  H.  W.  wa»  the  sixth  in  order 
of  birth. 

H.  W.  Kiefer  was  given  such  advantages  as  are 
to  be  obtained  from  a  common  school  education,  and 
as  a  youth  was  apprenticed  by  his  father  to  learn  the 
trade  of  machinist,  in  the  meantime  devoting  his 
spare  time  to  work  in  his  father's  tannery.  In  June. 
1869,  however,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortunes  in  the 
West,  and  this  was  the  real  beginning  of  his  career. 
In  1870  he  became  employed  in  a  lumber  and  tie 
camp  near  Denver,  Colorado,  and  in  the  following 
year  went  to  Laramie,  Wyoming,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Cpe  &  Carter,  who  had  the  tie  con- 
tract for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  He  remained 
in  the  employ  of  this  concern  for  some  time,  being 
variously  employed  in  Utah,  Wyoming  and  Montana, 
but  in  1883  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Oneida 
county,  on  a  farm  on  Willmow  Creek,  where  he 
engaged  in  cattle  raising  for  nearly  ten  years. 

Mr.  Kiefer's  connection  with  political  activities 
began  in  1892,  when  he  was  elected  assessor  and  col- 
lector of  Bingham  county,  serving  as  such  until  1894, 
when  he  became  sheriff,  an  office  he  also  held  two 
years.  At  that  time  he  returned  to  his  farm,  but 
was  not  allowed  to  retire  thus  easily  from  the  public 
arena,  as  in  1898  he  was  again  elected  assessor  and 
held  that  office  until  1900.  In  1901,  Mr.  Kiefer  joined 


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other  venturesome  spirits  in  a  trip  to  Nome,  Alaska, 
where  he  remained  one  summer,  and  then  disposed 
of  his  mining  interests  and  returned  to  Idaho,  in 
1902  being  elected  state  senator  from  Bingham 
county.  Following  an  active  and  efficient  service  of 
two  years,  in  1904  he  became  presidential  elector, 
taking  the  returns  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  being 
the  first  Republican  to  cast  an  electoral  vote  for 
Idaho  in  a  presidential  campaign.  In  January,  1907, 
Mr.  Kiefer  was  first  appointed  register  of  the  land 
office  at  Blackfoot,  and  in  1912  received  a  reappoint- 
ment  to  the  same  office,  which  he  still  holds.  His 
entire  public  service  has  been  one  which  has  re- 
flected the  highest  credit  upon  him  and  his  com- 
munity, and  Idaho  has  no  more  popular  or  efficient 
public  official.  Mr.  Kiefer  is  a  member  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  He  has  expressed  his  faith  in 
the  future  of  Idaho  by  his  investments  in  various 
enterprises,  and  is  a  director  in  the  lona  Mercan- 
tile Company,  and  president  of  the  Farmers  Canal 
Company.  In  this  latter  enterprise,  Mr.  Kiefer  was 
the  original  locator  of  the  water  right,  in  1884, 
and  operated  this  until  1910,  when  it  was  organized 
into  an  irrigation  district  and  the  district  purchased 
the  canal  property. 

On  March  9,  1880,  Mr.  Kiefer  was  married  at 
Glendale,  Montana,  to  Malissa  A.  White,  who  was 
born  in  Arkansas,  daughter  of  William  M.  and  Mar- 
tha J.  White,  natives  of  Georgia.  They  came  over- 
land to  California  in  1857,  and  later  located  in  Utah, 
where  Mr.  White  died  in  1910,  while  his  widow  still 
survives  and  makes  her  home  in  Idaho  Falls,  being 
eighty-two  years  of  age.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kiefer  have 
had  eight  children,  of  whom  three  died  in  infancy, 
the  others  being  as  follows :  Mrs.  F.  L.  Bradley, 
born  at  Glendale,  Montana,  in  1881,  who  has  one 
child;  Fred  W.,  born  at  Oakley,  Utah,  in  1883,  and 
now  a  civil  engineer  of  Blackfoot;  Miss  Anna  M., 
born  in  Bingham  county,  Idaho,  in  1887,  a  graduate 
of  the  public  schools  and  of  Moscow  University; 
Miss  Minnie  A.,  born  in  Bingham  county,  Idaho,  in 
1888,  a  graduate  of  the  Idaho  Falls  schools  and  of 
Moscow  University,  and  now  teacher  of  the  eighth 
grade  of  the  Burley,  Idaho,  school ;  and  Charles  "H., 
born  in  Bingham  county,  Idaho,  in  1891,  a  graduate 
of  the  Blackfoot  public  schools,  now  living  with  his 
parents. 

JAMES  S.  BYERS.  •  Offering  an  attractive  field,  the 
city  of  Idaho  Falls,  judicial  center  of  Bonneville 
county,  has  gained  its  due  quota  of  able  and  suc- 
cessful members  of  the  legal  profession,  and  of  the 
number  a  representative  position  is  held  by  Mr. 
Byers,  who  has  here  been  engaged  in  successful 
practice  since  1909,  and  whose  popularity  is  of  un- 
equivocal order — a  fact  that  shows  that  in  char- 
acter and  services  he  has  measured  up  to  the  de- 
mands of  public  approbation. 

Mr.  Byers  was  born  at  Dysart,  Tama  county,  Iowa, 
on  the  6th  of  September,  1884,  and  is  a  son  of 
James  L.  and  Charlotte  (Hathaway)  Byers,  whose 
marriage  was  solemnized  in  that  state  in  1878.  James 
L.  Byers  was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  and 
is  a  scion  of  one  of  the  old  and  representative  fami- 
lies of  that  commonwealth,  the  lineage  being  traced 
back  to  stanch  German  origin.  As  a  young  man 
James  L.  Byers  settled  in  Iowa,  and  he  became  one 
of  the  successful  pioneer  merchants  of  Dysart,  Tama 
county.  Later  he  followed  the  vocation  of  commer- 
cial traveling  salesman  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
since  1900  he  and  his  wife  have  maintained  their 
home  at  Santa  Rosa  and  San  Jose,  California,  Mrs. 
Byers  having  been  born  in  Illinois  and  having  been 
a  girl  at  the  time  of  her  parents'  removal  to  Iowa; 


she  is  fifty-four  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  thi« 
writing  and  her  husband  is  sixty  years  old.  O.  C. 
Hathaway,  maternal  grandfather  of  him  whose  name 
initiates  this  review,  is  a  resident  of  San  Jose  and 
is  ninety-four  years  of  age,  his  devoted  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Caroline  Churchill,  being  ninety- 
two  years  of  age.  The  paternal  grandparents  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Pennsylvania  until  their  death, 
and  Grandfather  Byers  at  one  time  owned  the  land 
on  which  the  Revolutionary  battle  of  Valley  Forge 
was  fought.  Of  the  nine  children  of  James  L.  and 
Charlotte  (Hathaway)  Byers  five  sons  and  four 
daughters  are  now  living,  the  subject  of  this  review 
having  been  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth. 

James  S.  Byers  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  village  until  he  had  completed  the  curriculum 
of  the  high  school,  and  thereafter  continued  his 
studies  in  a  commercial  college  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa.  .In  preparation  for  the  work  of  his  chosen 
profession  he  next  entered  the  law  department  of 
the  University  of  California,  at  Berkeley,  completing 
the  law  course  here.  In  September  of  the  same 
year  he  established  his  home  at  Idaho  Falls,  where 
he  has  built  up  a  most  substantial  practice  and 
gained  prestige  as  one  of  the  zealous  and  well- 
fortified  members  of  the  bar  of  Bonneville  county. 
He  is  a  stalwart  in  the  local  camp  of  the  Republican 
party  and  is  secretary  of  its  central  committee  in 
his  county.  In  1912  he  was  the  candidate  of  the 
party  for  the  office  of  county  attorney,  but  the  pre- 
ponderance of  the  opposition  brought  about  his  de- 
feat. He  is  now  serving  in  the  office  of  United 
States  referee  in  bankruptcy  for  this  district  and  is 
city  attorney  of  Idaho  Falls. 

Essentially  progressive  and  public  spirited  as  a 
citizen,  Mr.  Byers  is  deeply  appreciative  of  the  ad- 
vantages and  manifold  attractions  of  the  state  of 
his  adoption,  and  takes  a  lively  interest  in  all  that 
concerns  the  welfare  of  Idaho  Falls.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Club  of  Commerce  at  this  place,  is  ac- 
tively identified  with  the  local  bar  association  and 
is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1912,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Byers  to  Miss  Anna  Katherine  Kern, 
daughter  of  Frank  M.  and  Helen  (Gross)  Kern,  who 
are  now  well-known  citizens  of  Boise,  the  fair 
capital  city  of  Idaho. 

PAUL  R.  KARTZKE.  In  Southern  Idaho,  on  the 
Great  North  Side  Tract  (one  of  the  largest  irri- 
gated sections  of  Idaho),  the  town  of  Jerome  has 
the  most  prominent  place.  Its  growth,  it  being  only 
five  years  old,  has  been  phenomenal,  so  that  it  now 
takes  rank  with  the  leaders.  Closely  associated 
with  the  upbuilding  of  the  North  Side  Tract,  Jerome, 
•as  well  as  south  of  the  Snake  river,  has  been  Paul 
R.  Kartzke,  general  contractor  and  builder,  and  in 
a  public  way  a  leader  in  helping  to  build  a  com- 
munity on  a  substantial  far-seeing  basis. 

Paul  R.  Kartzke  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,. 
May  8,  1874,  son  of  Louis  C.  and  Marie  (Dederer) 
Kartzke,  coming  of  an  old  German  family  which 
settled  in  the  far  past  near  Frankfort  on  the  Oder. 
The  old  estate  was  broken  up  and  divided,  about 
1860,  between  the  eight  brothers  and  sisters,  of 
which  Louis  C.  Kartzke  was  one.  Ernest  Kartzke, 
an  uncle,  is  still  living  on  some  of  the  ancestral 
acres  to  which  the  deeds  were  dated  in  the  sixteenth 
century.  Louis  C.  Kartzke,  when  a  young  man, 
moved  to  Berlin  shortly  after  his  marriage,  engaged 
in  business  as  contractor  and  was  very  successful ; 
he  became  independently  wealthy,  owning  factories 
in  Berlin,  Stettin  at*1!  Magdeburg.  During  the  finan- 


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cial  depression  in  the  late  seventies  he  met  with 
heavy  losses  and  with  the  remainder  decided  to 
emigrate  to  America  in  January,  1884.  After  look- 
ing over  the  country  he  located  in  Chicago,  Illinois, 
and  sent  for  the  family,  who  arrived  in  Chicago  on 
May  24,  1884,  consisting  of  the  mother  and  six  chil- 
dren, Clara,  Richard,  Paul  R.,  Max  C,  Margaret 
and  Frank  G.  Kartzke.  They  have  been  successful 
in  seeking  to  establish  a  home  in  this  country,  all 
being  married  and  in  comfortable  circumstances. 

When  fourteen  years  of  age,  Paul  R.  Kartzke,  after 
one  year  in  high  school,  was  apprenticed  to  the 
cabinet-maker's  trade  with  the  Pullman  Palace  Car 
Company,  attending  night  school,  however,  for  five 
years.  Continuing  in  the  employ  of  the  Pullman  Car 
Company  for  ten  years  he  advanced  to  various 
positions  of  responsibility  in  the  different  depart- 
ments and  laying  the  foundation  for  his  understand- 
ing of  detail  work  and<  harmony  of  design  which 
has  been  of  great  help  in  later  years. 

In  1899,  while  taking  a  pleasure  trip  through  Colo- 
rado, he  was  so  favorably  impressed  with  the  West 
he  decided  to  make  his  home  there,  and  after  living 
some  time  in  Denver,  engaged  in  contracting  and 
house-building,  where  he  remained  until  he  removed 
to  Southern  Idaho,  on  May  n,  1005,  settling  in  Bur- 
ley,  Idaho.  Forming  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Ernest 
White,  under  the  firm  name  of  Kartzke  &  White, 
contractors  and  builders.  They  were  successful  in 
their  work  in  this  new  country,  building  a  large 
part  of  the  new  town.  Becoming  interested  in  other 
lines,  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  director 
of  the  Burley  State  Bank,  also  president  of  the  Mil- 
ner,  Rosston  Navigation  Company,  operating  on 
the  Snake  river  for  some  years. 

Paul  R.  Kartzke  came  to  Lincoln  county  on  July 
6,  1907,  under  contract  with  The  Twin  Falls  North 
Side  Land  &  Water  Company,  to  erect  all  their 
buildings  at  Jerome  preparatory  to  the  opening  of 
the  North  Side  Tract,  erecting  the  first  house  for 
his  home  on  a  desert  comprising  fifteen  townships 
which  afterwards  became  the  North  Side  Tract,  and 
with  his  family  has  been  a  resident  of  Jerome  since 
that  time.  During  the  upbuilding  of  this  new  town 
and  country  he  invested  heavily  and  became  in- 
terested in  various  business  ventures,  being  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Farmers  &  Merchants  State 
Bank,  of  which  he  is  vice-president,  and  with  Mr. 
O.  ^  R.  Peterson  organizing  the  Jerome  Concrete  & 
Brick  _  Company,  one  of  the  largest  plants  of  its 
kind  in  Southern  Idaho,  of  which  he  is  president. 
With  his  progressiveness  he  has  been  especially 
active  in  the  building  of  public  highways  in  that 
section,  devoting  much  of  his  time  and  energy  to- 
wards their  improvement. 

In  politics  he  has  been  prominent  in  the  ranks 
of  the  Republican  party,  serving  the  party  as  state 
central  committeeman  of  Lincoln  county  and  the 
public  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners, appraiser  of  Lincoln  county  and  other  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  and  trust.  He  has  been  a 
Mason  since  his  twenty-first  year  and  has  reached 
the  thirty-second  degree,  having  membership  in  'El 
Koran  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  of  Boise.  Mr. 
Kartzke  and  his  family  are  Protestants. 

On  January  2,  1907,  Paul  R.  Kartzke  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Jane  Quackenbush  of  Albany,  New 
York,  a  descendant  of  an  old  New  England  family. 
They  have  two  children,  Virginia  Jane  and  Paul 
Louis.  Mrs.  Kartzke  followed  her  husband  to 
Jerome  some  days  after  his  arrival  and  was  the 
first  woman  to  make  her  home  in  Jerome  and  on  the 
North  Side  Tract.  On  July  3,  1912,  the  ladies  of 
the  tract,  who  had  arrived  previous  to  1909,  met 


at  the  Kartzke  home  on  the  fifth  anniversary  of  this 
event  and  organized  a  Pioneer  Ladies'  Society,  elect- 
ing Mrs.  Kartzke  the  first  president  of  the  society. 
Mrs.  Kartzke  is  a  woman  of  many  social  graces, 
and  she  has  also  demonstrated  her  business  ability 
as  well  on  a  number  of  occasions,  her  husband  freely 
attributing  much  of  his  business  success  to  her  able 
assistance. 

They  have  both  become  thorough  Idahoans,  glad 
that  Providence  led  them  to  select  Idaho  for  their 
home,  believing  in  its  future  and  expecting  to  live 
in  the  state  which  they  are  helping  to  make  one  of 
the  beauty  spots  of  the  Northwest 

EZRA  A.  BURRELL.  In  1890  there  came  to  Idaho  a 
young  Illinois  school  teacher  who,  jike  the  state  to 
which  he  had  come,  was  but  entering  upon  an  in- 
dependent career  and  had  yet  to  prove  his  merit. 
The  young  man  was  Ezra  A.  Burrell,  now  of  Mont- 
pelier.  In  the  interim  of  twenty-two  years  since 
then  Idaho  has  changed  from  a  domain  of  the  sage- 
brush, with  her  only  boasts  those  of  her  mineral 
wealth  and  her  lumber  resources,  to  one  of  the 
leading  agricultural  and  horticultural  states  of  the 
West.  The  young  school  teacher  in  that  period  has 
served  as  lieutenant-governor  of  Idaho,  is  the  present 
grand  master  of  the  Idaho  Masonic  grand  lodge, 
and  as  a  business  man  and  in  every  aspect  of  his 
citizenship  has  long  been  ranked  with  the  strong 
and  forceful  men  of  the  state.  He  came  here  with 
a  good  education  and  a  large  stock  of  energy  and 
pluck ;  Idaho  gave  him  the  opportunity  to  turn  them 
to  account. 

Mr.  Burrell,  a  native  of  Illinois,  was  born  at 
Carmi,  White  county,  that  state,  on  November  3, 
1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  A.  (Staley) 
Burrell.  The  father  was  born  in  New  York,  but  at 
the  age  of  ten  came  West  with  his  parents,  who 
located  at  Carmi,  Illinois,  and  were  among  the 
first  settlers  in  White  county.  He  grew  up  there 
and  has  ever  since  made  it  his  home,  being  well 
known  thereabout  through  a  long  identification  with 
flour  milling.  He  has  now  reached  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty  years.  In  1861,  when  the  long  sec- 
tional quarrel  flamed  out  into  civil  war,  he,  like  the 
great  leader  from  his  state,  felt  that  the  Union  must 
be  preserved  and  to  serve  that  cause  he  enlisted  in 
the  Fifth  Illinois  Volunteer  Cavalry,  which  was  or- 
ganized at  Carmi,  Illinois,  in  1861,  for  three  years' 
service  and  in  which  he  was  made  a  captain.  He 
was  with  Grant  throughout  that  general's  Missis- 
sippi campaign.  The  mother  of  Mr.  Burrell  was 
a  native  of  Tennessee  and  came  to  Illinois  in  her 
girlhood  with  her  parents,  who  also  were  pioneers 
in  that  state.  She  is  deceased,  having  passed  away 
at  the  age  of  forty.  To  these  parents  were  born 
eight  children,  of  which  family  Ezra  A.  was  fourth 
in  birth  and  is  one  of  four  surviving. 

The  public  schools  of  southern  Illinois  and  the 
Indiana  State  Normal  School  at  Terre  Haute,  Indi- 
ana, provided  Mr.  Burrell  his  education,  and  for 
about  four  years  after  his  attendance  at  the  normal 
he  taught  school  in  Illinois.  In  1890  he  came  to 
Idaho,  locating  at  Blackfoot,  where  he  was  principal 
of  the  schools  two  years.  Following  that  he  was 
in  the  service  of  Bunting  &  Company  at  Blackfoot 
two  years  and  for  a  similar  period  he  was  at  St 
Anthonyj  Idaho,  where  he  conducted  a  store.  From 
that  time  until  the  spring  of  1903  he  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Consolidated  Implement  Company  and 
the  Consolidated  Wagon  &  Machine  Company  at 
Idaho  Falls  and  Salt  Lake  City,  and  from  there  he 
went  to  Montpelier  to  take  charge  of  similar  in- 
terests. In  1904,  together  with  R.  A.  Sullivan,  he 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Montpelier 
and  remained  in  control  of  it  until  1911,  when  he 
sold  his  banking  interests.  In  February,  1912,  he 
organized  the  Burrell  &  Thiel  Hardware  and  Imple- 
ment Company,  which  prospered  from  the  start  and 
they  have  one  of  the  large  hardware  and  implement 
stocks  of  Montpelier.  He  has  ever  been  a  stanch 
Republican  and  long  an  active  and  influential  sup- 
porter of  Republican  policies  in  this  state,  and  in  1906 
was  called  into  public  service  as  lieutenant-governor, 
serving  until  1908.  He  is  now  grand  master  of  the 
Masonic  grand  lodge  of  Idaho  and  thus  has  received 
the  highest  honor  which  the  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons  of  the  state  could  confer. 

On  February  4,  1902,  at  Sale  Lake  City,  Utah,  Mr. 
Burrell  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  F.  Speck,  who 
was  born  at  Grayville,  Illinois.  Her  father,  Mr. 
Samuel  Speck,  is  yet  living  and  now  resides  at 
Evansville,  Indiana.  Mrs.  Speck  died  in  Grayville, 
Illinois,  in  1909.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burrell  have  one 
daughter,  Emelie  Burrell,  born  at  Grayville,  Illinois, 
January  10,  1904,  and  now  attending  school  at  Mont- 
pelier, Idaho. 

From  the  foregoing  review  it  will  be  seen  that 
Mr.  Burrell  has  builded  in  life  from  his  own  energies 
and  resources  and  that  his  attainments  are  the  re- 
sults of  his  own  force  of  character  and  of  his  abili- 
ties put  to  good  and  worthy  use.  He  holds  his  posi- 
tion in  society  because  he  has  earned  and  merits  it. 
He  has  seen  Idaho  develop  from  a  lava  waste  to  a 
state  of  importance  for  its  accomplishment  in  the 
fields  of  agriculture  and  horticulture,  and  he  be- 
lieves such  development  to  be  but  in  its  infancy 
as  compared  to  what  is  possible  here.  Like  the 
loyal  citizen  that  he  is,  he  asserts  his  belief  that 
the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  Idaho  will  be  the 
foremost  state  of  the  Union. 

JOHN  W.  CONDIE.  A  former  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Preston  and  now  superintendent  of  the  city  schools, 
John  W.  Condie  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  edu- 
cators of  Idaho.  In  no  field  of  public  service  is  a 
higher  usefulness  possible  than  in  the  works  of  edu- 
cation and  with  the  development  in  modern  times  of 
the  school  system  and  its  _  facilities  and  the  raising 
of  standards  in  every  depa'rtment,  the  educator  has 
become  a  wonderful  factor  for  the  welfare  of  the 
future.  Mr.  Condie  is  a  man  of  exceptional  training 
and  ability  for  his  work  and  has  had  a  record  of 
fine  success  in  Preston  and  vicinity. 

John  W.  Condie  is  a  native  of  Croydon,  Morgan 
county,  Utah,  where  he  was  born  September  23,  1879. 
His  parents  were  Gibson  and  Elizabeth  (Robinson) 
Condie.  The  father,  who  was  born  at  Clackmannan, 
Scotland,  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  when  he 
came  to  America  in  1850.  Journeying  westward  he 
crossed  the  plains  and  settled  in  Salt  Lake  City,  in 
1852,  soon  after  establishing  a  home  on  a  farm  at 
Croydon,  where  he  was  an  honored  and  prosperous 
resident  until  a  few  years  ago  when  he  moved  to 
Preston,  which  is  his  present  home.  The  mother 
was  born  in  Darlington,  England,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  same  year  with  her  husband,  but  they 
were  not  acquainted  at  that  time,  nor  were  they  in 
the  same  party.  It  was  her  experience  to  have 
assisted  in  pushing  a  hand  car  between  Omaha  and 
Salt  Lake  City,  and  by  that  unique  method,  she 
crossed  the  plains  and  after  arriving  at  Salt  Lake 
she  met  and  married  Mr.  Condie.  Her  death  oc- 
curred at  Croydon  in  1892,  when  she  was  fifty  years 
of  age.  There  were  twelve  children  in  the  family 
of  the  parents  and  Professor  Condie  was  the  tenth 
in  order  of  birth. 

In  the  district  schools  of  Croydon  he  was  educated 


to  the  age  of  sixteen,  when  he  entered  the  Lowell 
school  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  1897,  His  studies  were  then  continued  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Utah,  where  he  was  graduated  from  the 
Normal  department  in  1900.  His  training  had  been 
carried  on  with  a  view  to  educational  work  and  after 
his  graduation  from  the  Normal  he  taught  for  one 
year  at  Wanship,  Utah.  To  better  prepare  himself  for 
a  higher  degree  of  usefulness,  he  took  two  years  of 
college  work  in  the  Arts  and  Sciences  and  was  then 
appointed  principal  of  the  Malad  schools  in  Idaho. 
Two  years  later  in  1905  he  located  in  Preston,  where 
he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Central 
school.  The  Central  school  building  had  just  been 
completed  so  that  he  was  its  first  superintendent  and 
the  three  years  of  work  gave  him  an  enviable  repu- 
tation as  an  educator  and  made  him  so  popular  that 
he  was  then  appointed  professor  of  English  and 
History  in  the  Oneida  State  Academy.  After  three 
years  with  the  academy  he  was  induced  to  return  to 
the  city  schools  as  superintendent  and  since  the  fall 
of  1912  has  had  charge  of  the  local  system  of  edu- 
cation. 

In  national  politics  Mr.  Condie  is  a  Democrat  and 
has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs. 
From  1907  to  1910  he  served  as  mayor  of  Preston.  A 
member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  First  Ward  Sunday 
School,  and  is  now  bishop  of  the  Fourth  ward.  Pro- 
fessor Condie  was  married  at  Wanship,  Utah,  De- 
cember 30,  1903,  to  Miss  Rilla  Pendleton,  .a  daughter 
of  Joshua  and  Delpha  (Stewart)  Pendleton.  Her 
parents  are  still  residents  of  Wanship.  The  four 
who  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Condie  are  as  fol- 
lows :  Melvin,  born  in  1905,  now  in  school  in  Pres- 
ton ;  Evelyn,  born  in  1907 ;  Lucile,  born  in  1908,  and 
Vera,  born  in  1910.  The  first  child  was  born  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  while  the  remaining  three  were  born  in 
Preston. 

It  was  as  a  poor  boy  that  Professor  Condie  began 
his  career,  and  he  worked  and  paid  his  own  way 
through  the  higher  departments  of  school.  Among 
people  who  are  in  a  position  to  judge,  he  is  con- 
sidered one  .  of  the  most  successful  educators  _  in 
Idaho.  He  is  particularly  interested  as  a  diversion 
or  avocation  in  amateur  dramatics,  and  has  no  small 
ability  in  that  line  himself.  He  was  a  leading  mem- 
ber of  the  Utah  Dramatic  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

The  opinion  of  Professor  C9ndie  with  regard  to  the 
present  and  future  of  Idaho  is  well  worth  recording. 
It  is  his  judgment  that  the  state  is  still  in  its  infancy 
and  that  in  the  next  ten  years  will  be  improvements 
aggregating  a  hundred  per  cent  over  present  condi- 
tions. Especially  in  agriculture,  cattle  raising  and 
dairying.  Of  the  industries  of  cattle  and  dairying  he 
speaks  most  highly,  because  he  believes  this  country 
to  be  particularly  adapted  to  stock  raising  and  the 
production  of  milk  products. 

As  for  education,  he  holds  that  the  state  has  ad- 
vanced with  other  states  in  the  Union  in  the  educa- 
tional field,  and  with  the  climate  and  all  the  resources 
and  opportunities  of  Idaho,  he  is  sure  there  is  no 
better  place  in  the  country  for  family  life  and  the 
rearing  of  children. 

R.  N.  SNEDDON.  It  was  because  he  held  Idaho  to 
be  the  coming  state  of  the  great  West  that  R.  N. 
Sneddon  identified  himself  as  one  of  its  citizens  and 
business  men  in  1910.  He  chose  Montpelier,  Bear 
Lake  county,  as  his  home  and  place  of  business  and 
already  is  well  known  and  esteemed  as  one  of  the 
alert  and  progressive  business  men  of  that  section. 
The  West  is  not  new  to  him,  however,  for  he  was 
reared  in  the  adjoining  state  of  Wyoming  and  up 


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to  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Idaho  had  spent  the 
nx'St  of  his  life  in  that  state. 

Born  in  Lochgelly,  County  of  Fife,  Scotland,  near 
the  city  of  Edinburgh,  November  16,  1879,  he  is  the 
second  of  the  eleven  children  of  Thomas  and  Chris- 
tina (Newton)  Sneddon.  Both  parents  are  natives 
of  Scotland,  the  father  born  October  19,  1855,  and 
the  mother  in  March,  1857.  and  they  were  married 
in  their  native  land  in  1877.  Thomas  Sneddon 
brought  his  family  to  America  in  1881  and  settled 
in  I'inta  county,  Wyoming,  where  he  and  his  wife 
yet  reside.  He  is  interested  in  mining  and  is  well 
known  in  that  connection  in  his  state. 

R.  N.  Sneddon  received  his  earlier  educational 
discipline  in  the  public  schools  of  Wyoming,  subse- 
quently attending  the  All  Hallows  College,  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  the  Agricultural  College  at  Logan,  Utah. 
After  his  student  days  were  over  he  took  up  busi- 
ness employment  as  a  timekeeper  for  the  Diamond 
Coal  &  Coke  Company  at  Diamondville,  Wyoming, 
remaining  with  that  company  from  1900  to  1904. 
Following  that  he  spent  six  years  in  Washington, 
IX  C,  in  the  government  service,  at  the  conclusion 
c.f  which,  or  on  July  25,  1910,  he  came  to  Montpelier, 
Idaho,  and  purchased  the  business  of  the  Montpelier 
Coal  &  Lumber  Company,  to  which  he  has  since 
given  his  attention.  Mr.  Sneddon  also  has  valuable 
real  estate  holdings  in  Montpelier,  property  that 
he  bought  several  years  ago,  and  in  every  respect  he 
is  well  satisfied  with  his  Idaho  home  and  the  present 
and  future  prospects  for  prosperity  here.  His  capi- 
tal with  which  to  begin  business  life  was  a  good 
education,  an  industrious  nature,  that  discernment 
that  recognizes  opportunity  and  that  courage  that 
turns  it  to  good  account,  and  with  these  assets  he 
has  attained  a  definite  business  success. 

On  November  20,  1907,  Mr.  Sneddon  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss-  Flora  Taylor  of  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming.  Mrs.  Sneddon  is  the  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Florence  Taylor,  the  former  of  whom  was 
a  Kentuckian  by  birth  but  became  an  early  pioneer 
settler  in  Missouri  and  passed  away  in  that  state. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sneddon  have  one  son,  Thomas  Tay- 
lor Sneddon,  born  at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  on  March 
21,  1912. 

Mr.  Sneddon  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  has  filled  all  the  offices  in  the  local  lodge  of  the 
latter.  In  political  views  he  is  a  Republican  and 
of  the  conservative  type.  His  favorite  recreation  is 
the  sport  of  fishing. 

JOSEPH  B.  BISTLINE,  one-time  mayor  of  Pocatello 
and  a  partner  in  the  Bistline  Lumber  Company,  has 
wandered  far  afield  and  has  lived  in  several  states 
<>f  the  Union.  In  none  of  them  did  he  find  anything 
approaching  his  ideal  until  he  came  to  Pocatello  in 
1891  ;  but  he  soon  found  conditions  in  this  thriving 
little  city  wholly  suited  to  his  ambitious  and  pro- 
gressive spirit,  and  he  felt  warranted  in  carrying 
nut  business  plans  which  seem  likely  to  anchor  him 
here  permanently. 

Mr.  Bistline  is  an  American  in  the  truest  aand  best 
sense  of  the  word,  having  been  born  of  lifelong 
residents  of  the*  good  old  state  of  Pennsylvania.  His 
father.  Benjamin  Bistline,  a  highly  respected  citizen 
of  near  Harrisburg,  died  in  1909,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six.  His  mother,  Jane  E.  (Nesbit)  Bistline, 
passed  away  at  the  age  of  forty-seven,  and  it  was 
shortly  thereafter  that  her  son,  Joseph  B.,  second 
of  the  five  children  who  survived  her,  struck  out 
for  the  West  to  make  his  way  unaided  among 
strangers. 


1  he  young  man,  then  in  his  twentieth  year,  had 
little  of  this  world's  goods;  but  he  had  even  a 
better  equipment  for  success— a  good  common  school 
education,  strict  moral  training,  perfect  physical 
health  and  the  experience  of  three  years'  teaching. 
From  the  time  he  was  old  enough  to  be  of  use  on  the 
farm,  he  had  worked  for  his  father  during  his 
summer  vacations.  The  first  experience  of  this 
courageous  young  man  so  far  from  home,  was  in 
Illinois,  where  he  did  farmwork  and  taught  school 
for  three  years.  Believing  that  better  opportunities 
lay  before  him  in  the  less  developed  states  of  the 
West,  he  went  to  Nebraska,  where  he  taught  school 
for  one  term,  continuing  his  plan  of  farming  each 
season  until  1885,  when  he  bought  a  farm  near 
Grand  Island.  Kansas  was  then  in  the  most  active 
period  of  its  development  and  Mr.  Bistline  was 
tempted  to  test  the  opportunities  of  the  new  terri- 
tory. He  remained  three  years,  after  which  he  spent 
six  months  as  a  laborer  in  North  Platte,  Nebraska. 

During  his  stay  in  Grand  Island  Mr.  Bistline  met 
the  lady  of  his  choice,  Miss  Grade  Gross,  to  whom 
he  was  married  in  1887.  Mrs.  Bistline  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Phillip  and  Clara  Gross,  who  reside  in  Grand 
Island,  Nebraska.  Claude  B.  Bistline  was  born  in 
1889,  and  the  parents  felt  that  the  time  had  come 
to  establish  a  permanent  home.  They  had  heard 
much  of  the  enterprising  spirit  of  Pocatello  and, 
finally,  in  1891,  they  removed  to  this  city,  where  Mr. 
Bistline  turned  his  attention  to  railroading,  holding 
his  position  with  the  company  eight  years. 

In  1893  Mr.  Bistline  was  elected  to  the  city  council 
for  one  term  and,  later,  he  was  elected  mayor  and 
served  a  term  most  creditably.  Returning  to  pri- 
vate life,  he  became  associated  with  Mr.  Weeter  in 
the  lumber  business  under  the  firm  name  of  the 
Weeter-Bistline  Lumber  Company.  One  year  later 
his  brother,  John  N.,  took  one-half  interest  in  the 
concern,  which  has  steadily  prospered  from  its  in- 
ception until  it  has  become  one  of  the  largest  enter- 
prises in  this  section  of  the  state.  Besides  owning 
the  land  and  buildings  in  which  the  business  is  con- 
ducted, the  concern  owns  other  valuable  property. 

Claude  B.  Bistline,  only  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  Bistline,  is  asspciated  with  his  father  in  the 
lumber  business.  The  eldest  daughter,  Ida  N.,  grad- 
uated from  the  Pocatello  Academy  and  has  been 
honored  with  the  appointment  of  deputy  county  as- 
sessor of  Bornock  county.  The  youngest  son,  Jean,. 
born  in  1898,  is  attending  school. 

MILES  FRANK  REED.  For  more  than  twenty  years 
an  educator  and  school  executive  in  Idaho,  Miles  F. 
Reed  is  one  of  the  most  influential  and  best  known- 
of  educational  leaders  in  this  state,  and  for  the  past 
five  years  has  been  president  of  the  Academy  of 
Idaho  at  Pocatello.  During  his  early  years  he  pre- 
pared himself  for  a  career  as  educator,  and  with 
him  education  and  practical  school  management  have 
been  the  objects  of  his  serious  and  constant  atten- 
tion throughout  his  active  life.  His  experience  has 
been  one  of  varied  and  important  nature,  and  besides 
his  present  office  he  has  taught  in  the  country  schools, 
as  incumbent  of  a  chair  in  the  Lewiston  Normal  and 
was  also  a  member  of  the  State  University  faculty 
for  a  number  of  years. 

Miles  Frank  Reed  was  born  at  Jackson,  Iowa. 
November  26,  1872.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Emma  Reed.  His  father  was  a  railroad  engineer 
and  farmer,  was  four  years  a  soldier  of  the  Gvil 
war.  in  the  Second  Iowa  Volunteers.  A  native  of 
Indiana,  he  lived  in  Iowa,  Nebraska  and  Oregon  for 
many  years,  and  in  1889  settled  in  Idaho,  where  he 
was  among  the  early  settlers. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Professor  Reed  received  his  early  education  in  the 
C.  R.  C.  Academy  at  Grangeville,  Idaho,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  1892.  During  subsequent  years 
at  intervals  in  his  educational  work  he  pursued  the 
higher  courses  and  received  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  science  in  1901  from  the  University  of  Idaho,  and 
was  given  the  degree  of  master  of  arts  at  Columbia 
University,  New  York,  in  1907.  From  1892  to  1895 
he  was  a  teacher  in  the  country  schools  of  this 
state.  During  1901  and  1902  he  held  the  chair  of 
science  in  Lewiston  State  Normal  School,  and  from 
1902  to  1907  was  principal  of  the  preparatory  school 
and  instructor  in  education  at  the  University  of 
Idaho.  His  successful  experience  made  him  the 
logical  choice  for  the  office  of  president  of  the  Acad- 
emy of  Idaho,  and  in  1907  he  was  appointed  to  that 
office  and  has  given  his  time  and  attention  to  the 
affairs  of  this  institution  at  Pocatello  to  the  present 
time. 

Professor  Reed  in  1904  was  president  of  the 
Idaho  State  Teachers'  Association,  in  1908  was 
chairman  of  the  Educational  Council  of  Idaho,  and 
in  numerous  ways  has  been  influential  and  prominent 
in  the  educational  services  of  this  state.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  the  state  National  Guards  from 
1891  to  1897  and  during  this  time  was  a  member  of 
Company  C,  serving  with  the  ranks  of  private,  cor- 
poral, sergeant  and  first  lieutenant.  One  of  the 
active  and  public-spirited  citizens  of  Pocatello,  he 
served  in  1911  as  vice-president  of  the  Commercial 
Club.  His  only  fraternity  is  his  college  society, 
Phi  Delta  Theta,  and  he  has  held  office  of  president 
and  other  places  in  his  chapter.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Professor  Reed  at  Grangeville,  Idaho,  on  June  24, 
1901,  married  Miss  Maude  O.  Kinkaid,  a  daughter 
of  John  S.  Kinkaid.  The  four  children  in  their 
home  circle  are  Miles  Frank,  Jr.,  Thomas  K.,  Alice 
M.  and  Willard  W.  Reed. 

GEORGE  T.  HYDE.  A  successful  man  in  a  most 
comprehensive  sense  of  the  term  is  George  T.  Hyde, 
of  Downey,  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Bannock 
county,  who  as  postmaster  of  Downey,  president  of 
the  Downey  State  Bank  and  of  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Mer- 
cantile Company  and  the  owner  of  extensive  agri- 
cultural interests  thereabout  holds  a  place  of  marked 
usefulness  in  his  community.  Able,  upright  in  char- 
acter and  the  possessor  of  keen  acumen  in  business, 
he  is  well  fitted  for  the  prominent  and  responsible 
position  he  holds  in  society.  To  recognize  oppor- 
tunity when  it  presents  itself  is  a  gift  not  enjoyed 
by  every  one  but  it  is  one  with  which  Mr.  Hyde 
is  favored  and  which  he  has  employed  to  good  ad- 
vantage, not  alone  for  his  own  benefit  but  for  the 
development  and  progress  of  Idaho.  In  fact,  in  the 
ranks  of  Idaho's  citizens  can  scarcely  be  found  a. 
more  loyal  or  energetic  promoter  of  the  state's 
interests. 

George  T.  Hyde  was  born  in  Kaysville,  Utah, 
November  26,  1866,  and  there  received  a  public 
school  education.  After  leaving  school  he  remained 
at  the  parental  home  and  assisted  in  farm  duties 
until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he  accepted 
a  position  in  a  store  and  began  an  identification 
with  mercantile  pursuits  that  he  has  continued  to  the 
present.  In  1895  he  came  from  Utah  to  Downey, 
Idaho,  where  he  joined  his  brother,  W.  A.  Hyde, 
who  previously  had  become  established  in  business 
here.  George  T.  is  now  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Company,  which  conducts 
one  of  the  largest  and  busiest  department  stores  in 
this  section  of  Idaho.  The  business  is  housed  in  a 
modern  brick  building  and  includes  a  full  line  of 


everything  appurtenant  to  a  well-stocked,  first  class 
establishment  of  its  kind.  Mr.  Hyde  is  a  gentleman 
of  quick  discernment,  alert  and  persevering,  and 
to  his  sapient  business  abilities  has  been  largely  due 
the  building  up  of  this  thriving  concern.  In  manner 
he  is  affable  and  genial,  and  unfailing  courtesy  ren- 
ders him  popular  with  all  with  whom  he  has  bus- 
iness or  social  relations.  He  is  president  of  the 
Downey  State  Bank  and  is  extensively  interested  in 
agriculture,  being  the  owner  of  several  large  farms 
near  the  town,  which  he  has  in  charge  of  foremen. 
He  keeps  abreast  with  the  most  advanced  ideas  as 
to  the  conduct  of  this  pursuit  under  Idaho  conditions 
and  as  a  reward  of  that  thoughtful  attention  he  har- 
vested in  1912  a  crop  of  barley  averaging  forty-five 
bushels  to  the  acre.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
moters of  the  Portneuf  &  Marsh  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  of  which  he  was  formerly  treasurer  and 
is  yet  identified  as  a  director.  Believing  Idaho 
wealthy  in  resources,  he  is  one  of  the  men  of  brains 
and  push  that  is  seeking  to  develop  them,  and  as  a 
member  and  one  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the 
Downey  commercial  club  he  never  passes  by  an 
opportunity  to  call  attention  to  the  commercial  and 
industrial  advantages  of  his  section.  In  the  phrase 
of  the  day,  he  has  made  good,  and  is  a  wealthy 
man.  All  that  he  has  he  accredits  to  Idaho  and 
in  his  opinion  it  yields  precedence  to  no  other  state 
of  the  Union  for  its  possibilities — that  is,  for  men 
of  pluck  and  determination  and  not  afraid  of  hard 
work. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  occurred  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  Hyde  on  November  18,  1897,  to  Emma  Nibley, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Nibley,  of  Wells- 
ville,  Utah.  To  their  union  have  been  born  five  sons 
and  two  daughters,  named :  Osmond,  Rosel,  Emma 
and  Erma  (twins),  Charles,  Donald  and  Reed. 

Mr.  Hyde  is  a  Republican  in  political  adherency, 
keeps  alive  and  in  close  touch  with  the  interests  and 
work  of  his  party,  and  has  been  postmaster  of 
Downey  since  1899.  He  was  county  commissioner 
three  terms  and  thus  far  in  the  history  of  Bannock 
county  he  is  the  only  man  that  has  ever  been  honored 
with  three  successive  elections  to  the  same  office. 
He  is  a  very  prominent  Bishop  in  the  Church  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

E.  W.  MOONEY.  Nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 
of  life  in  Idaho  has  been  experienced  by  E.  W. 
Mooney,  who  came  to  this  state  in  his  early  twenties. 
His  vocational  life  has  been  extensively  varied,  his 
chief  interests  at  the  present  time  being  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Mooney  &  Huff  Garage  Company,  of 
which  he  is  very  well  known  as  president. 

Illinois  is  the  native  state  of  Mr.  Mooney,  who 
was  born  at  Aledo  in  that  state  on  September  20, 
1865.  His  father,  William  Mooney,  was  a  well- 
known  physician  of  that  community,  to  which  he 
had  come,  at  a  very  early  period,  from  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  is  now  living  in  Toronto,  Canada,  at  the 
age  of  about  sixty-nine.  Mrs.  William  Mooney,  a 
native  of  Maine,  was  in  her  girlhood  Miss  Perthnia 
Acid  Downs.  She  is  also  now  living  at  Aledo,  Illi- 
nois, at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Mooney  two  children  were  born  during  the  early 
period  of  their  married  life  in  Illinois.  Of  these 
the  younger  was  E.  W.  Mooney,  the  special  subject 
of  this  review. 

In  the  district  schools  of  the  rural  vicinity  and 
the  public  schools  of  the  town  of  Aledo,  E.  W. 
Mooney  obtained  his  general  education,  which  he 
supplemented  with  specialized  commercial  training 
at  Professor  Wiley's  Business  College  at  the  same 
place.  His  first  youthful  endeavors  toward  self- 


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1117 


support  were  in  the  useful  vocation  of  a  barber. 
Mr.  Mooney  did  not  find  that  work  congenial,  how- 
ever, and  after  a  short  time  he  made  a  change  both 
of  occupation  and  of  location.  Moving  westward, 
he  established  himself  at  Gibbon,  Nebraska,  where 
he  was  very  successful  in  the  implement  business. 
He  acquired  considerable  property  in  Gibbon,  where 
he  owned  both  a  hotel  and  a  meat  market.  After 
seven  years  in  the  Nebraska  town,  he  again  made 
a  change  farther  to  the  west.  Reaching  Wyoming, 
he  located  at  Wendover,  in  that  state,  and  was  there 
for  some  time  occupied  in  contract  work  for  the 
railroad,  then  being  built.  From  Wendover  he  came 
to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  well-digging  business,  and 
it  was  he  who  made  the  first  well  in  Pocatello. 

Haying  taken  up  his  residence  in  this  young  and 
growing  city  of  the  "Gem  of  the  Mountains"  state. 
Mr.  Mooney  devoted  the  next  five  years  to  car- 
penter work,  which  was  at  that  time  greatly  in  de- 
mand. He  then  engaged  in  the  liquor  business,  so 
continuing  until  1910,  when  he  became  interested  in 
automobile  enterprises.  Since  that  year  he  has  con- 
tinuously been  active  in  this  important  and  popular 
line,  both  dealing  in  motor  cars  and  maintaining  his 
Veil-known  garage  in  Pocatello.  He  has  been  in- 
terested in  various  movements  and  enterprises  in 
this  city,  having  been  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Power  &  Street  Railway  Company,  whose  plant  is 
one  of  the  substantial  adjuncts  of  Pocatello  business. 

The  marriage  of  E.  W.  Mooney  occurred  on 
March  3,  1886,  at  Kearney,  Nebraska.  Mrs.  Mooney 
was  formerly  Miss  Nola  Bryan.  She  and  Mr. 
Mooney  have  in  subsequent  years  become  the  par- 
ents of  three  children.  The  eldest,  now  Mrs.  Thena 
Hyacinth  Connerty,  was  born  at  Gibbon,  Nebraska, 
on  July  11,  1887;  her  present  residence  is  at  Prine- 
ville,  Oregon.  The  second  child  and  only  son  of 
E.  W.  and  Mrs.  Mooney  was  also  born  at  Gibbon, 
the  date  of  his  birth  being  August  30,  1889;  as 
Jesse  R.  Mooney  of  Pocatello,  he  is  well  known  in 
that  community,  where  he  resides.  Miss  Mabel 
Mooney,  born  at  Pocatello  on  December  23,  1891,  is 
a  member  of  the  parental  household. 

E.  W.  Mooney  is  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles,  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  of  the 
Sons  of  Hermann.  Of  the  first  two  orders  named 
above,  he  has  passed  all  chairs  and  has  served  as 
deputy  grand  president  of  both.  Mr.  Mooney  is  a 
baseball  enthusiast,  having  been  manager  of  the  Poca- 
tello club  of  players;  during  his  incumbency  not  a 
single  game  was  lost  by  the  Pocatello  team.  He  has 
seen  much  of  the  growth  of  this  section  of  Idaho 
and  still  has  unbounded  faith  in  its  future. 

EDWIN  D.  HARRISON.  In  southeastern  Idaho  there 
is  no  more  complete  and  better  stocked  jewelry  es- 
tablishment than  that  of  E.  D.  Harrison  at  Pocatello. 
Even  with  sufficient  capital  it  is  no  small  accomplish- 
ment to  build  up  and  maintain  a  first-class  business 
of  its  kind.  But  to  start  it  with  practically  nothing, 
and  to  make  the  increases  and  improvements  grad- 
ually from  month  to  month  until  reaching  the  present 
proportions,  is  an  achievement  of  which  anyone  might 
reasonably  be  proud. 

When  Mr.  Harrison  came  into  Pocatello  in-  1898, 
he  was  an  expert  jeweler  and  watchmaker  with  a 
long  experience,  but  in  setting  up  his  bench  and  a 
small  shop  he  had  only  seven  dollars  capital,  and  that 
was  spent  for  carpenter  work  on  his  bench.  He  did 
repairing  almost  altogether  at  first,  for  he  had  no 
stock  for  the  trade.  As  business  increased  he  put 
in  a  small  stock  of  goods,  and  from  that  as  a  be- 
ginning developed  his  trade  rapidly.  His  quarters 


are  now  handsomely  fitted,  and  his  stock  is  sufficient 
to  satisfy  the  most  exacting  of  custom. 

Edwin  D.  Harrison  was  born  in  the  city  of  Lon- 
don, England,  January  21,  1860.  He  was  the  young- 
est of  the  ten  children  of  J.  H.  and  Angelina  (Parry) 
Harrison,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  England. 
The  family  emigrated  to  America  in  1862,  crossed 
the  western  plains  in  a  wagon  train,  and  from  their 
first  settlement  at  Salt  Lake  City  removed  to  Logan, 
UtaH.  In  1868  they  came  up  into  Idaho,  and  joined 
the  very  first  settlers  about  the  town  of  Malad. 
Thus  there  are  comparatively  few  families  of  Idaho 
whose  residence  antedates  the  Harrisons.  At  Malad 
the  father  became  a  school  teacher  and  followed 
farming.  He  died  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  1901  at  the 
age  of  eighty-six,  4nd  his  wife  died  in  1897  at  the 
age  of  eighty-two. 

Mr.  Harrison  received  most  of  his  early  education 
in  the  schools  of  Salt  Lake  City.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  began  learning  the  jeweler  and  watch- 
maker's trade,  and  when  proficient  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Mr.  Cardon  at  Logan,  Utah,  remaining  with 
him  fifteen  years,  or  until  he  moved  to  Pocatello 
and  went  into  business  for  himself.  Mr.  Harrison 
belongs  to  the  Commercial  Club,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  high  council  stake  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  His 
•politics  is  Republican. 

In  July,  1880,  he  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City 
to  Miss  Ellen  Simmons,  daughter  of  George  and 
Charity  Simmons,  who  were  pioneers  of  Charleston, 
Utah.  Mrs.  Harrison  died  at  Pocatello  in  January, 
1905.  She  was  the  mother  of  nine  children,  and 
the  eight  now  living  are  as  follows:  Miss  Edith, 
born  at  Salt  Lake  City  in  1881 ;  LeRoy,  born  at 
Logan  in  1882,  has  made  a  success  as  an  optician 
in  Pocatello  and  is  married  and  the  father  of  three 
children;  Mrs.  Ethel  Edgley,  born  at  Logan  in 
1884,  has  three  children;  J.  Eugene,  born  at  Logan 
in  1887,  has  one  child;  Miss  Eva,  born  at  Logan  in 
1889,  is  an  assistant  in  her  father's  store;  Parry  S., 
born  at  Logan  in  1892,  is  watchmaker  for  his  father; 
Miss  Preil,  born  at  Pocatello  in  1894,  is  a  high 
school  student;  Le  Rene,  born  at  Pocatello  in  1903, 
is  a  school  girl. 

Mr.  Harrison  in  August,  1905,  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
married  for  his  second  wife  Mrs.  Eliza  R.  Birch. 
They  have  two  children:  Marva,  born  at  Pocatello 
in  September,  1906;  and  Milo,  born  at  Pocatello  in 
1908. 

CHARLIE  E.  WRIGHT.  One  of  the  progressive,  in- 
fluential citizens  and  prominent  Republican  political 
leaders  of  southeastern  Idaho  is  Charles  E.  Wright, 
of  Montpelier,  Bear  Lake  county,  editor  of  the 
Montpelier  Examiner  and  a  representavtive  in  the 
present  Idaho  legislature.  He  has  resided  in  Idaho 
nearly  a  score  of  years,  has  been  identified  with  news- 
paper work  during  the  whole  of  that  period  and  is 
one  of  the  best  known  men  in  this  profession  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Wright  was  born  at  DCS  Moines,  Iowa,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1864.  His  father  was  Dr.  James  Wright, 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  born  in  1818,  who  came  to 
Iowa  in  the  early  fifties  and  became  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  that  state.  He  settled  in  Delaware 
county  and  was  a  leading  physician  there  for  many 
years.  His  adaptability  for  public  service  soon  be- 
came known  and  shortly  after  locating  there  he  was 
elected  county  clerk,  in  which  office  he  served  1 
years.  In  1863  he  was  elected  state  secretary, 
serving  for  four  years,  after  which  he  filled  sev- 
eral government  positions.  He  was  Indian  a 
at  Ross  Fork,  Idaho,  for  eight  months  in  1874-5, 
but  on  account  of  ill  health  he  returned  to  Iowa  and 


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retired.  He  passed  away  at  Bloomfield,  'Iowa,  in 
1883.  In  Indiana  he  was  joined  in  marriage  to 
Caroline  Johnson,  a  native  of  that  state,  and  to  their 
union  were  born  nine  children,  of  which  family 
Charles  E.  was  fifth  in  birth  and  is  one .  of  two 
that  yet  survive.  The  mother  is  still  living  and  has 
now  reached  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years,  her  pres- 
ent home  being  with  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Charlie  E.  Wright  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Des  Moines.  After  completing  two 
years  of  the  high  school  course  in  that  city  he  began 
to  learn  the  printer's  trade  at  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  and 
later  had  charge  of  a  paper  there  for  four  years. 
From  Bloomfield  he  went  to  Wahoo,  Nebraska, 
where  he  managed  a  paper  three  years,  and  from 
there  he  came  to  Idaho  in  May,  1894,  locating  at 
Mountain  Home,  where  he  published  the  Mountain 
Home  Republican  three  years.  His  next  location 
was  Pocatello,  where  for  seven  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  publishing  of  the  Pocatello  Advance. 
He  came  from  there  to  Montpelier  in  1904  to  take 
charge  of  the  Montpelier  Examiner,  which  he  since 
has  built  up  into  a  very  fine  paper.  As  an  active 
and  zealous  Republican  he  has  entered  prominently 
into  the  political  life  of  eastern  Idaho  and  in  1912 
was  elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the  state  legisla- 
ture. He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Montpelier. 
board  of  education  since  1906.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Free  and  Accepted  Mason  and  a  past  master  of  his 
blue  lodge  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  In  religious  creed  and  church  member- 
ship he  is  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

At  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  on  June  i,  1887,  Mr.  Wright 
was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Susan  Horn,  daugh- 
ter of  H.  B.  and  Virginia  Horn,  of  Bloomfield,  the 
former  of  whom  is  now  deceased. 

Mr.  Wright  is  valued  as  one  of  the  most  progres- 
sive men  of  this  section  of  Idaho  and  he  never 
fails  to  lend  encouragement,  personally  and  through 
his  paper,  to  any  movement  that  means  the  develop- 
ment of  its  natural  resources  and  its  general  growth. 
He  believes  that  dairying  will  eventually  lead  in  the 
industries  here  because  of  the  natural  adaptation  of 
this  section  to  that  pursuit.  Mr.  Wright  _  is  a  self- 
made  man  and  those  same  energies  and  abilities  which 
have  been  his  means  of  personal  accomplishment 
have  made  him  always  a  leader  and  forceful  factor 
in  society. 

THOMAS  C.  STANFORD.  Probably  no  part  of  the 
state  of  Idaho  has  a  higher  average  of  development 
in  economic  and  civic  activity  than  the  Little  Wood 
river  valley.  It  has  great  wealth  of  irrigated  ranches, 
and  farms,  productive  of  all  kinds  of  live  stock, 
grain  crops  and  fruits ;  has  thriving  towns  and  in- 
creasing industry,  schools  and  other  organized  instir 
tutions  and  hundreds  of  homes  indicating  thrift, 
prosperity  and  comfort.  All  this  state  of  affairs  is 
of  course  the  result  of  a  great  aggregate  of  indi- 
vidual work  and  co-operating  enterprise.  A  little 
quiet  inquiry  as  to  the  personal  factors  who  have 
been  most  active  in  bringing  out  this  happy  condition 
soon  leads  to  Tom  Stanford,  who,  one  is  informed, 
has  had  a  hand  in  about  every  noteworthy  under- 
taking during  the  development  of  the  valley  within 
the  last  quarter  of  a  century.  Mr.  Stanford's  name  is 
so  closely  associated  with  business  and  civic  enter- 
prise in  and  about  Gary  that  he  is  easily  the  leading 
citizen,  a  man  whose  initiative  and  energy  has  not 
only  brought  fortune  to  himself,  but  has  increased 
the  resources  and  well-being  of  his  entire  com- 
munity. 

In   Logan,  Utah,   Thomas   C.   Stanford  w'as  born 


September  30,  1865,  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Louisa 
(Forman)  Stanford.  His  father,  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, came  to  Utah  in  1861.  Of  the  ten  children 
Thomas  C.  was  the  fifth,  and  was  four  years  old 
when  the  family  moved  to  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he 
grew  up  and  received  a  common  school  education. 
He  also  attended  the  Brigham  Young  Academy. 
When  nineteen  years  old  he  came  to  Idaho,  and  since 
that  time  his  industry  and  work  have  been  co-oper- 
ating factors  in  practically  every  important  under- 
taking in  his  part  of  the  state.  In  1884  he  located 
a  homestead  in  the  Little  Wood  river  valley,  which 
has  since  been  the  center  of  his  important  operations 
as  a  rancher  and  stockman.  In  1895  he  bought  large 
tracts  of  land  and  engaged  in  the  sheep  industry, 
and  since  that  time  practically  all  his  attention  has 
been  devoted  to  sheep,  horses  and  cows.  He  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  successful  producers  of 
live  stock  in  Idaho,  and  in  recent  years  has  also  taken 
up  the  hog  business  on  an  extensive  scale.  All  his 
ranching  interests  are  in  Elaine  county.  His  home 
place  comprises  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  near 
Cary  in  the  Little  Wood  river  valley,  and  further 
down  the  valley  he  has  two  hundred  and  forty  acres 
of  land,  and  all  the  land  of  both  these  places  is  under* 
irrigation  and  capable  of  producing  the  finest  crops 
of  any  farm  in  the  state.  His  home  ranch  is  excel- 
lently improved  with  fine  buildings,  and  every  thing 
is  well  arranged  and  equipped  for  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Stanford  has  been  an  important  factor  in 
the  organized  activities  of  Idaho  stock  growers,  and 
in  1908-9-10  served  as  president  of  the  Idaho  Wool 
Growers'  Association.  He  made  a  record  during 
that  time  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud,  and  really 
gave  the  association  its  efficiency  as  an  organization 
capable  of  protecting  and  improving  the  welfare  of 
its  members.  He  was  instrumental  in  getting  much 
legislation  passed  beneficial  to  the  wool  growers, 
and  as  president  of  the  association  called  the  first 
meeting  that  led  to  the  organization  of  the  National 
Wool  Warehouse. 

In  politics  a  Republican,  since  casting  his  first 
vote,  Mr.  Stanford  was  a  member  of  the  Ninth 
State  Legislature  in  the  lower  house,  and  Governor 
Hanley  appointed  him  a  member  of  the  live 
stock  board  of  the  state.  During  the  last  campaign 
he  was  urged  by  many  friends  all  over  the  state 
to  enter  the  field  as  candidate  for  governor,  but  de- 
clined to  take  part  in  this  fashion.  At  the  state  con- 
vention of  his  party  Mr.  Stanford  has  been  an  in- 
fluential factor  for  sixteen  consecutive  years. 

In  June,  1900,  he  married  Miss  Ida  Ivie,  daughter 
of  John  Ivie,  an  old  Indian  scout,  who  served  during 
the  early  Indian  wars  in  Utah.  The  four  children  of 
their  marriage  are :  Raka,  Esther,  Charles  and 
Frank.  All  the  members  of  the  family  are  communi- 
cants of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  except 
Mr.  Stanford,  and  he  was  for  a  number  of  years 
actively  connected  with  the  church  and  served  as  a 
representative  of  the  church  for  three  years  on  a 
mission  in  New  Zealand  and  for  two  years  in  this 
country.  Mr.  Stanford  assisted  in  the  organization 
of  the  Cary  bank,  in  the  Cooperative  Stores,  in 
one  of  the  large  irrigation  projects  in  this  part  of 
the  state,  and  there  has  not  been  any  important 
undertaking  benefitting  any  considerable  number  of 
people  in  the  Little  Wood  river  valley  during  the 
last  twenty  years,  with  which  Mr.  Stanford's  name 
has  not  been  associated  both  as  a  worker  and  liberal 
contributor.  He  was  also  organizer  of  the  local 
telephone  company  at  Cary,  and  served  as  vice  pres- 
ident of  the  company,  and  was  afterward  elected  its 
president.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of 


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the  Can-  State  Bank,  and  at  one  time  was  president 
of  the  Cooperative  Stores. 

THOMAS  MELANCTHON  EDWARDS.  Few,  if  any,  of 
the  commercial,  financial  and  industrial  enterprises 
that  have  had  their  inception  in  McCammon,  Idaho, 
within  the  past  ten  years,  have  lacked  the  touch  of 
Thomas  Melancthpn  Edwards,  or  failed  to  profit 
by  his  business  ability  and  foresight.  And  not  only 
has  he  borne  a  worthy  part  in  activities  along  those 
lines,  but  he  has  represented  his  district  in  the  legis- 
lature of  the  state  and  served  in  other  important 
capacities  in  a  political  way.  His  record  is  one  of 
pronounced  merit,  and  his  career  is  a  creditable  one 
in  the  annals  of  a  family  which  has  contributed  many 
individuals  to  the  best  activities  of  its  country. 

Thomas  Melancthen  Edwards  was  born  at  Elk 
Point,  South  Dakota,  on  November  27,  1864.  and  is 
the  son  of  Abraham  Lawrence  and  Mary  T.  (Hoyt) 
Edwards.  The  father  was  one  of  the  early  pioneers 
of  the  Dakotas,  going  there  in  territorial  days,  and 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  H.  Edwards,  who  was  a 
colonel  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  He  enlisted 
from  Wisconsin  in  a  regiment  of  that  state,  and 
gave  valiant  service  throughout  the  conflict,  rising 
to  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  was  the  son  of  Jonathan 
Edwards,  who  was  a  colonel  in  the  Mexican  war. 
.Mary  T.  Hoyt  was  a  daughter  of  Melancthon  Hoyt 
an  Episcopal  minister,  who  built  practically  all  the 
Episcopal  churches  in  South  Dakota,  among  those 
which  he  was  most  active  in  bringing  into  existence 
being  the  churches  at  Elk  Point,  Yankton,  Hurley, 
Parker,  Sioux  Falls,  Scotland  and  Huron.  He  was 
a  prominent  Mason,  also,  and  had  the  distinction 
of  having  organized  the  first  Masonic  lodge  west 
of  Iowa. 

In  the  ftublic  schools  of  Yankton  Thomas  M. 
l.dwards  received  his  primary  education,  and  there 
he  attended  the  high  school  also,  from  which  he 
was  duly  graduated  in  1882.  In  the  year  of  his  grad- 
uation he  started  to  work  in  a  clothing  store  in  his 
home  city,  and  continued  in  that  work  until  1895, 
when  he  went  into  business  at  Rock  Springs,  Wyo- 
ming, in  company  with  one  J.  P.  McDermott.  In 
1900  he  established  the  Edwards- Jacob  Company  at 
McCammon.  Idaho,  a  place  which  he  chose  for  its 
coming  qualities,  and  the  events  of  the  passing  years 
have  proved  his  judgment  to  have  been  of  the  most 
praiseworthy  order.  In  1906  Mr.  Edwards  bought 
out  the  store  of  H.  O.  Harkness,  also  his  flouring 
mill,  thereupon  organizing  the  McCammon  Invest- 
ment Company,  of  which  he  is  president.  He  also 
organized  the  McCammon  State  Bank,  becoming  pres- 
ident of  the  bank,  an  office  which  he  yet  holds,  and 
he  was  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  organi- 
zation of  the  McCammon  Telephone  Company,  of 
which  he  became  the  chief  executive.  In  1907  he 
organized  the  Portneuf  Marsh  Valley  Irrigation 
Company,  a  concern  that  played  a  greater  part  in 
the  development  of  the  southern  part  of  the  state 
than  any  other  combination,  and  of  which  he  was 
the  secretary.  The  Downey  Townsite  &  Develop- 
ment Company  also  had  its  inception  in  his  mind, 
and  he  was  treasurer  and  a  director  of  that  com- 
pany during  its  4ife.  He  became  interested  in  the 
Ferguson-Jenkins  Drug  Company,  with  stores  at 
Pocatello,  McCammon  and  Downey,  and  was  vice- 
president  of  that  flourishing  company  for  some  time. 
All  of  these  various  enterprises  played  an  important 
part  in  the  growth  and  development  of  the  town  of 
McCammon  in  the  last  decade,  and  his  work  in  his 
connection  with  each  of  these  concerns  was  of  an 
order  calculated  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  the 
town  and  develop  the  surrounding  territory  in  pro- 


portion to  the  growth  of  the  city  which  was  the 
center  of  their  activities. 

A  Republican,  Mr.  Edwards  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  tenth  session  of  the  legislature,  serving  during 
1908-10,  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  central  com- 
mittee for  Bannock  county  in  1910  and  1911.  His 
fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  In  the  former  order  he  was  treasurer  of 
Rock  Springs  Lodge  No.  624  for  six  years.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  the  faith  of  his 
fathers. 

Mr.  Edwards  was  married  in  Pocatello,  Idaho, 
on  June  2,  1897,  to  Margaret  M.  Jenkins,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Jenkins,  early  pioneers  of 
the  state  of  Idaho.  Mr.  Jenkins  is  one  of  the  better 
known  cattle  men  of  the  state,  and  was  president 
of  the  Ferguson-Jenkins  Drug  Company  at  one  time, 
and  is  now  a  director  and  treasurer  of  the  McCam- 
mon Investment  Company  and  of  the  McCammon 
State  Bank,  of  which  Mr.  Edwards,  his  son-in-law, 
is  a  director  and  president.  Four  children  have 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  M.  Edwards, 
named  as  follows :  Lucille  Elizabeth,  who  is  now 
fifteen  years  old;  Thomas  Walter,  aged  twelve; 
Melancthon  Jenkins,  nine  years  of  age ;  and  Mar- 
garet Ruth,  two  years  old. 

The  Edwards  family  occupy  a  promjnent  place  in 
the  social  life  of  McCammon,  where  they  are  held  in 
high  esteem,  and  enjoy  the  friendship  of  a  large 
circle  of  the  people  of  the  community. 

A.  B.  STEVENSON.  Starting  when  a  boy  in  the 
minor  grades  of  railway  service,  and  some  twenty 
years  ago  a  clerk  in  the  dispatcher's  office  at  Poca- 
tello, Mr.  Stevenson  has  been  promoted  from  one 
responsibility  to  another  until  he  is  now  superin- 
tendent of  the  Idaho  division  in  the  maintenance 
and  operating  departments  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
Railroad.  Like  knights  of  old,  railroad  men  as  a 
rule  have  to  win  their  spurs  on  the  merits  of  their 
performance,  and  Mr.  Stevenson  is  a  veteran  rail- 
roader who  was  faithful  and  efficient  in  many  capa- 
cities before  he  arrived  at  his  present  distinction  in 
the  official  directory  of  the  Short  Line. 

A.  B.  Stevenson  was  born  at  Warsaw,  Indiana, 
April  15,  1865,  and  was  a  son  of  N.  N.  and  Amanda 
(Burtner)  Stevenson.  His  father,  who  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  early  moved  to  Indiana,  locating 
near  Warsaw,  served  as  a  soldier  in  a  Pennsylvania 
regiment  during  the  Civil  war  and  in  later  life  became 
a  plaster  contractor.  He  died  January  12,  1888,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-two.  The  mother,  also  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  married,  died  in  In- 
diana in  1870. 

An  only  child,  Mr.  Stevenson  was  reared  in 
Indiana,  attending  the  common  and  high  school  at 
Warsaw,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  began  the 
serious  business  of  life  as  an  employe  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad.  After  two  years  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  remaining  with 
that  road  a  similar  length  of  time,  and  then,  about 
1886.  came  to  Pocatello.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest 
employes  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line,  having  given 
more  than  a  quarter  century  of  uninterrupted  service 
to  this  company.  He  was  clerk  in  the  dispatchers 
office,  telegraph  operator  five  years,  and  from  one 
grade  to  another  was  advanced  until  reaching  his 
present  office. 

As  a  Republican  Mr.  Stevenson  has  also  taken 
considerable  part  in  public  and  political  affairs.  He 
served  as  state  senator  from  Bannock  county,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  seventh  session  of  the  legisla- 
ture, which  chose  W.  B.  Heyburn  to  the  United 


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States  senate.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight  Templar 
Mason  and  Shriner.  He  enjoys  hunting  and  fishing 
and  all  manner  of  outdoor  life. 

Mr.  Stevenson  was  married  at  Pocatello,  July, 
1905,  to  Miss  Jennie  Dolly,  whose  parents  were  from 
Rock  Island,  Illinois.  They  have  one  son,  Edward 
M.,  born  at  Pocatello,  May  13,  1906.  It  is  the  opinion 
of  Mr.  Stevenson  that  Idaho  has  only  begun  the  de- 
velopment which  is  possible  from  its  wealth  of 
natural  resources,  and  he  takes  satisfaction  from 
his  long  service  with  a  transportation  system  which 
has  done  much  to  bring  Idaho  to  the  attention  of  the 
world. 

ALBERT  E.  HAINES.  Successful  journalism  in  a 
young  and  growing  state  requires  much  more  than 
merely  the  ability  to  manage  editing,  proof-reading 
and  printing.  The  western  editor,  particularly,  needs 
a  thorough  understanding  of  the  local  conditions 
which  give  character  to  his  paper  and  profit  to  his 
readers  as  well  as  to  himself.^  One  of  the  able  news- 
paper proprietors  of  this  region  is  Albert  E.  Haines, 
who  now  conducts  the  McCammon  News. 

Born  in  a  neighboring  state  and  a  resident,  since 
boyhood,  of  southern  Idaho,  no  one  has  a  more  prac- 
tical familiarity  with  Idaho  life  in  its  different  phases 
than  has  A.  E.  Haines.  Mr.  Haines'  father  was 
Edwin  Haines,  who  had  come  at  an  early  date  from 
his  native  home  of  Pennsylvania  to  the  state  of 
Utah,  where  he  settled  in  Ophir  and  became  a  pros- 
pector and  miner.  In  1880  he  came  to  Idaho,  locat- 
ing on  property  near  Goose  creek,  where  he  became 
one  of  the  agriculturalists  of  the  vicinity  of  Oakley. 
Edwin  Haines  was  one  of  the  first  ranchers  of  Clear 
Lake,  Lincoln  county.  He  passed  away  in  1885,  at 
the  age  of  fifty  years  and  five  months,  he_  having  met 
death  by  drowning  at  Salmon  Falls.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Wilson,  a  native  of  Park  county,  Indiana. 
Her  marriage  to  Edwin  Haines  took  place  at  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa,  and  in  subsequent  years  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  five  children.  Mrs.  Haines  sur- 
vived her  husband  for  ten  years,  her  life  closing 
in  July  of  1895,  at  Clear  Lake,  Idaho. 

Albert  E.  Haines  was  the  youngest  member  of  the 
paternal  household  and  his  birth  occurred  in  May, 
I873,  while  the  family  yet  lived  in  Ophir,  Utah. 
He  was  seven  years  of  age  at  the  time  when  his 
father  settled  in  Idaho.  He  was  given  the  best  edu- 
cation procurable  along  general  lines.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  later  took  advantage  of  high 
school  opportunities.  When  his  educational  period 
was  ended,  he  served  an  apprenticeship  in  Idaho 
Falls,  then  known  as  Eagle  Rock,  one  year,  was 
then  on  the  ranch  and  for  two  years  on  the  Ketchum 
Keystone  at  Ketchum,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Haines'  first  independent  activity  was  along 
lines  of  stockraising  and  fruit-growing,  two  most 
attractive  enterprises  in  Idaho.  This  work  he  con- 
ducted on  land  situated  near  Clear  Lake,  where  he 
continued  until  1900.  Since  that  time  he  has  followed 
his  natural  bent,  which  is  of  a  literary  nature. 

The  first  newspaper  which  Mr.  Haines  conducted, 
was  the  Oakley  Sun,  of  which  he  had  charge  for 
one  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to 
Shosnone  in  order  to  obtain  a  broader  experience  in 
his  line.  There  he  acted  for  two  years  as  foreman 
of  the  Shoshone  Independent,  a  position  of  import- 
ance and  responsibility.  He  remained  at  the  Inde- 
pendent plant  for  two  years,  after  which  he  founded 
at  Glenns  Ferry  a  news  sheet  he  christened  The 
Signal.  In  1906  Mr.  Haines  was  attracted  to  Mc- 
Cammon, where  he  proceeded  to  establish  his  home 
and  business.  Here  he  began  the  publication  of  the 
McCammon  Banner,  which  he  continued  for  five 


years.  In  1911  he  removed  to  Meridian,  where  he 
remained  for  six  months.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
he  returned  to  McCammon  where  his  journalistic 
interest  was  transferred  to  the  McCammon  News. 
This  paper  is  now  his  property  and  is  conducted  un- 
der his  able  management,  with  results  particularly 
satisfactory  to  both  himself  and  his  extensive  circle 
of  subscribers  and  patrons.  It  is  a  full,  attractive 
sheet,  both  pleasing  to  the  eye  and  stimulating  to 
local  and  general  interest  in  things  that  count,  as 
well  as  in  the  events  of  the  passing  hour. 

Mr.  Haines'  home  is  presided  over  by  Parmelia 
Briggs  Haines,  his  wife.  Their  marriage  was  sol- 
emnized in  November  of  1892,  at  Clear  Lake,  Idaho. 
They  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  J.  McKinley  Haines, 
born  at  Clear  Lake  in  June,  1894;  he  is  now  a  stu- 
dent at  All  Hallows  College  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

The  fraternal  affiliation  of  Mr.  Haines  is  with  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  an  Odd  Fellow. 
His  political  theories  coincide  in  general  with  those 
of  the  historic  Republican  party. 

DR.  DUNCAN  L.  ALEXANDER  but  recently  became  a 
citizen  of  Idaho  when  in  1910  he  selected  the  city  of 
Twin  Falls  as  the  field  of  his  professional  activities. 
He  is  convinced  that  he  made  a  wise  and  advanta- 
geous choice  of  location  and  his  fellow  citizens  in 
the  very  short  period  that  has  intervened  since  his 
coming  have  become  aware  ^that  a  young  man  of 
ability  and  character  has  joined  them  to  labor  in 
one  of  the  noblest  of  professions  and  to  be  affiliated 
with  them  in  all  that  stands  for  good  and  useful 
citizenship. 

Dr.  Alexander  was  born  in  Canada,  September  15, 
1881,  and  when  three  years  of  age  crossed  the  border 
into  the  United  States  with  his  parents,  who  settled 
in  Michigan.  His  common  school  education  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Ontario,  Canada, 
whither  he  returned  for  that  purpose,  and  later  he 
completed  a  high  school  course  at  Lexington,  Mich- 
igan. Following  that  he  became  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Michigan,  where  he  was  graduated 
from  the  medical  department  in  1903,  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  After  leaving  the  university  he  served 
some  time  an  as  interne  in  the  university  hospital 
at  Ann  Arbor,  following  that  excellent  practical 
experience  with  two  years  of  independent  and  active 
practice  of  medicine  in  Michigan.  Deciding  that  the 
West  offered  better  possibilities  for  a  more  rapid  rise 
in  his  profession,  he  located  at  Tonopah,  Nevada, 
where  he  remained  until  his  removal  to  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho,  in  1910.  Here  he  at  once  opened  an  office, 
and  in  the  brief  period  of  two  years  has  acquired 
a  large  and  growing  practice.  Merit  and  ability 
have  been  the  foundation  for  this  very  gratifying 
success.  Dr.  Alexander  is  a  member  and  secretary 
of  the  Twin  Falls  Medical  Society,  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  He  is  now  serving  by  appointment 
as  city  health  officer  at  Twin  Falls.  Fraternally  he 
is  associated  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
his  interest  in  the  advancement  of  the  community 
is  evinced  by  his  membership  in  the  Twin  Falls  Com- 
mercial Club.  In  religion  Dr.  Alexander  is  inclined 
to  the  Presbyterian  faith,  and  his  diversions  are  now 
found  chiefly  in  hunting  and  fishing,  although  in 
his  college  days  he  joined  actively  in  the  more  stren- 
uous sports  of  baseball  and  football. 

Dr.  Alexander  sees  none  but  a  bright  future  for 
Idaho  and  has  a  firm  faith  that  in  due  time  it  will 
take  high  rank  among  the  commonwealths  of  the 


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Union,  not  alone  as  a  mining  state,  but  as  an  agricul- 
tural, fruit  and  lumbering  state. 

Concerning  the  parentage  of  Dr.  Alexander,  it 
may  be  stated  that  Joseph  C.  Alexander,  his  father, 
was  born  in  Scotland  and  came  to  Canada  as  a 
young  man.  There  he  met  and  married  Isabelle 
Campbell,  who  is  also  a  native  daughter  of  Scotland. 
It  was  in  about  1884  that  they  crossed  over  to  the 
United  States  and  located  in  Michigan,  where  they 
have  since  resided,  a/id  where  Mr.  Alexander  is 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  investment  business. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  five  children,  Dr. 
Alexander  being  the  eldest  but  one. 

G.  H.  COOPER,  M.  D.  One  of  the  most  efficient 
and  progressive  young  physicians  and  surgeons  in 
the  eastern  section  of  Idaho  is  Dr.  G.  H.  Cooper  of 
McCammon,  the  son  of  Dr.  John  Bell  Cooper  and  his 
wife,  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho.  Of  the  elder  physician 
an  extended  account  is  given  elsewhere  in  these 
volumes,  with  details  of  his  English  nativity,  of  his 
immigration  as  a  young  man  to  America,  of  his 
settlement  in  Pennsylvania,  his  study  of  medicine  in 
that  state  and  his  removal  to  Idaho  in  1895.  In  the 
above-mentioned  article  will  also  be  found  an  esti- 
mate of  the  high  prestige  he  has  gained  and  which 
he  still  holds,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  as  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  physicians  in  the 
state.  There  also  are  given  fuller  details  of  Mrs. 
John  Bell  Cooper,  nee  Mary  Richmond,  a  native  of 
Pensance,  Land's  End,  England,  in  which  locality 
she  was  reared  and  was  married ;  she  also  has  reached 
the  age  of  seventy-two  and  is  held  in  especial  regard 
at  her  home  in  Blackfoot.  In  Myersdale,  Pennsyl- 
vania, when  his  parents  were  residents  of  that  place, 
G.  H.  Cooper  was  born  on  August  22,  1880,  being 
the  younger  of  the  two  children  born  to  John  B.  and 
Mary  Cooper. 

In  early  life  the  usual  public  school  experience 
was  accorded  to  G.  H.  Cooper,  a  part  of  whose 
education  was  pursued  in  Idaho.  The  educational 
systems  of  both  Blackfoot  and  Pocatello  contributed 
to  his  intellectual  development,  until  his  graduation 
from  the  high  school  at  the  latter  place.  For  his 
professional  training,  G.  H.  Cooper  became  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Central  Medical  College  at  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  where  in  1905  he  was  graduated  with 
honors,  receiving  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
Returning  to  Idaho,  Dr.  Cooper  established  himself 
for  his  initial  practice  at  American  Falls.  There  he 
remained  for  one  year,  during  which  time  occurred 
his  marriage.  His  next  location  was  McCammon, 
where  he  settled  in  1906  and  in  a  very  shore  time 
had  built  up  a  lucrative  practice,  which  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  largest  in  the  county. 

In  November,  1912,  Dr.  Cooper  conceived  the  idea 
of  establishing  a  private  general  hospital  at  Mc- 
Cammon. He  immediately  leased  large  apartments 
over  the  McCammon  Investment  Company's  store, 
and  in  these  he  proceeded  to  install  all  the  modern 
appliances  for  the  relief  of  those  suffering  from  phy- 
sical ills;  he  also  furnished  the  rooms  throughout, 
in  a  manner  as  homelike  as  possible,  for  the  care 
and  attention  of  patients.  So  great  has  been  his  suc- 
cess in  his  hospital  enterprise  that  Dr.  Cooper  is 
now  making  arrangements  for  the  building  of  a  hos- 
pital structure  of  his  own,  for  private  hospital  pur- 
poses. The  present  institution  receives  among  other 
patients,  all  the  cases  of  which  he  has  charge  for  the 
1.  L.  Railway.  Aside  from  his  outside  private 
practice  and  his  hospital  responsibilities,  Dr.  Cooper's 
professional  duties  are  further  increased  by  his  office 
as  county  physician  of  Bannock  county. 

Dr.  Cooper's  time  is  almost  wholly  given  to  his 
medical  work.  He  holds  one  fraternal  connection — 


with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  his  church  con- 
nection is  with  the  Episcopal  church,  as  is  that  of-his 
family.  Mrs.  Cooper  was  formerly  Miss  Ilene  Cot- 
trel,  of  American  Falls,  Idaho.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Harriet  (Lish)  Cottrel,  of  that  place 
and  left  their  home  to  preside  over  that  of  the 
Doctor,  on  February  17,  1906.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper 
are  now  the  parents  of  two  beautiful  children: 
Caroline,  born  at  McCammon,  on  November  30, 
1907 ;  and  John  Howcll  Cooper,  born  in  this  city,  on 
June  12,  1909. 

The  residents  of  McCammon  count  Dr.  Cooper 
and  his  family  as  one  of  the  most  valued  acquisi- 
tions of  her  population.  Not  only  the  elements  of 
culture  and  talent,  but  of  vigorous  loyal,  enthusiastic 
citizenship  are  implied  by  his  personality  and  his 
important  share  in  the  activities  of  McCammon. 

JOSEPH  E.  WHITEHEAD.  Worthy  of  note  among 
Bancroft's  successful  business  men  is  Joseph  E. 
\Vhitehead,  who  has  during  the  past  three  years 
established  himself  firmly  and  creditably  in  the  lum- 
ber business  in  this  place.  Mr.  Whitehead  is  one 
of  our  youngest  business  men,  but  one  who  knows 
how  to  devote  his  attention  positively  to  his  affairs. 

A  native  of  this  western  region,  Joseph  Whitehead 
is  a  son  of  Frank  Whitehead  and  Annie  Monson 
Whitehead,  of  Richmond,  Utah.  Frank  Whitehead 
was  one  of  the  earlier  settlers  of  that  region,  where 
he  is  well  known  as  a  harness  manufacturer,  and  also 
an  agriculturalist,  the  last  being  his  present  occupa- 
tion. Annie  Monson  Whitehead  is  a  native  of  Rich- 
mond, where  she  married  and  where  she  and  her 
husband  still  live,  now  at  the  respective  ages  of  forty- 
nine  and  fifty-eight.  Three  children  have  been  born 
and  reared  by  them:  Annie,  the  oldest,  Preston, 
Idaho;  the  second  is  our  subject,  Joseph  E.  White- 
head;  and  the  third  is  Clarence  Whitehead,  also 
of  Bancroft. 

Born  in  Richmond,  Utah,  on  May  20,  1884,  Joseph 
E.  Whitehead  spent  his  youthful  years  in  the  usual 
pursuits  of  an  educational  nature.  His  earlier  studies 
were  those  of  the  public  schools  of  Richmond^  and  his 
collegiate  education  was  gained  in  an  agricultural 
college  at  Utah.  His  school  quests  were  completed 
at  an  early  age  and  the  young  man  lost  no  time 
in  entering  a  vocation  of  usefulness  and  profit. 

At  Preston,  Idaho,  Mr.  Whitehead  was  employed 
in  the  lumber  business,  in  which  he  continued  to  be 
active  at  that  place  for  eight  years,  learning  every 
important  phase  of  that  industry.  In  1910  he  re- 
moved from  Preston  to  Bancroft,  where  he  became 
manager  for  the  Anderson  and  Sons  Company  lum- 
ber plant,  which  he  has  since  continued  to  manage. 
He  also  deals  in  real  estate. 

Mr.  Whitehead  is  one  of  those  who  consider  south- 
ern Idaho  a  most  desirable  location  for  a  young  man 
and  he  is  proving  the  soundness  of  that  conviction. 
Seriously  inclined,  almost  all  of  his  attention  is  given 
to  the  interests  of  his  business  and  his  home.  On 
October  9,  1912.  he  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline 
Rigouts,  a  daughter  of  Charles  and  Annie  Rigouts, 
the  family  being  residents  of  Australia,  The  Rigouts- 
Whitehead  marriage  took  place  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitehead  are  connected  with 
the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints. 

JAMES  S.  POULSEN.  In  1860,  James  and  Christina 
Poulgen,  a  young  Danish  couple,  crossed  the  seas 
from  their  native  Denmark  to  America,  the  land 
famed  for  freedom  and  opportunity.  Their  destina- 
tion was  Utah,  and  after  reaching  the  American 
shore  their  journey  thence  across  the  plains  was  made 


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with  an  ox  team.  Settling  in  the  Cache  valley  of 
Utah  they  remained  there  three  years  and  then 
removed  to  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho  and  settled 
on  farm  and  grazing  lands  near  Paris.  That  was  just 
fifty  years  ago.  Bold  in  spirit  and  young  in  years 
were  most  of  the  men  who  came  to  Idaho  in  those 
early  days  and  formed  the  foundation  of  a  com- 
monwealth that  long  has  held  precedence  as  a  mining 
state  and  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  fore  in  the  develop- 
ment of  other  even  more  important  resources.  James 
Poulsen,  then  in  the  very  flush  of  his  manhood  and 
now  eighty-three  years  of  age,  yet  resides  where  he 
settled  a  half-century  ago  and  there  is  probably  no 
one  within  the  borders  of  Bear  Lake  county  more 
familiar  with  the  different  phases  of  pioneer  Western 
life  or  of  the  development  that  has  taken  place  there 
in  that  period  than  Mr.  Poulsen.  His  wife,  who  was 
Miss  Christina  Orph  prior  to  her  marriage,  had  then 
the  vigor  of  young  years,  was  brave  of  heart,  and  un- 
falteringly shared  with  her  husband  the  dangers,  the 
toil  and  the  discouragements  of  those  earlier  years. 
She  now  has  passed  to  rest,  having  departed  life  at 
Paris,  Idaho  in  1908.  She  was  the  mother  of  eight 
children. 

James  S.  Poulsen,  whose  name  introduces  this 
review,  is  the  oldest  of  the  eight  children  of  these 
honored  parents  and  worthy  pioneers.  He  was  born 
at  Paris,  Idaho,  May  8,  1864,  grew  up  there  and 
attended  the  Paris  public  schools,  and  until  twenty- 
four  years  of  age  he  worked  on  his  father's  ranch. 
He  then  settled  on  land  of  his  own  and  since  then 
has  been  extensively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  His  ranch  and  home  is  near  Paris  and  he 
is  numbered  among  the  most  successful  and  sub- 
stantial agriculturists  of  Bear  Lake  county,  which 
standing  he  has  attained  through  his  own  energies 
and  efforts.  This  section  he  considers  as  one  of  the 
best  in  Idaho  for  cattle-raising  and  dairying.  In  re- 
ligious affairs  he  is  a  prominent  member  and  a  valued 
worker  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  church,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  he  represented  his  church  as  high 
counselor  of  Idaho  and  in  1909  was  elected  bishop 
of  the  second  ward  in  the  Bear  Lake  stake,  which 
position  he  now  occupies.  He  is  a  stanch  Republi- 
can in  belief  and  adherency  but  takes  no  active  part 
in  political  affairs,  and  in  an  official  way  he  served 
as  city  marshall  of  Paris  from  1902  to  1904.  He 
cares  little  for  outdoor  sports  and  finds  his  greatest 
enjoyment  in  his  home  circle. 

Mr.  Poulsen  has  been  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Miss  Grace  Price,  whom  he  wedded  Octo- 
ber 15,  1887  at  Logan,  Utah  and  who  died  March  13, 
1905  at  Paris,  Idaho.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  Price.  Three  children  came  to  this 
union,  namely :  Ezra  James  Poulsen,  born  at  Paris, 
Idaho  in  1889;  Henry  Benjamin  Poulsen,  who  was 
born  at  Liberty,  Idaho  in  1891  and  died  in  1894; 
and  Grace  Ellen  Poulsen,  born  at  Paris,  Idaho,  No- 
vember 15,  1901,  who  is  now  attending  school.  On 
July  5,  1905,  at  Logan,  Utah,  Mr.  Poulsen  was  joined 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Harriet  Humphreys,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Humphreys,  well  known  resi- 
dents of  Paris,-  Idaho.  The  issue  of  this  marriage 
have  been  four  children,  all  born  at  Paris,  Idaho; 
Ruth  Poulsen,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1907;  George 
Louis  Poulsen,  born  in  1910;  and  Vera  Poulsen, 
born  in  April,  1912.  One  other  child,  Lorrain,  died 
in  infancy. 

EDWIN  M.  CROCKETT.  Few  of  the  old-timers  of  the 
West  have  had  more  varied  experiences  in  the -past 
half  century  than  Edwin  M.  Crockett,  now  a  pros- 
perous rancher  and  cattleman  of  Rock  Creek,  Idaho. 
Since  1880,  Mr.  Crockett's  interests  and  activities 


have  been  identified  with  Idaho,  but  previous  to  that 
for  many  years  he  was  in  different  states  and  terri- 
tories of  the  West,  and  has  known  every  hardship 
and  almost  every  phase  of  life  in  the  West  since  the 
early  days.  He  was  a  miner,  freighter,  merchant, 
farmer  and  stockman,  and  along  with  great  experi- 
ence has  also  enjoyed  the  successes  and  many  of 
the  satisfying  things  of  the  world. 

Edwin  M.  Crockett  was  born  in  the  state  of  Maine, 
June  14,  1839,  the  fifth  in  a  family  of  six  sons  and 
six  daughters  born  to  David  and  Lydia  (Young) 
Crockett,  both  parents  having  been  born  in  Maine. 
Reared  on  a  New  England  farm  at  Fox  Island, 
Maine,  Edwin  M.  Crockett  had  the  advantages  of 
the  common  schools  during  his  youth,  and  was 
trained  in  the  thrifty  manner  of  New  England 
people. 

He  came  out  West  in  the  days  of  adventure,  at  a 
time  when  the  western  prairies  were  almost  covered 
with  the  moving  wagons  of  pioneers  and  immigrants. 
However,  it  is  noteworthy,  that  he  and  his  younger 
brother,  Wilford  W.,  accomplished  a  journey  which 
probably  has  few  parallels  in  the  history  of  that  time. 
They  drove  a  wagon  and  two  teams  the  entire  dis- 
tance from  Maine  to  San  Francisco,  more  than 
double  the  distance  usually  covered  by  those  migra- 
tions. His  younger  brother  who  accompanied  him  on 
this  long  trek  later  died  in  Arizona.  It  required 
three  years  for  them  to  make  this  pilgrimage,  since 
they  halted  for  some  time  in  Illinois,  and  again  in 
Iowa.  After  five  years  of  mining  experience  in 
California,  Edwin  M.  Crockett  went  to  Montana  in 
1863,  and  spent  five  years  as  a  miner  in  that  territory. 
In  1868  he  took  a  contract  for  building  a  portion  of 
the  last  link  in  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific 
railroad,  and  when  that  was  done,  he  went  into  the 
Tintic  mining  district  of  Utah  and  spent  three  years 
in  mining.  In  the  meantime  his  brother,  David  W. 
Crockett,  a  merchant,  had  been  murdered,  and  the 
conduct  of  the  business  then  developed  upon  him  and 
he  managed  the  store  for  three  years.  The  murderer 
of  his  brother  was  hanged  at  Logan  by  the  Vigilance 
Committee.  From  Utah  he  went  into  Wyoming, 
and  in  that  territory  discovered  a  big  deposit  of  coal, 
which  he  opened  and  proceeded  to  develop.  He 
might  have  made  a  great  success  of  this  enterprise, 
but  the  high  freight  rates  imposed  by  the  railroad 
companies  obliged  him  to  give  it  up.  His  next  expe- 
rience was  in  Nevada  at  Tacoma,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  mining  and  prospecting  for  three  years, 
and  the  latter  part  of  that  tirrie  was  also  employed 
in  ranching  and  stock  raising. 

After  this  varied  experience  in  different  territories 
in  the  West,  Mr.  Crockett  came  to  Idaho  in  1880,  and 
settled  in  the  Rock  Creek  district,  where  he  still 
lives.  He  was  driving  forty-three  head  of  dairy 
cattle  with  him,  and  his  destination  was  the  Wood 
river  country  in  the  mines,  but  the  sickness  of  his 
child  caused  him  to  halt  at  Rock  Creek,  and  he  sub- 
sequently, took  up  a  homestead  and  has  made  this 
his  permanent  home.  In  his  home  ranch  Mr. 
Crockett  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land, 
has  another  place  of  eighty  acres,  and  in  his  cattle 
business  has  come  to  be  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
successful  operators  in  southern  Idaho.  He  and  his 
son  own  an  irrigated  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  the  Cottonwood  creek.  Altogether  they 
run  about  four  hundred  and  fifty  head  of  cattle,  and 
a  few  horses.  . 

In  1875  Mr.  Crockett  married  Phoebe  A.  Davis, 
a  native  of  New  York.  The  four  children  who 
have  blessed  their  marriage  are  as  follows:  Edwin 
M.  Jr.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-two;  George 


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D.,  who  is  a  forester  in  the  government  employ; 
Melvin  D.,  in  partnership  with  his  father  in  the  stock 
business ;  and  Permelia  L.,  the  wife  of  Tames  Dunks 
of  Montana.  The  mother  of  these  children  died  in 
1908.  Mr.  Crockett  is  a  Republican.  and»since  casting 
his  first  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  1860  has 
never  wavered  in  his  support  of  the  principles  and 
policies  of  the  Grand  Old  Party. 

F.  H.  MILLIARD.  The  largest  lumber  company  of 
Idaho  is  the  Gem  State  Lumber  Company,  with  gen- 
eral offices  at  Pocatello.  The  resident  general  man- 
ager and  vice  president  of  the  company  is  Mr.  F.  H. 
Hilliard,  and  the  other  officers  are:  G.  L.  Curtis, 
of  Clinton.  Iowa,  president ;  H.  R.  McMillan,  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  secretary;  and  George  Ridgeway,  of 
Pocatello,  treasurer. 

Though  Mr.  Hilliard  has  only  within  the  last  three 
or  four  years  become  actively  identified  by  business 
and  residence  with  Pocatello  and  Idaho,  by  virtue 
of  experiences  now  nearly  thirty-five  years  back  he 
can  properly  claim  a  pioneer  acquaintance  with  the 
old  territorial  times.  He  knew  and  was  a  laborer  in 
the  lumber  industry  of  the  northwest  at  almost  its 
beginning,  and  has  been  connected  with  lumber 
business  most  of  his  career. 

Mr.  Hilliard  was  born  at  Lafayette,  Illinois,  July 
26,  1856,  and  was  the  youngest  of  five  children  born 
to -Benjamin  L.  and  Sabrina  (Chatfield)  Hilliard. 
His  parents  were  both  early  residents  of  Illinois  and 
came  from  good  old  New  England  stock.  His  father, 
who  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1810  and  died  in 
Warren  county.  Iowa,  in  1892,  came  out  to  Illinois 
in  the  early  thirties,  first  locating  at  Chicago  when 
that  was  still  a  village,  and  from  there  moving  to  a 
farm  at  Lafayette  in  Stark  qounty.  His  later  years 
were  spent  in  Iowa.  The  mother,  who  was  bom  and 
reared  in  Connecticut,  came  to  Illinois  with  her 
parents,  and  died  in  1887  at  the  age  of  seventy-two. 

After  graduating  from  the  Lafayette  high  school  at 
the  age  of  eighteen,  F.  H.  Hilliard  found  his  first 
regular  work  in  teaching,  and  for  several  years  was  a 
schoolmaster  in  Clark  county,  Iowa.  In  1877  he 
ventured  into  the  far  northwest,  and  his  first  job 
was  clerking  in  a  store  at  Salem,  Oregon.  A  year 
later  he  crossed  the  mountains  in  Walla  Walla, 
Washington.  While  crossing  in  eastern  Oregon,  July 
6.  1878,  the  party  was  surrounded  by  the  hostile 
Bannock  Indians,  overpowered,  and  one  of  its  mem- 
bers was  killed. 

Following  this  experience  as  an  Indian  fighter  he 
began  working  in  the  lumber  camps  and  sawmills,  so 
that  while  now  and  for  many  years  a  lumber,  mer- 
chant he  can  claim  a  somewhat  intimate  acquaintance 
with  the  actual  operations  of  lumber  production.  In 
December,  1879,  he  set  out  to  walk  to  Lewiston, 
Idaho.  He  stopped  to  rest  at  Pomeroy,  a  town  which 
had  just  been  started,  and  at  that  time  there  was 
not  another  house  between  that  point  and  Lewiston. 
He  soon  went  back  to  Walla  Walla,  and  from  there 
returned  to  Iowa,  which  state  remained  his  home 
until  1902,  and  for  twenty  years  or  more  he  was 
actively  connected  with  the  lumber  trade  in  that 
state. 

On  leaving  lewa  Mr.  Hilliard  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business  at  Ephrata,  Quincy  and  Tekoa,  Wash- 
ington. In  1908  he  moved  to  Valley  county,  Mon- 
tana, where  he  became  a  homesteader,  and  from  there 
on  June  I,  1909,  transferred  his  residence  and  busi- 
ness to  Pocatello.  Here  he  took  the  management  of 
the  Weeter  Lumber  Company,  and  with  the  reorgani- 
zation as  the  Gem  State  Lumber  Company  he  took 
the  official  position  which  has  been  mentioned.  •  Mr. 
Hilliard  is  a  director  in  the  Idaho  Loan  &  Investment 


Company,  and  president  of  the  Lumbermen's  Mutual 
Society. 

He  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs 
and  commercial  organizations  at  the  different  places 
of  his  residence,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club  of  Pocatello  during  1912.  He  served 
as  clerk  of  court  in  Ida  county,  Iowa,  as  assessor 
in  Warren  county  of  the  same  state,  and  held  the 
office  of  mayor  in  Tekoa,  Washington.  Fraternally 
he  is  prominent  in  Masonry,  having  filled  chairs  in 
the  blue  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery,  is  affiliated 
with  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  also  belongs  to  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

Mr.  Hilliard  was  married  in  Warren  county,  Iowa, 
July  3,  1880,  to  Miss  Nettie  J.  Martin.  Her  father, 
John  Martin,  was  a  native  of  Indiana.  Mr.  Hilliard 
takes  his  pleasures  in  the  out  of  doors,  usually  on 
hunting  and  fishing  excursions.  He  has  had  an 
unusually  active  career,  and  from  the  time  he  left 
school  has  depended  on  his  own  resources  and  ability 
to  gain  the  position  of  influence  and  prosperity  which 
he  now  enjoys. 

JOHN  F.  MURRAY.  So  far  as  the  material  form  of 
a  town  or  city  could  be  said  to  be  the  creation  of 
one  man  that  could  be  said  as  truthfully  of  Mr.  John 
F.  Murray's  relationship  to  Pocatello  as  in  any 
similar  case  on  record.  Mr.  Murray  is  a  pioneer  of 
Pocatello,  and  was  here  when  the  sage-brush  plain 
had  only  two  or  three  rude  houses  upon  it.  For 
thirty  years  he  has  followed  the  business  of  builder 
and  contractor,  and  he  not  only  put  up  many  of  the 
first  homes  and  store  buildings,  but  nearly  nine-tenths 
of  the  business  houses  and  blocks  now  standing  in 
the  city  were  erected  by  him.  He  is  still  one  of  the 
busiest  men  in  town,  and  has  a  record  which  iden- 
tifies him  very  closely  with  the  history  of  Pocatello, 
a  record  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud. 

Mr.  Murray  was  born  at  Elgin,  Scotland,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1858.  John  and  Christina  (Frazer)  Murray, 
his  parents,  had  five  children,  of  whom  he  was  the 
third.  His  father  was  a  substantial  farmer  in  his 
native  country,  where  he  died  in  1910  at  the  good 
old  age  of  eighty-two.  The  mother  passed  away  in 
1911,  aged  eighty-one.  The  Murrays  have  existed 
as  a  family  in  Scotland  for  generations,  and  in  his 
home  at  Pocatello  Mr.  Murray  has  some  heirlooms 
belonging  to  earlier  generations,  chief  in  interest 
being  an  ancient  watch,  handed  down  from  father 
to  son  until  reaching  him.  The  inscription  on  this 
curious  old  time-piece  includes  a  date  in  the  year 
1680. 

After  getting  the  fundamentals  of  education  in  the 
Scotch  schools,  Mr.  Murray  received  his  practical 
training  while  in  the  employ  of  a  building  contractor, 
and  followed  his  trade  in  Scotland  for  some  years. 
In  1882  he  emigrated  to  America  and  in  the  same 
year  came  out  to  Idaho  territory,  spending  a  short 
time  in  Idaho  Falls  and  in  Blackfoot,  and  thence  to 
Pocatello,  where  he  at  once  set  up  in  business  and 
began  taking  contracts  for  the  building  which  was 
then  transforming  the  prairie  into  a  thriving  little 
village.  His  first  piece  of  work  in  Idaho  was  the 
erection  of  the  Anderson  Bros.  Bank  at  Idaho  Falls. 
He  then  built  the  Hopkins  mill  at  Blackfoot,  and  on 
his  arrival  in .  Pocatello  began  building  up  Center 
street.  A  list  of  his  various  contracts  would  read 
like  a  building  directory.  Among  the  more  conspicu- 
ous contracts,  he  constructed  the  Franklin- Hayes 
bottling  plant,  and  also  most  of  the  buildings  in  the 
Academy  of  Idaho.  He  is  the  owner  of  much  valu- 
able property  in  the  city,  where  he  has  long  been 
accounted  one  of  the  most  successful  and  progressive 
citizens. 


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Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason  and  member  of  the  Elks,  and  his  church  is  the 
Congregational.  He  is  considered  one  of  the  most 
expert  fly  fishers  in  this  part  of  Idaho,  and  his 
most  enjoyable  forms  of  recreation  are  in  hunting 
and  fishing.  Mr.  Murray  was  married  at  Pocatello, 
March,  1900,  to  Miss  Ida  Schut,  daughter  of  James 
Schut.  They  reside  in  one  of  the  attractive  homes 
of  Pocatello. 

CHARLES  G.  MORRIS.  Among  the  valued  citizens  of 
every  community  are  constructive  men,  men  who 
have  genius  and  the  ability  to  apply  it  in  material 
development;  but  when  good  business  discernment, 
moral  stamina  and  the  most  worthy  ideals  of  what 
constitutes  good  citizenship  are  added  to  their  assets 
for  usefulness  in  society,  they  become  true  factors 
of  development  and  progress,  not  only  in  a  material 
way  but  along  all  lines.  This  is  a  brief  epitome  of 
the  character  of  Charles  G.  Morris,  now  a  hardware 
merchant  at  Elk  River,  Clearwater  county,  and  for 
years  a  successful  carpenter  and  builder.  His  resi- 
dence in  Idaho  dates  back  to  1906  and  six  years  have 
made  him  one  of  the  most  loyal  citizens  of  the  state. 

Charles  G.  Morris  was  born  in  England  in  Septem- 
ber, 1850,  and  up  to  the  age  of  fourteen  he  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  country.  At  this 
point  in  his  life  he  left  school  and  began  to  learn 
the  carpenter  and  building  trade,  which  he  has  fol- 
lowed almost  continuously  ever  since.  He  was  about 
twenty  years  of  age  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  and  on  his  arrival  here  he  located  at  Chicago, 
Illinois,  where  he  followed  his  trade  three  years. 
Going  from  Chicago  to  Van  Buren  county,  Iowa,  he 
made  the  latter  location  his  home  and  the  field  of  his 
industrial  activity  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  follow- 
ing his  trade  there  with  much  success,  and  for  fifteen 
years  of  that  time  he  also  conducted  a  furniture  and 
undertaking  establishment.  The  year  of  1906  marked 
his  advent  to  Idaho  and  the  six  years  of  his  residence 
in  this  state  have  so  convinced  him  of  its  superiority 
over  other  locations  in  so  many  important  respects 
that  he  expects  to  make  it  his  home  for  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  On  coming  to  this  state  he  located  first 
at  Potlatch,  where  he  remained  five  years  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  that  period  worked  for  the 
Potlatch  Mercantile  Company.  In  1910  he  removed 
to  Elk  River  and  there  opened  his  present  hardware 
establishment,  the  stock  of  which  is  complete  in  all 
of  its  departments.  Meanwhile  Mr.  Morris  has  con- 
tinued to  operate  as  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  in 
that  capacity  has  been  identified  with  the  erection  of 
a  number  of  fine  houses  in  Elk  River  that  have  done 
much  to  enhance  the  prosperity  of  the  community. 
A  thoroughly  practical  business  man,  all  of  his  busi- 
ness undertakings  have  been  well  rewarded  by  suc- 
cess, and  he  is  not  of  the  standstill  class  of  men,  but 
possesses  energy  and  that  push  which  places  him 
among  the  most  enterprising  men  of  that  section.  As 
a  citizen  progressiveness  has  ever  characterized  his 
course.  He  believes  thoroughly  in  the  possibilities 
of  Elk  River  and  consistent  with  that  belief  he  en- 
courages every  movement  that  has  the  development 
of  the  town  and  its  community  in  view,  leading  out 
in  this  encouragement  by  his  own  personal  efforts 
in  that  direction.  Such  are  the  men  that  are  accom- 
plishing Idaho's  remarkably  rapid  development. 

In  October,  1871,  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  Mr.  Morris 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza  A.  Lucas,  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Lucas,  who  also 
was  of  English  birth  and  from  London.  A  family 
of  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  have 
blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris,  as  follows : 
Henry,  a  successful  contractor  at  Hammond,  IndT- 


ana,  who  is  married  and  resides  in  that  city;  Jessie, 
who  married  G.  Noske  and  resides  at  Farmington, 
Iowa;  William  G.,  who  also  is  married  and  is  a 
druggist  at  Elk  River,  Idaho;  Carrie  S.,  Mrs.  F.  A. 
Modine,  whose  home  is  at  St.  Charles,  Illinois; 
Frank  C,  who  is  associated  with  his  brother  Henry 
in  the  contracting  business  at  Hammond,  Indiana, 
and  also  married;  Anna  G.,  who  is  now  Mrs.  James 
L.  McKercher,  of  Elk  River,  Idaho;  R.  Harrison, 
who  remains  at  the  parental  home  and  is  associated 
with  his  father  in  business;  and  Lillian,  deceased. 

Mr.  Morris  favors  all  churches  but  affiliates  with 
no  particular  denomination.  Mrs.  Morris,  however, 
is  an  earnest  church  member  and  is  a  very  active 
church  and  Sunday  school  worker.  It  was  largely 
through  her  efforts  that  a  Sunday  school  was  or- 
ganized at  Elk  River.  She  is  a  well-informed  bible 
student.  Mr.  Morris  affiliates  fraternally  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Court  of  Honor,  and 
has  held  the  highest  office  in  the  local  lodge  of  each 
order.  His  political  tendencies  are  those  of  the 
Republican  party  but  he  is  independent  in  the  exercise 
of  his  franchise,  supporting  the  men  and  measures 
that  meet  the  approval  of  his  own  convictions.  He 
is  now  serving  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  at  Elk  River. 

F.  M.  CUMMINS.  At  Oakley  in  Cassia  county, 
where  Mr.  Cummins  now  resides  with  his  fanjily, 
and  where  he  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  pros- 
perous ranchmen  in  this  section  of  the  state,  there 
were  only  four  log  cabins  standing  when  he  first 
settled  here  more  than  thirty  years  ago.  He  is  there- 
fore one  of  the  pioneers,  has  borne  his  share  of  the 
work  and  the  hardships  in  developing  the  material 
resources  of  the  state,  and  both  himself  and  family 
have  proved  valuable  factors  in  the  social  life  of 
the  community. 

F.  M.  Cummins  was  born  in  Indiana,  December 
16,  1847,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Ruth  (Vanderver) 
Cummins,  the  father  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and 
the  mother  of  Indiana.  Grandfather  Cummins  was 
the  first  white  male  child  born  in  Indiana,  and  the 
territory  gave  him  a  deed  for  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  in  recognition  of  that  fact.  He 
later  moved  from  Indiana  to  Kentucky.  Mr.  Cum- 
mins' father  was  a  doctor  and  farmer,  had  a  long 
and  active  career  and  after  twenty  years  of  residence 
in  the  West  died  in  the  state  of  Washington  in  1884. 
The  mother  died  in  1901  on  the  ranch  of  her  son 
at  Oakley,  he  having  brought  her  to  his  home  to 
spend  her  declining  years.  The  Cummins  family  is 
a  large  one  and  has  been  identified  with  American 
history  for  many  generations.  The  original  Amer- 
ican ancestors  were  William  and  Mary  Cummins,  of 
Fairfax  and  Loudon  county  of  Virginia,  and  from 
that  locality  these  descendants  became  scattered  over 
various  portions  of  the  country  and  are  still  very 
numerous.  The  family  history  has  been  traced 
authentically  back  for  one  thousand  years.  The 
name  originated  in  the  castle  and  city  of  Comines 
on  the  border  between  France  and  Belgium.  One 
branch  of  the  family  followed  William  the  Con- 
queror into  England  during  the  eleventh  century. 
Robert  became  Duke  of  Northumberland  in  1068; 
William  became  Earl  of  Bustans  in  Scotland,  and 
Walter  became  Earl  of  Monteith  in  Scotland.  One 
of  the  family  was  one  of  the  three  wardens  of  Scot- 
land, another  was  high  sheriff  during  the  minority 
of  the  King  Alexander  III.,  who  ascended  the  throne 
at  eight  years  of  age.  John  Comyn  (Cummins) 
known  as  the  Red  Comyn  would  have  been  king 
had  »he  not  been  stabbed  to  death  by  Robert  Bruce 
before  the  high  altar  of  the  Franciscan  Friars  at 
Dumphries  on  February  10,  1306.  About  this  time 


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there  were  four  earls,  one  lord  and  thirty-two  belted 
knights,  and  the  family  were  the  most  influential  in 
all  Scotland.  During  the  war  and  assassinations  that 
followed  the  coronation  of  Robert  Bruce,  this  great 
family  was  almost  destroyed,  and  what  remained 
removed  to  England,  and  their  estates  were  con- 
fiscated in  Scotland. 

Daniel  Cummins,  the  father,  brought  his  family 
across  the  plains  in  wagons  and  ox  teams  in  1864. 
It  was  a  long  and  perilous  journey.  Among  the 
stock  which  they  brought  along  were  two  dapple 

frey  mares,  and  these  provoked  the  cupidity  of  the 
ndians  to  such  an  extent  that  the  latter  followed 
the  party  for  four  days,  trying  to  buy  the  horses  and 
when  that  request  was  refused  they,  ran  them  away 
from  camp  in  br6ad  light.  That  happened  while 
the  family  were  along  the  course  of  the  Platte  river, 
and  there  was  trouble  and  almost  constant  skirmish- 
ing with  the  Indians  for  a  distance  of  nearly  three 
hundred  miles  in  crossing  the  plains.  The  first  stop 
was  made  at  Stockton,  Utah,  in  the  spring  of  1864, 
where  the  family  remained  until  1865.  At  Stockton 
the  father  and  other  members  of  the  family  built 
half  a  dozen  houses,  which  were  among  the  first 
to  be  constructed  in  that  place.  On  leaving  Stockton 
they  moved  to  California,  in  the  Sacramento  Valley, 
and  finally  located  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the  family 
had  its  home  for  six  years.  After  that  they  went 
up  into  Oregon. 

Mr.  F.  M.  Cummins  accompanied  the  family  on 
its  migration  across  the  plains,  he  being  about  seven- 
teen years  of  age  at  the  time.  From  Los  Angeles, 
California,  in  1870,  he  returned  to  Utah,  and  after 
his  marriage  spent  some  seven  or  eight  years  in  that 
state,  engaged  in  the  liv«e  stock  business.  He  then 
in  1880  moved  to  Idaho  arriving  at  the  present  site 
of  Oakley  on  April  14,  1880.  Here  he  paid  six  hun- 
dred dollars  for  his  squatter's  right,  and  soon  had 
his  claim  proved  up.  He  built  a  modern  home  and 
barns  and  buildings  in  recent  years,  and  now  has 
one  of  the  best  improved  properties  in  this  locality. 
Farming  and  stock  raising  have  been  his  most  profit- 
able pursuits,  and  at  the  present  time  he  has  about 
seventy-five  head  of  horses  on  the  range.  He  is  also 
owner  of  three  business  lots  on  Overland  Avenue  in 
Burley,  Idaho.  Since  1900  Mr.  Cummins  has  lived 
retired  from  active  work,  and  now  enjoys  his  win- 
ters in  California.  The  four  log  cabins  which  stood 
on  the  site  of  Oakley  when  he  first  arrived  have 
already  been  mentioned,  and  another  interesting  fact 
about  his  settlement  is  that  Mrs.  Cummins  was  the 
first  woman  in  all  this  section. 

At  Grantville,  Utah,  on  March  14,  1872,  Mr.  Cum- 
mins married  Deseret  Severe,  a  daughter  of  Harrison 
and  Dorcas  (McBride)  Severe.  Her  father  was 
a  native  of  Ohio,  and  her  mother  was  born  in  the 
same  state.  Mrs.  Cummins  died  January  4,  1911, 
leaving  a  family  of  five  sons  and  six  daughters,  all 
of  whom  are  living  and  who  are  giving  creditable 
accounts  of  themselves,  most  of  them  having  homes 
of  their  own.  Mr.  Cummins  is  a  believer  in  educa- 
tion, and  has  supplied  his  means  liberally  to  pre- 
paring his  children  for  life's  duties.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  all  the  family  are  active 
members  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

The  children  are  named  as  follows :  Josephine  is 
the  wife  of  B.  P.  Howells,  a  lawyer  at  Oakley; 
Edith  married  Robert  McBride,  and  lives  in  Burley; 
Goldie  is  the  wife  of  J.  J.  Gray,  and  their  home  is 
in  Bellevue,  Idaho ;  Frank,  who  lives  in  Burley,  mar- 
ried Lee  Bruce;  Daniel  H.  is  a  resident  in  Burley 
and  married  May  Gee;  Nellie,  is  the  wife  of  Oscar 
Briggs  of  Burley;  Hazel,  of  Oakley,  is  the  wife  of 
W.  S.  Gray;  Qifton  is  unmarried,  lives  at  home,  and 


assists  in  caring  for  the  home  ranch;  Lowell,  who 
also  liy*  on  .the  home  place,  married  Sadie  Knight; 
Irene  is  unmarried  and  lives  at  home;  Philip  is  the 
youngest  of  the  family  and  is  still  attending  school 
at  Oakley. 

RUSSELL  A.  McKiNLEV.  There  is  to  be  found  in 
the  life  and  achievements  of  Russell  A.  McKinley 
of  Boise,  Idaho,  a  lesson  for  the  youth  of  any  land. 
A  lesson  first  of  patriotism,  of  indomitable  courage, 
of  never-despairing  perseverance  in  the  face  of  most 
disheartening  obstacles ;  a  lesson  of  bravery  and  per- 
sistence winning  over  apparently  insurmountable  ob- 
stacles, and  of  final  attainment  of  a  cherished  goal. 
That  he  stands  today  among  the  leading  younger 
members  of  the  Idaho  bar  may  be  considered  a  won- 
derful accomplishment  when  the  circumstances  of 
his  life  are  reviewed.  Mr.  McKinley  comes  of  Rev- 
olutionary ancestors  on  both  his  father's  and  mother's 
sides,  and  belongs  to  a  family  which  gave  to  this 
country  the  late  martyred  President  McKinley,  whose 
grandfather  was  a  brother  of  Russell  A.  McKinley's 
great-gra*dfather.  He  was  born  December  7,  1881, 
at  Bedford,  Iowa,  and  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Russell  A. 
McKinley,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  who  was  moderator  of 
the  senate  of  Iowa,  Ohio,  Utah  and  Idaho,  and  one 
of  the  leading  Presbyterian  ministers  of  his  day, 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Idaho 
from  1903  to  1907,  who  died  June  2,  1912,  at  Reyn- 
oldsville,  Pennsylvania.  Reverend  McKinley  married 
Miss  May  McDonald. 

Russell  A.  McKinley  commenced  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Bedford,  and  then  entered 
Wooster  University,  where  he  was  a  student  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  Spanish- American  war.  With  other 
patriotic  youths  he  enlisted  for  service  in  the  volun- 
teers, becoming  a  member  of  Troop  C,  Second 
United  States  Cavalry,  with  which  he  served  in  Cuba 
from  1898  until  1900,  and  in  the  latter  year  had 
the  misfortune  to  lose  the  sight  of  both  eyes.  Re- 
turning to  Idaho,  he  became  the  owner  and  manager 
of  a  cigar  store  in  Boise,  from  the  profits  of  which 
he  secured  funds  with  which  to  prosecute  his  law 
studies,  taking  a  course  in  the  Chicago  Correspond- 
ence School  of  Law,  and  so  seduously  did  he  apply 
himself  to  his  studies  that  May  7,  1900,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  before  the  Idaho  bar.  He  has 
since  been  engaged  in  practice,  with  offices  at  No. 
402  Overland  building,  Boise,  and  has  attained  an 
enviable  position  among  Idaho's  younger  generation 
of  practitioners.  Mr.  McKinley  is  a  progressive 
Republican  in  his  political  views,  but  not  a  supporter 
of  the  so-called  Bull  Moose  movement.  His  religious 
belief  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  his 
fraternal  connection  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  with  the  members  of  which  he  is  very 
popular. 

On  April  10,  1906,  Mr.  McKinley  was  married  at 
Boise  to  Miss  Pearl  Hawse,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
F.  Hawse,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Idaho,  whose 
advent  occurred  here  in  1863.  Mrs.  McKinley,  when 
a  child  of  five  years,  lost  the  sight  of  both  eyes 
after  running  a  penknife  into  one  of  them.  She 
subsequently  graduated  with  honors  from  the  Colo- 
rado School  for  the  Blind,  at  Colorado  Springs,  and 
from  Lewiston  Normal  School,  Lewiston,  Idaho,  and 
is  an  exceptionally  gifted  musician.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McKinley  have  three  children:  Russell  B.,  aged 
five  years;  Donald  J.,  aged  three  years;  and  Robert 
H.,  who  is  one  year  of  age. 

JOHN  NELSON  BURNS.  One  of  the  old  settlers  of 
Nez  Perce  county,  where  his  wife  was  the  first 
white  woman  to  make  her  home,  the  late  John  Nel- 


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son  Burns  went  through  a  career  of  varied  experi- 
ence, and  left  an  honored  name  in  the  city  of  Lewis- 
ton,  where  he  spent  his  final  years. 

John  Nelson  Burns  was  born  in  the  maritime 
province  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  Canada,  May  28, 
1837.  He  was  educated  at  Freetown,  in  that  prov- 
ince, and  there  learned  the  cabinetmaker's  and  car- 
riage builder's  trade.  In  Prince  Edward  Island  he 
was  married  March  25,  1866,  to  Miss  Catherine  Kirk. 
In  October,  1862,  John  Nelson  Burns  started  west, 
finally  arriving  in  San  Francisco,  and  after  a  short 
time  went  to  the  capital  city  of  Sacramento,  where 
for  five  years  he  was  employed  in  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  shops.  Returning  to  Prince  Edward 
Island,  he  remained  only  six  weeks,  and  then  went 
back  to  the  railroad  shops  in  Sacramento.  His 
wife  remained  behind  in  their  native  province  for 
five  years,  and  during  this  time  Mr.  Burns  estab- 
lished himself  at  Dayton,  Washington,  where  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  lumbering  industry.  From 
there  he  moved  to  Lewiston,  Idaho,  and  there  his 
wife  and  three  children  joined  him  on  July  13,  1879. 
This  was  a  pioneer  year  in  this  section  $>f  Idaho, 
and  Mr.  Burns  took  up  a  pre-emption  right  and  a 
homestead,  and  at  Lewiston  and  vicinity  followed 
his  trade  until  he  had  proved  up  on  his  land. 
He  next  moved  to  Potlatch,  Idaho,  where  he  bought 
160  acres  and  built  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  He  was 
known  as  a  miller  from  that  time  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  March  25,  1893. 

The  nine  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burns  were 
as  follows :  Mary  E.,  wife  of  A.  G.  Willson  of  Ken- 
drick,  Idaho ;  Robert  of  Pullman,  Washington ;  Annie 
J.,  wife  of  John  McCloud  of  Victoria,  British  Co- 
lumbia ;  Walter  J.  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho ;  Bruce 
M.  of  Lewiston ;  Ida  A.,  wife  of  Harry  F.  Bateman 
of  Pardee,  Idaho ;  Otto  D.  of  Lewiston ;  Rev.  John 
S.  of  South  Bend,  Indiana;  Edith  M.,  wife  of  Frank 
Comstock  of  Lewiston. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Burns,  Mrs.  Burns  mar- 
ried Laughlin  Metcalf  of  Lewiston.  Mr.  Metcalf 
was  born  in  Canada,  and  has  been  engaged  for  a 
number  of  years  in  milling  work.  He  had  two 
sons  by  a  former  marriage,  the  maiden  name  of  his 
first  wife  being  Annie  Went.  Their  sons  were 
Samuel  C.  T.  and  Grover  F.  H.,  both  of  whom 
reside  at  Victoria,  British  Columbia.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Metcalf  have  their  home  in  Lewiston.  As  already 
stated  Mrs.  Metcalf  was  the  first  white  woman  to 
settle  in  Nez  Perce  county,  and  located  on  a  lob- 
acre  tract  of  land  in  this  county. 

THOMAS  P.  JONES.  What  Idaho  affords  in  the 
way  of  opportunity  for  live,  energetic  and  capable 
men,  men  of  stamina  and  perseverance,  is  illustrated 
in  the  brief  career  in  this  state  of  Thomas  P.  Jones 
of  Bovill,  a  citizen  of  Latah  county.  Idaho  has  had 
the  services  of  an  earnest,  energetic  promoter  and  a 
discerning  business  man,  one  who  holds  high  ideals 
of  what  constitutes  useful  citizenship.  Such  men 
are  the  supporting  pillars  of  a  state. 

Mr.  Jones  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  the  city 
of  Cleveland,  January  3,  1866.  That  commonwealth 
remained  his  home  but  a  brief  period,  however,  as 
he  was  but  an  infant  when  his  parents  moved  to 
Wisconsin,  where  he  continued  his  residence  until 
1887.  In  the  meantime  he  acquired  a  public  school 
education  and  considerable  experience  in  an  indus- 
trial way,  for  he  started  out  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
to  battle  with  the  world,  beginning  by  working  in 
the  woods  of  Wisconsin.  In  1887  he  went  to  north- 
ern Minnesota  and  until  1903  followed  lumbering 
there  and  also  railroad  work.  Spokane,  Washing- 
ton, was  his  next  location  and  from  there  he  came 
to  Idaho,  locating  in  Latah  county,  where  he  took 


up  a  homestead  and  where  he  has  since  resided. 
While  proving  up  his  claim  he  became  connected 
with  the  Potlatch  Lumber  Company  and  continues 
that  identification  as  superintendent  of  their  woods 
department,  his  services  in  that  capacity  being  of  a 
high  order,  as  he  thoroughly  understands  lumbering 
and  has  good  executive  ability.  Since  taking  up  his 
residence  in  Bovill  he  has  entered  actively  into  its 
business  and  public  life,  assuming  whole-hearted 
citizenship.  He  was  the  first  mayor  chosen  for  the 
town,  in  which  capacity  he  is  yet  serving,  and  he  is 
also  president  of  the  school  board.  In  a  business 
way  and  outside  of  his  connection  with  the  lumber 
company,  as  mentioned  above,  he  is  identified  with 
the  First  State  Bank  of  Bovill  as  its  vice-president, 
and  in  every  sense  he  is  a  progressive  citizen,  in- 
terested in  every  movement  promising  the  uplifting 
of  the  community  and  the  development  of  its  indus- 
trial resources.  Independent  in  his  views,  he  takes 
a  keen  interest  in  the  political  problems  of  the  day 
and  in  placing  the  best  men  in  office  regardless  of 
their  political  faith.  In  a  fraternal  way  he  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Masonic  order  and  its  auxiliary  branch, 
the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  its  branch,  the  Daughters 
of  Rebekah,  and  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
he  has  filled  the  highest  office  in  the  subordinate 
lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

In  Canada,  on  October  2,  1901,  Mr.  Jones  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marjorie  Campbell  of 
Dorwich,  Ontario,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dun- 
can F.  Campbell.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  are 
communicants  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Jones 
is  a  son  of  Jacob  J.  Jones,  who  was  born  in  Indi- 
ana, and  was  successively  a  resident  of  Ohio  and 
Wisconsin,  continuing  his  abode  in  the  latter  state 
nearly  half  a  century,  or  from  the  latter  sixties  until 
his  death  in  1903  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 
His  active  years  were  spent  in  machine  work,  engi- 
neering and  farming.  In  Indiana  he  was  wedded  to 
Mary  Pursell,  who  also  was  born  in  that  state  and 
is  yet  living,  her  present  home  being  in  Eau  Claire, 
Wisconsin.  To  these  honored  parents  were  born 
thirteen  children,  of  which  family  Thomas  P.  Jones 
was  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

HERMAN  STRICKER.  One  of  the  honored  veterans 
of  the  Civil  war  living  in  Idaho,  Herman  Strieker 
has  been  identified  with  this  state  for  more  than 
forty  years,  and  has  a  variety  of  experiences  which 
gives  exceptional  interest  to  his  career.  He  is  one 
of  the  pioneers,  and  the  community  of  Rock  Creek 
in  southern  Idaho  is  largely  the  outgrowth  of  his 
enterprise. 

Herman  Strieker  is  a  German  by  birth,  but  has 
lived  in  America  since  he  was  a  boy,  and  by  his 
record  as  a  soldier  and  private  citizen  there  is  no 
more  loyal  and  valuable  American  in  both  practice 
and  sentiment.  He  was  born  in  the  Kingdom  of 
Hanover,  Germany,  March  12,  1841,  a  son  of  Frank 
and  Elizabeth  Strieker,  both  natives  of  Germany, 
where  they  lived  and  died.  The  youngest  of  their 
family  of  nine  children,  Herman,  was  fifteen  years 
old  when  he  left  his  native  land  and  crossed  the 
ocean  to  America.  He  had  only  the  advantages  of 
a  common  school  education,  and  when  he  arrived 
in  this  country  in  1856  he  first  located  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  His  first  work  there  was  as  clerk  in  a  grocery 
store,  and  he  was  making  his  living  in  that  way 
when  the  war  came  on.  On  April,  1861,  only  a  few 
days  after  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon,  he  enlisted 
in  Company  C  of  the  Fifth  Ohio  infantry,  and  as 
a  soldier  saw  service  until  July,  1865,  more  than  four 
years.  He  was  first  a  member  of  Shields  Division, 
a  division  of  the  Union  army,  which  gained  special 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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distinction  by  putting  Stonewall  Jackson  and  his 
army  to  flight  in  the  first  and  last  battle  in  which 
that  noted  Confederate  was  ever  whipped.  The  regi- 
ment was  afterwards  attached  to  the  Twelfth  Army 
Corps,  and  still  later  to  the  Twentieth.  In  the  battle 
of  New  Hope  Church,  during  the  Atlanta  campaign, 
he  was  wounded  three  times,  three  bullets  striking 
him  in  the  course  of  that  one  day's  fight.  After 
that  he  was  confined  in  the  hospital  for  five  months. 
He  was  on  his  way  home  from  the  hospital  when  he 
received  news  of  his  promotion  to  first  lieutenant 
of  his  company,  and  he  at  once  returned  to  the  regi- 
ment and  continued  with  it  until  the  close  of  the 
war. 

Mustered  out  with  the  stripes  of  a  lieutenant  and 
one  of  the  honored  veterans,  he  returned  to  Cin- 
cinnati and  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for  him- 
self. Selling  out  in  1867,  he  then  went  to  Omaha, 
where  for  some  time  he  was  a  hotel  clerk.  He  then 
continued  on  his  westward  journeyings  as  far  as 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  where  at  that  time  the  Union 
Pacific  Construction  camps  were  located.  With  a 
small  capital  of  forty-three  dollars  he  bought  a  pack 
outfit  of  goods  and  followed  along  the  route  of  the 
railway  construction,  peddling  his  stock  to  the  labor- 
ers and  others  along  the  line.  He  thus  continued  as 
far  as  South  Pass,  Wyoming,  and  then  went  on  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  and  from  there  into  southern  Idaho. 
His  ventures  had  changed  from  peddling  from  a 
pack  outfit  to  the  buying  of  eggs  and  other  local 
produce,  which  he  took  to  White  Pine,  Nevada,  and 
made  several  trips  of  this  kind.  In  the  spring  of 
1870  he  got  together  a  load  of  emigrants  for  Mon- 
tana, and  delivered  them  at  Gold  Creek,  after  which 
he  returned  to  Utah.  He  then  bought  a  stock  of 
goods  and  freighted  to  Idaho,  opening  a  store  on 
Snake  river.  His  prospects  were  not  altogether  flat- 
tering, since  by  these  various  ventures  he  had  at  one 
time  made  money  and  then  again  lost  it  all,  but  he 
possessed  the  ambition,  energy  and  persistence  which 
could  not  fail  of  eventual  success. 

In  1877  Mr.  Strieker  bought  a  store  and  stock  of 
goods  on  the  old  stage  line  between  Kelton,  Utah, 
and  Boise,  Idaho,  two  miles  northwest  of  the  present 
town  of  Rock  Creek,  and  his  establishment  was  the 
pioneer  enterprise  there.  The  place  is  now  known 
as  Strieker.  He  continued  to  operate  there  as  a 
merchant  until  1897,  since  which  time  he  has  devoted 
his  attention  largely  to  ranching.  He  had  home- 
steaded  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  which 
the  store  was  located,  and  still  owns  a  considerable 
part  of  that  land.  At  the  present  time  his  holdings 
in  real  estate  comprise  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
and  all  of  it  is  under  irrigation  and  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  very  finest  ranches  in  the  entire  section 
of  southern  Idaho.  It  is  located  where  formerly 
stood  the  old  overland  stage  station.  He  owns  his 
own  water  right  on  Rock  creek,  is  a  large  producer 
of  the  regular  crops  of  this  section  and  raises  large 
numbers  of  cattle  and  horses.  In  1893  he  drove  a 
bunch  of  horses  to  Dakota. 

On  October  i,  1882.  Mr.  Strieker  married  Miss 
Lucy  Walgamott,  a  native  of  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Walgamott.  Their  ^  seven  chil- 
dren are  named  Bernard,  Clyde,  Mavis,  wife  of 
V.  E.  Hall,  art  Idaho  stockman;  Roland,  Blythe, 
and  Gladys.  All  of  the  sons  live  at  home  and  assist 
in  the  operation  of  the  ranch.  There  is  also  one 
son  deceased,  Pro  Strieker.  Mr.  Strieker  is  a 
Republican,  and  for  twenty-two  years  served  as 
postmaster  of  the  Rock  Creek  postoffice.  During  a 
long  career  he  has  won  the  best  things  of  life — a 
comfortable  material  prosperity,  a  fine  family  of 
children  and  the  thorough  esteem  of  a  large  com- 
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munity  in  which  he  has  worked  as  a  public  spirited 
citizen. 

ERNEST  DUERSELEN.  The  printing  and  newspaper 
business  is  a  line  of  endeavor  which  Ernest  Duer- 
selen has  followed  for  nearly  half  a  century  and  in 
which  he  is  now  engaged  as  the  editor  and  publisher 
of  the  Elk  River  Sentinel  at  Elk  River,  Idaho.  He 
is  a  German  by  birth  and  represents  a  nationality 
that  is  one  of  the  most  valued  and  important  of  all 
that  have  mingled  in  the  shaping  of  American  life 
along  all  lines  of  activity.  The  Germans  were  the 
first  to  introduce  printing  in  America  and  they  have 
also  been  first  in  other  directions  too  numerous  to 
take  note  of  here,  but  whatever  makes  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  mankind  in  general  they  have  ever 
supported  with  ceaseless  energy  and  the  most  intelli- 
gent effort. 

Born  in  Germany  in  1851,  Ernest  Duerselen  was 
about  twelve  years  of  age  when  he  emigrated  to 
the  United  States.  The  first  ten  years  of  his  life 
in  this  country  were  spent  in  Ohio,  where  he  learned 
and  followed  the  printing  trade.  From  Ohio  he  went 
to  Detroit,  Michigan,  but  after  a  few  years  there  he 
changed  his  location  to  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan, 
where  he  established  The  Times  and  was  engaged  in 
its  publication  a  number  of  years.  Disposing  of  his 
interests  there  he  turned  westward  to  Illinois  and 
at  first  followed  printing  there,  but  later  he  accepted 
a  position  in  the  Joliet  penitentiary.  After  about  ten 
years  in  Joliet  he  became  a  traveling  salesman,  con- 
tinuing this  employment  four  years.  He  then  came 
west  and,  after  visiting  several  states,  he  finally 
settled  in  Idaho,  locating  at  Coeur  d'Alene,  where 
he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  a  newspaper  at  that 
place  in  1800.  In  the  following  year  he  became  the 
owner  of  the  entire  plant  and  continued  the  manage- 
ment of  that  paper  and  also  of  another  that  he  estab- 
lished at  Rathdrum  for  about  six  years.  He  then 
sold  those  interests  and  moved  to  Wallowa  county, 
Oregon,  where  he  published  the  Chieftain  a  few 
years,  and  from  there  he  went  to  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, where  he  opened  a  job  printing  establish- 
ment. In  1901  he  returned  to  Idaho  and  established 
the  Courier  at  St.  Maries,  also  establishing  the  Santa 
Times  at  Santa,  in  the  same  county,  a  few  years 
later,  and  for  a  period  he  conducted  both  papers. 
Ten  years  after  his  return  to  Idaho,  or  in  1911.  he 
came  to  Elk  River,  now  a  terminus  of  the  Wyoming, 
Idaho  &  Montana  Railroad,  and  established  the  Elk 
River  Sentinel,  with  a  plant  second  to  none  in  sire 
in  the  state  of  Idaho  and  modern  in  every  way. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elk  River  Commercial 
Club  and  gives  effective  help  in  encouraging  the  de- 
velopment of  that  section.  A  Republican  in  his 
political  adherency,  he  is  actively  interested  in  ^  the 
work  of  his  party,  and  in  a  fraternal  way  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  While  Mr.  Duerselen  affiliates 
'with  no  particular  religious  denomination  he  values 
the  work  and  influence  of  all  such  organizations  and 
supports  his  sentiment  with  substantial  help. 

MICHAEL  F.  ZEIGLER.  Prominent  among  Idaho's 
contractors  and  builders  is  Michael  F.  Zeigler  of 
Moscow,  who  during  a  residence  of  nearly  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  spent  in  this  city  has  contributed 
materially  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
section,  and  whose  activities  have  extended  through- 
out this  state  and  that  of  Washington.  A  firmly 
established  reputation  for  absolute  integrity  in  all 
business  transactions  has  made  his  name  well  known 
in  commercial  circles,  and  he  enjoys  the  full  confi- 


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dence  of  his  fellow  townspeople  of  all  classes.  Mr. 
Zeigler  was  born  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  Au- 
gust 18,  1848,  and  his  education  was  secured  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  Keystone  State.  He  was  reared 
on  his  father's  farm  with  the  intention  of  becoming 
an  agriculturist,  but  left  home  when  about  twenty 
years  of  age  and  went  to  Cambridge  City,  Indiana, 
where  he  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter.  After 
spending  two  years  in  that  city,  he  went  to  Indianap- 
olis, Indiana,  as  a  full-fledged  carpenter,  but  after 
spending  six  years  in  the  Hoosier  metropolis  came 
west  and  located  at  Pendleton,  Oregon.  He  resided 
in  that  city  for  twelve  years,  and  while  there  turned 
his  attention  to  contracting,  a  business  which  he  has 
followed  with  gratifying  success  to  the  present  time. 
He  operates  all  over  Latah  county  and  other  parts 
of  Idaho,  and  many  structures  of  his  construction 
are  to  be  found  in  Oregon  and  Washington. 

On  July  19,  1881,  Mr.  Zeigler  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Carrie  E.  Wells,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Wells,  of  Pendleton,  of  an  old  pioneer 
family  of  Oregon,  and  nine  children  have  been  born 
to  this  union:  Leroy  E.,  Annie  H.,  Floyd  E.,  Glen 
R,  William  L.,  Walter  M.,  deceased;  Claire  E., 
Myrtle  M.  and  Marjorie  E.  Three  of  these  chil- 
dren are  university  graduates  and  all  have  been 
given  the  benefit  of  excellent  educations,  Mr.  Zeigler 
believing  thoroughly  in  school  and  church  training. 
Various  members  of  the  family  belong  to  different 
religious  organizations,  but  all  have  been  active  in 
church  work.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Zeigler  is  affiliated 
with  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  has  filled  nearly  every 
office  in  the  lodge,  where  he  has  numerous  friends. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  exercises  his  pre- 
rogative of  voting  for  the  candidate  he  deems  best 
fitted  for  the  office,  irrespective  of  party  lines.  He 
takes  but  little  interest  in  politics  outside  that  shown 
by  every  good  citizen  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  his  community,  although  he  believes  it 
the  duty  of  every  individual  to  cast  a  vote.  An 
omnivorous  reader,  Mr.  Zeigler  spends  much  of  his 
spare  time  at  his  home,  although  he  also  enjoys  a 
good  speech  or  lecture.  He  is  a  thorough-going 
American  citizen,  of  the  type  that  is  known  as  self- 
made,  his  success  in  life  having  come  to  him  through 
the  medium  of  his  own  efforts.  Alert  to  the  live 
topics  of  the  day,  he  is  loyal  to  the  state  of  his 
adoption,  expressing  it  as  his  opinion  that  from 
any  point  of  view  Idaho  is  a  state  hard  to  beat. 
He  has  a  wide  acquaintance,  and  has  drawn  about 
him  and  retained  a*  large  number  of  warm  personal 
friends. 

ERNEST  L.  PARKER.  One  of  the  prominent  com- 
mercial men  of  Northern  Idaho  is  Ernest  L.  Parker, 
a  prosperous  merchant  at  Cottonwood  and  at  present 
a  representative  of  the  Idaho  state  legislature,  whose 
citizenship  has  been  of  such  a  character  as  to  make 
him  one  of  the  representative  men  of  the  state  for 
business  ability,  for  his  able  services  in  public  behalf 
and  for  his  personal  worth  and  integrity.  A  promi- 
nent factor  in  the  political  affairs  of  this  state,  Mr. 
Parker  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Idaho  in  1912  and  made  a  most  credit- 
able race,  but  shared  the  common  defeat  of  his  state 
ticket,  as  Idaho  once  more  gave  her  favors  to  the 
opposite  party. 

Born  November  29,  1864,  at  Sigourney,  Iowa,  Mr. 
Parker  grew  up  in  his  native  state  and  there  re- 
ceived a  common  and  high  school  education.  While 
yet  a  boy  he  took  up  the  carpenter  trade  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  was  drawing  a  full  salary.  He  con- 
tinued this  line  of  empjoyment  until  about  1887, 
when  he  came  west,  locating  first  at  Spokane,  Wash- 


ington, where  he  was  engaged  in  the  sash  and  door 
manufacturing  business  about' two  years.  In  1890  he 
came  to  Idaho,  with  which  commonwealth  he  has 
now  been  identified  nearly  twenty-five  years,  con- 
tributing of  his  energies,  ability  and  endeavors  to  its 
upbuilding  and  progress.  After  about  two  years  at 
Moscow,  Idaho,  where  he  followed  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, he  located  at  Denver,  Idaho,  where  a  similar 
period  was  spent  in  the  same  line  of  activity.  He 
next  located  at  Nez  Perce,  Lewis  county,  where  until 
1908  he  was  engaged  in  banking  and  in  the  lumber 
and  mercantile  business,  and  from  there  he  came 
to  Cottonwood,  Idaho  county,  where  he  established 
his  present  business,  that  of  a  general  mercantile 
store  with  a  full  line  of  all  kinds  of  general  mer- 
chandise. With  splendid  business  ability  and  dis- 
cernment he  has  made  each  location  an  advantageous 
one  and  has  steadily  prospered  in  his  business  activi- 
ties, being  today  one  of  the  leading  and  most  sub- 
stantial business  men  of  his  section.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Cottonwood  Commercial  Club  and  is  now  its 
president. 

In  politics  there  is  always  a  large  amount  of  hard 
and  prosaic  work  which  entails  loss  of  time,  the 
expenditure  of  money  and  distraction  from  business 
pursuits,  and  such  work  is,  as  a  rule,  energetically 
avoided  by  prominent  business  men.  Those,  how- 
ever, who  from  genuine  public  spirit  accept  the 
responsibility  of  such  work  perform  a  service  which 
merits  recognition.  Although  a  busy  man,  Mr. 
Parker  has  not  shirked  this  part  of  his  citizenship, 
and  with  zeal  and  loyalty  to  the  principles  of  the 
Democratic  party  he  has  labored  with  energy  to 
promote  its  practical  work.  While  a  resident  of 
Nez  Perce  he  served  as  mayor  of  the  town,  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  for  two  terms 
was  a  commissioner  of  Lewis  county.  He  also 
served  as  a  representative  in  the  Idaho  state  legis- 
lature and  in  1912  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  lieutenant-governor  of  Idaho,  though,  as  pre- 
viously stated,  he  shared  the  common  defeat  of  his 
party  in  state  affairs.  In  fraternal  associations  he  is 
identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

Mr.  Parker  is  a  son  of  Capt.  John  T.  Parker,  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  now  a  retired  resident 
of  Sigourney,  Iowa.  The  latter  is  a  native  of  the 
old  commonwealth  of  Ohio  and  became  one  of  the 
early  settlers  in  Iowa,  where  his  active  business 
career  was  spent  as  a  contractor  and  builder.  At 
the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  espoused  the  Union 
cause  and  in  the  fall  of  1861  enlisted  in  Company 
D  of  the  Thirteenth  Iowa  Infantry  as  a  private, 
closing  his  service  in  1865  with  the  rank  of  captain. 
This  regiment  spent  the  winter  of  1861-62  at  Benton 
barracks  and  at  Jefferson  City,  Missouri ;  then  in 
March,  1862,  it  left  for  Pittsburg  Landing,  where 
it  was  assigned  to  General  McClernand's  command 
and  began  its  fighting  career.  At  the  Battle  of 
Shiloh  it  was  under  fire  for  ten  hours  the  first  day, 
and  after  this  engagement  it  became  a  part  of  ^the 
First  Iowa  Brigade,  Colonel  Crocker  commanding. 
For  its  daring  services  in  the  maneuvers  during  the 
siege  of  yicksburg  this  brigade  earned  and  received 
the  sobriquet  of  "Crocker's  Greyhounds."  The  Thir- 
teenth iowa  was  with  Sherman  during  his  Atlanta 
campaign  and  famous  march  to  the  sea  and  at  Atlanta 
its  brigade  made  a  charge  to  within  fifty  paces  of 
the  fort,  being  compelled  to  lie  down  and  fire.  On 
July  22,  during  this  siege,  the  most  of  Company  A, 
part  of  G,  and  all  of  D  and  K  were  captured  while 
re-enforcing  the  Eleventh  and  Sixteenth  Iowa.  It 
was  while  Captain  Parker  was  being  held  as  one 
of  these  prisoners  of  war  that  his  son  Ernest  L. 


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was  born.  The  Thirteenth  Iowa  was  a  fighting  regi- 
ment and  Captain  Parker  gallantly  bore  his  part  as 
one  of  its  members.  He  has  always  taken  an  active 
interest  in  politics  and  in  an  official  way  has  served 
as  mayor  of  his  city,  as  a  justice  of  the  peace,  county 
commissioner,  sheriff  and  in  other  like  official  sta- 
tions. He  is  a  prominent  member  of  both  the  Ma- 
sonic order  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows in  his  state  and  commemorates  the  days  of 
1861-65  as  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  His  wife  was 
Miss  Albina  S.  McCauley  as  a  maiden,  a  native  of 
Indiana.  They  were  married  in  Iowa  and  traveled 
life's  journey  together  for  more  than  half  a  century, 
or  until  1907,  when  death  called  her  to  rest  at  the  age 
of  seventy-three,  her  interment  being  made  at  Sigour- 
ney,  Iowa,  where  so  long  had  been  their  home.  She 
was  a  devout  and  consistent  Christian  worker  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Eleven 
children  were  born  to  their  union  and  of  these  Ernest 
L.  was  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

With  Captain  Parker  officiating  in  his  right  as  a 
justice  of  the  peace,  Mr.  Parker  was  joined  in  mar- 
riage at  Sigourney,  Iowa,  on  November  13,  19x53,  to 
Miss  Carrie  B.  Watson  of  West  Liberty,  Iowa.  They 
have  three  children,  two  daughters  and  a  son,  named : 
Phila  Evelyn,  John  T.  and  Marylis.  Mr.  Parker  has 
now  been  identified  with  Idaho  nearly  twenty-five 
years  and  each  year  has  but  made  him  a  more  loyal 
citizen  and  a  firmer  believer  that  Idaho  is  eventually 
to  take  a  foremost  place  among  the  commonwealths 
of  the  Union.  He  gives  this  faith  practical  support 
by  the  highest  order  of  worthy  and  useful  citizen- 
ship. 

FELIX  BURGESS.  Distinguished  for  his  services  as 
a  brave  Indian  fighter,  scout  and  guide,  Felix  Bur- 
gess, postmaster  at  Ashton,  is  a  splendid  represen- 
tative of  the  fast-disappearing  western  plainsman 
who  contributed  so  largely  towards  the  upbuilding 
of  the  great  and  mighty  West,  and  is  eminently  de- 
serving of  more  than  passing  -mention  in  a  work 
of  this  character.  He  is  a  persistent  and  consistent 
booster  of  Idaho,  and  speaks  with  authority  when 
he  says  it  is  one  of  the  best  states  in  the  Union.  The 
descendant  of  an  excellent  French  family,  he  was 
born,  on  January  6,  1847,  in  Reading,  Pennsylvania. 

His  father,  James  J.  Burgess,  was  born  at  Lorraine, 
France,  in  1800,  and  after  coming  to  America  lived 
for  a  time  in  New  Jersey,  from  there  going  to  Read- 
ing, Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  of 
a  millwright.  Another  westward  migration,  in  1856, 
took  him  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  but  his  residence 
in  that  city  was  of  a  comparatively  short  duration. 
From  there  he  proceeded  with  his  family  to  Sauk 
Rapids.  Minnesota,  where  he  built  up  a  successful 
business  as  a  millwright,  remaining  there  a  valued 
and  respected  citizen  until  his  death,  which  took 
place  in  1889.  when  he  'was  at  the  venerable  age 
of  eighty-nine  years.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Marv  Louise  Bartholomew,  was  born,  reared 
and  married  in  Lorraine,  France,  and  she  died  in 
1880.  in  Saint  Cloud,  Minnesota,  aged  sixty-six  years. 
Eight  children  were  born  of  their  union,  Felix  being 
the  fourth  child  in  succession  of  birth. 

Brought  up  principally  in  Minnesota,  Felix  Bur- 
gess attended  *he  St.  Cloud  and  Sauk  Rapids  schools 
until  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  when  he  conceived 
the  idea,  not  entirely  original  with  him,  of  running 
away  from  home.  Going  to  Fort  Ripley,  Minnesota, 
he  was  there  taken  into  the  home  of  Captain  Ire, 
with  whom  he  remained  until  1862.  During,  the  In- 
dian uprising  and  massacre  of  that  year  a  company, 
known  as  the  Black  Horse  Cavalry,  was  formed, 
with  Oscar  Taylor  as  its  captain,  to  proceed  against 


the  red  skins.  Young;  Burgess  was  sent  on  scout 
duty  to  the  Alexandria  woods,  in  Minnesota,  and 
on  one  occasion,  while  alone  and  taking  observa- 
tions, he  was  surprised  by  a  band  of  savages  and 
taken  prisoner.  He  was  subsequently  tied  to  a  stake 
preparatory  to  being  burned,  and  while  resisting  with 
all  his  might,  he  was  tomahawked  and  had  several 
of  his  toes  taken  off.  Just  then,  when  the  Indians 
were  about  to  further  torture  their  victim,  Mr.  Bur- 
gess' command  appeared,  and  taking  in  the  situation 
at  a  glance,  made  haste  to  release  the  lad  from  his 
perilous  and  unhappy  predicament.  Recovering  from 
his  wounds,  he  again  became  a  scout  for  the  BlacK 
Horse  Cavalry,  which  was  a  private  company,  and 
with  his  command  went  to  Port  Abercrombie,  on 
the  Red  river,  to  the  relief  of  the  garrison  stationed 
there,  it  having  been  surrounded  by  a  hostile  band 
of  red  devils.  Meeting  at  the  fort  the  command  of 
General  Sjbley,  which  was  there  on  the  same  mis- 
sion, they  drove  the  savages  from  the  place  and 
crossed  the  Red  river.  At  the  second  crossing  of 
Cheyenne  river  the  soldiers  again  attacked  the  In- 
dians, driving  them  before  them,  and  at  the  end  of 
three  days  captured  the  entire  band  of  three  thou- 
sand braves.  They  took  their  prisoners  back  to 
Fort  Snelling,  Minnesota,  where  thirty-three  of  the 
leading  tribesmen  were  executed,  the  chiefs  son,  Lit- 
tle Crow,  being  one  of  that  number. 

After  this  exciting  experience,  Felix  Burgess  de- 
cided to  return  to  his  home,  where  he  remained 
contented  for  a  few  months,  and  in  1863  he  joined 
General  Sulley's  command  as  an  army  scout, — one 
of  the  most  hazardous  positions  ever  undertaken  by 
man.  He  went  up  to  Devil's  Lake,  in  what  is  now 
North  Dakota,  and  from  there  went  to  Fort  Snelling, 
Minnesota,  thence  on  to  Fort -Van  Couver,  in  Wash- 
ington, and  in  1869  went  with  General  Crook  to  Ari- 
zona, campaigning  against  Chief  Cutchies  and  his 
tribe.  In  1874  he  joined  Lieutenant  George  M. 
Wheeler  in  a  geographical  survey  west  of  the  one 
hundredth  meridian,  and  two  years  later  joined  Gen- 
eral Crook  against  the  Sioux  Indians  in  Wyoming 
and  Montana.  In  1879  he  was  transferred  from  the 
Department  of  the  Platte  to  the  Department  of  the 
Missouri,  under  General  Hatch,  and  while  acting  as 
a  courier  under  that  general  in  New  Mexico  in  1881, 
was  surprised  by  a  party  of  sixty  Apaches.  Mr.  Bur- 
gess had  his  horse  shot  from  under  him  and  he 
received  a  rifle  ball  in  his  hip,  but  he  succeeded  in 
standing  off  the  enemy,  screened  by  his  dead  horse, 
until  relief  came.  As  soon  as  he  had  recovered  from 
his  ugly  wound,  he  returned  to  the  command,  and 
from  then  until  1888  acted  as  a  scout  and  guide 
through  all  the  succeeding  Indian  troubles  in  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the 
Rose  Bud  and  Slim  Butte  fights,  in  the  latter  being 
once  more  severely  wounded.  He  was  a  participant 
in  the  Meeker  massacre  on  the  White  river  reser- 
vation, Colorado,  where  his  commander,  Major 
Thornburg,  lost  his  life,  and  in  practically  all  the 
memorable  Indian  troubles  of  that  period  he  was 
active  and  prominent  in  his  capacity.  After  his 
transfer  to  General  McKenzie's  forces  in  1882,  he 
took  an  active  part  in  all  the  Indian  wars  of  New 
Mexico  and  Colorado,  prior  to  1888,  when  he  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Kehoe,  Montana,  and  thence  to 
Camp  Sheridan.  He  remained  in  the  service  under 
Captain  George  S.  Anderson  until  1809,  having  ren- 
dered his  country  brave  and  efficient  service. 

In  the  year  last  named  Mr.  Burgess  decided  that 
he  had  accomplished  his  share  in  army  work,  and 
concluded  to  try  the  quiet  and  peaceful  life  of  a 
householder,  and  with  that  object  in  view  located 


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on  a  farm  in  Fremont  county,  Idaho,  near  Ashton. 
He  found  out  in  a  very  short  space  of  time  that 
he  was  illy  qualified  for  the  life  of  a  farmer,  and  he 
accordingly  located  in  the  village  of  Ashton,  here 
opening  the  first  public  inn  the  place  claimed,  and 
the  same  pow  being  conducted  under  the  name  of 
Hotel  Ashton.  After  a  trial  of  two  years  as  pro- 
prietor of  a  hotel  business,  he  gave  up  the  berth, 
and  was  subsequently  appointed  postmaster  of 
Ashton,  an  office  which  he  has  since  filled  most  ably 
and  satisfactorily,  the  office  under  his  management 
having  been  elevated  from  the  status  of  fourth  to 
a  third  class.  In  1893  he  was  deputy  United  States 
marshal  for  the  district  of  Wyoming,  serving  under 
U.  S.  Marshal  Rankin,  and  serving  in  the  same  post 
under  U.  S.  Marshal  McDermott  in  1894.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  his  political  faith,  but  never  an 
office  seeker,  and  always  a  citizen  of  a  high  type. 

Mr.  Burgess  was  married  in  Livingston,  .Montana, 
on  October  27,  1892,  to  Miss  Florence  Warner,  who 
was  born  in  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  and  who  is  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Louise  (Bowers)  Warner, 
and  a  second  cousin  of  that  noted  Indian  fighter, 
General  W'illiam  Henry  Harrison.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Burgess  have  no  children.  Both  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

WILLIAM  SEARING  WHITEHEAD.  For  a  quarter  of 
a  century  Mr.  Whitehead  has  been  in  business  as  a 
druggist  in  one  location  at  Boise,  and  is  one  of  the 
oldest  business  men  of  the  city.  Successful  in  busi- 
ness, he  has  often  applied  his  public  spirit  to  help- 
ing forward  movements  and  enterprises  for  the  bet- 
terment and  advancement  of  his  home  city  and 
state. 

William  Searing  Whitehead  was  born  at  Boonton, 
New  Jersey,  September  10,  1866.  His  grandfather 
and  the  founder  of  the  family  in  the  United  States 
was  David  Whitehead,  a  son  of  John  and  Susanna 
Whitehead.  He  was  born  in  Manchester,  England,  in 
1799,  came  to  America  and  settled  at  Dover,  New 
Jersey,  followed  for  many  years  the  occupation  of 
gardener,  and  died  in  very  advanced  years  on  January 
30,  1888.  He  married  Mary  King,  a  daughter  of 
Adam  and  Margaret  (Grant)  King.  She  was  born 
in  Morris  county,  New  Jersey.  William  King  White- 
head,  son  of  David,  and  father  of  the  Boise  business 
man,  was  born  in  Succasunna  Plains,  New  Jersey, 
October  12,  1829,  and  died  in  Michigan,  April  8, 
1908.  He  followed  the  occupation  of  merchant,  and 
was  a  California  forty-niner,  having  spent  about  two 
years,  from  1849  to  1851,  on  the  gold  coast.  He 
married  Mary  Alice  Searing,  who  was  born  at 
Millbrook,  New  Jersey,  February  i,  1837.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Phoebe  (Martin)  Searing, 
and  a  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Sear- 
ing) Searing  (cousins)  and  of  Isaac  and  Alice 
(Adams)  Martin.  The  Searings  were  of  French 
descent  (formerly  spelled  Sayring)  and  have  a  large 
number  of  descendants  in  New  Jersey.  Alice  Adams 
was  a  daughter  of  Matthew  Adams,  a  Revolutionary 
soldier. 

William  Searing  Whitehead  was  reared  chiefly  in 
Michigan,  where  his  father  was  in  business  and  ob- 
tained a  common  school  education.  He  spent  six 
years  with  ^a  drug  firm  in  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  and 
became  a  licensed  drug  clerk  in  1885.  From  Michi- 
gan he  came  to  Boise,  establishing  himself  in  the 
drug  business  and  his  store  for  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury has  been  regarded  as  one  of  the  landmarks  in 
the  retail  trade  districts  and  is  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  concerns  of  its  kind  in  the  capital  city. 

Mr.  Whitehead  was  one  of  the  first  commissioned 
officers  of  the  first  company  of  the  Idaho  state 


militia.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  having  held  office 
as  past  exalted  ruler,  and  has  been  chancellor  com- 
mander of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

On  September  22,  1886,  at  Three  Oaks,  Michigan, 
he  married  Miss  Louise  M.  Strehle,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Harriet  (Alexander)  Strehle, 
her  father  having  been  a  merchant.  Mrs.  Whitehead 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Michigan. 
Their  children  are :  Donald  Strehle  Whitehead,  born 
at  Three  Oaks,  Michigan,  October  10,  1888,  and  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Idaho  in  1907,  now  a 
druggist  in  Boise.  He  married  Muriel  G.  Shaw  at 
Boise  on  November  17,  1909.  The  daughter  is  Alice 
R.  Whitehead,  born  at  Boise,  December  24,  1890,  and 
a  graduate  of  the  Boise  high  school  in  1909. 

CHARLES  E.  HARRIS  of  Montpelier,  Idaho,  a  lawyer 
by  profession  and  by  character,  acquirements  and 
abilities  one  of  Bear  Lake  county's  most  capable  and 
prominent  men,  claims  the  old  commonwealth  of 
West  Virginia  as  his  birthplace  but  is  a  true  west- 
erner in  spirit,  by  rearing  and  by  years  of  association. 
He  has  lived  and  labored  in  four  of  the  states  of 
this  great  section  and  has  been  identified  as  a  citizen 
of  Idaho  and  of  the  city  of  Montpelier  since  1895. 

Mr.  Harris  was  born  near  Parkersburg,  West  Vir- 
ginia, December  24,  1866,  a  son  of  T.  D.  and  Ellen 
Elizabeth  Harris,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  West 
Virginia  and  representatives  of  families  that  had 
been  established  there  for  many  generations.  Charles 
E.  was  but  two  and  a  half  years  old  when  his  parents 
migrated  west,  settling  first  at  Virginia  City,  Nevada, 
but  later  removing  from  thence  to  Lakeview,  south- 
ern Oregon,  where  twelve  years  of  his  youth  were 
spent.  The  father  is  yet  living,  now  sixty-seven 
years  of  age,  and  resides  at  Caldwell,  Idaho.  The 
mother  died  at  Caldwell,  Idaho,  in  April,  1902,  when 
fifty-five  years  of  age.  To  these  parents  were  born 
seven  children,  of  which  family  Charles  E.  is  the 
eldest.  His  schooling  was  obtained  in  Nevada  and 
he  was  yet  a  youth  when  he  took  up  the  printing 
business,  following  it  thereafter  in  various  places  in 
the  west  until  1904.  After  leaving  the  parental  home 
in  Oregon  he  went  to  Billings,  Montana,  then  a  wild 
border  town,  and  worked  on  a  newspaper  there. 
From  there  he  went  to  Red  Lodge,  Montana,  where 
he  began  publishing  the  Red  Lodge  Pickett,  but  after 
four  years  he  sold  his  interests  there  and  next  lo- 
cated at  Lander,  Wyoming,  where  he  established  the 
Lander  Examiner,  which  he  sold  a  year  later.  In 
1893  he  started  the  Green  River  Star  at  Green  River, 
Wyoming,  but  shortly  disposed  of  that  and  took 
over  the  Rock  Springs  Independent  at  Rock  Springs, 
the  same  state.  A  number  of  these  various  publi- 
cations that  owe  their  origin  to  him  are  yet  being 
published.  His  advent  to  Idaho  was  in  1895,  when 
he  located  at  Montpelier,  Bear  Lake  county,  and 
there  began  the  publishing  of  the  Montpelier  Ex- 
aminer, which  he  continued  to  operate  successfully 
for  nine  years  and  then  sold.  During  these  years 
Mr.  Harris  had  been  studying  law  at  such  times 
as  opportunity  permitted  and  it  was  when  he  had 
reached  that  point  in  his  study  where  he  was  able 
to  take  the  state  examination  that  he  gave  up  news- 
paper work  to  enter  law.  Successfully  meeting  the 
state's  test  and  requirements  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1004  and  at  once  began  legal  practice  at  Mont- 
pelier. He  has  met  gratifying  success  in  this  line 
of  endeavor  and  is  recognized  as  among  the  lead- 
ing lawyers  of  Bear  Lake  county.  He  is  attorney 
for  the  First  National  Bank  at  Montpelier.  Mr. 
Harris  has  a  strong  political  influence  in  Bear  Lake 
county,  being  one  of  the  -leaders  of  the  Democratic 


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party,  in  promoting  the  interests  of  which  he  has 
served  eight  years  as  chairman  of  the  county  Demo- 
cratic central  committee.  He  was  county  attorney  of 
Bear  Lake  county  in  1909  and  1910  and  has  served 
four  years  as  a  city  councilman  and  three  terms  as 
city  clerk.  In  the  midst  of  his  busy  practice  and 
his  official  duties  he  does  not  ignore  nor  neglect  the 
material,  social,  intellectual  and  moral  improvement 
of  the  community  in  which  he  has  cast  his  lot,  but 
takes  an  active  concern  in  this  direction.  He  is 
secretary  of  the  Montpelier  Commercial  Club,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents  of  Idaho 
University.  Fraternally  he  holds  membership  with 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  has  filled 
all  the  offices  of  his  lodge,  and  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

On  September  10,  1895,  Mr.  Harris  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  Robinson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  B.  Robinson,  well  known  and  prominent  citi- 
zens of  Park  City,  Utah.  Mr.  Harris  has  invested 
in  property  at  Montpelier,  has  become  one  of  the 
citizens  of  that  community  and  with  them  in  all 
that  makes  for  its  advancement,  and  expects  to  make 
it  his  permanent  home. 

ARNOLD  S.  HIKES.  It  is  not  often  in  the  busy 
world  of  today  that  men  take  the  time  from  the 
earning  of  money  to  enjoy  the  things  of  life  that 
money  cannot  buy,  friends  and  family,  and  the  simple 
pleasures  that  the  possession  of  great  wealth  often 
denies  to  the  owner.  It  is  therefore  a  delight  to 
find  one  man  who  puts  his  friends  above  his  business 
and  would  rather  spend  an  evening  with  his  music 
than  in  the  excitement  of  the  race  for  money.  Ar- 
nold S.  Hines,  of  Gooding,  Idaho,  is  such  a  man. 
The  pioneer  druggist  of  Gooding,  the  owner  of  a 
prosperous  and  growing  business,  and  an  eminently 
practical  man  of  affairs,  he  yet  has  the  time  to  devote 
to  higher  things  than  money  making,  and  no  man 
in  Gooding  has  more  friends  nor  warmer  ones  than 
Mr.  Hines. 

Arnold  S. 'Hines  was  born  in  Provo,  Utah,  on 
the  26th  of  February,  1879.  His  father  was  Russell 
Spencer  Hines,  and  his  mother  was  Kitty  A.  (Lee- 
tham)  Hines.  Russell  Spencer  Hines  was  a  pioneer 
druggist  of  Provo,  Nevada,  and  for  thirty-five  years 
carried  on  a  very  successful  business  in  that  place. 
He  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  and  his  death 
in  November,  1898,  was  a  great  loss  to  Provo.  His 
widow  now  resides  in  San  Diego,  California.  Five 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hines,  two  of 
whom  are  dead.  Hattie  is  the  wife  of  John  Hurry 
Slater,  of  Los  Angeles,  California ;  Anna  married 
Charles  A.  Headquist,  who  is  a  druggist  in  Provo, 
Utah ;  William,  the  youngest,  lives  with  his  mother 
in  San  Diego,  and  Arnold  S.  resides  in  Gooding. 

Arnold  S.  Hines  was  first  sent  to  the  public 
schools  of  Provo,  where  he  made  such  a  good  record 
for  scholarship  that  his  father  determined  that  he 
should  have  the  very  best  education  that  he  could 
give  him.  He  was  therefore  sent  to  the  Brigham 
Young  University  at  Provo,  Utah,  where  he  special- 
ized in  chemistry,  and  later  to  the  George  Wash- 
ington Univejsty,  in  Washington,  District  of  Colum- 
bia. He  here  also  devoted  himself  largely  to  chem- 
istry, and  completed  his  studies  in  Creighton  Univer- 
sity, in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  receiving  from  this  insti- 
tution in  1908,  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosphy  in 
chemistry. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  came  at 
once  to  Gooding,  Idaho,  being  at  this  time  twenty- 
nine  years  of  age,  and  here  he  opened  up  a  drug 
business.  He  now  has  a  very  fine  establishment, 


which  is  equal  to  any  of  the  first  class  drug  stores 
in  much  larger  cities  than  Gooding.  With  his  thor- 
ough and  unusual  scientific  training,  and  his  broad 
general  education,  his  success  as  a  druggist  is  not  to 
be  wondered  at.  In  addition  to  his  knowledge  of 
drugs,  he  is  also  a  practical  business  man,  in  these 
days  when  druggists  are  supposed  to  handle  every- 
thing that  is  not  to  be  found  in  dry  goods  stores  or 
hardware  stores  or  grocery  stores,  and  when  he  more 
than  any  other  kind  of  merchant  must  run  the  risk 
of  loss  from  over  stocking  and  perishable  goods, 
this  business  faculty  is  very  necessary  to  his  success. 

Mr.  Hines  has  a  happy  disposition  that  wins  for 
him  many  friends.  He  is  generous  to  a  fault,  and 
always  has  time  to  give  to  the  interests  and  affairs 
of  others,  consequently  his  drug  store  is  as  popular 
as  a  city  club,  and  is  a  center  for  the  discussion  of 
politics  and  civic  reforms  and  all  those  questions 
that  men  refuse  to  bother  their  wives  about. 

Mr.  Hines  is  a  fine  musician,  as  is  his  wife  also, 
they  being  excellent  performers  of  eleven  different 
instruments.  Mr.  Hines  is  a  member  of  the  Good- 
ing Band  and  is  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  that 
organization.  The  leisure  time  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hines  is  largely  given  to  their  music,  either  in  the 
entertainment  of  their  friends,  or  in  public  entertain- 
ments, and  when  not  thus  engaged  many  hours  are 
given  by  them  to  practice. 

Mr.  Hines  was  married  to  Katherine  B.  Johnson 
in  April,  1905,  in  Provo,  Utah.  Her  father  was  Don 
C.  Johnson,  a  prominent  attorney  and  politician  of 
Utah.  He  held  various  public  offices  at  Springsville, 
Utah,  among  them  being  city  attorney  and  mayor. 
Mrs.  Hines'  mother  was  Lydia  Boyer.  before  her 
marriage.  Both  of  her  parents  are  living,  being 
residents  of  Springsville,  Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hines 
are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Theresa,  who  was 
born  in  Provo,  Utah,  while  her  husband  was  a 
student  in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia. 

Mr.  Hines  has  great  faith  in  the  future  of  Gooding 
and  in  the  surrounding  country,  and  he  has  invested 
money  in  a  desirable  piece  of  ranch  property,  adjoin- 
ing the  town,  where  he  has  built  a  beautiful  home. 
He  is7  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  having 
been  through  all  the  chairs  and  he  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

J.  E.  BOWER.  Forty  years  of  residence  have  con- 
stituted Mr.  Bower  a  pioneer  of  Idaho.  Nearly  all 
this  time  has  been  spent  in  Twin  Falls  county,  and 
he  is  not  only  one  of  the  oldest  residents,  but  has 
been  one  of  the  most  prominent  factors  in  the  devel- 
opment and  improvement  of  this  region.  It  was 
Mr.  Bower  who  nearly  twenty  years  ago  discovered 
and  made  the  first  practical  application  of  artesian 
water  for  irrigation  purposes.  His  home  is  at  Ar- 
tesian City,  and  this  community  has  a  great  deal 
to  be  grateful  for  as  a  result  of  Mr.  Bower's  activ- 
ities. 

James  E.  Bower  was  born  in  Allen  county,  Ohio, 
February  I,  1854.  When  he  was  an  infant,  his 
parents,  Calvin  and  Anna  Bower,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Ohio,  moved  to  Chillicothe,  Missouri. 
The  father  was  a  farmer,  and  the  son  grew  up  on 
a  farm,  and  thus  was  given  a  very  practical  training 
for  life.  In  the  common  schools  of  Missouri  he 
acquired  most  of  his  early  education. 

In  1869,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  he  went  across  the 
plains  to  Wyoming  with  a  bunch  of  cattle,  and  from 
that  time  forward  was  on  the  range  as  a  cowboy 
for  many  years.  He  also  spent  a  short  time  in  the 
mines  of  Colorado.  In  this  way  he  drifted  into 
Idaho  arriving  in  the  territory  in  1873,  ">  company 


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with  a  bunch  of  cattle  which  he  was  bringing  into 
the  Shoshone  basin  for  Mr.  A.  J.  Herald  of  Califor- 
nia. Since  his  introduction  to  Idaho  forty  years  ago, 
Mr.  Bower  has  never  left  the  limits  of  the  territory 
and  state  for  any  length  of  time.  In  1876  he  got 
his  first  start  as  an  independent  cattleman,  and  grad- 
ually improved  and  increased  the  number  of  his 
stock  until  by  1899  he  had  accumulated  fifteen  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle.  The  memorable  winter  of  1889 
and  1890,  with  its  terrific  cold  and  blizzards  nearly 
wiped  out  the  entire  herd,  which  starved  or  froze  to 
death.  Despite  this  and  other  reverses  Mr.  Bower 
has  contrived  to  prosper  from  year  to  year,  and  at 
the  present  time  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
substantial  men  of  Twin  Falls  county. 

His  home  has  been  at  Artesian  City,  as  it  is  now 
called,  since  1876,  and  there  he  has  developed  the 
large  Bower  ranch  which  has  a  reputation  among 
ranchers  all  over  southern  Idaho.  He  is  the  owner 
of  about  eight  hundred  acres  at  the  present  time  and 
a  few  years  ago  sold  two  hundred  acres.  This  land 
is  partly  a  homestead  and  desert  claim  which  he 
took  up  many  years  ago,  and  he  also  acquired  more 
land  by  purchase.  Nineteen  years  ago  Mr.  Bower 
sunk  a  well  which  brought  to  the  surface  an  abun- 
dant supply  of  artesian  water  and  from  this  source 
has  irrigated  until  he  now  has  four  hundred  acres, 
cultivated  and  growing  wonderful  crops  as  a  result 
of  the  water  supplied  from  subterranean  sources. 
The  artesian  water  produced  in  this  vicinity  is  warm, 
as  it  comes  from  the  ground  and  is  also  what  is 
known  as  "soft  water,"  and  these  qualities  both  have 
their  advantages  to  the  agriculturists  of  this  section. 
During  the  early  spring  when  the  ground  and  air 
are  still  chill,  the  warm  artesian  water  is  turned  on 
and  serves  to  advance  the  alfalfa  and  fruit  and  all 
other  vegetation  two  weeks  before  similar  crops  get 
started  in  less  favored  sections.  Then  instead  of 
smudging  to  prevent  frost  killing  the  fruit  in  the 
late  fall,  the  Artesian  farmers  merely  turn  on  the 
warm  water  which  effectually  prevent  a  lowering  of 
temperature  beyond  the  danger  mark.  As  a  result 
of  many  years  of  industry  and  good  management, 
Mr.  Bower  now  possesses  a  splendid  home  and  farm, 
and  his  land,  which  originally  was  worth  perhaps  a 
dollar  an  acre  is  now  valued  at  from  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per 
acre. 

On  December  25,  1879,  he  married  Miss  Sarah 
Land,  daughter  of  S.  L.  and  Susan  (Ryan)  Land, 
and  a  native  of  Red  River  county,  Texas.  The  Land 
family  came  to  Idaho  in  September,  1873,  and  Mrs. 
Bower's  father  was  a  cattleman  and  settled  in  Cassia 
county.  Her  mother  died  in  Idaho  thirty-five  years 
ago  and  the  father  now  has  his  home  at  Hollister, 
California.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
Bower  and  wife :  Eva,  wife  of  Fred  Keller  of  Twin 
Falls ;  Stella,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eleven  years 
and  six  months ;  and  James,  a  resident  of  Texas. 

Mr.  Bower  became  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
Order  of  Albion  about  sixteen  years  ago.  His  polit- 
ical affiliations  have  always  been  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and  for  one  term  he  served  as  county 
commissioner  at  Cassia  county.  He  has  been  too 
busy  with  other  interests  to  give  much  time  to  office 
seeking,  and  his  work  has  been  more  valuable  to 
the  community  in  other  ways  than  it  could  have  pos- 
sibly been  through  the  medium  of  an  office.  Since 
the  beginning  of  the  little  community  at  Artesian 
City,  he  has  been  the  foremost  man  in  every  under- 
taking for  development  and  the  increase  of  those 
facilities  and  advantages  which  increase  the  com- 
forts of  living.  He  built  the  first  school  house  and 
the  first  teacher  in  the  community  boarded  at  his 


home.  He  organized  the  first  Sunday  school  in 
his  vicinity  and  gave  the  land  for  the  local  cemetery. 
Mr.  Bower  has  a  medal  commemorating  the  fact 
of  his  membership  at  the  first  convention  of  cattle- 
men held  at  Denver,  Colorado,  November  17,  1884, 
He  and  his  family  spent  a  considerable  part  of  their 
time  in  Denver,  in  California,  at  Ogden,  Utah,  and  in 
travel  through  other  places,  but  they  always  retain 
their  affection  for  Idaho  and  the  state  has  no  more 
loyal  citizens  than  the  Bower  family. 

WILLIAM  T.  RILEY.  A  little  more  than  thirty- 
years  ago  Mr. .  Riley  was  a  partner  and  active  asso- 
ciate with  John  Hailey,  founding  the  town  of  Hailey, 
now  one  of  the  most  flourishing  little  cities  of  Idaho. 
In  addition  to  his  successful  work  as  a  town  builder, 
Mr.  Riley's  citizenship  has  been  valuable  in  many 
ways  in  this  state.  He  has  always  felt  the  pride  and 
responsibility  of  proprietorship  in  his  own  community 
at  Hailey,  and  has  probably  done  as  much  effective 
work  in  developing  the  resources  and  increasing  the 
facilities  of  that  town  as  any  other  man.  His  career 
both  before  and  since  coming  to  Idaho  has  been  one 
of  notable  experience  and  eventfulness.  He  is  a 
veteran  of  the  war  between  the  states,  and  for  forty- 
five  years  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  life 
of  the  great  West.  For  many  years  he  lived  prac- 
tically on  the  frontier,  and  the  peace  and  prosperity 
which  he  now  enjoys  are  the  deserved  rewards  of 
a  long  and  worthy  lifetime. 

William  T.  Riley  was  born  in  Allegany  county, 
New  York,  March  31,  1843.  He  was  the  youngest 
of  the  children  of  John  B.  and  Mary  (Bowles)  Riley, 
his  father  a  native  of  Ireland.  The  parents  spent 
many  years  in  western  New  York  as  farmers,  where 
the  father  died  at  the  age  of  forty-four  and  the 
mother  at  the  age  of  seventy.  The  father  was  a 
Catholic,  and  the  mother  a  communicant  of  the  Epis- 
copal church. 

In  Allegany  county,  New  York,  William  T.  Riley 
grew  up  in  the  two  decades  before  the  war,  obtained 
an  education  in  the  common  schools,  and  was 
eighteen  years  old  when  the  Rebellion  broke  out. 
In  September,  1861,  on  the  call  for  three  hundred 
thousand  troops,  he  enlisted  in  company  D  of  the 
Eighty-sixth  New  York  Infantry,  and  was  in  serv- 
ice until  the  close  of  the  great  struggle.  He  first 
enlisted  for  three  years,  and  then  re-enlisted  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  in  many  of  the  notable 
battles  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  and  at  Locust 
Grove,  a  battle  which  was  one  of  the  concluding 
engagements  of  the  great  conflict  at  Gettysburg,  he 
received  a  gunshot  wound  in  his  right  resection 
elbow  joint  which  made  necessary  the  shortening 
of  the  elbow-joint,  and  which  has  rendered  his  arm 
almost  useless  for  practical  effort. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Riley  returned  home,  and  in 
1868  came  to  the  "West,  at  the  time  the  Union  Pacific 
railroad  was  being  constructed  from  Omaha  to  Og- 
den. He  conducted  stores  along  the  route,  and  in 
this  way  finally  reached  Kelton,  Utah,  where  he 
became  agent  for  the  Wells  Fargo  &  Company's 
Express,  the  stage  line  and  the  agent  for  the  local 
mail.  It  was  while  he  was  at  Kelton,  and  discharg- 
ing the  various  duties  of  the  positions  named  that 
he  first  met  John  Hailey,  who  was  one  of  the  stage 
line  contractors.  This  acquaintance  ripened  into  the 
partnership  which  brought  both  of  them  to  Idaho 
and  to  Blaine  county.  Back  in  1880  Mr.  Riley  took 
an  active  part  in  surveying  and  laying  out  the  town 
which  took  the  name  of  Hailey.  From  that  initial 
enterprise  Mr.  Riley  has  continued  to  be  closely 
identified  with  the  town  and  country  ever  since,  and 


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most  of  the  time  he  has  been  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. He  still  owns  portions  of  the  original  town- 
site.  He  was  for  many  years  a  merchant  and  also 
was  engaged  in  the  stock  business  and  mining  in  this 
vicinity.  His  name  has  been  associated  with  prob- 
ably every  project  undertaken  for  the  improvement 
and  advancement  of  this  locality. 

A  Republican  in  politics  since  the  time  of  casting 
his  first  vote,  Mr.  Riley  has  served  in  the  office  of, 
County  Treasurer,  and  in  1890  was  appointed  regis- 
ter of  the  land  office,  a  place  which  he  filled  four 
years.  He  was  also  agent  for  the  Wells  Fargo  & 
Company  Express  at  Hailey.  Among  the  various 
enterprises  in  which  he  has  taken  an  active  part, 
special  mention  should  be  made  of  his  prominent 
work  in  connection  with  the  organization  of  the 
water  company,  a  company  which  laid  mains  from 
a  mountain  reservoir  and  brought  a  fine  supply  of 
pure  water  under  pressure  to  Hailey,  supplying  the 
town  with  water  both  for  fire  and  domestic  pur- 
poses. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  company  after  its  organization.  Frater- 
nally he  is  a  Chapter  Mason,  with  membership  in 
the  Hailey  Lodge,  and  is  well  known  in  Masonic 
circles.  As  an  old  soldie-,  he  has  been  prominent 
in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  at  one  time 
served  as  commander  of  the  department  of  the  state 
of  Idaho. 

Mr.  Riley  in  1870  married  Miss  Frances  Heckman, 
of  Angelica,  New  York.  They  have  become  the 
parents  of  four  sons  and  six  daughters.  The  living 
children  are :  Jessie  M.,  Esther  A.,  Bertha  A.,  John 
H.,  Harriet  M.,  Weston  L.  Since  the  winter  of  1908, 
Mr.  Riley  and  wife  have  had  their  winter  home 
at  San  Diego,  California,  and  that  place  is  now  in 
fact  their  permanent  home.  However,  Mr.  Riley, 
is  still  identified  with  many  business  interests  in 
Hailey  and  vicinity,  and  spends  his  summers  in 
Idaho  looking  after  his  affairs. 

ROBERT  E.  HAYNES.  About  17  years  in  railroad 
service  in  its  various  departments  without  even  being 
reprimanded  or  discharged  is  the  unusual  record  of 
Robert  E.  Haynes.  Later  on,  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Idaho  that  he  might  regain  his 
lost  health.  During  the  last  years  of  his  railroad 
work,  he  spent  his  spare  moments  in  reading  law 
and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  Idaho  in  the  year 
1908.  Has  been  a  resident  of  the  state  since  1903. 
In  the  year  1906,  was  elected  mayor  of  Payette, 
which  is  the  only  office  of  a  public  nature  he  ever 
held,  though  he  has  been  solicited  on  many  occasions 
to  permit  his  name  to  be  used  in  that  way. 

His  record  as  a  resident  of  the  state  is  a  most 
admirable  one  and  it  is  said  to  his  credit  that,  in  his 
<juiet  way,  he  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing 
about  many  of  the  conditions  in  his  county  that  are 
being  enjoyed  by  its  citizens. 

Robert  E.  Haynes  was  born  near  Dayton,  Ohio, 
on  the  sixth  day  of  November,  1859.  He  is  the 
youngest  son  of  Robert  P.  and  Elizabeth  (Darst) 
Haynes.  His  father  was  a  native  of  the  state  of  Vir- 
ginia, born  at  Harper's  Ferry,  moved  to  Ohio  about 
the  year  1841.  Subsequently  moved  to  Indiana, 
where  he  became  active  in  politics  and  was  instru- 
mental in  exposing  and  cleaning  up  a  corrupt  con- 
dition that  existed  in  that  state  at  that  time.  He  was 
for  years  one  of  the  trustees  of  Purdue  University 
and  held  various  places  of  trust  and  honor  in  that 
state.  Later  on,  he  moved  to  Kansas  and  located 
near  Topeka.  He  did  much  for  that;  state,  being 
active  in  politics  and  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
good  and  welfare  of  the  people.  He  was  a  son  of 


Jacob  Haynes,  who  before  the  war  was  in  charge 
of  and  foreman  in  the  Arsenal  at  Harper's  Ferry. 
Robert  P.  Haynes  died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in 
1901,  his  death  being  the  result  of  an  injury  received 
in  a  railroad  accident. 

Elizabeth  Haynes,  the  mother  of  Robert  E,  Haynes 
of  this  review,  was  of  Pennsylvania  origin,  a  fine 
type  of  the  old  Puritans,  commanding  in  appear- 
ance and  lovable  in  disposition.  She  died  in  To- 
peka, Kansas,  in  the  year  1903  at  the  age  of  82  years. 

Robert  E.  Haynes  secured  his  education  largely  by 
his  own  efforts,  from  the  Log  School  House  in  In- 
diana into  the  High  School  at  Washington,  Indiana. 
He  later  entered  Purdue  University  at  LaFayette, 
Indiana,  after  leaving  that  school,  he  entered  the 
railroad  service,  in  which  he  held  many  responsible 
positions  and  sustained  a  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  most  courteous  and  capable  of  employes. 
He  spent  two  years  in  Utah  before  coming  to  Idaho. 

He  came  to  Idaho  in  the  year  1903  and  located 
near  New  Plymouth  in  Canyon  county.  Soon  after, 
moved  to  Payette.  In  1906,  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Payette,  which  office  he  filled  most  acceptably, 
and  in  a  manner  demonstrating  his  fitness  for  any 
public  honor  he  might  be  inclined  to  accept 

Politically,  Mr.  Haynes  has  always  been  a  Repub- 
lican, very  alert  and  active  in  the  interest  of  the 
party,  insofar  as  it  served  the  best  interests  of  the 
people. 

His  influences  upon  the  civic  life  of  his  community 
has  been  of  the  highest  order.  He  is  a  lover  of 
boys  and  young  men  and  reckons  them  as  a  great 
asset  of  our  nation.  He  has  been  identified  with 
some,  in  fact  much  of  the  greatest  development  work 
of  the  Payette  valley.  He  is  one  of  the  directors 
in  and  owners  of  the  Payette  Valley  Land  &  Orchard 
Company  which  has  a  720  acre  orchard  near 
Payette,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  entire 
Northwest.  He  is  the  president  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  Payette,  a  most  magnificent  and  well  equipped 
institution.  The  secretary  of  three  of  the  large  irri- 
gation systems  of  the  valley.  President  of  the  board 
of  the  directors  of  the  Independent  Printing  Com- 
pany of  Payette.  A  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  and  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees. 
A  member  of  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America. 

On  the  28th  day  of  June,  1888,  he  married  Lida 
A.  Stark,  a  daughter  of  Gilbert  F.  Stark,  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  a  loyal  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  having 
served  the  full  time  and  suffered  the  hardships  of 
the  Southern  prisons.  Mrs.  Haynes  comes  from  an 
ancestry  noted  for  a  great  and  noble  record  in  the 
defense  of  our  nation  in  war. 

Three  daughters  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Haynes:  Edna,  the  oldest,  who  married  Mr.  Frank 
E.  Kilbourne,  now  a  resident  of  South  Bend,  Wash- 
ington; Leah,  now  sixteen  and  shares  the  parental 
home,  and  Rachel  Elizabeth,  the  youngest. 

Mr.  Haynes  and  family  reside  in  their  elegant 
residence  at  number  16  North  Ninth  street  in 
Payette. 

DR.  AXEL  F.  O.  NIELSON.  The  little  kingdom  of 
Denmark— little  in  size  and  population,  but  great  in 
history,  her  sailors  and  soldiers  having  a  record 
second  to  none  in  the  world  for  courage,  chivalry 
and  prowess— has  sent  to  the  United  States  a  race 
of  men  who  have  become  among  the  most  learned 
in  the  various  professions.  One  of  the  leading 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  Idaho,  Dr.  Axel  Nielspn, 
of  Oakley,  claims  Denmark  as  his  birthplace,  having 
been  born  in  the  city  of  Copenhagen,  October  25,  • 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1868,  a  son  of  Hacon  and  Sophia  (Johansen)  Niel- 
son.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  city  of 
his  birth,  graduating  from  the  high  school  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  and  at  that  time  came  to  the 
United  States  with  his  brother,  Dr.  Alexander  Niel- 
son,  now  a  prominent  practitioner  of  Ephraim,  Utah. 

Dr.  Nielson  knew  but  a  few  words  of  the  English 
language,  but  with  commendable  ambition  he  entered 
the  Brigham  Young  Academy  at  Provo,  Utah,  and 
so  assiduously  did  he  prosecute  his  studies  that  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  D.  B.,  and  shortly 
thereafter  became  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of  Ogden. 
For  five  years  he  was  principal  of  the  Cassia  State 
Academy,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  was  elected 
superintendent  of  public  schools  of  Cassia  county, 
Idaho.  In  the  meantime,  the  Doctor  carefully  saved 
his  earnings,  and  two  years  after  his  own  arrival  con- 
trived to  send  for  his  parents  and  two  sisters,  the 
latter  being  Amanda,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Joseph 
Kjar,  of  Salt  Lake;  and  Abelina,  who  married 
Huga  Peterson,  also  of  that  city.  Dr.  Nielsen's 
father  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  continued  to 
follow  that  occupation  in  Provo,  Utah,  until  his 
death. 

In  1900  Dr.  Nielson  commenced  the  study  of  med- 
icine, attending  the  Illinois  Medical  College  of  Chi- 
cago, where  he  was  graduated  in  1905.  Returning 
to  Oakley,  Idaho,  he  was  successfully  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  until  1908,  when,  being 
desirous  of  further  advancement  in  surgical  know- 
ledge, he  took  a  trip  to  Europe  to  do  post-graduate 
work,  and  spent  several  months  in  London  and  in 
Vienna.  Since  his  return  to  Oakley  he  has  enjoyed 
a  large  and  representative  practice,  and  is  now 
justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  practitioners 
of  his  part  of  the  state.  He  is  examiner  for  all 
the  old-line  insurance  companies,  acts  in  the  capacity 
of  county  physician  of  Cassia  county.  A  Republi- 
can in  his  political  views,  he  is  at  this  time  acting 
in  the  capacity  of  chairman  of  the  school  board 
of  Oakley,  and  in  his  official  position  is  doing  much 
to  advance  the  cause  of  education.  In  addition  to 
his  pleasant  home  in  Oakley,  he  is  the  owner  of 
two  valuable  ranches  in  Cassia  county,  which  are 
being  developed  into  a  profitable  investment. 

In  1897,  Dr.  Nielson  was  married  to  Ettie  Hunter, 
who  died  in  1899,  after  having  been  the  mother  of 
one  son,  Elmo,  whose  death  occurred  one  year 
prior.  In  October,  1900,  the  Doctor  took  for  his 
second  wife  Miss  Louisa  Haight,  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  Horton  D.  Haight,  and  to  this  union  there 
have  been  born  five  sons:  Adonis,  Horton,  Byron, 
Lola  and  Oscar.  All  the  members  of  this  family 
are  active  in  the  work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints. 

Probably  no  better  example  of  the  success  to  be 
attained  through  perseverance,  determination  and 
ambition  could  be  found  than  the  career  of  Dr.  Niel- 
son. Coming  to  this  country  as  an  emigrant  lad, 
with  no  knowledge  of  the  language,  and  with  but 
limited  means,  his  sudden  rise  to  a  position  among 
the  leaders  of  a  skilled  profession  is  remarkable. 
At  all  times  the  Doctor  has  so  conducted  his  activ- 
ities as  to  win  the  highest  esteem  of  the  citizens 
in  whatever  community  he  has  found  himself  and 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  few  men  in  this  section  have 
more  sincere  friends  and  well  wishers. 

MARY  ELIZABETH  DONALDSON,  M.  D.  In  the 
splendid  work  of  the  modern  medical  profession 
which  aims  at  the  higher  welfare  of  society  through 
a  combination  of  the  individual  efficiency  and  skill 
of  the  medical  practitioner  with  the  organized  co 
operation  of  the  larger  public  agencies,  and  in  that 


equally  important  field  of  constructive  charity,  Idaho 
possesses  no  single  factor  whose  services  have  been 
more  beneficient  nor  more  kindly  and  effectively 
directed  than  its  first  and  chief  woman  physician. 
The  state  has  reason  to  be  proud  of  its  statesmen, 
its  business  builders,  its  scholars  and  men  of  affairs, 
and  with  equal  right  must  take  pride  in  its  women 
of  learning  and  accomplishment. 

A  history  of  Idaho  to  fulfill  its  true  purposes 
must  write  in  conspicuous  character  the  names  and 
achievements,  the  sufferings  and  hardships  endured 
by  the  pioneer  women.  With  the  passing  of  the 
pioneer  epoch,  the  scope  and  nature  of  services  ren- 
dered by  women  as  well  as  by  men  have  changed, 
but  the  same  spirit  of  womanly  courage  and  devo- 
tion is  as  necessary  in  the  modern  life  of  the  state, 
though  exercised  in  different  directions  as  it  was 
fifty  years  ago.  In  this  modern  sphere  of  woman's 
higher  activities,  the  foremost,  certainly  one  of  the 
foremost,  figures,  is  that  of  Dr.  Mary  Elizabeth 
Donaldson,  physician,  lecturer,  journalist,  reformer, 
temperance  advocate  and  philanthropist,  who  is 
crowning  a  busy  and  helpful  life  by  unselfishly  pro- 
moting an  enterprise  designed  to  spread  abroad  hap- 
piness among  those  who  need  charity  and  com- 
passion. 

Doctor  Donaldson,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary 
Elizabeth  Craker,  was  born  at  Reedsburg,  Wiscon- 
sin, January  12,  1851,  a  daughter  of  Zachariah  and 
Elizabeth  Delia  Craker,  and  a  cousin  on  her 
father's  side,  one  removed,  of  the  world's  greatest 
novelists,  Charles  Dickens.  Her  father  was  born 
at  Wadsdam,  Buckinghamshire,  England,  February 
22,  1811.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  the 
early  forties,  for  the  first  twelve  years  was  a 
farmer  in  Erie  county,  New  York,  and  then  brought 
his  family  to  what  was  then  the  new  west,  locating 
at  Spring  Prairie  in  Walworth  county,  Wisconsin. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  married 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  D.  Brown,  a  widow,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Elizabeth  Delia  Marcher,  and  whose 
father  was  an  Englishman,  and  by  profession  a 
Baptist  clergyman,  while  her  mother,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Delia  Wilson,  was  a  lady  of  southern 
birth  and  deep  religious  convictions,  and  her  only 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  adhered  closely  to  the  teaching 
and  example  of  her  devoted  mother,  and  naturally 
enough  Mrs.  Craker  was  a-  homekeeper,  an  ideal 
wife,  mother  and  friend,  whose  ever  present  and 
all  abounding  love  has  bequeathed  to  those  who 
knew  her  a  memory  whose  symbol  is  love. 

Zachariah  Craker  was  a  man  of  sterling  character 
and  high  ideals,  a  zealous  bible  student  and  a  strong 
believer  in  the  Baptist  faith.  His  death  occurred 
March  13,  1881.  Of  the  nine  children  bom  to  his 
second  marriage,  Doctor  Donaldson  was  the  eldest. 
And  the  very  sweetest  recollection  of  her  child- 
hood days  is  that  of  the  early  morning  worship, 
when  her  saintly  father  led  the  way  to  the  drawing- 
room,  and  in  clear  and  distinct  tones  would  say, 
"Come,  children,  let  us  worship  God,"  and  long  did 
that  '  "hallowed  alter  burn  with  faith's  undying 
flame." 

Reared  in  a  home  of  intellectual  and  moral  cul- 
ture, Mary  Elizabeth  Craker  was  given  every 
encouragement  for  self-advancement.  After  gradu- 
ating from  the  high  school  at  Reedsburg,  she  taught 
in  the  graded  schools  of  that  vicinity  for  a  period 
of  four  years,  and  highly  does  she  cherish  the 
most  pleasant  memories  of  the  cool  springs,  the 
green  fields  and  the  giant  oaks  of  her  native  state. 
In  the  year  1871,  the  subject  of  our  sketch  was 
married  at  the  home  of  her  parents  to  a  Mr.  Hes- 


THE  DONALDSON  HOME  EOR  THE  AGED 

Let  the  whisper  of  love  and  plenty,  in  the  ears  of  loneliness  and  want,  dry 
the  tears  in  eyes  bedimmed  with  age,  and  the  sweet  fragrance  from  these  flow- 
ers of  love,  will  perfume  all  the  air  of  Boise,  and  every  county  in  the  state,  catch- 
ing the  sweet  incense  thereof,  will  bring  their  offerings  for  this  "Home  for  the 
Aged"  their  gold  and  their  silver,  and  lay  them  upon  Boise's  altar  of  love. 

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ford,  and  in  1873  she  became  the  mother  of  a  most 
marvelous  and  precocious  child,  the  "Little  Zella," 
whom  every  one  loved,  and  of  whom  it  was  said  by 
a  grave  and  reverend  senior  that  "she  was  an  angel 
sent  to  earth  for  only  a  brief  visit."  She  was  the 
very  incarnation  of  unselfishness,  gentleness  and 
filial  devotion.  The  marriage  to  Mr.  Hesford  proved 
an  unhappy  one  and  a  decree  of  separation  was 
granted  by  the  courts. 

At  this  time  the  health  of  her  brother,  James, 
failed,  and  she  bravely  accompanied  him  to  Idaho 
in  the  hope  of  its  restoration.  Thus  husbandless 
and  childless,  her  home  desolate,  her  heart  empty, 
and  while  her  grief  was  well-nigh  unbearable,  she 
devoted  herself  to  the  welfare  of  this  brother.  Her 
great  energy  and  the  enthusiasm  she  throws  into  all 
of  her  undertakings  stood  her  well  at  this  period, 
and  she  at  once  qualified  as  a  teacher  in  this  terri- 
tory, and  her  services  were  unusually  acceptable  and 
valuable  in  the  comparatively  new  community  in 
which  she  taught.  Her  daytime  was  thus  occupied 
and  she  spent  many  nights  and  all  her  spare  time  in 
nursing  her  brother  back  to  health,  watching  him 
through  an  attack  of  diphtheria,  which  came  in  his 
already  weakened  condition.  Thanks  to  her  tireless 
efforts  and  to  the  invigorating  climate,  she  had  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  her  brother  recover  and  develop 
from  a  slim,  slender  and  sickly  boy  into  a  full- 
chested  man,  tipping  the  scales  at  two  hundred  and 
eleven  pounds  and  standing  six  feet  two  in  the  clear, 
as  fine  a  specimen  of  manhood  as  the  mountain 
breezes  of  Idaho  ever  helped  to  make. 

During  this  period  of  her  life  she  met  and  married 
Thomas  L.  Johnston,  who  was  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  early  Idaho.  Thomas  L.  Johnston  was  born 
at  Millersburg,  Ohio,  in  183.3,  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Idaho,  coming  to  the  territory  in 
1862.  He  was  a  man  of  large  accomplishments  and 
sterling  qualities  of  character,  charitable  and  benev- 
olent by  nature  and  generous  to  all  who  needed 
help;  For  a  number  of  years  while  interested  in  his 
mining  properties  in  the  vicinity,  he  served  as  post- 
master at  Bellevue,  Idaho.  His  death  occurred  at 
Boise  in  1898. 

From  her  earliest  recollections  Doctor  Donaldson 
possessed  vague  desires  and  inclinations  for  the 
medical  profession.  As  a  young  woman  her  busy 
life,  absorbed  as  it  was  with  other  responsibilities, 
offe'red  no  opportunity  for  satisfying  these  aspira- 
tions. After  her  marriage,  having  lost  her  only  child 
in  1877,  and  owing  to  the  appreciative  sympathies 
of  Mr.  Johnston  with  her  ideals  she  was  enabled  to 
devote  herself  to  professional  life.  At  that  time  the 
medical  profession  was  almost  closed  to  women,  and 
it  was  only  after  much  hesitation  that  she  finally 
determined  to  put  her  long  considered  plans  into 
execution.  In  1889  she  entered  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Wooster  University  at  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
and  was  the  only  woman  to  graduate  and  receive 
the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine  in  the  class  of  1892. 

Her  career  as  a  physician  began  at  Boise,  where 
she  opened  a  sanitarium,  employed  two  nurses  and 
did  a  lucrative  business.  Milton,  Oregon,  was  her 
next  field,  where  she  opened  an  office  and  where  in 
addition  to  a  laflre  private  practice  she  contributed 
an  important  service  to  the  community  by  founding 
the  first  sanitarium  in  that  part  of  the  state.  She 
retained  the  active  direction  of  this  instituion  until 
it  was  fairly  established  and  then  moved  to  Port- 
land. Oregon,  where  she  found  a  wider  field  and 
whore  she  established  thf  first  sanitarium  in  the 
metropolis  of  Oregon.  She  conducted  it  for  four 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  she  returned  to 


Boise,  which  has  ever  since  been  her  home.  In  the 
spring  of  1898  she,  with  her  husband,  erected  and 
established  the  Idaho  Sanitarium  Institute,  an  insti- 
tution with  which  her  name  has  ever  since  been 
successfully  identified,  and  here  she  has  nursed 
many  patients  each  year  without  charge,  simply  out 
of  her  great  love  for  humanity.  As  a  private  prac- 
titioner her  patronage  has  been  second  to  none  in 
Boise.  To  assuage  the  mother  longings  of  her  own 
heart  over  the  loss  of  her  only  child  and  in  addition 
to  the  many  cares  and  large  responsibilities  con- 
nected with  her  professional  and  benevolent  work. 
Doctor  Donaldson  in  her  own  home  has  been  a 
mother  to  five  orphaned  children,  and  has  surrounded 
them  with  the  comforts  and  influence  which  would 
help  them  well  upon  careers  of  future  usefulness 
and  service. 

Doctor  Donaldson  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  American  Woman's  League,  and  she  has 
been  a  constant  contributor  to  its  literature.  In 
December,  1903,  she  assisted  in  the  founding  and 
helped  to  conduct  the  Idaho  Magazine,  the  first  jour- 
nal of  such  pretension  in  the  state.  She  also  edited 
and  published  the  Reform  Appeal,  a  journal  called 
into  existence  on  account  of  existing  public  condi- 
tions, and  to  its  clear  presentation  of  affairs  was 
largely  credited  the  election  of  a  Democratic  mayor 
at  Boise,  although  the  normal  Republican  majority 
was  fifteen  hundred.  It  was  Doctor  Donaldson  who 
also  organized  and  superintended  the  Prohibition 
Alliance  and  did  noble  service  in  the  cause  through- 
out the  state. 

In  1881  Doctor  Donaldson  visited  at  Philadelphia 
an  institution  for  the  care  of  aged  men  and  women. 
During  that  inspection  of  this  noble  charity  were 
planted  in  her  mind  the  idea  and  plans  wnich  in 
recent  years  she  has  labored  so  earnestly  to  bring  to 
actual  fruition  as  one  of  the  noblest  and  best  insti- 
tutions of  Idaho's  capital  city.  In  her  endeavors 
she  has  found  sympathy  and  encouragement  from 
almost  every  walk  of  life  in  Idaho,  for  her  name 
inspires  trust  and  confidence  and  her  former  achieve- 
ments give  assurance  that  any  enterprise  with  which 
her  name  is  identified  will  not  only  succeed  but  will 
prove  of  lasting  benefit.  As  a  result  of  her  unceas- 
ing efforts  and  of  the  liberal  cooperation  of  her 
friends,  the  charitably  inclined  business  men  of 
Boise,  the  plans  for  the  establishment  of  what  is  to 
be  known  as  the  Donaldson  Home  for  the  Aged,  are 
now  happily  progressing  towards  fulfillment.  It 
is  proposed  that  this  shelter  for  the  aged  and  feeble 
shall  be  located  on  Donaldson  Heights  at  Boise, 
and  when  it  is  completed  it  will  be  a  monument  to 
one  of  Idaho's  queenly  women,  and  through  its  serv- 
ices to  humanity  will  exemplify  the  ideals  for  which 
her  own  merit  has  always  stood. 

On  January  9,  1912,  at  a  ceremony  honored  by 
the  presence  of  some  of  the  most  notable  men  and 
women  of  the  state  and  many  others  whose  names 
are  household  words  in  Idaho,  was  celebrated  the 
marriage  of  Dr.  Mary  E.  Johnston  to  Capt.  Gilbert 
Donaldson.  This  marriage  followed  after  months 
of  close  friendship  and  the  interests  of  Captain 
Donaldson  and  wife  are  as  one  in  the  philanthropies 
and  larger  social  service  which  have  been  both  the 
practice  and  idealism  of  Doctor  Donaldson  for  so 
many  years.  Thus  this  union  of  ideals  renders  the 
late  marriage  of  the  doctor's  an  unusually  happy 
and  harmonious  one,  and  thus  is  the  prediction  of 
her  friends  fulfilled  that  "at  evening  time  it  shall  be 
light,"  and  it  is  so,  as  both  the  captain  and  his 
beloved  wife  aver  that  the  delightsome  afterglow  of 


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the  rays  of  their  sun  is  as  fully  enjoyable  as  were 
the  stronger  rays  which  shown  at  noonday. 

CAPT.  GILBERT  DONALDSON.  An  old  land  beyond 
the  sea,  endeared  to  thousands  and  thousands  of 
American  people,  the  beautiful  Emerald  Isle,  was 
Capt.  Gilbert  Donaldson's  original  home.  He  boasts 
of  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  his  father  a  customs 
officer  in  the  employ  of  the  British  government, 
having  been  stationed  at  Londonderry,  where  the 
captain  was  born  in  1849.  His  mother  was  a  grand- 
niece  of  L(5rd  Keith  of  Scotland,  and  she  was  of 
most  exemplary  Christian  character.  She  and  her 
son  Gilbert  were  very  close  confidants,  and  highly 
does  he  honor,  and  fondly  does  he  cherish,  her 
sacred  memory.  His  parents  came  to  America  while 
he  was  very  young,  and  his  career  was  typical  of 
the  hard-working  young  foreigner  who  has  made 
his  way  through  difficulties-  and  by  the  hardships  of 
experience,  to  positions  of  responsibility  and  influ- 
ence in  this  new  world. 

During  his  earlier  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  white  goods  business  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  At  the  age  of  thirty  he  entered  the  electrical 
business  in  the  same  city,  being  employed  by  the 
United  States  Electric  Lighting  Company,  where 
by  diligent  and  efficient  service  he  rose  rapidly  to 
a  position  of  importance.  In  1880  he  was  sent  to 
Milwaukee,  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis  to  install 
plants,  putting  in  the  first  electric  lighting  plant  in 
those  cities.  At  the  earnest  solicitation  of  the  St. 
Paul  Gas  &  Electric  Lighting  Company,  he  resigned 
his  position  with  the  U.  S.  Electric  Lighting  Com- 
pany and  became  the  general  manager  and  electri- 
cian of  the  St.  Paul  Gas  &  Electric  Lighting  Com- 
.pany.  That  position  he  held  for  a  number  of  years 
until  he  entered  the  manufacturing  field  on  his  own 
account.  He  engaged  in  manufacturing  electrical 
generators,  dynamos,  motors  and  electrical  apparatus, 
a  business  which  he  conducted  for  a  period  of  fif- 
teen years.  Among  his  close  personal  friends  in 
Minnesota  was  the  Hon.  Henry  A.  Sibley,  one  of 
the  most  eminent  men  in  that  state,  who  was  chosen 
mayor  of  St.  Paul,  governor  of  the  state,  United 
State  senator,  and  was  appointed  a  general  of  the 
Federal  army  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
Finding  the  duties  of  the  manufacturing  business 
wearing  on  him,  owing  to  the  competition  of  east- 
ern companies,  Captain  Donaldson  found  it  desir- 
able to  dispose  of  his  business  in  Minneapolis.  His 
next  purchase  was  the  electric  lightiner  plant  at 
McGregor,  Iowa,  where,  in  connection  with  a  saw- 
mill which  he  installed,  he  built,  owned,  and  operated 
a  number  of  boats  and  barges  in  connection  with  his 
sawmill  business.  In  1900  he  sold  out  his  light  and 
lumber  business,  with  his  boats  and  barges  and 
came  to  Idaho,  investing  largely  in  real  estate. 

Capt.  Gilbert  Donaldson  is  a  gentleman  of  dis- 
tinguished excellence.  Amicus  humani  generis  truth- 
fully portrays  his  individuality,  and  he  is  in  fact  a 
friend  of  the  race  and  a  prince  among  men.  Cap- 
tain Donaldson  is  the  father  of  six  children  by  a 
previous  marriage,  five  of  whom  are  now  living. 
One,  little  Annie,  passed  away  in  infancy,  only  a 
few  months  after  the  death  of  the  lamented  wife  and 
mother.  Thus  was  the  Captain  bereaved  of  his 
loved  and  lovely  companion  and  helpmeet,  and  left 
with  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  but  ten  and 
a  half  years  old.  With  the  noble  manhood  charac- 
teristic of  him,  he  shouldered  this  heavy  responsi- 
bility, kept  the  children  together,  and  discharged 
the  double  duties  of  both  father  and  mother  to 

them,   continuing  his  care  and  supervision   of  their 


welfare,  until  he  had  seen  them  through  college 
and  university.  A  strong,  self-reliant  man,  Captain 
Donaldson  bore  in  silence  and  without  complaint 
the  ills  andithe  disappointments  of  life.  Along  with 
this  fortitude  and  an  inherent  nobility  of  character, 
the  Captain  is  generously  endowed  with  other  gifts 
and  graces  which  render  him  a  most  charming  and 
a  most  delightful  companion.  Both  the  grace  of 
tenderness,  and  the  sweet  flower  of  courtesy,  he 
wears  so  tactfully  that  his  manner  wins,  and  charms, 
and  finds  its  way  to  the  heart.  A  new  joy  has 
come  to  the  Captain  of  late,  and  one  of  which  he 
speaks  as  the  crowning  blessing  of  his  life.  This 
was  his  marriage  to  Dr.  Mary  E.  Johnston,  which 
occurred  in  Boise  on  the  ninth  of  January,  1912. 
This  union  has  made  him  a  permanent  resident  of 
Idaho. 

THOMAS  L.  JOHNSTON.  When  time  shall  have 
granted  the  proper  perspective  the  figure  of  the 
American  pioneer  will  loom  on  the  historical  hori- 
zon, which  is  now  filled  with  many  figures  less 
worthy.  But  it  is  important  to  remember  that  among 
the  pioneers,  as  in  a  given  group  of  modern  citizens, 
were  many  levels  and  grades  of  characters,  ability 
and  influence.  The  careers  of  some  pioneers  have 
interest  solely  because  they  were  in  at  the  era  of 
beginnings,  but  were  more  or  less  passive  actors  in 
the  scenes  with  which  they  were  environed.  In 
those  men  of  old-time  who  cloud  the  canvas  of 
early  history  are  others  who  stand  out  in  relief,  not 
so  much  for  their  experiences,  the  dangers  they 
shared  and  the  fortitude  in  presence  of  hardship 
which  was  to  a  large  degree  common  to  most  pio- 
neers— but  because  of  the  possession  of  a  certain 
nobility  of  character,  an  inward  strength,  an  equi- 
librium of  heart  and  mind  never  disturbed  by  the 
pressure  of  outside  confusion  and  the  testings  of 
the  frontier — qualities  that  are  great  alike  in  all 
epochs,  in  war  or  peace,  in  the  mart  or  at  the 
hearthstone.  It  was  the  possession  of  these  latter 
faculties,  in  a  peculiar  union,  which  made  the  late 
Thomas  L.  Johnston  one  of  many  in  that  band  of 
worthies  who  were  the  pathfinders,  the  "sappers 
and  miners,"  and  foundation  builders  in  the  pioneer 
army  of  Idaho. 

The  eventfulness  of  his  career  as  measured  in  the 
terms  of  former  biography  may  be  briefly  stated  in 
a  few  lines.  His  real  life,  and  the  value  of  his 
influence,  can  only  be  suggested.  To  those  who  know 
or  study  the  early  history  of  Idaho,  perhaps  a  bet- 
ter appreciation  of  his  individuality  may  be  derived 
by  conceiving  of  his  helpful  support  as  given  to 
every  movement  that  eventually  brought  system  out 
of  disorganization  in  civil  and  social  life  and  to 
every  worthy  cause  which  was  established  or  was 
kept  forward  as  a  civic  ideal  within  his  time  and 
generation.  He  was  a  mighty  factor  in  the  early 
days  for  law  and  order,  for  the  suppression  of  vice 
and  helped  to  bring  about  the  civilization  which 
the  people  of  Idaho  enjoy  today.  To  a  greater 
degree  than  almost  any  of  his  contemporaries  the 
late  Thomas  L.  Johnston  was  what  has  been  called 
"a  forward-looking  man." 

Thomas  L.  Johnston  was  born  in  Millersburg, 
Ohio,  in  1833.  In  1853  when  he  was  twenty  years 
old  and  after  he  had  acquired  the  training  and  edu- 
cation given  to  most  young  men  who  grew  up  in 
Ohio  during  the  thirties  and  forties  he  set  out  for 
California,  and  followed  mining  as  a  business  until 
the  spring  of  1862.  In  that  year,  twelve  months 
before  Idaho  became  separately  organized  as  a  ter- 
ritory, he  moved  to  this  part  of  the  northwest  and 


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was  engaged  in  prospecting  in  different  mining 
camps  during  the  following  summer.  In  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  set  out  with  a  company  for  the 
Boise  diggings,  arriving  in  Boise  Basin  on  October 
18,  1862,  and  thus  establishing  the  home  which  con- 
tinued to  be  his  headquarters  until  his  death.  Dur- 
ing the  following  years  he  was  engaged  in  quartz 
mining  at  Rocky  Bar  with  good  success  and  else- 
where, and  as  a  business  man  he  was  for  many 
years  considered  one  of  the  more  fortunate  in  this 
state.  During  the  earlier  years  he  had  his  share  of 
hardship  and  was  also  one  of  the  old-time  Indian 
fighters.  He  was  one  of  a  company  of  settlers 
headed  by  Captain  Bledsoe  who  engaged  with  the 
Indians  on  several  occasions. 

The  late  Mr.  Johnston  was  a  gentleman  of 
sterling  worth,  a  man  of  upright  character, 
whose  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond.  He 
was  a  kind-hearted,  generous  man,  enterprising 
and  public  spirited.  Of  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  he 
was  a  most  avowed  Protestant.  He  made  and 
lost  a  number  of  fortunes  while  following  quartz 
mining  at  Rocky  Bar.  Dishonest  partners  were  the 
bane  of  his  life,  but  he  bore  these  misfortunes  with 
the  spirit  of  the  martyr,  and  with  the  courage  which 
comes  only  to  the  honest-hearted  sons  of  toil.  He 
never  was  known  to  fail  or  falter  in  defense  of  right 
and  justice.  He  was  a  man  of  pronounced  ideas, 
outspoken  and  fearless,  brave  and  courageous  in 
danger,  calm  and  deliberate  in  business,  gentle  and 
patient  and  kind  at  the  fireside.  In  short,  it  has 
been  said  of  him  that  "man  more  kind  was  never 
born." 

And  this  man's  nature  and  temperament  were  of 
the  quality  required  for  the  early  pioneers  of  Idaho. 
The  truest  pioneers,  those  names  most  fitly  deserve 
to  be  remembered,  were  men  whose  word  could  be 
trusted  implicitly,  who  were  brave  enough  to  blaze 
the  way  through  forests,  fight  the  merciless  Redmen, 
and  to  undergo  all  manner  of  toil  and  hardship  in 
digging  the  precious  metal  from  its  hiding  place. 
Brave  and  stalwart,  strong  and  true,  firm  and  reso- 
lute, were  these  early  pioneers,  but  none  were  more 
so  than  Thomas  L.  Johnston.  His  voice  was  always 
raised  in  behalf  of  the  weak,  the  defenseless  and  the 
helpless,  and'all  the  hundreds  and  thousands  of  his 
old  associates  and  friends,  most  of  whom  are  now 
deceased  would  have  gladly  exclaimed,  all  honor  to 
his  memory. 

Reference  has  already  been  made  to  his  part  in 
the  Indian  struggles  of  early  Idaho,  and  a  pictur- 
esque scene  as  described  in  one  of  Boise's  daily 
papers  and  oublished  during  the  summer  of  1897  is 
quoted  in  conclusion  of  this  all-too-brief  sketch : 

"Captain  Bledsoe  and  T.  L.  Johnston  came  in  on 
Monday  from  a  short  prospecting  trip.  Each  was 
riding  an  animal,  and  they  had  another  packed  with 
tools  and  camping  outfit.  Across  Captain  Bledsoe's 
saddle  in  front,  rested  a  Winchester.  To  the  gen- 
eral observer  the  appearance  of  these  two  men,  thus 
equipped,  awakened  no  more  interest  than  would 
have  any  other  two  men.  But  to  the  writer,  who 
saw  them  riding  slowly  down  Ninth  and  turn  into 
State  street,  these  ^wo  bronzed  and  grizzled  men 
were  objects  of  the  most  intense  interest;  for  he 
knew  that  just  thirty-three  years  ago  they  had  in 
company  with  a  handful  of  other  brave  spirits  pros- 
pected and  fought  Indians  together  all  over  this 
country.  In  referring  to  the  matter  Mr.  Johnston 
said  that  on  this  last  little  trip. he  and  Captain  Bled- 
soe went  over  some  of  the  ground  and  visited  some 
of  the  scenes  of  their  former  bloody  conflicts  with 
the  treacherous  and  merciless  Redmen.  In  those 


days  when  they  stopped  an  Indian  at  two  hundred 
yards  or  so,  with  the  longest  shooters  then  in  use, 
they  were  doing  well.  Now  these  same  two  men, 
though  their  eyesight  is  somewhat  dimmed  by  the 
flight  of  years,  with  their  Winchesters  could  turn  a 
moccasin  to  the  sun  at  a  distance  of  a  mile.  Of  the 
forty  daring  men  who  fought  Indians  under  Captain 
Bledsoe,  a  third  of  a  century  ago,  there  were  but 
two  left  in  the  state  of  whom  he  has  any  knowledge. 
One  is  Thomas  L.  Johnston  of  this  city,  and  the 
other  is  Hon.  A.  C.  Callaway  of  Caldwell.  The 
great  majority  of  all  the  rest  have  no  doubt  fol- 
lowed the  trail  over  the  great  range  and  camped 
on  the  plains  of  Paradise — peace  to  their  ashes." 

JAMES  BROWNE,  M.  A.,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.  On  August 
24,  1907,  there  passed  away  at  Boise  Dr.  James 
Browne.  For  twelve  years  he  had  been  medical  di- 
rector of  the  Idaho  Sanitarium.  His  great  dis- 
tinction, however,  was  as  a  medical  teacher,  and  in 
that  capacity  his  influence  will  not  soon  die  among 
the  thousands  in  the  northwest,  with  whom  he  was 
at  some  time  or  other  associated.  The  fact  that  he 
was  identified  with  the  medical  fraternity  of  Idaho 
was  a  source  of  inspiration  and  uplift  to  that  body 
of  great  and  perhaps  greater  import  than  was  sup- 
plied by  any  other  individual. 

Dr.  James  Browne  was  a  typical  English  gentle- 
man, and  possessed  that  courtesy  of  the  heart  which 
is  always  the  distinction  of  a  gentleman  to  the  man- 
ner born.  Of  a  kindly  heart,,  a  genial  fellowship, 
that  made  him  a  coveted  guest  in  any  society,  he 
was  always  certain  to  command  the  attention  and 
respect  due  to  wisdom,  experience  and  keen  intelli- 
gence. He  had  a  magnificent  physique,  tall  and 
stately,  was  of  imposing  presence,  and  Chester- 
fieldian  manner,  and  to  a  certain  reserve  and  dignity 
were  united  those  social  qualities  and  generous 
impulses  which  created  the  warmest  friendships. 
True  and  loyal,  a  brave  man,  a  bright  scholar  and 
a  writer  of  varied  charms. 

For  many  years  the  late  Doctor  Browne  held  a 
prominent  place  as  one  of  the  medical  men  of 
the  Pacific  Coast.  His  high  professional  attain- 
ments were  marked  by  a  life  of  conspicuous  recti- 
tude and  public  usefulness.  He  was  a  leader  of  men, 
was  looked  up  to  and  respected  and  followed.  The 
doctor  had  a  noble  heritage  of  Scotch-English  blood. 
His  grandfather  on  his  maternal  side,  John  McWil- 
lie.  was  a  member  of  the  Scottish  nobility,  a  high- 
land chieftain,  whose  name  adorns  the  pages  of  his 
country's  history,  and  another  distinguished  descend- 
ant of  whom  was  Hon,  James  McWillie,  who  was 
governor  of  the  state  of  Mississippi  during  the 
early  fifties. 

County  Armagh,  Ireland,  was  the  doctor's  place 
of  nativity,  where  he  was  born  August  3,  1829.  He 
often  spoke  with  great  fondness  and  affection  of 
the  dear  old  land  beyond  the  sea.  His  educational 
advantages  were  of  the  best.  A  lad  of  twelve  he 
entered  a  classical  and  mathematical  school  at  Drum- 
hillery,  and  two  years  later  was  taking  daily  delight 
in  the  Odes  of  Horace  and  the  Iliad  of  Homer.  He 
lived  through  the  most  tempestuous  times  on  the 
Emerald  Isle,  and  often  and  vividly  recalled  inci- 
dents of  those  days,  especially  that  in  connection 
with  the  repeal  of  the  Act  of  Union  and  the  monster 
mass  meeting  addressed  by  Daniel  O'Connell  on  the 
Hill  of  Tara  in  1843,  the  largest  political  gathering 
known  in  the  history  of  the  world.  After  a  four 
years'  course  at  Drumhillery  he  matriculated  at  the 
Royal  College  at  Belfast,  Ireland,  from  which  noted 


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institution  he  graduated  both  in  classics  and  medi- 
cine before  his  twenty-first  year. 

In  1850  Doctor  Browne  sailed  for  America.  His 
ship  was  partly  wrecked,  and  he  and  other  passen- 
gers took  frequent  turns  at  the  pumps  which  worked 
constantly  for  ten  days,  until  the  boat  was  finally 
beached  on  one  of  the  islands  of  the  West  Indies. 
Landing  at  New  Orleans,  he  spent  a  brief  while 
there,  then  went  to  Texas,  where  he  took  possession 
as  professor  of  Latin  and  Greek  at  Austin  College. 
His  next  move  was  to  Jackson,  Mississippi,  where 
he  met  and  married  a  delicate  southern  maiden,  and 
one  child,  a  son,  was  born  to  this  happy  but  all  too 
brief  union.  Some  years  later  a  friend  inquired  by 
letter  of  the  doctor  if  he  had  children  and  received 
this  reply:  "Now,  you  ask  if  I  have  children? 
No,  kind  friend,  no — but  through  the  mist  that  sad 
memory  brings  to  the  eye,  I  see  in  a  land  far  away, 
an  unpretentious  tomb,  the  mocking  bird  sings  near 
it,  the  magnolia  perfumes  it,  the  angels,  perhaps, 
hover  over  it — in  that  tomb  on  the  bosom  of  his 
mother  sleeps  my  boy,  my  only  child."  Though  his 
early  life  was  not  without  its  pathetic  side,  the  doc- 
tor kept  his  cheerful  and  sunny  disposition  unim- 
paired, to  which  fact  his  mother  bore  eloquent  testi- 
mony in  a  letter  dated  January  26,  1878,  referring 
to  his  visit  in  1870,  after  a  separation  from  him  for 
twenty  years.  She  writes :  "When  you  returned  to 
me,  bearded  and  bronzed,  and  no  longer  a  boy,  I 
could  not  see  that  you  had  changed  much  in  nature 
or  disposition.  The  same  affectionate  manner,  the 
same  gentle  language,  and  the  same  merry  and 
infectious  laugh  as  in  the  happy  days  of  boyhood, 
characterized  you.  You  were  always  kind  and 
gentle  to  me,  you  never  caused  a  pang  to  your 
mother's  heart,  and  I  had  the  vanity  to  think,  as 
many  others  thought,  that  I  was  the  mother  of  an 
almost  faultless  boy."  And  Doctor  Browne  always 
carried  the  merriment  and  charm  of  youth  into  the 
evening  of  life.  After  his  visit  to  the  old  home  he 
spent  several  years  in  travel,  visiting  China  and 
Japan,  British  Columbia,  Mexico,  and  other  por- 
tions of  both  east  and  west. 

In  1880  Doctor  Browne  was  called  to  Portland, 
Oregon,  to  accept  the  chair  of  physiology,  physio- 
logical anatomy  and  materia  medica  in  the  Willa- 
mette University.  He  filled  those  chairs  most  ac- 
ceptably for  nine  years  and  until  he  resigned  to 
accept  a  place  on  the  state  medical  board,  tendered 
him  unsought  by  the  governor,  which  position  he 
held  for  six  years.  He  also  served  the  A.  O.  U.  W. 
Lodge  at  Portland  as  Grand  Medical  Director  for 
ten  years.  He  was  the  first  grand  medical  exam- 
iner of  the  order  in  the  state  of  Oregon,  and  he 
did  yeoman  service  throughout  the  state,  traveling 
and  lecturing  and  organizing  lodges.  He  attained 
the  rank  of  past  grand  master  in  recognition  of  his 
long  and  faithful  services  to  the  order. 

Doctor  Browne  was  an  evangel  of  education  in 
the  grand  empire  enfolding  the  Pacific  Coast  states. 
His  life  work  was  that  of  an  instructor.  His  was 
a  happy  faculty  of  imparting  knowledge,  as  illus- 
trations for  any  point  came  readily  to  him.  With 
heart  and  soul  aglow  he  toiled  for  others,  and  while 
he  gained  little  financially  thereby  he  gained  what 
is  infinitely  better,  a  consciousness  that  his  unselfish 
labor  had  left  its  permanent  impress  upon  the  soul 
and  character  of  the  hundreds  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact.  He  was  a  Greek,  Hebrew  and  Latin 
scholar,  and  also  spoke  French  fluently.  The  late 
Doctor  Browne  never  engaged  in  private  practice 
to  any  extent,  and  his  reason  for  teaching  instead 
of  practice  was  that  his  work  as  a  teacher  allowed 


him  more  time  for  private  study.  He  was  a  deeply 
religious  man,  and  largely  lived  in  the  intellectual 
and  spiritual  world.  He  enjoyed  many  strong 
friendships  with  the  notable  men  of  his  time,  and 
among  the  earlier  intimate  acquaintances  were  Gen. 
Sam  Houston  of  Texas,  Gen.  James  Longstreet, 
and  Gen.  Joseph  Lane,  conspicuous  figures  in  the 
Mexican  and  Civil  war  periods. 

In  1896  Doctor  Browne  removed  to  Boise  to 
accept  the  medical  directorship  of  the  Idaho  Sani- 
tarium, which  position  he  held  for  twelve  years, 
and  until  a  few  months  prior  to  his  death.  For  four 
months  he  was  confined  much  of  the  time  to  his 
bed  and  room,  suffering  from  a  malignant  afflic- 
tion, but  he  was  too  great  to  murmur,  too  strong 
to  repine.  The  days  of  his  last  illness  he  often  was 
heard  to  say  "Mihi  Cur  a  Futuri"  (My  care  is  for 
the  future  life).  His  death  was  that  of  the  righteous 
and  upright  man,  whose  end  is  peace,  and  of  him  it 
was  truthfully  said, 

"Sweet  is  the  scene,  when  virtue  dies; 

When  sinks  a  righteous  soul  to  rest, 
How   mildly  beam  the  closing  eyes, 

How  gently  heaves  the  expiring  chest." 

To  those  who  knew  him  intimately,  and  appre- 
ciated his  various  gifts  and  charms,  the  world  since 
his  death  has  been  a  lonesome  place,  and  all  those 
will  join  as  they  did  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  call- 
ing to  him  "Hail  and  Farewell." 

THE  IDAHO  SANITARIUM  was  founded  in  1897. 
The  institution  represents  the  idea  that  the 
natural  diet  of  primitive  man  did  not  in- 
clude the  taking  of  life.  In  the  beginning  the 
great  Creator  told  Adam  what  he  might  eat,  and  his 
diet  was  composed  of  fruits  and  grains.  It  was  a 
long  time  after  the  Edenic  state  of  the  human  race 
before  the  taking  of  life  to  support  life  came  about. 
The  founders  of  the  Roman  Empire  are  said  to 
have  lived  entirely  upon  fruits,  grains  and  vegeta- 
bles. The  early  Greeks  were  not  flesh-eaters,  and 
never  were  there  finer  specimens  of  humanity  than 
was  produced  by  those  early  Mediterranean 
countries. 

And,  since  a  correct  method  of  cliet  must  be 
adopted  prior  to  the  eradication  of  diseased  condi- 
tions which  afflict  large  numbers  of  the  human  fam- 
ily, the  management  of  the  Idaho  Sanitarium  took 
the  high  ground  that  the  prevention  of  disease  was 
of  far  greater  importance  than  the  cure  of  it,  there- 
fore, "back  to  Nature  and  first  principles"  has  been 
the  motto  of  this  institution,  and  the  secret  of  its 
success. 

Its  equipment  for  effective  treatment  and  efficient 
service  are  most  complete  and  are  the  outgrowth  of 
the  most  advanced  science  of  medicine  and  the  heal- 
ing art.  The  drugless  method  of  healing  is  in  vogue 
at  the  sanitarium.  No  copying  of  the  errors  of  the 
predecessors  of  medicine  dispensers  has  ever  been 
practiced  here.  The  cause  of  disease,  or  sickness  of 
any  source  is  carefully  sought  out  and  that  cause 
removed,  when  possible,  by  natural,  common-sense 
methods. 

The  trained  nurses,  competent  and  efficient  indi- 
viduals, themselves  possess  the  health  and  strength 
which  bear  eloquent  testimony  to  the  correctness 
of  the  principles  advocated  and  carried  out  at  the 
Idaho  Sanitarium.  When  the  sanitarium  idea  and 
the  work  was  first  launched  in  Boise,  in  1892,  it  met 
its  full  share  of  criticism  and  opposition  from  non- 
progressives,  both  in  the  profession  and  among  the 
laity.  This  opposition  has  been  met  by  heroic  and 


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daring  pioneer  effort,  and  the  way  blazed  to  pre- 
pare the  people  for  this  great  and  greatly  needed 
reform,  and  today  many  who  were  once  skeptical 
and  unconvinced  are  voicing  their  praise  of  the 
"simple  life,"  as  the  result  of  a  few  weeks'  stay  at 
this  institution,  and  are  rejoicing  in  their  freedom 
from  the  use  of  pills  and  powders,  of  bottle  and 
spoon  medication ;  are  reaping  the  benefits  and  the 
blessings  which  are  the  sure  reward  for  walking  in 
the  straight  path  of  obedience  and  truth. 

Sanitary  science  is  the  outgrowth  of  the  most  ad- 
vanced medical  science,  and  dictated  by  the  highest 
intelligence,  and  it  has  been  most  refreshing  and  en- 
couraging to  the  managers  of  the  sanitarium,  as  it 
has  been  to  all  others  who  have  endured  the  fire  of 
persecution  to  call  to  mind  the  opposition  to  pro- 
gressive benefactors  of  the  race,  and  remember  that 
all  forerunners  of  truth,  such  as  Harvey,  Galileo 
and  Kepler,  were  all  ridiculed  for  their  knowledge, 
and  persecuted  for  their  advance  thoughts.  The 
famous  Dr.  J.  G.  Holland  in  commenting  on  the 
progress  of  last  century  says:  "Medical  learning 
has  absolutely  fought  against  every  great  medical 
discovery,  and  not  infrequently  against  important 
discoveries  in  constituent  sciences."  For  the  right 
attitude  toward  these  matters  Jasting  gratitude 
should  be  paid  to  the  American  Medical  Association, 
which,  as  a  body,  and  through  a  great  number  of  its 
individuals,  has  for  years  been  striking  sledge- 
hammer blows  in  behalf  of  the  emancipation  of  the 
people  from  the  curse  of  drug  medication.  This 
association  has  sent  out  its  men  to  all  parts  of  the 
country  to  lecture  on  these  topics,  and  has  prose- 
cuted its  campaign  regardless  of  "whose  craft  is  in 
danger." 

The  location  of  the  Idaho  Sanitarium  is  ideal, 
elevated  and  picturesque,  and  the  quiet  restfulness 
of  the  place  appeals  to  every  visitor.  Its  spacious 
rooms,  its  broad  veranda,  and  lovely  lawns,  over- 
looking the  beautiful  Boise  valley,  are  themselves 
promotive  of  health  and  life,  a  boon  and  blessing  to 
the  sick  and  the  suffering.  The  water  supply  of  the 
institution  is  pure  soft  artesian,  ana  well  adapted  to 
the  needs  and  requirements  of  the  system.  Various 
water  treatments  are  given  here  as  indicated  by  the 
condition  of  the  patients,  and  scientific  massage  is 
given  by  properly  trained  manipulators. 

In  a  quiet  and  unobtrusive  manner,  the  work  of 
practical  reform  has  been  carried  on  in  the  Idaho 
Sanitarium.  Those  in  charge  have  carefully  investi- 
gated the  source  and  cause  of  disease  in  patients, 
have  endeavored  to  educate  the  afflicted  and  increase 
their  powers  of  resistance  by  instructing  them  to 
walk  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  nature,  which  are 
the  laws  of  God  and  are  as  binding  as  the  deca- 
logue. 

Dr.  Mary  E.  Donaldson,  who  is  the  head  and  heart 
of  this  notable  institution,  aptly  speaks  of  the  sys- 
tem here  in  vogue  with  such  excellent  results,  in  the 
following  terms :  "Since  sickness  is  the  sure  result 
of  the  transgression  of  God's  natural  laws,  how 
vastly  important  it  is  that  the  great  problem  of  how 
to  properly  carry  on  life  should  be  constantly  and 
enthusiastically  considered  and  taught.  It  is  a  well 
known  scientific  fact  that  one  of  the  chief  causes  of 
that  hydra-headed  disease,  dyspepsia,  which  baffles 
the  skill  of  so  many  physicians,  is  indirectly  due  to 
the  use  of  condiments ;  and  it  is  also  a  well  known 
fact  that  condiments  possess  no  food  value  what- 
ever. On  the  contrary,  they  are  irritants,  and  posi- 
tively injurious  to  health.  Chief  among  these  irri- 
tants are  Cayenne,  or  red  pepper,  horse-radish  and 
mustard,  all  of  which  sting  and  bite  as  they  pass 


downward.  The  diet  at  the  sanitarium  eschews  all 
these  unnatural  and  artificial  stomach  whips,  believ- 
ing and  teaching  that  if  the  moderate  use  of  right 
foods  and  healthful  drinks,  were  taught  and  used 
in  the  nursery,  and  at  the  home  board,  the  parents 
and  guardians  who  are  entrusted  with  the  sacred 
responsibilities  of  rearing  the  young,  would  not  be 
called  upon  to  regret  the  implanting  of  false  appe- 
tites in  their  children,  which  logically  leads  to  dis- 
sipation in  the  saloon  and  the  brothel,  and  thence, 
perhaps,  to  an  untimely  and  dishonored  grave,  or 
to  the  ignominy  of  the  penitentiary  or  the  gallows. 

"The  prevention  of  these  deplorable  conditions 
are  of  priceless  value,  and  are  of  far  greater  mo- 
ment than  the  cure  of  them. 

"In  Brillat-Savarin's  great  work,  entitled  "The 
Physiology  of  Taste,"  are  to  be  found  axioms  as 
profound  as  ever  Plato  or  Epictetus  set  down.  For 
example:  The  education  of  the  tastes  and  the 
appetite  should  be  an  index  to  the  degree  of  civili- 
zation.' The  fate  of  Nations  depends  upon  how 
they  are  fed.'  'A  man  of  sense  and  culture  alone 
understands  eating.' 

"The  Sanitarium  diet  prevents  the  formation  of 
false  appetites,  abnormal,  unnatural — preventing 
those  thus  taught  and  reared  from  falling  a  natural 
prey  to  the  universal  curse  of  drunkenness,  by  thus 
cutting  off  the  demand  for  intoxicants;  and  when 
this  demand  is  cut  off,  the  vexed  and  pathetic  ques- 
tion of  the  ages,  the  abolition  of  drunkenness,  will 
be  forever  solved,  and  a  most  glorious  heritage  will 
be  left  to  posterity  in  wide-spread  sobriety.  And 
may  God  hasten  that  day!" 

Too  much  could  not  be  said  in  praise  of  the  life 
work  of  the  woman  who  has  thus  devoted  herself 
to  the  uplifting  and  cleansing  of  the  race,  and  it 
is  gratifying  to  note  that  sne  has  won,  through 
years  of  pinchbeck  criticism  and  annoying  atten- 
tions on  the  part  of  unsympathetic  rivals  to  her 
present  high  place  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the 
public,  who  have  come  to  realize  and  understand 
something  of  the  intent  and  purpose  of  her  work, 
and  its  underlying  principles  of  right  living. 

GEORGE  F.  ASHLEY.  At  the  head  of  the  medical 
profession  in  Montpelier  stands  Dr.  George  F.  Ash- 
ley, who  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  has  been  active 
here  since  1912.  He  is  of  English  birth  and  parent- 
age, his  father  and  mother,  George  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Nate)  Ashley,  having  lived  in  their  British  home 
until  1879.  The  father  has  for  many  years  been  a 
contractor  and  builder  and  has  to  his  credit  many 
fine  buildings  constructed  in  this  Western  country, 
chiefly  in  Montpelier  and  in  Paris,  which  has  long 
been  his  home  and  where  the  notable  structures  he 
has  erected  include  the  county  court  house.  The 
family  of  George  and  Sarah  Ashley  consisted  of 
four  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  named  George 
F.  The  date  of  his  birth  was  December  17,  1875. 

As  the  parents  of  George  F.  Ashley  came  with 
their  children  from  England  to  America  when  he 
was  a  boy  of  four  years,  his  education  has  been  pro- 
cured in  this  country.  The  family  settled  at  once  in 
Paris,  Idaho,  and  its  members  have  ever  since  re- 
sided in  that  place  and  others  of  the  surrounding 
county.  After  his  course  in  the  public  schools  o'f 
Paris,  George  F.  Ashley  entered  Fielding  Academy 
at  Paris  and  in  1898  was  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution where  he  had  pursued  the  prescribed  course 
of  four  years.  His  interest  in  the  land  of  his  birth 
led  him  to  return  to  that  great  country  and  to  con- 
tinue his  studies  there.  At  the  Abbey  Institute  at 
Tewkesbury  he  spent  seventeen  months  in  pursuit 


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of  higher  education.  He  then  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  to  Paris,  Idaho,  where  he  accepted  a 
position  in  the  employ  of  the  Utah  Sugar  Company. 
He  continued  this  engagement  until  1903,  at  which 
time  he  signed  an  order  to  take  up  the  study  of 
medicine.  He  had  selected  as  his  professional  alma 
mater,  the  National  University  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri. In  1907  he  completed  his  medical  course  and 
received  his  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine.  After 
spending  one  year  as  an  interne  in  the  L.  D.  S. 
Hospital  in  Salt  Lake  City,  he  returned  to  Paris. 
There  he  entered  independently  upon  his  career  as 
a  physician  and  in  his  home  town  he  practiced 
with  signal  success  for  a  period  of  about  four  and 
one-half  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came 
to  Montpelier,  where  he  has  established  himself 
firmly  in  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  citizens. 
In  1911  he  was  joined  by  Dr.  A.  D.  Cooley  as  a 
professional  partner.  Since  that  time  they  have 
shared  offices  and  conduct  their  medical  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  Ashley  and  Cooley.  In  1912 
these  two  up-to-date  and  enterprising  physicians  con- 
structed a  hospital  of  thirty  rooms,  equipped  with 
all  modern  appliances  for  medical  attention  and 
treatment  and  for  the  comfort  of  patients. 

Dr.  Ashley  has  served  as  a  county  officer  in  his 
professional  capacity  and  was  city  physician  of  Paris. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Paris  and  has  always  been  a  citizen  snowing  keen 
interest  in  civic  and  political  affairs.  He  is  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  theories  and  aims  of  the  Republican 
party. 

In  Logan,  Utah,  Dr.  Ashley  was  married  on  Sep- 
tember 16,  1903,  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Kearl,  a  daughter 
of  James  and  Fannie  Kearl  of  Laketown,  Utah.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Ashley  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  a 
daughter  named  Wanda  Florence. 

In  religious  affiliation,  Dr.  Ashley  is  a  member  of 
the  church  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  is  further- 
more connected  with  numerous  professional  organ- 
izations, including  the  American  Medical  Associ- 
ation and  the  State  Medical  Society  of  Idaho. 

A  man  of  firm  patriotism,  Dr.  Ashley  considers 
Idaho  a  home  state  "second  to  none,"  believing 
that  for  investments  no  other  locality  can  equal  it. 
Dr.  Ashley  is  interested  in  every  movement  that 
adds  to  the  life  and  vigor,  the  improvement  and 
broader  welfare  of  Montpelier  and  the  county  as 
well.  All  athletic  and  cultural  movements  appeal 
to  his  interest,  as  secondary  to  the  work  of  the 
great  and  important  profession  to  which  he  devotes 
his  deepest  thought  and  his  best  care  and  skill.  His 
work  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  means  much  to  his 
community. 

JOHN  S.  HYDE.  A  citizen  who  stands  high  in  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellowmen  in  Bannock 
county,  Idaho,  is  John  S.  Hyde,  of  Downey,  a  former 
member  of  the  Idaho  state  legislature  who  is  identi- 
fied with  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  con- 
cerns of  that  community,  that  of  the  W.  A.  Hyde 
Mercantile  Company,  and  who  is  numbered  among 
the  wide-awake,  capable  and  efficient  promoters  of 
this  section.  In  numerous  other  relations  he  is  a 
valued  factor  of  society  there  and  is  an  enterprising 
and  energetic  worker  for  progress. 

Born  at  Kaysville,  Utah,  December  18,  1870,  he 
grew  up  there  and  received  a  public  school  education. 
Until  twenty-nine  years  of  age  he  followed  the  pur- 
suit of  farming  in  Utah;  then  about  1899  he  joined 
his  brothers  in  Downey,  Idaho,  and  entered  the 
service  of  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Company,  of  which  he 
is  a  stockholder  and  now  is  assistant  manager.  The 
concern  is  a  large  department  store,  modern  in  every 


respect  and  commanding  an  extensive  trade  in  this 
section  of  the  county.  As  a  member  of  the  Downey 
Commercial  Club  he  lends  his  influence  and  energies 
to  stimulate  settlement  and  development  in  this  sec- 
tion and  the  impress  of  his  personality  is  felt  in 
almost  every  phase  of  civic  interest.  It  was  through 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Hyde  that  the  town  of  Downey 
was  incorporated.  He  thoroughly  believes  in  the 
efficacy  of  a  good  education  in  fitting  men  and  women 
for  the  worthiest  citizenship  and  is  a  warm  advocate 
of  providing  the  youth  of  his  community  and  of 
the  state  with  the  best  educational  advantages  pos- 
sible. In  this  direction  he  has  served  as  a  member 
and  secretary  of  the  Downey  board  of  education 
and  now  is  serving  for  the  second  term  as  president 
of  the  School  Trustees  Association  of  Bannock 
county.  He  is  also  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Young  Men's  Mutual  Improvement  Association  of 
the  Pocatello  Stake,  an  organization  for  the  improve- 
ment of  young  men,  and  conducted  as  an  auxiliary 
department  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  church,  of  which 
Mr.  Hyde  is  a  member  and  to  which  he  gave  two 
years  of  missionary  service  in  New  Jersey  and 
Pennsylvania.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat  and  is 
an  ardent  worker  in  promoting  the  interests  of  his 
party.  He  was  ^  member  of  the  Idaho  legislature 
during  the  eleventh  session  and  the  special  session 
following  and  discharged  his  duties  in  that  body  with 
fidelity  and  ability,  exhibiting  a  zealous  and  watchful 
regard  of  public  rights. 

Each  day  with  Mr.  Hyde  is  a  day  of  activity  and 
some  useful  service,  though  business  and  other  cares 
are  sometimes  laid  aside  to  enjoy  a  good  game  of 
baseball  or  a  season  of  hunting;  while  in  the  way 
of  quieter  diversions  he  gets  pleasure  from  music 
and  reading. 

On  April  25,  1900,  he  was  married  at  Salt  Lake 
City  to  Josephine  Kinnett,  daughter  of  Mrs.  N.  J. 
Kinnett,  of  Kaysville,  Utah.  Mrs.  Hyde  died  April 
16,  1912,  and  was  interred  at  Downey.  Besides  her 
husband,  five  children  were  left  to  mourn  her  demise, 
namely:  Alda,  John  Milton,  Verna  M.,  Keith  W., 
and  Norma. 

EARLE  C.  WHITE.  Establishing  his  home  in  the 
little  village  of  Pocatello,  Bannock  county,  Idaho, 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  Mr.  White  has 
been  most  prominently  and  worthily  identified  with 
the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  now  thriving 
and  attractive  city,  which  is  the  metropolis  of  south- 
eastern Idaho  and  one  of  the  most  important  railroad 
centers  in  the  state.  As  one  of  the  leading  real-estate 
dealers  of  Idaho  it  may  readily  be  understood  that 
he  has  contributed  much  also  to  the  general  develop- 
ment of  the  state  along  civic  and  industrial  lines, 
for  his  operations  have  been  of  wide  extent  and  have 
brought  to  this  commonwealth  many  desirable  citi- 
zens. Mr.  White  is  also  a  member  of  the  bar  of 
the  state  but  has  withdrawn  entirely  from  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  to  give  his  attention  to  his  im- 
portant real-estate  interests.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  of  Idaho  exploiters,  is  energetic,  enter- 
prising and  progressive  and  has  inviolable  place  in 
popular  confidence  and  esteem.  As  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative citizens  of  the  state  he  is  fully  entitled  to 
special  recognition  in  this  publication. 

Mr.  White  was  born  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  on 
the  isth  of  January,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles 
M.  and  Evelyn  M.  (Cobbe)  White,  the  former  of 
whom  was  born  in  Syracuse.  New  Yjork,  on  the  28th 
of  December,  1813,  and  the  latter  of  whom  was  born 
in  Vermont,  on  the  I3th  of  January,  1843,  their  mar- 
riage having  been  solemnized  at  Coldwater,  Branch 


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county,  Michigan.  Charles  M.  White  removed  from 
the  old  Empire  state  to  Michigan  as  a  youth,  and 
in  the  early  '505  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Wyoming, 
having  later  made  several  other  trips  of  this  order 
and  having  gained  broad  experience  in  connection 
with  pioneer  life  on  the  frontier.  From  Wyoming  he 
finally  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  but  after  about 
two  years  there  he  returned  to  Wyoming  and  estab- 
lished his  residence  at  Evanston,  Uinta  county,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  for  a  term 
of  years.  He  then  came  to  Idaho  and  located  at 
Paris,  Bannock  county,  where  he  was  associated  in 
practice  with  Judge  Alfred  Budge  until  1891,  and  in 
1902  he  removed  to  Pocatello,  the  judicial  center  of 
the  same  county,  where  he  has  since  continued  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he 
is  undoubtedly  the  oldest  representative  in  the  state, 
as  he  has  attained  to  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-nine 
years.  He  is  a  man  of  fine  legal  talent,  has  been 
engaged  in  practice  for  nearly  seventy  years,  and 
is  still  alert  of  mind  and  physique, — one  of  the 
remarkable  pioneers  of  the  West  and  one  whose  life 
has  been  ordered  upon  the  highest  plane  of  integrity 
and  honor.  He  is  a  revered  patriarch  of  the  Idaho 
bar,  a  counselor  of  broad  circumspection  and  still  a 
formidable  opponent  in  legal  contests.  He  is  a  stal- 
wart Republican  in  his  political  allegiance  and  the 
family  hold  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Of  the  seven  children,  four  sons  and  two  daughters 
are  now  living,  and  the  subject  of  this  review  was 
the  second  in  order  of  birth.  He  has  a  half  brother 
and  half  sister  older  then  himself. 

Earle  C.  White  gained  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Evanston,  Wyoming,  and  then 
began  reading  law  under  the  effective  preceptorship 
of  his  honored  father.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Wyoming  in  1890  and  there  was  associated  with 
his  father  in  practice  until  September,  1891,  of  the 
following  year,  when  he  came  to  Idaho  and  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Pocatello,  which  then  had  a 
population  of  about  2,500.  Here  he  opened  an 
office  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
in  which  he  was  distinctively  successful,  but  his 
deep  appreciation  of  the  great  resources  and  ad- 
vantages of  this  section  of  the  state  finally  led 
him  to  abandon  active  practice  in  1894  to  become 
a  potent  figure  in  exploiting  real  estate.  He  has 
since  continued  to  be  actively  identified  with  this 
line  of  enterprise,  in  which  his  operations  have 
been  of  broad  scope  and  importance  and  of  great 
value  as  an  adjunct  to  social  and  industrial  progress. 
He  is  an  authority  in  regard  to  the  resources  and 
land  value  of  southeastern  Idaho  and  also  controls 
a  large  business  in  the  handling  of  city  and  village 
realty  as  well  as  farming,  horticultural  and  grazing 
lands.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Bannock  National 
Bank.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  State  Bar 
Association  and  the  American  Bar  Association,  and 
in  his  several  years  of  active  practice  in  Idaho 
he  proved  himself  a  resourceful  advocate  and  able 
counselor,  well  fortified  in  the  science  of  juris- 
prudence. Mr.  White  is  affiliated  with  the  York 
Rite  bodies  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  including 
Pocatello  Commandery  of  Knights  Templars,  and 
also  with  the  local  organizations  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Oreder  of  Elks,  and  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  zealous  mem- 
bers of  the  Pocatello  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
he  is  a  trustee.  Mrs.  White  is  a  leader  in  the 
social  activities  of  the  community  and  is  a  gracious 
chatelaine  of  the  beautiful  family  home,  on  Seventh 
avenue. 

At  Chariton,  Iowa,  in  April,  1890,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  White  to  Miss  Annette  Fickel, 


daughter  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth  J.  Fickel, 
the  former  of  whom  is  deceased  and  the  latter  of 
whom  now  resides  in  Pocatello,  Idaho.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  White  have  four  children:  Earle  C.,  Jr.,  who 
was  born  at  Evanston,  Wyoming,  in  June,  1891,  is 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  Pocatello,  as 
one  of  the  representative  voune  business  men  of 
the  city;  Edward  O.,  who,  like  each  of  the  younger 
two  children,  is  a  native  of  Pocatello,  was  born 
in  June,  1893,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin,  at  Madison,  Wis. ;  Leslie, 
who  was  born  in  October,  1897,  is  a  student  in  the 
Academy  of  Idaho,  at  Pocatello;  and  Louise  £.,  who 
was  born  in  February,  1905,  is  attending  the  public 
schools. 

GEORGE  V.  LEIGHTON  &  SON.  Idaho  has  an 
established  reputation  as  a  stock  country,  and  since 
early  settlement  has  produced  and  sent  to  market 
a  great  annual  volume  of  wealth  in  cattle,  horses 
and  sheep.  The  livestock  industry  usually  brings 
up  the  familiar  western  picture  of  the  range  and 
the  ranch,  the  cowboy,  sheepherder  and  the  regular 
type  of  stockmen.  The  modern  highly  developed 
stock  farm  with  its  fenced  fields,  its  great  barns 
and  feeding  lots,  its  equipment  resembling  that  of 
a  well  regulated  factory,  and  its  business  system 
belongs  to  the  new  era.  It  required  pioneer  enter- 
prise of  as  high  an  order  to  undertake  modern 
stock  farming  as  was  necessary  half  a  century  ago 
to  bring  a  nerd  of  long-horns  into  these  valleys 
and  establish  a  ranch  under  the  threatenings  of 
Indian  foes. 

Thanks  to  the  initiative  of  some  Idaho  men,  pos- 
sessed of  modern  business  talents,  the  way  has 
already  been  broken  out  towards  this  new  phase 
of  agricultural  enterprise,  and  in  the  next  quarter 
century  the  state  will  be  known  as  much  for  its 
fine  livestock  products  as  for  its  fruit  and  min- 
erals. For  its  value  as  a  teacher  of  Idaho  history, 
the  following  paragraphs  will  describe  briefly  one 
of  the  finest  enterprises  in  modern  stock  farming 
to  be  found  in  the  entire  state,  with  something 
about  the  career  of  a  man  whose  work  has  not 
only  brought  himself  a  high  degree  of  prosperity, 
but  is  proving  a  stimulating  example  V>  the  agricul- 
ture development  of  all  the  Boise  Valley. 

Eight  miles  out  from  the  city  on  the  line  of  the 
Idaho  Traction  Company  Railroad,  the  visitor  who 
is  seeking  the  highest  standard  of  Idaho  stock  farm 
enterprise  will  be  gratified  with  a  view  of  the 
George  V.  Leighton  &  Son  stock  farm.  The  farm 
comprises  three  hundred  and  twentv  acres  ^  of  the 
best  land  to  be  found  in  the  state.  Substantial  well 
built  barns,  equipped  with  all  the  modern  conven- 
iences and  facilities  for  stock  comfort  and  man- 
agement, are  the  conspicuous  features  of  this  farm. 
The  barns  have  a  complete  water  plant,  water  being 
supplied  through  every  needed  point,  they  are  elec- 
tric lighted,  and  there  are  a  number  of  other  facili- 
ties such  as  feed  cutters  and  mixers,  conveyors,  and 
everything  to  lighten  labor  and  increase  the  power 
of  managing  and  caring  for  the  stock.  The  Leigh- 
ton  ranch  is  stocked  with  thoroughbred  horses, 
cattle,  sheep  and  hogs.  In  the  horse  stable  are 
found  the  beautiful  dapple-gray  sire  of  many  of 
the  best  horses  in  Idaho.  This  is  "Charlemagne," 
to  whose  credit  are  first  prizes  in  both  America  and 
in  France,  from  which  latter  country  he  was  im- 
norted.  Charlemagne  is  of  the  Percheron  breed. 
The  swine  on  the  Leightori  farm  are  from  several 
prize-winning  Duroc  boars  and  sows,  and  one 
of  these  was  the  first  winner  at  the  International 
Stock  Show  at  Chicago  in.  1911.  Mr.  Leighton's 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Hampshire  sheep,  thoroughbred,  were  the  first  of 
the  kind  to  be  brought  into  the  Boise  Valley,  and 
the  increase  of  this  flock  are  sold  three  years  in 
advance.  The  cattle  are  all  thoroughbred  Holsteins, 
and  without  doubt  the  finest  herds  in  Idaho,  as  well 
as  one  of  the  finest  in  America.  Several  of  the 
cows  in  this  herd  cost  one  thousand  dollars  apiece 
at  the  age  of  four  months,  and  a  number  of  them 
have  won  prizes  in  the  foremost  shows  in  America, 
and  several  blue-ribbon  animals  stand  in  the  Leigh- 
ton  stalls. 

The  most  important  contribution  of  the  Leighton 
enterprise  is  in  laying  a  firm  foundation  and  making 
a  substantial  beginning  in  the  dairy  business.  Dairy- 
ing is  a  comparatively  new  industry  on  a  modern 
business  scale,  and  Mr.  Leighton  and  son  are  really 
pioneers  in  the  business.  Eventually  Idaho  will 
become  one  of  the  great  dairy  states  of  the  Union, 
since  there  is  no  other  state  better  equipped  with 
natural  resources,  good  water,  good  natural  gas, 
and  abundant  alfalfa.  The  dairy  barn  on  the  Leigh- 
ton  place  is  equipped  with  all  the  facilities  for  large 
production,  and  for  sanitary  handling  of  the  prod- 
ucts. A  record  is  kept  of  all  the  milk  produced  by 
each  cow,  and  an  analysis  is  made  in  the  barn  of 
the  constituent  elements  of  the  milk,  especially 
as  to  its  amount  of  butter-fat. 

George  V.  Leighton,  the  founder  and  developer 
of  this  monumental  industry  in  the  Boise  Valley, 
was  born  in  the  far  east  at  the  town  of  Cumber- 
land, Maryland,  February  2,2,  1856.  His  parents, 
Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Leighton,  were  both  born  in 
England,  where  they  were  married,  and  then  came 
to  America.  While  their  eight  children  were  grow- 
ing up  they  moved  from  place  to  place  in  the  states 
of  Maryland,  West  Virginia,  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio,  finally  settling  in  Pennsylvania,  where  both 
parents  died  in  December,  1911. 

George  V.  Leighton  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  when  about  twenty-two  years  of 
age,  in  1877,  came  out  to  the  northwest,  locating 
at  Pendleton,  Oregon.  In  the  subsequent  thirty-five 
years  he  has  been  essentially  a  stock  man,  and  has 
never  enjoyed  any  particular  success  in  any  other 
line.  At  Pendleton  he  developed  a  large  horse 
ranch,  and  th^re  made  a  reputation  for  producing 
high  grade  horses.  His  home  was  at  Pendleton  for 
nine  years,  until  1886,  at  which  time  he  came  to 
Idaho,  locating  in  Washington  county,  near  Weiser. 
He  continued  there  in  the  stock  business  until  1908, 
in  which  year  he  moved  into  the  city  of  Boise.  Like 
many  others,  he  had  the  delusion  that  the  city  was 
a  fine  place  to  spend  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  and 
in  Boise  at  the  present  time  he  owns  at  the  corner 
of  Maine  and  First  streets  one 'of  the  beautiful  resi- 
dences of  that  city.  In  a  short  time,  however,  Mr. 
Leighton  discovered  that  the  city  had  no  attractions 
that  were  permanent  and  satisfying,  and  he  regards 
those  few  years  spent  in  Boise  as  the  only  part  of 
his  life  that  he  cannot  look  back  upon  with  satis- 
faction. Having  returned  to  the  farm,  he  has  now 
perfected  plans  for  the  erection  of  a  beautiful 
country  home  with  all  the  material  facilities  and 
conveniences  which  his  city  home  had,  and  with 
the  delightful  surroundings  which  the  country  alone 
makes  possible.  The  street  car  of  the  Idaho  Trac- 
tion Company  runs  close  by  his  door,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  this  means  of  transportation  he  has  a  large 
touring  car  in  his  garage.  And  back  of  all  these 
creature  comforts  are  his  thoroughbred  stock,  his 
valuable  orchards  and  beautiful  meadows,  where 
the  sun  shines  and  the  birds  sing,  and  with  his 
children  about  him  it  would  be  difficult  to  conceive 
of  a  happier  man  in  Idaho  than  George  V.  Leighton. 


To  those  who  believe — and  there  are  many  who  do — 
that  life  has  its  highest  possibilities  and  opportuni- 
ties in  the  free  and  open  country,  the  position  of 
George  V.  Leighton  seems  ideal.  He  has  built  his 
success  upon  permanent  foundation  of  the  oldest 
and  most  honorable  vocation  in  the  world,  and  his 
career  has  been  productive  of  those  essential  ma- 
terial goods  without  which  humanity  would  quickly 
come  to  want. 

In  1885  Mr.  Leighton  married  Miss  Martha  Kern, 
a  native  of  Oregon.  Their  four  children  are :  Daisy, 
wife  of  William  Abbott  of  Boise;  Willie,  who  is 
associated  with  his  father  and  a  partner  in  the 
business ;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  White  of  Idaho 
City,  and  Georgia,  wife  of  Claude  Roberts,  who 
has  charge  of  the  dairy  and  cattle  of  the  Leighton 
Ranch.  Politically  Mr.  Leighton  is  a  Republican. 
He  was  county  commissioner  for  Washington 
county,  Idaho,  for  the  years  1890  and  1891,  was  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Weiser, 
Idaho,  for  the  years  1900,  1901,  1902;  president  of 
Payette  Valley  Bank,  and  was  also  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Payette,  Idaho,  from  1900 
to  1905. 

WINFORD  CONDIT.  Among  the  successful  ranchers 
and  business  men  of  Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  is  Win- 
ford  Condit.  Born  and  bred  in  the  West  the  love 
for  his  native  land  is  very  strong  indeed,  and  he 
is  proud  of  his  own  success  as  much  because  it  is 
an  example  of  what  can  be  accomplished  in  this 
great  western  land,  as  for  the  reason  that  it  is  a 
success  for  which  he  has  only  himself  to  thank. 
Mr.  Condit  is  as  yet  a  young  man,  not  being  in  his 
thirties,  and  it  is  scarcely  fair  to  judge  him  by 
the  record  he  has  made,  but  if  he  continues  to  climb 
the  ladder  of  success  as  rapidly  in  the  future  as  he 
has  in  the  past,  his  future  is  surely  a  brilliant  one. 

Born  on  the  shores  of  Puget  Sound,  Washington, 
on  the  I7th  of  April,  1884,  Winford  Condit  grew 
up  to  know  the  men  and  the  ways  of  the  West  as 
can  no  one  who  was  not  born  in  the  country.  His 
father,  John  H.  Condit,  and  his  mother,  Frances 
(Parks)  Condit,  were  pioneers  of  Washington  and 
Idaho.  John  H.  Condit  was  born  in  River  Sioux, 
Iowa,  and  as  a  young  man  became  a  druggist  in 
River  Sioux,  Iowa.  He  was  also  a  lawyer,  by  profes- 
sion, though  he  never  practiced  a  great  deal.  He 
was  a  druggist  in  Iowa  for  many  years,  and  here 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Parks  and  de- 
cided to  try  his  fortune  in  the  West.  They  left 
Iowa  in  1881,  traveling  overland  to  the  state  of 
Washington.  Here  the  father  took  up  land  in 
Kents  Prairie,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 
At  the  end  of  this  period  he  sold  the  land  and 
came  to  Idaho,  locating  in  Cassia  county,  where 
he  bought  the  lands  of  which  he  is  still  the  owner. 
At  first  he  had  a  rather  hard  time,  owing  to  his 
troubles  with  lack  of  water.  In  this  region  the 
wholesale  cutting  of  timber  dried  up  all  the  creeks, 
and  made  the  raising  of  crops  impossible  and  it  was 
not  until  the  government  took  the  matter  in  hand, 
and  the  forest  reserves  were  established  that  Mr. 
Condit  began  to  succeed  as  a  rancher.  After  a  time 
water  was  again  plentiful  and  his  lands  became 
very  productive.  He  is  now  counted  one  of  the  most 
successful  ranchers  and  stockmen  in  that  section 
of  the  country.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  valuable 
ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  where  the  family 
now  reside.  He  is  very  active  in  political  circles 
being  an  ardent  and  life-long  Democrat. 

Eight  children  were  born  to  John  H.  Condit  and 
his  wife.  Ervin  J.  Condit  is  the  owner  of  a  valuable 
ranch  which  he  at  present  operates,  and  previous 


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to  this  he  was  a  merchant.  He  makes  his  home 
in  Hagerman  valley.  Elbert  Condit  is  also  a  rancher 
in  Hagerman  valley.  Milla  married  H.  Gilmore, 
who  owns  and  operates  a  ranch  in  this  same  fertile 
valley.  Guy  Condit  is  a  rancher  in  Gooding  county, 
Idaho.  Silas  Condit  is  in  business  with  his  father. 
Nettie  is  the  wife  of  Arthur  J.  Dennis,  of  Hager- 
man, and  Sadie  lives  with  her  parents. 

Winford  Condit,  after  his  elementary  education 
was  completed  entered  the  Pocatello  Academy,  at 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  and  here  he  was  graduated  at  the 
age  of  twenty-three.  After  leaving  school  his  first 
venture  was  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Ervin 
and  a  Mr.  Dennis.  They  organized  a  company  and 
opened  a  general  store  at  Hagerman,  the  firm  being 
known  as  the  Condit  Dennis  Mercantile  Company. 
They  continued  in  this  business  for  three  and  a  half 
years  and  made  such  a  success  that  they  were  able 
to  sell  out  at  the  end  of  this  time  at  a  good  profit. 
The  purchasers  were  R.  M.  Shurtcliff  and  Sons,  and 
Mr.  Condit  has  taken  an  active  part  in  managing 
the  business  for  the  new  firm.  He  is  also  a  ranch 
owner,  managing  his  large  property  in  Lincoln  county 
with  considerable  success.  He  has  also  invested 
some  money  in  city  realty,  believing  most  firmly 
in  the  future  of  the  town  of  Hagerman. 

Mr.  Condit  was  married  on  the  26th  of  June,  1912, 
to  Miss  Delia  Parks.  All  of  the  Condit  family 
are  members  of  the  Church  of  the  Reorganized 
Latter  Day  Saints. 

WILLIAM  F.  KETTENBACH,  SR.  Success  is  the 
natural  prerogative  of  such  valiant  souls  as  the 
late  William  Franz  Kettenbach,  Sr.,  who  was  one 
of  the  sterling  pioneers  of  Idaho  and  who  wielded 
great  influence  in  connection  with  the  initial  stages 
of  development  and  progress  in  the  northern  part 
of  this  favored  commonwealth.  He  was  compara- 
tively a  young  man  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and 
no  other  one  person  has  contributed  so  much  to 
the  advancement  of  Lewiston  and  surrounding  coun- 
try as  did  this  broadminded,  aggressive  and  pro- 
gressive pioneer.  His  energy  was  on  a  parity  with 
his  constructive  powers  and  it  can  not  be  doubted 
that  had  his  life  been. spared  his  labors  and  policies 
would  have  brought  to  northern  Idaho  far  greater 
civic  and  material  development  than  can  be  noted 
today,  prosperous  and  attractive  as  this  section 
of  the  state  is  under  conditions  that  prevail.  Mr. 
Kettenbach  was  a  natural  leader  in  thought  and 
action,  his  very  personality  was  inspiration  to  pro- 
gress, and  his  course  was  guided  upon  the  loftiest 
plane  of  integrity  and  honor,  so  that  he  merited  and 
received  the  unqualified  confidence  and  esteem  of 
his  fellow  men.  He  did  much  for  Idaho  and  ac- 
counted well  for  himself  in  all  the  relations  of  life, 
so  that  there  is  all  of  consistency  in  according  in 
this  history  a  tribute  to  his  memory  and  a  brief 
review  of  his  signally  active  and  productive  career. 
His  name  merits  enduring  place  on  the  roster  of  the 
honored  pioneers  of  the  state  which  profited  by  his 
civic  loyalty  and  splendid  initiative  energy. 

William  Franz  Kettenbach,  Sr.,  was  born  at  Port 
Chester,  Westchester  county,  New  York,  on  the 
i6th  of  May,  1849,  and  was  a  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  Kettenbach,  who  immigrated  to  America 
in  1849,  only  a  few  months  before  the  birth  of  the 
subject  of  this  memoir.  For  many  generations  the 
Kettenbach  family  has  been  established  in  the  little 
town  of  Kettenbach,  which  was  named  in  its  honor, 
and  which  is  situated  in  the  fine  old  province 
of  Hessen-Nassau,  in  southern  Germany,  the  family 

name  having  been  worthily  and  prominently  identi- 
voi.  ir£-i6 


fied  with  the  history  of  that  section  of  the  great 
empire.  The  wife  of  Henry  Kettenbach  was  like- 
wise a  member  of  one  of  the  old  and  representative 
families  of  the  same  province.  Henry  Kettenbach 
and  his  devoted  wife  landed  in  the  port  of  New 
York  city  in  the  spring  of  1849,  and  after  a  com- 
paratively brief  residence  in  the  Empire  state  they 
established  their  permanent  home  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana,  where  Mr.  Kettenbach  became  foreman  in 
one  of  the  pioneer  iron  founderies  of  the  capital  of 
the  Hoosier  state.  He  had  received  the  advantages 
of  the  excellent  rural  schools  of  his  native  place 
and  there  also  had  learned  the  trade  of  moulder. 
He  eventually  became  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  Indianapolis  and  was  a  citizen  whose  sterling 
character  gave  to  him  secure  place  in  popular  con- 
fidence and  esteem.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery 
business  in  Indianapolis,  with  a  well  equipped  estab- 
lishment at  279  Massachusetts  avenue,  his  wife  like- 
wise continuing  to  reside  in  the  Indiana  capital 
until  her  death  and  both  having  been  devout  com- 
municants of  the  German  Lutheran  church.  They 
were  representatives  of  that  fine  type  of  German- 
American  citizens  that  has  been  potent  in  the  social 
and  business  development  of  Indianapolis. 

William  F.  Kettenbach,  Sr.,  gained  his  early  edu- 
cational discipline  in  well  ordered  German  schools 
and  the  English  public  schools  of  Indianapolis,  where 
also  he  availed  himself  of  the  advantages  of  a  bus- 
iness college.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  his 
adventurous  spirit  led  him  to  the  Kansas  frontier, 
where  he  joined  the  body  of  scouts  operating  under 
the  direction  of  the  famous  plainsman,  Kit  Carson, 
and  he  served  with  these  gallant  fellows  in  their 
operations  on  the  frontier  in  the  closing  period 
of  the  Civil  war. .  He  also  worked  under  Buffalo 
Bill  and  Wild  Bill,  two  other  well  known  characters 
of  the  pioneer  days  on  the  frontier,  and  later  he 
became  associated  with  his  brother,  Henry  C,  in 

? aiding  immigrant  trains  across  the  plains  from 
t.  Joseph,  Missouri,  to  California.  Thus  he  gained 
wide  and  varied  experience  of  frontier  life  and  lived 
up  to  the  full  tension  of  the  hardships  and  perils 
of  the  day.  The  two  brothers  finally  returned  to  the 
old  home  in  Indianapolis,  and  there  they  became  as- 
sociated in  the  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  busi- 
ness, in  which  they  continued  until  the  fall  of  1877. 
That  autumn  stands  as  the  time  of  the  arrival 
of  William  F.  Kettenbach,  Sr.,  in  Lewiston,  Idaho, 
the  town  at  the  time  having  been  a  mere  frontier 
village,  though  it  was  one  of  the  most  important 
distributing  points  and  business  centers  of  the  ter- 
ritory, even  at  that  time.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  their  two  children,  and  he  provided 
a  comfortable  home  of  the  pioneer  order.  Finally 
he  became  bookkeeper  in  the  private  bank  of  John 
Breareley.  From  that  time  on  his  advancement  was 
sure  and  substantial  and  he  rose  to  a  position  of  dis- 
tinctive prominence  and  influence  in  the  state.  He 
became  the  organizer  of  the  Lewiston  National  Bank, 
and  was  president  of  this  institution  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  on  the  9th  of  September,  1891.  During 
his  residence  in  Idaho  he  did  more  to  promote  the 
growth  and  development  of  the  northern  part  of 
the  state,  especially  the  town  of  Lewiston,  than  did 
any  other  one  man  during  the  same  period.  He 
was  only  forty-two  years  of  age  when  he  was  sum- 
moned from  the  stage  of  life's  mortal  endeavors,  and 
thus  was  in  the  very  plenitude  of  his  fine  powers  and 
constructive  activities.  He  acquired  a  substantial 
competency  and  was  not  only  held  in  unqualified 
esteem  in  the  state  of  his  adoption  but  was  also  well 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


known  in   he  financial  circles  of  Portland,  Oregon; 
San  Francisco,  Chicago,  and  New  York  city. 

Mr.  Kettenbach  was  a  man  of  broad  views  and 
well  fortified  opinions,  and  was  essentially  liberal 
and  public-spirited  in  his  civic  attitude.  Though 
he  never  consented  to  become  a  candidate  for  politi- 
cal office  he  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Democratic  party  as  exemplified  by 
President  Cleveland,  and  he  was  active  and  influ- 
ential in  public  affairs  of  local  order.  He  installed 
the  first  water-works  and  electric  light  systems  in 
Lewiston,  and  planned  and  initiated  the  eerction  of 
the  present  Lewiston  National  Bank  building,  which 
was  completed  within  a  short  time  after  his  death. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  first  lodge  of 
Knights  of  Pythias  organized  in  the  city  of  Indian- 
apolis, Indiana,  and  his  religious  views  were  in  har- 
mony with  the  tenets  of  the  German-Lutheran 
church,  in  whose  faith  he  was  reared  and  in  which 
he  was  baptized. 

In  1873  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Ket- 
tenbach to  Miss  Sallie  Benton,  who  was  born  in 
Monrovia,  Morgan  county,  Indiana,  on  the  26th  of 
October,  1853,  and  she  was  summoned  to  the  life 
eternal,  at  Lewiston,  Idaho,  on  the  4th  of  March, 
1897,  secure  in  the  affectionate  record  of  all  who  had 
come  within  the  compass  of  her  gentle  and  gracious 
influence.  Mrs.  Kettenbach  was  of  Scotch-Irish 
lineage  and  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Maurice  Benton, 
a  pioneer  clergyman  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  in  Indiana.  Her  father  was  a  kinsman  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Benton,  one  of  the  early  American 
statesmen,  and  thus  also  of  Mrs.  Jessie  (Benton) 
Fremont,  wife  of  Gen.  John  C.  Fremont,  the 
great  "pathfinder"  of  the  WeSt  and  the  first  pres- 
idential nominee  of  the  Republican  party.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Kettenbach  became  the  par.ents  of  four  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom,  Maurice  and  Elizabeth,  died  in 
infancy.  William  F.,  the  elder  of  the  two  surviving 
children,  is  one  of  the  representative  citizens  of 
Lewiston,  where  he  is  well  upholding  the  prestige 
of  the  honored  name  which  he  bears,  and  concern- 
ing him  specific  mention,  is  made  on  other  pages 
of  this  volume.  Grace,  who  was  born  in  Indianapolis, 
on  the  28th  of  October,  1877,  and  who  was  thus 
an  infant  at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to 
Idaho,  is  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Charles  A.  Pfafflin,  a 
representative  physician  and  surgeon  of  Indianapolis, 
Indiana,  where  their  pleasant  home  is  located  at 
1844  North  Pennsylvania  street. 

He  to  whom  this  memoir  is  dedicated  arrived 
in  Idaho  just  at  the  close  of  the  Nez  Perces  Indian 
war,  and  he  forthwith  identified  himself  closely 
with  the  development  of  the  northern  part  of  the 
state,  along  both  civic  and  industrial  lines.  He 
was  magnetic,  resourceful  and  progressive  and  was 
possessed  of  splendid  ability  as  a  financier,  with  a 
capacity  for  the  effective  handling  of  affairs  of  the 
broadest  scope  and  importance.  He  was  one  of 
the  builders  of  the  city  of  Lewiston  as  it  stands 
today  and  was  essentially  one  of  the  honored  and 
representative  citizens  of  the  state  at  the  time  of  his 
demise,  his  particular  friends  and  associates  during 
the  closing  years  of  his  life  having  been  such  well 
known  and  influential  citizens  as  Hon.  Fred  T. 
DuBois,  Hon.  James  H.  Hawley,  Hon.  James  H. 
Forney,  Dr.  John  B.  Morris,  all  still  residents  of 
the  state,  and  the  late  Patrick  Henry  Winston,  who 
recently  died  in  the  city  of  Spokane,  Washington. 

WILLIAM  F.  KETTENBACH.  On  other  pages  of  this 
work  is  entered  a  brief  memoir  to  the  late  William 
Franz  Kettenbach,  Sr.,  one  of  the  honored  pioneers 


and  especially  influential  citizens  of  Idaho,  and  the 
data  there  given  are  adequate  to  outline  the  family 
history  and  render  unnecessary  further  considera- 
tion of  the  same  in  the  sketch  of  the  career  of  the 
son,  who  has  in  every  way  proved  a  worthy  suc- 
cessor of  his  father  and  who  is  one  of  the  representa- 
tive business  men  and  popular  citizens  of  Lewiston, 
the  judicial  center  of  Nez  Perce  county,  which 
thriving  and  attractive  little  city  has  been  his  home 
since  his  childhood  days,  as  his  parents  here  estab- 
lished their  residence  in  1877. 

William  Franz  Kettenbach  II,  to  whom  this  re- 
view is  dedicated,  was  born  at  Indianapolis,  the 
beautiful  capital  city  of  Indiana,  on  the  ist  day 
of  November,  1874,  and  is  the  elder  of  the  two 
surviving  children  of  William  F.  and  Sallie  (Benton) 
Kettenbach,  for  information  concerning  whom  ref- 
erence may  readily  be  made  to  the  previously  men- 
tioned memoir.  Mr.  Kettenbach  passed  his  child- 
hood and  early  youth  in  Lewiston,  Idaho,  and  his 
recollections  of  the  conditions  and  influences  of  the 
pioneer  days  are  vivid,  for  the  impressions  of  child- 
hood are  ever  strongly  limned.  After  duly  availing 
himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  public  school  he 
returned  to  his  native  state  and  entered  Butler 
University,  situated  at  Irvington,  a  suburb  of  In- 
dianapolis. In  this  excellent  institution  he  prose- 
cuted higher  studies  for  two  years  (1892-3)  and 
while  at  the  university  he  became  affiliated  with  and 
was  a  popular  member  of  the  Rho  chapter  of  the 
Sigma  Chi  fraternity.  After  leaving  college,  Mr. 
Kettenbach  returned  to  Lewiston  and  assumed  a 
clerical  position.  At  the  time  of  his  father's  death 
he  succeeded  to  the  control  and  management  of 
extensive  interests  developed  by  his  father  and 
through  his  own  ability  and  well  directed  endeavors 
has  greatly  extended  the  scope  of  the  same,  besides 
identifying  himself  with  various  other  lines  of  en- 
terprise that  have  aided  in  conserving  the  general 
advancement  and  prosperity  of  his  home  city  and 
state.  He  has  served  ten  years  as  president  of  the 
Lewiston  National  Bank,  of  which  his  father  was 
the  founder  and  the  president  until  his  death.  He 
is  a  large  holder  of  real  estate  in  and  about  Lewiston, 
and  is  also  the  owner  of  timber  lands  in  Clearwater 
county,  this  state,  the  same  being  principally  white 
pine  stumpage  lands.  He  is  a  member  of  the  di- 
rectorate of  the  Bank  of  Camas  Prairie,  at  Grange- 
ville,  Idaho  county,  and  his  loyalty  to  the  state  that 
has  been  his  home  from  his  infancy  is  of  the  most 
insistent  type,  marked  by  high  civic  ideals  and  dis- 
tinctive liberality  and  public  spirit. 

In  politics,  especially  in  the  recent  period  of 
chaotic  conditions  in  the  manoeuvering  of  political 
forces,  Mr.  Kettenbach  was  not  restrained  by  partisan 
dictates,  esteeming  the  principles  above  the  candi- 
date and  giving  his  support  to  men  and  measures 
meeting  the  approval  of  his  judgment.  He  con- 
siders Hon.  William  E.  Borah,  late  United  States 
Senator,  and  Governor  James  H.  Hawley  as  having 
been  the  two  foremost  men  in  Idaho  in  recent  years. 
Mr.  Kettenbach  enjoys  unequivocal  popularity  in  his 
home  city  and  in  other  parts  of  the  state,  within 
whose  borders  he  is  well  known,  and  he  is  affiliated 
with  Lewiston  Lodge  No.  896,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  besides  which  he  is  also  a 
valued  member  of  the  Elks  Club,  the  Lewiston  Com- 
mercial Club,  the  Idaho- Washington  Development 
League,  the  Lewiston  Athletic  Club,  and  the  Multna- 
nomah  Athletic  Club  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Oregon. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  communicants  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church  and  are  zealous  in  the  affairs 
of  the  local  parish  of  the  Church  of  the  Nativity. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1145 


Mr.  Kettenbach  is  one  who  has  always  taken  a 
most  lively  interest  in  athletics  and  out-of-door 
sports  in  general.  He  was  identified  in  an  active 
way  with  the  althletic  affairs  of  Butler  University 
while  a  student  therein,  and  was  found  arrayed  on 
its  football  and  baseball  teams,  as  well  as  one  of 
its  representatives  in  track  work.  At  the  present 
time  he  enjoys  tennis  and  baseball  and  as  an  active 
participant  is  usually  to  be  found  in  "good  form," 
though  the  exactions  of  his  many  business  interests 
do  not  permit  him  to  go  in  extensively  for  athletics. 
He  is  fond  of  horses  and  indulges  in  equestrian  ex- 
ercise and  driving,  the  while  he  is  not  unappre- 
ciative  of  the  advantages  of  the  automobile,  one 
of  which  he  keeps  in  commission.  He  also  finds 
diversion  in  occasional  hunting  and  fishing  trips 
in  the  majestic  mountains  and  beautiful  valleys  and 
streams  of  Idaho  and  adjoining  states,  and  his  deep 
interest  in  his  home  commonwealth  is  indicated  by 
his  membership  in  the  North  Idaho  Pioneer  Asso- 
ciation. 

At  Lewiston,  on  the  I7th  of  October,  1895,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Kettenbach  and  Miss 
Mary  Jane  White,  who  was  born  at  Silcott  Ferry,  six 
miles  down  the  Snake  river  from  Lewiston,  in  the 
state  o*f  Washington,  and  who  is  a  daughter  of 
Daniel  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Ruddy)  White,  who  were 
numbered  among  the  earliest  pioneers  of  Idaho.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kettenbach  are  most  prominent  and  pop- 
ular factors  in  the  leading  social  activities  of  Lewis- 
ton,  and  their  beautiful  home  is  brightened  by  the 
presence  of  three  children,  Elizabeth  Leroy,  aged 
sixteen  years ;  Sallie  Mary,  thirteen  years  old,  and 
Wilhelmine  Dudie,  aged  five  years. 

HON.  DREW  W.  STANDROD.  As  one  of  the  leading 
figures  in  fiscal  circles  of  the  state  and  a  lawyer 
who  has  long  enjoyed  a  wide  prominence  in  his 
legal  capacity,  Hon.  Drew  W.  Standrod,  is  espe- 
cially deserving  of  mention  in  a  work  partaking  of 
the  nature  and  purpose  of  this  historical  and 
biographical  publication. 

Drew  W.  Standrod  was  born  in  Rock  Castle, 
Kentucky,  on  the  rath  day  of  August,  1859,  and  is 
a  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Elvira  (Campbell)  Stand- 
rod,  both  natives  of  the  same  state.  Dr.  Samuel 
Standrod  was  for  years  a  physician  and  surgeon 
at  Rock  Castle,  and  a  man  of  many  worthy  traits 
of  heart  and  mind.  He  was  a  son  of  Basil  and 
Rebecca  (Rogers)  Standrod,  and  the  family  is  one 
of  German  extraction,  and  of  old  Colonial  stock. 
Elvira  Standrod,  the  mother  of  the  subject,  died 
as  a  victim  of  the  cholera  scourge  in  1873,  when  she 
was  in  the  height  of  her  young  womanhood,  being 
but  thirty-three  years  of  age  when  death  claimed 
her.  After  the  breaking  up  of  the  home  by  the 
death  of  the  mother,  Dr.  Standrod  moved  to 
the  western  states  and  for  some  years  made  his 
home  in  Malad,  Idaho,  where  he  died  in  the  six- 
tieth year  of  his  life,  in  1885.  Three  of  the  seven 
children  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Standrod  reached 
years  of  maturity,  and  only  two  of  the  three  are 
now  jiving:  Drew  W.  and  Mrs.  Frances  Nicholas, 
a  resident  of  Ogden  City,  Utah. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  county  supplied 
the  preliminary  mining  of  Mr.  Standrod,  after 
which  he  was  a  student  at  Cadiz  Institute,  Kentucky, 
and  he  was  graduated  therefrom  with  the  class  of 
1880.  He  had  been  there  preparing  himself  for  the 
legal  profession,  and  when  he  was  graduated  was 
straightway  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  came  to  Idaho 
soon  after  and  took  up  the  practice  of  law  in  Malad 
City,  then  the  county  seat  of  a  large  section  of  the 
state. 


From  the  beginning  Mr.  Standrod's  work  at- 
tracted favorable  notice,  and  as  early  as  1886  his 
ability  was  recognized  in  a  public  manner  in  his 
election  to  the  office  of  district  attorney,  in  which 
he  succeeded  himself  two  years  later.  So  well  did 
he  acquit  himself  in  his  performance  of  duty  in 
that  office  that  in  1890  he  was  elected  district  judge 
for  the  Fifth  Judicial  District  of  the  state.  In  that 
office  so  apt  were  his  decisions  and  so  apparent  his 
insight  into  questions  of  jurisprudence  that  he  was 
continued  on  the  bench  until  1899. 

In  1895  Judge  Standrod  established  a  residence 
in  Pocatello,  and  when  his  services  upon  the  judicial 
bench  were  terminated,  he  opened  an  office  in  the 
•city  and  once  more  engaged  in  legal  practice,  and 
here  he  has  since  continued.  Judge  Standrod  has 
evinced  an  especial  versatility  in  his  talents,  and  has 
proven  himself  no  less  a  financier  than  a  legist  and 
jurist. 

When  he  was  first  elected  to  the  bench,  Judge 
Standrod's  district,  it  should  be  stated,  included  all 
the  territory  in  Southern  Idaho  now  embraced  with- 
in the  counties  of  Oneida,  Bingham,  Bannock,  Fre- 
mont, Lemhi,  Custer  and  Bear  Lake,  and  it  was 
for  his  greater  convenience  in  reaching  all  portions 
of  his  district  that  he  moved  his  residence  from 
Malad  City  to  Pocatello. 

Among  numerous  other  things  of  which  the  Judge 
has  every  reason  to  manifest  a  pride  is  the  fact  that 
he  was  a  member  of  Idaho's  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion bearing  upon  statehood.  After  he  left  the  bench 
of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District  and  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  practice,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
present  associate,  Mr.  Terrell,  and  they  practice 
today  under  the  firm  name  of  Standrod  &  Terrell. 
Judge  Standrod  is  an  ambitious  student,  and  keeps 
pace  with  the  most  progressive  men  in  his  profes- 
sion, the  firm  enjoying  a  clientege  of  more  than 
ordinary  character. 

Judge  Standrod  has  manifested  extraordinary 
enterprise  and  ability  in  financial  circles  of  the 
Northwest,  and  especially  so  in  the  section  known 
as  the  inter-mountain  country,  while  his  services  in 
Southern  Idaho  financial  activities  have  also  been 
in  demand.  He  is  interested  with  his  partners  in 
that  enterprise,  J.  N.  Ireland,  W.  G.  Jenkins  and 
D.  L.  and  L.  L.  Evans,  in  eleven  banking  institutions 
in  the  inter-mountain  country.  Nine  of  these  banks 
are  rated  among  the  strongest  national  and  private 
financial  institutions  in  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  re- 
flect the  high  standing  and  general  integrity  of  the 
men  who  have  their  affairs  in  charge. 

In  1897  the  five  partners  bought  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Pocatello,  and  Judge  Standrod  was  elected 
vice-president,  to  the  presidency  of  which  he  has 
since  succeeded.  Later  he  became  president  of  the 
D.  W.  Standrod  &  Company's  Bank  of  Blackfoot, 
and  he  is  also  a  director  of  the  private  bank  of  J.  N. 
Ireland  &  Company  at  Malad  City,  the  D.  L.  Evans 
&  Co.  Private  Bank  of  Albion,  the  W.  G.  Jenkins 
&  Company  bank  at  Mackay,  the  Evans  State  Bank 
at  American  Falls,  the  Bank  of  Commerce  at  Arco. 
The  Judge  also  has  a  liberal  block  of  stock  in  the 
State  Bank  of  Downey  and  he  is  the  executive  head 
of  the  First  Savings  Bank  of  Pocatello.  In  Utah 
he  is.  with  his  banking  associates,  interested  in  the 
Commercial  National  Bank  of  Ogden  and  the  Na- 
tional City  Bank  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

Like  many  another  of  the  men  of  affairs  in 
professional  and  business  circles  of  the  west,  Judge 
Standrod  has  been  the  encourager  and  promoter  of 
nmver  and  water  projects  In  southern  Idaho  he 
has  aided  such  public  utilities  at  American  Falls. 
Montpelier  and  Downey.  More  recently  his  excep- 


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tional  legal  abilities  and  his  keen  financial  and  busi- 
ness judgment  were  again  levied  upon  by  the  state, 
when  at  the  urgent  request  of  Gov.  John  M.  Haines, 
Judge  Standrod  accepted  an  appointment  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Idaho's  first  Public  Utilities  Commission,  his 
appointment  being  for  the  long  term  of  six  years. 

Judge  Standrod  stands  upon  the  topmost  round 
of  the  ladder  in  the  matter  of  his  political  standing 
with  the  Republican  party.  In  1896  and  in  1898  he 
was  a  candidate  for  supreme  judge  and  he  made 
an  excellent  showing.  In  1900,  a  year  when  the 
party  in  Idaho  was  beaten  before  the  contest  began, 
lie  was  the  standard  bearer  of  his  party  in  the 
gubernatorial  race.  He  has  never  failed  to  consist- 
ently support  the  Republican  party  in  all  its  cam-  • 
paigns,  both  on  the  stump  and  with  his  pen,  which 
is  an  admittedly  facile  one,  and  there  is  no  more 
dignified  or  able  campaigner  in  Idaho  than  he. 

On  September  24,  1888,  Judge  Standrod  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Van  Wormer, 
a  native  New  Yorker  and  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Nancy  (Van  Patten)  Van  Wormer,  likewise  natives 
of  that  state,  and  representatives  of  the  old  Knicker- 
bocker stock  from  which  so  many  famous  families 
have  sprung.  Two  children  have  been  born  to  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Standrod :  Elvira  Campbell  and  Drew 
W.,  Jr.  In  1906  their  first  born  child,  Cammie,  was 
suddenly  stricken  with  a  fatal  disease,  and  she  died 
after  a  brief  illness. 

It  is  worthy  of  mention  that  Mrs.  Standrod  is 
the  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  that 
was  established  on  the  American  continent  prior  to 
the  early  days  of  the  British  Colonies,  and  to  give 
anything  like  a  complete  history  of  her  family  would 
involve  a  history  of  the  State  of  New  York  from  the 
early  settlement  of  the  Island  of  Manhattan  down 
to  the  time  of  British  occupancy  and  past  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  period. 

It  is  of  record  that  Dominie  Everhardus  Bogardus, 
the  first  settled  minister  of  the  New  Netherlands, 
came  to  America  from  Holland  in  1633,  together 
with  his  friend,  Governor  Wouter  Van  T  wilier,  and 
they  arrived  in  New  Amsterdam,  founded  the  first 
Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  the  New  World,  and 
of  that  church  he  remained  the  honored  pastor  until 
lie  met  his  death  by  accidental  drowning  on  Sep- 
tember 27,  1647.  His  American  residence  and  stables 
were  located  on  what  is  now  Broad  street,  in  New 
York  city.  Out  of  this  family  in  a  later  generation 
came  Rev.  Cornelius  Bogardus,  founder  and  pastor 
of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  Schenectady, 
New  York,  and  from  that  worthy  gentleman  the 
line  of  descent  is  directly  and  readily  traced  to 
Mrs.  Standrod. 

The  first  American  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Standrod  on 
the  paternal  side  was  Casper  Van  Wormer,  also 
one  of  the  earliest  Hollanders  to  settle  in  the  Hud- 
son River  valley.  He  married  Eva  Van  Dyke, 
whose  parents  came  from  Holland,  and  were  of 
the  same  family  as  was  Fiscal  Van  Dyke,  who  was 
the  Colonial  treasurer  of  the  New  Netherlands  and 
one  of  the  two  associates  of  Governor  Peter 
Stuyvesant. 

Captain  John  Van  Patten,  who  was  the  maternal 
grandfather  of  Mrs.  Standrod,  was  an  honored 
officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  through  inter- 
marriage with  the  famous  Conde  family,  of  Hugue- 
not blood,  was  united  with  the  house  of  Van  Patten, 
and  the  great-grandmother  of  Mrs.  Standrod  was 
Catalina  Bogardus,  who  married  Adam  Conde.  Thus 
is  established  the  ancestry  of  Mrs.  Standrod  and 
the  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  extant 
in  America  today. 


HARLEY  O.  MILNER.  The  town  and  the  district 
of  Twin  Falls  are  comparatively  new  in  their  develop- 
ment, and  hardly  ten  years  have  passed  since  all 
that  section  of  the  state  was  nothing  more  than 
grazing  land.  It  is  now  regarded  as  a  center  of 
the  finest  industrial  possibilities  in  Idaho,  or  any- 
where in  the  West,  and  is  rapidly  growing  both 
in  population  and  wealth.  The  leading  spirit  in 
bringing  about  this  development  at  Twin  Falls  is 
Harley  O.  Milner,  who  deserves  to  be  called  a  pi- 
oneer, and  was  the  first  man  in  several  important 
local  positions  of  service  and  responsibility,  and 
has  had  a  large  part  in  transforming  this  once  sage- 
brush area  into  a  flourishing  agricultural  and  com- 
mercial district. 

Harley  O.  Milner  was  born  in  Grant  county,  Wis- 
consin, March  29,  1866,  one  of  the  five  sons  and 
four  daughters  born  to  John  and  Salinas  Bark 
Milner.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  but  for  the  last 
ten  years  of  his  active  career  was  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  in  Cass  county,  Iowa.  Three  of  the 
children  are  still  living. 

Mr.  Milner  spent  most  of  his  boyhood  at  Atlantic, 
Iowa,  where  he  attended  school,  and  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  went  out  to  northwest  Iowa,  and  engaged 
in  ranching  there  and  in  Montana,  and  also  spent 
about  eighteen  months  in  buying  cattle.  Then  at 
the  age  of  twenty,  he  went  to  Davenport,  Iowa, 
where  *  he  completed  his  education.  After  leaving 
school  he  formed  a  partnership  and  opened  a  bank 
at  Marne,  Iowa,  known  as  the  Bank  of  Marne. 
Eight  months  later  he  sold  his  interests  to  his 
partner,  and  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business.  That  enterprise  flourished  for 
eighteen  months,  and  then  in  1888  he  went  west  to 
Salt  Lake  City.  For  about  two  years  he  was  clerk  in 
the  old  White  House,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he 
opened  an  office  and  established  himself  in  the 
real-estate  business.  After  two  years  he  became 
identified  with  the  produce  and  commission  trade, 
with  headquarters  at  221  South  Main  street  in  Salt 
Lake  ^  City.  After  three  years  of  experience  in  that 
line,  in  1894,  ne  moved  to  Mercur,  Utah,  and  con- 
ducted the  Mercur  Hotel  for  three  years,  finally  sell- 
ing out  and  going  to  Tuscarora,  Nevada.  There  he 
bought  stock  in  the  Dexter  Mine,  and  had  charge 
of  the  Dexter  Mill  for  four  years. 

From  Nevada,  Mr.  Milner  came  to  Milner,  Idaho, 
in  November,  1902.  At  that  time  he  built  the 
suspension  bridge  over  the  Snake  river  for  his 
brother,  S.  B.  Milner.  On  June  17,  1904,  he  trans- 
ferred his  home  to  Twin  Falls,  and  since  that  time 
his  name  has  been  increasingly  prominent  in  this 
section.  At  Twin  Falls  he  established  the  first 
lumber  yards,  known  as  the  Twin  Falls  Lumber 
Company.  On  the  opening  of  the  town  site  he  bought 
the  first  real  estate,  lots  one  to  sixteen  in  block 
one  hundred  and  thirty-one.  He  has  the  distinction 
of  having  been  the  first  postmaster  appointed  to  the 
Twin  Falls  office  and  kept  the  mail  in  his  lumber 
office  and  residence,  which  were  adjoining  buildings. 
After  five  years  in  the  lumber  business  he  sold  out, 
in  1909,  all  his  mercantile  interests,  and  since  that 
time  has  devoted  himself  to  his  private  affairs.  In 
1909  Mr.  Milner  built  his  present  residence  which 
was  one  of  the  first  modern  homes  to  be  con- 
structed in  Twins  Falls.  At  Atlantic,  Iowa,  in  Octo- 
ber, 1890,  he  married  Miss  Lula  Childs,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  and  a  daughter  of  S.  M.(  Childs,  who  was  a 
pioneer  settler  of  Atlantic.  Five  children  have  been 
born  to  their  union,  namely:  Max  B.,  Mary  G, 
Ruth  A.,  John  G.  and  one  that  died  in  infancy. 
Mr.  Milner  is  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the 


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Twin  Falls  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  and  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Twin  Falls  Land  &  Water  Company. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  has  never  held  office 
and  has  been  too  busy  a  man  with  his  practical 
affairs  to  seek  place  or  popularity  through  politics. 

HARRY  WHITTIER.  Although  a  resident  of  Moscow 
for  only  a  comparatively  few  years,  Harry  Whittier, 
cashier  of  the  Moscow  State  Bank,  has  already  be- 
come well  and  favorably  known  to  the  people  of  this 
city  through  his  connection  with  the  bank.  As  the 
practical  head  oi  one  of  Latah  county's  strongest 
banking  institutions,  he  holds  a  prominent  position 
among  the  men  who  control  the  state's  leading  in- 
dustries, and  his  reputation  in  the  world  of  business 
and  finance  is  not  confined  to  the  limits  of  this  local- 
ity. Mr.  Whittier  was  the  first  boy  born  in  Whiting, 
Iowa,  his  birth  occurring  on  March  10,  1875,  an<^ 
he  is  a  son  of  Lyman  and  Jennie  (McComb) 
Whittier.  His  father,  a  native  of  Massachusetts, 
removed  to  Iowa  in  1873,  and  still  resides  at  Whiting, 
a  town  he  himself  founded.  He  served  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  Civil  war,  was  for  thirty  years 
engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business,  and 
was  recognized  as  a  power  in  Republican  politics, 
serving  in  the  Twenty-fifth  General  Assembly  of 
the  Iowa  state  legislature,  but  at  the  present  time  is 
living  retired.  He  married  Jennie  McComb,  a  na- 
tive of  the  Prairie  state,  who  is  an  active  church  and 
charitable  worker.  They  had  a  family  of  seven 
children,  the  two  sons  living  in  the  West  being 
Harry,  of  Moscow,  and  Robert,  vice  president  of 
the  Moscow  State  Bank,  now  of  Spokane,  but  who 
intends  to  make  Moscow  his  home  at  a  later  date. 

Harry  Whittier  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Whiting,  Iowa,  following  which  he 
took  a  course  in  a  business  college  at  Des  Moines. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  began  his  business 
career  as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store,  soon  there- 
after assuming  the  management  of  the  establish- 
ment. After  seven  years  of  successful  management 
of  the  business,  the  store  was  disposed  of  and  Mr. 
Whittier  associated"  himself  with  the  Castana  Sav- 
ings Bank,  at  Castana,  Iowa,  continuing  his  rela- 
tions with  this  bank  until  1911,  at  which  time  he 
came  West  and  assumed  the  management  of  the 
Moscow  State  Bank,  in  the  capacity  of  cashier. 

Mr.  Whittier  is  an  able  banker — shrewd,  alert, 
resourceful — yet  at  all  times  careful  and  cautious 
in  conserving  his  depositor's  interests.  Years  of  ex- 
perience have  caused  him  to  rely  on  his  own  judg- 
ment in  matters  of  business,  but  propositions  tend- 
ing to  safeguard  the  institution's  moneys  find  in 
him  a  ready  listener.  Essentially  a  business  mart, 
he  devotes  the  greater  part  of  his  attention  to  the 
manifold  and  arduous  duties  of  his  position,  but  he 
will  always  be  found  willing  to  give  time  or  means 
to  movements  calculated  to  enhance  the  welfare  of 
his  adopted  city  or  its  people.  In  his  politics  Mr. 
Whittier  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  a  good  citizen's 
interest  in  public  affairs,  believing  that  all  men  and 
women  should  exercise  their  prerogative  as  voters. 
A  man  who  has  traveled  quite  extensively,  Mr. 
Whittier  is  firm  in  his  belief  that  Idaho  has  the 
choicest  land  in*  the  Northwest,  and  he  has  not 
been  backward  in  expressing  his  opinion  in  this 
respect. 

In  1900  Mr.  Whittier  was  married  to  Margaret 
Elma  Kenyon,  of  Onawa,  Iowa.  They  have  two 
children—a  boy,  Lyman  Kenyon,  aged  twelve  years, 
and  a  girl,  Florence  Virginia,  now  eight  years  of 
age.  Mrs.  Whittier  is  the  daughter  of  Dudley 
Kenyon  and  his  wife,  of  Onawa,  Iowa,  where  she 
was  born  and  where  she  lived  until  her  marriage. 


CHARLES  F.  BORDEN.  Born  to  parents  who  were 
in  moderate  circumstances,  and  belonging  to  that 
class  of  young  Americans  whose  every  faculty  must 
be  excited  to  achieve  distinction  throughout  the 
stimulating  friction  of  battling  with  difficulties, 
Charles  F.  Borden,  ex-mayor  of  Shoshone,  Idaho, 
and  proprietor  of  the  leading  business  of  its  kind 
in  Lincoln  county,  has  from  earliest  boyhood  given 
evidence  of  the  possession  of  those  sterling  traits 
of  industry  and  perseverance  which,  in  the  long  run, 
spell  success.  Like  most  successful  men  in  the  busi- 
ness world,  he  has  risen  to  the  top  through  hard 
work  and  conscientious  application  to  the  duties 
given  him  to  perform,  coupled  with  the  ability 
to  rise,  meet  and  master  situations.  Mr.  Borden 
is  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  born  December 
19,  1865,  a  son  of  Charles  H.  and  Charlotte  Mary 
(Wood worth)  Borden,  who  were  born  in  the  Cana- 
dian province.  The  father,  up  to  his  death  on 
May  4,  1913,  lived  retired  in  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he-  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  carriage 
building  business  there,  and  he  was  ever  an  active 
church  worker  and  a  devout  Christian,  while  the 
mother,  a  woman  of  many  virtues,  died  in  1902,  at 
the  age  of  sixty-five.  There  were  thirteen  children 
in  their  family,  of  whom  Charles  F.  was  the  seventh 
in  order  of  birth.  . 

Charles  F.  Borden  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  as  a  boy  worked 
in  his  father's  carriage  building  establishment,  con- 
tinuing to  follow  in  that  line  until  he  left  home  at 
the  age  of  twenty  years  to  come  to  the  United  States. 
For  two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  building 
trade  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  spent  one  year 
in  the  same  line  in  New  York  City,  then  going  to 
Victoria,  British  Columbia,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  During  the  fifteen  years  that  followed 
Mr.  Borden  was  engaged  in  a  carriage  building 
business  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  but  in  1904  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  there  and  came  to  Shoshone, 
where  he  established  his  present  business,  one  which 
has  branched  out  to  include  operations  in  lumber, 
implements  and  building  materials,  and  which  is  the 
largest  concern  of  its  kind  in  the  county  of  Lin- 
coln. He  is  widely  known  in  business  circles  of 
this  part  of  the  state,  where  he  has  a  firmly  estab- 
lished reputation  for  upright  business  methods  and 
strict  integrity.  The  high  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  by  his  fellow  townsmen  has  been  demonstrated 
by  his  election  to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Shoshone 
for  five  years,  and  he  is  Republican  state  senator 
at  this  time  for  the  counties  of  Lincoln,  Gooding 
and  Madoka.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  Masonic 
lodge,  and  his  religious  belief  is  that  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  of  which  his  wife  is  also  a  member, 
she  likewise  holding  membership  in  the  Ladies' 
Aid  Society  of  the  church.  Mr.  Borden  is  a  man 
of  the  most  worthy  and  admirable  characteristics, 
honor  and  integrity  being  the  keynote  of  his  makeup. 
He  is  a  great  lover  of  horses,  and  he  is  also  well 
known  in  musical  circles,  having  charge  of  the  music 
in  the  Methodist  church  here,  while  in  Salt  Lake 
City  he  was  leader  of  the  church  choir.  Reading 
is  another  of  Mr.  Borden's  favorite  pastimes,  and 
his  private  library  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city. 
Mr.  Borden  states  it  as  his  firm  belief  that  the 
most  important  feature  to  be  considered  in  Idaho- 
is  the  extent  of  its  resources.  He  believes  that 
they  are  unequalled,  and  that  when  they  are  fully 
developed  will  surprise  the  entire  country,  it  be- 
ing his  opinion  that  the  electrice  power  alone  in  Lin- 
coln county  is  a  feature  worthy  of  consideration  by- 
prospective  investors.  He  has  backed  up  his  belief 
in  the  future  of  the  state  by  investing  in  realty, 


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while  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of 
the  community  he  takes  a  prominent  and  influential 
part. 

On  January  i,  1900,  Mr.  Borden  was  married  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Lenora  A.  Parker, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Parker,  formerly 
of  Nova  Scotia,  but  now  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Borden  have  seven  children,  of  whom 
five  survive :  Ross  P  ;  Lois  A. ;  Leah  M. ;  Alice  A. ; 
and  Charles  F.,  Jr.  Those  now  attending  school  are 
Ross  P.,  at  Moscow,  Idaho,  in  the  State  Unversity; 
Lois  A.,  about  to  gradaute  from  the  Shoshone  high 
school ;  and  Leah  M.,  attending  the  public  schools  of 
Shoshone. 

EVERETT  P.  SWANK.  In  every  branch  of  industry 
the  growth  and  development  of  Buhl  has  been 
phenomenal  during  the  past  several  years,  and  the 
present  prosperity  of  the  section  is  well  represented 
by  the  E.  P.  Swank  Company,  hardware  and  furni- 
ture dealers,  who  conduct  the  largest  business  estab- 
lishment in  the  city.  The  greater  part  of  the  credit 
for  the  success  of  this  company  and  its  development 
from  a  mediocre  business  into  an  enterprise  of  large 
proportions  is  due  to  the  able  secretary,  treasurer 
and  general  manager,  Everett  P.  Swank,  a  man  who 
has  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes  in  a 
marked  degree,  and  whose  career  has  been  one  of 
industry,  perseverence  and  well-directed  effort  from 
boyhood. 

Mr.  Swank  was  born  at  Pomeroy,  Garfield  county, 
Washington,  January  28,  1882,  and  when  about  six 
years  of  age  was  taken  to  Seattle,  in  the  same  state. 
There  he  continued  the  'public  school  studies  that 
he  had  commenced  in  his  native  place,  but  when 
he  was  eleven  years  of  age  his  mother  died  and  he 
began  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  During 
the  next  four  years  he  wandered  from  place  to 
place,  turning  his  hand  to  whatever  occupation  pre- 
sented itself  to  a  lad  of  his  years,  but  when  about 
fifteen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  a 
plumber,  with  whom  he  began  to  learn  the  plumbing 
and  heating  business,  and,  being  bright  and  am- 
bitious, soon  had  mastered  the  trade.  He  then  re- 
sumed his  travels,  visiting  various  towns  in  the 
West  and  Northwest  working  as  a  journeyman,  but 
in  1906  settled  in  Twin  Falls,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  J.  W.  Beery,  and  under  the  firm 
style  of  Beery  &  Swank  opened  a  plumbing  establish- 
ment in  that  city.  Mr.  Swank  continued  in  business 
with  Mr.  Beery  at  Twin  Falls  until  December,  1911, 
at  which  time  he  came  to  Buhl  to  take  over  the 
managament  of  the  Parker  Marshall  Company,  the 
style  of  which  has  since  been  changed  to  the  E. 
P.  Swank  Company,  with  Mr.  Swank  as  secretary, 
treasurer  and  active  directing  head  of  the  business. 
Starting  in  a  humble  way,  this  establishment  has 
rapidly  grown  to  be  the  largest  and  most  important 
industry  in  Buhl,  handling  a  full  line  of  hardware, 
furniture  and  house  furnishings,  and  maintaining 
two  stores.  In  the  management  of  its  affairs,  Mr. 
Swank  has  displayed  business  abilities  of  a  high  or- 
der, and  his  associates  have  the  utmost  confidence 
in  his  judgment  and  foresight.  Enterprising  and 
progressive  in  his  ideas  on  all  subjects,  he  has  been 
ready  at  all  times  to  support  those  movements  pro- 
moted to  benefit  Buhl  or  its  people,  his  public  spirit 
causing  him  to  liberally  contribute  of  his  time 
and  means  to  enterprises  advancing  the  causes  of 
education,  morality  and  good  citizenship.  He  is  a 
valued  member  of  the  Buhl  Commercial  Club,  and  is 
popular  with  the  members  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
being  affiliated  with  the  local  lodge.  Mr.  Swank 


takes  no  active  part  in  political  matters,  but  in  the 
past  has  supported  the  policies  and  candidates  of 
the  Republican  party.  His  religion  is  that  of  the 
Congregational  church,  which  his  wife  also  attends. 
On  March  16,  1910,  Mr.  Swank  was  married  at 
Albion,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Charlotte  Guiles,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Guiles,  of  Albion,  and  to  this 
union  there  has  been  born  one  daughter :  Delia 
Fay.  Like  others  who  have  met  with  success  in 
their  ventures  in  this  state,  Mr.  Swank  waxes  en- 
thusiastic when  discussing  the  future  of  Idaho.  He 
is  one  of  his  section's  "boosters,"  believing  that  the 
great  advance  during  the  past  few  years  is  indica- 
tive of  still  further  progress  in  the  future  and  that 
as  the  years  pass  by  Idaho  will  take  its  rightful  place 
among  the  leading  mineral  and  agricultural  states  of 
the  Union. 

HARRY  BECHTOLD,  manager  and  proprietor  of  the 
Troy  Laundry  &  Dry  Cleaning  Company  of  Twin 
Falls,  is  one  of  the  foremost  business  men  of  the 
city.  He  has  been  engaged  in  the  laundry  business 
in  one  capacity  or  another  during  practically  all  his 
business  life,  and  he  is  perhaps  the  most  practical  and 
competent  laundryman  doing  business  in  the  state 
today.  He  enjoys  a  large  and  extensive  patronage 
and  is  firmly  established  financially  and  otherwise, 
while  he  has  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  and  complete 
plants  in  the  West. 

A  native  of  New  York  City,  Harry  Bechtold  was 
born  on  April  19,  1880,  and  in  the  great  Eastern 
metropolis  lived  until  he  was  about  twenty  years 
old.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city,  and  when  he  was  about  fourteen  years  old 
he  earned  his  first  money,  and  also  gained  his  initial 
laundry  experience,  while  working  in  a  laundry  in  a 
minor  capacity.  His  salary  at  that  time  was  $3.50 
a  week,  but  he  was  ambitious  and  an  apt  pupil, 
so  that  he  steadily  advanced  and  was  soon  able 
to  command  a  fair  salary.  He  was  with  one  firm  in 
that  city,  the  Nonpareil  Laundry,  one  of  the  largest 
in  the  city,  for  more  than  five  years.  He  began 
at  the  bottom  and  when  he  severed  his  connection 
with  that  firm  to  come  West  he  was  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  concern.  After  leaving  New  York 
city  the  young  man  located  in  California,  remaining 
there  for  about  five  years,  but  traveling  in  many 
of  the  Western  states  before  he  settled  down  to 
work  in  California.  While  in  that  state,  about  five 
years  in  all,  he  was  employed  in  the  capacity  of 
of  manager  in  some  of  the  largest  establishments  in 
the  West.  In  1908  he  came  to  Idaho,  locating  in 
Twin  Falls,  and  soon  thereafter  he  established  his 
pVesent  business.  He  has  a  fully  equipped  place, 
recognized  as  one  of  the  most  modern  plants  in 
the  West,  and  he  conducts  one  of  the  growing 
concerns  of  the  district.  The  establishment  through- 
out is  one  that  would  do  honor  to  many  a  larger 
city,  and  a  more  definite  idea  of  the  splendid  equip- 
ment of  the  plant  may  be  had  if  some  of  its  ap- 
paratus be  mentioned  here.  Among  a  great  variety 
of  new  and  modern  labor-saving  machines  may  be 
named  the  large  new  steam  press  machines,  which  do 
away  entirely  with  all  friction  and  tearing  of  gar- 
ments, unavoidable  with  the  old-fashioned  machines ; 
a  collar  machine  that  will  turn  out  twelve  hundred 
collars  hourly ;  a  mangle  that  has  a  capacity  of  four 
sheets  per  minute.  The  plant  also  is  equipped  with 
a  hurricane  dry  room  as  well  as  a  conveyor  dry  room, 
both  of  which  work  automatically,  and  it  has  a 
new  five-hundred-gallon  hot-water  heater,  doing 
away  with  all  waste  of  water.  It  has  five  of  the 
latest  model  washers.  It  has  an  automatic  feed 
pump  to  keep  water  in  boilers,  etc.  They  own  and 


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operate  their  own  soap  making  plant,  and  at  present 
a  new  building  is  in  course  of  construction,  50  by 
125  feet  in  size,  and  a  carload  of  new  machinery  for 
the  plant  has  been  ordered.  In  the  new  building, 
there  will  be  various  improvements,  and  all  depart- 
ments will  be  enlarged  to  greater  capacity.  The 
cleaning  department  especially  will  be  developed 
along  broader  lines,  and  will  include  vacuum  clean- 
ing of  rugs,  carpets,  etc.  Thirty  people  are  em- 
ployed in  their  present  establishment,  and  when 
they  take  possession  of  their  new  quarters,  it  is 
estimated  that  at  least  forty  people  will  be  required 
to  handle  the  business  of  the  plant.  Mr.  Bechtold 
personally  superintends  the  work  of  the  establish- 
ment, and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  every  aspect 
ind  detail  of  the  business,  so  that  unsatisfactory 

ct-  or  displeased  patrons  are  out  of  the  possi- 
bilities. He  is  energetic,  ambitious,  and  a  man  of 
splendid  character,  who  has  in  his  brwf  period 
of  residence  in  Twin  Falls  won  to  himself  an  enviable 

:on  ;n  the  business  and  social  life  of  the  cily 
Mr.  Bechtold  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  as  is  also  his  wife,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  being  secretary  of  the 
lodge  at  present.  He  is  independent  in  his  political 
views,  taking  no  active  part  in  the  politics  of  his 
district. 

On  January  6,  1906,  Mr.  Bechtold  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Riverside,  California,  to  Sadie  Brackett, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ira  Brackett,  formerly 
from  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Two  children  have 
been  born  to  them :  Ira  C.  and  Ethel  A. 

FRED  E.  WONNACOTT.  Both  in  his  own  person  and 
as  a  son  of  a  noted  pioneer,  Fred  E.  Wonnacott, 
whose  name  initiates  this  brief  review,  is  a  man  of 
importance  among  the  citizens  of  Kootenai  county. 
Merchant,  real-estate  dealer  and  one-time  public  offi- 
cial, in  all  these  lines  has  he  distinguished  himself 
for  clear-headed  intelligence  and  a  fine  sense  of 
equality  and  justice. 

Although  Idaho  has  been  Mr.  Wonnacott's  home 
since  his  attainment  of  his  legal  majority,  he  is  a 
native  of  Belleville,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  he  was 
born  on  November  I,  1861.  His  parents  were  George 
B.  Wonnacott  and  Augustine  Janey  (Myers)  Won- 
nacott, the  latter  of  whom  lived  m  Belleville  until 
her  death,  which  occurred  when  Frederick  was  but 
a  child.  George  Wonnacott,  however,  though  a  na- 
tive son  of  Belleville,  was  sent  on  business  for  the 
Hudson  Bay  Company  across  the  border  into  Wash- 
ington. In  1878  he  came  to  Idaho.  That  was  a  very 
early  period  in  the  settlement  of  this  region,  the 
national  military  forces  having  just  established  a  fort 
at  Coeur  d'Alene.  George  Wonnacott,  however, 
found  the  place  a  desirable  one  for  the  establishment 
of  a  mercantile  business,  which  he  conducted  both 
at  Coeur  d'Alene  and  Rathdrum,  also  engaging  at 
times  in  insurance  soliciting  and  in  work  as  an  agent 
for  the  Wells-Fargo  Express  Company.  He  is  well 
remembered  as  joint  founder,  with  Marcus  D. 
Wright,  of  Kootenai  county,  which  was  organized 
through  their  united  efforts.  George  Wonnacott  was 
an  official  of  great  importance  in  the  newly  created 
county.  He  serVed  as  county  clerk,  as  clerk  of  the 
district  court  and  for  many  years  as  county  com- 
missioner. He  was  also  one  of  Rathdrum's  early 
postmasters.  His  death  occurred  in  1894,  his  inter- 
ests passing  over  into  the  hands  of  his  widow,  who 
had  been  his  second  wife,  and  his  son,  Frederick  B. 
Wonnacott,  the  especial  subject  of  this  brief  bio- 
graphical review. 

In    1882    Frederick    E.    Wonnacott    had   come    to 


Idaho  to  join  his  father  and  had  entered  the  stores 
of  the  latter  as  his  father's  assistant,  gaining  his 
mercantile  experience  in  the  stores  of  both  Coeur 
d'Alene  and  Rathdrum.  Having  been  thoroughly 
initiated  into  the  business,  he  was  well  prepared, 
after  his  father's  death  in  1894,  to  take  a  leading 
part  in  its  conduct.  With  Mrs.  Wonnacott,  his  step- 
mother, and  with  James  Roche  and  V.  W.  Sanders, 
he  proceeded  to  organize  the  Idaho  Mercantile  Com- 
pany of  Coeur  d'Alene.  Four  years  later  he  sold 
•out  his  interests  in  this  nourishing  concern  and 
established  a  mercantile  business  of  a  general  nature 
at  the  newly  opened  settlement  of  the  Colville  reser- 
vation. After  five  years  here  he  returned  to  Coeur 
d'Alene,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  and  to 
conduct  affairs  of  wide  scope  in  real  estate.  These 
activities  are  vested  in  a  close  corporation  called  the 
Sherman  Land  Company,  which  he  organized  for  the 
special  purpose  of  handling  his  personal  holdings. 
He  has  been  very  successful,  being  nevertheless  dis- 
tinguished for  energy  and  fairness  rather  than  for 
the  self-centered  purpose  that  characterizes  many 
financially  successful  men.  He  has  been  fortunate  in 
the  splendid  openings  that  presented  themselves  to 
him  as  a  result  of  his  father's  early  achievements, 
and  has  been  wise  enough  to  make  the  most  of 
these. 

Mr.  Wonnacott  is  one  of  the  leading  Democrats 
of  this  section,  and  has  many  earnest  supporters 
among  the  Democrats  of  Kootenai  county.  He  be- 
lieves that  a  public  official  should  be  a  partisan  before 
election,  but  that  after  assuming  the  duties  of  his 
office  he  should  be  impartial  as  a  servant  of  the 
public.  He  has  been  honored  with  the  office  of 
county  assessor,  a  civic  position  which  he  filled  with 
singular  ability  and  a  rare  perception  of  the  due 
issues  of  taxation  in  all  its  differentiated  phases.  It 
is  said  that  during  his  incumbency  the  assessor's 
office  saw  unexampled  progress.  He  saw  to  it  that 
equitable  assessment  be  made;  he  considered  the 
new  cleared  lands  at  an  agricultural  value;  he  had 
expert  valuation  of  timber  lands  made  by  deputies 
who  were  timber  specialists;  he  collected  more  than 
enough  taxes  on  formerly  overlooked  property  to 
pay  the  expenses  of  his  administration ;  he  filed  care- 
ful records  of  all  the  new  taxable  property  added 
by  the  accession  of  the  reservation ;  he  had  placed 
on  record  new  tracings,  from  authorized  surveyors, 
of  all  county  lands,  with  every  portion  of  taxable 
property  marked,  so  that  the  public  may  at  any  time 
have  an  accurate  idea  of  the  same;  he  also  arranged, 
by  securing  surety  bonds  from  all  county  banks,  to 
permit  the  residents  of  the  county  to  pay  their  taxes 
locally  instead  of  traveling  to  the  county  seat ;  he 
brought  the  school  warrants  up  to  par  and  brought 
about  a  considerable  reduction  in  the  county's 
indebtedness.  Mr.  Wonnacott  modestly  disclaims 
more  than  a  share  in  all  this  progress,  but  those 
who  are  in  a  position  to  know  say  that  it  is  a  very 
large  share.  Whether  he  continue  to  accept  such 
responsible  office  as  this,  or  whether  he  give  it  into 
another's  hands,  he  will  be  given  credit  for  having 
maintained  the  true  balance  in  this  difficult  and  deli- 
cate task  during  the  time  of  his  administration  of 
its  duties. 

Busy  as  he  is,  Mr.  Wonnacott  finds  time  for  social 
relaxation  .in  Kootenai  Lodge  No.  7,  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  in  which  organization  he  has  passed  all 
chairs.  His  religious  interests  attract  his  attention 
to  the  Christian  Science  church,  of  which  he  is  a 
member,  as  is  also  his  wife.  Mrs.  Wonnacott  was 
formerly  Miss  Martha  Price,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 


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and  her  marriage  to  Fred  E.  Wonnacott  was  solem- 
nized on  September  17,  1904. 

Mr.  Wonnacott  is  one  of  the  most  loyal  citizens 
of  the  state  of  Idaho.  His  faith  in  her  material 
future  is  largely  based  upon  his  recognition  of  her 
great  variety  of  natural  resources.  Having  been  a 
resident  here  for  more  than  thirty  years,  he  has  seen 
small  villages  grow  rapidly  into  mining  and  lumber 
towns  second  to  none  in  the  West.  Realizing  that 
these  facilities  may  at  some  time  fail  the  eager 
settler,  he  sees  in  the  varied  opportunities  for  agri-= 
culture,  fruit  growing  and  stock  ranching,  unlimited 
and  unceasing  means  of  livelihood  and  wealth. 

Mr.  Wonnacott  is  much  interested  in  the  educa- 
tional system  of  the  state  and  looks  to  a  high  devel- 
opment along  that  line.  Few  residents  of  the  county 
and  state  are  more  deeply  interested  in  all  that  con- 
cerns the  welfare  of  the  commonwealth  and  com- 
munity than  is  Frederick  E.  Wonnacott. 

FRANCIS  MARION  SCOTT.  Scott's  Ranch,  a  post- 
office  on  the  Idaho  City  stage  route,  is  the  home  of 
one  of  Idaho's  oldest  and  most  interesting  pioneers 
— a  genial,  whole-souled  bachelor  and  good  citizen. 
From  the  early  sixties  until  he  retired  to  the  peace- 
ful joys  of  his  ranch,  he  was  mixed  up  in  trading, 
mining,  fighting  Indians,  and  proving  himself  under 
every  and  all  circumstances  a  responsible,  strong 
and  fearless  frontiersman — of  the  type  so  much 
admired  in  the  life  of  the  old  west. 

Francis  Marion  Scott  was  born  in  Hardin  county, 
Kentucky,  January  6,  1840.  His  parents  were  Wil- 
liam H.  and  Mary  Ann  (Nafus)  Scott,  the  father 
a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  the  mother  of  Ken- 
tucky. The  father  was  a  wheelwright  by  trade. 
Among  six  children,  the  second,  Francis  Marion, 
when  three  years  old,  went  with  his  parents  to 
western  Missouri,  where  they  died,  and  then  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years  began  his  experience  in  the  far 
west.  His  first  adventures  were  in  New  Mexico, 
where  for  two  years  he  was  at  work  on  the  stock 
range,  and  in  freighting.  Going  back  to  Kansas,  he 
spent  one  winter  there,  and  in  1858  crossed  the 
plains  to  Salt  Lake.  In  1860  he  was  in  Colorado,  and 
during  the  greater  part  of  this  time  was  engaged 
in  freighting  supplies  to  and  from  the  large  mining 
camps  and  other  settlements.  When  not  engaged 
in  transportation  work,  he  was  on  the  stock  range. 
In  1862  Mr.  Scott  crossed  the  Idaho  country 
before  the  first  discoveries  of  gold  had  attracted 
settlement  there,  and  continued  on  to  Baker  county, 
.Oregon,  where  on  his  arrival  he  learned  of  the 
recent  discovery  of  gold  in  the  Idaho  Basin.  That 
brought  him  quickly  back  into  the  Idaho  country, 
and  he  settled  near  Emmett,  where  he  established 
a  ferry-boat  for  the  crossing  of  the  Payette  River, 
and  thus  prepared  to  serve  the  great  influx  of  set- 
tlers who  were  streaming  into  the  new  gold  area. 
During  the  following  winter  he  went  out  with 
Captain  Jesse  Stanafer  in  fighting  Indians.  He  con- 
tinued as  a  freighter  until  1867,  making  trips  from 
Umatilla  to  Idaho  City,  a  distance  of  three  hundred 
miles.  Since  1867  Mr.  Scott's  home  has  been  in 
the  Boise  Valley  and  in  Boise  county,  and  the  greater 
part  of  this  forty-five  years  was  spent  in  mining 
and  in  teaming.  In  1895  he  moved  to  his  present 
place,  which  was  the  government  homestead,  and 
has  there  developed  a  nice  little  ranch  home,  raising 
alfalfa,  and  running  a  good  bunch  of  cattle  and 
sheep.  Mr.  Scott  has  never  married,  and  his  life 
has  been  so  much  one  of  action  and  adventure  that 
he  has  had  little  time  to  devote  to  domestic  joys. 
In  politics  he  has  been  a  staunch  Democrat,  and 
has  served  his  local  community  in  the  office  of  school 


director.  During  the  sixties  and  seventies  he  was 
through  all  the  Indian  trouble,  and  there  is  prob- 
ably not  a  phase  of  pioneer  hardship  described  in 
this  history  of  Idaho  with  which  Mr.  Scott  has  not 
been  familiar  by  personal  experience.  His  home  is 
a  picturesque  little  country  seat  on  the  Idaho  City 
stage  route,  and  in  its  development  and  comfort 
represents  the  great  advance  made  in  half  a  cen- 
tury since  he  first  knew  the  Idaho  country. 

JAMES  A.  WAYNE,  of  Wallace,  Idaho,  countv  at- 
torney of  Shoshone  county,  and  prominent  among 
the  representatives  of  his  profession  in  this  section, 
is  a  native  son  of  Michigan,  born  in  Houghton, 
Houghton  county,  on  December  5,  1880.  He  is  the 
son  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Mary  (Quirk) 
Wayne.  The  father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
came  west  in  early  life,  settling  in  Houghton,  Michi- 
gan. He  was  connected  with  the  public  schools  of 
the  city  in  an  early  day.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  war,  having  served  with  the  Twenty-fifth  Wis- 
consin Infantry,  taking  part  in  many  important  en- 
gagements. He  died  in  the  town  which  had  repre- 
sented his  home  for  many  years,  in  1887,  and  is  there 
buried.  His  wife  was  a  native  of  the  Isle  of  Man, 
born  in  Douglas,  and  she  met  and  married  her  hus- 
band in  Wisconsin.  Her  present  home  is  in  Spo- 
kane, Washington.  Nine  children  were  born  to 
Benjamin  F.  Wayne  and  his  good  wife.  Of  that 
number,  James  A.  of  this  review  is  the  youngest 
born. 

When  James  A.  Wayne  was  eight  years  of  age 
he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Alta,  Iowa,  living 
there  until  1889,  then  removing  with  them  to  Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota,  where  they  remained  until  1904, 
During  that  time  Mr.  Wayne  attended  the  State 
University  and  was  graduated  in  law  in  1903.  In 
the  following  year  he  came  to  Idaho,  locating  almost 
immediately  in  Wallace,  which  place  has  ever  since 
represented  the  scene  of  his  professional  activities. 
His  professional  labors  have  been  crowned  with 
a  more  than  ordinary  degree  of  success,  and  his 
ability  has  been  recognized  by  his  fellow  citizens  in 
his  election  to  the  office  of  county  attorney,  as  well 
as  in  the  generous  practice  which  they  have  accorded 
to  him.  His  first  election  to  that  office  came  in  1908 
and  he  is  now  serving  his  second  term.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Shoshone  County  Bar  Association, 
and  is  popular  among  the  legal  fraternity.  Mr. 
Wayne  is  a  Republican  and  takes  an  active  part  in 
that  party's  affairs  in  the  county.  Fraternally,  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  the  Redmen  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  has  filled  all  chairs  in  the  latter  society. 

On  September  i,  1910,  Mr.  Wayne  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Mullan,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Alice  M.  Wade, 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  H.  Wade,  resi- 
dents of  Mullan,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Wayne  may  safely  claim  much  of  the  credit 
for  his  success  thus  far,  for  his  education  came  to 
him  as  the  result  of  his  own  efforts,  he,  for  the  most 
part,  earning  his  way  through  school  and  college. 
He  was  a  stenographer  before  entering  upon  his  col- 
lege career,  and  in  his  work  in  that  capacity  earned 
the  money  which  made  possible  his  higher  educa- 
tion. His  life  has  not  been  all  smooth  sailing,  but 
his  natural  energy,  his  quickness  of  intellect  and  his 
many  fine  inherent  traits  of  character  have  con- 
tributed largely  to  his  worthy  success.  In  speaking 
of  his  professional  labors,  Mr.  Wayne  characterized 
as  the  most  pleasing  incident  in  his  legal  career  thus 
far  his  decision  from  the  Canadian  court  on  the' 
extradition  of  Bernard  F.  Oriel,  in  the  famous  bank 
wrecking  case,  one  which  will  go  down  in  the  legal 


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history  of  this  part  of  the  country  as  one  of  the  most 
important  and  hardest  fought  legal  battles  in  the 
state  of  Idaho. 

ELTON  BANE  ROGERS,  M.  D.,  a  young  physician  and 
surgeon  who  has  but  recently  located  at  Winchester, 
Idaho,  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  has  made 
a  thorough  preparation  for  his  life  work  by  a  full 
collegiate  education  and  a  complete  medical  training, 
including  a  year  of  practical  preparation  as  a  hos- 
pital interne.  Idaho  is  exceptionally  favored  in  the 
number  of  men  of  attainments  that  are  to  be  found 
in  its  professional  ranks,  and  the  state  ever  extends 
a  hearty  welcome  to  the  young  man  of  ambition 
and  character,  and  such  a  one  Dr.  Rogers  has  proved 
to  be. 

He  was  born  May  27,  1877,  at  Bloomington,  Illi- 
nois, and  lived  in  that  city  until  about  fourteen  years 
of  age,  when  he  accompanied  his  parents   to   Bag- 
ley,  Iowa,  where  he  continued  on  the  parental  farm 
until  about  1897,  acquiring  in  the  meantime  a  high 
school  education  at  Bagley.     In  1898  he  enlisted  at 
DCS  Moines,  Iowa,  in  Company  U  of  the  Forty-ninth 
Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry,  for  service  in  the  Spanish- 
American  war,  and  participated   with   his   regiment 
in  the  Cuban  campaign.    His  twin  brother  became  a 
member  of  the  Fifty-first  Iowa  Infantry  and  served 
in  the  Philippine  Islands.     At  the  conclusion  of  his 
military  service   Dr.   Rogers   returned  to   Iowa  and 
became  a  student  in  the  liberal  arts  department  of 
Simpson  College  at  Inclianola,  Iowa,  from  which  in- 
stitution he   was  graduated   as  a  bachelor  of  arts. 
He  then  matriculated  in  the  medical  department  of 
Northwestern    University,    Chicago,    Illinois,    where 
he  was  graduated  in  1907.     He  earned  his  own  way 
through  the  medical  school  and  did  so  by  employ- 
ment in  the  circulation  department  of  various  of  the 
large  newspapers  of  Chicago.     After  his  graduation 
as  a  medical  student  he  spent  about  a  year  and  a  half 
as  an  interne  in  the  Cook  County  Hospital,  Chicago, 
to  add  practical  experience  to  his  preparation,  and 
also    served   in   a   similar   capacity   at    McKeesport, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  connected  professionally 
with  the  United  States  Steel  Company.    From  Penn- 
sylvania he  went  to  Deer  Lodge,  Montana,  where 
he  was  physician  at  the  penitentiary  one  year,  and 
from  there  he  came  to  Winchester,  Idaho.     Here  he 
is   surgeon    for  the   Craig   Mountain   Lumber   Com- 
pany and  has  charge  of  the  Winchester  hospital,  and 
he  also  is  engaged  in  a  general  practice.     He  has 
large  natural  abilities  and  these  with  the  thorough 
preparation  he  has  made  make  his  professional  serv- 
•ices  those  of  the  most  efficient  order.    He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Phi  Beta  Pi  col- 
lege fraternity  and  the  Alpha  Omega  Alpha  honorary 
medical  fraternity.    In  politics  he  is  independent  and 
beyond    voting    in    accord    with    his    convictions   he 
takes  no  other  part  in  political   affairs.     Born  and 
reared  in  the  rich  Mississippi  valley,  where  develop- 
ment has  long  been  on  its  way,  and  with  experience 
still  farther  east,  he  has  had  full  opportunity  to  com- 
pare locations  and  by  choice  Idaho  will  remain  his 
future  home.    Since  he  has  been  located  here  he  has 
returned  twice  to  his  old  Iowa  home  and  while  each 
visit  has  given  him  pleasure  in  renewing  old  friend- 
ships, he  has  come  back  to  Idaho  each  time  feeling 
that  it  is  the  better  place.    Among  its  attractions  to 
him  are  its  fine  climate,  its  treasures  in  the  way  of 
resources   and  opportunities,  and   its  certain   future 
as  a  prosperous  commonwealth. 

Dr.  Rogers  springs  from  noted  ancestry,  being  a 
descendant  of  John  Rogers,  who  was  born  in  1500 
and  died  in  London  in  1555  as  a  Christian  martyr, 


and  being  also  a  descendant  of  George  Rogers  Clark, 
the  American  general  and  frontiersman  who  made 
the  conquest  of  the  territory  of  the  Northwest  for 
the  colonies.  His  parents  are  Lucius  and  Eunice 
(Freeman)  Rogers,  who  were  married  in  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  and  are  respectively  natives  of  Michi- 
gan and  Illinois.  The  elder  Mr.  Rogers  spent  his 
whole  active  career  as  a  farmer  but  is  now  retired. 
He  has  always  taken  much  interest  in  politics  and 
has  held  various  public  offices  in  his  county. 

At  Gap,  Pennsylvania,  on  November  7,  1911,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Rogers  and  Mist 
Catherine  M.  Shertz,  daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Mary 
Shertz,  of  Gap,  Pennsylvania. 

CHARLES  L.  SMITH.  Civil  engineering  is  a  pro- 
fession of  peculiar  significance  in  the  West  and  one 
of  great  importance  through  its  bearing  on  the  de- 
velopment of  the  country.  The  natural  features  of 
this  great  section,  together  with  the  insatiable  de- 
mand of  western  energy  and  genius  for  large  ac- 
complishments and  those  of  the  most  advanced  type, 
such  as  in  irrigation,  requires  the  civil  engineer  to 
be  a  man  of  foresight,  keen  judgment,  with  an  ade- 
quate technical  knowledge  and  a  large  capacity  for 
absolute  accuracy.  One  of  the  young  and  able  rep- 
resentatives of  this  profession  in  Twin  Falls  county, 
Idaho,  is  Charles  L.  Smith,  of  Hollister. 

Born  on  a  farm  near  St.  Peter,  Minnesota,  August 
26,  1881,  Mr.  Smith  was  seventh  in  a  family  of  eight 
children  that  came  to  his  parents,  Dr.  Johi\  W.  Smith 
and  Cathryne  Plant  Smith.    The  father,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  came  to  the  United  States  when  but  a  boy. 
He    traveled    much    during    his    earlier    career    and 
finally  settled  in  Spokane,  Washington,  where  he  now 
resides    and    is    a    prominent    physician.      Cathryne 
Plant  was  born  in  Boston,   Massachusetts,  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  Dr.  Smith  in  Minnesota.     Reared 
on  the  farm,  Charles  L.  received  his  earlier  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Peter,  Minnesota, 
and  was  still  a  youth  when  he  began  to  study  along 
the    line    of   his    chosen    profession.      When    about 
twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came  West,  locating  first 
in  Washington,  where  for  about  two  years  he  fol- 
lowed engineering  in  connection  with  railroad  work. 
Following  that  one  year  was  spent  in  California  in 
the  same  line  of  work,  and  from  there  he  came  to 
Idaho.    That  was  in  1907  and  he  has  since  remained 
a  resident  of  this  state.    Locating  first  at  Twin  Falls, 
he  remained  there  but  a  short  time,  however,  and 
then  went  to   Wendell,   Idaho,  where  another  year 
was  spent  in  railroad  work.     From  Wendell  he  re- 
turned to  Hollister,  Twin  Falls  county,  where  for 
two  years  he  was  employed  in  engineering  work  for 
the  Twin  Falls  Salmon  River  Land  and  Water  Com- 
pany.    At  the  end  of  that  period  he  resigned  this 
position    to    take    up    the   private   practice    of   civil 
e»gineering  and  has  become   recognized  as  one  of 
the   strong  men    in   this   profession   in   Twin    Falls 
county,  being  frequently  called  into  professional  con- 
sultations there.     The  gratifying  professional  stand- 
ing Mr.  Smith  has  acquired  is  wholly  the  premium 
of  his  own  attainment  and  merit.    While  in  Wash- 
ington  he  had  the  advantages  of  a   course  at  the 
Washington   Agricultural   College,    Pullman,   Wash- 
ington, but  aside  from  this  he  has  climbed  steadily 
upward  toward  efficiency  by  dint  of  his  own  perse- 
vering effort,  availing  himself  of  every  opportunity 
that  presented  itself  for  self-study  and  advancement. 
He  gives  recreation  a  due  place  in  his  life  and  enjoys 
the  different  forms  of  healthful  outdoor  sports,  espe- 
cially hunting  and  riding,  and  takes  no  less  pleasure 
in  the  different  social  and  cultural  diversions.     To 


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him  Idaho,  in  all  general  respects,  is  the  best  state 
in  the  Union,  and  he  feels  certain  that  it  has  a  great 
future  before  it.  Politically  Mr.  Smith  is  independ- 
ent in  his  views  and  in  the  exercise  of  his  voting 
power  is  guided  by  his  own  convictions.  Fraternally 
he  is  associated  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

GRANT  W.  PENDLETON,  M.  D.  It  is  gratifying  to 
be  able  to  present  within  the  pages  of  this  work 
specific  mention  of  so  large  a  quota  of  the  repre- 
sentative physicians  and  surgeons  of  Idaho,  and  well 
entitled  to  such  consideration  is  Dr.  Pendleton,  who 
is  engaged  in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Idaho  Falls,  the  judicial  center  of  Bonneville 
county,  and  who  is  also  the  owner  of  an  excellent 
ranch  property  in  this  county.  The  attractions  and 
advantages  of  Idaho  are  fully  and  appreciatingly 
estimated  by  him  and  no  citizen  is  more  loyal  or 
public-spirited. 

Dr.  Pendleton  was  born  at  Blackhawk,  Gilpin 
county,  Colorado,  on  the  3d  of  June,  1864,  and  this 
date  shows  most  emphatically  that  he  is  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  that  state, 
even  as  it  gives  reason  for  his  possessing  in  a  full 
measure  the  progressive  spirit  that  commonly  marks 
the  native  sons  of  the  great  West.  He  is  a  scion 
of  a  family  whose  name  has  been  identified  with 
American  annals  since  the  early  colonial  era,  and 
the  lineage  is  traced  back  authoritatively  to  the  year 
1566.  James  Howard  Pendleton,  father  of  the  doc- 
tor, was  born  at  Eastport,  Maine,  on  the  i6th  of 
June,  1834,  and  died  at  Boulder,  Colorado,  on  the 
I7th  of  December,  1911.  He  was  a  pioneer  settler 
in  Iowa,  as  was  he  also  in  Colorado,  and  he  had 
his  full  quota  of  experiences  in  connection  with 
frontier  life.  In  1860  he  crossed  the  plains  from 
Iowa  to  Denver,  Colorado,  with  an  ox  team,  and 
was  accompanied  by  his  entire  family.  He  became 
one  of  the  well  known  and  highly  honored  citizens 
of  Colorado,  where  he  was  for  many  years  engaged 
in  business  as  a  contractor  and  builder.  At  West 
Union,  Union  county,  Iowa,  in  April,  1856,  was  sol- 
emnized his  marriage  to  Miss  Susan  E.  Eggleston, 
who  was  born  at  Simcoe,  province  of  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, on  the  3Oth  of  December,  1839,  and  who  was 
a  girl  at  the  time  of  her  parents'  immigration  to 
Iowa,  in  the  early  pioneer  days.  She  passed  the 
closing  years  of  her  life  at  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  where 
she  died  on  the  3ist  of  August,  1898.  Of  the  chil- 
dren one  son  and  three  daughters  are  now  living. 
Dr.  Pendleton  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Boulder,  Denver  and  Idaho 
Springs,  Colorado,  and  supplemented  this  by  a  full 
course  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Denver,  in  which  he  was  graduated  on  the  3d  of 
April,  1888,  with  the  well  earned  degree  of  doctor 
of  medicine.  His  professional  novitiate  was  served 
at  Leadville,  in  his  native  state,  but  after  the  lapse 
of  two  months  he  decided  to  identify  himself  with 
the  embryonic  state  of  Idaho,  which  was  not  ad- 
mitted to  the  Union  until  about  two  years  after  he 
had  established  his  home  at  Idaho  Falls,  which  little 
village  was  then  known  as  Eagle  Rock.  Here  he 
located  on  the  3d  of  June,  1888,  and  it  must  be  con- 
fessed that  the  village,  which  was  scattered  over 
the  prairie  and  which  could  claim  not  more  than 
two  hundred  inhabitants,  gave  but  little  evidence  of 
becoming  the  thriving  and  attractive  little  city  which 
it  stands  today.  Dr.  Pendleton  thus  became  one 
of  the  pioneer  physicians  of  this  section  of  the  state, 
and  is  today,  in  point  of  practice  in  a  continuous 
way,  the  oldest  representative  of  his  profession  in 


this  thriving  and  progressive  district.  In  the  early 
days  his  work  was  most  arduous,  as  he  ministered 
to  the  settlers  on  the  distant  ranches,  traversing  the 
country  during  the  storms  of  winter  and  the  heat 
of  summer  and  showing  the  deepest  solicitude  for 
those  in  affliction  and  distress.  His  fidelity  and 
able  service  gave  him  secure  place  in  the  confidence 
and  affectionate  regard  of  the  people  of  this  new 
country,  and  thus  it  is  not  strange  that  he  is  a 
valued  guide,  counselor  and  friend  to  many  of  the 
old  and  representative  families  of  Bonneville  and 
adjoining  counties.  With  the  passing  of  years  Idaho 
Falls  became  a  thriving  business  center  and  the  prac- 
tice of  Dr.  Pendleton  has  continued  to  be  of  the 
most  substantial  and  representative  order,  the  while 
no  citizen  is  better  known  or  held  in  higher  esteem 
in  this  part  of  the  state.  He  became  a  member  of 
the  county  board  of  pharmacy  of  Bingham  county 
on  the  loth  of  May,  1893,  before  the  admission  of 
the  state  to  the  Union,  and  was  city  physician  of 
Eagle  Rock  (Idaho  Falls)  in  1889-90.  It  may  be 
noted  that  the  city  that  has  long  been  his  home  is 
the  present  capital  of  Bonneville  county,  which  was 
constituted  in  its  present  form  in  1910. 

Taking  a  lively  interest  in  all  that  touches  the 
progress  and  prosperity  of  his  home  city,  county 
and  state,  Dr.  Pendleton  is  independent  of  strict 
partisan  lines  in  local  affairs  of  a  public  order,  but 
in  a  generic  way  is  a  supporter  of  the  cause  of  the 
Democratic  party,  whose  present  ascendancy  he 
views  with  satisfaction.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  as  well  as  the  adjunct  organizations,  the 
Women  of  Woodcraft  and  the  Royal  Neighbors,  and 
also  holds  membership  in  the  United  Artisans.  He 
and  his  wife  hold  membership  in  the  Seventh  Day 
Adventist  church. 

The  family  home  is  one  of  'the  attractive  and 
hospitable  domiciles  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  in  Bonne- 
ville county  the  doctor  also  owns  a  valuable  ranch 
of  320  acres,  which  he  is  developing  and  upon  which 
he  is  making  the  best  of  permanent  improvements. 
He  has  been  an  earnest  and  faithful  worker  in  his 
profession  and  has  kept  in  touch  with  the  advances 
made  in  both  medicine  and  surgery.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Bonneville  County  Medical  Society. 

Reverting  to  the  ancestry  of  Dr.  Pendleton,  it  may 
be  stated  that  he  is  a  grandson  of  Isaac  Gilkey 
Pendleton  and  Mary  (Jameson)  Pendleton,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  was  born  at  Islesboro,  Waldo  county, 
Maine,  in  November,  1794,  and  the  latter  of  whom 
was  born  in  West  Isles  parish,  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  on  the  4th  of  June,  1793.  Isaac  G.  Pendle-- 
ton  followed  the  trade  of  ship  carpenter  at  Eastport, 
Maine,  and  finally  removed  to  the  city  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  where  he  died  on  the  I5th  of  September,  1855. 
Mrs.  Mary  (Jameson)  Pendleton,  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Bonney) 
Jameson,  died  on  the  3d  of  March,  1816,  in  the  state 
of  Maine. 

At  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  the  i8th  of  December, 
1896,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Pendleton 
to  Miss  Olive  Eldora  Johnson,  who  was  born  at  Mt. 
demons,  Iowa,  and  who  is  a  daughter  of  William 
A.  and  Jane  Elizabeth  (Morrison)  Johnson.  Mrs. 
Johnson  resides  in  Seattle,  Washington,  and  Mr. 
Johnson  lives  in  Santa  Monica,  California.  In  con- 
clusion are  entered  the  names  of  the  children  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Pendleton,  with  respective  dates  of  birth : 
Francis  Wallene,  February  23,  1898;  Emerald  Grant- 
zena,  March  8,  1900;  Oliver  Howard  Wallace,  March 
21,  1901 ;  Harlan  Douglass,  June  28,  1902 ;  Favorite, 
December  2,  1903 ;  Forrest  Luther,  December  24, 
1904;  Garold  Warren,  May  14,  1906,  and  Horace  Jay 


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Wesley,  February  i,  1909.  The  doctor  and  his  wife 
are  also  rearing  in  their  ideal  home  an  adopted  son, 
Alton  Ross,  who  was  born  October  27,  1905. 

JOHN  W.  SEE.  Possessing  varied  and  thorough 
accomplishments  and  ability  to  perform  valuable 
service  to  his  community,  Mr.  John  W.  See,  now 
in  business  at  Burley,  has  been  identified  with  south- 
ern Idaho  since  1904-  At  the  present  time  he  has  a 
large  practice  as  architect,  and  with  the  rapid  de- 
velopment of  this  section  of  country  his  services  are 
coming  more  and  more  into  demand. 

Mr.  See  is  a  Nebraskan  by  birth  and  early  rear- 
ing. He  was  born  at  Pleasant  Hill  in  that  state  on 
October  28,  1882,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  hav- 
ing fitted  himself  by  thorough  training,  he  came  to 
Idaho.  His  first  enterprise  in  this  state  was  the  tak- 
ing up  of  a  homestead  near  Heyburn,  and  that  is  still 
his  family  residence,  though  Burley  is  his  office  and 
business  address.  For  six  years  he  was  also  in  the 
employ  of  the  government  as  an  irrigation  engineer 
in  this  district,  and  on  leaving  that  service  estab- 
lished his  office  as  architect.  He  is  the  leader  in  his 
line  of  work  and  has  the  choice  of  the  business  over 
the  large  area  comprised  in  Cassia  and  Lincoln 
counties. 

A  boyhood  of  self-reliant  effort  was  the  excep- 
tional training  which  Mr.  See  had  for  a  career. 
When  he  was  eleven  years  old  his  father  died,  and 
as  his  two  older  brothers  were  married  it  devolved 
on  him  to  take  charge  of  the  farm,  which  he  success- 
fully managed  until  he  was  sixteen.  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  attended  the  local  public  schools  and 
also  high  school  in  Lincoln,  and  then  entered  the 
Nebraska  State  University,  where  he  pursued  the 
technical  studies  required  in  his  prospective  line  of 
work.  • 

On  Christmas  day  of  1907,  at  Rupert,  Idaho,  Mr. 
See  married  Miss  Emma  Wilhelm,  whose  parents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  J.  Wilhelm,  were  formerly  of  Ore- 
gon. Mr.  and  Mrs.  See  are  the  parents  of  two 
daughters,  named  Kathryn  W.  and  Robinette. 

Mr.  See  was  reared  in  a  good  Methodist  family, 
but  is  not  active  in  this  church.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  local  Masonic  lodge  and  has  filled  all 
the  chairs  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He 
is  a  worker  for  Republican  party  success,  and  his 
list  of  friends  includes  all  the  prominent  political 
leaders  of  Idaho. 

During  his  college  career  he  was  known  for  his 
skill  in  football  and  tennis,  and  is  still  fond  of  those 
sports,  as  indeed  of  all  outdoor  recreations.  At  his 
home  he  has  a  good  private  library,  and  finds  both 
profit  and  entertainment  in  reading  along  technical 
and  political  lines.  Of  his  home  state  he  has  seen  a 
good  deal,  and  whether  considered  from  its  political, 
social,  educational  or  agricultural  aspects,  Idaho  is, 
in  his  judgment,  the  equal  of  any  state  in  the  Union. 

WILLIAM  B.  KELLY.  Untiring  industry  and  a  de- 
termination to  succeed  were  the  chief  elements  in 
the  success  of  William  B.  Kelly.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Lincoln  county  before  the  town  of  Gooding, 
where  he  now  lives,  was  founded,  and  he  was  among 
the  first  to  secdre  property  rights  in  the  town.  Mr. 
Kelly  has  had  a  hard  struggle  with  every  sort  of 
misfortune,  and  in  spite  of  it  all  his  cheery  optimism 
has  remained  with  him.  He  can  look  back  on  the 
days  when  he  scarcely  knew  where  his  next  meal 
was  coming  from,  sometimes  because  he  had  no 
money  to  pay  for  it,  and  again  because  he  was  so 
far  from  civilization  that  such  a  thing  as  a  civilized 
meal  was  undreamed  of.  The  blood  of  pioneers  runs 


in  his  veins,  for  his  father  and  mother  were  pioneers 
before  him,  and  he  inherited  from  them  the  charac- 
teristics which  make  the  pioneer  the  conquerer  not 
only  of  the  soil  but  of  all  obstacles  in  the  way  of 
success. 

William  B.  Kelly  was  born  in  Union,  in  Salt  Lake 
county,  Utah,  on  the  2jrd  of  December,  1865.  His 
father  was  William  B.  Kelly,  and  his  mother  was 
Jane  (Turpin)  Kelly.  Both  of  his  parents  crossed 
the  plains  in  the  covered  wagons  of  the  early  settlers 
and  settled  in  Utah  when  the  country  was  wild  in- 
deed. His  father  was  a  native  of  Illinois  and  his 
mother  was  born  in  Virginia,  their  marriage  taking 
place  in  Utah.  Mr.  Kelly,  Sr.,  was  a  prominent 
farmer  in  Utah,  having  specialized  in  the  raising  of 
fruits  and  owning  one  of  the  finest  orchards  in  the 
section.  He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight,  and  his 
wife  has  also  passed  away.  Four  children  were 
born  to  this  couple,  one  of  whom  is  dead.  William 
B.  Kelly  is  the  eldest;  George  Melton  Kelly  is  a 
prosperous  contractor  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah ; 
James  Curtis  Kelly,  who  died  in  California,  was  a 
successful  merchant  in  Pocatello;  Clarence  Kelly, 
the  youngest,  is  a  railroad  man,  in  the  employ  of  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  Company. 

Times  were  hard  and  it  was  difficult  to  make  a 
living,  much  less  to  give  children  an  education,  dur- 
ing those  early  days  in  Utah,  when  William  B.  Kelly 
was  growing  up,  so  he  received  very  little  schooling, 
a  fact  he  has  always  regretted,  but  which  he  has 
atoned  for,  by  his  own  study  and  reading,  till  today 
he  is  better  informed  than  many  men  with  twice  his 
advantages.  He  left  his  home  at  the  age  of  eleven, 
and  after  a  time  began  to  mine  and  prospect  about 
on  his  own  account,  and  for  eleven  years  he  led  this 
wandering  life,  sometimes  successful,  more  often 
not,  but  always  the  life  was  hard,  and  he  ever  felt 
the  strongest  desire  to  settle  down  somewhere.  His 
wanderings  took  him  over  Montana,  Idaho  and 
Utah,  but  he  finally  in  1887  found  an  opportunity  to 
locate  permanently.  He  took  up  a  relmquishment 
on  a  ranch  in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho,  on  the  Little 
Wood  river,  and  here  he  set  to  work  to  make  a  home 
and  a  comfortable  living  at  least.  The  enterprise 
fortunately  required  little  capital,  but  it  did  require 
hard  work  and  courage  and  determination  to  suc- 
ceed. In  his  struggle  to  make  a  success  of  his  ranch, 
he  laid  the  foundations  for  that  strong  character 
which  later  enabled  him  to  take  his  place  beside  the 
leaders  of  the  town  of  Gooding.  He  became  in  time 
a  very  successful  rancher  and  stockman,  and  upon 
the  opening  up  of  Gooding,  he  had  become  so  suc- 
cessful that  he  had  plenty  of  money  to  invest  in  the 
enterprise.  He  therefore  bought  an  excellent  site 
for  a  hotel  and  another  for  a  livery  stable.  He  built 
both  of  these  structures  and  conducts  both  busi- 
nesses, prosperity  in  both  lines  having  been  his  well 
deserved  fortune.  In  addition  he  also  operates  his 
ranch,  which  is  constantly  becoming  of  more  value, 
both  on  account  of  its  location  and  on  account  of 
the  increasing  land  values  of  the  whole  county. 

Mr.  Kelly's  popularity  in  the  county  is  unbounded, 
and  knowing  him  so  well  the  people  have  the  greatest 
confidence  in  his  judgment  and  also  in  his  desire  for 
the  prosperity  of  the  whole  county.  They  showed 
this  when  they  elected  him  county  commissioner. 
He  has  always  been  a  staunch  Republican  and  has 
been  a  valuable  aid  to  his  party  on  many  occasions. 

Mr.  Kelly  was  married  to  Miss  Nina  Severe,  a 
native  of  Utah,  on  the  i7th  of  April,  1892.  Mrs 
Kelly  is  a  daughter  of  Lyman  Severe  and  Malinda 
(McKintosh)  Severe.  They  are  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Ralph,  Bertha,  Emmett  and  Florence. 

Knowing  the  hampering  effects  of  being  without 


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a  thorough  education,  one  of  Mr.  Kelly's  greatest 
desires  is  to  give  his  children  the  best  education  that 
is  possible.  His  eldest  son,  Ralph,  is  a  graduate  of 
the  University  of  Idaho,  located  at  Pocatello,  and  he 
will  continue  his  education  at  another  university, 
probably  in  the  East,  which  has  not  as  yet  been  de- 
cided upon. 

HARRY  E.  BARRETT.  Holding  prominent  position 
among  the  leading  men  of  Wendell,  Idaho,  as  well 
as  of  the  country  round  about,  is  Harry  E.  Barrett, 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of  Wendell. 
The  success  of  this  bank,  now  well  assured,  is  due 
in  large  measure  to  the  foresight  of  Mr.  Barrett, 
who  was  quick  to  realize  the  need  of  some  sort  of 
financial  institution  in  the  new  town,  and  he  delayed 
but  little  in  establishing  the  First  National  Bank. 
He  has  since  then  engineered  the  destinies  of  the 
concern  in  a  manner  to  win  him  not  only  the  admi- 
ration of  his  associates,  but  to  bring  prosperity  to 
the  bank  as  well.  It  is  regarded  today  as  one  of  the 
most  reliable  and  substantial  institutions  in  the 
county,  and  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Barrett,  who 
is  manifestly  progressive  in  his  ideas  and  methods, 
is  fast  forging  to  the  front.  Mr.  Barrett's  well 
known  devotion  to  modern  methods  is  everywhere 
evident  in  his  other  business  interests,  even  more 
than  in  his  financial  activities,  a  certain  well  planned 
conservatism  marking  his  conduct  of  the  bank,  which 
is  entirely  as  it  should  be. 

Harry  E.  Barrett  was  born  on  August  28,  1869,  in 
Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  the  son  of 
Spencer  P.  and  Anna  (Elkins)  Barrett.  The  father 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  there  grew  to  man- 
hood, becoming  a  farmer  and  spending  some  years 
of  early  manhood  in  his  native  state.  In  1874  he 
sold  his  farm  and  came  West,  settling  in  Potta- 
watomie  county,  Kansas,  where  he  became  a  pros- 
perous ranch  and  stock  man,  and  living  there  for 
many  years.  He  also  purchased  farm  lands  in  other 
sections  of  the  state  and  became  a  property  owner 
in  Lawrence,  Kansas.  These  latter  properties  he 
retained  when  he  decided  to  go  West,  but  he  sold 
all  his  Ppttawatomie  county  holdings.  This  move 
he  made  in  1909,  locating  in  Lincoln  county,  Idaho, 
where  he  purchased  a  ranch.  His  property  has 
since  then  increased  very  materially  through  his  wise 
and  efficient  management,  and  he  himself  has  be- 
come a  widely  known  and  highly  respected  citizen 
of  Lincoln  county,  where  he  now  lives  with  his  fam- 
ily. The  mother  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to 
America  with  her  parents  at  the  age  of  seven  years. 
They  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  six  of 
whom  are  living.  Of  these  Harry  E.  Barrett  is  the 
second  eldest.  William  Barrett  was  for  six  years  a 
missionary  to  Korea,  being  a  minister  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  now  resides  in  South  Dakota. 
Arthur  P.  Barrett  is  also  a  minister  of  the  Presby- 
terian faith,  and  was  for  five  years  a  missionary  in 
Siam,  but  is  now  residing  in  Pratt,  Kansas.  Both 
brothers  were  forced  to  resign  from  the  foreign  field 
service  because  of  their  loss  of  health.  Frank  P. 
Barrett  is  a  practicing  physician.  Elsie  Barrett  is  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Wendell.  George 
Barrett  is  professor  of  chemistry  and  physics  at  the 
Lewiston  high  school,  at  Lewiston,  Idaho. 

The  early  education  of  Harry  E.  Barrett  was  ob- 
tained in  the  schools  of  Kansas,  where  his  parents 
took  up  their  abode  when  he  was  practically  a  babe. 
He  attended  the  Wamego  high  school,  from  which 
he  was  graduated,  and  whence  he  went  to  Campbell 
University,  at  Holton,  Kansas.  He  later  attended 
Washburn  College  at  Topeka,  Kansas,  and  so  at 
the  age  of  twenty-three  he  found  himself  equipped 


with  an  excellent  education.  The  first  use  he  made 
of  his  training  was  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  Pottawatomie  county,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  Although  he  was  entirely  successful  in  the 
work,  the  life  of  a  pedagog  did  not  make  a  suffi- 
ciently strong  appeal  to  hold  him  to  it  indefinitely, 
and  when  he  was  elected  to  the  position  of  county 
engineer,  he  willingly  gave  up  his  educational  work. 
He  filled  the  position  of  county  engineer  for  nine 
years,  then  went  to  Seattle,  Washington,  where  he 
engaged  in  civil  engineering  for  a  year.  Receiving 
an  offer  as  assistant  cashier  of  the  Payette  National 
Bank,  Mr.  Barrett  accepted  it,  and  here  found  the 
work  for  which  he  was  clearly  adapted.  He  re- 
mained in  Payette  until  November  21,  1908,  when  he 
came  to  Wendell  at  the  opening  of  the  town  site, 
and  here  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First 
State  Bank  of  Wendell.  In  1909  this  became  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Wendell,  the  name  by  which 
it  is  now  known.  Mr.  Barrett  was  cashier  of  the 
First  State  Bank,  and  is  president  of  its  successor,, 
as  well  as  being  the  largest  stockholder  in  the  con- 
cern. 

In  addition  to  his  banking  interests,  Mr.  Barrett 
is  a  large  land  owner,  possessing  two  fine  ranches, 
a  considerable  amount  of  city  realty  and  a  fine  home 
in  Wendell.  In  Westmoreland,  Kansas,  Mr.  Barrett 
was  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the  directorate  of 
the  Farmers'  State  Bank,  and  his  experience  there 
has  been  invaluable  in  the  years  of  his  later  identi- 
fication with  banks  and  banking.  In  politics  Mr. 
Barrett  is  a  Republican,  but  not  active  in  the  party 
ranks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

On  June  28,  1898,  Mr.  Barrett  was  married  to  Miss 
Bessie  Leland,  who  was  born  in  Kansas.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Helen  lone,  born  in  May,  1910. 

H.  A.  WITTHOFT  &  THEO.  H.  GATHE.  These 
capable  gentleman  are  Teutonic  Americans  whose 
thrift  and  good  management  might  well  be  emulated 
by  many  youths  of  our  land.  Their  enterprises  have 
meant  much  and  will  continue  to  be  of  increasing 
importance  to  citizens  both  of  Pocatello  and  of  the 
new  townsite  of  Inkom.  Not  only  an  outline  of  their 
business  careers,  but  also  a  brief  view  of  their  re- 
spective biographical  histories  will  be  of  interest  to- 
all  who  know  them  and  to  others  who  seek  informa- 
tion regarding  Pocatello's  influential  men. 

H.  A.  Witthoft,  the  senior  member  of  this  happy 
partnership,  was  born  on  November  12,  1868,  to  A.  M. 
and  Elisabeth  Witthoft,  of  Kiel,  Holstein,  Germany. 
The  father  was  a  successful  merchant  tailor  of  that 
place,  and  he  died  when  his  son,  the  youngest  of 
a  family  of  six  children,  was  but  three  years  of  age. 
His  widow,  however,  still  lives,  and  is  a  resident 
of  Kiel,  Holstein. 

At  the  age  of  eleven  the  lad  emigrated  with  rela- 
tives to  this  country  and  with  them  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  community  of  Clinton,  Iowa.  He  was  a 
pupil  in  the  Clinton  schools  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  seventeen,  at  which  time  he  left  school  and  at 
once  became  interested  in  self-supporting  industry. 
He  learned  the  meat-marketing  business,  which  he 
followed  with  encouraging  success  until  the  year 
1000,  and  it  was  in  that  year  that  he  joined  forces 
with  Theo  H.  Gathe,  concerning  whose  early  life 
and  ancestry  brief  statements  are  recorded  as 
follows : 

Theo  H.  Gathe  is  also  a  son  of  the  German 
Fatherland.  He  too  was  born  in  the  famous  Hol- 
stein country,  in  the  village  of  Krempel.  near 


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Lunden,  the  date  of  his  birth  being  July  23,  1871. 
His  parents  were  of  the  agricultural  population,  the 
father  being  Christian  Henry  Gathe,  who  was  born 
in  1832  and  died  in  1911,  and  the  mother  Dorothea 
Caroline  Hille,  born  in  1828  and  died  in  1892.  Of 
their  fourteen  children  the  eleventh  was  the  son  they 
named  Theo  H.,  and  who  was  destined  to  a  life 
-of  commercial  success  in  America.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  pursued  in  the  German  schools,  for  he  was 
fifteen  years  of  age  when  he  took  passage  for  the 
United  States.  His  later  years  of  youth  were  spent 
in  Clinton,  Iowa,  where  for  a  time  he  attended  the 
public  schools.  He  then  mastered  the  necessary 
knowledge  for  the  conduct  of  a  meat  business,  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  went  further  west- 
ward. San  Francisco  was  at  that  time  his  chosen 
location  and  in  that  great  coast  city  he  gained  his 
first  experience  as  an  independent  business  man. 
For  six  years  he  conducted  the  Golden  Gate  Park 
markets  in  the  California  metropolis,  and  it  was  at 
the  close  of  that  period,  when  after  a  visit  east, 
he  traveled  in  his  own  arranged  overland  car  from 
Chicago  to  Pocatello  with  two  assistants  on  the 
trip,  stopping  for  fishing  and  hunting.  It  took  five 
months  to  make  the  trip.  It  was  then  that  he  made 
arrangements  with  Mr.  Witthoft,  then  in  Pocatello, 
to  enter  into  a  partnership  in*  that  thriving  town. 
Thus  was  established  the  business  tnat  later  devel- 
oped into  the  Idaho  Packing  Company.  This  be- 
came one  of  the  substantial  business  institutions 
•of  the  city  and  it  continued  to  flourish  under  the 
management  of  Witthoft  &  Gathe,  who  sold  the 
retail  markets  after  a  dozen  years  of  able  manipu- 
lation, but  still  continued  the  wholesale  slaughtering 
business. 

In  1906  another  enterprise  was  founded  by  the 
firm  of  Witthoft  &  Gathe,  that  year  marking  their 
building  of  the  Commercial  block  of  Pocatello,  a 
structure  that  is  one  of  the  most  important  hotel 
and  business  blocks  in  the  place.  In  1911  the  owners 
extended  and  enlarged  this  group  of  buildings,  which 
now  covers  the  entire  ground  space  of  the  block, 
partly  shown  in'  this  cut. 

During  their  years  of  successful  activity,  Messrs. 
"Witthoft  and  Gathe  have  conducted  yet  another  en- 
terprise which  is  proving  to  be  the  most  significant 
-of  all.  They  had  purchased  for  ranching  purposes 
a  large  tract  of  land  on  which  grazed  the  large  herds 
of  cattle  which  they  used  for  their  meat  markets 
and  for  the  packing  plant  they  then  conducted.  This 
land  was  found  to  have  every  desirable  facility  for 
settlement  as  a  townsite,  and  to  that  purpose  the 
owners  have  subsequently  devoted  it.  The  future 
town  has  been  named  Inkom,  and  its  many  attrac- 
tions are  leading  numerous  buyers  to  invest  in  lots 
on  the  site.  The  nearness  of  the  O.  S.  L.  Railroad 
station,  with  its  ticket  and  freight  office,  and  express 
office  besides;  the  general  merchandise  store  and 
postoffice;  the  school  of  already  three  rooms  and 
120  pupils,  and  the  agricultural  adaptability  of  the 
region  are  among  the  many  valuable  features  of 
Inkom.  The  streets  have  been  laid  out  with  thought- 
ful care,  Main  street  being  eightv  feet  wide  and 
all  alleys  twenty  feet  in  width.  Inkom  is  located 
twelve  miles  southeast  of  Pocatello,  and  its  sur- 
rounding valleys  are  made  yet  more  fertile  by  the 
numerous  intersecting  creeks.  Rapid  Creek  flows 
through  a  lower  corner  of  the  townsite,  as  does  also 
an  irrigation  ditch  well  supplied  with  water.  Very 
productive  is  the  soil  of  this  bench  land.  It  is 
worthy  of  mention  that  25,000  bushels  of  grain  were 
raised  in  this  locality  last  season  and  that  more  than 
1,000  cases  of  strawberries  have  been  shipped  from 
here  in  a  single  summer.  A  wealth  of  apples  reward 


the  horticulturist  of  Inkom's  vicinity,  where  it  is 
no  unusual  sight  to  behold  trees  breaking  under  their 
weight  of  fruit  In  these  orchards  as  many  as  forty- 
five  apples  on  a  single  branch  twenty-four  inches 
long  have  been  observed,  with  other  rich  results  no 
less  inviting  to  the  homeseeker.  Yet  another 
element  of  future  commercial  value  is  the  fact  that 
mining  is  here  in  its  infancy;  within  one  mile  of 
the  townsite  large  deposits  of  limestone  and  other 
cement  properties  have  been  noted  by  those  inter- 
ested in  the  future  of  this  region.  Surveys  have 
already  been  made  for  the  erection  of  a  large 
cement  plant  in  Inkom.  In  a  recent  sale  several 
hundred  lots  were  purchased  by  those  who  are  of 
Inkom's  future  citizenship,  and  both  Mr.  Witthoft 
and  Mr.  Gathe  have  unlimited  faith  in  the  future 
of  this  portion  of  Idaho. 

Other  interests  of  these  gentlemen  are  repre- 
sented by  their  realty  holdings  in  Pocatello,  in  the 
east  part  of  which  they  own  seven  modern  and 
handsome  residences,  which  are  rented.  This  is  one 
of  the  finest  residence  districts*  in  the  citv,  and  their 
property  is  among  the  most  attractive  to  be  found. 
Several  ranches  also  have  been  added  to  their  various 
holdings — two  of  them  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation 
and  another  just  being  developed. 

Both  Mr.  Witthoft  and  Mr.  Gathe  are  stock- 
holders in  the  Citizens'  Bank  of  Pocatello.  Mr. 
Witthoft  has  no  home  ties,  but  he  is  something  of 
a  fraternalist,  with  membership  in  the  Sons  of  Her- 
mann and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  while  he  further 
shows  forth  his  civic  interest  by  his  membership 
in  the  Commercial  Club  of  Pocatello.  Mr.  Gathe  also 
has  membership  in  that  organization,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  club  and  of  the 
fraternal  orders  of  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
Sons  of  Hermann. 

Mr.  Gathe  was  married  on  October  21,  1907,  to 
Miss  Martha  Kummer,  of  Logan,  Utah.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Albert  and  Elizabeth  Kummer  of  that 
city,  and  to  them  has  been  born  a  son,  Theo  H. 
Gathe,  Jr.,  who  is  now  four  years  of  age.  The 
family  occupies  one  of  the  attractive  homes  of  the 
citv,  and  moves  in  the  representative  society  of 
the  community. 

Both  gentlemen  have  wide  circles  of  loyal  friends, 
all  of  whom  accord  to  them  high  credit  for  their 
achievements  and  wish  them  a  further  increase  of 
their 'well-merited  success.  The  citizens  of  Poca- 
tello view  with  especial  interest  the  growth  and 
progress  of  Inkom,  which  it  is  believed  will  stand 
as  a  worthy  memorial  of  the  enterprise  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  that  very  promising  townsite. 

HENRY  W.  CLOUCHEK,  M.  D.  Man's  greatest  prize 
on  earth  is  physical  health  and  vigor;  nothing  de- 
teriorates mental  activity  so  quickly  as  prolonged 
sickness,  hence  the  broad  field  for  human  helpfulness 
afforded  in  the  medical  profession.  The  successful 
doctor  requires  something  more  than  mere  technical 
training — he  must  be  a  man  of  broad  human  sym- 
pathy and  genial  kindliness,  capable  of  inspiring  hope 
and  faith  in  the  heart  of  his  patient.  Such  a  man  is 
he  whose  name  initiates  this  article. 

Henry  W.  Clouchek  was  born  in  Michigan  City, 
Indiana,  the  date  of  his  nativity  being  April  7,  1877. 
He  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Augusta  Clouchek,  both 
of  whom  were  born  in  Germany,  whence  they  were 
brought  to  America  as  infants  by  their  respective 
parents.  Joseph  Clouchek  served  in  some  of  the 
early  Indian  wars  and  was  wounded  in  one.  He  is 
a  Civil  war  veteran,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
Twenty-first  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  is  now 


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a  resident  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  where  he  is  living  in 
virtual  retirement. 

Dr.  Clouchek  received  his  preliminary  educational 
training  in  the  public  schools  of  Michigan  City.  In 
1896  he  was  matriculated  as  a  student  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  in  which  excel- 
lent institution  he  was  graduated,  in  1900,  with  the 
degree  of  doctor  of  medicine.  For  the  two  ensuing 
years  he  was  resident  physician  to  the  University  of 
Michigan  Hospital,  at  Ann  Arbor.  In  1904  he  came 
West  and  located  in  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  where  he 
rapidly  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  patronage  and 
where  he  conducted  an  individual  practice  until  1909. 
In  the  latter  year  he  was  joined  by  his  old  friend, 
Dr.  H.  W.  Wilson,  who  had  come  to  Idaho  in  order 
to  recuperate  his  health.  A  sketch  of  Dr.  Wilson 
appears  on  other  pages  of  this  work.  The  firm  of 
Wilson  &  Cloucheck  are  recognized  as  the  leading 
physicians  and  surgeons  in  this  part  of  the  state. 

In  connection  with  the  work  of  his  profession  Dr. 
Clouchek  is  a  valued  and  appreciative  member  of  the 
Twin  Falls  County  Medical  Society,  the  Southern 
Idaho  Medical  Society,  the  Idaho  State  Medical  So- 
ciety, and  the  American  Medical  Association.  In  a 
fraternal  way  he  is  affiliated  with  the  blue  lodge,  of 
Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  with  the  chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  the  commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  His  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  Republican  party. 

June  13,  1904,  in  Oregon,  was  solemnized  the  mar- 
riage of  Dr.  Clouchek  to  Miss  Emma  Olds,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  Olds.  They  have  no  children.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Clouchek  are  popular  in  connection  with 
the  best  social  affairs  of  Twin  Falls  and  their  home 
is  renowned  as  a  center  of  most  genial  hospitality. 
Dr.  Clouchek's  success  is  due  entirely  to  his  own 
well  directed  efforts  and  therefore  is  the  more  grati- 
fying to  contemplate. 

JOSEPH  L.  HAIGHT.  Residing  in  an  attractive 
home  in  the  village  of  Oakley,  Mr.  Haight  is  the 
owner  of  a  well  improved  ranch  property  in  Cassia 
county  and  has  been  most  closely  and  worthily  iden- 
tified with  the  civic  and  industrial  development  of 
this  favored  section  of  Idaho.  He  has  served  in 
offices  of  distinctive  public  trust,  has  been  liberal  and 
progressive  as  a  citizen  and  he  commands  secure 
place  in  the  confidence  and  regard  of  the  community 
in  which  his  interests  are  centered  and  in  which  his 
influence  has  under  all  conditions  been  exerted  to 
goodly  ends. 

Mr.  Haight  was  born  on  the  9th  of  October,  1865, 
and  is  a  son  of  Horton  and  Louisa  (Leavitt)  Haight, 
who  were  sterling  pioneers  of  Utah  and  zealous 
members  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  He 
whose  name  initiates  this  article  received  excellent 
educational  advantages,  including  those  of  the  Brig- 
ham  Young  University,  in  Utah.  In  this  admirable 
institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1890.  In  1887  Mr.  Haight  was  elected  cap- 
tain of  the  colony  of  the  Mormon  church  stake  estab- 
lished in  Cassia  county,  Idaho,  and  he  retained  this 
office  until  1898,  in  the  meanwhile  having  done  much 
to  further  the  development  and  substantial  upbuild- 
ing of  the  colony.  In  the  spring  of  1899  he  was  sent 
by  his  church  as  a  missionary  to  the  Society  Islands, 
in  the  south  Pacific  ocean,  and  he  maintained  his 
headquarters  on  the  beautiful  isle  of  Tahiti,  where 
he  continued  to  reside  until  the  autumn  of  1902  and 
where  he  did  most  zealous  and  effective  work  in  be- 
half of  the  church  in  whose  faith  he  was  reared. 
Upon  his  return  to  the  United  States  Mr.  Haight  re- 
sumed his  residence  in  Cassia  county,  and  he  has 


continued  to  be  one  of  the  influential  and  representa- 
tive citizens  of  the  thriving  little  city  of  Oakley. 
Within  a  few  weeks  after  his  return  he  was  nom- 
inated and  elected  auditor  and  recorder  of  Cassia 
county,  and  of  this  dual  office  he  continued  the  able 
and  popular  incumbent  for  the  ensuing  eight  years, 
during  which  he  maintained  his  residence  in  Albion, 
the  judicial  center  of  the  county.  In  1903  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Idaho  State  Normal  School  at  Albion,  and  in  this 
position  he  served  until  1910,  earnestly  supporting 
progressive  policies  for  bringing  the  institution  up  to 
the  highest  possible  standard.  He  is  a  staunch  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  is  a  most  zealous  and  influen- 
tial worker  in  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
in  which  he  is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the 
seventy-eighth  quorum  of  the  council  of  the  seven- 
ties. Mr.  Haight  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  landed  estate 
in  Cassia  county,  and  gives  to  the  same  a  general 
supervision,  the  ranch  being  devoted  to  diversified 
agriculture  and  the  raising  of  high-grade  live  stock. 
He  has  achieved  definite  success  and  prosperity 
through  his  own  well  directed  efforts  and  is  num- 
bered among  the  substantial  citizens  of  Cassia 
county.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Oakley  Cooperative 
Mercantile  Company  and  also  of  that  of  the  Albion 
Mercantile  Company,,  at  the  county  seat. 

Mr.  Haight  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Stod- 
dard,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Utah  and  who  is. 
a  daughter  of  James  Stoddard,  an  honored  pioneer 
of  that  state  and  a  zealous  adherent  of  the  Mormon 
church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haight  have  seven  children, 
namely:  Joseph  Arthur,  Maude,  Elmer,  May,  Leone, 
lone  and  Tukua.  The  youngest  daughter  was  named 
in  honor  of  a  native  princess  of  the  Society  Islands 
and  was  born  during  the  residence  of  her  parents  at 
Tahiti. 

A.  F.  ANDERSON.  Among  the  experienced  busi- 
ness men  who  in  recent  years  have  .contributed  their 
ability  and  enterprise  to  the  growing  little  city  of 
Mountain  Home  is  Mr.  A.  F.  Anderson,  a  well 
known  real-estate  and  insurance  man,  who  has  been 
identified  with  this  locality  of  Idaho  since  Novem- 
ber, 1911. 

Mr.  Anderson  has  spent  nearly  all  his  life  in  the 
great  Northwest,  and  has  an  interesting  career  in 
mercantile  and  official  affairs.  He  began  without 
special  capital,  relying  on  his  own  work  and  ability 
to  push  him  ahead,  and  at  everv  staere  of  his  career 
has  been  a  little  better  off  than  before. 

Axel  Frederick  Anderson  was  born  at  Chillicothe, 
Iowa,  August  i,  1868.  His  parents,  John  F.  and 
Anna  L.  Anderson,  are  pioneers  of  the  state  of 
Washington,  having  moved  from  the  Mississippi  val- 
ley to  the  Puget  Sound  region  in  1873  and  made 
their  home  there  ever  since. 

By  his  graduation  from  the  high  school  at  Seattle, 
June  4,  1886,  Mr.  Anderson  was  equipped  so  far  as 
schools  go  for  all  the  requirements  of  a  successful 
business  career,  and  the  rest  of  his  education  has 
been  the  result  of  practical  application  in  actual  busi- 
ness. On  leaving  school  his  first  employment  was 
as  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  a  grocery  store,  and  in 
that  way  he  laid  the  foundation  of  a  sound  business 
practice.  From  1891  to  1895  or  1896  he  was  honored 
with  the  federal  office  of  postmaster  at  Fir,  in  Skagit 
county,  Washington,  and  in  connection  with  his  office 
he  had  a  confectionery  and  cigar  store.  On  leaving 
that  locality  he  became  bookkeeper  for  the  Poison 
Implement  Company  at  LaConner,  Washington,  and 
from  there  moved  to  Wenatchee,  where  he  was  man- 
ager and  secretary  of  the  Wenatchee  Hardware 


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Company  from  1899  to  1909.  During  the  following 
three  years  Mr.  Anderson  diversified  his  business 
career  by  engaging  in  farm  activities,  and  then  in 
November,  1911,  located  at  Mountain  Home  and  be- 
came associated  with  Albert  Johnson  in  the  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business. 

In  politics  Mr.  Anderson  has  been  a  Republican  all 
his  life.  Fraternally  he  was  master  of  the  LaConner 
M.-i^onic  lodge  in  1910-11;  about  1894  was  noble 
grand  of  the  Odd  Fellows  subordinate  lodge  at  Kir, 
chief  patriarch  of  the  encampment  at  LaConner  in 
1895  and  at  Wenatchee  about  1906,  and  was  com- 
mandant of  the  Patriarchs'  Militant  branch  of  Odd- 
fellowship  at  Wenatchee  in  1908. 

He  was  married  at  LaConner,  Washington.  May  i. 
1901,  to  Miss  Clara  N.  Moore.  Her  parents,  Charles 
and  N'dlie  Moore,  were  pioneer  settlers  in  Skagit 
county,  Washington.  Two  children  have  been  born 
into  their  home,  named  Ivan  Axel  and  Clarence 
Philip,  aged  respectively  nine  and  seven  years.  Mr. 
Anderson  and  family  occupy  an  attractive  home  and 
enjoy  high  esteem  in  the  social  circles  of  Mountain 
Home. 

HIGHLAND  C.  GRAVKS.  Xo  other  commonwealth 
of  this  Union  has  gained  from  the  older  states  a 
more  loyal  and  appreciative  element  of  citizenship 
than  Idaho,  and  among  those  who  have  effectually 
proved  such  loyalty  is  Captain  Graves,  who  has, 
through  his  operations  in  the  handling  of  real  estate, 
brought  to  Idaho  many  sterling  settlers,  virtually 
all  of  whom  have  been  successful  in  connection 
with  industrial  and  business  enterprises.  He  main- 
tains his  home  in  the  thriving  town  of  Ashton.  Fre- 
mont county,  and  in  addition  to  his  substantial  real 
estate  business  he  is  the  owner  of  a  large  landed 
estate  and  is  an  effective  exponent  of  agricultural 
and  stock-growing  industry.  Captain  Graves  served 
with  marked  gallantry  as  a  soldier  of  the  Union 
in  the  Civil  war,  and  in  the  "piping  times  of  peace" 
he  has  proved  equally  loyal  and  has  marked  the 
passing  years  with  definite  and  worthy  achievement. 

Captain  Graves  claims  the  fine  old  Bluegrass  State 
as  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  he  is  of  stanch 
English  and  Scotch  lineage,  the  original  American 
progenitor  of  the  Graves  family  having  immigrated 
from  England  in  the  colonial  era  of  our  national 
history  and  having  established  his  home  in  Virginia, 
the  name  has  been  honorably  linked  with  the 
history  of  the  historic  Old  Dominion  as  well  as 
with  other  states  of  the  federal  Union.  The  Cap- 
tain was  born  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  on  the 
5th  of  October,  1842,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  W.  and 
Anna  (Fitzgerald)  Graves,  the  former  a  native  of 
Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Kentucky,  in  which  state 
their  marriage  was  solemnized,  the  parents  of  Mrs. 
Graves  having  been  reared  in  Scotland  and  having 
established  their  home  in  Kentucky  in  an  early  day. 
Charles  W.  Graves  was  reared  to  adult  age  in  his 
native  state,  and  as  a  young  man  he  removed  to 
Kentucky,  where  he  became  a  successful  contractor. 
He  later  removed  to  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  where 
he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  He  finally  num- 
bered himself  among  the  pioneer  farmers  of 
Nebraska,  and  he  passed  the  closing  period  of  his 
life  on  his  farm  near  Lincoln,  the  capital  city  of 
the  st.ite.  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years,  a  man 
whose  life  was  ordered  upon  the  highest  plane  of 
integrity  and  honor  and  filled  with  honest  and 
earnest  industry.  His  wife  died  in  1861  and  of  their 
ten  children,  of  whom  Captain  Graves  of  this  review 
WPS  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth,  only  three  are  now 
living.  Charles  W.  Graves  was  marrie-I  to  his 
second  wife  in  1863. 


Captain  Graves  was  about  nine  years  of  age  at 
the  time  of  the  family  removal  from  Kentucky  to 
Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  where  he  duly  availed 
himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  common  schools, 
wlmh  he  continued  to  attend  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  and  in  which  he  laid  the  foun- 
dation for  the  broad  superstructure  of  knowledge 
which  he  has  since  erected  through  his  association 
with  men  and  affairs  and  through  wide  and  appreci- 
ative reading.  He  continued  to  be  identified  with 
the  work  and  management  of  the  home  farm  until 
there  came  to  him  the  call  to  higher  duty,  when  the 
integrity  of  the  nation  was  thrown  into  jeopardy 
through  the  secession  of  the  southern  states  and  the 
consequent  projection  of  civil  war.  Early  in  1862, 
at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany D,  Sixty-fifth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
he  proved  an  ardent  and  valiant  soldier  of  the 
Union,  his  ability  and  gallantry  winning  to  him  pro- 
motion from  the  ranks,  with  the  result  that  he  was 
mustered  out  as  sergeant-major  of  his  original  regi- 
ment. He  did  not  take  his  commission  as  captain 
on  account  of  the  close  of  the  war.  His  service 
covered  a  period  of  three  years  and  two  and  one 
half  months,  and  closed  only  when  victory  had  finally 
crowned  the  Union  arms.  He  participated  in  many 
of  the  important  engagements  marking  the  progress 
of  the  long  and  weary  conflict  between  the  states  of 
the  north  and  south.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  at 
Harper's  Ferry  in  September,  1862,  and  was  there 
taken  captive  by  the  enemy,  his  parole  having  been 
received  in  the  following  spring.  In  the  ensuing 
summer  he  was  with  his  regiment  in  the  command 
of  General  Burnside,  and  took  part  in  the  various 
Tennessee  engagements  under  that  gallant  com- 
mander, besides  which  he  served  under  General 
Thomas  at  Knoxville,  and  was  with  General  Sher- 
man in  the  important  Atlanta  campaign.  He  was 
fortunate  in  never  having  been  wounded,  and  the 
last  engagement  in  which  he  took  part  was  that  at 
Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  in  February,  1865.  He 
was  mustered  out  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  with  about  two  hundred  other 
members  of  his  regiment,  and  he  duly  received  his 
honorable  discharge,  with  a  record  that  redounds  to 
his  lasting  credit  and  distinction. 

After  the  termination  of  his  military  career,  Cap- 
tain Graves  continued  to  be  identified"  actively  with 
agricultural  pursuits  in  Tazewell  county,  Illinois, 
until  1869,  when  he  migrated  to  Nebraska  and  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Omaha,  then  little  more  than  a 
frontier  village.  He  there  engaged  in  the  buying 
and  shipping  of  grain  and  he  continued  his  residence 
in  that  city  until  1877,  when  he  removed  to  Blair, 
Nebraska,  there  engaging  in  the  grain  and  stock 
business  and  continuing  for  a  period  of  four  years. 
In  1881  he  moved  to  York  county,  Nebraska,  where 
he  identified  himself  with  farming  for  another  four 
year  period,  when  he  moved  to  the  town  of  York 
and  made  that  his  place  of  residence  for  a  similar 
space,  after  which  he  moved  back  to  his  farm  and 
there  resided  until  1895.  In  that  year  he  moved  to 
Stromberg,  Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in  the  drug 
business,  and  for  three  years  was  thus  active,  then 
moving  his  drug  stock  to  Central  City,  and  making 
that  place  his  headquarters  until  he  removed  to 
Idaho. 

The  first  advent  of  Captain  Graves  into  the  state 
of  Idaho  was  in  1901,  when  he  came  here  for  the 
express  purpose  of  making  a  thorough  investigation 
of  the  resources  and  advantages  of  the  state.  That 
his  impression  was  a  favorable  one  is  evident  from 
the  fact  that  in  the  following  spring  he  established 


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his  permanent  home  in  Fremont  county,  where  he 
secured  a  tract  of  land  and  instituted  its  develop- 
ment. He  has  been  distinctly  successful  in  his  agri- 
cultural operations  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  well 
improved  landed  estate  of  420  acres  in  Fremont 
county,  as  well  as  160  acres  in  the  Alberta  district 
of  Canada.  His  family  joined  him  in  the  new  home 
in  November,  1905,  and  he  now  resides  in  the  village 
of  Ashton,  where  he  is  successfully  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business,  besides  giving  a  general  super- 
vision to  his  farm  property.  He  has  done  much  to 
exploit  the  resources  of  this  part  of  the  state  and 
has  sold  a  large  amount  of  farm  property  in  Fre- 
mont and  adjacent  counties,  his  efforts  having  been 
prolific  in  gaining  a  desirable  element  of  permanent 
settlers  and  thus  insuring  the  industrial  and  civic 
advancement  of  the  community  at  large. 

Captain  Graves  has  gained  a  secure  place  in  the 
confidence  and  high  esteem  of  the  people  of  his 
adopted  state  and  is  known  as  a  broad  minded  and 
public  spirited  citizen.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch 
adherent  of  the  now  dominant  Democratic  party, 
and  during  his  residence  in  Nebraska  he  was  an 
influential  worker  in  its  behalf.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
zealous  workers  in  the  Ashton  Commercial  Club, 
of  which  he  is  a  charter  member,  as  well  as  its  vice 
president.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  earnest  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church,  with  which  he  has 
been  identified  for  years. 

In  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  on  the  22nd  day  of 
February,  1866,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Cap- 
tain Graves  and  Miss  Matilda  K.  Parker,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  that  state  and  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Parker,  who  there  settled 
in  the  pioneer  days.  Mrs.  Graves  died  December  28, 
1912,  at  Ashton,  but  was  buried  at  Omaha,  Neb. 
Captain  and  Mrs.  Graves  had  four  children,  con- 
cerning whom  the  following  brief  data  are  entered : 
Louis  A.  is  a  resident  of  Ashton,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock-raising;  Mabel  is  the 
wife  of .  F.  L.  Koon  of  Fremont  county,  Idaho ; 
Laura  E.  married  John  L.  Stalnaker  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska ;  and  Gilbert  L.  Graves  is  married  and  is 
a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  California. 

GEORGE  W.  WEDGWOOD.  The  organization  and  de- 
velopment of  a  bank  in  a  new  and  untried  locality 
is  a  feat  that  requires  not  only  keen  financial  and 
business  ability,  but  also  a  large  amount  of  courage 
and  determination  to  win,  against  whatever  odds. 
George  W.  Wedgwood,  the  president  of  the  Lincoln 
County  State  Bank,  had  the  requisite  qualities  to 
succeed  in  the  task  above  mentioned.  Coming  to  the 
young  town  of  Gooding,  he,  together  with  a  few 
other  associates,  launched  the  Lincoln  County  State 
Bank,  now  the  Citizens  State  Bank,  and  the  success 
of  their  undertaking  has  amply  verified  their  judg- 
ment. Mr.  Wedgwood  has  been  since  the  time  of 
his  arrival  an  active  and  energetic  member  of  the 
business  world,  and  he  has  also  found  the  time  to 
interest  himself  in  affairs  of  general  moment  to 
the  town,  and  has  become  a  valuable  aid  to  those 
citizens  who  are  working  for  the  civic  betterment 
of  Gooding. 

George  W.  Wedgwood  was  born  in  McHenry 
county,  Illinois,  on  the  26th  of  July,  1872.  His 
parents,  both  natives  of  New  York,  are  W.  W. 
Wedgwood  and  Helen  (Easton)  Wedgwood.  The 
father  lived  in  Illinois  until  1880,  when  he  came  to 
Iowa  and  settled  near  Storm  Lake,  in  Buena  Vista 
county.  Here  he  engaged  in  farming,  becoming  in 
time  a  large  land  owner  and  a  prosperous  farmer. 


After  a  time  he  moved  to  the  Storm  Lake  town,  and 
here  his  wife  died.  In  1890  he  sold  his  holdings  in 
Buena  Vista  county,  which  had  by  that  time  in- 
creased to  large  proportions,  and  moved  to  Madison, 
South  Dakota,  where  he  has  since  lived  quietly,  en- 
joying his  retirement  from  active  life  as  much  as 
he  enjoyed  his  working  years.  He  belongs  to  that 
group  of  men  whom  we  shall  revere  as  long  as 
they  remain  upon  earth  and  in  pur  memories,  the 
veterans  of  the  Civil  war,  he  having  served  as  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Ninety-fifth  Illinois  Infantry.  Five 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wedgwood, 
all  of  whom  are  alive  save  one  daughter — Jessie 
Frances,  who  died  in  Leadville,  Colorado,  in  1890. 
Of  the  others,  Albert  Wedgwood  is  cashier  of  the 
American  Savings  Bank  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa;  Julia 
D.  is  the  wife  of  William  H.  Montgomery,  and 
lives  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  her  husband  having  at 
one  time  been  a  minister  in  the  Methodist  church; 
George  W.  is  next  in  order  of  birth,  and  Eugene 
Howard,  the  youngest,  is  a  farmer  in  Trent,  South 
Dakota. 

George  W.  Wedgwood  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Storm  Lake,  Iowa,  graduating  from  the  high 
school  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  then  became  a 
bookkeeper  in  a  law  office,  and  for  two  years  was 
thus  engaged  as  an  abstractor.  He  later  entered 
the  grain  and  implement  business  at  Storm  Lake, 
Iowa,  and  this  business  proved  to  be  a  very  lucrative 
one.  His  real  estate  business  also  brought  him  pros- 
perity, and  he  began  to  look  about  him  for  a  larger 
field  and  a  better  manner  of  investing  the  money 
that  was  beginning  to  accumulate.  He  decided  that 
the  West  must  offer  some  of  the  opportunities  for 
which  he  was  looking,  and  he  sold  out  his  interests 
in  Storm  Lake,  came  west  and  arrived  in  Spokane, 
Washington,  in  October,  1907.  He  remained  in  that 
city  until  October,  1908,  without  finding  any  opening 
that  made  a  strong  appeal  to  him.  In  1908  came 
the  opening  of  the  new  town  of  Gooding,  and  here 
it  was  that  Mr.  Wedgwood  saw  his  opportunity.  He 
came  to  Gooding  and  here  became  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Lincoln  County  State  Bank.  He  was 
one  of  the  principal  stockholders,  and  was  elected 
president  of  the  bank,  a  position  he  has  continued 
to  hold  since  tha.t  time.  So  it  was  that  Mr.  Wedg- 
wood found  the  true  field  for  his  endeavors,  and  his 
success  as  a  financier  has  more  than  proved  that 
he  has  made  no  mistake.  He  has  also  invested  in 
ranch  lands  in  Lincoln  county,  and  is  the  owner  of 
property  in  the  city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Wedgwood  is  an  Independent  Re- 
publican, and  in  the  fraternal  field  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Indeoendent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Wedgwood  to  Miss  Bertha 
M.  Russell  took  place  in  1893.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Ira  W.  Russell  and  his  wife,  Loretta  (Schofield) 
Russell,  and  her  father  is  an  extensive  farmer  in 
Alberta,  Canada.  Two  chilren  have  been  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wedgwood:  Loretta  J.,  who  is  a  stu- 
dent in  the  high  school  of  Gooding,  and  George 
W.  Jr. 

Mr.  Wedgwood  has  always  manifested  a  genuine 
interest  in  the  educational  facilities  of  Gooding,  and 
is  now  acting  as  chairman  of  the  school  board.  He 
has  little  time  for  recreation,  for  his  banking  and 
real-estate  interests  have  grown  constantly  and  make 
heavy  demands  upon  his  time  and  attention. 

WILLIAM  A.  BRODHEAD.  Years  of  experience,  con- 
stant reading  and  natural  inclination  are  combined 
with  a  careful  training  in  the  case  of  William  A. 
Brodhead,  of  Hailey.  Idaho,  junior  partner  of  the 


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firm  of  McFadden  &  Brodhead,  whose  career  as  an 
attorney-at-law  has  been  marked  with  many  success- 
ful outcomes  for  his  clients.  His  heart  is  in  his  work 
and  he  brings  to  his  activities  an  enthusiasm  and 
belief  in  its  importance  that  makes  it  possible  for 
him  to  keep  up  with  the  spirit  of  the  age,  with  all 
its  complexities.  Modern  jurisprudence  has  become 
more  and  more  intricate  because  of  new  conditions, 
and  laws  and  the  interpretation  of  them  are  left  to 
the  attorneys,  who,  if  they  be  not  men  of  liberal 
education  and  stern  training,  combined  with  a  keen 
insight  of  human  nature,  may  not  hope  for  a  full 
measure  of  success.  That  Mr.  Brodhead  possesses 
these  qualities  has  been  forcibly  demonstrated  by 
the  success  which  has  met  his  effort.  He  is  a  West- 
erner by  birth,  having  been  born  August  19,  1872,  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  a  son  of  William  H.  and 
Eliza  (Avery)  Brodhead,  natives  of  Pennsylvania. 
^Villiam  H.  Brodhead  left  his  home  in  the  Keystone 
state  at  an  early  date  and  became  a  pioneer  on  the 
frontier  in  Nevada,  moving  from  the  latter  state  to 
California  in  1860  and  subsequently  settling  in  San 
Francisco,  where  he  became  a  prominent  miner  and 
lawyer.  He  was  also  one  of  the  leading  Democrats 
of  his  locality,  and  was  appointed  by  President 
Cleveland  register  of  United  States  government 
lands,  a  position  he  held  some  years.  His  death 
occurred  October  21,  1898,  while  his  widow  still  sur- 
vives and  makes  her  home  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

The  early  education  of  William  A.  Brodhead  was 
secured  in  the  public  schools  of  the  little  town  of 
Henry,  and  in  Blaine  county,  and  later  he  read  law  in 
the  office  of  R.  Z.  Johnson.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1898,  and  in  that  year  commenced  practice 
in  Hailey  as  a  partner  of  Mr.  McFadden,  under  the 
firm  style  of  McFadden  &  Brodhead,  a  connection 
that  has  continued  very  successfully  to  the  present 
time.  This  firm  holds  a  promine'nt  position  among 
legists  of  Idaho,  and  its  members  are  known  as 
men  of  ability,  who  respect  the  unwritten  ethics  of 
the  profession.  Mr.  Brodhead  has  not  entered  public 
life  as  a  candidate  for  official  position,  but  can  at 
all  times  be  relied  upon  to  assist  in  conserving  the 
best  interests  of  his  adopted  city  and  its  people. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Brodhead  is  a  member  of  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  in  both  of  which  he  has  numerous  friends. 
He  takes  an  enthusiastic  interest  in  the  work  of 
the  Hailey  Commercial  Club,  and  having  a  firm 
belief  in  this  section's  continued  growth  and  develop- 
ment, has  invested  extensively  in  real  estate,  in  addi- 
tion to  which  he  is  the  owner  of  a  pleasant  home 
in  Hailey  and  some  valuable  mining  property. 
During  his  vacation  periods  he  devotes  himself  to 
hunting  and  fishing,  sports  of  which  he  is  not  only 
fond,  but  at  which  he  has  shown  considerable  skill. 

On  March  24,  1901,  Mr.  Brodhead  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Jane  Roberts.  They  have  no 
children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brodhead  are  consistent 
members  of  the  Hailey  Episcopal  Church,  and  are 
well  known  in  religious  and  social  circles. 

BENTLY  L.  KERR.  Nearly,  if  not  all  of  the  older 
commonwealths  of  the  Union  have  contributed  re- 
spective quotas  to  the  personnel  of  Idaho's  represen- 
tative citizenship,  and  among  those  who  have  here 
attained  to  prominence  in  connection  with  business 
interests  of  wide  scope  and  importance  and  who 
claim  the  fine  old  Buckeye  state  as  the  place  of  their 
nativity  is  Bently  L.  Kerr,  who  is  a  director  and 
active  principal  in  the  Kerr  Brothers  Hardware  & 
Implement  Company,  of  Boise,  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  important  concerns  of  the  order  in  the 
entire  state.  Mr.  Kerr  is  one  of  the  sterling  business 
vol.  ra— IT 


men  of  the  capital  city  and  in  all  that  makes  for 
loyal  and  progressive  citizenship  he  is  an  effective 
exponent,  the  while  he  has  the  high  regard  of  the 
community  in  which  he  has  established  his  home  and 
in  which  he  has  contributed  to  civic  and  material 
development  and  progress. 

Mr.  Kerr  was  born  at  Cadiz,  Harrison  county, 
Ohio,  on  the  i6th  of  April,  1858,  and  is  a  son  of  John 
C.  and  Martha  (Newell)  Kerr,  the  former  of  whom 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  of  Scotch  parentage,  and 
the  latter  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  John  C. 
Kerr  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio  in  the  pioneer 
epoch  of  the  history  of  that  commonwealth,  and 
there  he  passed  the  residue  of  his  long,  honorable 
and  useful  life,  secure  in  the  unequivocal  esteem  of 
all  who  knew  him.  He  became  the  owner  of  an 
extensive  landed  estate  and  his  energy  and  progres- 
siveness  were  manifested  in  divers  other  directions, 
as  he  identified  himself  with  various  other  lines  of 
enterprise,  including  the  ownership  and  operation  of 
a  grist  mill.  He  was  one  of  the  prominent  and 
influential  citizens  of  Harrison  county  and  was  active 
in  political  affairs,  as  a  stalwart  advocate  of  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party.  He  represented 
his  county  in  the  state  legislature  and  was  otherwise 
influential  in  public  affairs  in  his  section  of  the  state. 
He  attained  to  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-seven 
years,  and  his  entire  life  was  ordered  upon  a  high 
plane  of  rectitude  and  honor. 

The  maiden  name  of  the  first  wife  of  John  C.  Kerr 
was  Henderson,  and  she  was  born  and  reared  in 
Ohio.  She  died  when  comparatively  a  young  woman 
and  both  of  the  children  of  this  union  are  still  living 
— Amanda,  who  is  the  widow  of  Albert  Clark  and 
who  now  maintains  her  home  in  Boise,  Idaho,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  and  with  her  resides 
her  sister,  Martha,  who  is  the  widow  of  A.  H.  Eagle- 
son  and  who  is  now  seventy-four  years  of  age,  in 
1912.  The  second  marriage  of  John  C.  Kerr  was 
to  Miss  Martha  Newell,  who  likewise  was  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  a  representative  of  one  of  the  honored 
pioneer  families  of  that  state,  where  she  was  reared 
and  educated.  She  was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal, 
and  of  her  children  those  now  living  are:  Vance 
C.,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Kerr  Brothers  Hardware 
&  Implement  Company,  of  Boise;  Daniel  C.,  Bently 
L.,  whose  name  initiates  this  review;  and  Oliver 
G.,  who  is  a  successful  contractor  and  builder  in 
California.  For  his  third  wife  John  C.  Kerr  wedded 
Grisell  Taggert,  likewise  born  and  reared  in  Ohio, 
and  she  likewise  is  deceased,  the  only  child  of  this 
union  being  William  T.  Kerr,  who  is  associated  with 
his  brothers  in  the  hardware  and  implement  business 
in  Idaho's  capital  city. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county  Bently 
L.  Kerr  gained  his  early  educational  training,  which 
included  the  curriculum  of  the  Cadiz  high  school, 
in  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1878.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  severed  the 
gracious  home  ties  and  set  forth  for  the  West,  where 
he  believed  he  would  find  better  opportunities  for 
successful  individual  enterprise.  He  established  his 
home  at  Craig,  Burt  county,  Nebraska,  and  in  this 
village  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  the  general 
merchandise  business  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  became  one  of  the  prominent  and  influential 
citizens  and  representative  business  men  of  Burt 
county,  where  he  remained  until  1903,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  his  numerous  interests  in  Nebraska  and 
came  to  Boise,  Idaho,  to  join  his  brothers  in  the 
hardware  and  implement  business.  The  Kerr 
brothers  built  and  own  the  Empire  building,  one  of 
the  finest  and  most  modern  office  buildings  in  the 
state  and  one  that  adds  materially  to  the  facilities 


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and  attractions  of  the  capital  city.  The  building  was 
completed  at  a  cost  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
and  the  entire  ground  floor  of  this  splendid  structure 
is  utilized  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Kerr 
Brothers  Hardware  &  Implement  Company.  The 
offices  of  the  company  are  handsomely  appointed  and 
the  great  store  room  is  supplied  with  a  most  com- 
prehensive stock  of  heavy  and  shelf  hardware,  stoves, 
ranges,  etc.,  besides  which  the  company  has  an  exten- 
sive department  devoted  to  the  handling  of  agricul- 
tural implements  and  machinery  of  all  kinds.  Pro- 
gressive policies  and  fair  and  honorable  dealing 
characterize  the  business  enterprise  of  the  Kerr 
brothers,  and  their  establishment  is  thoroughly  metro- 
politan in  equipment  and  facilities.  Bently  L.  Kerr 
takes  an  active  part  in  the  administration  of  the  busi- 
ness and  is  also  the  owner  of  large  and  valuable  tracts 
of  agricultural  and  timber  lands  in  the  state,  so 
that  he  has  identified  himself  most  closely  and  effec- 
tively with  the  civic  and  industrial  interests  of  Idaho 
and  is  doing  much  to  further  its  development 
and  progress.  Of  his  fine  ranch  properties  one  is 
located  near  Middkton,  Canyon  county,  another  in 
the  beautiful  Payette  valley;  and  he  also  has  timber 
lands.  He  also  owns  a  beautiful  residence  property 
in  Boise,  and  this  attractive  home  is  situated  at  1116 
Hays  street,  one  of  the  finest  residence  thoroughfares 
of  the  capital  city. 

Mr.  Kerr  has  shown  the  deepest  interest  in  all 
that  concerns  the  welfare  of  his  home  city,  and  was 
elected  a  representative  in  the  city  council.  With 
marked  zeal  and  ability  he  continued  the  incumbent 
of  this  office  until  the  commission  form  of  municipal 
government  was  adopted  by  the  city,  in  April,  1912. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  zealous  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Boise,  of  which  he  is  a 
trustee.  He  has  been  an  appreciative  student  of 
the  history  and  teachings  of  the  time-honored  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  in  which  his  maximum  York  Rite 
affiliation  is  with  Idaho  Commandery,  No.  I,  Knights 
Templar,  in  which  he  has  passed  the  various  official 
chairs,  as  has  he  also  those  in  the  lodge  and  chapter. 
He  is  eminent  commander  of  his  commandery  in 
1912,  and  illustrious  potentate  of  the  Temple  of 
the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  which  he  had  the  distinction  of  repre- 
senting in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  1910.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Boise  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  & 
Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

In  Ohio  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Kerr  to  Miss  Elizabeth  V.  Jamison,  who  likewise 
was  born  and  reared  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  and 
whose  father,  James  Jamison,  was  a  prominent  agri- 
culturist and  representative  citizen  of  that  county. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kerr  have  four  children,  all  of  whom 
remain  at  the  parental  home,— Wiley  J.,  John  C, 
and  Misses  Dale  and  Agnes  Elizabeth.  The  family 
is  prominent  in  the  best  social  life  of  the  capital 
city,  and  the  beautiful  home  is  known  for  its  gracious 
and  unostentatious  hospitality. 

FRANK  J.  TERRILL.  From  the  time  he  was  old 
enough  to  climb  onto  the  back  of  a  pony,  Frank  J. 
Terrill  has  been  through  all  the  experiences  and 
activities  of  a  western  cowboy  and  cattle  rancher, 
was  trained  in  the  practical  school  which  develops 
aggressive  and  self-reliant  manhood  and  all  the 
hardy  virtue  which  were  so  necessary  to  success 
in  the  west  up  until  recent  times.  Since  1879  his 
career  has  been  identified  with  Idaho,  and  he  is 
now  one  of  the  most  prosperous  residents  of  Twin 
Falls  county,  residing  near  Murtaugh  postoffice. 

Frank  J.  Terrill  was  born  in  Tennessee,  August 
17,  1848,  a  son  of  Killis  and  Elizabeth  Terrill,  who 


were  worthy  and  substantial  farming  people.  The 
family  moved  out  to  Arkansas  when  Frank  was  a 
child,  and  the  father  died  in  that  state,  leaving 
twelve  young  children.  Frank  received  only  a  com- 
mon school  education  and  left  school  before  he  had 
completed  that  limited  course  of  study.  The  mother 
and  children  after  the  death  of  the  father  moved 
to  Missouri,  having  spent  three  years  in  Arkansas, 
and  after  one  winter  in  Missouri  they  put  their  pos- 
sessions into  a  wagon  drawn  by  ox  teams  and  joined 
an  outfit  of  wagon  trains  consisting  of  about  thirty 
teams  bound  for  California.  They  went  out  to  that 
state  in  1859,  when  Frank  J.  Terrill  was  eleven 
years  old,  and  lived  there  for  twelve  years,  the 
mother  and  her  older  children  conducting  a  cattle 
ranch.  Later  the  mother  and  three  of  her  sons- 
moved  to  Nevada,  where  they  continued  cattle  rais- 
ing for  five  or  six  years.  The  mother  with  two  of 
her  daughters  then  went  to  Texas,  where  she  spent 
the  balance  of  her  days. 

The  younger  of  the  children,  Frank  J.  Terrill,. 
participated  in  the  various  moves  and  experiences 
of  the  family,  until  he  was  grown,  and  spent  a  large 
part  of  his  youth  in  the  saddle  as  cowboy.  In  1879 
he  came  to  Idaho,  and  for  ten  years  was  engaged 
in  riding  range  as  foreman  for  the  firm  of  Russell 
and  Bradley,  his  duties  taking  him  over  the  ranch 
which  he  now  owns.  In  1891  he  bought  his  first 
herd  of  cattle  and  since  that  time  has  been  steadily 
prospering  as  an  independent  cattle  man.  He  is 
the  owner  of  six  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  Sho- 
shone  Valley,  all  of  which  ranch  is  under  irrigation, 
and  improved  with  the  best  of  fencing  and  buildings 
and  all  facilities  necessary  for  modern  stock 
farming. 

On  January  n,  1885,  Mr.  Terrill  married  Miss 
Anna  M.  Adamson,  a  native  of  Utah,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Allen  and  Esther  E.  Oglesby  Adamson.  Three 
children  have  been  born  to  their  union.  Frank  A. 
is  on  the  home  ranch;  Ila  Annie  is  the  widow  of 
D.  N.  Collier,  who  was  a  native  of  Kentucky;  Alice 
Irene  lives  at  home.  The  children  received  their 
education  at  the  Sacred  Heart  Academy.  Mr.  Ter- 
rill is  a  Democrat,  but  has  never  had  time  for  par- 
ticipation in  party  politics.  He  is  a  friend  of  educa- 
tion, has  given  his  children  the  best  of  advantages 
and  lends  his  cordial  support  to  every  movement 
and  effort  for  the  improvement  of  his  section  of  the 
state. 

JOSEPH  SCHLOESSER.  Successful  newspaper  pub- 
lishers are  not  so  numerous  that  their  existence  may 
be  regarded  as  commonplace.  An  exceptional  degree 
of  enterprise  is  required  to  conduct  a  journal,  give 
the  news,  afford  the  best  facilities  of  the  press 
medium,  and  make  it.  all  pay.  The  Way  Weekly 
News,  under  the  management  of  its  owner  and 
editor,  Mr.  'Joseph  Schloesser,  is  really  successful 
both  as  a  newspaper  and  a  business. 

Mr.  Schloesser  is  one  of  the  men  to  whom  Idaho 
gave  the  field  of  opportunity  in  which  they  could 
best  develop  their  abilities.  Born  in  Washington, 
Iowa,  August  12,  1880,  he  lived  in  his  native  state 
until  about  twenty-five  years  old,  when  he  came  west, 
first  settling  in  Montana.  During  the  few  months 
he  spent  there  he  followed  various  occupations,  was 
then  in  Spokane  for  six  months,  after  which  he  came 
to  Way.  A  printer  and  newspaper  man  from  prac- 
tically his  boyhood,  he  became  identified  with  the 
News  and  after  three  years  bought  out  the  paper 
and  has  since  been  its  sole  owner.  Extensive  im- 
provements in  a  mechanical  way  have  been  intro- 
duced under  his  management,  and  along  with  first 


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class  equipment  he  produces  a  paper  that  has  few 
equals  among  the  weekly  journals  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Schloesser  was  reared  and  received  his  early 
education  at  Washington,  Iowa.  His  school  days 
ended  when  he  was  about  fifteen,  when  he  started 
to  learn  the  printers'  trade,  and  with  the  exception 
of  about  one  year  has  followed  printing  or  general 
newspaper  work  ever  since. 

He  was  married  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  November 
14,  1904,  to  Miss  Jennie  McGaughey,  daughter  of 
R.  B.  McGaughey,  of  Washington,  Iowa.  Two  sons 
and  a  daughter  have  blessed  their  marriage,  namely, 
Eva,  deceased,  Louis  and  Elbert. 

Mr.  Schloesser  was  reared  in  the  Catholic  faith. 
He  is  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights 
of  Pythias,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Way  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  as  a  Democrat  has  lent  his  influ- 
ence and  effort  to  the  success  of  the  party  cause. 
.  His  outdoor  recreations  are  in  hunting,  fishing  and 
baseball.  He  is  specially  fond  of  music,  is  an  ama- 
teur himself  and  a  member  of  the  Way  band.  Hav- 
ing been  successful  in  Idaho  to  a  greater  degree  than 
in  any  other  state,  he  has  a  well  grounded  enthu- 
siasm for  the  state  and  its  resources  and  oppor- 
tunities. 

JAMES  E.  BAKU.  Specially  prominent  among  those 
who  have  done  much  to  uphold  the  high  prestige  of 
the  bar  of  Idaho  is  this  honored  citizen  of  Lewiston, 
a  lawyer  of  notable  intellectual  and  professional 
attainments,  who.  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  this  state  since  1892.  Few,  if 
any,  members  of  the  bar  of  Idaho  have  been  con- 
cerned with  a  larger  amount  of  litigation  of  broad 
scope  and  importance.  His  practice  has  ranged  over 
practically  all  fields  of  law,  and  his  success  has  been 
almost  uniform  in  all  departments.  Well  versed  in 
the  body  of  general  law,  Mr.  Babb  probably  has 
no  superior  in  his  knowledge  of  the  organic  and 
statutory  laws  of  Idaho.  He  is  essentially  a  student. 
From  his  researches  and  ^investigations  have  resulted 
many  addresses  and  published  articles  touching  legal 
affairs,  economic  problems  and  questions,  govern- 
mental policies  and  civic  responsibilities,  as  well  as 
the  exploitations  of  the  great  natural  resources  of 
the  state  in  which  he  has  maintained  his  home  during 
virtually,  the  entire  period  since  it  was  admitted  to 
the  Union.  A  man  of  sterling  integrity  and  steadfast 
purpose,  he  has  accounted  well  to  himself  and  the 
work,  has  dignified  the  profession  of  his  choice  and 
served  well  the  state  of  his  adoption.  It  was  a 
recognition  of  his  standing  as  a  lawyer  and  citizen, 
when  twenty-two  members  of  the  legislature  of  1913 
at  different  times  voted  for  him  for  United  States 
Senator. 

James  E.  Babb  was  born  in  Champaign  county, 
Illinois,  on  the  nth  of  January,  1864,  and  is  a  son 
of  Milton  and  Elizabeth  (Littler)  Babb.  His  parents 
were  natives  of  Virginia  and  Ohio  respectively,  the 
father  having  come  to  Illinois  in  the  early  fifties  and 
engaged  in  farming.  Both  parents  are  now  de- 
ceased. James  E.  Babb  while  a  boy  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  county,  being  a  pupil 
of  the  village  schools  at  Homer  until  he  was  thirteen, 
at  which  time  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  at  Jack- 
sonville, Illinois,  where  he  took  a  preparatory  course. 
He  next  became  a  student  in  the  Illinois  College  at 
Jacksonville,  and  after  completing  the  course  of  four 
years  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1882  with  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  science.  Mr.  Babb  in  the 
meantime  had  determined  definitely  to  take  up  the 
law  as  his  career,  and  in  harmony  with  that  resolu- 
tion he  matriculated  in  the  joint  law  department  at 
that  time  maintained  by  the  Northwestern  University 


and  the  University  of  Chicago.  In  1884  he  was 
graduated  LL.  B.  and  divided  the  prize  for  highest 
scholarship  in  his  class  with  Cyrus  Bentley,  Jr.  That 
he  had  made  excellent  use  of  his  early  years  is 
evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  had  taken  his  degree 
from  law  school  before  reaching  his  twenty-first 
birthday,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  his  native 
state  as  soon  as  he  became  of  age.  He  was  in  the 
law  offices  of  George  C.  Fry  of  Chicago,  where  he 
got  his  first  professional  experience,  and  eventually 
became  a  partner  with  Mr.  Fry,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued to  be  associated  until  1892.  In  that  year  Mr, 
Babb  came  to  Idaho,  and  brought  to  his  professional 
activity  in  this  state  a  wide  experience  in  metropol- 
itan practice. 

In  June,  1892,  Mr.  Babb  established  his  permanent 
home  at  Lewiston,  where  he  opened  his  office  and 
engaged  in  general  practice  as  an  attorney  and  coun- 
selor at  law.  Since  that  time  by  his  professional 
achievement  he  has  well  justified  the  promise  indi- 
cated of  his  career  at  the  time  of  his  graduation  front 
law  school,  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  been  rated 
as  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  this  state.  He- 
has  finely  appointed  offices  in  the  Lewiston  National 
Bank  Building.  It  is  probable  that  no  lawyer  in 
the  state  has  a  larger  or  more  representative 
clientage,  or  has  been  retained  in  a  greater  number 
of  important  cases  in  the  state  and  federal  courts 
than  Mr.  Babb. 

As  representative  of  the  State  Bar  Association  of 
Idaho  Mr.  Babb  delivered  in  the  Columbia  theater 
at  Boise,  February,  1901,  an  oration  on  John  Mar- 
shall. The  occasion  was  the  centennial  anniversary 
of  the  day  on  which  this  great  jurist  assumed  his 
seat  as  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States,  a  day  which  had  been  declared  a 
public  holiday  in  Idaho,  by  special  proclamation  of 
Governor  Hunt.  In  1908  Mr.  Babb,  before  the  Ore- 
gon State  Bar  Association,  delivered  an  address  on 
"Some  features  of  Idaho  law  on  irrigation  and  water 
rights."  Mr.  Babb  has  also  appeared  before  one  of 
the  most  important  national  organizations  of  lawyers 
and  publicists,  reading  a  paper  for  an  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Political  Science  Association.  In 
1909  he  addressed  the  Washington  State  Bar  Associ- 
ation on  "Rights  Acquired  on  Decisions  Subsequently 
Overruled."  In  1904  Mr.  Babb  introduced  and 
secured  by  the  World's  Congress  of  Lawyers  and 
Jurists  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  a  resolution  favoring, 
better  interchange  by  governments  of  their  law  pub- 
lications. To  the  Green  Bag,  the  leading  law  period- 
ical of  the  country,  Mr.  Babb  contributed  an  illus- 
trated article  on  the  history  of  the  supreme  court 
of  Illinois,  this  being  one  of  a  series  of  similar 
articles  describing  the  supreme  courts  of  the  various 
states  of  the  Union.  Mr.  Babb  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Bar  Association,  and  at  one  time  served 
as  a  member  of  its  general  council  for  the  state  of 
Idaho.  He  has  also  been  for  several  years  past  one 
of  the  three  Idaho  members  of  the  Uniform  Law 
Commissioner  of  America. 

Not  only  in  matters  directly  relating  to  his  pro- 
fession has  the  influence  of  Mr.  Babb  been  exerted 
to  an  important  degree,  but  he  has  identified  himself 
with  various  national  and  local  organizations  whose 
activities  tend  to  disseminate  the  new  discoveries  and 
developments  of  science  and  scholarship,  and  to  pro- 
mote practical  reform  and  advancement  in  civic  and 
material  affairs.  Mr.  Babb  has  membership  in  the 
American  Historical  Association,  the  American  Po- 
jitical  Science  Association,  the  American  Geograph- 
ical Society,  and  the  American  National  Municipal 
League.  As  a  public  speaker  he  has  gained  a  pleas- 
ing reputation,  and  his  services  have  been  sought 


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on  many  occasions,  including  much  work  in  political 
campaigns.  He  has  given  effective  and  timely  service 
in  support  of  the  principles  and  policies  oi  the  Repub- 
lican party  during  a  number  of  campaigns  since  he 
came  to  Idaho. 

In  1902  Mr.  Babb  delivered  the  baccalaureate  ad- 
dress before  the  graduating  class  of  the  University 
of  Idaho  at  Moscow.  He  served  as  permanent  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  State  Convention  in  1896. 
His  official  services  include  administration  of  the 
office  of  city  attorney  of  Lewiston,  and  at  one  time 
.he  was  president  of  the  Supreme  Court  Library, 
and  Building  Commission  of  Idaho.  He  is  a  member 
•of  the  Outlook  Club  and  other  representative  civic 
•organizations  in  his  home  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  board  of  overseers  of  Whitman  College  at  Walla 
Walla,  Washington.  He  is  also  actively  identified 
with  the  Lewiston  Commercial  Club,  and  was  for 
ten  years  a  member  of  its  governing  board. 

In  the  practice  of  his  profession  Mr.  Babb  has 
been  retained  as  attorney  and  counsel  for  many 
'large  corporations  and  private  individuals.  He  has 
-allowed  no  interest  or  consideration  to  come  between 
:him  and  the  welfare  of  his  clients,  and  his  devotion 
-.to  the  work  in  hand,  together  with  his  exceptional 
;  ability  in  the  technical  phases  of  the  law,  has  been 
-the  chief  factor  in  his  success. 

At  Homer,  in  Champaign  county,  Illinois,  on  No- 
-vember  5,  1888,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Babb  to  Miss  Daisy  Tirjkham,  who  was  born  and 
:  reared  in  Illinois,  and  whose  father,  the  late  Col. 
(.Charles  J.  Tanidiam,  was  a  distinguished  citizen  of 
Champaign  county,  and  had  a  been  a  gallant  officer 
of  the  Union  in  the  Civil  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Babb 
are  popular  factors  in  the  social  life  of  their  home 
city.  Their  only  child  is  James  T.  Babb. 

GEORGE  W.  STEDMAN.  Idaho  is  a  splendid  field 
for  youth  and  enterprise,  and  a  majority  of  the 
places  of  responsibility  are  filled  by  young  men  who 
iiave  already  made  a  good  record  for  themselves 
.and  before  whom  there  yet  remains  almost  the  full 
.allotted  time  for  a  business  career. 

The  present  city  clerk  of  Burley  is  one  of  this 
•class  of  citizens.  George  W.  Stedman  was  born  on 
the  6th  of  April,  1881,  at  Healdsburg,  California,  and 
his  thirty-odd  years  of  life  have  been  passed  in 
various  states  of  the  Union.  Losing  his  mother 
when  he  was  two  years  old,  his  father  took  him 
to  Denver  for  a  year  and  then  to  Iowa,  where  he 
grew  up  in  the  home  of  his  grandparents.  In  1905 
he  returned  to  the  state  of  his  birth,  and  for  a  year 
was  employed  in  clerical  capacity  at  Los  Angeles. 
The  following  year  was  spent  as  assistant  cashier  of 
a  bank  in  Iowa,  and  finally  he  moved  out  to  Idaho 
.and  identified  himself  with  the  growing  center  of 
Burley.  On  the  incorporation  of  the  town  he  became 
city  clerk,  and  he  has  been  one  of  the  live  and  public- 
spirited  citizens. 

Mr.  Stedman's  early  education  was  obtained  in  the 
•schools  of  Iowa,  where  he  attended  the  grade  and 
high  schools,  and  later  was  a  student  of  Epworth 
Seminary  at  Epworth,  that  state.  He  has  been  an 
independent,  self-supporting  individual  practically 
since  childhood.  When  he  was  fifteen  years  old  he 
secured  his  first  regular  job  as  janitor  for  a  church 
and  school,  and  largely  by  manual  labor  he  paid  his 
way  through  school  and  college.  When  school  days 
were  over  he  went  to  work  for  a  bank,  and  continued 
in  similar  employment  until  he  came  out  West. 

At  Burley,  Idaho,  on  February  16,  1910,  Mr.  Sted- 
man married  Miss  Florence  I.  Davis.  Mr.  Henry 
;G.  Davis,  .her  father,  was  formerly  a  resident  of 


Wyoming.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stedman  have  one  child, 
named  Clara  I. 

Among  the  churches  Mr.  Stedman  prefers  the 
Episcopal,  of  which  his  wife  is  an  active  member. 
He  has  held  several  chairs  in  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  As  a  Republican  he  is  one  of  the 
influential  men  in  public  affairs  of  his  section  of  the 
state.  Outside  of  duties  and  business  Mr.  Stedman 
finds  pleasure  and  health  in  occasional  hunting  or 
fishing  trips,  and  enjoys  the  musical  and  dramatic 
and  also  the  books  in  his  home  library.  The  mag- 
nificent undeveloped  resources  of  Idaho  are  the  fact 
that  impresses  him  most  about  the  state. 

JOHN  W.  CHAPMAN.  Now  presiding  on  the  bench 
of  the  municipal  court  of  Blackfoot,  Bingham 
county,  Judge  Chapman  is  one  of  the  honored  pio- 
neers who  knew  Idaho  in  the  early  territorial  epoch 
of  its  history,  and  who  has  had  broad  and  varied 
experience  in  connection  with  life  on  the  frontier, 
as  well  as  in  the  latter  days  of  opulent  progress 
and  prosperity.  He  first  came  to  Idaho. in  1864,  at 
which  time  the  territory  included  the  present  state 
of  Montana  and  a  considerable  portion  of  Wyoming, 
and  he  finally  removed  to  Montana,  where  he  main- 
tained his  home  for  many  years.  In  1899  he  re- 
turned to  Idaho,  and  here  he  is  well  known  and 
highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  fine 
intellectuality  and  high  civic  ideals. 

Judge  Chapman  was  born  in  Henry  county,  Ken- 
tucky, on  the  29th  of  August  1840,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  his  parents  numbered  themselves  among 
the  pioneers  of  Missouri,  in  which  state  he  was 
reared  and  educated.  His  father,  William  Chap- 
man, was  likewise  born  in  Kentucky,  where  the 
family  was  founded  in  the  early  days,  he  having 
"been  of  the  eighth  generation  in  descent  from  one 
of  three  brothers  who  immigrated  from  England 
and  established  in  Virginia  prior  to  the  war  of  the 
Revolution.  The  family  has  been  represented  in 
the  wars  of  the  country.  The  grandfather  of  the 
Judge  served  in  the  war  of  1812  and  more  distant 
relatives  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  struggle. 
William  Chapman  devoted  the  major,  part  of  his 
career  to  the  great  basic  industry  of  agriculture,  was 
comparatively  well  versed  in  common  law  proced- 
ures and  practiced  to  a  considerable  extent  in  the 
minor  courts,  especially  after  his  removal  to  Mis- 
souri, At  the  inception  of  the  Civil  war  he  gave 
prompt  evidence  of  his  loyalty  to  the  Confederacy, 
his  first  service  having  been  rendered  as  a  recruiting 
officer.  He  soon  entered  the  active  ranks  of  the 
Confederate  army,  as  a  member  of  a  Missouri  regi- 
ment, and  he  continued  in  active  service  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  surrendered,  as  captain 
of  his  company,  at  Jacksonport,  Arkansas.  In  an 
engagement  at  Wilson's  Creek,  Missouri,  he  re- 
ceived a  saber  wound,  but  he  was  not  severely 
injured  in  any  of  the  numerous  engagements  _  in 
which  he  participated.  He  passed  the  closing  period 
of  his  long  and  useful  life  at  Bloomfield,  Misssouri, 
where  he  died  on  the  i8th  day  of  May,  1901,  his 
birth  having  occurred  on  the  nth  of  May,  1819. 
He  was  a  pioneer  in  both  Morgan  and  Moniteau 
counties,  Missouri,  and  was  a  citizen  of  influence 
in  his  community.  His  cherished  and  devoted  wife, 
who  was  born  at  Shelbyville,  Kentucky,  in  1824,  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Jane  Owen,  and  she  was 
of  Welsh  and  German  lineage.  She  died  in  St. 
Clair  county,  Missouri,  on  the  24th  of  December, 
1889,  and  of  the  eleven  children,  of  whom  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  was  the  first  born,  three  sons 
and  five  daughters  are  now  living. 

To  the  common  schools  of  Moniteau  county.  Mis- 


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souri,  ^ Judge  Chapman  is  indebted  for  his  early 
educational  training,  which  was  effectively  supple- 
mented by  a  course  in  a  well  ordered  institution 
known  as  Robideaux  Allison's  Academy,  a  private 
school  sited  near  the  boundary  line  between  Morgan 
and  Cooper  counties,  Missouri.  He  continued  his 
studies  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  at  which 
time  he  was  twenty  years  of  age.  He  promptly 
enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  C,  of  the  First 
Missouri  State  Guards,  an  organization  in  the  Con- 
federate service.  Illness  compelled  him  to  retire 
from  active  service  at  the  expiration  of  five  months, 
and,  as  the  eldest  son  of  the  family,  he  assumed  the 
duty  of  providing  for  his  mother  and  the  younger 
children,  while  the  father  was  absent  as  a  soldier 
of  the  Confederacy.  During  three  years  he  gave 
his  attention  to  teaching  in  the  schools  of  Morgan 
county,  and  during  the  progress  of  the  war  he  also 
attempted  to  maintain  the  home  farm  in  cultivation, 
while  his  brother,  who  was  old  enough  to  have 
helped  in  the  support  of  the  family  was  away  at 
the  war.  The  results  of  his  farming  enterprise, 
however,  were  not  what  might  be  termed  successful, 
as  the  Federal  soldiers  appropriated  everything  that 
he  succeeded  in  raising  on  the  place. 

In  1864  Judge  Chapman  left  the  parental  home 
and  came  to  the  territory  of  Idaho,  making  the 
journey  across  the  plains  with  a  wagon  train,  which 
had  about  forty  men,  besides  women  and  children. 
J.  R.  Walters  of  Boise  being  the  head  man  or  cap- 
tain of  the  train.  The  company  had  no  encounters 
with  Indians  while  en  route,  and  arrived  safely  at 
their  destination.  Judge  Chapman  reached  Boise 
on  the  ipth  of  August,  1864,  and  thence  he  went  to 
Idaho  City,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mining,  and 
also  operated  a  blacksmith  shop  for  a  year.  He 
passed  two  years  in  the  Boise  Valley,  and  in  the 
winter  of  1866-7  he  taught  the  first  school  in  what 
is  now  the  village  of  Middleton,  Canyon  county.  In 
the  spring  of  1867  he  went  to  Salmon  City  and  Lees- 
burg,  where  he  continued  only  a  few  days,  not  being 
impressed  with  conditions  or  the  outlook  at  those 
points.  He  accordingly  went  to  Helena,  Montana, 
in  which  vicinity  he  was  engaged  in  the  dairy  and 
stock  growing  business  for  ten  years,  also  doing 
a  considerable  freighting  business.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Butte,  Montana,  where  he  for  ten  years 
conducted  an  express  and  transfer  business.  He 
then  turned  his  attention  once  more  to  stock-raising, 
this  time  in  Madison  county,  but  the  enterprise  did 
not  prove  successful  in  its  final  results.  He  con- 
tinued his  residence  in  Montana  until  the  spring  of 
1899,  when  he  returned  to  Idaho  and  located  on  a 
ranch  on  the  Wolverine  river,  twenty  miles  north- 
east of  Blackfoot.  At  the  expiration  of  five  years 
he  sold  this  property,  which  he  had  devoted  to  gen- 
eral agriculture  and  stock-growing,  and  removed  to 
Blackfoot,  where  he  has  since  maintained  his  home, 
and  where  he  is  known  as  a  broad-minded  and 
progressive  citizen. 

Judge  Chapman  has  ever  shown  a  lively  interest 
in  civic  affairs  and  has  been  a  zealous  advocate  of 
the  principles  and  policies  for  which  the  Democratic 
party  has  stood  sponsor  in  a  general  way.  During 
his  residence  in  Madison  county.  Montana,  he  served 
for  a  number  of  years _ as  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
under  the  administration  of  Governor  Toole  he 
served  four  years  as  state  stock  commissioner  of 
Montana.  In  the  spring  of  IQTI  he  was  elected  to 
his  present  office,  that  of  municipal  iudee  of  Black- 
foot,  and  he  has  given  most  able  and  discriminating 
service  in  this  positfc>n,  the  while  he  has  the  unquali- 
fied confidence  and  esteem  of  the  community. 

Judge  Chapman  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 


P.ythias,  and  for  forty-three  years  he  was  a  most 
zealous  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Good 
Templars,  in  which  he  served  two  years  as  grand 
chief  templar  of  the  grand  lodge  ol  Montana  and 
two  years  as  grand  secretary.  He  and  his  wife  were 
charter  members  of  the  Christian  church  in  the  city 
of  Butte,  Montana,  but  as  there  is  no  organization  of 
this  denomination  at  Blackfoot,  they  now  maintain 
membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

At  Helena,  Montana,  in  the  year  1877,  was  solem- 
nized the  marriage  of  Judge  Chapman  to  Miss  Katie 
Orr,  who  was  born  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  and 
whose  father,  Judge  Sample  Orr,  was  an  honored 
and  influential  pioneer  of  Montana.  Judge  and  Mrs. 
Chapman  have  three  children,  concerning  whom  the 
following  brief  data  are  given :  William  Orr  Chap- 
man, who  was  born  in  St.  Clair  county,  Missouri,  on 
the  nth  of  March,  1890,  is  a  lawyer  bv  profession 
and  resides  at  Blackfoot.  In  the  autumn  of  ,1912  he 
was  appointed  clerk  or  private  secretary  to  Judge  K. 
I.  Perky,  the  recently  elected  state  senator  from  this 
district  of  Idaho,  and  he  is  also  serving  as  a  member 
of  the  military  staff  of  Governor  Haw  ley,  being  the 
youngest  member  ever  appointed  to  this  position  in 
the  state;  Mary  Olivia,  the  only  daughter,  was  born 
at  Butte,  Montana,  on  the  27th  of  September,  1807, 
and  is  now  a  student  in  the  Blackfoot  high  school; 
and  Marshall  Byron,  born  at  Blackfoot  on  the  I2th 
of  March,  1900. 

CHARLES  W.  DILL,  M.  D.  The  entire  professional 
life  of  Dr.  Charles  W.  Dill  has  been  passed  in  Sho- 
shone, where  for  more  than  fifteen  years  he  has 
ministered  to  the  sick,  given  instruction  to  young 
men  in  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery,  opened  a.  well  equipped  hospital,  enjoyed 
great  popularity  as  a  practitioner  and  been  loaded 
with  the  honors  of  a  professional  career.  Bringing 
to  his  practice  thorough  scholastic  training,  innate 
soundness  and  accurate  judgment,  and  a  cheerful 
disposition,  he  has  long  maintained  a  leading  place 
among  the  progressive  disciples  of  -^Ssculapius.  Dr. 
Dill  was  born  August  15,  1877,  at  Mount  Meadows, 
Idaho,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Anna  (Walgo- 
mott)  Dill,  natives  of  Iowa.  Dr.  Dill's  parents 
came  to  Idaho  shortly  after  their  marriage,  and  Wil- 
liam Dill  was  for  a  number  of  years  the  driver  of 
the  stage  over  the  old  overland  route.  He  died  in 
1907,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years,  his  wife  having 
passed  away  in  1901,  and  they  were  buried  side  by 
side  in  the  family  cemetery  on  the  old  home  ranch 
near  Shoshone.  They  were  the  parents  of  two 
children:  Charles  W.;  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Orr,  a 
resident  of  Wyoming. 

The  early  education  of  Dr.  Dill  was  secured  in  the 
public  schools  of  Shoshone,  following  which  he 
started  to  work  on  the  range,  where  for  riding  after 
cattle  he  received  one  dollar  per  day,  this  being  con- 
sidered a  good  salary  for  a  lad  of  fifteen  years.  Am- 
bitious and  industrious,  he  saved  enough  out  of 
his  earnings  to  establish  a  meat  market  when  he 
was  only  seventeen,  and  when  he  sold  out  a  short 
time  later  found  himself  possessed  of  enough  money 
to  further  prosecute  his  studies.  Accordingly,  he 
entered  the  State  Normal  School  at  Albion,  and  on 
completing  his  course  there  began  teaching  school 
in  the  winter  and  working  on  a  ranch  in  the  summer, 
thus  earning  enough  to  enter  the  Utah  University 
at  Salt  Lake.  Of  a  studious  disposition,  he  next 
took  a  course  in  Osteopathy  at  Kirksville,  Missouri, 
and  after  graduating  spent  two  years  in  practice  at 
Shoshone.  His  further  study  was  as  a  student  in 
Creighton  University,  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  hi» 
accomplishments  in  the  fields  of  medicine  and  sur- 


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gery  won  him  high  honors,  as  described  in  a  local 
paper,  which  at  that  time  said  in  part  as  follows: 
"Charles  W.  Dill,  who  has  been  attending  Creighton 
Medical  College,  Omaha,  for  the  past  two  years, 
graduated  from  that  institution  on  the  I5th  inst. 
Out  of  a  class  of  thirty-nine,  Mr.  Dill  received  the 
highest  honors,  and  was  awarded  the  medal."  The 
Omaha  Bee  also  gave  a  short  notice  of  the  class: 
"Thirty-nine  graduates  of  the  Creighton  Medical  Col- 
lege will  leave  that  institution  Tuesday  evening  for 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery.  Many  have 
applied  for  interneship  in  local  hospitals,  and  of  these 
applicants  Charles  W.  Dill  ranks  highest.  Dr.  Dill 
has  been  offered  many  tempting  positions  in  Omaha, 
but  has  seen  fit  to  decline  them  all  and  return  to 
Shoshone."  Dr.  Dill  returned  to  this  city  in  1896, 
and  his  thorough  training,  winning  personal  qual- 
ities, careful  attention  and  evident  skill  soon  brought 
increasing  business  and  widening  reputation.  In  the 
field  of  surgery  he  is  now  known  throughout  his 
part  of  the  state,  and  not  only  is  he  popular  as  a 
practitioner,  but  he  has  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  the  faculty  all  over  Idaho.  Dr.  Dill,  though  a 
thorough  doctor,  is  much  more  than  a  professional 
drudge.  His  thorough  education,  his  wide  acquaint- 
ance with  literature  and  his  social  qualities  have 
made  him  a  favorite  socially,  but  his  greatest  pleasure, 
perhaps,  lies  in  visiting  the  old  home  ranch,  which 
he  owns,  and  on  which  he  breeds  thoroughbred 
horses  and  cattle.  He  built  and  equipped  a  private 
hospital  which  he  has  fitted  with  all  the  comforts 
and  conveniences  known  to  the  profession.  Dr.  Dill 
is  an  enthusiastic  Idaho  "booster,"  which  is  but  nat- 
ural, for  besides  being  the  state  of  his  birth  it  is 
the  field  in  which  he  has  won  high  honors.  He  has 
seen  the  section  grow  from  a  waste  of  sand  and 
sagebrush  into  a  veritable  flower  garden,  and  has 
shared  the  labor  which  has  brought  about  this  won- 
derful transformation.  The  sesthetic  qualities  which 
Dr.  Dill  possesses  have  made  him  sought  after  in 
social  organizations,  and  he  is  a  popular  member  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Royal  High- 
landers and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  In  politics 
a  Democrat,  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  success 
of  his  party,  but  his  work  has  always  been  done  for 
others,  having  had  no  ambition  for  personal  prefer- 
ment. He  leans  towards  the  faith  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  his  wife  being  a  member  thereof  and  a 
prominent  worker  in  the  Ladies'  Guild. 

Dr.  Dill  was  married  at  Albion,  Idaho,  October 
22,  1898,  to  Elloy  Boulware,  who  was  born  in  this 
state,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Boulware,  an 
old  pioneer  family  of  this  section.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Dill  have  had  one  son :  Charles  W.  Jr. 

FRED  J.  HILL.  Losing  his  parents  when  he  was  an 
infant,  the  boyhood  of  Fred  J.  Hill  was  anything 
but  one  of  ease  and  comfort.  At  all  times,  every- 
where, he  remembers  having  to  work  early  and  late, 
to  secure  his  education  during  time  snatched  from 
his  labor  for  his  daily  bread,  and  to  satisfy  himself 
with  the  bare  necessities  of  life.  Happily,  his  tire- 
less industry,  perseverance  and  determination  have 
been  rewarded  by  the  gaining  of  a  flourishing  bus- 
iness, and  he  may  now  look  back  over  the  years  that 
have  passed  and  realize  that  the  training  and  experi- 
ence gained  gave  him  an  education  that  could  have 
been  acquired  in  no  school,  the  training  that  only 
comes  through  the  necessity  to  make  one's  way 
in  the  world.  Fred  J.  Hill  was  born  in  McCook, 
Nebraska,  August  22,  1888,  and  as  soon  as  he  was 
able  was  sent  to  work.  Naturally  this  somewhat 
curtailed  his  educational  advantages,  but  the  youth 
was  ambitious,  and  whenever  he  could  spare  time  he 


spent  it  in  study  and  reading.  When  he  was  six 
years  of  age  he  was  sent  to  Florida,  but  in  1895 
returned  to  Nebraska,  and  there  every  odd  job  that 
offered  itself  was  grist  for  his  mill,  he  even  for  a  time 
working  as  a  section  hand.  With  rare  foresight,  the 
youth  realized  the  advantages  to  be  gained  by  the 
knowledge  of  a  trade,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
he  began  to  learn  the  butchering  business.  In  1905 
he  went  to  Colorado,  where  he  remained  but  a  few 
months,  working  at  his  trade,  and  then  came  to 
Blackfoot,  Idaho,  where  he  spent  the  next  two  years 
following  the  same  line.  His  next  location  was  in 
California,  where  he  remained  until  1910,  being  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  but  in  that  year  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  and  returned  to  Idaho.  Set- 
tling in  Shoshone,  he  worked  on  a  salary  for  about 
two  years,  and  in  March,  1912,  established  himself 
in  business  as  proprietor  of  his  present  store,  where 
he  has  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  business. 

Mr.  Hill  was  married  at  Modesto,  California,  in 
October,  1908,  to  Kathryn  McPherson.  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  McPherson,  of  Idaho,  and  one 
child,  Margaret  M.,  has  been  born  to  this  union. 
Mr.  Hill  leans  towards  the  faith  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  which  his  wife  is  an  active  member.  He 
is  independent  in  his  political  belief,  exercising  his 
right  to  vote  for  the  man  he  deems  best  fitted  for 
the  office,  irrespective  of  partv  lines.  His  fraternal 
connections  are  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  in  both  of  which  he 
has  numerous  warm  friends.  Mr.  Hill  takes  an 
intelligent  interest  in  theatricals,  and  is  fond  of  all 
kinds  of  athletic  sports,  being  an  ardent  baseball 
fan.  Speaking  from  his  own  experience,  he  states 
it  as  his  belief  that  Idaho  is  the  land  of  opportunity 
for  the  young  man  of  ambition  and  perseverance. 
Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  praise  of  the  successful 
fight  Mr.  Hill  has  waged  against  adverse  circum- 
stances. The  friendless  orphan  lad,  handicapped  by 
the  lack  of  opportunities  which  are  the  birthright  of 
young  Americans,  fighting-  the  world  bravely  and 
alone,  has  developed  into  the  prosperous  man  of 
business,  with  influential  friends  gained  through  his 
constant  integrity  and  honorable  methods.  He  has 
earned  the  right  to  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his 
fellow-citizen,  and  to  the  honorable  title  of  "Self- 
made  man." 

DR.  CHARLES  F.  ZELLER.  Among  the  members  of 
the  medical  profession  in  Idaho  whose  abilities  in 
their  chosen  field  of  endeavor  have  raised  them  to 
positions  of  eminence,  none  have  gained  a  greater 
degree  of  well-deserved  success  than  Dr.  Charles 
F.  Zeller,  leading  physician  of  Shoshone,  and  a  man 
whose  position  has  been  attained  by  constant  per- 
severance and  application  to  his  profession  from 
boyhood.  Handicapped  by  the  lack  of  capital  with 
which  to  pursue  his  studies,  Dr.  Zeller  worked  his 
own  way  through  college,  and  today  stands  as  a 
striking  example  of  the  worth  of  industry  and  deter- 
mination. Charles  F.  Zeller  was  born  at  Waterville, 
Kansas,  November  17,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry 
E.  and  Julia  (Rainbow)  Zeller.  His  father,  a  native 
of  Germany,  came  to  the  United  States  as  a  boy, 
and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  bus- 
iness. He  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  his  section  of 
Kansas,  was  engaged  actively  in  politics,  and  become 
one  of  his  community's  foremost  citizens.  He  was 
married  in  Kansas  to  Julia  Rainbow,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  a  family  of  eleven  chil- 
dren. 

Charles  F.  Zeller  was  the  youngest  of  his  parents' 
children,  and  his  early  education  was  secured  in  the 
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sas.  As  a  lad  he  earned  his  first  money  working 
on  a  transfer  wagon,  and  subsequently  secured  em- 
ployment as  a  farm  hand,  in  this  way  earning  the 
money  to  continue  his  studies.  Whatever  honorable 
occupation  come  to  hand  found  him  a  ready  and  will- 
ing worker,  and  eventually  he  accumulated  means 
enough  to  enter  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Kansas,  at.Lawrenceville,  where  he  was 
subsequently  graduated  in  1903.  For  one  year  there- 
after he  acted  in  the  capacity  of  house  surgeon  in 
the  University  Hospital,  then  going  to  Old  Mexico 
as  surgeon  for  the  M.  C.  M.  &  O.  R.  R..  remaining  in 
the  employ  of  that  company  until  1908,  which  year 
saw  his  advent  in  Shoshone.  Here  he  opened  offices, 
and  as  his  ability  was  recognized  his  practice  grew, 
until  now  he  is  known  as  the  leading  physician  and 
surgeon  of  his  adopted  city.  Dr.  Zeller's  early  years 
of  practice  were  a  constant  struggle  against  hand- 
icaps that  would  have  discouraged  one  not  made  of 
such  stern  stuff,  but  at  this  time  he  is  in  a  position 
to  look  back  over  that  period  and  to  realize  that 
there  he  gained  experience  that  could  have  come  to 
him  in  no  other  manner.  A  deep  insight  into  human 
nature,  gained  through  mingling  with  all  manners 
and  conditions  of  men,  has  given  him  a  kindly,  sym- 
pathetic nature  that  is  one  of  the  physicians  chief 
assets  in  the  sick  room.  Among  his  associates,  the 
Doctor  is  known  as  a  man  who  lives  up  to  the  un- 
written ethics  of  the  profession,  while  the  general 
confidence  in  which  he  is  held  in  his  community 
testifies  eloquently  to  his  skill.  In  political  matters 
the  Doctor  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  an  active  in- 
tcrot  in  public  matters.  He  has  been  county  phy- 
sician since  1909,  belongs  to  the  Lincoln  County 
Board  of  Health,  of  which  he  is  secretary,  and  also 
holds  the  position  of  coroner.  An  out-of-door  man, 
he  is  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing,  and  takes  great 
interest  in  baseball  and  football  games,  while  theat- 
ricals also  claim  a  part  of  his  attention,  but  his  pro- 
fession has  always  been  foremost  in  his  thoughts 
and  the  greater  part  of  his  time  when  not  engaged 
in  his  official  duties  or  those  of  his  large  private  prac- 
tice is  spent  in  reading  and  study.  He  is  demon- 
strating his  faith  in  the  future  of  his  adopted  state 
by  building  a  beautiful  home  in  Shoshone  and  in- 
vesting heavily  in  realty. 

In  October,  1906,  Dr.  Zeller  was  married  at  El 
Paso,  Texas,  to  Anna  T.  Bphon,  formerly  of  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri,  and  to  this  union  there  have  been 
born  two  children :  Winifred  G.  and  Charles  W.  Dr. 
Zeller  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights 
•of  Pythias,  of  which  he  is  chancellor  commander, 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  in  all 
of  these  orders  he  has  numerous  friends,  as  he  has, 
indeed,  in  all  business,  professional  and  social  circles 
in  the  city. 

CHARLES  ALGERNON  SUNDERLIN.  In  making  choice 
of  the  profession  of  law  as  a  life  career,  a  young 
man  of  natural  gifts  and  if  liberal  education  can 
make  no  mistake,  for,  despite  many  able  practi- 
tioners, it  is  not  crowded  as  is  that  of  medicine,  nor 
dominating  as  is  the  church,  while  its  emoluments 
may  be  large  and  it  frequently  opens  up  pathways 
that  lead  to 'other  fields  of  usefulness  and  possibly 
to  high  public  office.  Hence,  the  leading  and  repre- 
sentative men  in  a  community  usually  belong  to  the 
law.  and  the  bar  of  Idaho,  is  made  tip  of  a  particu- 
larly able  body  of  men.  Among  the  younger  mem- 
l»ers  of  this  representative  body  is  Charles  Algernon 
Sunderlin,  who  is  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the 
Idaho  State  Bar  Association. 

In  the  family  home  at  Chase,  Michigan,  Mr.  Sun- 
derlin was  bom  on  December  i,  1883,  and  he  is  a 


son  of  Arthur  V.  and  Jennie  E.  Sunderlin.  He  had 
the  advantage  of  educated  parentage,  his  father  being 
a  graduate  of  the  Edinboro  Normal  School,  at  Erie, 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  student  of  Oberlin  College, 
Ohio,  while  his  mother  was  graduated  at  Beaver 
College,  Pennsylvania.  The  removal  of  the  family 
to  Clinton,  Iowa,  gave  Mr.  Sunderlin  an  opportunity 
to  attend  the  excellent  public  schools  of  that  city, 
and  in  1902  he  was  graduated  from  the  Clinton  high 
school.  His  education  was  further  extended,  in 
another  state,  and  in  1907  he  was  graduated  from 
the  Nebraska  State  University,  with  his  degree  of 
A.  B.,  and  in  the  following  year,  after  completing  his 
law  course  at  the  George  Washington  University 
Law  School,  he  received  his  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and 
shortly  afterward  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  making  something  of  a  specialty  of  land 
cases,  and  was  appointed  special  agent,  general  land 
office,  department  of  the  interior.  During  the  years 
1908-1911  inclusive,  he  prosecuted  land  hearing  cases 
in  Idaho  and  Oregon. 

Mr.  Sunderlin  was  married  June  21,  1911,  to  Pearl 
Irene  Bragunier  Nusbaum.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sunderlin 
attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  retains  mem- 
bership with  the  university  organizations :  the  Phi 
Gamma  Delta,  the  Phi  Alpha  Tau,  and  the  Delta 
Sigma  Rho.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he 
has  a  clear  mental  outlook  on  passing  events  that  are 
history-making. 

MARSHALL  LEWIS.  The  permanent  residence  of 
Marshall  Lewis  in  Idaho  began  in  the  year  1902,  the 
month  of  December  marking  his  advent  into  the 
state.  For  five  years  thereafter  he  maintained  his 
residence  in  Boise  City,  where  he  was  connected 
with  the  Boise  Creamery  Company  in  the  capacity 
of  butter  maker.  He  resigned  his  position  there  at 
the  end  of  the  period  named  and  going  to  Richfield, 
established  a  livery  business,  remaining  something 
less  than  a  year  in  that  place.  After  disposing  of 
his  business  he  went  to  Meridian  and  with  J.  E, 
Post,  his  brother-in-law,  entered  the  hay  and  grain 
business.  For  a  year  he  continued  to  be  thus  occu- 
pied, his  next  move  taking  him  to  Nampa,  there 
engaging  in  the  grain  business  and  continuing  for 
some  eight  months.  In  February,  1910,  he  removed 
to  Cambridge  where  he  became  manager  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Mill  &  Elevator  Company,  in  which  position 
he  has  continued  ever  since.  This  concern  is  by  far 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  Washington  county,  the 
volume  of  business  which  passed  through  its  hands 
between  July,  1911,  and  the  same  month  in  1912 
aggregating  more  than  $244,000;  and  the  records 
showing  an  increase  in  business  each  year  since  its 
organization  of  better  than  one  hundred  per  cent; 
facts  which  serve  to  indicate  something  of  the  im- 
portance and  weight  of  the  position  which  Mr. 
Lewis  is  the  incumbent  of  in  Cambridge. 

Marshall  Lewis  is  a  native  son  of  Indiana,  born 
in  the  Hoosier  state  on  August  24,  1881,  in  Danville. 
He  is  the  son  of  Robert  C.  and  Lottie  (Thomas) 
Lewis,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  North  Carolina,  re- 
spectively. The  elder  Lewis  removed  from  his  home 
state  to  Indiana  in  about  1864  and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  the  later  years  of  his  life,  when  he  retired 
from  active  business  life,  although  he  was  for  a 
time  engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  implements. 
In  1881  he  removed  to  Nebraska  with  his  family, 
and  there  makes  his  home  today,  in  Tekonah. 
Twelve  children  were  born  to  these  parents, — seven 
sons  and  five  daughters. 

Marshall  Lewis  was  the  fourth  born  child  of  his 
parents.  He  received  the  usual  advantages  of  the 
country  youth  and  after  finishing  the  graded  schools 


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of  his  district  attended  Tekonah  high  school  for 
one  year,  but  when  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age 
he  quitted  school  entirely.  Soon  after  leaving  school 
he  launched  out  into  business  on  his  own  initiative, 
and  his  first  venture  was  in  the  sale  of  coal  oil.  He 
began  by  purchasing  a  horse,  wagon  and  tank,  and 
for  more  than  three  years  he  was  occupied  in  the 
sale  of  oil  in  Tekonah.  He  then  disposed  of  his 
business  there  and  for  a  year  and  a  half  gave  himself 
to  the  pleasures  of  independent  travel  and  sight  see- 
ing, in  that  time  becoming  familiar  with  a  large 
portion  of  our  great  country.  He  occupied  himself 
variously  in  the  intervals  between  moves,  paying  his 
expenses  by  his  labors,  and  it  mattered  not  what 
work  he  found  to  do, — either  carpenter  work,  driving 
teams  or  working  in  a  restaurant, — it  was  all  "grist 
for  his  mill"  and  made  possible  his  ambition  to  see 
the  country  independently.  It  was  in  December, 
1902,  that  his  inspection  of  the  West  brought  him  to 
a  realization  that  Idaho  was  the  ideal  country  of 
his  dreams,  and  he  settled  forthwith,  that  state  hav- 
ing represented  the  center  of  his  business  activities 
and  his  home  from  then  until  now,  and  his  present 
connections  in  a  business  way  are  so  pleasing  to 
him  that  it  is  safe  to  assume  that  Cambridge  will 
continue  to  claim  him  as  a  citizen  for  many  years 
to  come.  A  complete  outline  of  his  peregrinations 
through  Idaho  and  his  ultimate  settlement  in  Cam- 
bridge being  given  in  the  opening  section  of  this 
brief  review,  further  detail  in  that  respect  is  un- 
necessary at  this  point.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  Mr. 
Lewis  has  to  all  intents  and  purposes  found  himself 
in  his  present  industrial  capacity,  and  has  amply 
demonstrated  his  fitness  for  the  position  he  occupies 
in  the  two  and  a  half  years  he  has  already  given  to  it. 

Mr.  Lewis  is  a  Democrat,  but  is  not  actively  inter- 
ested in  the  labors  of  the  party.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Cambridge  Commercial  Club,  and  takes  an  abid- 
ing interest  in  the  social,  industrial  and  commercial 
advancement  of  th^e  community. 

On  August  23,  1902,  Mr.  Lewis  was  united  in 
marriage,  in  Idaho,  to  Miss  Julia  T.  Anderson,  the 
daughter  of  J.  M.  Anderson,  who  was  an  old  pioneer 
settler  of  the  state  of  Idaho,  having  crossed  the 
plains  by  ox  team  in  the  early  days  of  Idaho  settle- 
ment. The  daughter,  Mrs.  Lewis,  was  born  in  the 
Boise  valley.  Two  children  have  been  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis, — Eva,  born  December  i,  1905, 
at  Meridian,  Idaho,  and  Athel  Lewis,  born  October 
4,  1907,  also  at  Meridian. 

NICHOLAS  J.  THOMSEN.  Among  the  citizens  of 
German  nationality  and  birth  who  have  found  busi- 
ness opportunity  in  Idaho  and  have  improved  it  is 
Nicholas  J.  Thomsen,  3  popular  and  successful  drug- 
gist at  McCammon,  Bannock  county.  He  was  born 
in  Germany,  September  24,  1877,  and  was  about  five 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  left  the  fatherland 
and  emigrated  to  the  United  States.  They  settled 
in  Iowa  and  that  state  remained  the  home  of  Nich- 
olas J.  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  near  his 
Iowa  home.  He  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age 
when  he  left  school  and  began  to  learn  the  drug 
business,  which  line  of  business  he  has  followed 
almost  continuously  since.  The  first  seven  years  he 
was  employed  in  his  chosen  occupation  in  Iowa, 
and  then  he  came  to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  but  after  a 
year  there  occupied  in  various  occupations  he  went 
to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  for  a  similar  period  he 
worked  in  a  drug  store.  Subsequently  he  was 
employed  in  the  same  line  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  six 
months,  and  then  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  for  one  year, 
after  which  he  gave  the  West  another  trial,  locating 


this  time  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  became 
foreman  for  the  Smith  Bailey  Drug  Company.  He 
continued  with  this  firm  eight  years.  Following  that 
he  managed  a  drug  store  at  Downey,  Idaho,  twa 
years  and  then  returned  to  Salt  Lake  City  and 
resumed  his  former  position  with  the  Smith  Bailey 
Drug  Company,  this  time  at  an  advanced  salary.  He 
left  there  in  May,  1912,  to  take  charge  of  the  drug 
store  he  had  purchased  at  M*cCammon,  Idaho,  and 
has  since  been  engaged  in  its  conduct.  He  carries  a 
full  line  of  drugs,  cigars,  stationery  and  such  other 
sundries  as  are  usually  found  in  such  establishments 
and  from  the  first  he  has  enjoyed  a  fine  and  thriving 
trade.  Mr.  Thomsen  understands  this  line  of  busi- 
ness thoroughly,  and  with  pleasant  personal  ways 
he  is  appreciated  as  an  agreeable  associate,  whether 
in  business  or  social  relations. 

In  1905  Mr.  Thomsen  was  married  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Jessie  Lillian  Gray,  formerly  of 
New  York  City,  and  to  this  happy  union  has  been 
born  a  son,  Arthur  Clark  Thomsen,  and  a  daughter, 
Dorothy  Gray  Thomsen. 

As  a  Republican  Mr.  Thomsen  is  interested  in 
political  affairs  to  the  extent  that  every  good  citizen 
should  be,  and  while  he  does  not  actively  participate 
in  party  affairs  he  believes  voting  a  duty  that  should 
be  omitted  by  no  citizen.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
McCammon  commercial  club,  and  in  the  way  of 
outdoor  sports  he  is  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomsen  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

FRED  SCHWENDIMAN.  The  business  interests  of 
Sugar  City,  Idaho,  are  heavy  and  varied,  offering 
opportunities  for  development  and  advancement,  as 
the  city  is  the  natural  center  for  a  rapidly-growing 
farming  community  that  looks  to  this  point  as  a 
source  of  supplies.  Competition  in  the  various  lines- 
of  business,  however,  is  exceedingly  keen,  and  only 
those  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  have 
won  a  full  measure  of  success.  In  this  connection  it 
will  not  be  inappropriate  to  briefly  sketch  the  career 
of  Fred  Schwendiman,  a  man  who  has  risen  to  a  rec- 
ognized position  among  the  successful  men  of  his  sec- 
tion. Mr.  Schwendiman  was  born  at  Neiderstocken, 
Canton  Berne,  Switzerland,  July  28,  1872,  and  is  a 
son  of  Samuel  and  Magdalena  (Straubhaar)  Schwen- 
diman. The  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
in  1886,  settling  in  Paris,  Idaho,  where  the  father,  a 
wagon  and  carriage  manufacturer,  farmer  and  cattle 
raiser,  died  in  1894,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years.  The 
mother  now  makes  her  home  at  Sugar  City,  and  is 
sixty-seven  years  of  age. 

Fred  Schwendiman  was  the  oldest  of  his  parents^ 
six  children,  and  secured  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  Paris,  Idaho,  and  Ricks  Academy  at  Rexburg. 
On  completing  his  studies,  he  entered  the  Hardware 
business  at  Teton  City,  Idaho,  where  he  remained 
until  1904,  and  at  that  time  disnosed  of  his  interests 
and  came  to  Sugar  City,  where  he  assisted  in  organ- 
izing the  Sugar  City  Hardware  &  Lumber  Company, 
a  concern  which  has  grown  from  a  small  beginning 
into  one  of  the  largest  in  this  section  of  the  state. 
Mr.  Schwendiman  is  the  heaviest  stockholder  and  is 
manager  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  firm,  with; 
Mark  Austin  as  president.  By  his  careful  attention 
to  and  thorough  knowledge  of  his  business,  and  his 
comprehensions  of  the  needs  of  his  patrons,  he  has 
built  up  a  splendid  trade,  and  among  his  associates 
he  is  known  as  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity.  In 
political  matters  a  Republican,  he  has  since  coming 
to  this  city  served  acceptably  as  a  member  of  the 
town  board.  Mr.  Schwendiman  is  also  a  director,, 
and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Canyon  Creek 


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Irrigation  and  Canal  Company,  and  he  is  also  widely 
known  as  an  extensive  farmer,  raising  annually  as 
high  as  20,000  bushels  of  grain. 

Another  laudable  enterprise  with  which  Mr. 
Schwendiman  has  been  identified  is  the  Bowerman 
Townsite.  This  community,  lying  ten  miles  east  of 
Sugar  City  and  twelve  miles  southeast  of  St.  Anthony 
in  Fremont  county  is  located  in  the  center  of  four 
townships,  where  four  townships  corner  together. 
Fere  is  one  of  the  richest  and  most  productive  sec- 
«ions  of  the  state  of  Idaho.  This  section  of  the 
country  is  comparatively  new,  having  been  used  as 
a  sheep  range  for  many  years.  Wonderful  develop- 
ments have  been  made  in  this  section  in  the  last 
few  years.  Thousands  of  acres  of  sage  brush  lands 
have  been  and  are  still  being  transformed  into  wav- 
ing grain  fields.  The  soil  and  climate  here  are  also 
especially  adapted  to  fruit  raising,  and  many  young 
orchards  are  being  set  out.  This  townsite  is  located 
on  a  bench  overlooking  the  upper  Snake  River  Val- 
ley. It  was  named  after  G.  E.  Bowerman  of  St.  An- 
thony, who  in  connection  with  C.  C.  Moore  and  Fred 
Schwendiman  have  been  very  energetic  in  the  de- 
velopment of  this  section  of  the  country.  These 
enterprising  men  sank  a  well  at  a  great  expense, 
which  is  the  only  one  for  miles  around,  and  which 
is  supplying  a  great  many  people  with  water  for 
domestic  use.  A  large  portion  of  the  land  is  being 
irrigated  from  what  is  known  as  the  Canyon  Creek 
Canal,  of  which  company  Mr.  Schwendiman  is  one 
of  the  principals,  and  it  is  expected  that  this  moun- 
tain stream  will  be  reservoired  in  the  near  future 
and  will  supply  water  for  many  thousand  acres  of 
land,  upon  which  will  spring  up  hundreds  of  thrifty 
homes. 

On  January  7,  1897,  Mr.  Schwendiman  was  mar- 
ried at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Ethel  A.  Wil- 
liams, daughter  of  John  G.  and  Lavina  A.  (Pendle- 
ton)  Williams,  now  residents  of  Sugar  City,  and  four 
children  have  been  born  to  this  union,  concerning 
whom  brief  mention  is  made  as  follows :  Fred  W., 
born  in  Teton  City,  Idaho,  in  1898;  Rulqn  J'.,  born  in 
1899,  and  Viola,  born  in  1902,  all  attending  school  at 
Sugar  City;  and  Lynn  A.,  the  youngest,  born  in 
Sugar  City  in  1908.  The  family  is  prominently  con- 
nected with  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
in  which  Mr.  Schwendiman  is  second  Councillor  of 
the  Sugar  City  Ward. 

Mr.  Schwendiman  has  won  success  through  con- 
stant application  to  business,  but  in  the  meantime 
has  found  time  to  do  his  full  part  in  the  upbuilding 
of  the  community,  and  all  movements  tending  to 
enhance  and  stimulate  progress  find  in  him  a  stanch 
supporter.  In  a  wide  acquaintance,  he  has  drawn 
to  himself  many  -friends,  and  he  finds  no  difficulty  in 
retaining  them. 

RICHARD  THOMAS  OWENS.  Prominent  among  the 
men  who  have  been  commercial  builders  in  southern 
Idaho  is  Richard  Thomas  Owens,  of  Malad  City, 
Oneida  county,  who  has  not  only  been  a  forceful 
factor  of  progress  in  that  direction,  but  in  official 
capacities  and  in  other  relations  to  society  has  accom- 
plished highly  commendable  and  serviceable  achieve- 
ments. He  is  a»westerner  by  birth  and  represents 
a  family  that  has  been  identified  with  the  life  of 
Oneida  county,  Idaho,  nearly  half  a  century.  There 
are  few  who  know  more  of  the  development  that 
has  taken  place  in  this  state  in  that  period  than  does 
Mr.  Owens. 

He  was  born  April  21,  1854,  at  Ogden,  Utah,  to 
John  and  Mary  (Thomas)  Owens,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Wales.  They  were  married  on  board 
ship  while  bound  for  America  and  spent  nine  months 


on  the  voyage  and  in  making  their  way  to  their 
destination  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  having  come 
by  sailing  vessel  around  by  the  gulf  and  up  the 
Mississippi  to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  from  whence  they 
crossed  the  plains  to  Utah  with  an  ox  team,  arriving 
there  October  10,  1853.  John  Owens,  the  father, 
engaged  as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  in  Utah,  but 
in  1866  he  sold  his  interests  there  and  removed  to 
Oneida  county,  Idaho,  becoming  a  resident  of  Malad 
City.  He  resumed  his  former  line  of  industrial 
and  business  activity  and  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  farmers  and  stock  men  of  this  section. 
He  passed  away  in  November,  1895,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-two,  a  member  of  the  Mormon  church.  His 
wife  had  preceded  him  in  death,  her  demise  having 
occurred. m  March,  1887,  when  fifty-two  years  of 
age.  Both  are  interred  at  Malad  City.  Seven  chil- 
dren were  born  to  their  union,  namely :  Richard 
Thomas,  of  this  review ;  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  John  R. 
Thomas,  of  Malad  City;  John  T.  and  Edward  T., 
both  farmers  and  stockmen  at  Malad  City;  Blanch, 
now  Mrs.  Llewelyn  Thomas,  whose  husband  is  no 
blood  relative  of  the  family  though  bearing  the  same 
name;  Katharine,  whose  husband,  Daniel  M.  Daniels, 
is  a  grandson  of  Bishop  Daniels,  a  pioneer  of  Utah 
in  1848  and  of  Idaho  in  1865;  Charlotte,  now  Mrs. 
David  S.  Jones,  of  Malad  City,  Idaho. 

Richard  Thomas  Owens  received  his  education 
in  Idaho,  first  in  the  public  schools  and  then  later 
in  the  University  of  Utah.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  he  entered  into  business  activity  as  the  pro- 
prietor of  a  general  store  at  Malad  City  and  this 
was  the  beginning  of  the  mercantile  business  of  the 
R.  T.  Owens  Company  that  is  today  the  leading 
enterprise  of  its  kind  in  Malad  City  and  in  Oneida 
county.  Mr.  Owens  is  the  president  and  the  largest 
stockholder  in  this  company.  He  is  also  a  director 
in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Malad  City,  is  inter- 
ested in  the  harness  manufacturing  plant  located 
there  and  in  different  other  ways  has  taken  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  upbuilding  of  his  community. 
Besides  different  valuable  holdings  in  business  prop- 
erties there,  he  has  the  distinction  of  owning  the 
finest  home  in  Malad  City.  As  assets  in  beginning 
his  business  career  he  had  but  little  in  a  financial 
way  but  he  had  good  business  acumen,  perseverance 
and  a  large  capacity  for  industrious  effort  and  by 
these  abilities  he  has  achieved  a  definite  and  en- 
viable success.  The  high  regard  in  which  he  is 
held  in  the  county  that  has  so  long  been  his  home 
is  shown  by  his  having  been  called  upon  to  serve 
in  different  city  and  county  offices,  in  each  of 
which  his  services  were  governed  by  the  same  ster- 
ling traits  that  have  made  him  a  successful  business 
man.  As  a  Republican  he  was  elected  a  commis- 
sioner of  Oneida  county  in  1905,  serving  one  term, 
and  he  has  also  served  four  terms  as  a  member 
of  the  city  council  and  twice  as  mayor  of  Malad 
City.  In  1890  he  was  one  of  thirteen  Republicans 
in  Oneida  county  at  that  time,  and  as  an  active 
worker  in  behalf  of  his  party  he  has  been  a  strong 
factor  in  making  Oneida  a  strong  Republican 
county  ever  since.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mormon 
church  and  served  as  its  missionary  to  Wales  in 
1885-86.  Fraternally  he  became  identified  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters  in  1888  as  a  charter 
member  of  Gem  Valley  Lodge  No.  28. 

Mr.  Owens  has  been  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Miss  Susan  Thomas,  daughter  of  Thomas 
W.  and  Ruth  (Morgan)  Thomas,  whom  he  wedded 
in  April,  1878,  and  who  died  in  1890.  Two  children 
came  to  their  union :  Ruth,  now  Mrs.  Henry  McGee, 
of  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah,  and  Dr.  Richard  E.  Owens, 
a  dentist  at  Malad  City,  Idaho.  In  September,  1891, 


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Mr.  Owens  took  as  his  second  wife,  Miss  Isabella 
Regan,  a  native  of  Hamilton,  Ohio. 

GEORGE  T.  PARKINSON,  M.  D.  A  young  physician 
whose  attainment  and  service  have  already  marked 
him  for  a  high  place  in  his  profession,  Dr.  George 
T.  Parkinson  has  been  in  practice  at  Preston  since 
1910  and  is  county  physician  of  Franklin  county. 
Dr.  Parkinson  represents  one  of  the  pioneer  fam- 
ilies and  is  the  son  of  one  of  the  best  known  phy- 
sicians of  Utah,  where  his  family  has  been  located 
since  pioneer  days. 

George  T.  Parkinson  was  born  at  Coalville,  Utah, 
December  27,  1883.  His  parents  were  Dr.  W.  B. 
and  Clari  (Clarissa)  Parkinson.  His  father,  a  native 
of  England,  came  to  America  when  four  years  old, 
and  with  his  parents  rode  behind  an  ox  team  over 
the  plains  until  they  came  to  the  vicinity  of  Cald- 
well,  Utah,  where  they  were  among  the  first  settlers. 
In  that  vicinity  he  spent  his  early  years,  attending 
school  there  and  later  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  of  Utah  University.  He  has  long  since 
ranked  among  the  noted  physicians  of  the  state  and 
has  practiced  at  Coalville,  Farmington  and  Salt 
Lake,  and  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years  at  Logan, 
where  he  now  resides  at  the  age  of  sixty  years. 
The  mother  was  born  in  Utah,  her  parents  being 
still  earlier  pioneers  of  that  state.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Logan  in  1902  when  she  was  forty-three 
years  of  age. 

The  second  in  a  family  of  five  children,  Dr.  George 
T.,  while  attending  the  public  schools  of  Utah  and 
partly  through  the  example  of  his  honest  father, 
determined  to  make  medicine  his  profession.  He  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  of 
Philadelphia,  and  after  obtaining  his  degree  in  med- 
icine he  first  located  for  practice  at  St.  Anthony, 
Idaho,  but  after  a  short  time  he  moved  to  McCam- 
mqn  and  finally  came  to  Preston,  where  he  has 
built  up  a  very  large  practice. 

In  politics  he  is  an  independent.  His  religious 
relations  are  with  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints.  All  kinds  of  outdoor  snorts,  hunting  and 
fishing,  make  a  strong  appeal  to  him,  and  when  he 
is  able  to  get  away  from  business  he  enjoys  nothing 
better  than  an  outing  into  the  beautiful  country 
surrounding  his  home  town. 

Dr.  Parkinson  is  a  member  of  the  Cache  Valley 
Medical  Society. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  August  19,  1902,  he  married 
Miss  Florence  Wilson,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Wil- 
son of  Logan,  where  he  still  resides.  The  four  chil- 
dren of  their  marriage  are  as  follows :  Rata,  born 
at  Logan,  Utah,  in  1903,  and  now  attending  school 
in  Preston;  George  Theodore,  born  at  Logan  in 
1905,  is  also  a  school  boy;  James  Charles  was  born 
at  Philadelphia  in  1907;  Clarissa  was  born  at  Pres- 
ton in  February,  1912. 

J.  G.  SMITH.  One  of  the  business  men  who  some 
years  ago  with  complete  faith  in  the  future  develop- 
ment of  Idaho,  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Preston  to 
add  his  own  enterprise  to  the  business  of  that 
locality,  Mr.  Smith  has  for  fifteen  years  been  one 
of  the  progressive  and  prospering  merchants  of 
Preston.  His  start  in  life  was  without  capital  and 
from  the  resources  of  his  own  ability  and  industry 
he  rapidly  advanced  in  experience  and  knowledge 
of  business  and  now  for  a  number  of  years  has 
been  considered  one  of  the  foremost  merchants  and 
citizens  of  Preston. 

J.  G.  Smith,  who  is  a  son  of  two  of  Utah's 
pioneers,  was  born  at  Brigham  City,  Utah,  in 
November,  1865,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Maria 


(Smith)  Smith.  The  father,  a  native  of  England, 
came  to  America,  and  from  New  York  state,  where 
he  first  settled,  came  across  the  plains  to  Utah 
during  the  early  days  of  colonization  in  that  state. 
His  career  was  a  prominent  one.  After  a  number 
of  years  in  contracting  on  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
Railroad,  he  located  at  Brigham  City,  where  he  was 
mayor  and  also  had  a  position  on  the  local  bench. 
His  death  occurred  at  Brigham  City  in  October, 
1895,  when  he  was  seventy-seven  years  of  age.  The 
mother,  who  was  also  from  England,  is  now  living 
at  Smithfield,  Utah,  aged  seventy-two. 

The  fifth  of  the  nine  children  in  his  family,  J.  G. 
Smith  attended  the  schools  of  Brigham  City  and  on 
leaving  school  began  to  learn  the  shoe  manufactur- 
ing business.  It  was  with  considerable  knowledge 
of  that  trade  that  he  came  to  Preston  in  1888, 
twenty-five  years  ago,  and  for  the  first  ten  years 
was  engaged  in  the  shoe  business  in  this  city.  He 
then  established  himself  independently  in  the  gen- 
eral mercantile  business,  which  from  a  very  small 
beginning,  with  a  small  stock,  and  with  only  his 
acquaintance  throughout  the  country  to  draw  trade, 
it  has  developed  into  one  of  the  best  stores  in  this 
section  of  Oneida  county. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Stake  High  Council 
of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  and  during 
1899  and  1901  was  on  a  mission  in  England.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  village  board  of  Preston 
for  one  term  and  in  politics  is  independent.  At  the 
Logan  Temple,  in  Logan,  Utah,  in  November,  1885, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Louise  Gilbert, 
a  daughter  of  George  and  Henrietta  Gilbert,  who 
are  still  living  in  Brigham  City,  Utah,  where  they 
were  pioneer  settlers.  The  eleven  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Smith  are  named  as  follows :  Mrs.  Hen- 
rietta L.  Hobbs,  who  was  born  in  Brigham  City  in 
1886,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Downey,  Idaho,  and 
the  mother  of  three  children ;  Mrs.  Jennett  M.  Bar- 
ton, born  at  Brigham  City  in  1888,  is  a  resident  of 
Preston  and  the  mother  of  three  children;  James 
G.  Junior,  was  born  at  Preston  in  1890,  and  now 
resides  at  Downey;  Mabel  L.,  born  in  1892,  lives 
at  home ;  Kenneth  G.,  born  in  1894,  and  Hazel,  born 
in  1895,  both  attending  the  Oneida  Stake  Academy; 
Arnold,  born  May  I,  1897,  died  November  3,  1898; 
Alta,  born  November  3,  1898,  Earl  Gilbert,  born  in 
1902,  Lowell  C.,  born  in  1904,  are  all  at  school ;  Grace, 
born  in  July,  1907,  is  the  youngest.  All  the  children 
except  the  two  oldest  were  born  in  Preston. 

HEBER  H.  HARTVIGSEN.  In  1906  Heber  H.  Hartvig- 
sen  established  the  Ashton  Enterprise  in  Ashton, 
Idaho,  which  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  and 
only  paper  in  this  city.  Mr.  Hartvigsen  has  been 
identified  with  newspaper  work  since  his  boyhood, 
and  when  he  had  completed  his  school  work  served 
a  four-year  apprenticeship  to  the  printer's  trade, 
after  which  he  was  employed  as  a  journeyman  printer 
for  seven  years,  thus  gaining  a  wide  knowledge  of 
the  business  which  has  stood  him  in  excellent  stead 
in  recent  years  as  an  independent  editor  and  news- 
paper man.  Mr.  Hartvigsen  was  born  in  Sandy, 
Utah,  on  July  20,  1886,  and  is  the  son  of  Emil  and 
Mina  (Sorenson)  Hartvigsen.  The  mother  was 
born  at  Moss,  Norway,  on  the  3rd  of  August,  1852, 
and  is  still  living. 

Emil  Hartvigsen,  born  in  Christiana,  Norway, 
May  20,  1852,  came  to  America  in  1870.  He  settled 
in  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  in  1874,  afterwards  removing  to 
Sandy.  He  was  a  painter  and  paper  hanger  by  trade 
and  in  the  later  years  of  his  life  was  occupied  in  the 
mercantile  business,  enjoying  a  considerable  busi- 
ness success.  He  was  a  Republican  and  filled  sev- 


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«ral  public  offices  in  his  time,  being  always  active 
in  political  and  civic  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  and  very  active 
in  religious  work  at  all  times.  He  was  noted  as  a 
choir  singer,  both  in  Scandanavian  and  English 
circles,  and  led  a  choir  for  more  than  thirty  years  of 
his  life.  He  died  in  Sandy  January  22,  1907,  when 
he  was  fifty-five  years  old.  The  wife  and  mother 
came  to  America  in  1871,  coming  direct  to  Utah, 
where  she  arrived  on  the  2Oth  day  of  July  and  there 
marrying  her  husband.  She  is  the  mother  of  six  sons 
and  two  daughters,  and  of  this  goodly  family.  Heber 
1 1.  was  the  fifth  born. 

Heber  H.  Hartvigsen  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Sandy,  Utah,  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  after  which  he  served  his  printer's 
apprenticeship,  following  the  trade  of  a  printer  for 
seven  years  thereafter.  His  subsequent  business  ex- 
perience is  simply  set  forth  in  an  opening  para- 
graph, so  that  further  comment  on  his  newspaper 
career  is  here  unnecessary.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  he 
had  established  the  Ashton  Enterprise  on  a  sojid 
basis,  and  is  giving  to  the  people  of  his  community 
as  clean  and  newsy  a  sheet  as  is  ever  seen  in  a 
town  the  size  of  Ashton,  the  paper  having  a  bona 
fide  paid  circulation  of  six  hundred  subscribers. 

Mr.  Hartvigsen  is  a  Republican,  and  although  his 
paper  is  not  the  political  mouthpiece  of  his  party  in 
this  section  of  the  country,  it  has  decided  leanings 
toward  that  party.  Personally,  its  editor  is  an  active 
worker  in  the  interests  of  the  cause  and  has  served 
his  city  well  as  city  clerk  from  April,  19x19,  to  April, 
191  r.  He  has  given  military  service,  having  been 
for  three  years  a  member  of  Company  D  of  the 
Idaho  National  Guards,  and  quitting  the  service 
with  the  rank  of  first  sergeant.  Fraternally  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  he  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  this  city. 

On  June  16,  1910,  Mr.  Hartvigsen  was  married 
at  St.  Anthony  to  Miss  Lillian  F.  Fryer,  the  daugh- 
ter of  James  A.  Fryer  of  St.  Anthony.  She  was 
born  in  Utah  but  reared  in  Idaho.  One  daughter 
has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hartvigsen — Frances 
Fdith,  born  May  19,  1911,  in  Ashton,  Idaho. 

JAMES  E.  GOOD.  It  can  be  said  of  the  county  attor- 
ney of  Bingham  county,  in  the  retrospect  of  his  ca- 
reer, that  he  has  impressed  himself  upon  the  life  and 
institutions  of  Blackfoot,  no  less  than  upon  his 
profession,  in  a  manner  alike  creditable  to  himself 
and  productive  of  lasting  benefit  to  the  city.  A 
thorough  master  of  the  law,  he  has  attained  a  high 
place  in  the  ranks  of  Idaho's  legists,  and  in  his 
official  capacity  has  shown  himself  a  faithful  and 
conscientious  public  servant.  Mr.  Good  is  a  native 
of  London,  Canada,  and  was  born  November  28, 
1874,  a  son  of  James  M.  and  Jane  (McEwin)  Good, 
both  natives  of  Scotland. 

James  M.  Good  emigrated  to  Canada  in  young 
manhood,  and  was  there  engaged  in  farming  until 
coining  to  the  United  States,  at  which  time  he 
settled  on  land  in  Iowa  and  continued  to  till  the 
«oil  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  his  death 
occurring  in  1*99.  when  he  was  sixty-eight  years 
of  age.  He  was  married  in  Canada  to  Jane  McEwin, 
who  still  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  St. 
Paul,  Minnesota,  having  reached  the  advanced  age 
of  seventy-nine  years.  Of  their  nine  children,  James 
E.  was  the  next  to  the  youngest. 

The  early  education  of  James  E.  Good  was  secured 
in  the  public  schools  of  Le  Mars,  Iowa,  and  later 
he  took  a  commercial  course  covering  three  winters 
in  Xorthwestern  University.  Al  that  time  he  began 


the  study  of  law  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  and  sub- 
sequently went  to  California,  where  he  continued 
to  assiduously  prosecute  his  studies.  Passing  his 
examination  in  that  state,  he  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  at  San  Diego,  but  one  year  later 
came  to  Idaho  Falls,  in  1908,  continuing  to  handle 
a  large  and  representative  professional  business  until 
1909,  and  in  the  meantime  serving  two  years  as 
city  attorney.  When  he  came  to  Blackfoot,  in  1910, 
he  was  elected  county  attorney  of  Bingham  county, 
and  in  1912  he  was  re-elected  to  fill  that  office,  and 
the  voters  have  had  no  reason  to  regret  of  their 
choice,  for  he  has  proved  himself  a  painstaking  and 
capable  public  officer,  with  a  high  regard  for  the 
duties  and  responsibilities  of  his  office.  Mr.  Good  is 
thoroughly  grounded  in  elementary  knowledge,  indus- 
trious, patient  in  research  and  of  sound  and  stable 
judgment.  He  is  powerful  in  forensic  contests  both 
before  juries  and  in  the  more  formal  argument 
before  the  court.  Among  his  professional  brethren 
he  is  recognized  as  a  lawyer  of  high  attainments, 
and  as  one  who  respects  the  unwritten  ethics  of  the 
profession.  He  convicted  the  first  banker  in  the 
state  who  was  charged  with  embezzlement  and  has 
since  convicted  three  others.  In  political  matters 
he  is  a  Republican,  while  his  fraternal  connections 
are  with  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  the 
M.  W.  A.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is 
a  director  of  the  Idaho  Fair  Association.  With 
his  family,  he  attends  the  Episcopal  Church,  where 
he  and  his  wife  have  many  warm  friends,  as  they 
have  also  in  social  circles  of  the  city. 

In  October,  1897,  Mr.  Good  was  married  to  Miss 
Minnie  Erb,  of  Le  Mars,  Iowa,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Erb,  who  make  their  home  in  Ottawa, 
Illinois.  To  this  union  there  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren :  Donald  R.,  born  in  1898,  and  Irene  Gertrude, 
born  in  1901,  both  in  Le  Mars,  Iowa,  now  attending 
school  in  Blackfoot. 

PAUL  THOMAS.  Three  decades  ago,  among  the 
newcomers  to  Blaine  county,  Idaho,  was  a  man  of 
sterling  pioneer  qualities,  who  brought  with  him 
his  herd  of  cattle.  He  saw  the  opportunities  for 
future  development,  and  he  remained  to  take 
advantage  of  them.  Today  he  is  rated  as  one  of 
the  wealthy  stockmen  and  ranchers  of  the  locality 
in  which  he  lives.  This  is  Paul  Thomas.  His  500- 
acre  ranch,  adjoining  the  town  of  Arco,  is  one  of 
the  finest  ranches  in  this  section  of  the  country. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  native  of  France.  He  was  born 
at  Lyons.  May  19,  1858,  son  of  Francois  and  Katie 
(Fink)  Thomas,  both  natives  of  France,  where  they 
passed  their  lives  and  died.  His  father  was  born 
in  1817  and  died  in  1864;  his  mother,  born  in  1817, 
died  in  1866.  The  former  was  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  engaged  in 
government  work,  furnishing  feed  and  grain  to  the 
army.  In  the  Thomas  family  were  four  children, 
Paul  being  the  eldest.  As  a  boy  Paul  was  sent 
to  school  in  France.  The  death  of  his  parents  left 
him  an  orphan  at  a  tender  age  and  he  was  early 
thrown  upon  his  own  responsibility.  He  was 
variously  employed  in  France  until  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  of  age.  when  he  decided  to  emigrate  to 
America.  Accordingly  he  embarked  for  this  coun- 
try, and  on  his  arrival  at  New  York  he  was  told 
that  in  Texas  there  was  plenty  of  work  at  good 
wages  for  any  one  who  was  willing  to  put  forth 
the  right  kind  of  effort.  So  he  went  to  San  Antonio, 
Texas,  where,  however,  he  remained  only  a  short 
time.  Next  we  find  him  at  New  Orleans.  There 
he  accepted  a  position  on  one  of  the  steamers  of 
the  Anchor  line,  running  between  New  Orleans  and 


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St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  followed  "the  river"  for 
a  time,  until  the  winter  of  1881.  During  the  next 
year  he  was  engaged  in  different  kinds  of  work, 
whatever  he  could  find  to  do,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
and  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois.  In  1882  he  went  to 
California.  There  he  had  his  first  experience  as  a 
cowboy,  and  in  a  short  time  he  became  a  cattle 
owner.  He  made  some  money  and  saved  it,  and 
when  he  left  California  a  short  time  afterward 
and  came  to  Idaho  he  made  some  investments  which 
proved  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment.  At  Muldoon 
he  erected  a  hotel,  the  first  one  in  the  town,  and 
soon  afterward  he  was  made  postmaster.  He  kept 
a  little  store,  too,  and  owned  a  part  of  the  town- 
site.  Here  he  lived  for  eight  years.  Then  selling 
all  his  possessions  he  came  to  where  he  now  lives, 
and  which  was  his  first  stopping  place  when  he 
landed  in  the  county,  and  here  at  Arco  and  vicinity 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  At  that  time  the  only 
hotel  at  Arco  was  a  part  tent  and  part  frame  shack. 
This  he  bought,  and  soon  he  replaced  it  with  a  sub- 
stantial building.  And  when  the  short  line  railroad 
was  built  he  established  a  general  store  and  a  feed 
and  livery  barn.  These  he  still  conducts,  and  he  also 
personally  superintends  the  operation  of  his  large 
ranch  adjoining  the  town. 

Politically,  Mr.  Thomas  is  a  Republican.  He  has 
never  sought  or  held  office.  His  religious  faith  is 
that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

January  3,  1912,  Mr.  Thomas  took  to  himself  a 
wife,  Miss  Mable  Hurst,  their  marriage  being 
solemnized  at  Arco.  Mrs.  Thomas  is  a  daughter 
of  Winfield  S.  and  Emma  Hurst  of  Pawnee,  Okla- 
homa. 

JESSE  L.  MOLEN,  implement  and  hardware  dealer 
of  Arco,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the  enterprising  young 
men  of  the  town  who  have  made  rapid  strides  in 
the  work  of  building  up  a  successful  business. 

Jesse  L.  Molen  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Utah.  Later  he  attended  the 
Brigham  Young  University.  At  the  time  of  the  con- 
struction of  the  Northwestern  railroad  through 
Oregon,  he  was  interested  in  contract  work  along 
the  line  and  followed  it  though  that  state  and  from 
Oregon  to  Idaho.  In  Idaho  he  took  contracts  for 
ditch  work  in  connection  with  the  Lost  River  Irri- 
gation, a  project  not  yet  completed  in  1913.  Mean- 
while he  had  taken  up  his  residence  at  Arco,  Idaho, 
and  had  acquired  homestead  rights  to  a  beautiful 
quarter  section  of  land  which  he  proceeded  to  cul- 
tivate. In  1910  in  connection  with  K.  L.  Molen, 
he  established  the  Molen  Hardware  Business. 

Politically,  Mr.  Molen  is  an  Independent.  His 
religion  is  that  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

WOOD  D.  PARKER.  Editor  and  publisher  of  the 
Teton  Peake  Chronicle,  at  St.  Anthony,  the  judicial 
center  of  Fremont  county,  Mr.  Parker  is  distinctively 
one  of  the  representative  newspaper  men  of  Idaho, 
even  as  he  is  also  a  most  liberal,  loyal  and  pro- 
gressive citizen.  He  has  wielded  much  influence  in 
furthering  the  civic  and  industrial  advancement  of 
his  home  city  and  county  and  his  appreciation  of  the 
advantages  and  attractions  of  the  state  of  his  adop- 
tion is  of  the  most  insistent  order.  His  success  in 
the  field  of  newspaper  enterprise  has  been  unequiv- 
ocal and  he  stands  as  the  concrete  result  of  his 
own  ability  and  efforts.  He  now  has  a  fine  mod- 
ern plant  and  his  paper  is  one  of  marked  influence 
throughout  the  fine  territory  which  it  represents  and 
in  which  it  has  a  wide  circulation. 

Mr.  Parker  is  essentially  a  westerner  in  spirit  and 
allegiance,  and  his  entire  life  has  been  passed  in  the 


great  domain  west  of  the  Mississippi  river,  the 
while  he  is  a  scion  of  the  stanchest  of  pioneer  stock. 
He  was  born  at  Boonesborough,  now  known  as 
Boone,  the  county  seat  of  the  Iowa  county  of  the 
same  name,  and  the  date  of  his  nativity  was  Septem- 
ber 17,  1867.  He  is  a  son  of  Jonathan  T.  and  Marie 
Parker,  and  his  mother  died  the  month  after  his 
birth;  'she  was  a  representative  of  a  well  known 
southern  family  but  her  parents  removed  to  the 
north  prior  to  the  Civil  war.  Jonathan  Theodore 
Parker  was  born  at  Parkersburg,  Richland  county, 
Illinois,  a  place  named  in  honor  of  his  grandfather, 
Woodson  B.  Parker,  who  was  one  of  the  very  early 
settlers  of  that  section  of  the  state,  whither  he  re- 
moved from  Kentucky,  the  lineage  of  the  family 
being  of  stanch  English  and  Irish  derivation. 
Woodson  D.  Parker,  the  great-grandfather  of  him 
whose  name  initiates  this  review  and  in  whose  honor 
the  subject  was  named,  was  a  man  of  fine  mentality 
and  marked  ability.  He  was  a  soldier  in  both  the 
War  of  1812  and  the  Mexican  war,  as  was  he  also 
in  the  Black  Hawk  war,  and  he  had  the  strength  and 
hardihood,  the  ambition  and  industry,  that  make  the 
true  type  of  pioneer.  Jonathan  T.  Parker  became 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Iowa,  to  which  state  he  re- 
moved with  his  father  in  an  early  day  and  in  which 
he  was  for  many  years  a  prosperous  farmer,  having: 
been  actively  concerned  in  the  development  and  up- 
building of  Boone  and  Story  counties  in  that  state. 
In  1878  he  went  to  Kansas  and  in  1886  to  Colorado, 
locating  in  the  city  of  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  hotel  business  and  became  especially  successful. 
He  is  still  engaged  in  business  at  1348  Cherokee 
street. 

Wood  D.  Parker,  to  whom  this  sketch  is  dedi- 
cated, gained  his  rudimentary  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  state  and  Kansas,  and 
he  was  six  months  old,  it  should  be  stated,  when  he 
was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  grandfather  as  an 
adopted  son,  who  had  removed  to  Kansas  in  1879, 
and  who  was  one  of  the  prominent  and  influential 
farmers  of  the  Sunflower  State.  The  town  of  Moline 
was  later  located  on  his  "preemption"  ranch,  and 
Mr.  Parker  was  president  of  the  first  town  board. 
He  was  identified  with  agricultural  enter-prise  and 
became  an  extensive  dealer  in  real  estate,  residing 
for  a  number  of  years  at  Howard,  the  judicial 
center  of  Elk  county,  after  the  founding  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Moline,  in  that  county.  He  attained  to  a 
venerable  age  and  was  a  resident  of  St.  Anthony  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  his  remains  being  laid  to 
rest  "in  the  Ottawa  cemetery. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Howard  the  future  rep- 
resentative newspaper  man  of  Idaho  continued  his 
educational  discipline,  and  this  was  supplemented  by 
a  course  in  a  business  college  at  Ottawa,  that  state. 
Before  he  left  school  he  had  entered  upon  a  prac- 
tical apprenticeship  to  the  printer's  trade,  in  the 
office  of  the  Howard  Courant,  and  in  due  time  he 
became  a  skilled  artisan  and  one  eligible  for  mem- 
bership in  the  typographical  union,  to  which  he  was 
admitted  in  1885.  In  the  meanwhile,  his  health  had 
become  much  impaired,  and  when,  in  1887,  at  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  he  left  Kansas  and  made  hi« 
way  to  Colorado,  he  weighed  only  seventy-six 
pounds.  Depending  upon  his  own  resources  he 
could  not  live  in  idleness  and  he  had  no  desire  for 
a  life  of  inactivity.  The  change  of  climate  at  once 
proved  most  effective  in  restoring  his  health,  and 
in  the  same  year  he  found  employment  in  the  office 
of  the  Canyon  City  Record,  later  entering  the  office 
of  the  Pueblo  Journal  at  Pueblo.  Colorado.  He  con- 
tinued to  be  identified  with  the  work  of  his  trade 
in  that  state  until  April,  1899,  when  he  established 


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his  residence  at  St.  Anthony,  Idaho.  He  had  gained 
thorough  experience  in  all  details  of  country  news- 
paper work,  and  upon  his  arrival  in  St.  Anthony  he 
became  the  founder  of  the  paper  known  as  the  Teton 
Peak.  The  title  was  later  changed  to  its  present 
form,  the  Teton  Peak-Chronicle,  and  under  the 
regime  of  the  founder  the  paper  has  become  a  veri- 
table model  in  its  class,  with  a  circulation  extending 
throughout  the  fine  agricultural  section  normally 
tributary  to  St.  Anthony.  Most  progressive  policies 
have  characterized  the  independent  journalistic  and 
business  activities  of  Mr.  Parker  and  his  success 
has  been  most  worthily  won,  the  while  his  labors 
have  been  potent  in  furthering  the  growth  and 
prosperity  of  the  city  and  county  with  which  he 
has  closely  identified  himself  and  in  which  his 
circle  of  friends  is  coincident  with  that  of  his 
acquaintances.  The  valuation  of  the  present  mod- 
ern plant  of  the  Teton  Peak-Chronicle  is  fully 
twenty  thousand  dollars.  When  Mr.  Parker  here 
began  his  operations  his  paper  was  issued  from  an 
old  time  Washington  hand  press,  and  he  now  has 
an  office  equipped  with  fine  cylinder  and  job  presses, 
a  Monotype  machine  of  the  latest  type  and  all  other 
accessories  of  a  high  grade  newspaper  and  job  office. 
The  policy  of  the  Teton  Peak-Chronicle  as  touch- 
ing political  affairs  was  essentially  that  of  support- 
ing the  cause  of  the  Republican  party  until  the  na- 
tional campaign  of  1912,  when  its  support  was  given 
to  the  Progressive  movement,  as  represented  by 
Colonel  Roosevelt. 

Mr.  Parker  has  not  only,  been  especially  success- 
ful in  the  development  of  a  fine  newspaper  and  job 
printing  business,  but  he  has  also  identified  himself 
with  other  lines  of  enterprise,  especially  that  of 
mining  in  the  Spring  Mountain  district  of  Idaho.  He 
is  a  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Silver  Reef  Mining 
Company,  which  is  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock 
of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  a  rrttember  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Red  Bird  Mine  Com- 
pany, incorporated  for  $100,000.  The  first  mentioned 
corporation  has  six  claims  in  the  Spring  Mountain 
district,  in  Lemhi  county,  and  its  prospects  in  the 
developing  of  gold,  silver,  lead  and  copper  prop- 
erties are  most  flattering.  The  ore  which  they  are 
preparing  to  ship  to  the  smelters  at  Salt  Lake  City 
will  average  from  thirteen  hundred  to  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  per  carload  in  returns,  and  the 
mines  controlled  by  the  company  give  every  evidence 
of  becoming  great  producers  under  continued  de- 
velopment work.  Mr.  Parker  js  proving  a  most  ag- 
gressive and  energetic  executive  in  exploiting  the 
development  of  the  properties,  and  he  is  also  the 
owner  of  valuable  realty  in  his  home  city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Parker,  as  already  intimated,  is 
now  a  stanch  Progressive,  and  while  he  has  been  a 
zealous  worker  in  connection  with  political  affairs 
in  his  county,  he  has  manifested  no  desire  for  pub- 
lic offices.  His  paper  is  a  most  potent  exponent  of 
local  interests  and  is  an  agency  of  influence  in 
furtherance  of  civic  and  industrial  advancement 
along  all  normal  lines.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  was  reared  in  the  faith  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  but  is  not  formally 
identified  with  any  religious  organization,  being  lib- 
eraj  in  his  views  and  giving  support  to  all  denomi- 
nations. 

In  June,  1881,  Mr.  Parker  was  married  to  Miss 
Eva  C.  Patton.  who  died  in  1899,  and  who  is  sur- 
vived by  two  daughters — Eva  L.,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Chester  Hutchins,  a  representative  figure  in  bank- 


ing operations  in  the  city  of  Denver,  Colorado;  and 
Emma  L.,  .who  is  married  to  Richard  Graham,  em- 
ployed in  connection  with  the  postorfice  service  in 
the  city  of  Seattle,  Washington,  and  two  sons — 
Woodson  John  and  Harry  C.,  aged  fifteen  and  eight- 
een years,  respectively.  On  June  30,  1909,  Mr. 
Parker  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  McKee,  the 
daughter  of  William  McKee,  a  native  of  Maryland, 
Missouri.  Three  daughters  have  been  born  to  the 
second  marriage  and  they  lend  brightness  to  an  ideal 
family  home.  They  are  Lucinda  Woodsena,  born 
April  26,  1910;  Margaret  Louise,  born  July  25,  1911; 
and  Katherine  Maurine,  born  on  September  29,  1912. 
Mrs.  Parker  is  a  popular  factor  in  the  social  activi- 
ties of  her  home  city  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church. 

W.  H.  CLEARE.  One  of  the  leading  mercantile 
establishments  of  Pocatello  and  a  large  surrounding 
territory  is  The  People's  Store.  This  is  a  business 
of  high  standing,  which  has  been  developed  apace 
with  the  progress  of  the  community,  and  has  a 
patronage  which  in  large  part  has  placed  its  trade 
through  this  medium  for  years. 

In  1892  W.  H.  Cleare  came  to  Pocatello,  then  a 
small  town,  and  with  Mr.  George  Gasser  as  an  asso- 
ciate, established  the  nucleus  of  the  present  busi- 
ness. It  was  with  a  small  stock  and  in  narrow 
quarters  that  these  two  men  started,  and  for  a  time 
their  own  services  were  amply  sufficient  to  attend 
to  the  trade  in  all  departments.  The  growth  since 
that  time  has  been  steady  and  always  on  a  solid 
basis.  Besides  Mr.  Cleare  and  his  partner  as  active 
managers,  there  are  now  employed  twelve  clerks  and 
other  assistants,  and  the  fine  store  quarters  have 
a  floor  space  of  seven  thousand  square  feet.  These 
figures  indicate  better  than  anything  else  the  history 
of  this  enterprise  from  its  inception  to  the  present 
time. 

Mr.  Cleare,  who  both  as  a  merchant  and  in  other 
ways  has  identified  himself  prominently  with  the  city 
of  Pocatello,  is  a  native  of  the  city  of  London,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  born  May  29,  1867.  He  was 
the  youngest  of  five  children,  and  his  parents  were 
Henry  and  Emma  (Fowler)  Cleare,  both  of  whom 
spent  their  lives  in  England.  The  father,  who  was 
a  shoe  manufacturer  in  London,  died  in  1883,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-eight,  and  the  mother  passed  away  in 
1880  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven. 

W.  H.  Cleare  enjoyed  school  advantages  only  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  old,  and  was  then  apprenticed 
to  a  linen  draper.  After  serving  the  three  years 
required  for  mastery  of  the  business,  he  continued 
at  work  in  the  same  line  until  his  departure  for 
America.  In  1886  he  emigrated  to  America  and 
located  at  San  Jose,  California,  where  for  three 
years  he  was  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  house.  The 
next  year  was  spent  in  similar  work  at  Evanston, 
Wyoming,  he  was  with  a  dry  goods  firm  in  Salt 
Lake  City  two  years,  and  from  there  came  to  Poca- 
tello in  1892,  and  made  the  beginning  of  independent 
business,  whose  subsequent  prosperity  has  been  out- 
lined. 

Mr.  Cleare  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Farmers  &  Traders  Bank  in  Pocatello,  and  has  had 
a  very  active  part  in  the  civic  life  of  the  community. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Railroad  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  and  was  president  of  the  association  for  ten 
years,  up  to  January,  1912.  In  1900-02  he  was  in 
the  city  council,  and  in  1904  and  1906  was  elected 
to  the  chief  municipal  office,  that  of  mayor.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Idaho 
Academy  in  1902.  Fraternally  he  takes  special  in- 
terest in  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  having  served 


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as  banker  of  the  local  lodge  fourteen  years  and  in 
other  offices  for  three  years;  he  is  also  a  blue  lodge' 
Mason,  and  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America.  His  church  is  the  Methodist.  He  is 
a  follower  of  athletic  sports,  and  takes  great  pleasure 
in  the  society  of  his  large  circle  of  friends  and 
in  the  associations  of  his  own  home. 

.He  was  married  at  San  Jose,  California,  in  1889, 
to  Miss  Carrie  E.  Lang.  After  a  happy  married  life 
of  more  than  twenty  years  Mrs.  Cleare  passed  away 
in  1910.  Their  two  sons,  Stanley,  born  at  Salt  Lake 
City  in  1891,  and  Reginald,  born  at  Pocatello  in 
1893,  are  both  laying  a  solid  basis  for  mercantile 
careers  in  positions  with  the  Marshall  Field  Com- 
pany of  Chicago.  At  Salt  Lake  City  in  August, 
1912,  Mr.  Cleare  married  his  present  wife,  Miss 
Fannie  R.  Walters,  daughter  of  Alfred  N.  Walters, 
of  Salt  Lake  City. 

W.  H.  STUFFLEBEAM.  The  life  of  W.  H.  Stuffle- 
beam  in  Idaho,  one  of  the  pioneer  cattlemen  and 
hotel  keepers  of  the  state,  embraces  a  period  of 
nearly  thirty  years,  and  covers  the  most  phenomenal 
era  in  the  growth  of  the  state  from  infancy  to  its 
present  maturity.  During  this  period  Mr.  Stuffie- 
beam  has  been  identified  with  various  large  under- 
takings, acting  in  several  official  capacities  with  sig- 
nal ability,  and  at  the  present  time  he  is  president 
and  manager  of  the  Bingham  Abstract  Company,  one 
of  Blackfoot's  leading  enterprises.  He  comes  from 
a  state  that  has  given  Idaho  some  of  its  best  citizen- 
ship, being  a  native  of  Whitehall,  New  York,  where 
he  was  born  June  23,  1862,  a  son  of  William  G.  and 
Olive  A.  (Moser)  Stufflebeam,  both  of  the  Empire 
state. 

William  G.  Stufflebeam  was  a  well  known  trans- 
portation man  in  the  East,  where  he  served  as 
superintendent  of  the  Lake  Champlain  Transporta- 
tion Company,  from  Whitehall  to  Albany,  and  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  enlisted  in  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-second  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteer  Infantry.  With  that  organization  he 
served  bravely  throughout  the  war  between  the 
states,  and  when  hostilities  had  ceased,  he  returned 
to  the  duties  and  pursuits  of  peace  with  an  excellent 
military  record.  In  1884  he  came  to  Idaho,  where 
for  some  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business, 
but  in  1911  retired  from  activities  and  went  to 
California,  subsequently  removing  to  Colfax,  Wash- 
ington, where  he  is  now  living  quietly,  being  eighty- 
two  years  of  age.  He  was  married  in  New  York 
to  Olive  A.  Moser,  who  is  now  seventy-five  years 
old,  and  they  had  four  children,  of  whom  W.  H.  is 
the  oldest. 

W.  H.  Stuffleb«am  attended  the  graded  and  high 
schools  of  Whitehall,  the  Military  Academy  at  Gran- 
ville,  New  York,  and  Poughkeepsie  Business  College, 
following  his  graduation  from  which  he  took  charge 
of  the  Troy  end  of  the  Lake  Champlain  Transporta- 
tion Company's  business.  In  May,  1884,  he  accom- 
panied his  father  to  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  and  for  six 
years  was  associated  with  him  in  the  cattle  business. 
He  then  built  the  Blackfoot  Hotel,  which  he  con- 
ducted successfully  for  three  years,  but  leased  it  at 
the  end  of  that  time  to  go  to  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  take  charge  of  the  department  of  receivers  of  the 
failed  banks  in  the  United  States,  a  department 
of  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Currency, 
under  the  Hon.  James  H.  Eckels.  Four  years  later 
he  became  receiver  for  the  Moscow  National  Bank, 
at  Moscow,  Idaho,  and  in  1900  closed  its  affairs  and 
returned  to  Blackfoot,  where  he  again  took  charge 
of  his  hotel  for  two  years.  Mr.  Stufflebeam  entered 
the  abstract  business  in  1902,  becoming  president  and 


manager  of  the  Bingham  Abstract  Company,  a  posi- 
tion he  has  continued  to  hold  to  the  present  time. 
He  is  essentially  a  business  man  and  his  duties  and 
responsibilities  .are  large,  but  he  has  found  time 
to  give  to  the  obligations  of  citizenship,  and  at  this 
time  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners of  Bingham  county.  His  political  views  are 
those  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  his  fraternal 
connection  with  the  B.  P.  O.  E.  He  has  always 
been  an  Idaho  "booster,"  and  as  a  man  who  has 
traveled  extensively  and  has  seen  much  of  the  coun- 
try, his  opinions  carry  weight.  He  believes  that  soil, 
water  and  climate  make  Idaho  the  coming  agricul- 
tural state  of  the  Union,  the  best  potato  center,  and 
an  excellent  region  for  alfalfa,  grain  and  all  hardy 
fruits.  He  takes  great  pleasure  in  hunting  and 
fishing,  and  has  a  number  of  trophies  which  testify 
to  his  skill  with  rod  and  gun. 

On  July  28,  1892,  Mr.  Stufflebeam  was  married  at 
Whitehall,  New  York,  to  Miss  Carrie  M.  Keith, 
daughter  of  William  Keith,  who  resides  at  Black- 
foot,  Mrs.  Keith  having  died  in  1902.  They  have 
no  children. 

WILLIAM  H.  BOHLSCHEID.  The  spirit  of  enter- 
prise which  has  set  Pocatello  so  prominently  to  the 
front  among  Idaho  cities  within  the  last  decade  is 
well  represented  in  William  H.  Bohlscheid,  the 
merchant  and  banker  and  man  of  affairs.  Mr.  Bohl- 
scheid began  life  a  poor  boy,  with  only  the  resources 
of  his  own  character  and  industry  to  push  him 
ahead,  and  with  such  capital  he  has  acquired  a  place 
of  distinctive  influence  in  his  home  city  of  Pocatello. 

Born  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  June  20,  1869,  he  was 
the  oldest  of  the  seven  children  of  Anthony  and  Zervia 
(Baldwin)  Bohlscheid.  His  father  came  from 
Germany  in  young  manhood,  locating  near  Council 
Bluffs,  and  subsequently  moving  to  Denver,  where 
he  became  one  of  the  successful  contractors  and 
builders,  a  business  which  he  followed  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1900  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight. 
The  mother,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  whence  she  went 
to  Iowa  during  girlhood,  was  educated  and  married 
in  the  latter  state,  and  after  her  husband's  death, 
removed  to  Idaho,  buying  property  at  Nampa,  where 
she  now  lives  at  the  age  of  seventy  years. 

Spending  most  of  his  youth  in  Denver,  William  H. 
Bohlscheid  attended  the  public  schools  there,  but  at 
an  early  age  applied  himself  to  practical  vocation.  He 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  which  he  followed  in 
all  of  its  departments  four  years,  and  then  gave  it 
up  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  more  fascinating  but 
more  hazardous  role  of  prospector  and  miner.  He 
was  in  the  rush  to  Cripple  Creek  and  also  carried 
his  pick  into  the  Gunnison  valley.  Moderate  suc- 
cess rewarded  these  ventures,  and  he  finally  turned 
his  energies  into  other  directions.  In  1901  he  took 
up  his  residence  at  Pocatello,  where  for  the  first 
year  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Oregon  Short 
Line.  He  next  established  what  is  still  known 
as  the  Book  Store  Pharmacy.  With  a  small  stock 
of  drugs  and  accessories  and  books  and  stationery 
he  began  a  business  which  under  his  management 
was  developed  into  one  of  the  most  popular  and  best 
stores  in  Pocatello.  On  the  first  of  January,  1912,. 
he  sold  to  Mr.  Bailey,  who  now  runs  the  business. 
Since  then  Mr.  Bohlscheid  has  acquired  a  half  in- 
terest in  The  Toggery,  a  men's  furnishing  goods 
store  long  conducted  by  Mr.  Harry  Peterson.  This 
is  the  store  patronized  by  the  discriminating  buyers 
in  Pocatello,  and  has  a  splendid  trade.  Mr.  Bohl- 
scheid owns  much  valuable  real  estate  in  the  city,  is 
a  director  and  vice  president  of  the  Farmers  and 


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Traders  Bank,  and  has  varied  interests  in  the  sub- 
stantial prosperity  of  Pocatello. 

In  1909  Mr.  Bohlscheid  was  elected  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  to  membership  in  the  city  council, 
and  took  a  public-spirited  part  in  the  management 
of  the  municipal  affairs.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Order  of  Elks, 
and  is  treasurer  in  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 
Hunting  and  fishing  offer  him  the  most  attractive 
diversions  from  business. 

At  Gunnison,  Colorado,  November  17,  1894,  he 
married  Miss  Leona  V.  Long,  a  daughter  of  John 
Long.  Her  father  is  deceased  and  her  mother  resides 
in  Pocatello.  Mrs.  Bohlscheid  passed  away  January 
31,  1910.  She  was  the  mother  of.  three  children, 
the  first  of  whom  was  born  in  Colorado  and  the 
others  in  Pocatello.  They  are:  Miss  Gertrude,  born 
in  1895  and  now  a  student  in  the  Idaho  Academy; 
Harold,  born  in  1902  and  a  high  school  student ;  and 
Curtis,  born  in  1904  and  in  the  grade  school. 

CARL  BARNARD.  A  young  attorney  of  marked 
ability  and  of  signal  success  in  Pocatello  is  Carl 
Barnard,  who  has  been  practicing  the  legal  profes- 
sion in  this  city  since  1910.  Both  superior  training 
and  an  inherited  talent  for  the  law  have  contributed 
to  his  qualifications  for  his  profession. 

His  father,  N.  P.  Barnard,  is  one  of  Illinois'  lead- 
ing lawyers.  He  is  a  native  of  the  Prairie  State, 
from  which  he  went  to  war  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
with  the  Twentieth  Illinois  Regiment,  serving  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  war.  He  has  since  been  active 
as  a  banker  and  attorney  near  Chicago,  and  for  the 
past  twelve  years  has  been  Master  of  Chancery  in 
Kendall  county,  Illinois.  At  the  age  of  sixty-two,  he 
is  still  in  active  practice.  Mrs.  N.  P.  Barnard,  nee 
Jennie  Williams,  is  also  a  native  of  Illinois,  where 
she  was  married  and  where  she  has  lived  during  all 
the  fifty-seven  years  of  her  life.  Of  the  four  chil- 
dren born  to  N.  P.  and  Jennie  Barnard,  the  second 
was  the  son  whom  they  named  Carl,  and  who  has 
become  prominent  in  the  legal  affairs  of  Pocatello. 

Carl  Barnard  was  born  in  Kendall  county,  Illinois, 
on  October  24,  1877.  His  youthful  years  were  spent 
in  the  educational  quests  made  possible  by  the  public 
schools  of  Kendall  county.  Ever  ambitious,  the 
young  man  early  began  to  study  with  his  father  and 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  matriculated  in  the  Chi- 
cago College  of  Law  affiliated  with  Lake  Forest, 
Illinois.  In  1901  he  was  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution of  Chicago's  fairest  suburb  and  immediately 
began  his  legal  practice,  choosing  his  native  com- 
munity as  the  field  of  his  work.  For  nine  years  he 
continued  his  residence  and  work  in  that  place,  at  the 
end  of  that  time  coming  to  Pocatello. 

It  was  in  1910  that  Attorney  Barnard  settled  here. 
He  was  at  once  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  prac- 
tice in  the  city  of  Pocatello.  From  the  first  he  was 
successful  and  his  work  has  rapidly  grown  in  extent 
and  prestige.  His  practice  is  now  one  of  the  best 
in  this  Idaho  city.  As  time  goes  on,  his  attention 
is  more  and  more  devoted  to  corporation  work. 
Among  the  corporate  institutions  which  he  legally 
represents  are  the  following:  The  Farmers  and 
Traders'  Bank;  The  McCannon  State  Bank;  the 
Bancroft  State  Bank;  and  The  Gem  Valley  Bank, 
which  he  helped  fo  organize. 

Mr.  Barnard  is  a  member  of  the  Bannock  County 
Bar  Association.  He  served  in  Kendall  county, 
Illinois,  as  secretary  of  the  County  Central  Com- 
mittee. Always  a  loyal  Republican  he  has  been  active 
in  the  cause  of  that  party  in  national,  state  and 
county  affairs. 

The  home  interests  of  Mr.  Barnard  began  during 


his  life  in  Illinois.  Mrs.  Barnard,  nee  Sophia  Tuttle, 
was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Theresa  Tuttle  of 
New  York  state.  The  only  child  of  the  Tuttle- 
Barnard  marriage  is  Helen  Maurine  Barnard,  born 
in  Chicago  in  1900.  She  is  now  a  student  of  the 
Pocatello  high  school. 

Numerous  fraternal  associations  include  Mr. 
Barnard  among  their  popular  members.  In  Masonic 
orders  he  holds  the  rank  of  master  mason ;  in  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  he  passed  all 
chairs  while  in  Illinois  and  his  rank  in  this  society 
is  that  of  past  master;  in  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moost 
he  is  past  dictator  at  Pocatello. 

Not  only  is  Mr.  Barnard  valued  by  the  citizen- 
ship of  this  part  of  Idaho  as  one  of  the  coming 
attorneys  of  the  state,  but  his  loyalty  to  the  com- 
monwealth is  of  a  high  and  enthusiastic  order.  To 
him  it  is  the  best  state  in  the  Union  and  he  would 
not  return  to  his  native  state,  he  says,  under  a 
guarantee. 

R.  H.  GREEX.  A  man  who  for  the  past  ten  years 
has  been  one  of  Pocatello's  useful  and  influential 
citizens  is  R.  H.  Green,  whose  work  as  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  has  added  much  to  the  material 
aspect  of  the  city.  He  is  a  man  of  long  and  interest- 
ing experience  in  the  West,  having  traversed  numer- 
ous states  since  he  came  in  1876 — when  he  had  just 
attained  his  majority — to  the  trans-mountain  country. 
His  native  state  is  Ohio,  to  which  commonwealth 
his  father,  William  R.  Green,  had  come  at  an  early 
period  and  where  he  had  enlisted  for  service  in 
the  Civil  war,  in  which  conflict  he  lost  his  life  from 
fever  at  the  age  of  thirty-five.  Mary  Norris  Green, 
the  wife  of  William  Green,  was  a  native  of  Ohio, 
where  she  died  in  1905  at  the  age  of  eighty-three. 
Of  their  ten  children  the  sixth  was  R.  H.  Green,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Powhatan, 
Ohio,  April  18,  1855. 

The  schools  of  Ohio  contributed  to  the  early  de- 
velopment of  R.  H.  Green,  who  at  the  close  of  his 
educational  period  proceeded  to  learn  the  carpenter's 
trade.  With  this  experience  and  ability  as  his  stock 
in  trade,  he  went  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  to 
Fresno,  California.  From  there  he  passed  on  to 
Portland,  Oregon,  where  he  was  for  some  time 
engaged  at  his  occupation.  In  the  following  year 
he  removed  to  Montana  and  in  that  state  ne  re- 
mained for  twenty-five  years,  the  demand  for  his 
work  keeping  him  in  the  cities  of  Butte,  Helena 
and  Marysville.  At  one  period  he  attempted  pros- 
pecting and  mining,  but  his  lack  of  success  convinced 
him  that  his  destined  vocation  lay  in  his  own  ex- 
perienced line. 

In  1902  Mr.  Green  came  to  Pocatello.  Here  he 
began  job  work.  By  the  year  1905  he  had  well 
established  himself  as  a  contractor  and  builder. 
Among  the  structures  which  he  has  erected  here  are 
the  Bistline  store;  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building;  the 
Citizens  Bank;  several  fine  warehouses  and  a  num- 
ber of  splendid  residences,  including  the  handsome 
home  of  Mayor  Bistline.  Aside  from  his  contract 
work,  Mr.  Green  has  established  on  Third  avenue 
a  commodious  and  up-to-date  saw-mill. 

Mr.  Green  is  politically  allied  with  the  dominant 
party  of  the  greatest  era  of  American  life.  Hit 
church  affiliation  is  with  the  local  church  of  the 
Presbyterian  denomination,  in  which  congregation 
he  and  his  family  are  among  the  most  substantial 
members.  Mrs.  Green,  who  was  formerly  Miss 
Sarah  Davis,  lived  before  her  marriage  at  Wicks, 
Montana.  The  Davis-Green  marriage  took  place  in 
1882  and  in  the  ensuing  years  four  children  have 
been  born  and  reared  in  this  home.  The  eldest,  Wil- 


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Ham  R.  Green,  was  born  in  Marysville,  Montana, 
on  June  14,  1883;  since  reaching  the  years  of  ma- 
turity he  has  married  one  of  Pocatello' s  young  ladies 
and  has  established  himself  in  this  city  in  the  gro- 
cery business.  The  only  daughter  of  R.  H.  and  Mrs. 
Green  was  born  at  Marysville  on  March  5,  1885,  and 
was  named  May.  She  is  now  Mrs.  Rosevear,  of 
Butte,  Montana,  and  is  the  mother  of  one  son,  named 
Russell.  Burt  R.  D.  Green  was  born  on  August  12, 

1887,  and  is  now  in   Pocatello,  where  he  is  in  the 
employ  of  his   father.     Frank   Green,   the  youngest 
member  of  the   family,  was  born  on   September  8, 

1888,  at  Wicks,  Montana;  he  is  connected  with  the 
Green  Brothers  Grocery  Company  of  Pocatello. 

All  of  the  interests  of  R.  H.  Green  are  closely 
identified  with  his  chosen  home.  He  has  seen 
enough  of  the  West  to  select  a  permanent  locality 
with  more  than  the  usual  intelligence.  The  growth 
of  Pocatello  has  been  a  matter  in  which  he  has 
taken  much  personal  pride,  for  in  the  ten  years 
of  his  residence  here  he  has  seen  it  grow  from 
inconsiderable  proportions  to  its  present  flourish- 
ing condition. 

FRED  C.  CHRIST.  While  aspiring  to  no  leadership 
of  prominence,  Fred  C.  Christ,  by  reason  of  his 
long  identification  with  Blackfoot,  as  well  as  by  his 
connection  with  the  city's  enterprises  of  a  public 
and  business  nature,  no  less  than  by  his  upright 
character  and  sterling  integrity,  is  entitled  to  be 
ranked  among  those  who  have  contributed  to  the 
civic  welfare.  Like  many  of  his  associates  in  the 
commercial  field,  Mr.  Christ  came  to  this  city  a 
poor  man,  with  but  little  capital  other  than  that 
endowed  by  nature,  a  native  intelligence,  courageous 
spirit  and  willing  hands,  founding  a  small  business 
and  developing  it  into  large  proportions,  and  at  this 
time  he  is  proprietor  of  one  of  the  leading  jewelry 
establishments  of  Bingham  county,  and  holds  a  prom- 
inent place  in  the  political  life  of  the  place,  being 
one  of  the  city  fathers. 

Fred  C.  Christ  was  born  at  Pine  Grove,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  is  a  son  of  E.  M.  and  Sarah  (Smetzer) 
Christ,  natives  of  the  Keystone  state,  where  they  still 
reside.  E.  M.  Christ,  who  has  been  identified  with 
the  coal  industry  throughout  his  active  business  life, 
is  now  fifty-five  years  of  age,  as  is  also  his  wife, 
and  both  reside  at  the  old  home  in  Pine  Grove.  The 
oldest  of  a  family  of  eight  children,  Fred  C.  Christ 
received  the  advantages  to  be  obtained  by  attendance 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  locality,  and,  being  an 
energetic  and  industrious  youth,  devoted  his  attention 
to  learning  the  jeweler's  vocation.  He  was  thor- 
oughly trained  in  all  the  details  of  the  business, 
and  when  he  had  mastered  his  chosen  line  of  en- 
deavor engaged  in  business  for  himself  in  his  native 
state.  Ambitious  and  enterprising,  he  succeeded  in 
building  up  a  fair  trade,  but  was  not  satisfied  to 
remain  in  the  ranks  of  mediocre  business  men,  and 
accordingly  cast  about  him  for  a  field  where  he 
could  better  himself.  Eventually,  he  decided  upon 
Idaho,  and  in  1902  came  to  this  state  and  located 
first  in  Salmon  City,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years.  His  advent  in  Blackfoot  occurred  in  1905, 
when  he  opened  a  modest  establishment,  and  here 
he  met  with  almost  instant  favor.  Recognizing  that 
he  had  at  last  found  his  proper  field,  he  redoubled 
his  energies,  and  has  since  had  the  satisfaction 
of  seeing  his  labors  produce  fruit,  his  store  now 
holding  prestige  as  one  of  the  leading  jewelry 
stands  in  this  section  of  the  state.  He  carries  a  full 
line  of  first-class  goods,  and  with  excellent  work- 
manship and  honorable  dealing  has  combined  a 
pleasant  and  courteous  personality  that  has  gone 


far  in  winning  him  friends  and  patronage.  In 
politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Christ  has  taken  an  in- 
telligent interest  in  public  matters,  and  in  1909  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  city  council,  a  position 
which  he  still  holds.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are 
with  the  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  of  Masonry,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  With 
his  family,  he  attends  the  Episcopal  church. 

In  June,  1906,  Mr.  Christ  was  married  at  Black- 
foot,  to  Miss  Etta  Morrison,  daughter  of  T.  S. 
Morrison,  of  this  city,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  children :  Virginia,  born  in  June, 
1908;  and  Elizabeth,  born  in  July,  1910,  both  in 
Blackfoot. 

JOSEPH  T.  CARRUTH.  The  life  of  Joseph  T.  Car- 
ruth,  the  efficient  and  popular  county  clerk  and  re- 
corder of  Bingham  county,  presents  a  well-defined 
example  of  enterprise,  industry  and  integrity,  con- 
ducting to  eminent  success,  and  of  political  con- 
sistencies based  on  moderate  and  enlightened  views, 
— views  at  all  times  compatible  with  a  generous  tol- 
eration of  the  sentiments  entertained  by  others,  and 
commanding  general  confidence  and  esteem.  As 
one  who  has  been  connected  with  realty  affairs  for 
a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Carruth  is  widely  known 
in  the  business  world,  and  in  his  official  capacity  he 
has  extended  his  acquaintance,  while  in  the  prosecu- 
tion of  both  his  private  interests  and  those  of  his 
county  he  has  gained  a  reputation  for  high  integrity 
and  sincerity  of  purpose.  He  was  born  September 
24,  1874,  in  Summit  county,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Emma  (Wilde)  Carruth. 

William  Carruth  was  born  in  Utah,  his  parents, 
natives  of  Scotland,  having  journeyed  across  the 
plains  with  the  early  pioneers  of  that  state.  He 
became  a  timber  man,  connected  with  the  building 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  through  Utah,  as  a 
contractor,  and  is  still  a  resident  of  Summit  county, 
being  about  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife  was 
a  native  of  England,  and  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  in  girlhood  by  her  parents,  who  crossed  the 
country  to  Utah,  where  she  met  and  married  Mr. 
Carruth.  She  also  survives,  being  sixty-nine  years  of 
age,  and  has  been  the  mother  of  eleven  children,  of 
whom  Joseph  T.  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

The  education  of  Joseph  T.  Carruth  was  secured 
in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Summit  county, 
from  the  latter  of  which  he  was  graduated,  and  he 
then  took  a  course  in  Brigham  Young  University, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1897.  Following  this  he 
spent  one  year  in  teaching  the  schools  of  Washington 
county,  southern  Utah,  but  the  profession  of  edu- 
cator did  not  appeal  to  him  and  he  subsequently 
became  connected  with  a  lumber  company,  continuing 
with  it  in  the  capacity  of  bookkeeper  until  the  spring 
of  1901.  At  that  time  Mr.  Carruth  came  to  Idaho 
Falls,  Idaho,  in  the  employ  of  the  C.  M.  &  W. 
Company,  as  cashier,  and  in  1902  came  to  Black- 
foot  for  the  same  company  in  a  like  capacity.  In 
1905  Mr.  Carruth  embarked  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness and  later  handled  produce  as  well,  but  a  few 
years  later  the  business  was  dissolved  at  the  time 
that  Mr.  Carruth  was  appointed  to  the  offices  of 
clerk,  recorder  and  auditor  of  Bingham  county.  He 
continues  to  act  in  these  capacities,  and  has  proved 
one  of  the  most  faithful,  efficient  and  popular  officials 
the  county  has  known.  He  has  been  an  active  worker 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  in  1910 
was  candidate  on  that  ticket  for  the  office  of  state 
treasurer,  but  owing  to  political  conditions  at  that 
time,  met  with  defeat.  Mr.  Carruth  is  a  member  of 


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the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  His  success 
in  business  has  been  due  to  his  own  efforts,  as  he 
never  received  any  outside  help  after  embarking 
upon  his  career.  It  is  his  emphatic  opinion,  often 
expressed,  that  Idaho  is  still  in  its  infancy  as 
far  as  development  of  its  resources  is  concerned,  and 
that  the  future  will  bring  further  advancement  com- 
mensurate with  that  of  the  past.  He  has  backed 
this  assertion  with  investments  in  property,  and  owns 
a  handsome  home  in  Blackfoot  and  lands  in  the 
valley. 

In  June,  1900,  Mr.  Carruth  was  married  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Sara  Hodson,  daughter 
6f  William  and  Isabella  Hodson.  of  Summit  county, 
Utah,  the  latter  deceased  and  the  former  still  living 
there,  and  four  sons  have  been  born  to  this  union : 
Theron,  born  in  July,  1902,  in  Summit  county,  and 
now  attending  school  in  Blackfoot ;  Paul,  born 
August  10,  1904,  in  Blackfoot,  and  a  school  student 
here;  Lowell,  born  in  1910,  in  Blackfoot,  and  Wen- 
dell, born  in  December,  1912,  in  Blackfoot. 

JAMES  A.  MARTIN  came  to  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  in  the 
spring  of  1904.  Before  that  time  he  had  engaged  in 
different  enterprises  in  various  sections,  being  iden- 
tified with  activities  of  some  magnitude,  and  had 
accumulated  a  fund  of  practical  experience,  particu- 
larly in  the  line  of  machinery,  which  pointed  the 
\vay  for  his  subsequent  energies.  During  the  past 
seven  years  he  has  been  manager  of  the  Blackfoot 
plant  of  the  Consolidated  Wagon  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  as  a  side  line  is  extensively  engaged 
in  the  livestock  business.  Mr.  Martin  is  a  native  of 
the  East,  born  at  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 14,  1876,  a  son  of  Oscar  C.  and  Margaret 
A.  (Hartman)  Martin. 

Oscar  C.  Martin  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
although  little  more  than  a  lad  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Second  Pennsylvania  Vol- 
unteers, in  which  he  rose  to  the  rank  of  second 
lieutenant,  and  served  bravely  with  that  organiza- 
tion until  the  battle  of  Gettysburg;  in  which  he  was 
Avounded  in  the  hip  by  an  exploding  shell,  an  injury 
which  partly  incapacitated  him  for  the  rest  of  his  life 
and  which,  no  doubt,  hastened  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1890,  when  he  was  but  fifty-four  years 
of  age.  He  was  married  in  Pennsylvania,  and  in 
1878  took  his  family  to  Tabor,  Iowa,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  hardware,  grain  and  stock 
business,  with  which  he  was  connected  during  the 
rest  of  his  active  years.  His  wife  passed  away  in 
Iowa  in  1892,  when  sixty-six  years  of  age,  having 
been  the  mother  of  two  sons :  Oscar  C,  who  is 
captain  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  United  States 
Regulars,  stationed  in  the  Philippine  Islands;  and 
James  A. 

James  A.  Martin  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tional training  in  the  graded  schools  of  Tabor.  Iowa, 
and  graduated  from  the  high  school  there  in  1894. 
Subsequently,  he  became  a  student  in  Tabor  Col- 
lege, where  he  took  a  course  of  six  years  in  the 
commercial  department,  and  his  first  business  experi- 
ence was  the  settlement  of  his  father's  estate  at 
Tabor.  This  work  accomplished,  he  went  to  Ne- 
braska and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Champipn 
Machine  Company,  where  he  spent  three  years,  and 
in  the  spring  of  1904  came  to  Blackfoot."  where  in 
the  fall  of  1905  he  became  connected  with  the  Con- 
solidated Wagon  Manufacturing  Company.  He  was 
made  general  manager  of  the  plant  of  this  concern 
in  March,  1906,  and  has  continued  to  ably  direct 
its  affairs  to  the  present  time.  A  shrewd,  capable 
and  far-sighted  business  man,  he  has  the  full  con- 

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fidence  of  his  associates  and  the  respect  of  his 
employes,  and  holds  prestige  because  his  rise  in  the 
business  world  has  been  a  direct  result  of  his  own 
efforts,  unaided  by  influential  friends  or  outside 
sources.  Mr.  Martin  owns  a  valuable  cattle  ranch 
in  the  country  and  devotes  a  part  of  his  time  to  rais- 
ing well-bred  livestock.  In  political  matters  he  is  a 
Republican,  but  he  is  essentially  a  business  man, 
and  has  not  allowed  himself  to  neglect  commercial 
affairs  for  the  uncertain  rewards  of  the  public  arena. 
He  is  somewhat  interested  in  fraternal  matters,  being 
a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  is  vice  chan- 
cellor, and  in  the  Royal  Highlanders,  where  he  has 
passed  all  the  chairs.  With  his  family,  he  attends 
the  Episcopal  church. 

On  September  26,  1900,  Mr.  Martin  was  married  in 
Gottenburg,  Nebraska,  to  Miss  Gertrude  Shirey, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Shirey,  well- 
known  residents  of  that  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin 
have  two  children:  Loa,  born  in  1901,  in  Gottenburg, 
Nebraska;  and  Harry  Alfred,  born  in  1905,  in  Black- 
foot,  Idaho;  bright  and  interesting  children  who 
are  students  in  the  Blackfoot  graded  schools. 

NELSON  D.  JACKSON.  Possessing  an  excellent 
knowledge  of  the  law  and  its  application,  Nelson 
D.  Jackson,  a  successful  attorney  of  St.  Anthony, 
has  won  noteworthy  success  by  a  systematic  appli- 
cation of  his  abilities  to  the  profession  of  his  choice. 
A  New  England  man  by  birth  and  ancestry,  he  was 
born  May  18,  1854,  ia  Woodstock,  Maine,  of  hon- 
ored stock. 

His  father,  D.  F.  Jackson,  was  born  and  bred  in 
Maine.  Following  the  tide  of  emigration  westward 
when  yet  a  comparatively  young  man,  he  located 
first  in  Sparta,  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  engaged  for 
several  years  in  the  nursery  business,  an  occupation 
which  he  subsequently  carried  on  successfully  in 
Minnesota.  Now  a  venerable  man  of  eighty-five 
years,  he  is  living  in  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  with  his 
son  Nelson.  He  married,  in  Maine,  Rebecca  Bill- 
ings, a  native  of  that  state.  She  passed  to  the 
higher  life  in  1880,  in  Dillon,  Montana,  at  the  age 
of  forty-eight  years.  Four  children  were  born  of 
th'eir  union,  Nelson  D.  being  the  second  child. 

As  a  boy  and  youth  Nelson  D.  Jackson  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota, 
and  the  seminary  at  Osage,  Iowa,  from  which  he 
received  his  diploma  in  1877.  In  1879  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Law  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa,  and  immediately  located  at  Neligh, 
Nebraska,  where  he  was  prosperously  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law  for  thirty  years,  meeting  with 
eminent  success.  Moving  in  that  year  to  St.  An- 
thony, Idaho,  Mr.  Jackson  has  here  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  in  the  meantime  having 
acquired  a  place  of  prominence  in  legal  circles. 

Politically  Mr.  Jackson  is  a  stanch  Republican, 
and  has  long  been  influential  in  public  affairs.  In 
1884,  he  was  elected  district  attorney  at  Neligh, 
Nebraska,  and  served  in  that  capacity  two  years. 
There,  from  1893  until  1896,  he  served  as  district 
judge.  He  was  appointed  a  commissioner  of  the 
supreme  court  of  Nebraska  in  1905,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term,  in  1907,  he  was  reappointed 
to  the  same  position,  but  resigned  in  October  of  that 
year  to  attend  to  his  professional  duties.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Jackson  is  a  member  of  Trowel  Lodge,  No. 
71,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Order  of  Masons, 
at  Neligh,  Nebraska,  of  which  he  is  oast  master; 
of  Damascus  Commandery,  No.  40,  Knights  Temp- 
lar; of  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine;  of  the  Independent  Order  of 


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Odd  Fellows;  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World;  of  the  Royal  Highlanders; 
and  of  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  Religiously 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Nebraska  Bar  Association. 

Mr.  Jackson  has  been  twice  married.  He  mar- 
ried first,  in  Neligh,  Nebraska,  October,  1883,  Miss 
Hattie  Bissell.  The  maiden  name  of  his  second 
wife,  to  whom  he  was  married  at  Dillon,  Montana, 
August  2,  1910,  was  Cora  Morsch.  Mr.  Jackson 
has  five  children,  namely:  Harry  D.  Jackson,  born 
September  23,  1884,  is  inspector  of  surveys  for  the 
government  in  Nebraska;  Lyle  Jackson,  born  in 
June,  1886,  is  county  attorney  of  Antelope  county, 
Neligh,  Nebraska;  Elta  Jackson,  born  in  July,  1888, 
is  a  school  teacher  in  Neligh,  Nebraska;  Mrs.  Grace 
Jackson  Tufts,  born  in  October,  1890,  in  Neligh, 
resides  in  Denver,  where  her  husband  is  inspector 
of  surveys  for  the  government;  and  Dorothy  Jack- 
son, born  in  July,  1892,  is  a  teacher  in  the  Neligh 
schools. 

ALFONZO  M.  CARTER.  Throughout  Fremont  county 
there  is  no  better  known  or  more  highly  respected 
citizen  than  Alfonzo  M.  Carter,  of  St.  Anthony, 
a  pioneer  of  Idaho,  and  one  of  the  few  remaining 
large  cattle  raisers  of  the  West.  A  son  of  Charles 
Carter,  he  was  born  in  Quebec,  Canada,  August 
2,  1854,  of  English  and  French  ancestry. 

Charles  Carter  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  near 
Boston,  where  his  parents  first  settled  on  coming 
from  England  to  this  country,  although  they  after- 
wards removed  to  Canada,  spending  their  last  days 
in  Quebec.  A  young  boy  when  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Quebec,  Charles  Carter  there  completed 
his  studies,  and  afterwards  embarked  in  the  hotel 
business.  Accumulating  considerable  money,  he 
invested  it  in  land,  and  was  engaged  in  tilling  the 
soil  in  Quebec  until  his  death,  in  1866,  at  the  early 
age  of  fifty-eight  years.  He  married  in  Quebec, 
Sophia  Pomerleau,  who  was  born  in  Canada  of 
French  parentage.  She  passed  away  in  1879. 

The  youngest  of  a  family  of  seven  children,  Al- 
fonzo M.  Carter  obtained  his  rudimentary  educa- 
tion in  the  district  schools,  and  afterwards  attended 
the  College  of  Quebec  for  nine  years.  Going  to 
Maine  in  1872,  he  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in 
a  store  at  Lewiston,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
In  July,  1876,  he  visited  the  Centennial  Exposition 
in  Philadelphia,  from  there  continuing  his  way  west- 
ward. At  Omaha,  Nebraska,  Mr.  Carter  became  as- 
sociated with  the  Republican  Valley  Railway  Com- 
pany as  a  civil  engineer,  and  assisted  in  making 
surveys  for  the  U.  P.  R.  R.  Arriving  with  a 
party  in  Franklin,  Idaho,  in  1877,  he  made  surveys 
to  Montana,  continuing  with  the  surveying  party  that 
constructed  the  narrow  gauge  railroad  to  Blackfoot, 
Idaho,  completing  the  work  in  1879.  From  there 
the  party  kept  on  to  Beaver  Canyon,  he  subsequently 
making  surveys  from  Pocatello  to  Hailey,  and  thence 
to  the  Columbia  river,  the  proposed  terminus  of 
the  railroad  being  then  at  The  Dalles,  Washington. 
Continuing  with  the  company  until  1882,  Mr. -Carter 
assisted  ^  in  surveying  the  road  for  the  Oregon 
Short  Line  to  Baker  City,  Oregon.  Returning  then 
to  Utah,  he  bought  a  large  ranch  on  the  banks  of 
the  Snake  river,  and  took  up  stock-raising,  a  profit- 
able business  which  he  has  since  followed  on  a  large 
scale,  his  home  being  in  Idaho,  near  Rexburg. 

In  1877  Mr.  Carter  took  part  in  Bannock  Indian 
war,  camping  with  a  party  of  thirteen  men  on  the 
present  site  of  the  city  of  Pocatello.  He  assisted 
in  subduing  the  savages,  who  had  killed  many  set- 
tlers and  freighters.  Mr.  Carter  had  many  interest- 


ing experiences  during  his  early  life  on  the  frontier, 
one  of  which  is  well  worth  repeating  in  this  volume. 
An  Indian  princess,  belonging  to  a  tribe  that  was 
camping  near  William  Shilling's  trading  post,  at 
Ross  Fork,  died,  and  he  decided  to  attend  the  funeral 
services.  When  Mr.  Carter  arrived,  the  Indians 
were  all  seated  in  a  circle,  the  chief  in  the  very 
center,  with  the  body  of  his  dead  daughter  in  his 
arms.  The  members  of  the  circle  were  wailing,  and 
slashing  themselves  with  sharp  knives  as  a  sacrifice 
to  the  dead,  a  performance  that  lasted  through  the 
entire  day.  Just  as  the  sun  was  slowly  sinking  in 
the  west,  six  horses  and  as  many  dogs  were  killed, 
to  keep  the  princess'  soul  company  to  the  happy 
hunting  grounds  beyond.  Blankets  were  then  torn 
in  strips,  and  wound  tightly  round  the  dead  body, 
and  at  dark  the  entire  tribe  accompanied  the  remains 
to  the  burial  ground  in  the  mountains. 

Mr.  Carter  is  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  principles 
of  the  Democratic  party,  and  has  ever  been  active 
in  public  affairs.  From  1880  until  1887  he  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace,  being  the  only  justice  at 
that  time  in  Bingham  county,  or  what  is  now  Fre- 
mont county,  and  during  the  period  of  his  incumbency 
he  married  about  seventy-five  couples.  In  1888  he 
was  elected  county  commissioner  of  Bingham  county, 
and  in  1897  was  again  elected  to  the  same  office  in 
Fremont  county.  In  1898  he  was  elected  county 
clerk  of  Fremont  county  for  a  term  of  four  years, 
and  in  1910  was  chosen  county  clerk  and  recorder  of 
Fremont  county,  an  office  which  he  still  holds,  hav- 
ing been  honored  with  a  re-election  in  1912.  Re- 
ligiously Mr.  Carter  is  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church. 

In  Quebec,  Canada,  January  13,  1886,  Mr.  Carter 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Barbeau, 
who  was  born  in  Canada,  and  died  March  3,  1895, 
in  Rexburg,  Idaho.  Mr.  Carter  has  one  daughter, 
Marietta  Carter,  born  in  Rexburg,  Idaho,  December 
29,  1887,  who  resides  with  him. 

COLONEL  THOMAS  R.  HAMER.  Belonging  to  a  fam- 
ily distinguished  alike  for  its  patriotic  ardor  and  for 
its  able  service  in  public  affairs,  Colonel  Thomas  R. 
Hamer  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  at- 
torneys of  St.  Anthony,  Fremont  county,  and  is 
now  a  citizen  of  prominence  and  influence.  A  son 
of  the  late  Thomas  Hamer,  he  was  born  May  4, 
1864,  in  Vermont,  Fulton  county,  Illinois.  He  is 
of  Revolutionary  stock,  his  great-grandfather, 
Thomas  Hamer,  having  served  as  lieutenant  of  a 
company  of  Pennsylvania  Continentals  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  while  his  paternal  grandfather,  James 
Hamer,  was  captain  of  the  Pennsylvania  Bucktails 
in  the  War  of  1812.  Another  near  kinsman,  Thomas 
L.  Hamer,  of  Ohio,  a  close  personal  friend  of 
Andrew  Jackson,  was  a  representative  in  congress 
from  Ohio  for  a  number  of  years,  and  subsequently 
enlisted  for  service  in  the  Mexican  war,  entering 
as  major  of  his  company,  and  being  promoted  to- 
the  rank  of  brigadier  general.  He  died  at  the  close 
of  the  conflict  at  Fort  Brown,  Texas. 

Thomas  Hamer,  the  colonel's  father,  was  a  native 
of  the  Keystone  state.  In  early  manhood  he  migrated 
to  Illinois,  settling  near  Vermont,  where  he  acquired 
prominence  as  an  attorney,  and  for  twenty  years 
represented  Jiis  district  in  the  Illinois  House  of 
Representatives.  During  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
war  he  enlisted  as  captain  of  Company  H,  Twenty- 
eighth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  after- 
wards made  major  of  the  Tenth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
Still  later  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant  colonel  of 
the  Eighty-fourth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  a  rank 
which  he  held  until  the  close  of  the  war.  At  the 


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engagement  at  Stone  River,  Tennessee,  he  was  badly 
wounded,  having  two  horses  shot  from  under  him, 
and  at  the  close  of  the  conflict  was  given  honorable 
mention  for  gallantry  in  the  War  Department.  He 
lived  to  a  ripe  old  age,  passing  away  in  St.  Anthony, 
Idaho,  at  the  age  of  ninety  years.  He  married  in 
Vermont,  Illinois,  Harriet  E.  Johnston,  who  died  in 
Illinois. 

The  sixth  child  in  a  family  consisting  of  five  sons 
and  two  daughters,  Thomas  R.  Hamer  acquired  his 
elementary  education  in  his  native  town,  and  sub- 
sequently continued  his  studies  first  at  Hedding 
College,  in  Abingdon,  Illinois,  and  later  at  the  Law 
School  in  Bloommgton,  Illinois,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  1891.  Beginning  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Vermont,  Illinois,  Mr.  Hamer 
remained  there  two  years,  when,  in  1893,  he  came  to 
St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  where  he  met  with  eminent 
success  as  a  lawyer,  building  up  a  very  large  and 
highly  remunerative  law  practice.  He  became  active 
in  public  affairs,  in  1897  serving  as  a  member  of 
the  Lower  House  in  the  State  Legislature. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish-American 
war  in  1898,  Mr.  Hamer  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  A,  Second  Provisional  Battalion,  First 
Idaho  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  afterwards  com- 
missioned captain  by  Governor  Stunenburg,  of  Com- 
pany E,  First  Idaho  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  or- 
dered to  San  Francisco,  where,  with  his  regiment, 
he  embarked  for  the  Philippine  Islands.  There  he 
served  with  his  command  in  and  about  Manila  until 
the  surrender,  on  July  14,  1898.  He  was  then  de- 
tailed as  provost  judge  at  Manila,  where  he  served 
on  the  staff  of  General  R.  P.  Hughes.  He  was 
provost  judge  of  Manila  until  February  10,  1899, 
when  he  joined  his  company,  which  he  commanded 
at  the  Battle  of  Caloocan,  Philippine  Islands.  On 
the  morning  of  February  11,  1899.  he  was  there 
severely  wounded  in  the  right  thigh,  and  lay  on 
the  field  of  battle  four  hours  before  he  was  removed 
to  the  hospital  at  Manila.  For  gallantry  in  that 
engagement  Generals  Otis,  McArthur  and  Hughes 
recommended  him  to  the  Governor  of  Idaho  for 
promotion,  and  while  lying  in  the  hospital  he  was 
made  lieutenant  colonel  of  his  regiment. 

Colonel  Hamer,  on  leaving  the  hospital,  was  as- 
signed by  General  Otis  to  the  command  of  the 
Military  District  of  Cebu,  which  carried  with  it 
the  Military  Governorship  of  that  island.  The  col- 
onel's command  at  that  time  consisted  of  parts  of 
the  Twenty-third  and  Ninth  regiments  of  the  Reg- 
ular Infantry;  a  battery  of  the  Sixth  Regular  United 
States  Artillery;  and  one  battalion  of  the  First  Ten- 
nessee Volunteer  Infantry,  He  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  the  spring  of  1900,  when  he  was  as- 
signed to  duty  as  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of 
the  Philippine  Islands,  being  one  of  the  two  mili- 
tary members  of  that  court. 

While  the  colonel  was  on  duty  as  governor  of 
Cebu,  the  Idaho  State  Regiment,  with  all  the  other 
state  regiments,  was  ordered  home,  and  its  men 
were  honorably  discharged  from  the  service.  At 
the  earnest  request  of  General  Otis,  Colonel  Hamer 
accepted  a  commission  from  President  McKinley 
as  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Thirty-seventh  United 
States  Volunteer"  Infantry  which  was  one  of  three 
regiments  being  then  recruited  from  veterans  in  the 
several  state  regiments  in  the  Philippines.  After 
that  the  colonel  was  made  a  justice  in  the  supreme 
court  of  Manila,  and  continued  there  until  civil 
government  was  established  on  the  islands,  when 
he  was  ordered  to  San  Francisco,  where,  in  May, 
1901,  he  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  Elihu  Root. 


Returning  to  St.  Anthony,  Colonel  Hamer  re- 
sumed the  practice  of  his  profession,  although  of 
late  years  he  has  devoted  his  attention  almost  en- 
tirely to  his  personal  interests.  In  the  political 
arena  he  has  been  very  active,  having  presided 
over  every  'Republican  State  Convention  in  Idaho, 
either  as  temporary  or  permanent  chairman  since 
1902.  In  1908  he  was  appointed  by  President  Roose- 
velt as  receiver  of  the  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  land  office, 
and  held  that  position  until  nominated  for  Con- 
gress at  the  State  Convention  held  in  Boise  that 
same  year.  At  the  election  held  in  November, 
he  was  elected  to  Congress,  leading  the  entire  Re- 
publican ticket  at  the  polls,  and  served  one  term. 
While  serving  as  representative,  Colonel  Hamer 
introduced  the  enlarged  Homestead  Bill,  under 
power  of  which  one  is  permitted  to  acquire  title 
to  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  arid  land  in- 
stead of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  as  formerly, 
and  also  secured  passage  through  the  lower  house 
of  a  bill  giving  to  the  state  of  Idaho  lands  for  the 
benefit  of  the  school  fund  equal  in  value  to  the  lands 
wrongfully  taken  from  the  school  fund  for  the  For- 
est Reservation,  which  bill  passed  the  House  of 
Representatives,  but  failed  to  pass  the  Senate.  Gov- 
ernor Hawley  and  others  subsequently  went  to  Wash- 
ington, and  there  obtained  an  order  from  Presi- 
dent Taft  for  eighty  thousand  acres  of  land  to 
be  turned  into  the  school  fund. 

Since  his  return  from  Congress  the  colonel  has 
been  engaged  in  private  enterprises.  He  is  a  farmer 
and  real  estate  owner,  and  is  vice  president  and  prin- 
cipal stockholder  of  the  St.  Anthony  Bank  and  Trust 
Company,  which  has  recently  been  reorganized.  He 
has  erected  some  of  the  more  substantial  buildings 
of  St.  Anthony,  including  the  Ross  Hamer  Block, 
and  several  other  large  business  houses  in  the  place, 
lie  has  met  with  success  in  law  and  in  business,  and 
is  widely  known  as  an  interesting  and  entertain- 
ing public  speaker. 

Fraternally  Colonel  Hamer  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Order  of  Masons,  in 
which  he  has  taken  the  thirty-second  degree;  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  also  a  hereditary  mem- 
ber of  the  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  Mili- 
tary Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  inheriting  member- 
ship from  his  father.  The  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States  was  organized 
by  officers  of  the  army,  navy  and  marine  corps  of 
the  United  States  who  took  part  in  the  Civil  war, 
membership  in  the  same  descending  to  the  direct 
male  lineal  descendants,  according  to  the  rules  of 
primogeniture. 

Colonel  Hamer  married  in  1890  in  Vermont,  Ill- 
inois, one  of  his  early  schoolmates,  Miss  Blanche 
Kirkbride,  and  they  have  two  daughters,  namely: 
Elizabeth  M.,  born  March  4.  1892,  in  Vermont.  Ill- 
inois; and  Consuelo  B..  born  February  14,  1905,  in 
Vermont,  Illinois.  Both  are  talented  and  cultured, 
having  taken  courses  in  music  and  French  at  Geneva, 
Switzerland,  and  have  traveled  extensively  both 
abroad  and  in  our  own  country. 

PROFESSOR  DAVID  C.  NEIFERT.  Prominent  among: 
the  successful  educators  of  Fremont  county  is  Prof. 
David  C.  Neifert,  of  St.  Anthony,  city  superintendent 
of  schools,  which  stand  high  among  similar  institu- 
tions in  the  state,  ihcir  satisfactory  condition  being 
largely  due  to  his  untiring  efforts  and  good  executive 
ability.  He  was  born,  September  15,  1871,  in  Knox- 
ville.  Iowa,  and  was  there  brought  up  and  educated. 

His  father,  D.  B.  Neifert,  was  born  and  reared 
in  Pennsylvania,  but  as  a  young  man  migrated  to 


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Iowa,  settling  in  1849  in  Marion  county,  near  Knox- 
ville,  where  he  was  for  a  few  years  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business.  He  subsequently  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  agriculture,  and  cleared  and  improved  a 
farm,  on  which  he  is  still  living,  being  now  a  hale 
and  hearty  man  of  seventy-six  years.  He  married 
in  Iowa,  Eliza  J.  Kestler,  who  spent  her  entire  life 
in  that  state,  dying  in  1875.  Six  children  blessed 
their  union,  David  C.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
being  the  fifth  child  in  succession  of  birth. 

Obtaining  his  elementary  education  in  the  rural 
schools,  David  C.  Neifert  subsequently  continued 
his  studies  in  the  Knoxville  public  schools,  and 
afterwards  entered  Drake  University,  in  Des  Moines, 
where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1896. 
Desirous  of  still  further  advancing  his  knowledge, 
Professor  Neifert  took  up  the  study  of  history  and 
political  economy  at  the  State  University  of  Iowa. 
In  1897  he  began  his  career  as  an  educator,  for  a 
year  teaching  school  most  successfully.  Enlisting 
for  general  service  in  1898,  he  served  in  the  Reg- 
ular army  for  eight  months,  after  which  he  resumed 
teaching  in  Iowa,  and  continued  there  thus  em- 
ployed for  seven  years.  In  1905  the  professor  ac- 
cepted his  present  position  as  superintendent  of  the 
schools  of  Fremont  county,  and  assumed  the  re- 
sponsible duties  of  his  office  in  September  of  that 
year.  Energetic  and  progressive,  he  has  worked 
diligently  and  intelligently  in  his  efforts  to  raise 
the  standard  of  the  schools  under  his  charge,  and 
has  the  distinction  of  having  organized  the  first 
high  school  in  this  section  of  the  state.  At  the 
present  writing,  in  the  later  months  of  1912,  there 
is  under  process  of  construction  a  modernly  equipped 
high  school  building,  which  when  completed  will 
stand  second  to  none  in  the  West,  providing  ample 
space  and  equipment  to  the  fast  increasing  student 
body.  The  educational  work  of  Professor  Neifert 
is  highly  appreciated  throughout  the  state,  his  ability 
arid  efficiency  being  unquestioned,  and  he  is  now 
rendering  excellent  service  as  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  Board  of  Text  Book  Commissioners.  He 
is  prominent  in  local  affairs,  being  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  in 
the  work  of  which  he  takes  much  interest. 

Professor  Neifert  married,  December  24,  1899,  Miss 
Bessie  J.  Jefferson,  of  Casey,  Iowa,  where  her  par- 
ents, W.  M.  and  Sarah  Jefferson,  still  reside.  Three 
children  have  been  born  of  their  union,  namely: 
Lucile,  born  July  n,  1900,  in  Elliott,  Iowa;  Harold, 
born  in  the  same  place,  July  2,  1902 ;  and  Helen,  born, 
in  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  July  26,  1906. 

Politically  the  professor  is  a  straightforward  Re- 
publican. Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Order  of  Masons,  in  which  he 
has  passed  all  the  chairs.  He  is  fond  of  outdoor 
sports,  his  favorite  pastimes  being  hunting  and  fish- 
ing. 

KARL  R.  MALOTTE,  M.  D.  A  rising  young  physi- 
cian of  St.  Anthony,  Karl  R.  Malotte,  M.  D.,  has 
an  extensive  practice,  and  is  fast  winning  for  him- 
self a  prominent  and  honorable  name  in  the  medical 
profession  of  Fremont  county.  A  native  of  Graham 
county,  Kansas,  he  was  born  April  I,  1887,  of  hon- 
ored ancestry. 

The  doctor's  father,  Rev.  James  Malotte,  was  born 
and  educated  in  Missouri.  Entering  the  ministry, 
he  was  for  several  years  located  in  Kansas,  where 
he  had  charge  of  a  Baptist  church,  his  last  pastorate 
having  been  in  Missouri,  however,  in  Maryville, 
where  his  death  occurred  October  16,  1900,  at  the 
comparatively  early  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Southern  army 


as  a  private,  and  fought  gallantly  at  the  Battle  of 
New  Orleans.  He  married  Mary  Eddy,  who  was 
born  in  Missouri,  in  1856,  and  is  now  a  resident  of 
Maryville,  that  state. 

The  youngest  child  in  a  family  of  four  children, 
Karl  R.  Malotte  obtained  his  first  knowledge  of 
books  in  the  public  schools  of  Graham,  Missouri, 
after  which  he  was  graduated  from  the  Northwestern 
University,  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1910  he  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  after  which  he  served  as 
an  interne  at  a  Chicago  Hospital  for  a  year,  gain- 
ing both  professional  knowledge  and  experience  of 
value.  Starting  westward  on  a  vacation  trip  in 
the  spring  of  1911,  Dr.  Malotte  was  so  favorably 
impressed  with  the  future  possibilities  of  Idaho  that 
he  at  once  decided  to  locate  in  this  state.  He 
opened  an  office  in  St.  Anthony  on  May  2,  1911, 
and  has  since  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  patron- 
age, his  professional  skill  and  ability  having  won 
for  him  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  entire  com- 
munity. 

Dr.  Malotte  married,  September  6,  1906,  Isora 
Graham,  who  was  born  in  Nodaway  county,  Mis- 
souri, and  was  married  in  Maryville,  Missouri,  where 
her  mother,  Donna  Graham,  still  resides.  Her 
grandfather,  Colonel  Graham,  was  a  man  of  prom- 
inence in  Missouri,  the  town  of  Maryville,  of  which 
he  still  owns  a  part,  was  built  on  his  farm.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Malotte  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
namely :  Karl  Graham  Malotte.  born  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  November  14,  1908;  and  Mary  Donna 
Malotte,  born  July  24,  1910,  in  Maryville,  Missouri. 

The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  State  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
Socially  he  belongs  to  the  Copus  Club,  and  to  the 
St.  Anthony  Gun  Club.  He  is  fond  of  hunting 
and  fishing,  never  missing  an  opportunity  to  enjoy 
these  sports  whenever  he  can  find  leisure  to  do  so. 

RAY  HOMER  FISHER,  M.  D.  The  professional  ca- 
reer in  Rigby  of  Dr.  Ray  Homer  Fisher  embraces  a 
period  of  only  three  years,  but  during  this  time 
he  has  become  known  as  one  of  the  most  capable 
young  physicians  in  Fremont  county  and  has  risen 
to  a  high  position  in  the  esteem  of  his  professional 
brethren.  A  native  son  of  Idaho,  with  the  true 
Westerner's  love  for  his  own  country,  he  has  added 
materially  to  its  prestige  in  the  field  of  medical 
science,  and  in  his  official  capacity  of  county  physi- 
cian of  Fremont  county  is  rendering  his  fellow-citi- 
zens signal  service.  Dr.  Fisher  belongs  to  a  family 
that  has  long  been  connected  with  Idaho's  history. 
His  brother,  the  Hon.  George  Fisher,  state  senator, 
is  known  as  the  most  eloquent  speaker  in  southern 
Idaho,  where  he  is  prominent  in  Democratic  poli- 
tics, and  his  father,  William  F.  Fisher,  may  lay 
claim  to  being  one  of  those  who  blazed  the  trails 
for  the  pioneers  to  this  state.  In  official,  profes- 
sional, business  and  social  life,  men  bearing  this 
name  have  been  intimately  associated  with  the  growth 
and  development  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Ray  Homer  Fisher  was  born  March  9,  1883,  at 
Oxford,  Bannock  county,  Idaho,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  F.  and  Millenium  (Andrus)  Fisher.  Wil- 
liam F.  Fisher  was  born  in  England,  and  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  years  came  to  the  United  States,  taking 
up  the  trail  to  Utah  in  1854  and  settling  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  where  he  was  married  in  1861.  Mr.  Fisher 
became  a  rider  for  the  famous  pony  express,  riding 
from  April,  1860,  to  July,  1861,  from  Salt  Lake 
to  Ruby  Valley,  Nevada,  and  to  California.  Many 
of  these  courageous  men  were  killed,  either  by  the 
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travels,  or  by  the  hostile  Indians  who  infested  the 
country,  but  Mr.  Fisher  managed  to  come  through 
unscathed,  partly  because  of  his  knowledge  of  the 
Bannock  and  Shoshone  Indian  languages,  both  of 
which  he  spoke  fluently.  He  was  one  of  the  hardiest 
and  speediest  riders  in  the  service,  and  his  record 
of  thirty-four  hours  and  twenty  minutes  continu- 
ously in  the  saddle,  during  which  he  made  three 
hundred  miles,  still  stands.  He  became  the  first 
assessor  of  Oneida  county,  when  it  embraced  the 
territory  from  Utah  to  Montana,  and  is  still  living, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years,  at  Oxford,  his 
wife  being  sixty-seven  years  old.  They  had  eleven 
children,  of  whom  Dr.  Fisher  was  the  next  to  the 
youngest. 

Ray  Homer  Fisher  attended  the  public  school  in 
Utah  and  the  Utah  Agricultural  College,  from  which 
institution  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  in  1904.  Subsequently  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado,  graduating  therefrom  in  1909 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  and  at  that 
time  entered  practice  at  Helper,  where  he  was  sub- 
stitute division  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad.  Later,  Dr.  Fisher  spent  one  year 
in  practice  at  Oxford,  but  July  i,  1910,  came  to 
Rigby,  and  on  opening  his  office  was  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  for  the  Short  Line  Railroad.  He 
has  built  up  an  excellent  practice,  of  a  representative 
character,  and  his  remarkable  success  in  a  number 
of  .complicated  cases  has  served  to  make  his  name 
widely  known  in  medical  circles  throughout  the 
state.  He  was  appointed  county  physician  by  the 
Democratic  commissioners  ticket  in  1911,  and  con- 
tinues to  fill  that  office  with  high  ability.  Dr.  Fisher 
takes  great  interest  in  the  work  of  the  various  med- 
ical organizations,  being  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Idaho  State  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  Southern  Idaho  District  Medical  Society, 
the  Pocatello  Medical  Society,  the  Cache  Valley 
Medical  Association,  the  National  Medical  Fra- 
ternity, and  the  Omega  Upsilon  Phi.  He  has 
confidence  in  the  future  of  his  native  state,  and  has 
expressed  this  confidence  by  investing  in  various 
enterprises,  and  has  an  interest  in  the  State  Bank 
and  the  City  Pharmacy.  His  religious  belief  is  that 
of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  June  8,  1909,  Dr.  Fisher  was  married  at  Louis- 
ville, Colorado,  to  Miss  Blanch  Dierden.  daughter  of 
Jabez  and  Mary  Dierden,  the  former  still  residing 
in  Colorado,  and  the  latter  deceased.  One  child  was 
born  to  this  union :  Fred  Dierden.  born  May  25,  1910, 
at  Lewisville,  Idaho. 

ALFRED  M.  PALMER,  M.  D.  Prominent  among 
Idaho's  medical  men  of  the  younger  generation 
stands  Dr.  Alfred  M.  Palmer,  of  Rigby.  whose  title 
to  eminence  in  his  profession  lies  not  so  much  in  the 
length  of  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  practice,  for 
he  is  as  yet  a  young  man.  as  in  what  he  has  already 
accomplished  in  his  chosen  field.  In  these  modern 
days,  when  the  course  of  medical  training  is  long 
and  strict,  the  practitioner  newly-graduated  is  often 
better  prepared  than  the  physician  of  half  a  century 
ago  was  after  years  of  practice.  Dr.  Palmer  enjoyed 
the  benefits  of  a  thorough  preparatory  training,  and 
has  subsequently  kept  fully  abreast  of  the  advances 
and  discoveries  in  his  profession,  and  as  a  result  has 
been  able  to  win  public  confidence  and  approval  and 
to  build  up  a  large  and  representative  professional 
business.  Alfred  M.  Palmer  was  born  March  31, 

85,  at  Logan,  Cache  county,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Linnie  May  (Fisher)  Palmer,  natives 
of  Utah.  His  father,  a  well-known  civil  engineer 
and  bridge  constructor,  met  an  accidental  death  on 


the  Short  Line  Railroad,  at  old  Kansas  Station, 
Idaho,  during  the  same  year  that  Dr.  Palmer  was 
born,  and  Mrs.  Palmer  was  married  ten  years  later 
to  J.  H.  Carlson,  of  Oxford,  where  she  still  makes 
her  home. 

Alfred  M.  Palmer  was  the  only  child  born  to  his 
parents,  and  his  early  education  was  secured  in  the 
public  schools  of  Oxford.  He  later  became  a  student 
in  the  Utah  Agricultural  College,  where  he  took  a 
five-year  course,  then  entering  the  University  of 
Colorado  to  enter  upon  his  medical  studies.  Follow- 
ing this,  he  attended  the  Denver-Gross  College  of 
Medicine,  and  in  1911  he  was  given  his  degree  of 
doctor  of  medicine  by  the  University  of  Colorado. 
At  that  time  Dr.  Palmer  became  house  surgeon  at 
the  Latter  Day  Saints  Hospital,  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  spent  one  year,  then  choosing  for  his  field 
of  practice  the  town  of  Rigby,  which  he  rightly 
judged  was  to  become  a  flourishing  center  of  com- 
mercial and  industrial  activity.  A  further  induce- 
ment for  his  coming  here  was  the  fact 'that  it  was 
the  location  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  Ray  Homer  Fisher, 
with  whom  he  formed  a  partnership  on  his  arrival, 
an  association  that  has  continued  to  the  present  time 
with  mutual  benefit.  Dr.  Palmer  is  favorably  known 
by  his  confreres  as  a  thoroughly  capable  physician, 
and  one  who  observes  and  respects  the  unwritten 
ethics  of  the  profession.  He  belongs  to  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association  and  the  Idaho  State  Med- 
ical Society,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Omega 
Upsilon  Phi  medical  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  a 
number  of  friends.  Politically  a  Democrat,  at  this 
time  he  is  serving  as  city  physician  of  Rigby.  His 
religious  belief  is  that  of  tne  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints,  in  which  his  family  has  always  been 
prominent.  He  is  fond  of  fishing  and  hunting,  and 
it  is  his  custom  to  take  a  vacation  each  year  and 
devote  himself  to  the  sports  of  the  field  and  forest, 
thus  finding  restoration  and  diversion  in  luring  the 
wary  trout  from  their  lurking  places  or  in  tracking 
the  bear  and  deer  in  the  mountain  fastnesses.  Alto- 
gether, the  doctor  is  a  typical  Westerner,  virile,  alert, 
proud  of  his  native  state,  an  honor  to  his  profession 
and  a  representative  public-spirited  citizen. 

On  June  12,  1912,  he  was  married  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Bertha  Wells,  the  daughter  of 
John  Wells  and  Almena  Thorpe,  who  both  reside 
in  Salt  Lake,  Mr.  Wells  being  superintendent  of  the 
L.  D.  S.  hospital.  On  May  25,  1913,  at  Rigby,  a 
son,  William  Wells,  was  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Palmer. 

ALBERT  HEATH.  For  more  than  sixteen  years  a 
resident  of  Fremont  county,  where  he  has  been  iden- 
tified with  educational,  agricultural  and  commercial 
activities,  Albert  Heath,  field  superintendent  of  the 
Utah-Idaho  Sugar  Company,  at  Rexburg,  has  won 
the  title  to  a  place  among  the  substantial  men  of 
his  section.  He  was  born  May  8,  1863,  at  Dinas 
Powis,  South  Wales,  and  has  fully  exemplified  the 
hardy,  enterprising  character  for  which  tne  people 
of  that  region  have  always  been  famous.  His  father, 
George  Heath,  was  born  in  Wiltshire,  England,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1832,  and  in  his  native  land  was  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  emigration  to  America,  July  3, 
1877,  and  two  years  later  he  came  to  Idaho  and  took 
up  farming  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  Oxford,  where 
he  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death, 
in  December.  1907.  He  married  Hannah  Gleed,  who 
was  born  May  4,  1835,  and  died  April  7,  1895,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  three  children,  Albert 
being  the  oldest. 

The  early  education  of  Albert  Heath  was  secured 
in  Cardiff,  Wales,  and  after  coming  to  the  United 


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States  he  completed  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Ox- 
ford, Utah,  and  New  West  Academy,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1885.  At  that  time  Mr.  Heath 
took  up  school  teaching,  which  he  followed  in  con- 
nection with  farming  in  Utah  and  Idaho  for  the  next 
:fifteen  years,  coming  to  Fremont  county  in  1896. 
.Here  he  continued  to  be  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil 
until  1907,  when  he  was  made  field  superintendent 
•of  the  Utah-Idaho  Sugar  Company,  at  Rexberg,  and 
.this  position  he  has  continued  to  fill  in  an  able  man- 
ner to  the  present.  An  excellent  business  man, 
while  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  company 
he  has  also  firmly  established  himself  in  the  confi- 
dence of  his  associates,  and.  every  where  he  is  known 
as  a  man  of  sound  principles,  good  judgment  and 
the  strictest  integrity.  He  is  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Rexburg,  and  he  makes  his  home 
in  Rexburg.  In  addition  to  his  activities  in  the  field 
-of  business,  he  has  had  a  predilection  for  politics, 
.and  served  as  state  senator  during  the  seventh  ses- 
sion, and  as  county  treasurer  of  Fremont  county  for 
two  terms,  from  1904  to  1910.  As  an  official  he 
"brought  to  his  duties  the  same  conscientious  atten- 
tion to  detail  that  has  made  him  successful  in  his 
private  affairs  and  his  administrations  were  marked 
-by  services  of  an  excellent  character.  He  has  always 
supported  Republican  principles.  Mr.  Heath  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in 
the  work  of  which  he  has  been  quite  active,  and  at 
?  this  time  is  first  councilor  in  the  presidency  of  the 
Fremont  Stake. 

On  March  17,  1897,  Mr.  Heath  was  married  at 
Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Martha  J.  Davenport,  daugh- 
ter of  James  N.  and  Margaret  (Pettis)  Davenport, 
-the  former  now  deceased,  and  formerly  a  farmer  of 
;  Richmond,  Cache  Valley,  Utah,  and  the  latter  still 
•surviving  and  a  resident  of  Marysville.  Mr.  Heath 
:.is  fond  of  all  out-door  exercises.  It  is  his  belief  that 
the  state  of  Idaho  has  a  great  future  before  it,  bas- 
ing his  confidence  on  the  assertion  that  this  section 
has  more  natural  resources  and  less  waste  land  than 
any  other  state  in  the  Union.  His  activities  in 
''boosting"  his  adopted  section  have  aided  materially 
in  its  growth  and  development  and  he  is  justly  re- 
garded as  one  of  his  community's  foremost  men. 

HEBER  C.  AUSTIN.  Not  only  as  president  of  the 
"Bingham  Stake  of  the  Mormon  church  does  Heber 
'C.  Austin  occupy  a  foremost  place  among  the  able 
:and  influential  citizens  of  this  state,  but  along  other 
"lines  that  interest  men  of  foresight  and  enlightened 
mind  he  may  be  numbered  with  Idaho's  most  pro- 
gressive. Not  every  youth  dependent  upon  his  own 
resources  from  school  days  has  been  able  to  approach 
•so  near  the  summit  of  his  laudable  ambition  while 
yet  in  middle  life,  but  not  everv  one.  perhaps,  so 
early  set  his  face  toward  this  goal,  and  through  un- 
tiring industry,  self  denial  and  personal  rectitude 
advanced  steadily  onward.  The  honors  of  the 
church  are  not  lightly  bestowed,  and  those  who  bear 
them  have  won  them.  The  first  twelve  years  of  his 
life  President  Austin  spent  in  England,  where  he 
was  born  December  20,  1855,  the  fourth  child  in  a 
family  of  seven  sons  and  four  daughters.  His  father, 
John  Austin,  died  in  Utah,  in  February,  1905,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-three  years,  and  his  mother,  Emma 
(Grace)  Austin,  also  passed  away  in  Utah  county 
in  December,  1894,  when  sixty-seven  years  old. 

Heber  C.  Austin  was  twelve  years  of  age  when 
the  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and  he 
accompanied  his  parents  in  the  long  trip  across  the 
plains  to  Utah  county,  Utah.  There  he  secured  a 
somewhat  limited  education  in  the  district  schools, 
in  the  meantime  working  on  his  father's  farm  and 


in  the  Utah  mining  camps.  On  acquiring  his  ma- 
jority, he  took  up  a  homestead,  where  he  followed 
farming  and  sheep  raising  for  some  years,  but  in 
1891  became  interested  in  the  beet  sugar  business 
and  assisted  in  building  the  first  factory  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  beet  sugar  in  the  West,  at  Lemhi,  Utah. 
This  has  become  one  of  the  leading  industries  of  the 
West,  and  its  growth  and  development  is  due  in  no 
small  way  to  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Austin,  who  for 
years  was  active  in  its  advancement  as  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  agricultural  department  of  the 
Lemhi  mill  in  Utah.  He  was  selected  to  act  as  agri- 
cultural superintendent  of  the  Idaho  Falls  factory 
and  later  held  the  same  position  with  the  Blackfoot 
factory  in  connection  with  the  Idaho  Falls  factory. 

On  December  31,  1878,  Mr.  Austin  was  married  in 
Utah  county,  Utah,  to  Desetet  Taylor,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Taylor,  natives  of  England  and 
early  settlers  of  Utah.  Eight  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin,  namely:  Daisy  May, 
born  May  n,  1879,  in  Utah  county,  Utah,  married 
in  1900  to  Mr.  Webb,  and  has  three  children;  Ray- 
mond, born  May  9,  1882,  in  Utah  county,  died  in 
1890,  and  was  there  buried;  Mrs.  Margaret  Rabb, 
born  in  1885  in  Utah  county,  residing  in  Lincoln 
county,  the  mother  of  two  children;  Victor,  born 
October  31,  1889,  in  Utah  county,  now  a  resident  of 
Lincoln,  Utah;  Bernice,  born  in  1890,  residing  in 
Lincoln;  Myrtle,  born  in  1896,  and  now  a  student  in 
the  Idaho  Falls  high  school;  Edith,  born  in  1899,  i" 
Utah  county,  and  now  attending  school  in  Lincoln; 
and  Bessie,  born  in  1904,  at  Lincoln,  Idaho,  a  school 
student. 

Mr.  Austin  is  known  to  his  business  associates  as 
a  man  of  the  strictest  integrity  and  probity  of  char- 
acter. His  success  in  life  has  been  due  to  his  own 
efforts,  as  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
at  a  tender  age,  the  family  being  large  and  the  home 
finances  inadequate.  However,  while  he  has  achieved 
a  notable  success  in  the  world  of  business,  it  is  prob- 
ably as  a  worker  in  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints 
that  Mr.  Austin  has  attained  what  he  considers  his 
greatest  triumph.  In  1900  he  was  first  sent  on  a  mis- 
sion to  England,  where  he  spent  two  long  and  fruit- 
ful years,  and  in  1904  was  selected  bishop  of  Lincoln. 
He  held  that  office  until  1908,  when  he  was  selected 
president  of  the  Bingham  Stake  of  Idaho,  and  still 
continues  to  act  in  that  exalted  office. 

HERMAN  SCHWARZ.  There  are  many  instances  of 
men  who  by  reason  of  the  early  possession  of  con- 
siderable tracts  of  land  in  or  near  the  large  cities 
have  found  themselves  rich  by  the  mere  advance  of 
the  value  of  their  property.  There  are  others  who, 
in  speculative  times,  have  boldly  seized  the  oppor- 
tunity, and  in  a  few  fortunate  speculations  achieved 
sudden  and  substantial  wealth.  But  the  real-estate 
man  who,  without  the  possession  of  low-priced  lands, 
demanded  by  the  advancing  limits  of  population, 
without  loading  himself  with  obligations,  which  with 
a  change  of  the  conditions  of  the  market  may  crush 
him,  and  sharing  in  no  sudden  and  ephemeral  specu- 
lation, in  a  long  course  of  dealing  reaps  the  legiti- 
mate profits  which  come  from  prudence,  good  judg- 
ment and  a  wise  consideration  of  the  elements  of 
value,  is  rarely  to  be  met  with  in  the  throng  of 
dealers  who  crowd  the  market.  In  the  last-named 
class,  however,  is  found  Herman  Schwarz,  of  Idaho 
Falls,  who  since  1909  has  carried  on  a  successful 
real  estate  and  insurance  business  here,  and  whose 
success  in  the  commercial  world  is  all  the  more 
creditable  in  that  it  has  come  through  the  medium 
of  his  own  persistent  efforts. 

Mr.  Schwarz  is  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in  the 


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province  of  Saxony,  November  6,  1857.  His  parents, 
Frederick  and  Louise  (Fredrich)  Schwarz,  were 
farming  people  of  the  Fatherland,  where  they  passed 
their  entire  lives.  Herman  was  the  only  child  of  his 
parents,  and  until  fourteen  years  of  age  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  country,  after  leaving 
which  he  became  self-supporting.  Like  thousands 
of  others  of  his  countrymen,  he  decided  that  his 
future  outlook  in  Germany  was  only  to  always  work 
hard  and  never  achieve  an  independent  position,  and 
accordingly,  in  1882,  embarked  for  the  United 
States,  confident  that  here  he  could  better  his  for- 
tunes. He  almost  immediately  made  his  way  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  where  he  connected  himself  with  a 
florist,  and  in  several  years  was  the  proprietor  of  an 
establishment  of  his  own,  but  in  1894  made  removal 
to  Salt  Lake,  and  for  twelve  years  was  occupied  as 
a  florist.  In  1906  Mr.  Schwarz  came  to  Idaho  Falls 
and  connected  himself  with  a  local  brewing  company, 
but  three  years  later  entered  the  real  estate  and  loan 
business,  an  enterprise  that  has  met  with  more  than 
ordinary  success.  One  who  should  meet  Mr.  Schwarz 
in  his  business  office,  the  walls  adorned  with  plats 
of  city  lots  and  suburban  tracts,  farm  lands  and 
orchard  property,  and  listen  to  the  persuasive  speech 
of  the  real  estate  dealer,  would  realize  that  the  pro- 
prietor was  a  leading  one  of  the  class  of  acute  and 
fluent  dealers,  and  an  earnest  student  of  realty 
values.  He  has  accumulated  a  competence  out  of 
prudent  and  judicious  dealing,  and  his  activities  have 
been  so  directed  along  legitimate  lines  that  he  has 
retained  the  unqualified  respect  and  esteem  of  his 
felloyv-deajers  and  the  public  at  large.  A  Democrat 
in  his  political  views,  in  1910  Mr.  Schwarz  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Idaho  Falls,  and 
at  this  time  he  is  the  Democratic  candidate  for  jus- 
tice of  his  district.  He  is  a  valued  member  of  the 
Commercial  Club,  and  his  fraternal  connections  are 
with  the  Sons  of  Hermann  and  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles. 

JAMES  E.  FOGG.  The  prominent  and  prosperous 
business  men  of  Fremont  county  have  no  more  able 
or  worthy  representative  than  James  E.  Fogg,  of 
Saint  Anthony,  president  of  the  J.  E.  Fogg  Lumber 
Company,  and  also  of  the  Fogg-Jacobs  Mercantile 
Company.  Coming  from  substantial  New  England 
stock,  he  was  born,  October  8,  1868,  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  a  son  of  James  E.  Fogg,  Sr. 

A  native  of  Maine,  James  E.  Fogg,  Sr.,  was  there 
reared  and  educated.  Leaving  the  parental  roof- 
tree  in  early  manhood,  he  followed  the  emigrant's 
trail  westward,  and  having  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Army  was  stationed  at  a  Western  fort,  where 
he  assisted  in  quelling  the  Indian  troubles.  On 
retiring  from  the  Government  service,  he  worked 
for  awhile  at  the  cooper's  trade,  but  later  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  milling  business  at  Salt  Lake 
City.  In  1884  he  came  as  a  pioneer  to  Idaho,  locat- 
ing on  the^  Snake  river,  where  he  bought  an  inter- 
est, with  his  son  James,  in  a  saw  mill  and  a  grist 
mill.  Succeeding  in  his  operations,  he  continued 
a  resident  of  Rexburg  until  his  death,  in  1891,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-one  years.  He  married,  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  Ann  Woodward,  whose  death  occurred 
in  Logan,  Utah,  at  the  age  of  forty-six  years.  Of 
the  four  children  born  of  their  union,  James  E.,  the 
subject  of  this  brief  sketch,  was  the  eldest. 

Obtaining  the  rudiments  of  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Logan,  Utah.  James  E.  Fogg  sub- 
sequently attended  the  Brigham  Young  Colfege,  in 
that  place.  A  youth  of  energy  and  ambition,  he 
came  with  his  father  to  Idaho  in  1884,  then  a  lad 
of  sixteen  years,  and  immediately  began  his  active 


career,  assisting  his  father  in  the  saw  mill  and  grist 
mill,  becoming  familiar  with  the  management  of 
each.  Soon  after  attaining  his  majority  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership  with  his  father,  becoming  junior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Fogg,  Fames  &  Co.,  his  father 
having  been  at  the  head  of  the  concern.  Soon  after 
the  death  of  the  senior  member  of  the  firm, 
Mr.  Fames  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  firm  to 
Mr.  Jacobs,  and  the  business  was  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Fogg  &  Jacobs  Lumber  Company 
until  Mr.  Fogg  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Jacobs 
and  organized  the  J.  E.  Fogg  Lumber  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president,  the  other  officers  being  I.  N. 
Darling  and  J.  L.  Jacobs. 

In  February,  1901,  Mr.  Fogg  organized  the  Saint 
Anthony  Building  and  Manufacturing  Company,  with 
a  paid-up  capital  of  $1,500.  On  January  i>  1902,  the 
company  was  reorganized,  capitalized  at  $10400,  and 
was  incorporated  as  the  Saint  Anthony  Building  and 
Manufacturing  Company,  with  J.  E.  Fogg  as  presi- 
dent, the  other  officers  being  J.  L.  Jacobs,  I.  N. 
Darling,  E.  N.  Warren  and  Pred  Simmons.  Under 
the  wise  management  the  business  of  this  enterpris- 
ing firm  has  rapidly  increased,  being  now  one  of  the 
largest  of  its  kind  in  Idaho,  its  yards  being  located 
at  Saint  Anthony,  Ashton,  Driggs.  Rexburg,  and 
Rigby.  The  firm  has  nqw  a  paid  up  capital  of  $200.- 
ooo,  and  is  doing  an  immense  business  in  each  of  its 
yards.  A  natural  outgrowth  of  the  lumber  business 
incorporated  by  Mr.  Fogg  is  the  Fogg-Jacobs  Mer- 
cantile Company  of  Saint  Anthony,  which  has  a 
paid-up  capital  of  $400,000,  and  of  which  Mr.  Fogg 
is  president,  and  which  he  is  managing  with  char- 
acteristic success,  it  being  one  of  the  most  prosper- 
ous firms  of  the  county. 

A  stanch  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Fogg  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  ninth  session  of  the  Idaho 
Legislature,  where  he  was  ever  mindful  of  the  high- 
est interests  of  his  constituents.  He  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  active  in  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
when  the  county  was  divided  was  called  into  the  pres- 
idency, and  now  occupies  the  position  of  second  coun- 
cilor of  the  state  presidency. 

On  January  2,  1889,  in  Logan,  Utah,  Mr.  Fogg 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Rose  Hibbard, 
a  daughter  of  George  and  Hannah  Hibbard,  neither 
of  whom  are  now  living.  Into  their  pleasant  house- 
hold ten  children  have  been  born,  namely:  George 
.  E.,  born  in  1891,  died  in  1911,  while  a  student  in 
the  Logan  schools;  Luella,  born  in  1893,  is  attend- 
ing Ricks  Academy,  in  Rexburg;  Leslie  J.  born  in 
Rexburg,  in  1895,  died  there  in  1897;  Alice,  born 
in  1897,  died  the  same  year;  Admiral  Dewey,  born 
in  Rexburg,  Idaho,  July  4,  1898,  attends  the  Saint 
Anthony  schools ;  Lucille,  born  in  1900,  is  also  a 
pupil  in  the  Saint  Anthony  schools ;  Thomas  Vcrnon, 
born  in  1902,  is  a  school  girl ;  Martelle  Hibbard, 
born  in  1904,  is  attending  school ;  Franklin,  born  in 

1906,  died  in  infancy;  and!  Leila,  born  in  1910. 

Mr.  Fogg  is  earnest  and  progressive  in  his  work, 
and  from  first  to  last  is  an  Idaho  booster,  having  the 
utmost  confidence  in  the  future  of  the  state,  which 
he  declares  to  be  the  best  in  the  Union,  its  pros- 
pects so  bright  that  he  would  live  in  no  other. 

PETER  W.  WARNOCK.  One  who  gave  the  best 
years  of  his  life  to  the  service  of  the  telegraph  was 
the  late  Peter  W.  Warnock,  who  was  known  to 
"knights  of  the  key"  all  over  the  western  part  of 
the  country.  Reared  on  an  Illinois  farm,  as  a  youth 
he  took  up  telegraphy  as  a  profession,  became  known 
as  a  careful,  reliable  operator,  and  died  August  8, 

1907,  at  Snohomish.  Washington.    Mr.  Warnock  was 
born  August  20,  1858,  in  Rock  Island  county,  Illinois, 


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and  was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Ellis  (Castle)  Warnock. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  emigrated 
from  that  country  to  the  United  States,  and  settled 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  but  subsequently  became  a  pioneer  of  Rock 
Island  county,  Illinois,  where  the  remainder  of  his 
life  was  spent  in  farming.  He  was  married  in  Phila- 
delphia, to  Miss  Elizabeth  Castle,  who  was  born  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  her  death  also  occurred  in 
Illinois. 

Peter  W.  Warnock  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation in  the  institutions  of  his  native  state,  and  his 
early  youth  was  passed  in  working  on  his  father's 
farm.  In  early  manhood  he  came  west  as  far  as 
Nebraska  for  a  short  time,  but  eventually  returned 
to  Illinois,  abandoned  farming,  and  took  up  the  trade 
of  telegrapher,  being  connected  with  various  com- 
panies and  in  numerous  capacities.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican in  his  political  views,  was  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  was  popular  fra- 
ternally with  the  members  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  and  the  Odd  Fellows. 

On  December  13,  1885,  Mr.  Warnock  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Atkinson,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Edna 
Brainard,  who  was  born  December  6,  1858,  in  Buda, 
Illinois,  daughter  of  Marinus  and  Augusta  (Quimby) 
Brainard,  the  latter  of  whom  is  now  deceased.  Mrs. 
Warnock's  father  is  still  living,  making  his  home 
at  Idaho  Falls,  and  was  born  November  13,  1832. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warnock  were  the  parents  of  three 
children,  namely:  Mabel,  born  in  1886,  at  Alexan- 
dria, Nebraska,  now  Mrs.  Clough;  Earl,  born  in 
1890,  at  Amherst,  Colorado,  and  now  engaged  suc- 
cessfully in  the  meat  business  at  Idaho  Falls;  and 
Ruth,  born  in  1892,  at  Amherst,  Colorado,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  Spotts,  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  has  one  child, 
— Darken  Spotts,  who  was  born  in  Idaho  Falls,  June 
29,  1912. 

Mrs.  Warnock,  who  survives  her  husband  and  re- 
sides in  Idaho  Falls,  has  been  before  the  public  for 
some  years.  In  1908  she  allied  herself  with  the  new 
Progressive  movement  and  became  a  candidate  for 
the  office  of  city  treasurer,  to  which  she  was  elected. 
The  efficient  manner  in  which  she  discharged  the 
business  of  that  office,  and  the  high  and  conscientious 
regard  she  showed  for  its  duties  caused  the  voters 
of  the  city  to  re-elect  her  to  the  same  office  in  1910, 
and  this  position  she  still  fills  to  the  satisfaction 
of  everyone  concerned.  Mrs.  Warnock  has  numer- 
ous interests  in  Idaho  Falls,  and  also  owns  city  prop- 
erty in  Everett,  Washington.  A  woman  of  much 
business  and  executive  ability,  as  well  as  of  culture 
and  refinement,  she  moves  in  the  leading  social 
circles  of  the  city  and  the  number  of  her  friends 
is  only  limited  to  the  number  of  her  acquaintances. 

C.  M.  CLINE,  M.  D.  Numbered  among  the  well 
fortified  and  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
Idaho  Falls,  the  thriving  and  progressive  judicial 
center  of  Bonneville  county,  Dr.  Cline  here  has  an 
excellent  practice  and  is  also  a  factor  and  influence 
in  general  community  activities. 

Dr.  Cline  claims  the  fine  old  Hawkeye  state  as 
the  place  of  his  nativity.  He  was  born  in  the  city 
of  Fort  Dodge,  Webster  county,  Iowa,  on  the  loth 
of  August,  1883,  and  is  a  son  of  William  and  Anna 
(Sheley)  Cline,  both  of  whom  were  likewise  born 
and  reared  in  Iowa,  where  the  respective  families 
were  founded  in  the  pioneer  era  of  its  history.  Wil- 
liam Cline  became  one  of  the  representative  busi- 
ness men  of  Fort  Dodge,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  retail  drug  trade  and  whence  he  later  removed 
to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  passed  the  residue 


of  his  life  and  where  he  died  in  1889,  at  the  early 
age  of  thirty-seven  years. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  state  afforded  Dr. 
Cline  his  early  educational  advantages,  and  his  tech- 
nical training  for  his  chosen  profession  was  gained 
in  the  medical  department  of  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  which  admirable 
institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1905  and  from  which  he  received  his  well 
earned  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine.  He  thereafter 
gained  valuable  clinical  experience  through  a  period 
of  18  months  of  service  as  hospital  interne  in  the 
great  western  metropolis  and  in  the  spring  of  1907 
he  came  to  Idaho  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Idaho  Falls.  He  also  did  collegiate 
work  at  the  University  of  Iowa.  His  ability  soon 
gained  to  him  confidence  in  this  community,  with 
the  result  that  his  professional  business  grew  apace 
and  finally  assumed  large  proportions.  Dr.  Cline 
is  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  medical  examiners 
and  is  also  actively  identified  with  Bonneville  County 
Medical  Society,  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society, 
.the  American  Medical  Association,  and  is  president 
of  the  Eastern  Idaho  Medical  Society.  He  has 
unlimited  faith  in  the  great  future  of  his  home  city 
and  state  and  has  made  judicious  investments  in 
real  estate  in  Idaho  Falls.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  local  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  &  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 

In  December,  1906,  Dr.  Cline  wedded  Miss  Emma 
Ludwig,  daughter  of  John  Ludwig,  of  Winona,  Min- 
nesota, of  which  state  he  was  a  pioneer,  both  he 
and  his  wife  being  now  deceased.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Cline  have  one  child,  Gretchen,  who  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Boise,  this  state. 

THOMAS  T.  McCoMB,  M.  D.  An  able  and  popular 
representative  of  the  medical  profession  who  has 
been  given  to  Idaho  by  the  stanch  old  Hawkeye 
state  is  Dr.  McComb,  who  is  engaged  in  successful 
general  practice  at  Idaho  Falls,  the  attractive  little 
capital  city  of  Bonnevile  county,  and  who  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and  surgeons 
of  this  section  of  the  state,  where  in  a  personal  and 
professional  way  he  has  admirably  measured  up  to 
the  demands  of  the  metewand  of  popular  confidence 
and  approbation. 

Dr.  McComb  was  born  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  I9th  of  November,  1878,  and 
is  a  son  of  John  S.  and  Elizabeth  (McCauley)  Mc- 
Comb, the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Scotland, 
and  the  latter  near  Belfast,  Ireland,  though  the 
lineage  of  her  family  traces  back  to  the  staunchest 
of  Scottish  origin.  John  S.  McComb  was  reared 
and  educated  in  his  native  land  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years  he  came  to  America,  to  seek  a 
better  field  for  the  achieving  of  independence  and 
definite  prosperity  through  individual  effort.  He 
was  not  denied  tangible  results  of  his  ambition,  and 
has  accounted  well  to  himself  and  the  country  of 
his  adoption  as  a  loyal  citizen  and  successful  man 
of  affairs.  He  settled  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
soon  after  coming  to  the  United  States,  and  he  finally 
removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  turned  his  attention 
to  agricultural  pursuits  and  where  he  gained  sub- 
stantial status  as  a  steadfast  and  industrious  citizen 
and  as  one  whose  temporal  success  was  on  a  parity 
with  his  energy  and  close  application.  In  1892  he 
established  his  residence  in  the  village  of  Paulina, 
O'Brien  county,  that  state,  and  there  he  is  now  living 
in  retirement  from  active  labor,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
four  years  and  secure  in  the  high  regard  of  all  who  • 
know  him.  His  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Mc- 
Cauley was  solemnized  prior  to  his  immigration  to 


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America  and  his  young  wife  accompanied  him,  ready 
to  share  his  fortunes  and  aid  him  in  every  possible 
way  to  establish  himself  in  independent  circum- 
stances. Mrs.  McComb  is  sixty-eight  years  of  age, 
in  1912,  and  the  loving  companionship  of  this  worthy 
couple  makes  the  gracious  evening  of  their  lives 
one  of  ideal  order.  They  became  the  parents  of 
six  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  namely: 
John,  Mrs.  Margaret  McKinney.  Dr.  Thomas  T.  of 
this  review,  Miss  Ida,  William  and  Ralph  Lee. 

Dr.  McComb  was  a  lad  of  about  two  years  at  the 
time  of  the  family  removal  to  Iowa,  where  he  was 
reared  to  maturity  and  where  he  gained  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Benton  and 
O'Brien  counties.  Thereafter  he  completed  a  col- 
legiate preparatory  course  in  an  academy  in  the 
city  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and  upon  leaving 
this  institution  he  became  a  student  in  the  Iowa 
State  College,  at  Ames,  where  he  remained  about 
one  year.  In  preparation  for  his  chosen  profession 
he  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City,  in  which  he  was  graduated 
with  his  class,  on  the  i/th  of  June,  1905,  and  from 
which  he  received  his  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine. 
His  professional  novitiate,  which  was  of  brief  dura- 
tion, was  served  at  Onawa,  the  judicial  center  of 
Monona  county,  Iowa,  where  he  continued  in  prac- 
tice for  two  years  and  where  he  effectually  won  his 
professional  spurs.  During  the  ensuing  year  he  was 
engaged  in  practice  at  Wendell,  Lincoln  county, 
Idaho,  where  he  served  as  physician  and  surgeon 
for  the  Lost  River  Irrigation  Company.  At  the 
expiration  of  the  year,  in  1911,  the  Doctor  removed 
to  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  became  associated  in  prac- 
tice with  Dr.  G.  H.  Coulthard,  and  this  professional 
alliance  continued  for  one  year,  since  which  time 
Dr.  McComb  has  conducted  an  individual  practice. 
He  is  also  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Idaho  Falls 
general  hospital  and  gives  close  attention  to  its 
affairs  and  effective  service,  in  connection  with  his 
private  practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bonneville 
County  Medical  Society  and  also  of  the  Idaho  State 
Medical  Society. 

In  his  political  proclivities  the  Doctor  is  strongly 
entrenched  in  his  convictions  and  opinions,  and  is 
not  constrained  by  strict  partisanship.  He  is  affiliated 
with  the  Idaho  Falls  lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles 
and  the  Iowa  Good  Templars. 

Dr.  McComb  is  appreciative  of  the  attractions  and 
resources  of  the  state  of  his  adoption. 

On  the  I9th  of  June,  1907,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Dr.  McComb  to  Miss  Olive  Massie 
who  was  born  and  reared  in  Iowa  and  who  is  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Massie,  a  representative  citizen 
of  Logan,  that  state. 

JOHNATHAN  COLBY  CLAY.  This  popular  and  pro- 
gressive business  man  of  Idaho  Falls  is  a  represen- 
tative of  one  of  the  old  and  distinguished  families 
of  America,  as  he  is  a  kinsman  of  the  great  Henry 
Clay  and  of  Hon.  Cassius  M.  Clay,  of  Kentucky,— 
a  lineage  of  which  any  loyal  American  may  well  be 
proud.  He  erected  and  conducts  in  Idaho  Falls 
one  of  the  finest  automobile  garages  in  the  state, 
and  as  a  citizen*  he  is  most  public-spirited,  taking 
a  lively  interest  in  all  that  tends  to  advance  the 
prosperity  of  his  home  city  and  state. 

Jonathan  Colby  Clay  was  born  in  Dodge  county, 
Minnesota,  on  the  3oth  day  of  May,  1856,  and  is  a  son 
of  Rev.  Daniel  ami  Mary  (Eles)  Clay,  both  of 
whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Maine.  They  were 
numbered  among  the  pioneer  settlers  in  Dodge 
county,  Minnesota,  and  the  father  was  one  of  the 


early  clergymen  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  church  in 
that  section  of  the  state.  He  passed  the  closing  years 
of  his  long  and  useful  life  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles. 
California,  where  he  died  in  1905,  at  the  patriarchal 
age  of  ninety-one  years,  his  loved  and  devoted  wife 
having  been  summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  the  same 
city  in  1903,  at  the  age  of  eiehtv-six  years.  Of 
the  children  Jonathan  C,  of  this  review,  was  the  fifth 
in  order  of  birth ;  Cyrus  Hamblin  Clay,  was  one 
of  the  prominent  business  men  at  Hailey,  Idaho,  and 
was  the  editor  and  publisher  of  the  first  newspaper 
at  Wood  River,  this  state.  He  died  at  Hailey,  Idaho, 
in  1886  or  1887.  Elizabeth  Freeman  Clay  resides 
in  Los  Angeles ;  and  there  occurred  the  death  of 
Daniel  Randall  Clay;  Mrs.  Mary  Evelyn  Davis,  the 
next  in  order  of  birth  maintains  her  home  in  the 
same  city;  Freeman  Clay  died  in  Minnesota;  and 
Cassius  Marcellus  Clay  is  a  resident  of  Ogden,  t'tah. 

Jonathan  C.  Clay  gained  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Dodge  county,  Minnesota,  and 
McDonough  county,  Illinois,  and  at  the  age  of  thir- 
teen years  he  came  West  and  located  at  Laramie 
City,  Wyoming.  In  the  winter  of  1869  he  there 
secured  employment  as  a  cowboy,  and  he  continued 
to  follow  this  vocation  and  telegraphing  until  1880, 
after  which  he  was  identified  with  railroad  work  in 
Utah  and  Nevada.  Later  he  operated  a  freighting 
business  in  the  Wood  River  district,  and  after  dis- 
posing of  this  business  he  resumed  railroad  work, 
to  which  he  continued  to  devote  his  attention  until 
1900.  He  then  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business 
at  Idaho  Falls,  and  this  line  of  enterprise  he  fol- 
lowed until  1909,  when  he  erected  in  this  city 
one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped  automobile 
garages  in  the  state.  He  has  made  the  automobile 
business  a  distinct  success  and  is  one  of  the  popular 
and  influential  business  men  of  the  fine  little  capital 
city  of  Bonneville  county,  where  his  circle  of  friends 
is  coincident  with  that  of  his  acquaintances.  Mr. 
Clay  is  a  stanch  Democrat  in  his  political  allegiance 
and  views  with  satisfaction  the  ascendancy  of  the 
party  since  the  general  election  of  November,  1912. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  Automobile  Association 
and  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  lodge  of  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  in  his  home  city. 

In  Decernber,  1879,  Mr.  Clay  wedded  Miss  Hen- 
rietta Klippel,  of  Laramie,  Wyoming.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Philip  Klippel,  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  miners  in  California  and  other  parts  of  the 
west  and  who  crossed  the  plains  many  years  prior 
to  the  construction  of  railroads.  His  wife  died  at 
Tracy,  Kansas,  and  he  passed  the  closing  period  of 
his  life  at  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  died  in  1909,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-seven  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clay  have 
no  children. 

SQUIRE  G.  CROM»LEY.  A  resident  of  Idaho  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  this  well  known 
and  highly  honored  citizen  of  Idaho  Falls  has  been 
concerned  closely  with  the  civic  and  industrial  devel- 
opment of  the  state,  and  has  been  called  upon  to 
serve  in  various  offices  of  distinctive  public  trust, 
including  those  of  county  assessor  and  collector, 
police  judge  and  justice  of  the  peace,  and  now  county 
probate  judge.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  intellectuality 
and  as  a  successful  teacher  in  the  nuhlir  schools  he 
gained  marked  popularity.  His  career  has  been  one 
of  consecutive  endeavor  as  well  as  one  marked  by 
impregnable  integrity,  so  that  he  well  merits  the 
high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  in  the  state  that 
has  long  been  his  home.  He  is  familiarly  and  affec- 
tionately known  as  Judge  Crowley,  owing  to  his 
having  served  in  judicial  office,  and  as  one  of  the 


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representative  citizens  of  Bonneville  county  he  is 
consistently  given  recognition  in  this  publication. 

Mr.  Crowley  was  born  in  Webster  county,  Ken- 
tucky, on  the  20th  of  February,  1852,  and  is  a  scion 
of  one  of  the  sterling  old  families  of  the  Blue  Grass 
state.  He  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Henrietta  (Mc- 
Clendon)  Crowley,  both  of  whom  were  likewise 
born  in  Kentucky,  where  they  passed  their  entire 
lives.  Benjamin  Crowley  became  a  prosperous 
farmer  in  Webster  county,  and  he  died  in  1873,  at 
the  age  of  sixty  years,  his  birth  having  occurred  on 
the  ist  of  March,  1813,  and  his  loved  and  devoted 
wife  having  been  born  in  1816.  She  survived  him 
by  many  years,  and  was  summoned  to  the  life  eternal 
in  1903.  Of  the  family  of  seven  sons  and  seven 
daughters  the  subject  of  this  review  was  the  twelfth 
in  order  of  birth,  and  of  the  number  one  of  his 
brothers  and  one  of  his  sisters  are  now  living. 

Mr.  Crowley  duly  availed  himself  of  the  advan- 
tages of  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and 
his  alert  mentality  and  ambition  caused  him  to  seek 
liberal  education  through  self-discipline  and  broad 
and  well  ordered  reading. 

In  1874,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  Mr. 
Crowley  set  forth  to  seek  his  fortunes  in  the  west, 
and  he  has  had  no  reason  to  regret  his  choice,  for 
he  has  won  definite  prosperity  through  his  own  well 
directed  endeavors.  For  a  time  he  remained  in  Mon- 
tana and  he  then  removed  to  Utah,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
.city  of  Ogden  for  eleven  years.  In  1886  he  came  to 
Idaho  and  obtained  a  tract  of  land  on  Sand  creek, 
Bingham  county,  where  he  developed  a  good  ranch 
x>f  200  acres.  He  devoted  his  attention  to  diversified 
continued  to  reside  on  his  ranch  until  1902,  the 
property  being  still  in  his  possession.  In  the  year 
agriculture  and  the  raising  of  live  stock  and  he 
last  mentioned  he  removed  to  Idaho  Falls,  the  judi- 
cial center  of  Bingham,  now  Bonneville  county,  and 
shortly  afterward  he  was  selected  police  judge,  an 
office  of  which  he  continued  the  able  and  popular 
incumbent  for  the  ensuing  five  years.  He  has  also 
served  continuously  as  justice  of  the  peace  since 
1902.  In  1894  he  had  been  elected  assessor  and  col- 
lector of  Bingham  county,  and  he  held  the  position 
two  years,  with  marked  acceptability.  He  was  made 
the  candidate  of  his  party  for  the  office  of  judge 
of  the  probate  court  of  Bonneville  county  in  the 
autumn  of  1912,  and  in  the  election  of  November 
of  that  year  he  was  elected.  He  is  a  stalwart  advo- 
cate of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  hold  membership  in  the  Church 
of  Tesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  the  i8th  of  October,  1875,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Crowley  to  Miss  Harriet  A.  Hutch- 
ens,  of  Ogden.  But  they  were  married  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  of  their  twelve  children  all  are  living 
except  two,  who  died  when  quite  young;  Clarence 
E.,  who  was  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  on  the  I3th  of 
February,  1881,  obtained  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Bingham  county,  Idaho,  and  the  High 
School  of  Ogden,  Utah,  and  then  began  the  study 
of  law  under  effective  private  preceptorship.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1911.  From  1901  to 
1908  he  was  principal  of  the  public  schools  of  lona, 
Bingham  county,  and  in  1909-10  he  served  as 
assessor  and  collector  of  that  county.  He  is  now 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Idaho  Falls.  In 
August,  1901,  he  wedded  Miss  Mary  Olmstead,  of 
Idaho  Falls,  and  they  have  seven  children :  C.  E. 
Jr.,  Victor,  Ariel,  Byron,  Newell,  Madge  and  Oliver. 
Mary  H.,  the  next  of  the  children  of  Judge  Crowley, 
is  the  wife  of  L.  R.  Tolley,  of  Emmett,  Canyon 
county,  Idaho,  and  they  have  three  children :  Gladys, 


Dora  and  Blanche.  Jesse  J.  Crowley,  who  is  now 
serving  as  deputy  assessor  of  Bonneville  county, 
wedded  Miss  Laura  Marian,  of  Blackfoot,  this  state, 
and  they  have  one  child, — Laura.  Ethel  A.,  who  was 
for  five  years  carrier  on  a  rural  mail  .delivery  route 
from  Idaho  Falls,  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Newman, 
who  is  a  successful  farmer  in  Bonneville  county; 
Charles  R.,  who  is  a  popular  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bonneville  county,  married  Miss  Wanda 
Czapiewsky,  of  Berlin,  Germany ;  Stanley,  the  next 
in  order  of  birth,  is  a  student  in  Leland  Stanford 
University,  in  California ;  Burt  is  attending  the 
Idaho  Falls  high  school,  as  is  also  Blanche;  and 
Olive  and  Leslie  are  pupils  in  the  public  schools  of 
their  home  city. 

ELWOOD  GRAVES.  In  the  different  industries  which 
add  to  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  a  modern  city's 
residents,  that  of  painting  and  paper-hanging  occu- 
pies an  important  place,  having  educational  value 
in  no  small  degree,  and  publicly  and  privately  the 
artistic  sense  of  a  community  may  be  recognized  by 
noting  the  taste  manifested  by  its  use.  A  large  estab- 
lishment devoted  entirely  to  painting  and  paper- 
hanging  is  one  of  the  leading  business  houses  of 
Idaho  Falls,  and  its  owner  and  proprietor,  Elwood 
Graves,  is  a  practical  and  experienced  man  in  this 
line.  Born  on  the  far  eastern  seaboard,  he  was 
reared  in  the  West,  and  in  his  school  days  imbibed 
those  ideas  of  personal  independence  for  which  the 
western  man  is  everywhere  noted.  Qualified  through 
collegiate  training  for  almost  any  career,  he  chose 
the  line  in  which  he  has  remained  continuously  and 
in  which  he  has  been  exceedingly  successful.  Mr. 
Graves  was  born  March  23,  1878,  at  Portland,  Maine, 
and  is  a  son  of  Salmon  W.  and  Kathrine  S.  (Pierce) 
Graves. 

Salmon  Graves  was  born  August  19,  1846,  in  the 
Pine  Tree  state,  and  as  a  young  man  migrated 
west  to  Wyoming,  and  then  on  to  Idaho,  then  but 
a  sage  brush  desert.  Subsequently,  he  removed  to 
Montana,  where  he  prospected  in  the  hills  for  two 
years,  and  later  went  to  Butte,  then  but  a  struggling 
mining  camp.  Finally  he  established  himself  in  a 
mercantile  business  near  the  present  site  of  McCon- 
nell's  store  in  that  city,  and  for  twenty  years  was 
an  honored  and  respected  citizen  of  the  Montana 
metropolis.  He  was  one  of  Butte's  first  volunteer 
firemen,  and  in  this,  as  in  other  connections,  was 
the  first  to  aid  in  the  line  of  duty.  In  political 
affairs  he  also  took  an  active  part,  being  the  first 
clerk  of  the  city  of  Butte,  and  many  of  the  records 
which  he  prepared  in  the  Butte  office  are  still  being 
kept  in  the  same  manner.  In  1903,  Mr.  Graves  again 
came  to  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  found  that  many 
of  his  comrades  in  the  journey  across  the  plains  had 
grown  wealthy  on  the  land  which  in  the  early  days 
he  had  considered  worthless.  He  still  resides  in 
Idaho 'Falls,  where  he  is  widely  known  and  highly 
respected.  Mr.  Graves  was  married  in  New  Jersey, 
to  Kathrine  S.  Pierce,  a  native  of  that  state.,  born 
March  9,  1850,  and  she  also  survives  and  lives  in 
Idaho  Falls.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children : 
Elwood;  Mrs.  Edith  Frances  Kitto,  of  Spokane, 
Washington,  and  two  children  who  passed  away  in 
infancy. 

Elwood  Graves  secured  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Butte,  following  which  he 
attended  the  Butte  Business  College  and  the  college 
at  Deer  Lodge,  Montana.  From  the  latter  institution 
he  went  to  the  Military  College  at  Ogden,  Utah, 
and  on  graduaing  therefrom  decided  to  learn  a  trade, 
eventually  becoming  a  painter  and  paper-hanger. 
He  served  his  full  apprenticeship,  and  for  a  short 


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time  worked  by  the  day  in  Butte,  then  establishing 
himself  in  business  there  and  successfully  conducting 
it  until  1903,  in  October  of  which  year  he  came  to 
Idaho  Falls  with  his  father.  Here  they  embarked  in 
the  wall  paper  and  painting  business  and  the  associ- 
ation continued  to  their  mutual  advantage  until  the 
retirement  of  the  elder  man  in  March,  1910,  since 
which  time  the  son  has  been  the  sole  proprietor  of 
the  business.  This  has  grown  to  be  the  largest 
business  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  employing  on  an 
average  of  eight  skilled  painters  and  paper  hangers, 
and  has  enjoyed  a  steady  and  increasing  volume  of 
business. 

On  August  14,  1900,  at  Butte,  Montana,  Mr. 
Oaves  was  married  to  Eliza  Weinstock,  daughter  of 
Philip  and  Bertha  (Freid)  Weinstock,  natives  of 
Germany,  who  came  first  to  New  York,  and  later 
to  Montana,  settling  in  Butte,  where  Mr.  Weinstock 
still  resides,  his  wife  being  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
>Grayes  have  had  two  children:  Harold  C,  born  in 
April,  1904,  in  Idaho  Falls,  and  now  attending  public 
school ;  and  Violet  W.,  born  in  February,  1906^  at 
Idaho  Falls.  Mr.  Graves  is  a  member  of  the  Fra- 
ternal Order  of  Eagles,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  the  Idaho  Falls  Commercial  Club.  In 
his  political  views  he  is  independent,  and  has  never 
cared  for  public  life,  preferring  to  devote  his  whole 
time  and  attention  to  his  business  and  his  home.  He 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  Idaho  Fair  Association  and 
the  Idaho  Falls  Interurban  Railroad,  and  is  the  owner 
of  two  fine  ranches  in  this  county,  on  one  of  which 
he  lives  with  his  family.  He  is  alert,  progressive 
and  enterprising,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  his 
.adopted  city's  best  citizens,  not  alone  as  the  propri- 
etor of  a  business  which  adds  materially  to  the  com- 
mercial importance  of  the  community,  but  as  a 
citizen  who  at  all  times  "boosts"  his  city  and  its 
people  and  as  an  Idaho  enthusiast  who  has  stated 
that  he  shall  never  live  in  any  other  state. 

DWIGHT  G.  PLATT  is  a  member  of  the  leading  real 
estate,  insurance  and  loan  business  firm  in  Bonne- 
ville  county,  being  associated  in  the  business  with  one 
H.  S.  Knowles,  who  with  him  engaged  in  the  present 
business  in  March,  1907.  Although  Mr.  Platt's  previ- 
ous business  experience  had  been  along  entirely  dif- 
ferent lines,  he  has  shown  unusual  ability  and  wisdom 
in  the  affairs  of  the  firm  and  is  enjoying  a  most 
pleasurable  degree  of  success  in  the  venture,  which 
is  no  longer  in  its  try-out  stage,  but  is  well  estab- 
lished among  the  most  solid  and  substantial  concerns 
of  the  city  or  county. 

Born  in  the  Keystone  state,  in  Erie  county,  on 
July  30,  1862,  Dwight  G.  Platt  is  the  son  of  James 
O.  and  Cordelia  (Van  Curen)  Platt,  natives  of  Con- 
necticut and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  The  father, 
who  was  born  in  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  was  a  prom- 
inent live  stock  dealer  of  Sac  City,  Iowa,  for  many 
years,  but  is  now  retired  from  active  business.  He 
was  a  very  successful  man  in  business,  and  is  now 
enjoying  the  fruits  of  labors  of  earlier  years.  He 
removed  to  Iowa  in  February,  1867,  from  his  home 
state,  and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  truest  acceptance  of 
the  term.  There  were  but  forty  two  persons  in  his 
county  when  he  located  in  Iowa.  The  mother,  who 
on  the  paternal  side  was  of  Dutch  ancestry  and 
on  the  maternal  side  of  Scotch-Irish  blood,  died 
in  July,  1808,  at  Sac  City,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight 
years.  Two  sons  and  two  daughters  were  born 
•to  these  parents,  and  of  that  number  Dwight  G.  was 
•the  second  born. 

But  five  years  old  when  his  parents  removed  to 
Iowa,  Dwight  G.  Platt  thus  received  all  his  schooling 
•in  the  Sac  City  schools.  His  high  school  training 


was  followed  by  a  course  of  study  at  Valparaiso, 
Indiana,  in  the  Northern  Normal  of  that  state,  and 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1883.  He  was 
thereafter  associated  with  his  father  in  the  live  stock 
business  for  a  matter  of  six  years,  or  until  he  was 
twenty-six  years  of  age,  after  which  he  left  home 
and  for  a  number  of  years  was  traveling  through 
the  west  and  northwest,  engaged  in  various  occu- 
pations and  seeking  for  a  place  which  seemed  suf- 
ficiently pleasing  to  him  to  warrant  his  permanent 
location.  In  those  years  he  was  for  a  time  occupied 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  in  Sac  City,  but  sold 
his  interest  in  the  business  and  removed  to  Des 
Moines,  there  becoming  the  manager  of  a  proprietary 
medicine  company  known  as  the  E.  B.  Tainter 
Remedy  Company.  He  was  thus  occupied  for  two 
years.  It  was  in  1897  that  he  located  in  Idaho  Falls, 
and  for  three  years  thereafter  he  was  associated 
in  mercantile  lines  with  Anderson  Brothers,  also 
with  the  State  Bank.  He  was  for  a  time  connected 
with  Clark  &  Fanning  Company,  dealers  in  general 
merchandise,  and  in  1907  he  withdrew  from  all  other 
interests  to  engage  in  the  real  estate,  insurance  and 
loan  business  with  H.  S.  Knowles,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Knowles  &  Platt.  As  has  been  previously 
stated,  this  concern  has  developed  into  the  leading 
firm  of  its  kind  in  the  county,  and  has  been  especially 
effective  in  bringing  about  the  location  of  new  set- 
tlers in  and  about  the  county.  The  firm  has  its 
insurance  and  loan  departments,  and  is  now  devoted 
to  real  estate  activities.  They  have  large  holdings 
in  city  property,  as  well  as  throughout  the  county, 
and  are  continually  adding  to  their  already  extensive 
properties  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Platt  is  a  Progressive  Republican,  and  has 
always  taken  an  active  and  intelligent  interest  in 
civic  and  political  affairs.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  on  local  option  and  is  the 
present  chairman  of  the  Betterment  League,  oper- 
ating in  Fremont,  Bonneville  and  Bingham  counties. 
He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  clerk  of  Idaho 
Falls  and  served  continuously  for.  five  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  in  charge  of  the  business  of  pur- 
chasing of  all  materials  for  the  municipal  plants. 
At  the  close  of  his  service  as  city  clerk,  Mr.  Platt 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  mayor  on  the  closed 
town  ticket,  and  served  a  two-year  term  in  that  office. 
He  was  active  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  in 
Sac  City,  Iowa,  for  five  years,  during  which  time 
he  had  a  hand  and  voice  in  much  of  the  work  of 
an  improving  and  uplifting  nature  that  was  carried 
on  in  that  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club  and  occupies  a  place  on  its  present  directorate. 
He  is  a  strong  temperance  advocate,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  church,  of  which  -he  is  a  trustee 
and  a  member  of  the  committee  on  temperance 
affairs. 

On  March  26,  1889,  Mr.  Platt  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Ettie  R.  Lane,  at  Sac  Falls,  Iowa. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Charles  E.  Lane,  a  native 
of  New  York  state,  born  in  St.  Lawrence,  and 
of  Scotch-Irish  parents,  who  were  early  settlers  in 
Vermont.  The  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Platt  was 
a  veteran  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  In  this  connec- 
tion, further  mention  of  the  ancestry  of  Mr.  Platt 
may  be  of  interest,  when  it  is  known  that  his  paternal 
ancestors  were  members  of  the  Plymouth  colony. 
They  left  the  colony  because  of  religious  differences 
and  removed  to  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  where  for 
several  generations  the  family  was  represented,  that 
being  the  birthplace  of  the  father  of  the  subject 
Senator  Platt  is  a  member  of  this  old  and  wide- 
spread family.  The  paternal  great-great-grandfather 
of  the  subject  was  with  General  Israel  Putnam 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


during  the  Revolutionary  war.  The  maternal  ances- 
tors of  the  subject  originally  settled  in  New  York 
in  colonial  days,  later  moving  into  Pennsylvania. 
They  also,  were  identified  prominently  with  Revo- 
lutionary affairs,  so  that  on  all  sides  of  the  house, 
Mr.  Platt  is  fortified  by  a  staunch  colonial  ancestry, 
which  gives  him  and  his  family  the  entree  into  prac- 
tically every  patriotic  society  in  existence,  along  the 
lines  of  early  American  citizenship. 

Mrs.  Platt  was  reared  and  educated  in  Sac  City, 
Iowa,  completing  her  -schooling  at  Cornell  College, 
in  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  Falls  school  board  and  of  the  leading  women's 
clubs  of  the  city,  and  takes  an  active  and  prominent 
part  in  church  work  of  every  variety. 

Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Platt:  Beryl  is  the  wife  of  Carl  Roberts,  and  they 
make  their  home  in  Idaho  Falls,  where  Mr.  Roberts 
is  engaged  in  the  contracting  business;  Dwight  B. 
Jr.,  is  a  student  in  the  agriculture  department  of 
the  State  Agricultural  College  of  Oregon,  and  is  also 
making  a  special  study  of  forestry ;  Gladys  and  Char- 
lotte are  still  at  home,  the  last  named  being  the 
only  one  of  the  four  who  is  a  native  of  Idaho. 

OLIVER  C.  DALBY  The  honored  and  efficient  judge 
of  the  probate  court  of  Fremont  county  is  known 
as  a  man  of  high  intellectual  attainments  and  dis- 
tinctive executive  ability,  and  no  further  evidence 
of  his  popularity  is  demanded  than  that  afforded  in 
his  having  been  called  to  his  present  important  offi- 
cial post.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive  and  influen- 
tial citizens  of  Fremont  county,  is  a  representative 
member  of  the  bar  of  this  section  of  the  state,  and 
is  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  local  ranks  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  in  which  connection  he  is  serving  as 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  county  committee  of 
Fremont  county.  He  had  previously  made  a  most 
enviable  record  in  the  pedagogic  profession,  as  a 
successful  and  popular  teacher  in  the  schools  of 
Idaho  and  Utah,  and  his  entire  career  has  been 
marked  by  earnest  and  fruitful  endeavor.  Under 
these  conditions  ft  may  readily  be  understood  that 
Judge  Dalby  is  specially  entitled  to  specific  recog- 
nition in  this  history  of  his  adopted  state. 

Judge  Oliver  C.  Dalby  was  born  at  Levan,  Juab 
county,  Utah,  on  the  nth  of  November,  1871,  and 
is  a  son  of  Christian  C.  and  Anna  M.  (Jensen) 
Dalby,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Denmark,  their 
marriage  having  been  solemnized  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  where  the  father  settled  upon  his  immigration 
to  America,  in  1851,  his  wife  having  come  to  the 
United  States  as  a  young  girl,  in  1865,  and  haying 
come  without  the  companionship  of  any  of  her  kins- 
folk. Christian  C.  Dalby  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Utah  and  became  early  an  influential  figure  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  He 
resided  in  Salt  Lake  City  for  a  number  of  years 
and  then  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pur- 
suits, in  connection  with  which  he  gained  large  and 
worthy  success.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  in 
his  political  proclivities  and  was  influential  in  public 
affairs  of  a  local  order,  as  well  as  in  the  activities 
of  the  church  with  which  he  was  long  identified. 
He  served  as  a  bishop  of  one  of  the  Utah  stakes 
of  the  church  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  known 
as  an  earnest  and  effective  preacher,  as  well  as  a 
man  of  exalted  integrity  of  purpose,  so  that  he 
ever  maintained  a  secure  place  in  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow  men.  He  passed  the  closing 
period  of  his  life  at  Manti,  Sanpete  county,  Utah, 
where  he  died  in  iQpo,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven 
years,  his  name  meriting  enduring  place  on  the  roll 
of  the  honored  pioneers  of  that  state.  His  widow 


now  resides  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  of  the  two  chil- 
dren Judge  Dalby,  of  this  review,  is  the  younger. 
The  elder  son,  Ezra  C.,  is  president  of  Ricks  Acad- 
emy, an  excellent  educational  institution  at  RexDurg, 
Idaho. 

Judge  Dalby  gained  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state,  where  he  also 
availed  himself  of  the  advantages  of  Brigham  Young 
University  and  the  University  of  Utah.  After 
leaving  the  State  University  of  Utah  Judge  Dalby 
devoted  fifteen  years  to  successful  work  as  a  teacher 
in  the  schools  of  Utah  and  •  Idaho,  and  during  the 
last  six  years  of  his  pedagogic  career  he  was  in- 
structor in  history  and  civic  in  Ricks  Academy,  at 
Rexburg,  Fremont  county,  Idaho,  which  attractive 
little  city  he  still  considers  his  home,  though  his 
official  duties  now  require  his  residence  in  St.  An- 
thony, the  judicial  center  of  the  county.  He  finally 
determined  to  fit  himself  for  the  legal  profession, 
and  after  careful  preliminary  study  he  entered  the 
law  department  of  the  great  University  of  Chicago, 
in  which  he  continued  his  technical  studies  for  one 
year.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Idaho  in  April, 
1911.  On  December  u,  1911,  he  resigned  his  position 
in  Rick's  Academy  to  enter  upon  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  as  judge  of  probate  of  Fremont  county, 
a  post  to  which  he  was  appointed  as  successor  of 
Judge  James  G.  Gwinn,  who  is  now  serving  on 
the  bench  of  the  district  court.  He  has  shown  great 
discrimination  and  efficiency  in  handling  the  impor- 
tant affairs  of  the  probate  court,  and  his  record  in 
this  office  has  amply  justified  his  selection  for  the 
post. 

In  politics  Judge  Dalby  has  ever  given  unfaltering 
allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party  and,  as  an  effec- 
tive exponent  of  its  principles  and  policies,  he  has 
given  yeoman  service  in  behalf  of  its  cause.  He 
has  served  since  1911  as  chairman  of  the  central  com- 
mittee of  his  party  in  Fremont  county  and  has  shown 
much  finesse  and  discrimination  in  the  maneuvering 
of  the  political  forces  at  his  command.  Judge  Dalby 
has  been  most  zealous  in  various  departments  of 
the  work  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints  and 
is  an  earnest  exemplar  of  its  faith,  being  at  the 
present  time  bishop  of  the  church  at  Rexburg,  which 
continues  to  be  his  permanent  place  of  abode,  as 
previously  stated  in  this  context. 

At  Manti,  Utah,  on  the  1st  of  January,  1896,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Judge  Dalby  to  Miss 
Frances  Francom,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  that 
state,  where  her  parents,  Joseph  and  Martha  Fran- 
com, established  their  home  upon  their  immigration 
from  England.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Dalby  have  five 
children,  whose  names,  with  respective  dates  and 
places  of  birth,  are  here  noted :  Clifton  F.,  Levan, 
Utah,  October  10,  1896;  Ada  Fern,  Levan,  Utah, 
January  i,  1900;  Merlin  F.,  Nephi,  Utah,  April  16, 
1903 ;  Olive,  Nephi,  Utah,  June  20,  1905 ;  and  Dent 
D.,  Rexburg,  Idaho,  October  10,  1911. 

CLARENCE  E.  KINNEY.  Something  more  than  a 
simple  announcement  and  a  passing  remark  is  due 
to  the  memory  of  one  who  was  not  only  the  founder 
of  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  establishments  in 
the  state,  but  for  more  than  thirty  years  had  his 
residence  here,  and  was  one  of  the  best  known 
figures  in  the  business  world.  As  much  as  any  other 
man  he  was,  in  the  early  part  of  his  career,  ardently 
and  actively  engaged  in  developing  the  resources 
of  the  then  wilderness  of  the  Northwest  and  in 
building  up  the  city  of  Blackfoot.  As  one  of  the 
first  settlers  and  cattlemen  of  the  Lost  River  Valley, 
there  is  due  to  his  memory  a  place  on  the  record 
of  his  adopted  home.  In  the  prosecution  of  his 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1187 


early  explorations,  no  one  labored  harder  than  he, 
and  in  doing  so,  no  man  suffered  more  hardships, 
or  exposure,  or  ran  more  desperate  risks.  Coming 
to  a  strange  country,  without  capital  or  friends,  he 
so  directed  his  activities  as  to  gain  an  undisputed 
position  among  the  commercial  geniuses  of  the  West, 
and  his  standing  in  social  and  home  life  reflected 
his  conscientious,  upright  manner  of  living. 

Clarence  E.   Kinney  was  born  April  25,   1857,  at 
North   Manchester,  Indiana,  of  poor  but  honorable 
parents.     In   carry   life    he   attended    the    grammar 
schools  of  his   native  place,   and  as   a  young   man 
migrated  to   Iowa,   where   he   took   up   farm   lands. 
That  location,  however,  did  not  suit  the  ambitious 
young  man,  and,  although  he  possessed  only  twenty- 
five  dollars  in  cash  capital  courageously  set  out  for 
Idaho,  arriving  in  the  Lost  River  Valley  country  in 
1882.     The  trials  and  hardships  undergone  by  this 
sturdy  pioneer  could  not  be  enumerated  within  the 
confines  of  this  biography.    Suffice  it  to  say  that  his 
was  no  existence  of  comfort  and  ease,  and  that  only 
those  possessing  the  highest  degree  of  courage,  moral 
and  physical,  were  able  to  pass  through  the  early 
days  of  that  wild   region.     Starting  to   raise  stock 
in    a   humble   way,   after    seven   years    Mr.    Kinney 
turned  his  attention  to  sheep,  the  growing  of  which 
occupied  his  time  until  1896,  his  rise  being  rapid  and 
continuous.      In    the    year    mentioned,    he    sold    his 
interests  in  his  herd  and  removed  to  Blackfoot,  here 
opening  what   is   now   known   as   the    Palace    Drug 
Store,   which  he  conducted   for   four  years,   in   the 
meantime  buying  an  interest  in  the  firm  of  Hart  & 
Rowles.  which  then  became  Hart,  Rowles  &  Kinney. 
In   1906  Mr.  Kinney  bought  his  partners'  interests, 
continuing    the    business    under    the    firm    style    of 
C.   E.   Kinney  &   Sons   Co.,  in   the   store  on   Main 
street.     Soon,  however,  the  business  had  grown  to 
such    proportions   that   the   concern    was    compelled 
to  seek  larger  quarters,  and-  accordingly,  in  January, 
1912.  moved  to  the  new  I.  O.  O.  F.  building  on  West 
Bridge  street,  where  may  be  found  as  fine  a  line  of 
merchandise   as    is   handled   anywhere    in    the   state. 
Mr.    Kinney   continued    to   be   the    active    directing 
head  of  this  enterprise  until  his  death.  May  22,  1912. 
Under  efficient  management  the  business  has   con- 
tinued to  prosper.     Mr.  Kinney  was  never  a  poli- 
tician  and   cared   little  for  public  life,  his  business 
and   his   home   thoroughly   satisfying   his   ambitions. 
Honest  and  upright  in   all  his  dealings,  he  always 
possessed   the  confidence   of  his   employes   and   de- 
pendents, and  all  who  had  any  business  transactions 
with  him. 

Mr.  Kinney  was  married  in  Indiana  to  Anna  Eliza- 
beth Hood,  who  was  born  in  the  Hoosier  state,  and 
she  survives  him  and  makes  her  home  in  Blackfoot, 
where  she  may  be  near  her  children. 

JOHN  L.  BALLIF,  SR.,  senior  member  of  Ballif  & 
Sons,  of  Rexburg,  Idaho,  the  largest  exclusive 
clothing,  and  ladies  and  men's  furnishings  establish- 
ment in  Fremont  county,  is  one  of  those  successful 
merchants  who  early  in  life  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  time  and  money,  and  who  had  been  early  trained 
to  possess  patience,  qualified  with  perseverance;  to 
remember  that  time  is  money,  and  that  there  are 
just  sixty  minutes  in  one  hour;  and  to  never  forget 
that  what  is  worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  doing  well. 
As  a  result,  the  poor  boy  who  started  his  business 
career  totally  without  outside  help,  stands  at  the 
head  of  a  large  and  growing  enterprise,  and  occupies 
a  position  among  the  foremost  of  his  adopted  city's 
business  men.  Mr.  Ballif  was  horn  at  Logan,  Cache 
county.  Utah.  December  23.  1864.  and  he  is  a  son 
of  Serge  F.  and  Eleise  (La  Coultre)  Ballif. 


Serge  F.  Ballif  was  born  in  Switzerland,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1854,  making  his  way  over- 
land to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  became  a 
leading  successful  farmer  and  a  nrominent  politician, 
serving  three  terms  as  city  treasurer  of  Logan  and 
always  identifying  himself  actively  in  the  interests 
of  the  Democratic  party.  He  was  no  less  promi- 
nent in  the  work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  filling  three  missions  to  Europe  and  doing 
effective  work  in  the  Swiss  and  German  missions, 
of  which  he  was  president.  He  was  a  man  of  ex- 
cellent education,  speaking  a  number  of  languages 
fluently,  and  in  his  death,  which  occurred  in  January, 
1901,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  Logan  lost  one  of 
its  foremost  citizens.  Mr.  Ballif  married  Eleise  La 
Coultre,  of  French  parentage.  Reared  and  married 
in  Switzerland,  she  accompanied  her  husband  to 
America  and  passed  away  at  Logan,  Utah,  at  the  age 
of  forty  years,  having  been  the  mother  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  John  L.  was  the  sixth  in  order 
of  birth. 

John  L.  Ballif  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Logan,  Utah,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
began  his  business  career  as  a  delivery  boy  for  the 
Z.  C.  M.  T.  Company,  with  which  he  was  connected 
for  three  years.     He  next   entered  the   employ  of 
the    Consolidated    Implement    Company,    at    Logan, 
where  he  remained  as  a  clerk  for  two  years,  then 
becoming     identified     with     Campbell     &     Morrell, 
clothing  dealers  at  Logan.     After  eight  years  with 
this  concern,   Mr.   Ballif  engaged  in   religious  work 
for   two   and   one-half   years,    making   a    successful 
mission  to  Switzerland  as  a  missionary  for  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ.    On  his  return,  he  re-engaged  with 
Campbell   &    Morrell    for   two   and   one-half   years, 
and  then  came  to  Rexburg,  where  he  arrived  Sep- 
tember   15,    1903.     Here    his    wide   experience    and 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  secured  for  him 
the  managership  of  the  clothing  department  of  the 
firm   of   Flamm   &    Company,   and   on   February   2, 
1907,  the  nucleus  of  his  present  business  was  estab- 
lished,   under   the   original    firm   style   of    Ballif    & 
Thatcher,  which  in  1910  became  Ballif  &  Sons,  Mr. 
Thatcher   retiring,  and   Mr.   Ballif's  sons  being  ad- 
mitted to  partnership.     Mr.  Ballif  is  a  representative 
self-made    man,    having   bv   his    own    industry   and 
sound   judgment,    commencing   on   a   small    capital, 
risen  to  his  present  commercial  standing,  doing  the 
largest  business  in  dry  goods,  clothing  and  ladies' 
and    men's    furnishings   in  the   county,   and   outside 
of   the   members    of   his   own   family,    employing   a 
large  force  of  clerks.     He  was  a  member  and  first 
lieutenant    of   the    Logan    National    Guards    during 
his  residence  in  that  city.     Politically  a  Democrat, 
he  takes  little  interest  in  public  matters  outside  that 
shown  by  every  man  who  has  the  advancement  of 
his  community  at  heart,  although  he  has  served  as 
a  member  of  the  town  board  of  Rexburg  for  one 
term.     Like   his   father,   he  has  been   active   in  the 
work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  of 
which  he  was  presiding  elder  for  one  year,  and  first 
counsellor  to   the  bishop   two  years.     He   is   more 
than     satisfied    with    the    opportunities     which     his 
adopted  state  has  given  him  to  succeed,  and  allows 
no  chance  to  pass  to  encourage  others  to  locate  here. 
On  October  19,   1887,   Mr.  Ballif  was  married  to 
Miss  Emma  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Logan,  Utah, 
daughter   of   Bishop   Thomas  X.   Smith,  and   seven 
children    have    been    born    to    this    union,    namely: 
John  L.  Jr.,  Eleise  M.,  Claramond,  George  S.,  Flor- 
ence, Ariel  S.  and  Harriett. 

CHRISTIAN  WOIDEMANN.     Presenting  as  it  does  a 
worthy  example  to  the  rising  generation,  the  life  of 


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Christian  Woidemann,  which  from  early  boyhood  has 
been  one  of  assiduous  industry,  untiring  energy  and 
unquestioned  integrity,  is  well  deserving  of  being 
sketched,  however  briefly,  in  a  work  of  this  nature. 
Coming  to  this  country  a  poor  youth,  but  possessed 
of  excellent  business  ability  and  commendable  ambi- 
tion, he  has  so  governed  his  activities  as  to  win  for 
himself  a  place  among  the  leading  business  men  of 
Fremont  county,  and  he  now  finds  himself  at  the 
head  of  the  largest  dry  goods  store  in  Northeastern 
Idaho,  the  "Golden  Rule"  store,  at  Rexburg.  Mr. 
Woidemann  was  born  April  8,  1881,  in  Denmark, 
and  is  a  son  of  Martin  and  Karen  (Sorenson) 
Woidemann.  His  father,  a  machinist  by  trade,  has 
never  left  his  native  land,  and  is  now  a  resident  of 
Veile,  while  his  mother  passed  away  .there  at  the 
age  of  seventy-three  years,  December  22,  1911.  She 
was  the  mother  of  five  sons  and  three  daughters, 
Christian  being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

Educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Veile  until 
he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  at  that  time  Christian 
Woidemann  began  to  learn  the  dry  goods  business, 
receiving  his  introduction  thereto  in  his  native  land. 
When  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Germany,  continuing  in  the  same  business  at  Lubeck, 
where  he  remained  three  years,  and  then  decided 
to  try  his  fortunes  in  the  United  States.  Accord- 
ingly, he  set  sail  for  this  country,  and  in  the  spring 
of  1902  arrived  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  near 
which  city  he  was  engaged  for  one  year  in  rice 
farming.  Climatic  conditions,  however,  did  not 
agree  with  his  health,  and  he  subsequently  removed 
to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  for  three  years  he  was 
connected  as  a  clerk  with  the  great  Fair  store.  He 
was  next  located  at  Beloit,  Kansas,  where  for  nine 
months  he  was  a  clerk,  and  during  the  next  year 
he  acted  in  a  like  capacity  in  a  store  at  Pres- 
ton, Idaho.  At  Malad,  Idaho,  which  was  his 
next  field  of  operation,  he  became  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Penney  &  Neighbors,  proprie- 
tors of  the  "Golden  Rule"  at  that  place,  and 
one  year  later  Mr.  Woidemann  was  admitted  to 
partnership  in  the  firm  and  opened  to  the  public 
the  establishment  of  which  he  is  the  present  directing 
head,  the  "Golden  Rule,"  at  Rexburg,  the  largest 
department  store  in  the  northeastern  part  of  the 
state.  From  the  start  this  enterprise  has  succeeded 
in  a  remarkable  degree,  and  now  nine  persons  are 
employed  and  an  annual  business  of  $100,000  done. 
Mr.  Woidemann  has  various  other  interests,  among 
which  is  the  "Golden  Rule"  store  at  Mackay,  Idaho. 
Having  attained  the  greater  part  of  his  success  here, 
it  is  but  natural  that  Mr.  Woidemann  should  feel 
grateful  to  his  adopted  state,  and  to  it  he  gives  the 
credit  for  the  high  position  he  has  secured.  How- 
ever, his  many  friends  are  positive  that  he  would 
have  succeeded  in  any  locality  in  which  he  found 
himself,  and  this  assertion  probably  bears  much 
truth,  for  he  has  ever  shown  himself  an  industrious, 
capable  and  willing  worker,  a  business  man  of  great 
foresight,  judgment  and  shrewdness,  and  a  man  of 
progressive  ideas  and  methods.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  his  political  views,  but  is  essentially  a  business 
man,  and  has  never  cared  for  public  honors,  nor 
allowed  his  name  to  be  used  as  candidate.  He  takes 
some  interest  in  fraternal  work,  belonging  to  St. 
Anthony  Blue  Lodge  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  also  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Commercial  Club.  He  is  a  Lutheran 
in  his  religious  belief.  Mr.  Woidemann  was  mar- 
ried to  Delpha  Whitney,  December  26,  1912.  She  is 
a  daughter  of  J.  K.  Whitney  of  Rexburg,  Idaho. 


Ross  J.  COM  STOCK.  Few  men  have  been  more  in- 
timately connected  with  the  monetary  affairs  of  Fre- 
mont county  than  Ross  J.  Comstock,  president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Rexburg.  During  the 
twelve  years  of  his  residence  here  there  have  been 
fourteen  banks  established  in  the  county,  and  the 
present  stability  of  financial  affairs  in  this  part  of 
the  state  can  be  directly  traced  to  the  earnest,  con- 
scientious efforts  of  such  able  bankers  as  he  has 
proved  himself  to  be.  Mr.  Comstock  is  a  native 
of  Missouri,  and  was  born  in  Sullivan  county,  July 
22,  1875,  a  son  of  Charles  B.  and  Flora  (Ross)  Com- 
stock. His  father,  who  was  born  in  New  York 
state,  removed  to  Missouri  in  1856,  where  he  was 
residing  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war.  Three 
months  prior  to  the  close  of  that  struggle,  although 
but  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  for  service, 
continuing  with  his  regiment  until  peace  was  de- 
clared, when  he  took  up  a  business  career,  and  for 
many  years  was  a  successful  banker  of  Green  City 
and  Greencastle,  Missouri.  He  is  now  retired  from 
active  affairs  and  makes  his  home  in  California.  Mr, 
Comstock  married  Flora  Ross,  a  native  of  Indiana, 
who  also  survives,  and  they  had  a  family  of  nine 
children,  Ross  J.  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth, 
and  the  oldest  of  the  surviving  children,  of  whom 
there  are  six. 

After  completing  his  preliminary  studies  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  state,  Ross  J. 
Comstock  became  a  student  in  a  business  college  at 
Oberlin,  Ohio,  from  which  he  was  graduated  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Having  inherited  some 
of  his  father's  inclination  for  and  ability  in  the  bank- 
ing business,  he  was  associated  with  the  elder  man 
for  eight  years,  but  on  January  i,  1901,  decided  to 
strike  out  for  himself,  and  chose  Rexburg  as  his  field 
of  endeavor.  At  that  time  there  was  only  one  bank 
within  the  limits  of  Fremont  county,  and  Mr.  Corn- 
stock,  with  his  valuable  experience  secured  by  asso- 
ciation with  his  father,  and  possessed  of  unlimited 
backing,  started  the  first  two  institutions  at  Rex- 
burg. He  first  organized  the  Rexburer  Banking  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  continued  as  cashier  until  1904, 
when  the  bank  became  nationalized,  and  reorganized 
under  the  name  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Rex- 
burg, and  as  such  it  has  since  done  business.  Mr. 
Comstock  was  cashier  of  this  institution  until  1910, 
when  he  became  its  president,  and  in  this  capacity 
he  has  wisely  and  ably  directed  its  policies  and 
made  it  known  as  one  of  the  solid,  substantial  bank- 
ing houses  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state.  Among 
his  associates  Mr.  Comstock  is  known  as  a  man 
of  shrewd  judgment,  and  one  who  conserves  the 
best  interests  of  the  depositors.  He  also  holds  a 
directorship  in  the  Fremont  County  Bank,  at  Sugar 
City,  Idaho.  Mr.  Comstock  is  a  Republican  in  his 
political  views,  but  public  office  has  never  held  out 
any  inducements  to  him,  and  he  has  been  satisfied 
with  his  success  in  the  field  of  finance.  He  is  en- 
thusiastic in  his  praise  of  the  opportunities  and 
advantages  of  his  adopted  state,  and  is  known  as 
an  Idaho  "booster"  of  the  first  quality.  Fraternally, 
he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  having 
attained  to  the  Shriner  degree,  at  Boise,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  at  Rexburg,  and  the 
Elks  at  Idaho  Falls.  For  some  years  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  and  at  one  time 
was  its  president.  With  his  family  he  attends  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  acts  as  elder. 

On  April  12,  1893,  in  Sullivan  county,  Missouri, 
Mr.  Comstock  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Jennie  Davis,  daughter  of  John  E.  and  Fannie  Davis, 
natives  of  Sullivan  county,  and  members  of  an  old 
and  honored  Missouri  family.  Mrs.  Comstock  is 


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essentially  a  lover  of  home,  and  outside  of  her 
church  has  no  connection  with  organizations  of  any 
kind.  Four  children  have  been  born  to  her  and 
her  husband:  Ross  J.  Jr.,  Marguerite,  Adah  and 
Elma. 

COL,  WILLIAM  H.  DEWEY.  In  the  pioneer  age  of 
any  country,  the  great  dynamic  force  which  has  re- 
sulted in  the  conquest  and  civilization  and  develop- 
ment of  that  country,  has  been  the  strength  of  char- 
acter and  will  power  of  her  men.  This  was  strikingly 
true  in  Idaho.  The  leaders  of  her  formative  period, 
when  order  was  being  evolved  out  of  chaos,  were 
men  cast  in  an  elemental  mold.  Not  masters  of 
diplomacy,  nor  of  paper  finance,  they  accomplished 
great  results  through  an  ability  to  foresee  results,  to 

'•urstund  men,  to  think  clearly  and  to  act  quickly. 
.Men  of  force,  not  shrewdness,-^-of  action,  not  of 
schemes,  they  grounded  the  civilization  of  Idaho  on 
the  basis  of  substantial  industries  and  honest  enter- 
prises, where  the  profits  accrued  not  only  to  the 
masters  of  industry,  but  to  the  people  as  a  whole. 
The  very  prince  of  these  big  men  was  Colonel  Wil- 
jiam  H.  Dewey.  Born  to  look  the  world  straight 
in  the  eye,  unafraid  of  men  or  of  conditions,  he  never 
failed  to  see  the  opportunity  for  the  founding  of  an 
enterprise  that  might  mean  life  to  thousands  of  people, 
or  to  take  advantage  of  a  turn  of  the  wheel  of  fortune 
that  might  mean  the  changing  of  the  future  of  the 
state.  He  handled  big  affairs  with  the  ease  that  men 
of  smaller  mentality  handle  little  ones,  for  he  had 
a  mind  that  conceived  along  grand  proportions  and 
executed  as  readily  as  he  conceived.  He  was  a  dom- 
inant force  in  all  the  affairs  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected during  his  life,  and  when  he  died  it  seemed 
as  though  it  were  impossible  that  his  interests  could 
be  carried  on  without  the  dominance  of  the  master 
mind.  He  had,  however,  brought  them  through  the 
critical  period  and  moreover  the  men  who  had  lived 
and  worked  with  him  had  absorbed  both  wisdom  and 
energy  from  him.  He  left  a  magnificent  heritage  to 
the  people  of  Idaho  and  the  loving  memory  in  which 
they  hold  him  is  his  reward. 

William  H.  Dewey  was  born  in  Massachusetts  on 
the  ist  day  of  August,  1823.  He  was  a  son  of  Alex- 
ander and  Catherine  (Hall)  Dewey,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  New  England.  His  father  was  born 
on  the  boundary  line  between  Connecticut  and  Massa- 
chusetts, and  his  mother  was  a  native  of  Vermont. 
Alexander  Dewey  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  devoting 
all  his  life  to  agricultural  pursuits.  The  Dewey  farm 
was  located  in  Hampden  county,  Massachusetts,  ad- 
joining the  historic  Bacon  farm,  and  here  Mr.  Dewey 
died  in  1831,  while  still  a  comparatively  young  man. 
He  was  buried  near  Grantville,  in  Connecticut,  a  town 
which  he  had  aided  in  founding.  Some  time  after  his 
death  his  widow  married  Lorenzo  Huntley  of  New 
York  state,  and  moved  with  him  to  Ohio,  where  she 
lived  until  1895,  dying  at  the  great  age  of  one  hundred 
and  six  years.  Three  children  were  born  to  Alex- 
ander Dewey  and  his  wife,  and  she  had  five  by  her 
second  marriage.  The  Colonel  was  the  youngest  of 
his  family,  and  he  was  reared  and  educated  in  his 
native  state.  When  he  was  yet  a  boy  he  began  to  earn 
his  own  living,  and  for  many  years  he  lived  quietly  in 
the  old  Massachusetts  home,  yet  all  the  while  the  call 
of  the  West  was  upon  him,  and  at  last,  in  1863,  he 
set  out  for  the  country  of  the  open  spaces.  He  went 
first  to  California,  there  remaining  for  some  time,  and 
then  came  to  Silver  City  It  was  in  the  Fall  of  the 
year  that  Colonel  Dewey  arrived  in  Idaho  and  pitched 
his  tent  where  the  town  of  Dewey  is  now  located. 
Looking  about  him  he  was  not  slow  to  see  the  ad- 
vantages which  that  section  of  the  country  now 


known  as  Silver  City  offered  as  a  town  site,  so  in 
March,  1864,  he  with  others  laid  out  this  town,  now 
well  known  as  one  of  the  most  important  mining 
towns  in  the  state.  Here  in  the  mining  regions  of  the 
state,  the  Colonel  came  into  his  own.  A  miner  by 
nature,  he  became  from  the  first  intimately  connected 
with  the  most  important  mining  industries  in  the 
state.  With  the  courage  to  risk  failure,  and  with  a 
head  for  organization,  he  owned  at  different  times, 
many  of  the  leading  mines  of  the  state,  and  his  influ- 
ence was  felt  throughout  the  state,  giving  a  tremen- 
dous impetus  to  the  development  of  the  mining 
industry.  He  was  one  of  the  three  men  who  discov- 
ered the  great  South  Mountain  deposits  and  at  the 
time  when  this  property  was  most  productive  he 
owned  nearly  one  half  of  it.  In  1889  he  bought  the 
Trade  Dollar  mine  and  made  many  expensive 
improvements,  making  the  plant  one  of  the  most 
complete  in  the  west,  after  which  he  sold  to  the 
present  owners  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  thousand 
shares  of  the  five  hundred  thousand  shares  com- 
prising the  capital  stock.  The  richness  of  this  deposit 
may  be  estimated  from  the  fact  that  in  1897  tn's  mine 
paid  larger  dividends  than  any  mine  on  Cripple  Creek. 
Colonel  Dewey  from  time  to  time  bought  the  con- 
trolling interests  in  various  members  of  the  Florida 
Mountain  group  of  mines,  and  eventually  became  the 
owner  of  over  one-half  of  the  mines  in  this  vicinity. 
A  few  years  before  his  death  he  accomplished  the 
consolidation  of  these  mines,  holding  the  reins  of 
power  firmly  grasped  in  his  own  hands.  The  suc- 
cessful planning  and  carrying  out  of  this  consolidation 
required  a  master  mind  and  the  tact  and  skill  which 
Colonel  Dewey  displayed  in  effecting  the  deal  showed 
him  to  be  the  possessor  of  such  a  mentality. 

Not  alone  as  a  miner  and  developer  of  mining  prop- 
erties did  Colonel  Dewey  become  known  throughout 
the  state  of  Idaho,  but  as  the  owner  and  projector  of 
the  Boise,  Nampa  and  Owyhec  Railway,  in  which 
capacity  he  performed  a  service  to  the  mining  dis- 
trict of  this  section  that  was  of  inestimable  value, 
for  the  road  opened  up  a  very  valuable  country.  On 
this  road  is  a  splendid  steel  bridge,  the  finest  in  the 
state  at  the  time  of  its  erection,  and  located  at  Guffey. 
where  the  road  crosses  the  Snake  river.  Colonel 
Dewey  built  this  bridge  at  his  own  expense,  and  also 
the  Idaho  Northern  Railway  from  Nampa  to  F.mmctt. 

At  the  village  of  Dewey,  which  was  named  for  him 
and  in  which  the  Colonel  always  took  the  greatest 
pride  and  interest,  he  built  one  of  the  finest  stamp 
mills  in  the  Northwest,  as  well  as  the  Dewey  hotel, 
one  of  the  best  hostelries  in  the  state.  His  ambition 
for  that  town  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  built  a 
beautiful  residence  there  for  his  own  occupancy,  and* 
also  erected  other  residences  and  business  houses  as 
well. 

Although  never  losing  an  opportunity  to  give  his 
services  for  his  state  and  her  people,  and  although 
each  hour  of  his  working  day  was  given  over  to  the 
management  and  planning  of  enterprises  that  meant 
growth  and  development  to  Idaho,  yet  Colonel  Dewey 
always  refused  to  accept  any  public  office  or  political 
preferment  of  any  order,  believing  that  his  world 
was  properly  the  world  of  business,  and  that  in  tin's 
field  he  would  be  able  to  accomplish  more  towards 
advancing  the  welfare  of  his  state  than  in  a  chair  in 
the  United  States  senate,  had  that  honor  been  prof- 
fered him.  One  of  the  acts  of  his  later  life  that  shows 
his  skill  in  judging  a  situation  and  demonstrates  his 
readiness  to  give  of  his  time  and  his  money  towards 
the  development  of  the  country,  was  that  in  which 
he  built  the  Dewey  Palace  Hotel  at  Nampa,  the  finest 
hotel  in  the  state.  At  the  time  of  its  erection  it  seemed 
to  be  a  structure  all  out  of  proportion  to  the  size  of 


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the  town,  for  it  was  a  magnificent  building,  costing 
$250,000,  and  was  designed  to  be  conducted  on  a  scale 
altogether  befitting  its  size  and  beauty.  Now  it  seems 
that  once  more  the  Colonel's  judgment  was  correct, 
for  the  town  has  grown  to  the  proportions  justifying 
the  size  of  the  hotel. 

Absorbed  in  these  varied  mining,  mercantile  and 
commercial  interests,  the  Colonel  yet  had  time  for 
his  friends,  and  found  much  of  his  pleasures  in  their 
companionship.  Simple  and  unostentatious  in  his 
tastes,  as  is  usually  the  case  with  the  truly  great 
minded  men,  he  was  a  plain  living  man  and  one  who 
ever  manifested  a  wholesome  interesL  in  the  affairs 
of  the  section  in  which  he  made  his  home.  He  lived 
a  long  and  useful  life,  the  greater  part  of  which  was 
spent  in  Idaho,  and  he  left  behind  him  an  imperish- 
able monument  of  splendid  dreams  realized,  and  a 
country  that  prior  to  his  advent  had  been  a  barren 
waste,  is  now  one  of  the  most  valuable  producing 
regions  in  the  world.  His  death  occurred  on  the  8th 
day  of  May,  1903,  at  Nampa,  Idaho,  when  he  was 
almost  eighty  years  of  age,  and  he  was  buried  in  the 
Kohlerlawn  cemetery  of  that  place. 

JOSEPH  MORLEY  was  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  on  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1880.  He  is  the  son  of  William  and  Isabelle 
(Pardoe)  Morley,  both  natives  of  England.  The 
father  was  born  in  Nottingham,  England,  and  came 
to  America  as  a  small  boy  with  his  parents  during  the 
early  sixties.  They  settled  in  Ogden,  Utah,  and  there 
William  Morley  was  reared  and  educated.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  a  barber  and  followed  that  occupation 
during  his  lifetime.  He  always  took  an  active  part  in 
the  civic  affairs  of  his  city,  and  was  prominent  in 
Ogden  in  many  ways.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
local  militia  and  a  veteran  member  of  the  Volunteer 
Fire  Department.  He  died  on  August  u,  1910,  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three,  and  though 
he  was  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  had  achieved 
a  pleasing  success  in  his  business.  The  mother  of 
Joseph  Morley  was  born  at  Stratford-on-Avon, 
famed  as  the  birthplace  and  home  of  Shakespeare, 
immediately  across  the  street  from  the  home  of 
the  Bard  of  Avon.  She  came  to  America  early  in 
life,  and  is  yet  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City.  She 
became  the  mother  of  ten  children,  seven  of  whom 
are  living. 

Joseph  Morley  was  the  second  born  child  of  his 
parents.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Salt  Lake  City,  completing  his  high  school  studies 
at  the  age  of  sixteen.  His  first  position  as  a  boy 
out  of  school  was  with  the  Bradstreet  Mercantile 
Agency,  and  he  was  in  their  employ  for  four  years. 
The  characteristic  of  energy  which  has  ever  marked 
his  life  was  dormant  in  him  in  those  early  days, 
and  he  was  ambitious  to  learn  something  of  the 
business,  as  well  as  to  earn  his  daily  wage,  so 
that  the  four  years  he  passed  with  the  Bradstreet 
Mercantile  Agency  served  to  amply  fit  him  for 
higher  duties.  He  resigned  his  position  at  the  end 
of  that  time  and  removed  to  Idaho  Falls,  there 
taking  an  office  position  with  the  C.  W.  &  M.  Co., 
and  remaining  associated  with  that  firm  for  three 
years,  after  which  he  became  bookkeeper  and  sales- 
man for  the  Wright  Mercantile  Company  in  this  city. 
After  three  years  of  service  in  that  capacity  he 
became  manager  for  the  Dunwoodie  Furniture  Com- 
pany, and  has  remained  the  incumbent  of  that  posi- 
tion up  to  the  present  time.  This  is  the  largest 
exclusive  furniture  house  in  the  Snake  River  Valley, 
and  the  success  which  Mr.  Morley  has  enjoyed  in 
his  duties  as  manager  is  eloquent  of  his  capacity 
for  such  service. 


Mr.  Morley  is  a  Republican,  and  has  always  been 
active  in  political  and  purely  civic  affairs  in  his 
city.  He  has  served  for  six  years  as  county  coroner 
and  then  he  was  re-elected,  serving  eight  years  in  all. 
In  addition  to  his  home  in  Idaho  Falls,  he  owns 
some  valuable  land  some  two  and  a  half  miles  dis- 
tant from  the  city,  and  is  in  a  fair  way  to  financial 
independence. 

Mr.  Morley  married  Miss  Astrid  Johanensen,  the 
daughter  of  J.  J.  Johanensen,  a  native  of  Norway, 
and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them :  Joseph 
Maurise,  Louise  and  Dorothy.  The  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
Mr.  Morley  is  an  active  worker  and  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school.  He  is  also  conductor  of  the 
Idaho  Falls  Choral  Society,  the  leading  society  of 
its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  state.  It  recently 
carried  off  the  highest  honors  at  a  state  contest, 
winning  a  silver  cup  as  a  trophy  of  the  event. 

JOHN  HOLSTE.  In  February,  1909,  John  Holste 
came  to  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  and  organized  what  is 
known  as  the  Western  Land  Company.  That  venture 
proved  a  wise  one,  and  from  the  first  he  has  made 
steady  progress  in  the  business  life  of  the  city  and 
county.  Real  estate  and  insurance  constitute  the 
lines  of  activity  embraced  by  his  firm,  and  in  the 
three  years  of  his  association  with  the  business  in- 
terests of  this  section,  Mr.  Holste  has  been  the  direct 
means  of  bringing  in  a  great  many  new  and  valuable 
settlers. 

John  Holste  was  born  in  Cook  county,  Illinois,  on 
the  loth  of  November,  1866.  and  is  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Holste  and  his  wife,  Charlotte  (Lotge)  Holste. 
both  native  born  Germans.  William  Holste  came  to 
America  in  1840  and  settled  in  Cook  county.  Illi- 
nois, where  he  took  uo  the  life  of  a  farmer  and  con- 
tinued in  that  activity  throughout  his  remaining 
days,  although  his  later  years,  from  1882  until  his 
death,  were  passed  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  in  Cass 
county.  He  was  seventy  years  of  age  when  he  died. 
His  wife  came'  to  America  in  1842  as  a  young  girl, 
and  settling  in  Cook  county,  there  met  and  married 
her  husband.  She  died  in  Cass  countv,  Iowa,  in 
1004,  at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy.  She  was  the 
mother  of  nine  children,  of  which  number  John,  of 
this  review,  was  the  fifth  born,  six  of  the  nine  being 
alive  today. 

John  Holste  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Cass  county  to  the  age  of  fourteen.  Until  he  was 
twenty-one  he  remained  on  the  home  farm,  later 
engaged  on  his  own  responsibility  in  farming  and 
raising  thoroughbred  cattle,  horses  and  hogs.  He 
was  also  occupied  in  conducting  a  hardware  and 
implement  business,  and  enjoyed  a  fair  degree  of 
success  in  both  lines  of  enterprise.  It  was  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1909.  as  mentioned  previously,  that  he  came 
to  Idaho  Falls  and  became  a  permanent  resident  of 
the  city.  He  opened  up  a  real  estate  and  insurance 
office,  but  soon  saw  the  possibilities  that  lay  in  larger 
activities  in  real  estate  and  organized  what  is  called 
the  Western  Land  Company.  This  is  one  of  the 
leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in  the  county,  and  its 
operations  are  far  reaching  and  effective.  A  vast 
amount  of  publicity  is  given  the  district  through  his 
advertising  mediums,  and  he  has  been  successful 
in  bringing  many  valuable  settlers  into  the  county 
since  he  began  his  work  here.  In  addition  to  his 
real  estate  operations,  Mr.  Holste  is  the  owner  of 
a  seven  acre  orchard  adjacent  to  the  city,  and  he 
is  the  owner  of  a  handsome  home  in  Idaho  Falls.  In 
1911  Mr.  Holste  served  as  president  of  the  Bonne- 


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ville  County  Fair  Association,  and  has  in  many 
ways  displayed  his  willingness  to  take  up  the  burden 
of  civic  responsibility  and  perform  his  full  share 
in  the  work  of  advancing  the  city  and  county  to 
the  best  advantage.  He  is  a  Democrat,  and  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  local  politics.  Fraternally, 
he  is  identified  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  Com- 
mercial Club  and  his  churchly  affiliations  are  with 
the  Lutheran  denomination. 

In  1887  Mr.  Holste  was  married  in  Cass  county, 
Iowa,  to  Miss  Paulina  Reicher,  the  daughter  of  Her- 
mann Reicher,  of  Chicago,  Illinois.  Five  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holste,  three 
sons  and  two  daughters,  as  follows :  Charlotte,  Ray- 
mond, Leopold,  Olga,  and  Ernest. 

WILLIAM  LEE  MCCONNELL.  Among  the  well  estab- 
lished professional  men  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  Wil- 
liam Lee  McConnell,  attorney,  must  be  reckoned,  in 
writing  of  the  leading  men  of  the  state.  Mr.  McCon- 
nell has  been  Jocated  in  the  city  since  1904,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  practice  continuously  since  that  time. 
He  is  a  native  son  of  Pennsylvania,  born  in  Hickory, 
that  state,  on  the  2nd  day  of  September,  1871,  his 
parents  being  William  A.  and  Agnes  (McKitrick) 
McConnell.  The  father  was  born  in  Ohio  and  it 
was  in  about  1862  that  he  went  to  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian  faith, 
and  now  makes  his  home  at  Hickey,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  is  living  in  practical  retirement  from  min- 
isterial duties,  after  having  served  some  forty-six 
years  in  the  church.  He  is  a  man  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent,  the  first  of  the  name  to  locate  in  America 
having  been  William  McConnell,  who  located  in 
Virginia  in  about  1760.  The  mother  was  born  in 
Ohio,  and  like  her  husband  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
parentage.  She  is  the  mother  of  two  children, — 
Clara,  the  wife  of  Dr.  A.  H.  Elliott,  of  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania,  and  William  Lee,  of  this  review,  he 
being  the  younger. 

William  Lee  McConnell  was  educated  in  a  pre- 
paratory school  and  in  Westminster  College  in  Penn- 
sylvania, receiving  from  the  latter  institution  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  in  1896.  In  1899  he  was  graduated 
from  the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Mis- 
souri, following  which  he  engaged  in  practice  in 
Defiance  county,  Ohio,  continuing  there  for  four  and 
a  half  years.  It  was  in  October,  1904,  that  Mr.  Mc- 
Connell came  to  Idaho,  and  he  settled  without 
further  ado  in  Idaho  Falls,  the  city  which  has  since 
continued  to  be  his  home  and  the  scene  of  his  pro- 
fessional activities.  He  has  been  successful  in  the 
best  acceptance  of  the  term,  and  has  never  found 
cause  to  regret  his  choice  of  a  location. 

Mr.  McConnell  is  a  Republican  and  has  always 
taken  an  active  and  intelligent  interest  in  the  politics 
of  his  district.  He  served  as  county  prosecuting 
attorney  during  two  terms.  His  sole  fraternal  rela- 
tions are  represented  in  his  membership  in  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  he 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

In.  January,  1910,  Mr.  McConnell  was  married  to 
Miss  Gertrude  E.  White,  the  daughter  of  Michael 
White,  who  wa*  a  native  of  Wales,  in  the  United 
Kingdom.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McConnell  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

NELEUS  D.  MCCUTCHEON  came  to  Idaho  Falls, 
Idaho,  in  1905  and  one  year  later  established  the 
present  hardware  business,  under  the  name  of  N. 
D.  McCutcheon  &  Company,  Incorporated.  O.  E. 
McCutcheon,  the  father  of  the  subject,  is  president 
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of  the  firm,  while  Neleus  D.  is  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. Theirs  is  the  only  exclusive  hardware  busi- 
ness in  this  city,  and  the  years  that  have  passed 
since  their  establishment  here  has  seen  large  and 
worthy  improvements  in  the  place  of  business  along 
every  line.  Mr.  McCutcheon  was  born  in  Oscoda, 
Michigan,  on  the  I9th  day  of  December,  1876,  and  is 
the  son  of  O.  E.  and  Mary  (Goff)  McCutcheon, 
natives  of  New  York  and  Massachusetts,  respectively. 

Q.  E.  McCutcheon  moved  to  Michigan  from  his 
native  state  in  the  year  1848,  or  thereabouts,  and  was 
an  early  settler  of  the  Michigan  commonwealth. 
He  is  now  dean  of  the  Law  Department  of  the 
State  of  Idaho.  He  came  to  Idaho  first  in  1897,  and 
from  1903  up  to  1910  was  a  regular  resident  of 
Idaho  Falls,  but  since  the  latter  named  year  has 
made  his  home  in  Moscow,  the  home  of  the  State 
University.  Prior  to  his  connection  with  the  Uni- 
versity Mr.  McCutcheon  was  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  at  Idaho  Falls.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Albion 
College,  Michigan,  and  has  served  in  the  Idaho 
state  legislature  and  the  senate  from  old  Bingham 
county,  Idaho.  His  life  in  Idaho  has  in  all  been 
one  of  great  activity  and  no  little  prominence,  his 
interest  in  political  and  civic  affairs  in  particular 
bringing  him  into  the  limelight  to  a  considerable 
extent.  Four  children  were  born  to  these  parents, 
Neleus  D.  being  the  firstborn. 

In  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Oscoda,  Michi- 
gan, Neleus  D.  McCutcheon  received  his  early  edu- 
cational training.  Upon  his  high  school  graduation 
in*  1892  he  entered  a  military  preparatory  school  at 
Aurora,  New  York,  after  which  he  carried  out  a 
two-year  course  at  Albion  College,  in  Albion,  Mich- 
igan. Soon  after  leaving  college  he  moved  to  Sag- 
inaw,  Michigan,  and  there  entered  mercantile  lines 
for  a  time,  later  taking  a  clerkship  in  an  insurance 
office.  In  1899  he  went  to  Detroit,  remaining  in  that 
city  for  a  year,  and  then  went  to  New  Orleans  in 
the  employ  of  the  Parke-Davis  Company  of  Detroit, 
perhaps  the  largest  wholesale  drug  house  in  the 
world.  He  remained  there  until  1905,  part  of  the 
time  being  associated  in  an  important  capacity  with 
the  Fairbanks  Company  branch  of  that  city.  In 
1905  he  came  to  Idaho,  settling  at  Idaho  Falls,  and 
for  a  year  being  associated  with  the  Consolidated 
Wagon  and  Machine  Company  in  that  city.  In 
1906,  as  previously  mentioned,  he  established  the 
business  which  claims  his  attention  today,  and  N. 
D.  McCutcheon  &  Company,  Incorporated,  is  con- 
ducting a  thriving  and  prosperous  business  in  Idaho 
Falls.  The  steady  growth  of  the  house  has  veri- 
fied the  judgment  of  Mr.  McCutcheon  that  the 
city  needed  an  exclusive  hardware  house,  and  he  is 
steadily  advancing  to  the  front  in  the  ranks  of  lead- 
ing business  men  of  the  city. 

Since  coming  to  Idaho  and  Idaho  Falls,  Mr.  Mc- 
Cutcheon has  not  shirked  any  of  his  civic  re- 
sponsibilities, but  rather  has  shown  himself  to  be 
up  and  doing  at  all  times  along  lines  of  progress. 
For  the  past  three  years  he  has  been  a  member 
and  president  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  Pro- 
gressive Republican  and  for  some  years  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  county  central  committee.  He  is 
fraternally  associated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  having  passed  all  chairs  of  the  latter  named 
order.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Moose,  and 
is  treasurer  of  the  local  lodge.  His  religious  affilia- 
tions are  with  Trinity  Methodist  church,  of  which 
he  is  a  trustee. 

On  October  19,  1908,  Mr.  McCutcheon  was  married 
to  Miss  Ida  M.  Dawe,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  William 
Dawe,  of  Saginaw.  Michigan.  Two  children  have 


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been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCutcheon :  Kimball, 
born  May  27,  1900,  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  and  Els- 
beth,  born  December  22,  1907,  in  Idaho  Falls. 

WILLIAM  IRVING.  One  of  the  old-timers  of  Idaho 
is  William  Irving,  now  residing  on  a  farm  at  Mont- 
pelier.  Mr.  Irving  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho  for 
the  greater  part  of  half  a  century.  He  was  one 
of  the  homesteaders  at  a  time  when  little  agricultural 
development  had  been  done,  and  through  his  own 
industry  and  management  has  transformed  a  great 
many  acres  from  the  wilderness  into  fruitful  and 
productive  land.  While  he  has  encountered  and 
overcome  many  of  the  hardships  and  obstacles  of 
pioneer  life,  he  has  had  his  share  of  the  satisfac- 
tion and  reward  of  a  long  and  honorable  career, 
and  stands  high  in  the  esteem  and  respect  of  his 
fellow  citizens. 

William  Irving  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  where  he 
was  born  June  22,  1845.  His  parents  were  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Herron)  Irving,  both  of  whom  were 
native  Scotch  people.  The  father,  who  was  a  mill 
worker,  died  when  his  son  William  was  young. 
Then  in  1863,  after  William  had  received  a  sub- 
stantial training  in  the  local  schools  of  his  native 
country,  he  and  his  mother  set  out  for  the  United 
States  and  first  located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Three  years  later  they  moved  to  Montpelier,  Idaho, 
where  the  mother  lived  until  her  death  in  1875. 

The  early  practical  experiences  of  William  Irving 
in  his  native  land  were  as  a  mill  worker,  and  _he 
also  was  employed  on  farms,  so  that  he  was  well 
equipped  for  the  work  which  awaited  him  in  the 
world.  On  locating  at  Montpelier,  in  Idaho,  he 
bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  and 
from  that  time  to  the  present  has  been  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  development  of  his  country  estate  with 
good  success.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  considerable 
town  property  at  Montpelier,  and  has  improved  this 
as  he  has  his  farm.  During  the  early  days  his 
dwelling  was  in  the  midst  of  a  new  and  sparsely 
settled  district,  and  for  many  years  the  Indians  were 
familiar  visitors  at  his  place.  For  the  most  part  he 
lived  in  peace  with  these  redmen,  and  they  were  sel- 
dom offensive  in  their  relations  with  him  or  with 
other  settlers  in  that  section. 

Mr.  Irving  was  first  married  in  1879  to  Miss 
Rebecca  Williams,  a  native  of  Wales.  Her  death 
occurred  January  5,  1882,  and  she  left  two  sons, 
William  T.,  who  married  Mary  Lindsay  April,  1901, 
and  they  have  two  children,  Vida  and  Ferris ;  and 
Samuel  J.,  who  married  Minnie  Hunter  in  Septem- 
ber, 1910,  and  they  have  one  child,  Beatrice.  In 
1887  Mr.  Irving  married  for  his  second  wife  Miss 
Christina  Larsen,  a  native  of  Hiram,  Utah.  They 
have  five  children,  named  as  follows :  John  Leo,  who 
married  Estella  Miles  in  June,  1913;  George  Wash- 
ington ;  Alonzo  Chester ;  Beatrice  Sophia,  and  Vivian 
Izora.  Beatrice  married  Albert  Bowcutt  of  Honey- 
ville,  Utah,  July  19,  1911,  and  has  one  child,  Irving, 
a  grandson  of  Mr.  William  Irving.  The  family 
are  all  members  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints. 

DR.  SILVIES  S.  FULLER,  active  and  prominent  in 
the  work  of  his  profession  in  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho, 
since  1905,  in  which  year  he  made  his  advent  into 
the  state,  is  a  native  son  of  the  Keystone  state, 
born  in  Harrisburg  on  the  27th  of  February,  1875. 
He  is  the  son  of  Daniel  E.  and  Amy  (Lynch)  Fuller, 
the  father  a  Pennsylvanian  by  birth,  but  of  English 
ancestry,  and  the  mother  a  daughter  of  Erin. 

Daniel  E.  Fuller  was  a  successful  butcher  in  his 
native  state  for  years.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the 


Civil  war,  having  enlisted  in  a  Pennsylvania  regi- 
ment and  serving  three  years,  being  mustered  out 
of  the  service  as  a  non-commissioned  officer.  He 
was  born  in  1844  and  died  in  1892.  The  mother, 
who  survived  him,  is  now  a  resident  of  Hutchinson, 
Kansas.  She  had  eleven  children,  of  which  goodly 
number  the  subject  was  the  fifth  born. 

Silvies  S.  Fuller  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Hutchinson,  Kansas,  where  his  mother  moved  in 
1892  following  the  death  of  the  husband  and  father. 
He  was  graduated  with  the  high  school,  and  follow- 
ing his  graduation  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Kansas  for  some  five  years,  after  which  he  entered 
the  Kansas  City  Medical  College.  In  1903  he  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine,  immediately  thereafter  beginning 
practice  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas.  He  remained  there 
for  two  years,  but  desirous  of  locating  in  a  new 
country  came  to  Idaho,  locating  in  Idaho  Falls,  as 
already  mentioned  in  a  previous  paragraph.  Since 
his  arrival  here  Dr.  Fuller  has  established  what  is 
known  as  the  Fuller  Hospital,  one  pf  the  leading 
hospitals  in  the  city.  It  has  been  in  operation  since 
1909  and  is  located  at  113  Placer  avenue. 

Dr.  Fuller  is  a  Democrat,  politically  speaking,  and 
his  fraternal  relations  are  represented  by  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  He  is  a  Methodist  in  his  religious  faith. 

Dr.  Fuller  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  praise 
with  reference  to  the  attractions  offered  by  the 
state  of  Idaho.  He  stoutly  affirms  that  he  would 
not  exchange  his  present  place  of  residence  for 
any  other  state  in  the  Union,  and  emphatically 
asserts  that  no  man  need  fail  in  Idaho,  for  any 
reason.  The' native  energy  of  Dr.  Fuller  has  doubt- 
less added  much  to  his  personal  success,  for  he  has 
ever  been  a  worker.  While  studying  medicine  the 
young  student  taught  a  class  in  chemistry  to  defray 
his  college  expenses,  and  from  his  earliest  youth 
has  been  more  or  less  dependent  upon  his  own  re- 
sources. 

DON  MACKAY.  A  resident  of  southern  Idaho  for 
more  than  thirty  years,  Don  Mackay  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  merchants  at  Hailey,  and  after  a  long  and 
varied  career  of  effort  in  the  West  is  now  living 
retired  at  Twin  Falls. 

Don  Mackay  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
May  31,  1845,  a  son  of  John  and  Margaret  (Le Valley) 
Mackay.  When  he  was  one  year  old  his  father 
died,  and  the  mother  then  took  her  family  out 
to  Oswego,  New  York,  where  the  son  grew  up  and 
received  a  common  school  education.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  blacksmith  at  Watertown,  followed  that 
trade  for  some  years  in  New  York,  and  on  August 
I,  1869,  started  westward,  journeying  to  many  differ- 
ent states  and  territories,  until  eleven  years  later 
he  reached  Idaho.  His  first  stop  was  at  Kalamazoo, 
Michigan,  then  on  to  Chicago,  after  that  located 
a  short  time  in  Kansas,  and  in  1870  reached  Denver, 
and  prospected  the  mountains  of  Colorado  for  sev- 
eral months.  In  1871  he  went  farther  west  and  at 
Pioche,  Nevada,  continued  his  prospecting,  and  did 
similar  work  in  Arizona  and  Utah.  In  1872  he 
outfitted  in  Salt  Lake  City  for  Canyon  City,  Oregon. 
His  residence  in  Oregon  was  brief  and  he  then 
returned  to  Salt  Lake,  and  from  there  to  Pioche, 
Nevada.  In  1873  he  was  at  Fillmore,  in  Millard 
county,  Utah,  where  he  spent  several  years  as 
government  timber  agent,  finally  resigning  that 
post.  At  Frisco,  Utah,  he  became  identified  with  the 
hardware  business  and  sold  out  in  1881.  In  that 
year  he  moved  to  the  new  town  of  Hailey,  Idaho,  and 


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was  one  of  the  first  hardware  merchants  of  that  now 
flourishing  city.  He  continued  in  business  there  for 
eight  years,  and  after  selling  out  was  connected  with 
mining  and  also  traveled  considerabjy  in  the  British 
Columbia  country.  At  the  present  time  Mr.  Mackay 
is  living  retired  and  has  his  home  with  his  daughter 
Mrs.  I.  B.  Perrine  at  Twin  Falls. 

In  1874  he  married  Miss  Mary  M.  Bartholomew, 
of  Cooperstown,  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
Bartholomew.  The  two  children  born  to  their  union 
were  Mrs.  I.  B.  Perrine  and  Mrs.  Stella  Eveleth, 
the  latter  a  resident  of  Buhl,  Idaho.  Mrs.  Mackay 
died  in  1887.  Mr.  Mackay  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  Order,  in- 
cluding membership  in  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

JOHN  A.  ELISON  is  editor  of  the  Oakley  Herald, 
a  lively,  newsy  paper  published  at  Oakley,  Idaho, 
devoted  to  the  best  interests  of  the  locality  and  wield- 
ing a  distinct  influence  in  shaping  public  opinion. 
A  native  of  the  West,  with  the  true  western  spirit 
of  self-reliance,  he  has  worked  his  own  way  in 
the  world,  gaining  prominence  in  the  business  world 
and  in  political  and  social  life,  and  in  every  relation 
has  shown  himself  worthy  of  the  trust  and  respon- 
sibility placed  in  him.  Mr.  Elison  was  born  June 
14,  1880,  at  Grantsville,  Tooele  county,  Utah,  and 
is  a  son  of  Alfred  and  Sophia  (Anderson)  Elison, 
natives  of  Sweden,  who  accompanied  their  parents 
to  the  United  States  as  children,  and  settled  in 
Utah  in  the  early  'sixties.  Alfred  Elison  was  a 
farmer  and  stock  raiser  in  Utah  until  1880,  in  which 
year  he  brought  his  family  to  Idaho  and  settled  in 
what  was  then  Goose  Creek,  now  Oakley,  and 
here  he  has  continued  successfully  the  cultivation 
of  the  soil.  There  were  four  children  born  to  Alfred 
and  Sophia  Elison,  namely :  Amanda,  who  married 
William  C.  Tolman,  a  ranchman  of  Burley,  Idaho; 
Geneva,  who  married  J.  Fred  Adams,  of  Oakley; 
Ella,  the  wife  of  Louis  A.  Ward,  of  Burley;  and 
John  A. 

Like  all  of  his  parents'  children,  John  A.  Elison 
was  given  good  educational  advantages,  attending 
the  Oakley  public  schools  and  the  Stake  Academy, 
after  which  he  took  a  special  business  course.  He 
then  entered  the  Latter  Day  Saints  College,  at  Salt 
Lake,  and  after  one  year  there  accepted  a  mission 
and  traveled  for  two  and  one-half  years  in  the 
interests  of  that  denomination  throughout  Missouri 
and  Texas.  On  returning  to  Oakley,  he  became  a 
bookkeeper  in  the  store  of  the  Peoples'  Union  Mer- 
cantile Company,  a  position  which  he  held  for  three 
years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time,  by  reason  of  his 
demonstrated  ability,  faithfulness  to  duty  and  con- 
scientious application  to  the  business,  was  made 
manager  of  the  concern.  Mr.  Elison  continued  to 
hold  that  responsible  office  for  three  and  one-half 
years,  but  resigned  it  to  become  editor  of  the  Herald, 
with  which  he  has  since  been  identified.  At  the  time 
Mr.  Elison  took  charge  of  this  sheet  it  was  "run 
down,"  through  mismanagement  and  slack  methods, 
but  he  has  greatly  increased  its  circulation,  stocked 
his  office  with  an  ample  supply  of  material,  enlarged 
his  equipment,  and  now  has  one  of  the  neatest  pa- 
pers to  be  found  in  Cassia  county.  He  embarked  in 
this  enterprise  without  any  experience  in  the  business, 
but  .by  enterprise  and  good  management  has  won 
a  well-deserved  success.  Mr.  Elison  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Farmers  Commercial  Saving  Bank, 
and  a  director  of  the  Burley  Townsite  Company.  He 
has  invested  his  means  in  ranches  and  city  realty, 
and  owns  a  pleasant  modern  home  in  Oakley.  His 
success  has  come  as  a  result  of  his  own  untiring 
energy,  and  no  man  in  this  section  is  held  in  higher 


esteem.  In  his  political  views,  Mr.  Elison  has  been 
identified  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  two 
terms,  and  is  now  acting  for  the  second  time  in 
the  capacity  of  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is 
active  in  the  work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints,  and  February  20,  1910,  was  placed  in 
the  position  of  bishop  in  the  Second  Ward  of 
Oakley. 

On  October  4,  1904,  Mr.  Elison  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  E.  Adams,  daughter  of 
John  and  Annabel  (Warburton)  Adams,  pioneers 
of  Idaho  and  now  residents  of  Oakley,  and  three  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  this  union:  Thera,  Lorad? 
and  Lano. 

JUDGE  JAMES  G.  GWINN.  Among  the  able  and 
influential  members  of  the  Idaho  bar  Judge  James 
G.  Gwinn  has  won  unmistakable  prestige,  his  schol- 
arly attainments  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of 
law  gaining  him  success  in  his  profession.  A  son 
of  the  late  B.  Gwinn,  he  was  born  July  16,  1868, 
at  Sweet  Springs,  Saline  county,  Missouri. 

Born  and  reared  in  Missouri,  B.  Gwinn  spent  his 
active  life  as  an  agriculturist,  passing  away  oa  his 
farm  at  Sweet  Springs,  September  14,  1912,  at  the 
venerable  age  of  four  score  years.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Home  Guard  during  the  Civil  war, 
rendering  good  service.  He  married  Margaret  Car- 
mack,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  and  belonged  to 
the  Carmack  family  of  that  state,  but  as  a  child 
of  eight  years  accompanied  her  parents  to  Missouri, 
where  she  spent  the  remainder  of  her  seventy-four 
years  of  earthly  life,  dying  March  14,  1912. 

The  youngest  of  the  four  children  born  to  his 
parents,  James  G.  Gwinn  received  his  preliminary 
educational  training  in  the  public  schools,  of  his  native 
county,  after  which  he  entered  the  University  of 
Missouri  and  later  the  law  department  thereof, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1891.  Going  then 
to  New  Mexico,  he  was  there  for  three  years  em- 
ployed in  a  law  office,  each  year  adding  substantially 
to  his  professional  knowledge  and  experience.  In 
1809  Judge  Gwinn  came  to  Idaho,  and  began  the 
practice  of  law  on  his  own  account  in  St.  Anthony. 
Brainy,  energetic  and  tactful,  he  met  with  success 
from  the  start,  acquiring  popularity  not  only  in 
legal  circles,  but  in  the  management  of  city  and 
county  affairs,  being  frequently  chosen  to  offices  of 
importance. 

In  1905  Judge  Gwinn  was  elected  mayor  of  St 
Anthony,  winning  the  distinction  of  being  the  first 
man  to  fill  that  chair,  and  served  so  satisfactorily 
that  he  was  honored  with  a  re-election  to  the  same 
office  in  1907.  In  1910,  though  he  had  decided  to  quit 
the  law  business,  he  was  chosen  judge  of  probate. 
In  the  spring  of  1911  he  was  appointed  district 
judge  by  Governor  Hawley,  and  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties  in  this  capacity  has  won  the  approval 
of  all  concerned  his  decisions  being  uniformly  just 
and  wise.  The  judge  is  held  in  high  esteem  through- 
out the  community  as  a  man  and  a  citizen,  and 
is  well  liked  by  his  fellow-attorneys. 

Judge  Gwinn  is  a  self-made  man  in  every  sense 
implied  by  the  term,  having  through  his  own  unaided 
efforts  steadily  climbed  the  ladder  of  success,  bravely 
surmounting  all  obstacles.  He  is  skilful  with  the 
rod  and  gun,  enjoying  all  outdoor  sports,  and  being 
an  ardent  huntsman.  The  judge  has  great  faith  in 
Idaho's  future,  believing  that  in  a  comparatively 
short  time  this  resourceful  state  will  double  it« 
population,  and  that  these  fertile  valleys  will  be 
traversed  by  electric  railways.  Fremont  county  espe- 


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cially  becoming  one  of  the  richest  communities  on 
earth. 

WILLIAM  L.  ROBINSON.  Firmly  convinced  that 
Idaho's  prospects  for  a  brilliant  future  are  of  the 
brightest,  William  L.  Robinson  is  one  of  the  state's 
most  loyal  adopted  sons,  and  as  cashier  of  the 
Security  State  Bank  of  Ashton  is  actively  identified 
with  its  financial  development  and  advancement. 
A  son  of  H.  J.  Robinson,  he  was  born  August  29, 
1875,  in  Highland,  Doniphan  county,  Kansas. 

H.  J.  Robinson  was  born  in  1850,  in  Arkansas,  and 
as  a  lad  of  ten  years  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Kansas,  where  his  earlier  years  were  spent,  being 
engaged  principally  in  tilling  the  soil.  In  1890  he 
migrated  to  Nebraska,  where  he  continued  his  agri- 
cultural labors  for  a  time,  when  he  removed  to 
South  Dakota,  where  he  is  now  living.  He  married 
in  Kansas  Sarah  Laningham,  who  was  born  in  Vir- 
ginia fifty-four  years  ago,  and  later  removed  with 
her  parents  to  Missouri,  and  subsequently  to  Kansas, 
in  1890  going  with  her  husband  and  family  to  her 
present  home  in  South  Dakota. 

The  eldest  of  a  family  of  eight  children,  William 
L.  Robinson  began  his  educational  studies  in  Kansas, 
later  continuing  them  in  the  Stella,  Nebraska,  high 
school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1895.  He 
subsequently  received  a  training  in  a  Nebraska  nor- 
mal school,  and  completed  a  course  of  study  in  a 
business  and  commercial  college  in  that  state.  Thus 
equipped,  he  taught  school  a  few  years  with  much 
success,  and  then  engaged  in  farming  for  a  while. 
Mr.  Robinson  was  afterwards  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business  in  Nebraska,  being 
quite  prosperous  in  that  line.  In  January,  1909, 
he  came  to  Idaho  in  search  of  a  favorable  business 
opening.  Locating  in  Ashton,  he  organized  the  Se- 
curity State  Bank,  with  which  he  has  since  been 
officially  connected.  This  institution,  which  is  known 
as  the  bank  of  confidential  service,  has  for  its  officers 
men  of  good  financial  ability  and  unquestioned  in- 
tegrity, as  follows :  President,  Henry  Petersen ; 
vice  president,  J.  Harshbarger ;  cashier,  William  L, 
Robinson;  directors,  Henry  Petersen,"  J.  Harsh- 
barger, W.  L.  Robinson,  R.  D.  Merrill,  and  J.  E. 
Winfrey.  In  addition  to  attending  faithfully  to 
his  duties  as  cashier  of  the  bank,  Mr.  Robinson  is 
also  engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  and  farm  loaning 
business,  and  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  St. 
Anthony  Abstract  Company. 

Mr.  Robinson  married  in  November,  1901,  Miss 
Lucy  M.  Winfrey,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
E.  Winfrey,  of  Stella,  Nebraska,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  two  children,  namely:  Wilma,  born  in 
Nebraska,  April  6th,  1904;  and  Salome,  born  in 
Nebraska,  November  22nd,  1905.  Politically  Mr. 
Robinson  is  a  Republican.  Fraternally  he  belongs 
to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  and  to 
the  Modern  Brotherhood  of  America.  Religiously 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

J.  FRANK  HOBART.  Worthy  of  special  mention  in 
this  volurne  is  J.  Frank  Hobart,  who,  although  a 
comparatively  newcomer  in  Fremont,  county,  has 
acquired  a  fine  reputation  as  an  able  and  efficient 
business  man.  He  was  born  April  27,  1875,  in 
Henry  county,  Iowa,  of  pioneer  stock,  his  Grand- 
father Hobart  having  been  one  of  the  very  early 
settlers  of  that  part  of  the  state. 

His  father,  a  native  of  New  York  state,  was  Joseph 
Hobart.  When  but  five  years  old  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  the  Middle  West,  living  first  in 
McDonough  county,  Illinois,  and  later  going  with 
them  to  Henry  county,  Idwa.  Succeeding  to  the  oc- 


cupation to  which  he  was  reared,  he  bought  land  in 
Henry  county,  Iowa,  and  was  there  engaged  in  till- 
ing the  soil  until  1890.  Retiring  then  from  active 
pursuits,  he  removed  to  the  near-by  town  of  Win- 
field,  where  he  has  since  resided,  an  honored  and 
respected  man  of  sixty-eight  years.  During  the 
progress  of  the  Civil  war  on  March  6,  1861,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  F,  Seventeenth  Iowa  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  with  his  command  took  part  in  several 
battles  of  importance.  On  October  4,  1864,  he  was 
captured  by  the  enemy,  and  held  as  a  prisoner  until 
the  cessation  of  hostilities,  when  he  returned  to  his 
Iowa  home.  He  married  Anna  Wilson,  who  was 
born  in  Ohio,  and  as  a  young  girl  removed  with  her 
parents  to  Henry  county,  Iowa,  where  her  death 
occurred  in  1892,  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years. 
Seven  children  were  born  of  their  union,  J.  Frank 
being  the  fourth  child  in  order  of  birth. 

Obtaining  his  elementary  education  in  the  rural 
schools  of  his  native  county,  J.  Frank  Hobart  in 
1890  entered  the  Winfield  high  school,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1894.  Subse- 
quently learning  the  printer's  trade,  he  worked  at  that 
during  the  summer  seasons  until  1907,  in  the 
meantime  teaching  school  during  the  winter  terms. 
Appointed  assistant  postmaster  at  Winfield,  Iowa, 
in  1907,  Mr.  Hobart  served  in  that  capacity  two  years 
or  more.  Resigning  the  position  in  1910,  he  came 
to  Ashton,  Idaho,  to  assume  the  management  of 
the  Keller  Implement  Company's  business  at  this 
point,  a  position  for  which  he  was  amply  qualified, 
and  which  he  filled  in  a  most  efficient  and  satisfactory 
manner.  On  February  8,  1913,  Mr.  Hobart  purchased 
Mr.  Keller's  interest  in  the  business  and  it  is  now 
conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Hobart  &  Upham. 
Politically  Mr.  Hobart  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Order  of  Masons,  which  he  has  served  as  master; 
of  Ashton  Lodge,  No.  88,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  of  Yellowstone  Encampment;  and  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

Mr.  Hobart  married  September  4,  1891,  in  Win- 
field,  Iowa,  Luella  Barnett,  daughter  of  Milton  and 
Caroline  (Brickett)  Barnett,  neither  of  whom  is 
now  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hobart  have  no  children 

RUDOLPH  MARQUARDT.  An  active,  enterprising 
and  progressive  business  man  of  Ashton,  Rudolph 
Marquardt  is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  leading 
jewelers  of  Fremont  county,  and  as  one  of  its  most 
highly  esteemed  and  valued  citizens.  A  native-  of 
Nebraska,  he  was  born  September  22,  1881,  in  Nor- 
folk, Madison  county,  of  thrifty  German  ancestry. 

His  father,  C.  F.  W.  Marquardt  was  born  in  Ger- 
many, near  Berlin,  in  1844,  and  there  acquired  his 
early  education.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States,  a  land  rich  in  hope 
and  promise,  and  for  a  number  of  years  resided 
either  in  Michigan  or  Wisconsin.  Going  still  further 
west,  he  settled  in  Nebraska,  where  for  a  time  he 
was  employed  in  farming,  but  has  since  been  actively 
engaged  in  the  jewelry  business,  which  he  is  con- 
ducting with  highly  satisfactory  pecuniary  results. 
He  married  in  Nebraska  Regna  Slock,  who  came 
from  Germany,  her  native  country,  when  a  child. 
She  passed  to  the  life  beyond  in  1883,  at  the. age 
of  thirty-eight  years. 

The  youngest  of  five  children,  Rudolph  Marquardt 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  he  completed  the  studies  of  the  eighth 
grade  at  Winona,  Minnesota,  and  he  also  learned  the 
watchmaker's  trade  there.  Under  his  father's  train- 
ing, he  became  an  expert  watchmaker,  a  trade  which 


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he  afterwards  followed  at  Grand  Island,  Nebraska, 
for  sixteen  months,  and  in  St.  Joseph.  Missouri,  for 
six  and  one-half  years.  Coming  from  there  to  Idaho, 
he  established  at  Ashton  the  R.  Marquardt  jewelry 
business,  beginning  operations  on  a  modest  scale,  and 
gradually  enlarging  his  transactions  until  having 
at  the  present  time  the  largest  and  most  successful 
jewelry  trade  in  Fremont  county. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  Marquardt  takes  an 
intelligent  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to  the 
best  interests  of  his  adopted  town  and  county,  since 
1907  having  served,  by  election  and  re-electioji, 
as  city  treasurer  of  Ashton.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Ashton  Lodge,  No.  88,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  passed  all 
the  chairs,  and  has  also  served  as  Deputy  District 
Grand  Master.  Religiously  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

At.  St.  Joseph,  Missouri',  October  14,  1902,  Mr. 
Marquardt  married  Rosa  Reutter,  daughter  of  Louis 
and  Louise  (Stebe)  Reutter,  of  that  city,  and  into 
their  pleasant  household  two  children  have  made 
their  advent,  namely :  Mildred,  born  August  24, 
1903,  in  Halstead,  Kansas;  and  Dorothy,  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1905,  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

JAMES  G.  WOOD.  Noteworthy  among  the  highly 
esteemed  and  respected  citizens  of  Marysville  is 
James  G.  Wood,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Fremont 
county,  and  a  true  type  of  the  energetic,  hardy  and 
enterprising  men  who  have  actively  assisted  in  the 
development  of  the  agricultural  resources  of  this 
section  of  Idaho.  An  Englishman  by  birth  and 
breeding,  he  was  born  in  August,  1856,  in  Cambridge, 
the  youngest  of  the  nine  children  born  to  George  and 
Sarah  (Baron)  Wood.  His  father,  who  was  a 
skilful  landscape  gardener,  spent  his  fifty-eight  years 
of  earthly  life  in  England,  passing  away  in  1876. 
His  wife  preceded  him  to  the  world  beyond,  dying 
in  1874,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years. 

Having  acquired  a  practical  education  in  the  schools 
of  Cambridge,  James  G.  Wood  learned  the  trade 
of  a  paper  maker,  which  he  subsequently  followed 
in  Lancashire,  England,  until  1878.  Seeing  but  little 
opportunity  to  accumulate  very  much  money  in  his 
native  land,  Mr.  Wood  then  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  and  the  following  year,  in  1879,  located 
at  Egin,  near  St.  Anthony,  journeying  by  rail 
to  Ross  Fork,  and  by  trail  the  remainder  of  the 
way.  Taking  up  a  homestead  claim,  he  cleared 
the  land  of  its  dense  growth  of  sage  brush,  and 
for  twenty  years  was  engaged  in  improving  his 
property.  Selling  out  in  1899  Mr.  Wood  bought 
a  tract  of  unimproved  land  on  which  the  present 
town  of  Marysville  now  stands,  and  there  embarked 
in  a  new  branch  of  agriculture,  setting  out,  against 
the  advice  of  his  friends,  an  orchard,  introducing 
into  Fremont  county  the  first  pear  and  apple  trees 
ever  brought  here.  He  met  with  encouraging  suc- 
cess in  his  venture,  and  still  owns  the  farm  upon 
which  he  settled  in  1901.  and  around  which  the 
town  has  grown.  Mr.  Wood  is  also  interested  in 
dairying,  and  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Ashton 
and  Marysville  Creamery,  a  prosperous  and  sub- 
stantial industry.  He  has  done  much  to  advance 
the  educational  "and  moral  standard  of  the  com- 
munity, having  taught,  in  1883,  the  first  district 
school  established  in  Fremont  county,  at  Egin,  and 
was  also  the  first  Sunday  school  teacher  of  that 
vicinity. 

Politically  Mr.  Wood  is  one  of  the  leading  mem- 
bers of  the  Democratic  ranks,  and  since  1886  has 
served  faithfully  and  ably  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
having  continued  in  office  for  upwards  of  a  quarter 


of  a  century.    Religiously  he  belongs  to  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

In  Tottington,  England,  November  25,  1875,  Mr. 
Wood  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Anna 
Baron,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anna  (Brooks) 
Baron,  life-long  residents  of  England.  Eight  chil- 
dren have  blessed  their  union,  namely:  James,  born 
in  Tottington,  England,  February  2,  1878,  died  in 
November,  1879,  >n  Brigham  City,  Utah ;  Rhoda. 
born  in  Franklin,  Idaho,  June  9,  1881,  is  married 
and  has  six  children;  Alice,  of  Marysville,  born  in 
Egin,  Idaho,  July  5,  1883,  has  one  chijd;  Nephis, 
born  in  Egin,  Idaho,  August  22,  1885,  died  January 
i,  1902;  Moroni,  born  October  8,  1887,  >n  Egic, 
died  there  January  29,  1888;  Alma,  born  in  Egin, 
October  14,  1889,  lives  in  Marysville;  Mary  ElTen, 
born  in  Egin,  January  13,  1891,  lives  in  Sugar  City; 
and  C.  Ethel,  born  in  Egin,  December  13,  1893,  was 
graduated  from  the  Marysville  high  school  with 
the  class  of  1910. 

JOHN  E.  RULE.  Occupying  a  noteworthy  position 
among  the  prosperous  business  men  of  Fremont 
county  is  John  E.  Rule,  the  leading  harness  manu- 
facturer of  St.  Anthony.  He  is  a  man  of  broad 
experience,  having  lived  in  many  different  places, 
and  having  been  variously  employed,  in  each  place 
where  he  has  resided  having  been  highly  regarded 
as  a  man  of  integrity  and  honor,  well  deserving  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-men.  He  was 
born  January  31,  1854,  in  Clinton  county,  Iowa, 
coming  on  the  paternal  side  of  thrifty  Scotch  an- 
cestry. 

His  father,  George  Rule,  was  born  and  bred  in 
Scotland,  where  he  served  an  apprenticeship  at 
the  miller's  trade.  In  early  manhood,  desirous  of 
bettering  his  financial  condition,  he  emigrated  to 
America,  locating  first  in  Coldwater,  Michigan,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  for  a  time.  From  there  he 
moved  to  Iowa,  becoming  a  pioneer  settler  of  Clin- 
ton county,  where  he  built  up  an  excellent  business 
as  a  miller,  living  there  until  his  death,  September 
20,  1892,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years.  He  married 
in  Michigan  Helen  Columbus,  who  was  born  in 
Canada,  June  loth,  1825,  and  is  now  a  resident 
of  Daw  City,  Iowa. 

The  third  child  in  a  family  of  nine  children,  John 
E.  Rule  received  his  early  education  in  Iowa,  at- 
tending school  regularly  until  twelve  years  old.  The 
following  three  years  he  worked  in  a  grocery,  and  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years  began  learning  the  harness 
maker's  trade.  Becoming  proficient  in  that  line, 
Mr.  Rule  followed  his  trade  in  Iowa  until  May, 
1891,  when  he  went  to  Arizona,  where  he  remained 
two  and  one-half  years,  his  -home  being  in  Tucson. 
Again  seized  with  the  wanderlust,  he  migrated  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  and  for  three  and  one-half  years 
was  there  employed  by  W.  S.  Henderson.  The 
ensuing  two  and  one-half  years  Mr.  Rule  worked 
at  Gallup,  New  Mexico,  for  W.  A.  Clark.  Returning 
then  to  Salt  Lake  City,  he  was  for  four  years  en- 
gaged in  contract  work  for  Studebaker  Brothers, 
the  next  two  years  being  associated  with  the  Singer 
Sewing  Machine  Company  in  that  city,  and  for  two 
years  in  the  hardware  business.  Coming  from  there 
to  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  in  1906,  Mr.  Rule  worked 
for  two  and  one-half  years  for  the  St.  Anthony 
Harness  Company,  and  one  year  for  the  Jamison 
Harness  Company.  In  1909  he  purchased  the  busi- 
ness of  his  employers,  and  has  since  been  pros- 
perously and  profitably  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  harness  on  his  own  account.  Mr.  Rule  has  here 
built  up  an  extensive  patronage,  his  established 
sales  during  the  past  year  having  been  upwards  of 


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two  hundred  and  fifty  sets  of  high  grade  harnesses, 
his  four  expert  harness  makers  which  he  employs 
having  been  kept  busy  all  of  the  time. 

Politically  Mr.  Rule  invariably  supports  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party.  Fraternally  he  be- 
longs to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World ;  and  to  the  Fraternal 
Union.  Religiously  he  is  Christian  Scientist. 

Mr.  Rule  married  October  25,  1878,  Miss  Emma 
Kinney,  who  died  March  8th,  1889,  in  Crawford 
county,  Iowa.  Five  children  blessed  their  union, 
namely:  Edwin  K.,  deceased;  J.  Arthur,  born  in 
Crawford  county,  Iowa,  January  4th,  1880,  resides 
in  old  Mexico,  superintendent  of  smelter;  Blanche, 
born  May  I2th,  1882,  in  Crawford  county,  Iowa, 
married  Herbert  E.  Chase,  of  St.  Anthony,  Idaho, 
and  has  one  child ;  Charles,  born  in  Crawford  county, 
Iowa,  August  9th,  1884,  and  now  engaged  in  the 
electric  business  at  St.  Anthony,  is  married,  and 
has  one  child;  and  Louis  M.,  born  in  Crawford 
county,  Iowa,  January  4,  1887,  resides  with  his 
father.  Mr.  Rule  married  second,  December  I2th, 
1891,  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  Miss  Winifred  Breth- 
erton,  and  they  have  one  child,  Sidney  Rule,  born 
December  loth,  1892,  in  Crawford  county,  Iowa,  and 
now  working  for  William  Adams,  sporting  goods, 
St.  Anthony. 

BERT  H.  MILLER.  Possessing  great  tact  and  good 
judgment,  coupled  with  a  comprehensive  knowledge 
of  the  law,  Bert  H.  Miller,  of  St.  Anthony,  county 
attorney  of  Fremont  county,  is  ably  meeting  every 
requirement  of  the  responsible  office  which  he  is 
filling.  A  native  of  Utah,  he  was  born  December 
15,  1876,  in  St.  George,  Washington  county 

A.  D.  Miller,  Mr.  Miller's  father,  was  born  at 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  in  1850.  When  a  small  child 
he  was  taken  by  his  parents  across  the  plains  to 
Utah,  and  was  brought  up  and  educated  in  St. 
George.  A  strong,  sturdy  lad,  he  began  life  for 
himself  when  but  sixteen  years  old  as  a  freighter. 
He  became  thoroughly  acquainted  with  that  section 
of  the  country,  and  later  in  life,  as  a  railroad  con- 
tractor, built  some  of  the  first  railways  of  Utah,  and 
of  Idaho.  Locating  with  his  family  in  Idaho  in 
1884,  he  took  up  a  homestead  claim  near  St.  Anthony, 
the  present  site  of  which  was  then  covered  with 
sage  brush.  He  cleared  the  land  from  its  original 
wildness  and  was  for  many  years  successfully  em- 
ployed in  agricultural  pursuits,  but  is  now  living 
retired  from  active  business  in  St.  Anthony.  He 
married  Mary  J.  Laub,  who  was  born  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  in  1854,  but  was  brought  up  in  the 
southern  part  of  that  state,  where  her  parents  moved 
when  she  was  a  child,  and  where  she  was  married. 

The  second  in  succession  of  birth  of  a  family 
of  nine  children,  Bert  H.  Miller  acquired  his  rudi- 
mentary education  in  the  public  schools  of  Utah, 
afterwards  further  advancing  his  studies  at  the 
Brigham  Young  College  in  that  state,  and  in  1902 
being  graduated  from  the  law  department  of  Cum- 
berland University,  at  Lebanon,  Tennessee.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Idaho  bar  immediately  after  his 
graduation,  but  instead  of  opening  a  law  office 
Mr.  Miller  became  associated  that  year  with  the 
Fremont  Abstract  Company  of  St.  Anthony,  and 
was  active  in  its  affairs  for  five  years,  and  at  the 
present  time,  in  1912,  is  serving  as  president  of  that 
concern.  Turning  his  attention  to  law  in  1907 
Mr.  Miller  was  in  partnership  with  J.  D.  Millsaps 
until  the  latter  part  of  1910,  during  which  time  he 
built  up  a  fine  law  practice,  and  gained  a  fine  reputa- 
tion for  legal  skill  and  ability.  In  November,  1910, 
Mr.  Miller  was  elected  county  attorney  of  Fremont 


county,  and  has  since  served  in  that  capacity  with 
great  success,  as  a  skilful  and  able  attorney  being 
feared  by  all  law-breakers.  He  is  also  a  director 
of  the  St.  Anthony  Building  and  Manufacturing 
Company,  one  of  the  substantial  business  firms  of 
the  city. 

Mr.  Miller  married  in  St.  Anthony  in  July,  1904, 
Miss  Rose  E.  Davis,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Christina 
(Carhart)  Davis,  of  St.  Anthony.  Mrs.  Miller  is  a 
woman  of  culture  and  refinement,  and  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  In  his  political  affiliations 
Mr.  Miller  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  fond  of  out- 
door life,  and  is  especially  fond  of  automobiling,  tak- 
ing long  rides  throughout  the  surrounding  country. 

GEORGE  GITTINS.  "A  man  who  cannot  do  well  in 
this  locality  is  beyond  redemption,"  says  Mr.  George 
Gittins  of  Pocatello,  Idaho.  He  is  one  who  can 
speak  with  authority;  for  he  has  for  several  years 
been  a  citizen  of  Pocatello  and  for  no  fewer  than 
thirty  years  a  resident  of  Idaho.  He  was  but 
twenty  years  of  age  when  he  first  became  an  Idahoan, 
having  been  but  eleven  when  he  came  with  his  father 
to  Utah. 

Wrexham,  England,  was  the  birthplace  of  this 
successful  man.  He  was  the  son  of  George  and 
Margaret  (Roberts)  Gittins  of  that  place.  The 
mother  died  in  England  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight, 
but  the  father  came  to  America,  where  his  fortunes 
have  been  largely  shared  by  the  son  whose  life  is 
the  subject  of  this  biographical  article.  George 
Gittins,  the  fourth  of  thirteen  children,  was  born 
in  the  English  home  of  the  above-named  parents  on 
March  loth,  1863.  His  education  was  begun  in  the 
British  schools  and  there  continued  until  1874,  the 
year  in  which  his  father  brought  him  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  at  Mendon,  Utah.  Although  the 
elder  Gittins  had  been  a  shoe  manufacturer  in 
Wrexham,  the  rich  agricultural  possibilities  of  Utah 
led  him  to  locate  on  a  farm  which  he  cultivated  for 
a  half  dozen  years.  It  was  in  1880  that  he  removed 
to  Teton,  Idaho,  where  George  Gittins,  who  had 
become  a  strong  and  capable  young  man,  erected 
the  first  house  built  in  that  town.  In  that  com- 
munity he  later  acquired  a  fine  and  extensive  cat- 
tle ranch,  which  he  still  owns.  He  became,  in- 
deed, in  the  course  of  years  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent stock  growers  and  agriculturists  of  this  sec- 
tion of  Idaho.  For  the  past  several  years  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  Pocatello,  where  he  has  built 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  homes  in  the  city.  Since 
he  has  become  a  part  of  this  community  he  has 
been  honored  by  his  fellow-citizens  of  Bannock 
county,  who  have  elected  him  a  county  commis- 
sioner. 

Mr.  Gittins  is  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles  and  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
Mrs.  Gittins  was  formerly  Miss  Annie  Jensen, 
daughter  of  Hans  and  Christina  Jensen  of  Mendon, 
Utah,  and  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Gittins  took  place 
on  January  20,  1891.  Five  children  have  in  the 
succeeding  years  come  to  complete  this  household. 
Miss  Effie  Gittins  was  born  in  1892  at  Mendon, 
Utah,  and  is  now  a  student  at  the  academy  in 
Logan  Utah.  Leslie  Gittins,  born  at  Mendon  in 
1895,  died  March  17,  1913;  Howard  Gittins,  who 
was  born  in  Mendon  in  1900,  is  a  pupil  of  the 
Pocatello  public  schools;  Annie,  born  in  McCammon 
in  1902,  is  also  in  the  Pocatello  schools;  and  Lee, 
the  youngest,  was  born  in  1907,  in  Pocatello. 

The  handsome  residence  of  the  Gittins'  family 
is  at  488  South  Seventh  street.  The  personal  in- 
terests of  Mr.  Gittins  are  included  in  his  extensive 
ranching  properties,  while  careful  attention  is  given 


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to  the  public  office  which  he  fills  with  efficiency  no 
less  than  that  which  has  brought  him  such  notable 
success  in  business. 

CHARLES  A.  LARSON.  About  fifteen  years  ago 
Charles  A.  Larson  established  at  Preston  a  small 
shop  for  the  manufacture  of  harness  and  leather 
supplies  and  a  general  stock  of  that  material.  It 
was  a  very  modest  beginning  by  a  young  business 
man,  just  starting  on  his  independent  career.  Since 
then  he  has  succeeded  by  his  business  enterprise 
and  energy  in  building  up  one  of  the  best  estab- 
lishments of  its  kind  in  this  part  of  Idaho,  and 
Mr.  Larson  now  ranks  among  the  leading  business 
men  and  citizens  of  Preston. 

Charles  A.  Larson  was  born  in  Sweden,  March 
20,  1871.  His  parents,  Lars  and  Louise  (Lind) 
Larson,  were  substantial  farming  people  of  Sweden, 
where  the  father  now  lives  at  the  age  sixty-five.  The 
mother  passed  away  in  1902  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
seven.  Of  their  two  children,  Charles  is  the  older. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Sweden  he  acquired  the 
fundamentals  of  a  practical  education  and  after 
leaving  school  worked  at  farming  in  his  native 
country.  Then  in  1893  he  emigrated  to  America. 
Providence,  Utah,  was  his  destination  and  it  was 
there  that  while  working  in  a  harness  making  estab- 
lishment he  learned  his  present  business.  From 
Providence  he  went  to  Logan,  Utah,  where  he  was 
for  about  nine  months  engaged  in  the  harness  busi- 
ness, but  then  sought  a  better  field,  and  in  January, 
1896,  moved  to  Preston.  Mr.  Larson  owns  the 
building  and  grounds  where  his  business  is  con- 
ducted and  has  a  large  stock,  and  with'  his  own 
and  other  competent  services  connected  with  the 
business  has  a  patronage  second  to  none  in  this 
line  in  Franklin  county. 

Mr.  Larson  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints  and  was  clerk  in  the  Fourth 
Ward  Church  and  president  of  the  elders.  He 
was  married  at  Logan,  Utah,  February  9,  1898,  to 
Miss  Addie  Lundegren,  a  daughter  of  Martin  Lunde- 
gren  and  wife,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased. 
The  six  children  in  the  home  circle  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Larson  are  named  as  follows :  Carl,  born  at  Preston, 
March  24,  1899,  and  now  attending  school;  Raymond, 
born  at  Preston,  July  I,  1901,  also  in  school ;  Harold, 
born  in  Preston,  May  2,  1903,  in  school ;  Stanley, 
born  at  Preston,  April  15,  1905,  in  school;  Afton, 
born  July  13,  1907,  and  Leslie,  born  October  18, 
1910. 

Mr.  Larson,  like  many  of  his  countrymen,  came 
to  America  a  poor  boy,  and  has  succeeded  in  estab- 
lishing himself  firmly  in  business  and  in  the  esteem 
of  the  local  citizenship  entirely  through  the  in- 
tegrity and  the  industry  of  his  character. 

JOHN  NUFFER.  A  quarter  century's  residence  at 
Preston  constitutes  Mr.  John  Nuffer  one  of  the  old 
timers  of  this  vicinity.  The  mere  fact  of  long 
residence,  however,  is  somewhat  of  an  empty  dis- 
tinction without  works  accompanying  such  residence. 
In  the  case  of  Mr.  Nuffer  there  can  be  found  ample 
evidence  both  of  long  residence  and  accomplish- 
ments in  the  realm  of  practical  affairs  and  in  good 
citizenship.  Mr.  Nuffer  in  early  life  was  a  graduate 
of  one  of  Germany's  foremost  schools  of  architec- 
ture. All  his  life  he  has  been  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor and  in  Preston  in  particular  probably  much 
the  greater  part  of  the  higher  class  public  and  resi- 
dential buildings  has  been  done  under  his  supervision, 
or  through  his  business  organization. 

Mr.  Nuffer  was  born  in  Wuertemberg,  Germany, 
December  4,  1862.  He  is  a  son  of  Christopher  and 


Agnes  Barbara  (Spring)  Nuffer.  The  father,  who 
was  a  wine  grower  in  the  old  country,  came  to 
America  in  1882,  first  settling  at  Logan,  Utah,  but 
a  year  later  came  to  Oneida  county,  Idaho,  where 
as  one  of  the  early  settlers  he  took  up  land  and 
was  a  homesteader  and  fanner  until  his  death  in 
1908.  He  was  born  in  1835.  The  mother,  who  was 
born  in  Germany  in  1838,  died  there  in  1865.  Of 
two  children,  John  is  the  older,  while  his  brother 
Fred  is  also  a  resident  of  Preston. 

The  grade  schools  of  Germany  were  the  source 
of  Mr.  Nuffer's  education  up  to  his  fourteenth  year. 
At  that  customary  age,  when  the  German  youths 
take  up  an  education  for  practical  life,  he  entered 
the  Royal  Architectural  College  at  Stuttgart,  where 
he  was  a  student  for  four  terms,  and  on  leaving 
school  as  a  budding  young  architect,  he  followed 
his  profession  in  his  native  country  for  four  years, 
up  to  the  time  of  the  removal  of  his  father  to 
America,  when  he  became  a  resident  of  the  western 
country.  Mr.  Nuffer  has  been  largely  engaged  in 
contract  work  since  coming  to  Idaho,  and  during 
the  past  ten  years  has  had  a  large  business  of  his 
own  as  an  architect  and  builder.  A  complete  list 
of  his  work  at  Preston  and  vicinity  would  be  too 
long,  but  some  of  the  more  prominent  structures 
should  be  mentioned.  They  include  the  Oneida 
Stake  Academy,  consisting  of  two  buildings;  the 
Western  Tabernacle;  the  Preston  Opera  House;  the 
McCammon  public  school;  the  grade  public  school; 
Fairview,  Mapleton  and  Whitney  public  schools; 
the  Tabernacle  at  Grace;  the  high  school  at  Grace; 
the  Latter  Day  Saints  church  in  the  First  Ward; 
and  most  of  the  business  blocks  as  well  as  many 
of  the  larger  and  more  attractive  residence  structures 
in  Preston.  Mr.  Nuffer  is  a  director  and  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Cub  River  and  Worm  Creek  Canal 
Company. 

His  part  in  civic  affairs  has  been  hardly  less 
important  than  in  business.  For  four  years,  or 
two  terms,  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  of 
Preston ;  one  term  as  village  trustee,  and  was  clerk 
of  the  village  board  for  one  term.  His  politics  is 
Democratic.  He  is  a  high  priest  in  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  served  a  two  years' 
mission  for  the  church  in  Germany. 

In  November,  1885,  at  Logan,  Utah,  Mr.  Nuffer 
married  Miss  Louise  Zollinger,  a  daughter  of  Ferd 
and  Louise  (Meyer)  Zollinger.  Her  father  died 
December  16,  1912,  and  her  mother  is  living  in 
Providence,  Utah.  Her  parents  were  pioneers  of 
Utah  in  1862,  having  crossed  the  plains  to  the  then 
territory. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nuffer  has  -been 
blessed  with  a  large  family  of  eleven  children,  who 
are  named  as  follows:  Luther  Jacob,  born  at  Provi- 
dence in  1886,  is  a  resident  of  Preston  and  is 
married  and  has  two  children ;  Willard  John,  born 
at  Preston  in  1888,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Idaho  State 
University  in  the  law  department  and  is  a  young 
lawyer  at  Downey,  Idaho ;  Louis  Ferd,  born  at 
Preston  in  1889,  is  a  school  teacher  in  Preston; 
Herman  Christ,  born  at  Preston  in  1891,  is  a  student 
of  civil  engineering  in  the  University  of  Moscow; 
Austin  Eckart,  born  at  Preston  in  1893,  is  a  high 
school  student;  Carl  Joseph,  born  in  1895,  died 
in  1904;  Agnes  Louise,  born  at  Preston  in  1898, 
is  a  schoolgirl ;  Myron  David,,  born  in  1900;  Florence 
Myrtel,  born  in  1902,  and  Edwin  Joseph,  born  in 
1904,  are  all  attending  school;  and  Athene  Barbara, 
born  in  1907. 

As  a  successful  man  and  long  a  business  builder 
in  this  section  of  Idaho,  Mr.  Nuffer  has  a  very 
high  opinion  of  the  state  and  forecasts  its  taking 


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place  among  the  first  of  American  states.  He  has 
had  a  career  of  substantial  self-advancement  and 
practically  all  the  prosperity  he  has  won  has  been 
due  to  his  own  labor. 

His  fondness  for  home  life  has  precluded  any, 
association  with  outside  organizations  except  the 
church  in  which  he  has  had  a  prominent  part. 

WILLARD  A.  MANNING.  One  of  the  old  families 
of  Oneida  county  and  eastern  Idaho  is  represented 
by  Willard  A.  Manning,  one  of  the  young  but 
prospering  business  men  of  Preston.  The  family 
has  been  identified  with  this  section  since  the  early 
days  of  development  and  its  members  have  always 
been  noted  for  integrity,  character  and  solid  in- 
dustry and  prosperity. 

Willard  A.  Manning  has  the  somewhat  unique 
distinction  among  Preston  citizens  of  being  a  native 
of  this  city,  where  he  was  born  on  the  2gth  of 
October,  1889.  His  parents  are  Frank  and  Alice 
(Winn)  Manning.  The  father  was  born  in  Utah, 
whence  he  came  to  Idaho  at  a  very  early  date,  and 
took  up  farm  land  near  Preston.  He  is  still  a  resi- 
dent here  at  the  age  of  forty-six.  The  mother 
was  also  a  native  of  Utah,  but  married  in  Idaho, 
and  is  now  forty-six  years  of  age.  There  were 
twelve  children  born  to  their  union,  four  of  whom 
are  deceased.  Willard  was  the  second  of  the  chil- 
dren and  his  sisters  and  brothers  now  living  are 
named  as  follows :  Mrs.  Viola  Davis,  a  resident  of 
Clifton,  Idaho;  Vilate,  of  Preston;  Roy,  of  Preston; 
Frank,  Virgil,  Harold  and  Lyle,  all  at  home. 

Willard  A.  Manning  was  reared  and  educated  at 
Preston  and  on  leaving  the  grammar  schools  at- 
tended the  Oneida  Stake  Academy.  His  experience 
in  practical  affairs  was  gained  in  the  employ  of 
Mr.  Curtis,  in  the  canning  business.  He  spent  four 
years  in  learning  that  trade  and  becoming  familiar 
with  the  details  of  that  business  and  then  estab- 
lished a  shop  by  himself  in  September,  1910.  Since 
that  time  he  has  developed  a  large  patronage  and 
has  one  of  the  best  establishments  of  the  kind  in 
Preston  or  Oneida  county. 

Politically,  Mr.  Manning  votes  with  the  Republican 
party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints  and  has  always  interested  himself  in  the 
church  and  civic  affairs  of  his  locality.  He  was 
married  at  Logan,  Utah,  May  29,  1912,  to  Miss 
Annie  Wheeler,  daughter  of  George  and  Norses 
Wheeler,  who  were  residents  of  Glendale,  Idaho, 
where  they  are  well  known  and  prominent  citizens. 
Mr.  Manning  is  the  owner  of  a  farm  in  the  vicinity 
of  Preston.  He  is  fond  of  the  diversion  of  hunt- 
ing and  fishing  and  has  the  thorough  esteem  of  a 
large  circle  of  friends  among  the  younger  genera- 
tion of  Preston. 

S.  S.  FERGUSON.  Now  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  Pocatello,  Mr.  Ferguson  came  to  this  city 
in  1898,  then  a  young  man  not  long  out  of  college, 
and  took  a  position  with  one  of  the  drug  firms  here. 
For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been  in  business  on 
an  independent  footing,  and  has  made  the  Ferguson- 
Jenkins  Drug  Company  the  largest  of  the  kind  in 
this  part  of  Idaho.  Mr.  Ferguson  is  an  Idaho 
"booster,"  believing  that  no  other  state  quite  equals 
this,  and  is  one  of  the  progressive  young  business 
men  who  will  control  the  destinies  of  this  country 
during  the  next  two  or  three  decades  of  its  de- 
velopment. 

Mr.  Ferguson  was  born  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1875,  the  second  in  a  family  of  six  children 
whose  parents  were  L.  A.  and  Margaret  (Stewart) 
Ferguson.  The  mother,  who  was  born,  reared  and 


married  in  Ohio,  died  at  Hiawatha,  Kansas,  in  1902. 
The  father,  now  sixty-two  years  of  age  and  a  fruit- 
grower at  Canyon  City,  Colorado,  was  born  in 
Ohio,  whence  he  moved  to  Kansas,  and  has  fol- 
lowed farming  during  most  of  his  active  career. 

Samuel  S.  Ferguson  received  his  education  in  an 
academy  at  Hiawatha,  Kansas,  and  then  entered 
Washburn  College  at  Topeka,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  '95.  He  studied  pharmacy 
and  was  connected  with  a  drug  business  at  Hiawatha 
for  one  year.  In  1898  he  moved  out  to  Pocatello, 
where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Sprague  Brothers 
from  1899  to  1901.  In  the  latter  year  was  estab- 
lish the  Ferguson-Jenkins  Drug  Company,  and  he 
has  been  the  active  head  of  this  firm  ever  since. 

In  1911  Mr.  Ferguson  was  one  of  the  board  of 
governors  of  the  Pocatello  Commercial  Club,  and 
his  active  support  is  always  ready  for  any  concerted 
movement  to  advance  the  welfare  and  further  im- 
provement of  this  city.  He  is  prominent  in  the  or- 
der of  Elks,  being  past  exalted  ruler,  was  delegate 
to  the  Los  Angeles  convention  of  1909  and  to  that 
at  Portland,  Oregon,  in  1912.  His  politics  is  Repub- 
lican, and  his  church  the  Presbyterian.  He  likes  the 
life  of  out  of  doors,  and  when  business  permits 
enjoys  nothing  better  than  a  hunting  trip. 

Mr.  Ferguson  was  married  at  Pocatello,  June  18, 
1902,  to  Miss  Pearl  Jenkins,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Jenkins,  of  Oneida,  Idaho.  They  have  three  children, 
the  oldest  being  now  in  school,  as  follows :  Maurine, 
born  October,  1903 ;  Samuel  Jr.,  born  March,  1907 ; 
and  Elizabeth,  born  in  1910,  Pocatello  being  the 
birthplace  of  all  three. 

PAUL  A.  FUGATE,  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Aber- 
deen, Aberdeen,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the  enterprising, 
up-to-date  young  men  of  the  town,  and  hails  from 
Hastings,  Nebraska,  where  he  was  born  December 
18,  1884. 

Mr.  Fugate's  father,  Marion  A.  Fugate,  is  a 
native  of  Illinois,  from  whence  he  went  to  Nebraska 
at  an  early  period  in  the  history  of  that  state  and 
made  settlement  on  the  frontier  at  a  point  near  where 
now  stands  the  town  of  Hastings.  He  was  a 
cattle  man  and  farmer  in  Nebraska  for  many  years, 
until  1910,  when  he  moved  to  Aberdeen,  Idaho,  his 
present  residence.  He  had  married  in  Illinois  Miss 
Isabell  Dallas,  a  native  of  Ohio.  To  them  were 
given  three  sons,  of  whom  Paul  A.  is  the  second. 
The  eldest  son,  M.  Dallas  Fugate,  died  in  Aberdeen 
in  1909,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years.  M.  Dallas  and 
Paul  A.  came  to  Aberdeen  in  1907  and  together 
organized  the  Bank  of  Aberdeen,  of  which  the  elder 
was  cashier  until  his  death.  He  was  married  and 
his  widow  is  now  a  resident  of  Nebraska.  Glenn 
N.  Fugate,  the  other  brother,  is  identified  with  the 
Bank  of  Commerce  of  Hastings,  Nebraska. 

Paul  A.  Fugate  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Hastings  and  Elba,  Nebraska,  and  on 
leaving  school  and  starting  out  in  life  for  him- 
self he  sought  an  opening  in  the  far  West — in 
Oregon — where  he  engaged  in  the  life  insurance 
business.  Returning  to  Hastings  a  few  years  later, 
he  handled  collections  for  a  time  and  subsequently 
worked  for  his  father.  In  1907  he  and  his  brother, 
as  above  stated,  came  to  Idaho  and  at  Aberdeen 
organized  the  Bank  of  Aberdeen,  of  which  his 
brother  was  cashier  and  he  is  a  director ;  and  he 
also  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business.  Since  his 
brother's  death  he  has  been  cashier. 

Personally,  Mr.  Fugate  is  a  genial,  sociable  man. 
fond  of  hunting  and  fishing  and  other  out-door 
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cess,  and  he  has  great  faith  in  the  future  of  Aber- 
deen and  the  surrounding  country. 

Politically,  Mr.  Fugate  is  a  Republican  of  the 
independent  stamp,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  Mason 
and  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  is  unmarried. 

JACOB  P.  WEDEL,  merchant,  land  owner  and  capi- 
talist of  Aberdeen,  Idaho,  is  an  adopted  American 
whose  experience  in  this  country  has  been  such 
that  it  has  given  him  a  bright  outlook  on  life  and 
made  him  a  firm  believer  in  American  laws  and 
institutions.  It  is  his  opinion  that  Idaho  has  a  bright 
future  and  that  Aberdeen  is  one  of  its  favored 
spots. 

Mr.  Wedel  was  born  at  Ostray,  Russia,  January 
15,  1849,  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Wedel,  both 
natives  of  Russia. 

David  Wedel  wa«  a  carpenter  and  farmer.  He 
emigrated  with  his  family  to  America  in  187.1  and 
first  settled  in  Kansas.  Later  he  moved  to  Texas, 
where  he  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life  and 
died.  His  wife  had  died  in  Marion  county,  Kansas, 
at  the  age  of  forty  years. 

Jacob  P.  Wedel  attended  school  in  Russia  and 
also  for  a  short  time  went  to  school  in  Kansas. 
The  greater  part  of  his  education,  however,  has 
been  received  in  the  broad  and  practical  school  of 
experience.  His  first  work  in  this  country  was  as  a 
farm  hand.  Later  he  bought  lands  in  Marion  county, 
Kansas,  and  by  dint  of  hard  work  and  good  man- 
agement brought  them  up  to  a  high  state  of 
cultivation.  For  thirty-one  years  he  remained  in 
that  county,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  was  the 
owner  of  nearly  a  thousand  acres,  a  considerable 
portion  of  which  he  still  owns.  From  Kansas  he 
came  to  Idaho.  That  was  in  the  fall  of  1906.  On 
the  2ist  of  November  that  year  he  located  a  half- 
section  of  land,  half  a  mile  west  of  Aberdeen.  In 
1900  he  established  the  Valley  Supply  Company, 
which  in  the  past  four  years  has  grown  to  large  pro- 
portions, and  which,  with  the  assistance  of  his  sons, 
he  still  conducts. 

May  3,  1884,  in  Barton  county.  Kansas.  Jacob  P. 
Wedel  and  Miss  Lizzie  Unruh  were  united  in  mar- 
riage, and  the  children  born  to  them  are  seven,  all 
in  Barton  county.  Kansas,  as  follows :  Tobias,  in 
1885,  is  now  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at 
Aberdeen ;  Alfred,  born  in  1889,  is  in  business  with 
his  father;  Miss  May.  born  in  1887,  is  in  business 
in  Aberdeen;  Lincoln,  in  1891;  Frank,  in  1894;  Delia, 
in  1895.  and  Nettie,  in  1897.  The  last  four  named 
are  at  this  writing  attending  school. 

Mr.  Wedel  is  interested  in  other  enterprises  be- 
sides those  mentioned,  and  is  at  the  present  time  a 
director  of  the  Aberdeen  Springfield  Canal  Com- 
pany. His  success  in  life  has  been  clearly  due  to  his 
own  personal  efforts,  for  he  started  out  in  the  world 
a  poor  boy  without  any  financial  backing.  In  poli- 
tics he  has  always  maintained  the  position  of  an  in- 
dependent. His  religious  creed  is  that  of  the  Men- 
nonite  church,  of  which  he  is  a  worthy  member. 

ARTHUR  E.  SPEER.  The  residence  of  Arthur  E. 
Speer  in  St.  Anthony  has  been  a  brief  one.  dating 
only  from  February  i,  1912,  but  time  will  remedy 
that  condition,  it  is  hoped  by  those  who  have  come 
to  know  him  since  his  arrival  here.  '  Mr.  Speer  came 
to  St.  Anthony  following  the  death  of  his  father, 
assuming  at  that  time  the  charge  and  control  of  his 
father's  business  interests,  and  he  has  continued  with 
success  in  the  work,  also  becoming  identified  with 
other  interests  in  the  community. 

Mr.  Speer  was  born  on  the  gth  of  July,  1885,  in 
Wausau,  Wisconsin,  and  he  is  the  son  of  Emil  V. 


and  Amanda  (Puls)  Speer.  Th'e  father  was  born  in 
Watertown,  Wisconsin,  of  German  parentage,  and 
made  his  home  in  his  native  state,  there  engaged  in 
the  jewelry  business  until  1904,  when  he  located  in 
Boise.  He  came  to  St.  Anthony  in  1906  and  estab- 
lished the  business  which  his  son  is  now  conducting. 
He  died  in  Salt  Lake  on  February  I.  1912.  The 
mother  was  born  in  Mayville,  Wisconsin,  also,  of 
German  parents,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  her  native  community.  She  was  the 
mother  of  two  sons,  Arthur  Speer  of  this  review, 
and  Zeno,  the  younger,  who  is  now  a  resident  of 
Wisconsin. 

Arthur  E.  Speer  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Wausau  with  the  class  of  1904,  after  which 
he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  drafts- 
man. He  continued  in  that  work  in  Milwaukee.  Wis- 
consin, after  serving  his  full  term  as  an  apprentice, 
until  the  death  of  his  father  called  him  to  St.  An- 
thony in  February.  1912.  As  already  noted,  he  then 
assumed  charge  of  his  father's  well  established  busi- 
ness  in  this  city,  and  he  has  continued  since  success- 
fully and  in  a  manner  that  justifies  his  continued 
identification  with  the  place.  In  the  brief  time  that 
he  has  been  established  here  he  has  identified  him- 
self with  other  local  enterprises,  and  has  a  healthy 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  town,  from  the  view- 
point of  a  business  man  and  a  citizen. 

Mr.  Speer  is  a  Republican,  but  not  active  in  the 
work  of  the  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  and  affiliates  with  the  blue  lodge  of  •Mil- 
waukee. He  also  has  membership  in  the  Copus  Club 
and  the  Commercial  Club  of  St.  Anthony.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  this  city  and 
sings  in  its  choir.  He  is  unmarried. 

The  year  that  Mr.  Speer  has  passed  in  St.  Anthony 
has  been  sufficient  to  convince  him  of  the  desirability 
of  Idaho  as  a  place  of  residence,  and  as  a  state  where 
success  is  the  natural  complement  of  ambition  and 
energy.  He  regards  Idaho  as  being  one  of  the  rich- 
est in  opportunity  of  all  the  states  with  which  he  is 
familiar,  and  expresses  himself  as  being  well  content 
as  a  resident  of  St.  Anthony. 

WOODS  L.  MILLER.  Until  1900  the  active  business 
life  of  Woods  L.  Miller  had  been  identified  with  the 
various  harvesting  concerns  of  the  country,  in  im- 
portant capacities,  but  in  the  year  mentioned,  he  sev- 
ered his  connection  with  the  Deering  Harvester 
Comnany.  which  he  was  then  representing,  and  he 
and  his  brother  engaged  in  their  present  business  as 
grain  dealers.  Their  venture  has  proved  a  most 
happy  one  from  a  business  and  financial  standpoint, 
and  the  grain  and  elevator  concern  of  which  they 
are  the  proprietors  is  the  largest  independent  estab- 
lishment of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  state.  Mr. 
Miller  was  born  in  Gallatin.  Tennessee,  on  October 
19,  1866.  and  is  the  son  of  Robert  C.  and  Etta 
(Head)  Miller,  both  natives  of  the  state  of  Ten- 
nessee. 

Robert  C.  Miller  was  a  farmer  and  a  Confederate 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war.  having  served  as  a  captain 
in  Company  E  of  the  Seventh  Tennessee  Regiment 
during  the  greater  part  of  that  conflict.  He  received 
injuries  in  the  service  which  resulted  in  his  early 
death,  which  occurred  in  1874  when  he  was  but 
thirty-five  years  of  age  The  mother,  who  is  now 
a  resident  of  St.  Anthony,  had  three  children,  of 
which  number  Woods  L.  was  the  first  horn.  Robert, 
born  October  n.  1868.  died  on  the  2Oth  of  August, 
1899.  in  Gallatin.  Tennessee,  and  John  W.  Miller, 
the  youngest  of  the  three,  who  was  born  on  March 
II.  1871,  died  on  March  27.  1912.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Miller  Brothers,  of  St.  Anthony,  of 


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which  the  subject  was  also  a  partner  and  still  con- 
trols the  business. 

Woods  L.  Miller  received  his  early  education  in 
private  schools  in  Gallatin,  Tennessee,  as  is  the  cus- 
tom in  the  Southern  states,  and  following  that  train- 
ing was  a  student  in  the  University  of  Tennessee  at 
Knoxville  to  the  age  of  eighteen.  Upon  leaving 
school  his  first  work  was  with  the  Deering  Harvester 
Company  in  the  capacity  of  a  traveling  representa- 
tive, and  he  was  associated  with  this  firm  for  three 
years.  He  was  next  employed  by  the  Walter  A. 
Wood  Harvester  Company  as  an  office  man,  and  he 
continued  thus  for  some  eight  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Nashville,  Tennessee,  to  become  the  rep- 
resentative at  that  place  of  the  Milwaukee  Harvester 
Company.  He  was  there  for  three  years,  successful 
and  prosperous,  when  he  removed  to  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  and  occupied  a  similar  position  with  the  Deer- 
ing  Harvester  Company,  with  whom  he  had  been 
first  employed  upon  leaving  school.  For  three  years 
he  remained  there,  when  he  resigned  his  position 
and  came  to  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  in  1900,  and  with 
his  brother,  John  W.,  now  deceased,  engaged  in  the 
grain  and  elevator  business  at  this  point.  As  pre- 
viously stated,  the  business  has  been  one  of  the  most 
successful  of  its  kind  in  the  state,  and  Mr.  Miller 
has  enjoyed  a  pleasing  degree  of  prosperity  in  his 
independent  operations. 

Mr.  Miller  is  an  Independent  in  his  political  faith, 
but  takes  no  particularly  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
the  -party  in  this  district.  He  is  up  and  doing  in 
his  home  town,  however,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
active  civic  workers  in  the  community.  He  is  the 
present  mayor  of  St.  Anthony,  to  which  office  he 
was  elected  in  April,  1909,  and  he  was  for  some 
eight  years  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  the  city. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Miller  is  a  Mason  of  the  Scottish 
Rite  branch  and  is  a  member  of  the  Shrine  at  Salt 
Lake  and  the  Consistory  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  this  city  and 
his  churchly  relations  are  represented  by  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Baptist  church. 

On  August  19,  1888,  Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Bowling  Green,  Kentucky,  to  Miss  Maymie 
Barclay,  daughter  of  Samuel  Barclay  of  that  state. 
Three  children  have  been  born  to  them,  as  follows : 
Bessie,  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky;  Nellie,  also 
born  in  Louisville,  and  Woodie,  born  in  St.  Anthony. 

Mr.  Miller  lays  great  stress  upon  the  many  ad- 
mirable qualities  of  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  betrays 
a  pride  in  her  achievements  thus  far  which  is  worthy 
of  a  native  of  the  state.  It  is  safe  to  say,  however, 
that  none  realize  better  than  he  what  are  the  won- 
derful possibilities  of  the  state  and  the  opportunities 
she  holds  out  to  homeseekers,  although  his  identifi- 
cation 'with  the  commonwealth  dates  back  but  little 
more  than  a  decade. 

WALTER  H.  PECK.  The  owner  and  manager  of  the 
Mail  Printing  Company  of  Pocatello,  one  of  the  best 
known  newspaper  men  of  southern  Idaho,  is  a  native 
son  of  this  state  and  represents  a  family  of  pioneers 
that  has  been  identified  with  territory  and  state  af- 
fairs since  the  beginning  of  what  might  be  called 
real  civilization  in  this  part  of  the  Northwest. 

Mr.  Peck  was  born  at  Oxford,  Idaho,  on  October 
3,  1876.  His  parents  were  Dwight  and  Martha  (Bid- 
dlecome)  Peck.  The  father,  from  his  native  New 
York  state,  accompanied  his  parents  when  he  was  a 
small  boy  on  the  long  emigration  across  the  Western 
plain  until  the  destination  was  reached  in  the  terri- 
tory of  Idaho.  Here  Dwight  Peck's  father  put  up  the 
very  first  house  in  the  present  town  of ,  Malad. 
Dwight  Peck  became  a  prosperous  cattleman  near 


Oxford,  also  became  known  as  a  merchant,  and  for 
some  years  past  has  been  a  resident  of  Malad,  where 
he  conducts  a  hotel.  He  is  sixty-four  years  of  age. 
He  and  his  wife  were  married  in  this  state,  but  she 
was  born  at  Grantsville,  Utah,  fifty-two  years  ago. 
Their  three  children  are  Walter  H. ;  Edwin,  a 
rancher  of  Montana,  and  Vera,  who  resides  at 
Malad. 

Walter  H.  Peck  had  his  early  schooling  at  Oxford, 
Challis  and  Malad,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  got 
his  practical  introduction  to  the  work  which  has  been 
his  chief  vocation.  He  learned  the  printing  busi- 
ness, and  in  1898,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  with 
Nat  Davis  as  associate,  conducted  the  Caldivell 
Tribune.  A  year  later  he  established  the  Oneida 
County*  Republican  at  Preston.  After  two  years,  in 
1902,  he  sold  that  paper,  and  at  Malad  started  the 
Malad  Advocate.  Under  his  management  this  be- 
came a  first-class  property,  and  at  the  end  of  five 
years  he  sold  it  to  the  Idaho  Enterprise.  He  bought 
and  managed  for  six  months  the  Black  foot  Mail, 
and  then  in  August,  1907,  located  at  Pocatello  and 
established  the  Mail  Printing  Company.  Mr.  Peck 
has  led  a  very  actiye  life  and  one  that  has  brought 
him  into  contact  with  many  hundreds  of  influential 
people  both  of  Idaho  and  elsewhere.  He  has  many 
loyal  friends,  especially  in  southern  Idaho,  and  there 
is  no  more  loyal  booster  of  the  resources  and  attain- 
ments of  the  Snake  River  valley  than  Mr.  Peck. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Typographical  Union,  is 
affiliated  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  in 
politics  is  a  Democrat.  He  was  married  at  Malad, 
June  16,  1900,  to  Miss  Margaret  Jones,  whose  par- 
ents still  reside  in  Malad.  The  two  children,  both 
born  in  Malad,  are  Thelma,  born  in  1902  and  now  a 
student  in  the  Pocatello  schools,  and  Martha,  born 
in  1908.  For  recreation  Mr.  Peck  most  enjoys  the 
sports  afield,  either  with  rod  or  gun. 

OSCAR  SONNENKALB.  In  the  general  election  of 
1912  the  citizens  of  Bannock  county  chose  fof  the 
office  of  county  surveyor  not  only  one  of  the  most 
eminent  members  of  the  civil  engineering  profession 
in  Idaho  but  also  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  the 
state.  Mr.  Sonnenkalb  is  no  stranger  to  the  official 
position  he  now  holds,  having  been  similarly  honored 
by  several  counties  of  southeastern  Idaho.  More 
than  thirty  years  of  his  career  have  been  spent  in 
this  state,  and  his  service  has  been  of  peculiar  value 
to  the  material  development  which  has  characterized 
this  period  of  Idaho's  history. 

Mr.  Sonnenkalb  is  a  veteran  of  the  Franco-Prus- 
sian war  and  gained  distinction  in  the  German  mili- 
tary before  he  came  to  America.  At  Saxe-Alten- 
burg,  Germany,  he  was  born  on  February  23,  1847, 
and  was  a  son  of  Karl  Victor  and  Wilhelmina  The- 
resa (Ruehle)  Sonnenkalb.  His  father  occupied  a 
place  in  official  circles  and  was  state  secretary  to 
the  Duke  of  Altenburg.  He  died  in  Germany  in  1869 
at  the  age  of  fifty-two.  The  mother  died  in  1898  at 
the  age  of  seventy-seven.  Two  of  the  four  children 
are  living,  Oscar  being  the  youngest. 

A  private  school  was  the  source  of  his  first  instruc- 
tion after  leaving  his  mother's  knee,  and  he  then 
entered  the  real  gymnasium,  or  scientific  high  school, 
at  Plauen  in  Saxony,  where  he  was  graduated  at  the 
age  of  seventeen.  His  further  professional  training 
was  continued  in  the  Dresden  Polytechnic,  where  he 
specialized  in  chemistry.  In  1867,  a  year  before 
graduation,  he  left  to  become  avantageur  in  the 
Prussian  service,  and  in  1869  was  commissioned  a 
second  lieutenant.  With  that  rank  he  served 
throughout  the  war  with  France,  1870-71,  and  was 
rewarded  with  the  Iron  Cross  for  valor  manifested 


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at  the  crucial  battle  of  Beaumont.  In  1874  he  was 
promoted  to  first  lieutenant  of  infantry  in  the  iO7th 
Regiment.  On  his  own  application  in  1877  he  was 
granted  an  honorable  discharge,  aften  ten  years  of 
service  for  his  kingdom  and  empire. 

The  chief  reason  for  seeking  a  release  from  the 
military  was  his  desire  to  come  to  America.  Soon 
after  reaching  these  shores  he  became  a  mechanical 
draftsman  in  the  United  States  patent  office  at 
Washington.  From  there  in  1881  he  came  out  to 
Idaho,  and  has  been  identified  by  residence  and  pro- 
fession with  this  territory  and  state  ever  since.  His 
first  location  was  at  Oxford,  where  he  began  his 
practice  as  civil  engineer  and  surveyor.  He  was 
appointed  a  deputy  mineral  surveyor,  and  undertook 
and  completed  twenty  land  survey  contracts  for  the 
federal  government 

Up  to  1908  he  had  served  seven  terms  as  county 
surveyor  in  the  counties  of  Bingham,  Bannock  and 
Oneida,  and  by  another  election  in  1912  has  re- 
cently entered  upon  his  duties  as  county  surveyor 
for  Bannock  county.  In  addition  he  has  a  large 
private  practice,  and  has  done  a  large  amount  of 
irrigation  surveying.  Mr.  Sonnenkalb  is  a  member 
of  the  Idaho  Society  of  Engineers ;  is  affiliated  with 
the  order  of  Elks,  and  the  Royal  Highlanders,  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Corps  Teutonia  in  Dresden, 
the  latter  an  association  dating  from  his  student 
days  in  Dresden,  and  belongs  to  the  Ex-Officers 
Union  of  the  iO7th  Regiment  of  Leipzig.  His  poli- 
tics is  Republican  and  his  church  is  the  Lutheran. 

Mr.  Sonnenkalb  was  married  at  Little  York,  Illi- 
nois, in  April,  1883,  to  Miss  Jennie  Caldwell,  and 
their  home  in  Pocatello  is  a  center  of  the  cultivated 
society  of  the  city.  Mr.  Sonnenkalb  has  a  very  opti- 
mistic view  of  the  present  and  future  for  Idaho, 
based  largely  on  his  professional  experience.  The 
great  water  power,  the  proper  natural  apportion- 
ment of  land  for  agricultural  and  grazing  purposes, 
the  mountains,  the  timber  and  mining  resources,  all 
combine  to  make  a  great  harmony  of  wealth  for  the 
use  of  mankind,  and  its  proper  development  will 
place  the  state  among  the  greatest  in  the  Union. 

ROBERT  O.  LYON  of  the  Mackay  Lumber  Company, 
Mackay,  Idaho,  is  a  man  well  known  and  highly 
respected  in  this  part  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Lyon  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  He  was  born 
at  Versailles,  that  state,  January  12,  1874,  son  of 
Harvey  R.  and  Ella  (Short)  Lyon,  the  former  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  latter  of  Virginia. 
Harvey  R.  Lyon  moved  to  Missouri  shortly  after  the 
close  of  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  had  participated 
as  a  Union  soldier.  He  had  served  as  a  private  in 
the  Sixteenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry  for  two  and  a 
half  years,  and  had  been  in  the  midst  of  many  a 
battle,  including  Gettysburg,  where  he  was  wounded. 
Soon  after  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  in 
Pennsylvania,  he  emigrated  to  the  Southwest  and 
took  up  his  residence  at  Versailles,  Missouri,  where 
for  several  years  he  ran  a  livery  and  sales  stable. 
Subsequently  he  moved  to  the  western  part  of  Kan- 
sas, near  Garden  City,  and  later  went  from  there 
to  Texas  to  engage  in  the  stock  business.  He  is  still 
a  resident  of  T^jcas  and  at  this  writing  is  about 
sixty-nine  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was  born 
at  Norfolk,  Virginia,  and  whom  he  married  in  Mis- 
souri, is  still  living,  a  few  years  his  junior.  Ten 
children  were  given  to  them,  of  whom  nine  are  liv- 
ing, Robert  O.  being  next  to  the  eldest.  The  others 
are :  Mrs.  Jessie  M.  McClusky,  Dalhart,  Texas ;  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Barclay,  Texas;  Mrs.  Kate  Sugart,  Van- 
couver, Washington;  Mrs.  Laura  Cherry,  Shreve- 
port,  La.;  Miss  Bessie,  of  Texas;  Franklin  M.,  in 


business  with  his  brother  at  Mackay;  and  H.  R.,  Jr., 
and  Perrin,  both  of  Texas. 

Robert  O.  Lyon,  the  direct  subject  of  this  review, 
received  his  early  training  in  the  public  schools  of 
Texas.  His  first  venture  into  business  life  was  as 
a  bookkeeper  at  Dallas,  Texas.  From  that  place  he 
went  to  Burlington,  Iowa,  and  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business  in  connection  with  the  Burlington  Lum- 
ber Company,  with  which  he  was  identified  for  two 
years  and  a  half.  Next  we  find  him  at  Portland, 
Oregon.  There  for  eleven  months  he  worked  for 
the  Northern  Pacific  Mail  Company.  The  next  two 
years  and  a  half  he  was  with  the  Wind  River  Lum- 
ber Company  at  Cascade  Locks,  Oregon.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  the  company  sent  him  to  Moro,  Oregon, 
where  he  operated  a  yard  under  the  name  of  the 
Wind  River  Lumber  Company  for  about  two  years. 
His  next  move  was  to  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho.  There 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Coeur  d'Alene  Lumber 
Company,  with  which  he  remained  five  months.  Re- 
turning then  to  Washington,  he  went  to  work  for 
the  Washington  Mill  Company,  of  Spokane,  with 
which  he  remained  eleven  months,  and  the  next  five 
months  he  was  with  the  Fidelity  Lumber  Company. 
In  November,  1909,  he  came  to  Mackay,  Idaho,  and 
took  over  the  Mackay  Lumber  Company,  which, 
with  H.  W.  Naylor,  he  conducted  two  years.  Then 
his  brother  Franklin  was  admitted  to  the  partner- 
ship, and  together  they  have  since  successfully  con- 
ducted the  business. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Lyon  is  identified  with  the  I.  O. 
O.  F.  His  religious  creed  is  that  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  a  worthy  member. 

In  December,  1900,  Robert  O.  Lyon  and  Miss  Cora 
E.  Naylor  were  united  in  marriage,  and  to  them 
have  been  given  one  child,  Virginia,  born  May  14, 
1905.  Mrs.  Lyon  is  a  native  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa, 
and  a  daughter  of  S.  T.  and  Mrs.  E.  V.  Naylor,  now 
residents  of  North  Carolina. 

DAYTON  V.  ARCHBOLD.  One  of  the  best  known 
business  men  and  financial  men  in  the  central  part 
of  Idaho  is  Dayton  V.  Archbold,  of  Mackay.  He 
has  only  resided  in  the  latter  place  for  three  years, 
but  he  has  made  a  record  here  for  keen  business  judg- 
ment, and  as  the  cashier  of  the  W.  G.  Jenkins  &  Co. 
bank,  he  is  in  a  position  of  great  importance  to  the 
community.  Previous  to  coming  to  Mackay  he  had 
become  well  known  through  his  connection  with  vari- 
ous important  financial  institutions  in  other  parts  of 
the  state,  and  wherever  he  has  been  he  has  always 
had  numbers  of  friends,  won  to  him  by  his  sincerity 
and  unfailing  friendship  toward  all  with  whom  he  is 
thrown  in  contact. 

Dayton  V.  Archbold  was  born  in  Adams  county, 
Indiana,  on  July  22,  1879,  the  son  of  E.  B.  and 
Frances  A.  (Leibse)  Archbold.  E.  B.  Archbold  was 
born  in  Indiana  and  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  that 
state,  now  residing  in  Fort  Wayne,  where  he  is  a 
well  known  merchant.  His  wife  is  also  a  native  of 
Indiana  and  is  yet  living,  having  reached  the  age  of 
fifty-three  while  her  husband  is  fifty-five  years  old. 
Five  children  have  been  born  to  E.  B.  Archbold  and 
his  wife  and  of  these  children  Dayton  V.  Archbold 
occupies  the  unenviable  position  of  being  the  middle 
one.  As  a  child  he  attended  the  schools  of  Fort 
Wayne,  but  being  eager  to  go  to  work,  his  father 
permitted  him  to  leave  school  while  he  was  yet  in 
the  graded  school  and  the  lad  went  to  work  in  his 
father's  store. 

He  was  thus  occupied  until  1901  and  while  thus 
engaged,  gained  a  knowledge  of  business  which  was 
to  stand  him  in  good  stead  in  his  later  career.  He 
came  West  at  this  time  and  first  located  in  Ogden, 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Utah,  but  he  remained  there  only  a  short  time,  re- 
moving in  June  of  the  same  year  to  Blackfoot, 
Idaho.  Here  he  first  went  to  work  for  the  Green 
Fordwing  Company,  and  then  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  Company.  He  was 
so  successful  in  these  two  positions  that  he  attracted 
the  attention  of  some  of  the  business  men  of  the 
town  with  the  result  that  he  was  offered  the  position 
of  assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank.  He 
was  very  successful  in  this  position  and  his  ability 
in  a  financial  way  was  recognized  by  his  election  as 
county  treasurer.  He  held  this  office  from  1906  until 
1907,  carrying  out  his  duties  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  citizens  of  the  county,  and  adding  to  his  reputa- 
tion for  honesty  and  straightforward  methods.  In 
1909  he  left  Blackfoot  to  come  to  Mackay  and  take 
the  cashiership  of  the  W.  G.  Jenkins  &  Co.  Bank,  a 
position  which  he  has  held  up  to  this  time.  He  is 
a  man  of  whom  the  West  may  well  be  proud,  even 
though  he  is  not  a  native  son,  for  he  has  shown 
those  characteristics  which  she  claims  as  peculiarly 
her  own,  and  has  won  his  success  by  his  own  efforts, 
unaided  by  anyone. 

Quite  in  keeping  with  his  character  is  his  political 
creed,  for  he  is  an  Independent  Republican,  pre- 
ferring to  use  his  own  judgment  as  to  the  qualifica- 
tions of  any  candidate  for  office.  As  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  Mr.  Arch- 
bold  is  an  important  member  of  the  fraternal  world 
of  Mackay.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge  and 
was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  lodge  in 
Mackay. 

Mr.  Archbold  married  Miss  Florence  Maud 
Cherry,  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  on  the  i$th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1904.  Mrs.  Archbold  is  a  daughter  of  Hiram 
and  Maude  Cherry,  who  are  both  residents  of  Black- 
foot,  and  the  marriage  ceremony  was  performed  in 
her  home  town.  One  child  has  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Archbold.  This  son,  Kenneth  Archbold, 
was  born  in  Blackfoot,  in  November,  1906. 

Mr.  Archbold  would  be  pointed  out  to  visitors  in 
Mackay  as  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  town,  for 
he  is  not  only  ambitious  for  his  personal  success  but 
also  for  the  prosperity  and  success  of  the  town  and 
he  is  always  ready  to  do  anything  in  his  power  that 
may  aid  in  this  purpose.  He  has  the  energy  and 
fearless  spirit  of  his  pioneer  ancestors,  for  his  grand- 
father, John  Archbold,  was  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Indiana,  having  come  thence  from  New 
York  state.  He  has  gained  some  fame  as  a  hunter 
of  big  game,  and  is  quite  familiar  with  the  moun- 
tains around  Mackay  through  having  hunted  them 
over  in  the  search  of  targets  for  his  rifle. 

Lucius  B.  CASE  became  a  citizen  of  Pocatello, 
Idaho,  a  little  more  than  twenty  years  ago.  He  was 
then  a  youth  of  twenty  and  the  town  likewise  was 
but  beginning  its  career.  As  the  years  have  passed 
Pocatello  has  become  the  second  city  of  Idaho  and 
Mr.  Case  has  become  one  of  the  best  known  and 
most  highly  esteemed  of  its  citizens.  He  is  now 
assessor  of  Bannock  county  and  is  valued  as  one  of 
its  most  capable  and  popular  officials. 

His  native  state  is  Nebraska,  where  he  was  born 
December  n,  1872,  in  the  city  of  Lincoln.  In  the 
public  schools  of  Lincoln  he  acquired  both  a  com- 
mon and  high  school  education,  attending  until 
eighteen  years  of  age ;  then  he  began  his  battle  with 
the  world.  His  first  position  was  in  a  clerical  capac- 
ity for  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  at 
Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  remained  two  years, 
then  in  March,  1892,  he  was  transferred  to  Poca- 
tello, Idaho,  where  has  since  remained  his  home. 
For  fifteen  years,  or  until  1907,  he  continued  in  the 


service  of  the  railway  company,  which  long  employ- 
ment was  of  itself  a  credential  of  merit,  for  it  is  well 
known  that  such  companies  will  retain  in  their  em- 
ploy only  men  of  efficiency  and  the  strictest  integ- 
rity. On  the  date  above  mentioned  he  gave  up  this- 
position  to  assume  the  duties  of  assessor  of  Bannock 
county,  to  which  office  he  had  been  elected  for  a. 
term  of  two  years.  At  the  conclusion  of  that  official 
service  he  reentered  the  employ  of  the  railway  com- 
pany, continuing  about  two  years,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed county  assessor  to  fill  out  an  unexpired 
term.  In  the  fall  of  1912  he  was  again  elected  to- 
that  office,  which  was,  a  convincing  and  befitting 
method  of  expressing  the  public  approval  of  his  pre- 
vious capable  services  as  assessor  and  his  upright 
course  as  a  citizen.  In  political  sentiment  he  is  a 
Republican  and  is  a  party  worker.  His  official  serv- 
ice has  also  included  a  term  as  city  clerk  of  Poca- 
tello. He  is  appreciative  of  Idaho's  facilities  for  the 
sports  of  hunting  and  fishing  and  frequently  avails 
himself  of  those  advantages,  while  in  the  way  of 
games  baseball  is  his  preference  and  he  gets  real 
pleasure  in  watching  a  good  contest.  Benefits  and 
pleasures  through  fraternal  associations  he  obtains- 
as  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and 
his  religious  belief  is  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  in  which  faith  he  was  reared. 

In  Pocatello,  Idaho,  Mr.  Case  was  married  in  1894 
to  Miss  Nellie  Jackson,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Jackson,  who  was  formerly  a  resident  of  Kansas. 
The  family  circle  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Case  has  been 
broadened  and  brightened  by  the  advent  of  two  chil- 
dren, Helen  and  Charles  B. 

HYRUM  RICKS.  The  career  of  Hyrum  Ricks 
stands  forth  conspicuously  in  the  past  three  decades 
of  Idaho's  development,  and,  like  many  another  of 
his  name,  his  life  thus  far  justly  entitles  him  to  de- 
tailed mention  in  a  historical  and  biographical  work 
of  the  nature  of  which  this  publication  partakes. 
The  house  of  Ricks,  or  "Rex,"  as  it  was  formerly- 
rendered  in  the  German,  has  contributed  innumer- 
able men  to  Idaho  and  Utah  who  have  borne  welt 
their  parts  in  the  gigantic  work  of  settling  and  de- 
veloping the  barren  sections  of  those  states,  and  of 
those  worthy  men,  Hon.  Hyrum  Ricks  is  not  the 
least,  nor,  we  have  reason  to  believe,  is  he  the  last. 

Hyrum  Ricks  was  born  in  Farmington,  Utah,  on 
July  24,  1858,  and  he  is  the  son  of  the  late  President 
Thomas  E.  Ricks  and  his  good  wife.  Tabitha  (Hen- 
dricks)  Ricks.  Concerning  the  father,  more  detailed 
mention  is  to  be  found  in  this  publication  in  the 
sketch  of  Alfred  Ricks,  of  Sugar  City,  Idaho,  so 
that  further  mention  of  the  ancestry  of  the  subject 
is  not  essential  at  this  point.  Suffice  it  to  say  that 
it  was  he  who  settled  Rexburg  in  the  interests  of 
the  Mormon  or  Latter  Day  Saints  church,  and  he  it 
was  for  whom  the  place  was  named. 

The  excellent  schools  of  Logan,  Utah,  afforded 
valuable  educational  opportunities  to  Hyrum  Ricks 
as  a  boy,  and  he  was  graduated  from  the  Logan 
high  school  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  for  two  years 
after  which  he  gave  his  attention  to  teaching,  a  work 
in  which  he  was  successful  then  and  would  no  doubt 
have  acquired  distinction,  had  his  inclinations  held 
him  in  that  field  of  activity.  As  it  was,  he  was 
twenty  years  old  when  he  gave  up  teaching  and  en- 
gaged in  the  merchandise  business  in  Logan.  He 
experienced  an  almost  phenomenal  success  in  his 
commercial  enterprise,  and  between  the  years  of 
1879  and  1884  the  greatest  of  prosperity  attended 
his  operations.  The  ensuing  financial  panic  practic- 
ally ruined  him.  for  his  native  honesty  would  not 
permit  him  to  withhold  a  dollar  of  his  private  re- 


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sources  in  the  liquidation  of  his  obligations.  Thus 
it  was  that  in  the  latter  eighties  he  found  himself 
at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder  once  more.  In  1896  Mr. 
Ricks  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Rex- 
burg,  and  it  is  conceded  that  he  has  done  more  to 
settle  the  Snake  River  valley  than  any  other  man 
in  Fremont  county,  as  a  result  of  his  persistent  ad- 
vertising of  the  splendid  resources  of  the  district. 
In  the  same  year  in  which  he  engaged  in  business 
there,  Mr.  Ricks  permitted  himself  to  be  drawn  into 
politics,  and  he  gave  unceasingly  of  his  strength 
and  energies  in  the  organization  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  Fremont  county,  whereupon  he  was  chosen 
as  one  of  the  Democratic  central  committee.  At  the 
outset  of  the  1897  term  of  the  Idaho  legislature  Mr. 
Ricks  was  chosen  as  engrossing  clerk  of  the  senate, 
and  he  filled  that  position  in  a  highly  creditable 
manner.  It  was  in  the  following  year  that  he  was 
persuaded  to  accept  the  office  of  probate  judge  of 
Fremont  county,  and  in  that  position  he  rendered  a 
service  of  the  highest  order,  more  than  fulfilling  the 
anticipations  and  expectations  of  his  friends.  Pre- 
vious to  his  incumbency  of  the  office  of  probate 
judge,  Mr.  Ricks  had  been  devoting  himself  to  the 
study  of  law,  and  in  1900  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  During  his  two  terms  as  probate  judge  of 
Fremont  county,  Mr.  Ricks  continued  with  his  law 
studies,  and  when  his  second  term  expired  he  opened 
offices  at  Rexburg,  and  here  he  has  since  been  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  enjoying  the 
favor  of  a  constantly  growing  clientele. 

Since  his  boyhood,  Mr.  Ricks  has  been  an  ardent 
member  of  the  church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
in  1888  he  was  sent  by  the  church  on  a  mission  to 
Great  Britain,  where  his  efforts  were  well  rewarded. 
He  was  at  one  time  bishop  of  the  Third  Mormon 
church. 

On  April  i,  1880,  Mr.  Ricks  was  married  to  Miss 
Martha  Bitter  of  Logan  City,  the  daughter  of  Trogat 
and  Wilhelmina  .Bitter,  of  German  descent,  still  liv- 
ing at  Logan,  Utah.  Nine  children  have  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ricks :  Mrs.  May  Grover,  the  eldest 
of  the  number,  is  a  resident  of  Sugar  City,  Idaho; 
Hyrum  Ricks,  Jr.,  is  engaged  in  business  with  his 
father;  Daniel  is  a  resident  of  Rexburg,  where  he 
is  a  member  of  the  town  council,  and  Wilford,  each 
attending  to  some  branch  of  their  father's  business, 
real-estate,  loans  and  insurance,  in  connection  with' 
the  practice  of  law;  Pearl  is  attending  college  at 
Logan,  Utah ;  Ruby,  Wilhelmina  and  Constance  are 
attending  school  in  Rexburg,  where  the  family  home 
is  maintained ;  and  Leland,  who  is  taking  a  course 
in  the  American  Correspondence  School,  and  will 
engage  in  his  father's  law  business  when  graduated. 

ALFRED  RICKS  has  from  his  earliest  manhood  been 
conspicuously  identified  with  the  business  activities 
of  Sugar  City  and  the  surrounding  community,  and 
a  history  of  this  state  would  be  manifestly  incom- 
plete without  specific  mention  of  the  family  which 
has  borne  a  significant  part  in  the  development  of 
this  section  of  the  country.  Today,  as  vice-president 
of  the  Sugar  City  Mercantile  Company,  organized 
and  incorporated  in  1905,  the  position  which  Mr. 
Ricks  maintains  in  his  community  is  one  of  no  slight 
importance,  and  his  prosperity  and  popularity  are 
justified  most  pronouncedly  by  his  many  excellent 
traits  of  mind  and  character.  Born  in  Logan,  Utah, 
on  November  28,  1868,  he  is  the  son  of  Thomas  E. 
and  Ellen  M.  (Gallup)  Ricks,  and  concerning  his 
parentage  it  is  fitting  that  a  somewhat  extended 
mention  be  made  at  this  juncture. 

Thomas  E.  Ricks  was  a  leader  in  religious  thought 
in  southeastern  Idaho  for  many  years,  and  his  life 


was  one  that  left  an  undeniable  impress  for  good 
upon  the  communities  which  knew  him  from  time 
to  time  in  his  life.  He  was  ever  a  leader,  and  from 
his  boyhood  to  the  close  of  his  life  was  to  be  found 
at  the  head  of  plans  and  movements  calculated  to 
enhance  the  welfare  of  his  people.  He  was  a  native 
of  the  state  of  Kentucky,  born  in  what  is  now  Chris- 
tian county  of  that  state,  on  July  21,  1828,  and  was 
the  son  of  Joel  and  Elinor  (Martin)  Ricks,  of  Ger- 
man ancestry.  In  1830  he  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Illinois,  where  they  became  interested  in  farm- 
ing on  an  extensive  scale  and  continued  to  live  until 
1845.  The  family  became  converts  to  the  church  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints  in  1841,  and  in  1845  Thomas 
Ricks  became  a  member  of  the  church.  A  few 
months  later  he  was  ordained  as  an  elder  in  the 
church  and  the  next  year  he  started  for  the  West 
as  one  of  the  early  pioneers  in  the  westward  move- 
ment of  the  church.  From  then  until  the  time  of 
his  passing  Thomas  Ricks  bore  an  important  part 
in  the  labors  of  the  church,  and  was  ever  a  strong 
factor  in  its  growth  and  development  in  old  and 
new  communities  alike.  In  1882  he  was  called  to  act 
as  bishop  of  the  Bannock  ward  of  the  Cache  Valley 
stake,  embracing  a  mammoth  territory,  and  in  Jan- 
uary, 1883,  he  set  out  for  Elgin,  Idaho,  eventually 
locating  on  the  present  site  of  Rexburg,  where  they 
decided  to  establish  the  center  of  a  new  colony  of 
the  church.  The  first  company  of  Mormon  emi- 
grants arrived  at  Eagle  Rock  on  January  25,  1883, 
and  on  March  11,  the  site  of  Rexburg  was  visited 
and  made  definitely  the  nucleus  of  the  new  move- 
ment, receiving  its  name  in  honor  of  the  bishop, 
whose  family  name  had  formerly  been  "Rex"  be- 
fore being  anglicized  into  the  form  it  bears  at  pres- 
ent. Here  Bishop  Ricks  was  most  active  in  the 
establishment  of  industries  suited  to  the.  place  and 
the  people,  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  his 
indomitable  spirit  and  unceasing  efforts  brought  into 
existence  the  thriving  little  city  which  stands  to- 
day as  a  monument  to  his  continued  activity  along 
the  lines  of  development  and  growth  in  this  section. 
He  was  generous  to  a  fault,  and  his  declining  years 
were  hampered  by  financial  straits  resultant  from 
his  open-handedness  and  benevolence.  He  died  on 
September  25,  1901,  when  he  was  seventy-three  years 
old.  His  wife  was  born  in  Manchester,  England. 

Alfred  Ricks  was  as  a  boy  one  who  reflected  the 
splendid  spirit  of  his  honored  father  in  many  worthy 
ways.  Active  and  vigorous,  he  began  early  in  life 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  he  was  but 
nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  set  out  upon  his  own 
responsibility  to  compete  for  success  in  the  business 
of  life.  He  began  as  a  farmer  and  for  a  number  of 
years  carried  on  an  active  business  in  the  buying  and 
selling  of  live  stock.  He  next  engaged  in  sheep  rais- 
ing, and  it  was  in  1892  that  he  secured  a  govern- 
ment homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 
With  his  brother,  Ephraim,  who  has  been  associated 
with  him  in  many  of  his  business  ventures,  he  be- 
came the  joint  owner  of  about  five  hundred  acres  of 
land  which  they  utilized  in  stock-raising  and  general 
farming.  Their  operations  in  an  agricultural  way 
have  in  past  years  assumed  large  proportions,  their 
place  producing  annually  between  20.000  and  30.000 
bushels  of  gram  and  something  like  three  hundred 
tons  of  hay.  It  may  be  mentioned  here  that  he  intro- 
duced the  first  threshing  machine  outfit  into  the 
county,  and  for  years  plied  a  busy  trade  in  the 
threshing  business.  In  1905  Mr.  Ricks  saw  splendid 
possibilities  for  the  organization  of  a  mercantile  cor- 
poration, and  he  was  instrumental  in  bringing  about 
the  Sugar  City  Mercantile  Company  in  that  year. 
This  concern,  started  in  a  small  way,  has  progressed 


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by  leaps  and  bounds,  and  is  today  one  of  the  flourish- 
ing mercantile  establishments  in  the  county.  Mark 
Austin  is  president  of  the  company  and  Mr.  Ricks 
is  vice-president,  with  Walter  Hyde  as  secretary. 
Mr.  Ricks  is  also  a  member  of  the  directorate  of  the 
Fremont  County  Bank,  and  is  identified  with  other 
business  houses  of  equal  importance  in  the  com- 
munity. 

The  business  of  irrigating  and  ditch-building  has 
occupied  a  goodly  share  of  Mr.  Ricks'  attention,  and 
he  has  been  a  factor  in  the  building  of  the  pioneer 
irrigating  canals,  as  well  as  those  of  more  recent 
date.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Teton  Island  Irriga- 
tion Canal  Company  from  its  inception  and  was  its 
president  for  a  number  of  years.  The  Rexburg 
Milling  Company  practically  owed  its  organization 
and  existence  to  him  and  he  was  its  president  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  a  stockholder  for  some  time 
as  well. 

Mr.  Ritks  has  always  been  a  Republican  in  his 
political  faith,  and  although  not  an  active  politician 
is  chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  Fremont  county.  He  has  adhered  to  the  religious 
belief  of  his  father  and  the  church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints  finds  in  him  an  able  ally.  He  has  held  a  num- 
ber of  official  positions,  including  those  from  deacon 
to  high  priest. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Ricks,  who  was  Mary  Rob- 
erts, died  in  January,  1892,  at  the  early  age  of 
twenty-one  years.  She  died  without  issue.  On  Jan- 
uary 18,  1894,  Mr.  Ricks  married  Miss  Winifred  L. 
Roberts,  daughter  of  John  L.  and  Mary  A.  (En- 
sign) Roberts,  both  natives  of  Wales.  The  parents 
of  John  Roberts  came  to  America  when  he  was  but 
an  infant,  and  he  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Utah, 
where  the  family  settled.  Six  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ricks,  as  follows :  Mary,  born 
in  1895,  n°w  attending  high  school;  Ellen,  born  in 
1897,  now  deceased;  Alfred,  born  in  1899;  Georg- 
iana,  born  in  1902;  Lorin,  born  in  1904;  Fontella, 
born  in  1908,  and  Marjorie,  born  in  1910.  All  six 
were  born  in  Sugar  City,  and  the  four  eldest  are 
attending  school  in  their  native  town. 

ARTHUR  W.  OSTROM.  Among  the  members  of  the 
Idaho  bar  who  have  won  professional  success  and 
public  preferment  through  their  own  efforts  and 
the  recognition  of  their  abilities,  Arthur  W.  Ostrom, 
city  attorney  of  Buhl,  Idaho,  takes  prominent  rank. 
A  shrewd  and  able  lawyer  and  earnest  and  public- 
spirited  citizen,  he  has  proven  the  right  man  for  the 
position  to  which  he  was  appointed,  and  his  faithful 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office  has  gained  him 
the  confidence  and  regard  of  his  fellow-townsmen. 
Mr.  Ostrom  is  a  native  of  Warren,  Minnesota,  and 
there  his  education  was  secured  in  the  public  schools. 
Subsequently  he  attended  the  high  school,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  in  his  store,  but 
in  1905  removed  to  Seattle.  While  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Washington,  at  Seattle,  Mr.  Ostrom 
worked  during  his  spare  time  in  various  law  offices, 
thus  earning  enough  money  to  carry  him  partly 
through  his  college  term,  and  also  being  the  medium 
through  which  he  gained  much  valuable  knowledge 
and  experience. 

On  graduating  from  college,  in  1909,  Mr.  Ostrom 
came  to  Buhl,  and  here  has  since  been  his  field  of 
practice.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views, 
and  has  been  an  active  worker  in  behalf  of  his  party, 
being  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
county  central  organization,  and  in  1909  he  was  ap- 
pointed city  attorney  of  Buhl.  During  his  first  year 
in  Buhl,  Mr.  Ostrom  handled  real  estate  in  connec- 
tion with  taking  care  of  his  law  practice,  but  increas- 


ing professional  business  made  it  necessary  that  he 
give  up  his  real-estate  transactions.  He  has,  how- 
ever, never  lost  faith  in  Idaho  as  a  field  for  invest- 
ment, believing  that  there  is  no  section  of  the  coun- 
try that  offers  greater  opportunities  or  a  better  mar- 
ket for  honest  effort.  An  excellent  horseman,  Mr. 
Ostrom  is  fond  of  riding  and  driving,  and,  being 
himself  conversant  with  all  live  topics  of  the  day, 
greatly  enjoys  good  speaking  and  first-class  litera- 
ture. Although  a  resident  of  Buhl  for  only  a  com- 
paratively short  time,  he  has  made  a  wide  acquainr 
tance,  in  which  he  numbers  many  warm  friends. 

H.  M.  YAGER.  The  late  H.  M.  Yager  saw  much 
of  life  in  the  West  before  death  called  him  to  his 
long  home,  and  he  was  known  for  years  among  the 
prosperous  business  men  of  St.  Anthony,  Idaho, 
after  he  gave  up  army  life  and  settled  down  to  the 
quiet  of  civil  pursuits.  He  engaged  in  the  livery 
business  in  St.  Anthony  as  soon  as  the  place  was 
sufficiently  well  defined  to  warrant  such  an  enter- 
prise, and  he  saw  the  place  grow  from  its  earliest 
beginning  to  the  thriving  state  of  business  activity. 

Born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1843,  H.  M.  Yager 
was  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  in  Michigan,  in 
the  city  of  Flint,  until  the  inception  of  the  Civil  war. 
After  the  close  of  hostilities  he  enlisted,  in  1869,  in 
the  United  States  regular  army,  entering  the  service 
at  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  continuing  in  service  in 
varied  parts  of  the  country  for  the  ensuing  ten  years. 
He  was  transferred  from  the  East  to  Fort  Cameron, 
Utah,  thence  to  Fort  Douglass,  and  from  there  to 
Fort  Hall,  and  there,  in  1879,  he  was  finally  dis- 
charged from  the  service.  He  then  took  up  post 
trading  on  the  Moody  creek,  in  Idaho,  and  continued 
there  until  1895,  when  he  came  to  St.  Anthony, 
Idaho,  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  at  this  juncture  that 
he  was  the  first  settler  of  that  place.  Here  he  built 
his  home  in  the  midst  of  the  sage  brush,  and  con- 
tinued to  live  here  until  he  saw  an  opportunity  to 
establish  himself  in  the  livery  business.  That  little 
business,  established  during  the  first  struggles  of  a 
new  town,  has  thriven  through  the  passing  years, 
and  today  the  son  of  that  worthy  pioneer  continues 
to  operate  the  business,  which  has  grown  into  one 
of  the  most  pleasing  proportions,  and  one  of  the  best 
known  establishments  in  the  state. 

The  life  of  H.  M.  Yager  during  his  military  career 
was  typical  of  army  service  in  those  days,  and  he 
passed  through  a  long  siege  of  Indian  troubles  that 
afflicted  the  nation  in  the  seventies  and  eighties.  He 
was  in  the  command  of  Gen.  Miles,  and  it  was  this 
command  that  was  sent  to  the  relief  of  Gen.  Custer 
at  the  time  of  the  trouble  with  the  Sioux  Indians, 
when  Custer  and  his  little  band  were  massacred  by 
the  Indians. 

In  1900  Mr.  Yager's  failing  health  caused  him  to 
withdraw  from  active  business  and  go  to  Salt  Lake 
City,  in  the  hope  of  recovering  his  former  strength, 
but  he  continued  to  decline  and  he  died  on  May  5, 
1905,  in  that  city.  His  widow,  who  was  a  native  of 
Scotland,  the  city  of  Glasgow,  born  there  in  1862,  is 
still  living  at  St.  Anthony,  Idaho. 

Six  children  were  born  to  these  parents,  of  whom 
three  are  still  living.  William  D.  Yager,  who  con- 
tinued in  the  business  which  his  father  established 
in  years  gone  by,  was  born  September  16,  1879,  at 
Fort  Hall.  He  attended  the  district  schools  in  his 
boyhood,  after  which  he  went  to  work  for  his  father 
in  the  livery  stable  and  on  his  ranch.  He  gradually 
came  to  be  a  close  second  to  his  father  in  the  livery 
business,  and  when  the  declining  health  of  the  elder 
gentleman  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  withdraw 
from  the  business,  his  son  continued  in  it  until  the 


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death  of  the  father,  when  he  purchased  the  business 
from  the  heirs  and  has  continued  to  be  thus  occu- 
pied. 

On  March  30,  1808,  Mr.  Yager  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Loretta  Bigler,  of  St.  Anthony, 
the  daughter  of  Andrew  Bigler,  of  Ogden,  Utah. 
Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Yager:  Harry,  born  in  July,  1903,  and  now  attend- 
ing school  in  St.  Anthony;  Sidney,  born  in  Septem- 
ber, 1905,  and  Mackenzie,  born  in  October,  1906,  and 
both,  like  the  eldest,  attending  the  schools  of  St. 
Anthony.  Mr.  Yager  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  'the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America.  He  is  an  adherent  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  gives  his  support  to  the  interests 
of  that  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  as  is  his  wife,  and  the  family  is  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  popular  in  the  town  of  St 
Anthony. 

The  next  surviving  member  of  the  family  of  H. 
M.  Yager  is  L.  R.  Yager,  born  in  October,  1883, 
at  Moody  Creek,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in 
trading.  He  attended  the  Salt  Lake  College  and 
there  was  trained  in  the  drug  business,  which  he  has 
continued  in  at  various  places  until  1910,  when  he 
bought  out  the  Curran  drug  store  in  St.  Anthony. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  conducting  that  store, 
and  has  enjoyed  a  pleasing  success  in  the  business. 
He  married  Miss  Elda  Changnon,  of  Idaho  Falls,  in 
July,  1906,  and  they  have  two  children,  Louis,  born 
at  St.  Anthony  in  1907,  and  Theodore,  born  in  1911. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yager  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  Mr.  Yager  is  a  member  of  the 
Masons,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the 
Commercial  Club  of  St.  Anthony,  in  which  he  is  an 
active  and  valued  member.  He  is  a  Republican  and 
takes  an  appreciative  and  intelligent  interest  in  the 
activities  of  the  party. 

The  third  of  the  family  is  Charles  Yager,  born 
at  St.  Anthony  in  1890.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Pocatello  and  St.  Anthony,  and  in  his 
teens  left  school  and  went  to  work  for  the  St.  An- 
thony Hardware  Company,  with  which  he  is  still 
connected  in  an  important  capacity.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican like  his  brothers,  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  also  like  them,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  active 
in  the  Republican  politics  of  the  state,  and  is  a  man 
of  considerable  influence  in  political  circles  in  his 
district. 

In  1910  Mr.  Yager  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Gladys  Carroll  of  Los  Angeles,  and  they  have 
one  child,  Hope  Yager,  born  in  St.  Anthony  in  1911. 

RICHARD  J.  MAGUIRE.  Among  the  progressive  and 
enterprising  young  business  citizens  of  southeastern 
Idaho,  none  have  been  more  fortunate  in  securing 
a  full  measure  of  success  in  so  short  a  period  than 
has  Richard  T.  Maguire,  proprietor  of  the  oldest 
pharmacy  in  Shelley.  Possessed  of  a  thorough  train- 
ing in  his  chosen  line  of  endeavor,  he  brought  to  his 
occupation  an  enthusiasm  that  assured  its  success 
from  the  start,  and  his  trade  has  continued  to  grow 
and  prosper,  until  today  he  has  an  independent  posi- 
tion among  the  business  men  of  his  adopted  place. 
Mr.  Maguire  was  born  at  Plattsmputh,  Cass  county, 
Nebraska,  November  4,  1883,  and  is  a  son  of  Martin 
and  Mary  (McVey)  Maguire.  His  father,  a  native 
of  New  York,  moved  to  Nebraska  in  1870,  being 
there  engaged  in  railroad  work  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  also  identifying  himself  prominently  with 
Democratic  politics,  and  serving  as  county  auditor 
of  Cass  county.  He  is  now  retired  from  the  activi- 


ties of  life,  and  is  living  quietly  at  his  home-  at  Elva, 
Idaho.  His  wife,  also  a  native  of  the  Empire  State, 
was  born  in  1853,  and  passed  away  at  the  age  of 
thirty-five  years,  having  been  the  mother  of  three 
children,  of  whom  one  was  older  and  one  younger 
than  Richard  J. 

Richard  J.  Maguire  received  his  primary  educa- 
tional training  in  the  public  schools  of  Nebraska  and 
Idaho,  whence  he  had  been  brought  by  his  father 
as  a  lad,  and  completed  his  literary  education  in  the 
Idaho  Falls  public  schools  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years.  Given  his  choice  of  occupations,  he  decided 
upon  that  of  pharmacist,  and  accordingly  took  up 
the  study  of  that  science,  devoting  himself  assid- 
uously thereto,  and  in  the  meantime  working  for 
others.  He  was  employed  both  in  Idaho  Falls  and 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and,  being  of  a  thrifty  and 
industrious  nature,  carefully  saved  his  earnings,  so 
that  by  1905  he  had  the  necessary  experience  and 
capital  wherewith  to  enter  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count. After  casting  about  for  some  time  for  a 
suitable  location,  Mr.  Maguire  came  to  Shelley,  and 
here  established  himself  in  business  as  the  first  drug- 
gist of  the  place.  Although  he  started  in  a  small 
way,  he  has  constantly  added  to  his  stock  and  im- 
proved his  fixtures,  and  he  now  has  one  of  the  hand- 
somest stores  in  the  town.  He  carries  a  full  line  of 
reliable  drugs  and  medicines,  toilet  articles,  candies 
and  cigars,  and  other  articles  usual  to  a  first-class 
establishment,  and  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a 
large  and  profitable  trade.  In  political  matters,  he 
is-  a  Republican,  but  he  has  been  so  engrossed  in, 
business  that  he  has  been  able  to  take  no  more  than 
a  good  citizen's  interest  in  matters  of  a  public  nature. 
Fraternally,  he  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  and  he  also  has  numerous  friends  in  the 
Shelley  Mercantile  Club. 

On  June  29,  1909.  Mr.  Maguire  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Idaho  Falls  to  Miss  Lula  Carrier,  daughter 
of  J.  H.  Carrier,  a  native  of  Rockwell  City,  Iowa. 
They  have  no  children.  Mr.  Maguire's  success  has 
been  due  to  his  own  efforts  and  not  to  any  outside 
aid  or  influence.  Of  a  progressive  nature,  he  has 
been  able  to  take  legitimate  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunities which  have  presented  themselves,  and  that 
he  has  been  absolutely  fair  and  above-board  in  his 
dealings  is  evidenced  by  his  high  standing  in  busi- 
ness circles  of  the  city. 

WILLARD  J.  NUFFER.  A  well-known  and  progres- 
sive young  attorney  of  Downey  is  Willard  J.  Nuffer, 
who  represents  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  this 
young  civilization.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Chris- 
topher Nuffer,  was  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came 
to  America  with  other  members  of  his  family  and 
became  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  locality  of 
Preston,  Idaho.  The  maternal  grandfather,  Ferdi- 
nand Zollinger,  came  to  Cache  valley,  Utah,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-seven,  became  a  pioneer  of  Bannock 
county,  and  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety-three  years, 
his  life  closing  at  Preston,  Idaho,  on  December  22, 
1912.  Christopher  Nuffer's  son,  John  Nuffer — born 
in  Stuttgart,  Germany,  and  a  young  man  of  nineteen 
at  the  time  of  the  family's  immigration  to  western 
America — here  met  and  married  Louise  Zollinger, 
daughter  of  Ferdinand  Zollinger.  John  Nuffer  was 
one  of  Preston's  early  citizens  and  was  active  in  both 
agricultural  pursuits  and  the  profession  of  archi- 
tecture. To  the  latter,  he  has  more  recently  devoted 
almost  his  entire  attention,  and  as  an  architect  he. 
is  still  engaged,  residing  at  Preston  and  now  in  the 
later  forties.  Providence,  Utah,  was  the  birthplace 


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of  Louise  Zollinger  Nuffer  his  wife,  and  their  mar- 
riage took  place  at  Logan,  Utah.  Mrs.  Nuffer  is  still 
living,  now  forty-four  years  of  age.  The  eleven  chil- 
dren who  were  born  in  this  family  are  as  follows: 
Luther  J.,  Louis  F.,  Willard  J.,  Herman  C,  Austin 
A.,  Carl  A.  (deceased),  Miss  Agnes  M.,  Myron,  Miss 
Florence  M.,  Edwin  J.  and  Athen. 

Of  the  family  enumerated  above,  the  second,  Wil- 
lard J.  Nuffer,  is  the  Downey  citizen  whose  career 
forms  the  subject  of  this  account.  His  birth  oc- 
curred at  Preston,  Idaho,  on  January  19,  1888.  The 
schools  of  Preston  and  the  academy  at  the  same 
place  supplied  his  elementary  and  secondary  educa- 
tion. He  then  entered  the  University  of  Idaho  for 
his  professional  course,  for  he  had  elected  to  follow 
the  legal  vocation.  His  university  graduation  took 
place  in  1912  and  immediately  after  securing  his  de- 
gree, he  settled  at  this  place  to  begin  his  practice  of 
law.  He  has  already  established  a  practice  of  grati- 
fying extent,  and  one  which  is  speedily  increasing 
in  amount  and  in  prestige.  Mr.  Nuffer  in  many  ways 
indicates  the  judicial  mind,  for  even  in  politics  he 
does  not  ally  himself  with  any  one  party,  but  weighs 
constantly  the  relative  merits  of  measures  and  men 
in  the  different  political  schools.  In  religious  theory 
he  gives  allegiance  to  the  teachings  of  the  church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  His  domestic  history  is 
yet  to  be  written,  for  this  young  citizen  and  lawyer 
of  Downey  is  unmarried.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
appreciative  residents  of  this  prosperous  valley, 
which  he  believes  to  have  a  most  promising  future. 

WILLIAM  SMUIN.  Fremoat  county  has  its  full 
quota  of  enterprising  and  substantial  young  business 
men  who  are  effectively  identified  with  industrial 
and  commercial  activities,  and  among  the  number  is 
William  Smuin,  who  is  local  manager  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Consolidated  Wagon  and  Machine  Com- 
pany at  Ashton,  where  he  is  well  known  and  held 
in  unqualified  public  esteem. 

Like  many  other  representative  citizens  of  Fre- 
mont county,  Mr.  Smuin  claims  the  state  of  Utah  as 
the  place  of  his  nativity.  He  was  born  in  the  city 
of  Ogden,  on  the  I2th  of  January,  1883,  and  is  the 
son  of  John  and  Harriet  (Barker)  Smuin,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  was  born  and  reared  in  England  and 
the  latter  in  Utah,  in  which  state  her  parents  estab- 
lished their  residence  in  the  early  pioneer  days. 
John  Smuin  came  to  America  in  1870  and  settled  at 
Ogden,  Utah,  where  he  became  a  prosperous  mer- 
chant and  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1901, 
when  he  came  to  Fremont  county,  Idaho,  and  located 
in  the  thriving  little  town  of  Rexburg,  where  he  has 
since  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business,  as  a  dealer  in  groceries,  crockery  and 
enameled  ware.  The  enterprise  is  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Smuin  &  Son,  and  William  Smuin, 
subject  of  this  sketch,  is  a  partner  in  the  business, 
which  is  one  of  substantial  order.  John  Smuin  and 
his  wife  are  zealous  adherents  of  the  Church  of  Lat- 
ter Day  Saints,  which  has  a  large  representation  in 
Fremont  county,  and  their  eleven  children,  seven 
sons  and  four  daughters  are  now  living. 

William  Smuin  is  indebted  to  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city  for  his  early  educational  discipline, 
which  included  the  curriculum  of  the  high  school, 
and  he  was  graduated  in  the  Inter-Mountain  Busi- 
ness College,  at  Ogden,  as  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1900.  After  leaving  this  institution  he  held  for 
eighteen  months  the  position  of  bookkeeper  in  the 
mercantile  establishment  of  Smuin  &  Thomas,  of 
Ogden,  his  father  having  been  senior  member  of  the 
firm.  In  1902  he  established  his  home  at  Rexburg, 
Idaho,  where  he  assumed  the  position  of  bookkeeper 


in  the  offices  of  the  Consolidated  Wagon  &  Machine 
Company,  with  which  important  concern  he  has  con- 
tinued to  be  identified  during  the  intervening  years, 
excepting  an  interim  in  1904-6.  In  1909  he  was  made 
manager  of  the  company's  branch  establishment  at 
Ashton,  and  here  he  has  proved  a  most  efficient  and 
valued  executive,  the  business  of  the  company  hav- 
ing been  signally  prospered  under  his  administra- 
tion. In  addition  to  his  interest  in  the  mercantile 
business  conducted  by  his  father,  Mr.  Smuin  is  a 
partner  with  T.  J.  and  P.  C.  Winter,  who  own  and 
operate  a  flour  mill — the  Rexburg  Milling  Company. 

Liberal  and  public-spirited  in  his  civic  attitude,  Mr. 
Smuin  became  identified  with  the  progressive  wing 
of  the  Republican  party  and  in  the  national  election 
of  1912  he  gave  his  support  to  the  cause  of  the  Pro- 
gressive party  and  its  standard-bearer,  Theodore 
Roosevelt.  He  is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and 
progressive  business  men  of  Ashton.  He  and  his 
wife  are  most  zealous  members  of  the  Church  of 
Latter  Day  Saints,  and  from  1904  to  1906,  an  inter- 
val to  which  reference  has  been  made  in  the  pre- 
ceding paragraph, .  he  was  an  earnest  and  successful 
missionary  of  the  church  in  the  eastern  states. 

At  Salt  Lake  City,  on  the  i8th  of  September,  1907, 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Smuin  to  Miss 
Jessie  Ann  Winter,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
that  city  and  who  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Winter, 
now  a  representative  citizen  of  Rexburg,  Idaho. 

FRANCIS  EMERSON  BOUCHER,  M.  D.,  prominent  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon  in  St.  Anthony,  Idaho,  where 
he  has  recently  located,  was  born  on  April  19,  1885, 
in  Marshalltown,  Iowa.  He  is  the  son  of  Francis 
Henry  and  Susan  Marion  (Judd)  Boucher,  of  Mar- 
shalltown, Iowa,  where  the  father  was  engaged  as  a 
practicing  physician  for  thirty-six  years.  Dr.  Boucher, 
of  this  review,  represents  the  third  successive  genera- 
tion which  has  given  at  least  one  member  to  the 
medical  profession.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  a 
surgeon  on  the  staff  of  General  Grant  throughout  the 
Civil  war  and  later  became  first  professor  of  anatomy 
in  the  State  University  of  Iowa,  and  both  father  and 
grandfather  were  graduates  of  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  On  both 
the  paternal  and  maternal  sides,  Dr.  Boucher's  family 
has  been  well  represented  in  the  professions,  among 
them  being  numerous  doctors,  lawyers  and  ministers. 

Francis  Emerson  Boucher  was  educated  primarily 
in  the  schools  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa.  He  finished 
his  high  school  course  in  1904  and  began  the  study 
of  medicine  in  1905,  being  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  St.  Louis  in  1909.  During  his  last  half 
year  in  college  was  resident  physician  of  the  German 
Evangelical  Deaconess*!  Hospital  of  St.  Louis,  and 
after  his  graduation  became  resident  staff  physician 
and  assistant  surgeon  of  St.  Mary's  Hospital  for 
about  one  year.  After  the  death  of  his  mother  in 
Marshalltown  in  1910,  Dr.  Boucher  engaged  in  prac- 
tice at  home  with  his  father,  who  is  yet  located  there, 
and  after  a  year  he  came  to  Utah  where  he  was 
employed  by  the  Utah  Copper  Company  as  surgeon 
at  Bingham  Canyon.  Here  he  remained  for  almost 
two  years,  and  in  October,  1912,  came  to  St.  Anthony, 
Idaho,  where  he  is  already  regarded  as  one  of  the 
able,  and  efficient  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the 
district 

Dr.  Boucher  is  a  Republican,  and  has  voted  that 
ticket  regularly,  but  has  taken  no  active  part  in  poli- 
tics at  any  time  thus  far.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Mystic  Workers 
and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  at  Mar- 
shalltown, Iowa,  and  in  local  I.  O.  O  F.,  in  all  of 
which  he  was  local  examining  surgeon.  He  is  a 


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member  of  the  Bingham  Commercial  Club  and  is  an 
Episcopalian  in  his  churchly  relations.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  State  National  Guards  of  Missouri, 
and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Yerington  Malachite 
Mine.  Dr.  Boucher  is  yet  unmarried. 

GEORGE  A.  FERNEY.  Since  1907  George  A.  Ferney 
has  been  the  local  representative  of  the  Studebaker 
corporation  of  South  Bend,  Indiana,  and  Detroit, 
Michigan,  and  has  in  that  connection  enjoyed  a  liberal 
success  in  a  business  way.  Previous  to  that  he  had 
devoted  his  time  to  the  real  estate  business  and  was 
fairly  successful  in  that  business,  but  his  present  bus- 
iness associations  have  proved  to  be  more  to  his 
liking  and  on  the  whole  more  satisfactory.  Mr. 
Ferney  was  born  in  Buchanan  county,  Iowa,  on  the 
I7th  of  August,  1872,  and  is  the  son  of  Francis  Peter 
and  Anna  (O'Brien)  Ferney.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  France,  who  came  to  America  in  the  early 
SQ'S,  settling  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  and  sharing  in  the 
pioneer  life  of  that  city.  He  was  a  printer  and 
engraver  by  trade,  and  worked  at  that  business  more 
or  less  throughout  his  life.  He  located  in  Indepen- 
dence, Iowa,  after  his  removal  from  Dubuque,  an.d 
was  there  very  prominent  in  the  political  affairs  of 
the  town,  filling  various  offices  from  time  to  time. 
He  died  in  1895  'n  Lawler,  Idaho,  when  he  was  sixty- 
three  years  of  age.  The  mother  was  a  native  of 
England.  She  came  to  America  in  company  with  a 
brother  and  settled  in  Iowa,  where  she  met  and  mar 
ried  her  husband.  She  died  in  Alpha,  North  Dakota, 
in  1897,  at  the  age  of  sixty-six.  Seven  children 
were  born  to  these  parents,  and  of  the  five  who  are 
living  today,  the  subject  is  the  youngest. 

George  A.  Ferney  was  educated  in  the  public  high 
schools  of  Lawler,  Iowa,  and  following  that  schooling 
he  took  a  complete  course  in  business,  being  nineteen 
years  old  when  he  finished  his  education.  His  first 
position  was  with  the  General  Electric  Company  of 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  he  assisted  in  the  construc- 
tion work  there  for  five  years.  He  resigned  at  the 
end  of  that  time  to  go  to  Sioux  City,  there  engaging 
in  the  live  stock  business,  buying  and  selling,  and 
thus  continuing  for  five  years,  after  which  he  moved 
to  Madison  county  and  farmed  a  year.  He  also  gave 
some  attention  to  the  buying  and  selling  of  farm 
lands,  and  thus  gained  his  first  real  estate  experience. 
After  a  year  in  this  work  he  moved  to  St.  Anthony, 
Idaho,  in  the  autumn  of  1901,  and  purchased  land 
in  Fremont  county,  where  he  carried  on  a  prosperous 
farming  business  for  three  years.  Thereafter  until 
1907  he  was  occupied  in  the  real  estate  business, 
when  he  gave  up  that  work  and  accepted  the  position 
as  manager  and  representative  of  the  Studebaker 
Brothers  Company  of  Utah,  dealing  in  automobiles, 
vehicles,  wagons,  etc.,  as  previously  mentioned. 

Mr.  Ferney  has  large  real  estate  holdings  in  farm 
and  city  lands,  and  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one 
of  the  representative  business  men  of  the  city,  inde- 
pendent in  a  financial  way  and  prosperous  in  all  his 
undertakings.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never 
taken  a  more  active  part  than  is  demanded  by  the  ex- 
ercise of  his  qualities  of  good  citizenships.  He  has 
served  his  city  well  in  the  past  four  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council,  and  is  up  and  doing  in  all 
affairs  which  have  any  bearing  upon  the  civic  lift 
of  the  community.  * 

Mr.  Ferney's  fraternal  relations  are  represented 
by  his  membership  in  the  Masonic  order  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  both  of  St.  Anthony, 
and  the  Copus  and  Commercial  clubs. 

On  April  8,  1895,  Mr.  Ferney  married  Miss  Lillian 
Gullifore,  a  native  of  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of  S.  K. 
Gullifore.  Her  death  occurred  on  April  12,  1908, 

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at  St.  Anthony.  Five  children  have  been  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferney, — Merline,  Clifford,  Lyle, 
Leland  and  Opal  Lillian. 

Idaho  has  dealt  kindly  with  Mr.  Ferney,  ami  he 
is  heartily  in  accord  with  all  who  endorse  her  many 
ideal  qualities  as  the  land  of  opportunity.  He  does 
not  hesitate  to  say  that  he  regards  the  state  as  being 
the  greatest  of  the  Union  in  natural  resources  and 
in  unlimited  possibilities  for  the  ambitious  and  ener- 
getic, and  is  well  content  to  pass  his  days  in  this 
region. 

WILLARD  W.  SPIERS  occupies  the  prominent  position 
in  St.  Anthony  of  general  manager  of  the  Chase  Fur- 
niture Company,  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  its 
kind  in  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is,  in  addition  to 
being  one  of  its  chief  officials,  a  principal  stockholder 
in  the  concern,  which  is  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  the  state.  They  also  conduct  a  branch  store  at 
Ashton,  Idaho,  their  combined  interests  in  this  enter- 
prise making  him  the  owner  of  the  largest  furniture 
business  in  eastern  Idaho,  their  annual  sales  aggregat- 
ing $40,000.  Mr.  Spiers  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Utah,  born  there  in  Plain  City  on  the  29th  day  of 
July  in  1878,  and  he  is  a  son  of  John  Marriott  and 
Alberta  Blanche  Spiers,  both  natives  of  Utah. 

John  Spiers  is  the  descendant  of  a  pioneer  family 
of  Utah.  He  was  a  gardener  by  occupation,  and 
served  his  community  in  various  important  capacities, 
as  probate  judge,  county  commissioner  and  county 
attorney.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  was 
for  many  years  mayor  of  Plain  City  and  an  acknow- 
ledged leader  in  public  and  civic  affairs.  He  was 
a  veteran  of  Indian  wars  and  was  promoted  to 
Brevet  General.  He  was  one  of  the  four  men  who 
founded  Plain  City,  and  was  a  successful,  prosperous 
and  influential  man.  He  was  an  expert  in  horticul- 
ure,  and  had  the  distinction  of  keeping  the  finest 
garden  in  the  state.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  was  ever  an  active 
man  in  church  work,  serving  as  bishop  for  years,  and 
being  at  one  time  one  of  the  body-guards  of  Joseph 
Smith.  He  died  when  he  was  sixty-five  years  of 
age.  The  mother,  who  also  came  of  a  pioneer  Utah 
family,  died  in  1879,  when  Willard  W.  was  nine 
months  old.  He  was  the  youngest  of  the  four  chil- 
dren born  to  his  parents,  of  which  number  three 
are  living  today. 

Willard  W.  Spiers  was  graduated  from  Weber 
College  in  Ogden,  Utah,  in  1897,  when  he  was  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  graduating  at  the  head  of  a  large 
class  and  being  valedictorian.  Following  his  grad- 
uation he  went  back  to  the  farm  of  his  maternal 
grandmother,  who  practically  raised  the  boy  after 
the  untimely  death  of  his  young  mother,  and  after 
spending  a  period  of  nine  months  on  the  old  place 
with  his  grandmother,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
church  to  fill  a  post  in  the  foreign  mission  in  Ger- 
many. Thus  he  spent  three  years  in  various  parts 
of  Germany,  as  well  as  passing  some  time  on  the 
Continent,  and  he  proved  most  successful  in  his 
mission  for  the  church,  though  young  in  years  and 
wholly  inexperienced  as  he  was. 

When  he  returned  to  America  Mr.  Spiers  engaged 
in  the  knitting  business  and  established  a  concern 
known  as  the  Ogden  Knitting  Factory,  and  for  two 
years  thereafter  was  engaged  in  the  manufacturing 
business.  He  was  fairly  successful  in  that  time, 
After  selling  his  interests  in  the  knitting  business 
he  learned  the  grocery  business  with  a  view  of  enter- 
ing into  that  business  with  an  uncle,  but  was  offered 
a  position  in  Idaho  in  the  meantime.  Mr.  Spier's 
faith  in  Idaho  caused  him  to  leave  for  his  new  field, 
St.  Anthony,  in  April,  1905,  there  accepting  a  der- 


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ical  position  with  the  Chase  Furniture  Company,  and 
he  was  associated  with  the  concern  in  the  capacity 
of  an  employe  for  a  period  of  three  years,  when 
he  became  one  of  the  heaviest  stockholders  in  the 
concern,  and  was  tendered  the  general  managership 
of  the  establishment,  a  position  which  he  has  since 
retained.  He,  with  three  other  parties,  conducts  a 
branch  store  at  Ashton,  Idaho,  as  previously  men- 
tioned, and  is  prospering  in  his  business  relations 
at  every  point.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  &  coal  mining 
venture  in  the  Teton  Basin,  and  is  interested  as  well 
in  numerous  minor  enterprises  of  various  natures. 

Mr.  Spiers  is  a  Democrat  and  an  active  worker 
in  the  ranks  of  the  party,  but  has  never  been  an 
office  holder  or  seeker.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  he 
has  been  importuned  on  many  occasions  to  permit 
his  name  to  be  used  in  connection  with  certain 
important  official  positions,  but  he  has  always  de- 
clined, having  no  penchant  for  office  holding,  and 
not  wishing  to  spare  time  from  his  many  business 
interests.  He  is,  however,  one  of  the  solid  and 
dependable  citizens  of  the  city  and  district,  and  bears 
his  full  share  of  the  civic  burden  at  all  times.  He 
is  a  meniber  of  the  Commercial  Club,  was  its  first 
president  in  St.  Anthony  and  is  now  vice-president 
of  the  Copus  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  a  num- 
ber of  social  organizations  in  St.  Anthony.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
and  has  served  St.  Anthony  Wards  and  Yellowstone 
Stake  as  Sunday  school  superintendent,  president  of 
Young  Men's  Association  and  is  now  a  member 
of  the  Bishopric,  being  very  active  in  the  work  of 
the  church. 

On  November  n,  1903,  Mr.  Spiers  was  married 
to  Miss  Juliette  Chase  at  Salt  Lake  City.  She  is 
a  daughter  of  Dudley  and  Samantha  Chase,  and 
the  mother  was  one  of  the  original  forty-six  who 
came  to  Salt  Lake  City  from  Nauvoo,  Illinois.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Spiers  have  two  children, — Donald  M., 
born  October  23,  1904  at  Ogden  and  Phyllis,  born 
March  23,  1906',  at  St.  Anthony. 

ARTHUR  H.  MCCONNELL.  A  resident  of  Idaho 
since  1896,  Mr.  McConnell,  who  is  now  serving  as 
county  attorney  of  Fremont  county,  has  gained  pres- 
tige as  one  of  the  representative  members  of  the 
bar  of  the  state  and  is  one  of  the  most  progressive 
and  public-spirited  citizens  of  St.  Anthony,  the  fine 
little  capital  city  of  Fremont  county.  In  Idaho  he 
has  found  opportunities  for  the  winning  of  large 
and  definite  success  through  his  own  efforts  and 
no  citizen  is  more  appreciative  and  loyal.  He  con- 
siders Idaho  a  state  of  unrivaled  advantages  and 
attractions  and  has  abiding  faith  in  its  great  future, 
so  that  his  allegiance  is  one  of  insistent  order,  as 
shown  in  his  earnest  exploiting  of  the  state  under 
all  conditions  and  circumstances. 

Mr.  McConnell  claims  the  fine  old  Hawkeye  com- 
monwealth as  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  is  a  scion 
of  one  of  its  sterling  pioneer  families.  He  was  born 
at  Iowa  City,  the  judicial  center  of  Johnson  county, 
Iowa,  on  the  25th  of  June,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  C.  and  Samantha  (Kennedy)  McConnell, 
both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  their  marriage  was  solemnized.  The  parents 
established  their  home  in  Iowa  in  the  early  '50*5  and 
the  father  was  one  of  the  pioneer  architects  of  that 
state,  where  he  built  up  a  substantial  business  in 
his  profession  and  as  a  contractor  and  builder.  He 
was  a  man  of  fine  character  and  ability  and  contrib- 
uted his  quota  to  the  development  and  upbuilding  of 
Iowa,  where  he  ever  commanded  inviolable  place 
in  popular  confidence  and  esteem.  He  continued  his 
residence  at  Iowa  City  until  his  death,  which  oc- 


curred in  December,  1901,  and  was  long  one  of  the 
prominent  and  influential  citizens  of  that  section  of 
the  state.  He  was  a  valiant  soldier  of  the  Union  in 
the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  served  as  a  member  of 
Company  G,  Twenty-second  Iowa  Volunteer  Infan- 
try. He  was  with  his  command  during  four  years 
of  the  long  and  sanguinary  conflict  through  which 
the  nation's  integrity  was  perpetuated,  and  served  as 
wagon-master  during  a  considerable  part  of  his  term. 
He  was  corporal  of  his  company  when  he  received 
his  honorable  discharge,  at  the  close  of  the  war. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  birthright  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends  and  in  their  daily  lives  they 
exemplified  the  high  ideals  and  the  simple  and  noble 
faith  of  this  religious  body.  Mrs.  McConnell  passed 
the  closing  period  of  her  life  in  the  city  of  Denver, 
Colorado,  where  she  died  in  May,  1907,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-eight  years,  her  husband  having  been 
seventy-two  years  of  age  when  he  was  summoned 
to  eternal  rest:  he  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
was  actively  affiliated  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  Of  the  eight  children  three  died  in  infancy 
and  the  others,  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  at- 
ta.ined  to  years  of  maturity,  the  subject  of  this 
review  being  the  youngest  of  the  number. 

Arthur  H.  McConnell  is  indebted  to  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city  for  his  early  educational 
training  and  was  there  graduated  in  the  high  school, 
as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1890.  After  completing 
a  course  in  a  business  college  in  Iowa  City,  which 
is  likewise  the  seat  of  the  University  of  Iowa,  he 
found  himself  well  fortified  for  service  in  connection 
with  practical  business  affairs.  In  February,  1896, 
Mr.  McConnell  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  at  St. 
Anthony,  where  he  assumed  the  position .  of  book- 
keeper in  the  first  bank  established  in  Fremont 
county,  besides  which  he  was  employed  for  some 
time  in  the  office  of  the  county  assessor  and  was 
in  service  in  the  state  capitol,  in  Boise,  where  he 
did  effective  clerical  work  for  the  commission  which 
had  in  charge  the  codifying  of  the  laws  of  the  state. 
His  work  in  this  connection  had  influence  in  leading 
Aim  to  take  up  the  study  of  law,  and  through  his 
own  efforts  he  provided  the  funds  which  enabled 
him  to  complete  the  prescribed  course  in  the  law 
department  of  the  University  of  Iowa,  in  his  native 
city.  In  this  institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1903  and  from  the  same  he 
received  his  well  earned  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws. 
He  forthwith  returned  to  St.  Anthony  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Idaho  bar.  During  the  first  five 
years  of  his  active  practice  he  was  associated  with 
Colonel  Thomas  R.  Haner,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Haner  &  McConnell,  and  since  that  time  he  has 
conducted  an  individual  practice,  in  which  he  has 
a  most  substantial  and  representative  clientage.  He 
has  gained  reputation  as  a  strong  and  resourceful 
advocate  and  well  fortified  counsellor,  and  has  at 
all  times  exemplified  the  highest  ideals  of  the  un- 
, written  ethical  code  of  his  profession,  so  that  his 
success  has  been  well  merited. 

Mr.  McConnell  has  been  a  most  zealous  worker  in 
behalf  of  the  principles  and  policies  for  which  the 
Republican  party  has  ever  stood  sponsor,  and  he 
has  been  one  of  its  wheel-horses  in  Fremont  county. 
In  1009-10  he  served  as  county  attorney,  and  in 
the  election  of  November,  1912;  he  was  again  chosen 
the  incumbent  of  this  office, — a  fact  indicative  of  his 
personal  popularity  and  also  of  the  estimate  placed 
upon  him  as  a.  lawyer  and  public  official.  Mr.  McCon- 
nell is  the  worshipful  master  of  the  Benevolent 
Lodge,  No.  38,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  his 
home  city,  at  the  time  of  this  writing,  and  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 


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tective  Order  of  Elks  at  Idaho  Falls.  He  takes  the 
most  vital  interest  in  all  that  touches  the  progress 
and  prosperity  of  his  home  city,  county  and  state 
and  is  an  Idaho  "booster"  of  the  first  rank.  He  is 
an  active  and  valued  member  of  the  St.  Anthony 
Commercial  Club,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are 
zealous  communicants  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  he  is  serving  as  a  member  of  the 
vestry. 

At  Gallatin,  Sumner  county,  Tennessee,  on  the  I2th 
of  April,  1911,  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
McConnell  to  Miss  Martha  E.  Martin,  who 
was  born  and  reared  in  that  state  and  who  is  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  D.  and  Nancy  Martin,  representa- 
tives of  old  and  honored  families  of  Tennessee.  Mrs. 
McConnell  vies  with  her  husband  in  loyalty  to  and 
appreciation  of  their  home  city  and  state,  and  she  is 
a  most  popular  factor  in  the  representative  social 
activities  of  St.  Anthony,  as  well  as  in  the  affairs  of 
the  church  with  which  she  is  identified.  She  is  a 
talented  musician  and  has  charge  of  the  musical 
department  of  the  St.  Anthony  Women's  Literary 
club,  besides  being  especially  zealous  in  connection 
with  the  work  of  St.  Mary's  Guild,  an  effective  or- 
ganization maintained  as  an  adjunct  to  the  work 
of  the  local  parish  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McConnell  have  an  attractive 
modern  home  and  the  same  is  known  for  its  gracious 
hospitality.  In  the  same  is  a  finely  selected  library 
of  more  than  one  thousand  volumes,  indicating  the 
literary  taste  and  appreciation  of  the  owners,  and 
Mr.  McConnell  has  further  identified  himself  with 
Idaho  by  the  accumulation  of  a  valuable  landed 
estate  of  five  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  situated  near 
Drummond,  Fremont  county,  and  devoted  to  diver- 
sified agriculture  and  stock  growing. 

JAMES  D.  MILLSAPS.  Engaged  in  the  active  prac- 
tice of  law  at  St.  Anthony,  the  judicial  center  of 
Fremont  county,  Mr.  Millsaps  holds  distinct  prece- 
dence as  one  of  the  state,  is  one  of  the  oldest  prac- 
titioners in  years  of  consecutive  professional  work 
in  eastern  Idaho,  and  is  an  honored  and  influential 
citizen  whose  loyalty  to  the  commonwealth  of  his 
adoption  is  of  the  most  insistent  type,  as  vitalized 
by  deep  and  abiding  appreciation  of  the  manifold 
attractions  of  the  state  whose  name  is  consistently 
interpreted  as  signifying  "Gem  of  the  mountains." 
Mr.  Millsaps  is  a  scion  of  one  of  the  patrician  and 
distinguished  old  families  of  the  South  and  the 
lineage  is  traced  back  to  staunch  Scottish  origin. 
The  name  has  been  most  conspicuously  identified 
with  the  history  of  the  state  of  Mississippi,  and 
Millsaps  College,  a  leading  educational  institution 
in  that  state,  was  named  in  honor  of  a  cousin  of 
Mr.  Millsaps'  father. 

James  D.  Millsaps  was  born  in  Copiah  county, 
Mississippi,  on  the  3ist  of  August,  1863,  and  thus 
was  ushered  on  to  the  stage  of  life  at  a  time  when 
his  native  state  was  suffering  the  ravages  incidental 
to  the  Civil  war.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  E.  and 
Susan  D.  (Cranberry)  Millsaps,  both  of  whom  were 
likewise  natives  of  Mississippi,  where  the  respective 
families  were  founded  in  the  pioneer  epoch  of  its 
history,  the  Cranberry  family  having  been  first  estab- 
lished in  North>  Carolina,  in  the  colonial  days  and 
its  original  progenitors  in  America  having  emi- 
grated from  Ireland.  William  W.  Millsaps,  grand- 
father of  him  whose  name  initiates  this  review,  was 
born  and  reared  in  North  Carolina,  whence  he  went 
to  Mississippi  in  the  latter  '20*8,  becoming  one  of 
the  pioneer  planters  in  the  latter  state  and  develop- 
ing a  large  and  valuable  plantation,  upon  which  he 
passed  the  residue  of  his  life.  He  was  a  citizen  of 


prominence  and  influence  and  aided  materially  in 
furthering  the  civic  and  industrial  development  of 
his  state. 

Thomas  E.  Millsaps  was  afforded  excellent  educa- 
tional advantages  and  prior  to  the  Civil  war  he  was 
the  owner  of  an  extensive  and  valuable  landed  estate, 
as  well  as  many  slaves.  He  exemplified  the  best 
of  the  fine  old  southern  regime  and  was  a  man  of 
fine  character  and  of  distinctive  ability, — one  who 
ever  commanded  the  unqualified  esteem  of  his  fel- 
low men  and  who  wielded  much  influence  in  con- 
nection with  public  affairs  in  his  native  state.  His 
fortune  was  large  until  he  encountered  serious  re- 
verses at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war,  and  in  addition 
to  his  extensive  plantation  interests  he  was  engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits.  He  was  influential  in  the 
councils  of  the  Democratic  party,  though  never  a 
seeker  of  public  office,  and  was  especially  active  in 
political  affairs  in  his  state  in  the  era  following  the 
so-called  reconstruction  period,  after  the  close  of  the 
war  between  the  North  and  South.  His  loyalty  to 
the  Confederacy  was  of  the  most  unequivocal  orderf 
as  signified  by  his  prompt  enlistment  in  a  Mississippi 
regiment  when  the  war  was  initiated.  He  served 
in  the  Confederate  ranks  from  1861  ufitil  he  was 
captured  by  the  enemy,  in  1865,  at  Mobile  Bay.  At 
the  time  when  he  and  a  number  of  his  comrades 
were  thus  taken  prisoners  General  Lee  had  surren- 
dered, but  the  news  had  not  yet  penetrated  to  the 
front.  He  ever  retained  a  deep  interest  in  his  old 
comrades  in  arms  and  was  a  valued  member  of  the 
United  Confederate  Veterans'  Association.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  his  native  state  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Hazlehurst,  the  capital  of  Copiah 
county,  in  1900,  and  he  was  sixty-eight  years  of  age 
when  he  was  thus  summoned  to  eternal  rest,  after 
a  life  of  signal  honor  and  usefulness.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  were  zealous  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  South.  Mrs.  Susan  D.  (Gran- 
berry)  Millsaps  passed  to  the  life  eternal  in  1866, 
and  of  the  six  children  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth,  he  having  been 
a  child  of  about  three  years  at  the  time  of  his 
mother's  death.  He  has  two  brothers  and  three  sis- 
ters still  living. 

James  D.  Millsaps  gained  his  early  education  in 
public  and  private  schools  in  his  native  state  and 
supplemented  this  by  a  course  in  the  University 
of  Mississippi,  at  Oxford,  in  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1886  and  from 
which  he  received  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts. 
After  leaving  the  university  Mr.  Millsaps  turned  his 
attention  to  the  pedagogic  profession,  and  he  was 
a  successful  and  popular  teacher  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  state  for  a  period  of  about  one  year.  He 
then  began  reading  law  in  the  office  of  James  S.  Sex- 
ton, a  representative  member  of  the  bar  of  Hazle- 
hurst, Mississippi,  and  under  such  effective  preceptor- 
ship  he  made  substantial  progress  in  his  absorption 
of  the  science  of  jurisprudence. 

In  the  autumn  of  1888  Mr.  Millsaps  came  to  Idaho 
and  here  he  devoted  his  attention  to  teaching  in 
the  public  schools  until  1894,  in  the  meanwhile  hav- 
ing continued  his  study  of  law.  In  the  year  last 
mentioned  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  dis- 
trict courts  and  since  that  time  he  has  given  close 
attention  to  the  general  practice  of  law,  in  which 
he  has  built  up  a  large  and  representative  business 
based  upon  his  recognized  ability  and  upon  the  uni- 
form confidence  and  esteem  accorded  him.  In  the 
fall  of  1004  he  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state  and  he  has  been  eligible 
for  practice  before  the  federal  courts  of  Idaho  since 
1905.  His  practice  has  been  of  extensive  and  repre- 


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sentative  order  and  he  is  known  and  honored  as 
one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  bar  of  Fremont 
county,  his  home  having  been  maintained  at  St. 
Anthony  since  1900.  His  success  in  the  work  of 
his  profession  has  been  pronounced  and  his  advance- 
ment has  but  vitalized  and  emphasized  his  loyalty 
to  Idaho,  in  which  state  he  has  found  ample  oppor- 
tunity for  productive  endeavor,  his  financial  re- 
sources having  been  notable  for  their  absence  at 
the  time  when  he  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  progressive 
state  in  which  he  has  since  lived  and  labored. 

In  politics  Mr.  Millsaps  maintains  an  independent 
attitude  and  gives  his  support  to  men  and  measures 
meeting  the  approval  of  his  judgment.  He  served 
as  county  attorney  of  Fremont  county  from  Jan- 
uary, 1901,  until  May,  1903,  and  made  a  most  ad- 
mirable record  as  a  public  prosecutor.  For  several 
years  he  held  the  office  of  city  attorney  of  St. 
Anthony,  and  for  four  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education,  for  which  he  is  now  attorney. 
In  1910  Mr.  Millsaps  was  nominee  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  for  the  office  of  Judge  of  the  Sixth  judicial 
circuit  and  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority  and  as 
the  result  of  normal  political  exigencies.  In  his 
home  city  he  is  affiliated  with  the  lodge  and  chapter 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  of  the  former  he  is 
past  master.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the  com- 
mandery  of  Knights  Templar  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  the 
temple  of  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Boise,  the  capital  of  the 
state.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  local  organ- 
ization of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and 
is  a  valued  and  active  member  of  the  St.  Anthony 
Commercial  Club. 

On  the  I3th  of  January,  1892,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  Mr..  Millsaps  to  Miss  Sadie  Wright, 
who  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  Jersey  and  who 
was  a  resident  of  Idaho  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage. She  is  a  daughter  of  Rensselaer  Wright.  JVfr. 
and  Mrs.  Millsaps  have  four  children,  whose  names 
and  respective  dates  of  birth  are  here  noted :  Grover, 
September  20,  1892;  Susan,  October  30,  1893;  Robert, 
June  15,  1897;  and  Dora,  July  20,  1905. 

FREDERICK  C.  HANSEN.  Although  a  successful 
farmer  and  stockman,  Frederick  C.  Hansen  did  not 
hesitate  to  withdraw  from  that  business  in  1902 
and  engage  in  the  livery  business  in  Idaho  Falls, 
believing  that  there  were  unbounded  possibilities  of 
success  and  prosperity  in  that  branch.  His  success 
in  the  past  twelve  years  has  been  ample  verification 
of  his  judgment  of  earlier  years,  and  he  has  in- 
creased his  operations  in  every  way,  extending  his 
interests  to  embrace  the  feed,  grain  and  coal  busi- 
ness, as  well  as  the  livery  and  sales  line.  He  still 
retains  his  ranch  property,  however,  and  gives  some 
attention  to  that  as  well. 

Mr.  Hansen  is  a  native  of  Denmark,  born  in  that 
country  on  the  5th  of  April,  1865.  He  is  the  son 
of  Christopher  Hansen,  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Hansen) 
Hansen,  both  born  and  reared  in  Denmark.  The 
father  came  to  America  in  1872,  bringing  his  family, 
and  they  settled  in  Weber  county,  Utah,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  conducted  a  blacksmith 
trade  as  well.  He  was  fairly  prosperous,  but  died 
in  1892  when  he  was  but  fifty  years  of  age.  He  came 
to  Idaho  in  1887,  and  settled  in  Bingham  county. 
The  mother  is  still  a  resident  of  Weber  county,  Utah. 
She  was  the  mother  of  but  one  child,  Frederick  C. 
of  this  review. 

Frederick  C.  Hansen  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Ogden,  Utah,  up  to  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  was 
reared  to  farm  life,  and  when  he  was  eighteen  so 
familiar  did  he  feel  himself  to  be  with  farming  and 


all  its  branches,  that  he  rented  land  and  set  about 
the  business  on  his  own  responsibility.  He  gave  his 
attention  to  stock-raising  and  diversified  farming 
and  was  successful  from  the  beginning.  In  1887  he 
became  a  resident  of  Lewisville,  Idaho,  and  there 
took  up  government  land  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city, 
upon  which  he  conducted  a  thriving  business  in  his 
line.  He  continued  until  1902,  in  which  year  he 
rented  his  place,  came  to  Idaho  Falls  and  purchased 
the  livery  and  sales  stables  of  D.  H.  Clyne.  He 
has  since  greatly  increased  the  establishment,  and 
has  branched  out  into  other  lines,  as  mentioned  in 
a  previous  paragraph,  so  that  it  is  unnecessary  to 
go  further  into  his  present  operations  at  this  junc- 
ture. Suffice  it  to  say  that  he  is  well  established 
in  the  business  life  of  Idaho  Falls  and  is  known 
for  one  of  the  financially  responsible  men  of  the 
district.  He  still  rents  his  ranching  property,  in 
which  he  retains  a  hearty  interest 

Mr.  Hansen  has  served  his  city  as  postmaster 
for  twelve  years  and  also  filled  that  position  when 
a  resident  of  Grant,  Idaho,  where  he  conducted  a 
general  merchandise  store  in  addition  to  his  farming 
interests.  He  has  proven  himself  a  capable  and 
efficient  official  in  that  position  in  Idaho  Falls,  as 
his  long  tenure  of  office  amply  testifies.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  his  political  faith,  though  not  active 
to  any  degree.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Idaho  Falls,  and  his  churchly  affiliations  are 
with  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  February  26,  1884,  Mr.  Hansen  was  married 
in  Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Henriette  Sorensen,  the 
daughter  of  Jens  Sorensen,  a  native  of  that  state. 
Eight  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Han- 
sen, as  follows :  Lillian,  the  wife  of  T.  D.  Kelly, 
a  resident  of  Tonopah,  Nevada ;  Carrie,  married 
J.  R.  Clawson,  of  Salt  Lake,  Utah;  Normen  E. 
Hansen;  Lulu;  Manilla;  Viola;  Frederick  Carrol; 
and  Bertha  Hansen. 

The  family  home  is  maintained  at  No.  472  C 
street  and  is  one  of  the  representative  homes  of 
Idaho  Falls,  in  addition  to  which  Mr.  Hansen  is  the 
owner  of  considerable  other  city  and  farming  realty, 
his  holding  in  this  line  making  him  well-to-do,  aside 
from  his  business  interests. 

Mr.  Hansen  has  been  the  architect  of  his  fortunes 
in  the  truest  sense  of  the  term,  for  he  left  home 
utterly  without  resources,  beyond  his  natural  facul- 
ties, and  has  reached  a  position  of  large  prominence 
in  this  community,  while  he  has  accumulated  a  prop- 
erty which  places  him  in  the  ranks  of  the  independent 
men  of  the  district.  He  is  enthusiastic  in  his  regard 
for  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  is  unsparing  in  the 
warmest  expressions  of  faith  in  her  future. 

JAMES  H.  STEELE,  cashier  of  the  Anderson  Brothers 
Bank,  at  Rigby,  Idaho,  is  an  exemplification  of  the 
predominance  of  the  self-made  man  and  of  the  truth 
of  the  aphorism  that  it  is  not  those  who  have,  but 
those  who  gain  a  competence  who  gain  distinction 
in  the  world  of  business  and  finance.  Early  in  life 
he  started  upon  a  career  of  his  own,  independent  of 
outside  affairs,  supremely  confident  in  his  own  ability 
to  fight  the  battles  of  life,  with  the  ambition  always 
before  him  of  doing  better  things  and  of  establishing 
a  position  in  life  for  himself  among  those  who  have 
only  their  own  determination,  industry  and  persever- 
ance to  thank  for  their  success.  It  is  needless  to  say 
that  Mr.  Steele  has  succeeded  in  his  laudable  purpose, 
for  his  standing  among  bankers  and  business  men,  as 
well  as  in  social  circles,  is  unquestioned,  and  while 
winning  material  success,  he  has  gained  also  the 
friendship  and  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  of  admiring 
fellow-citizens.  Mr.  Steele  was  born  June  8,  1882, 


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at  American  Fork,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of  James  E. 
Steele. 

James  H.  Steele  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  vicinity,  and  in  1903 
was  graduated  from  Brigham  Young  University, 
following  which  he  took  a  course  in  bookkeeping, 
stenography  and  telegraphy.  During  the  next  two 
years  he  was  engaged  in  bookkeeping  for  his  father, 
at  Idaho  Falls,  in  the  lona  Mercantile  Company, 
then  coming  to  Rigby  to  assist  in  the  organization 
of  Anderson  Brothers  Bank,  of  which  he  has  since 
been  cashier.  Organized  in  May,  1903,  the  institu- 
tion threw  open  its  doors  to  the  public  in  October 
of  that  year,  and  since  that  time  the  volume  of 
business  has  greatly  increased,  as  is  evidenced  by 
the  statement  issued  at  the  close  of  business,  April 
18,  1912,  when  Mr.  Steele  issued  the  following 
figures :  Resources, — Loans  and  Discounts,  $108,- 
404.37;  Overdrafts,  secured  and  unsecured,  $5,521.62; 
Bonds,  Warrants  and  other  securities,  $5,210.42; 
Banking  house,  furniture  and  fixtures,  $2,500.00; 
Other  real  estate  owned,  $1,000.00;  Due  from  banks, 
$58,774.79;  Checks  and  other  cash  items,  $1,302.87; 
Exchange  for  Gearing  House,  $172.08;  Cash  on  hand 
(Jawful  money  of  the  United  States)  $8,246.73. 
Total,  $191,133.78.  Liabilities, — Capital  stock  paid 
in,  $10,000.00;  Surplus  fund,  $10,000.00;  Undivided 
profits,  less  expenses  and  taxes  paid,  $7,738.83;  Divi- 
dends unpaid,  $1,625.00;  Individual  deposits  subject 
to  check,  $126,215.29;  Time  certificate  of  deposits, 
$35.554-66.  As  cashier  of  this  institution,  which  is 
known  as  one  of  the  solid  and  substantial  banks 
of  eastern  Idaho,  Mr.  Steele  has  done  much  to 
increase  the  deposits.  Of  a  genial  and  affable  nature, 
he  is  popular  with  those  who  have  occasion  to  visit 
the  bank,  and  among  his  associates  he  is  known  as 
a  man  of  the  highest  probity  and  business  capacity. 
Politically  a  Republican,  at  this  time  he  takes  no 
active  part  in  public  affairs,  although  in  1907  and 
1908  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council, 
and  in  1909  and  1910  was  mayor  of  the  city.  He 
is  president  of  the  Rigby  Commercial  Club,  and  as 
such  has  been  foremost  among  the  men  who  are 
aiding  the  growth  and  development  of  this  section. 
He  has  always  been  enthusiastic  in  stating  his 
opinions  as  to  the  opportunities  offered  in  his  adopted 
state  to  the  men  of  ambition  and  ability.  With  his 
family,  he  attends  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints. 

On  September  14,  1905,  Mr.  Steele  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Provo,  Utah,  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Sum- 
ner,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Sumner,  natives 
of  England,  and  to  this  union  there  were  born  two 
children:  Truxton,  born  February  21,  1907;  and 
Harold,  born  December  23,  1911,  both  at  Rigby. 

GEORGE  D.  HOGGAN.  The  residence  in  Rigby  of 
George  D.  Hoggan  has  been  nearly  commensurate 
with  the  existence  of  the  city,  he  having  taken  up 
his  abode  and  commenced  business  here  in  1902. 
From  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  been  engaged 
in  a  variety  of  pursuits,  all  connected  with  the  rising 
mercantile  and  commercial  interests  of  the  city,  with 
whose  growth  he  has  been  intimately  identified,  ^and 
with  whose  phenomenal  prosperity  he  has  prospered. 
At  this  time  he  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm 
of  George  D.  Hoggan  &  Sons,  proprietors  of  the 
only  exclusive  harness  shop  and  store  in  Rigby,  in 
addition  to  which  he  is  carrying  on  extensive  agri- 
cultural pursuits  on  a  farm  of  320  acres  in  Bonne- 
ville  county.  Mr.  Hoggan  was  born  in  Wapello 
county,  Iowa,  April  4,  1856,  and  is  a  son  of  George 
and  Margaret  (Drummond)  Hoggan. 

George  Hoggan  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  when 


still  a  young  man  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
in  1844,  settling  first  in  Wapello  county,  Iowa,  where 
for  some  years  he  was  engaged  in  farming.  In  1859, 
Mr.  Hoggan  and  his  family  made  an  uneventful  trip 
across  the  plains  in  ox-teams  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  Mr.  Hoggan  took  up  his  trade  of  weaving, 
but  in  his  latter  years  turned  his  attention  to  farm, 
ing,  which  occupied  his  time  until  his  death,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-one  years.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  took  no  active  part  in  public  matters 
and  neither  sought  nor  desired  public  preferment 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  serving  as  bishop's  counsellor  of  the  Eleventh 
ward  of  Salt  Lake  for  a  number  of  years.  He  passed 
away  in  comfortable  circumstances,  with  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  all  who  had  known  him.  -  Mr.  Hoggan 
was  married  in  Scotland  to  Margaret  Drummond, 
also  a  native  of  that  country,  who  died  in  Salt 
Lake  City  when  sixty-one  years  of  age.  Of  their 
eight  children,  George  D.  Hoggan  was  the  sixth  in 
order  of  birth. 

After  securing  a  public  school  education,  George 
D.  Hoggan  was  apprenticed  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  to  learn  the  trade  of  harness  maker,  his  first 
employer  being  C.  H.  Crow,  of  Salt  Lake,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  twelve  years.  Following  this 
he  worked  at  various  shops  in  the  West  until  his 
advent  in  Rigby  in  1904.  Here  he  became  the  first 
to  engage  in  the  harness  makers'  business  in  the  city, 
beginning  in  a  small  room  16  x  16  feet,  on  a  capital 
of  less  than  $500.00. '  That  the  business  has  enjoyed 
a  rapid  growth  will  be  seen  from  the  fact  that  today 
the  stock  alone  would  invoice  over  $6,000.  and  the 
establishment  is  one  of  the  most  modern  of  its  kind 
in  the  state.  The  firm  consists  of  Mr.  Hoggan  and 
his  two  sons,  George  R.  and  James  D.  Hoggan,  all 
of  its  members  being  known  as  business  men  of 
marked  ability,  strict  integrity  and  great  capacity. 
In  addition  to  this  valuable  farm,  already  mentioned, 
Mr.  Hoggan  is  the  owner  of  a  large  amount  of 
city  realty,  including  a  comfortable  residence.  Like 
his  father  he  is  a  Republican,  and  also  like  him 
he  has  never  cared  for  the  activities  of  the  political 
arena,  preferring  to  devote  himself  to  the  interests 
pertaining  to  his  business  affairs.  He  holds  member- 
ship in  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  the 
work  of  which  he  is  active,  and  in  social  circles  he 
and  the  members  of  his  family  are  well  and  favor- 
ably known.  Whenever  occasion  presents  itself,  Mr. 
Hoggan  is  loud  in  his  praise  of  the  opportunities  and 
advantages  offered  by  his  adopted  state,  his  con- 
fidence in  the  future  of  which  has  been  expressed 
in  many  ways. 

In  November,  1877,  Mr.  Hoggan  was  married  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Edith  F.  Harrison, 
who  was  born  in  England,  daughter  of  Ralph  Harri- 
son. Eleven  children  have  been  born  to  this  union, 
of  whom  eight  are  living:  George  R. ;  Walter 
Thomas ;  Wilfred  W. ;  James  D. ;  Edith  F. ;  Ivy  and 
Ivin,  twins ;  Milton. 

ALLEN  G.  MARLER.  The  life  of  this  typical  western 
man  of  business,  born  to  the  plains  and  reared  to 
their  cultivation,  has  been  one  of  assiduous  industry 
from  earliest  youth,  and  furnishes  an  example  of 
self-made  manhood  that  will  commend  itself  to  all 
thinking  men.  Beginning  his  career  on  a  government 
claim,  he  gradually  drifted  into  mercantile  lines,  with 
the  result  that  today  he  is  secretary  and  manager  of 
the  Rigby  Furniture  Company,  Inc.,  one  of  the 
largest  establishments  of  its  kind  in  Fremont  county. 
Mr.  Marler  was  born  at  Harrisville,  Utah,  October 
28,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  Allen  and  Amanda  M. 
(Taylor)  Marler. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Allen  Marler  was  born  in  the  state  of  Missouri, 
and  during  the  early  fifties  moved  to  Ogden,  Utah, 
there  becoming  engaged  in  farming,  and  also  actively 
identifying  himself  with  the  work  of  the  Church  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  the  faith  of  which  he  died 
April  2,  1906,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  years,  in  Lewis- 
ton,  Utah.  He  married  Amanda  M.  Taylor,  who 
was  born  at  Harrisville,  Utah,  daughter  of  P.  G. 
Taylor,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  state,  who 
is  now  a  resident  of  the  northern  part  of  Utah. 
Nine  children  were  born  to  this  union,  Allen  G. 
being  the  first  in  order  of  birth. 

The  early  education  of  Allen  G.  Marler  was  se- 
cured in  the  public  schools  of  Harrisville,  following 
which  he  became  a  student  in  Brigham  Young  Col- 
lege at  Logan,  and  was  graduated  from  the  normal 
course  in  1894.  This  was  supplemented  by  two  years 
of  attendance  at  the  Preston  Academy,  Mr.  Marler 
in  the  meantime  being  engaged  in  working  on  his 
father's  farm.  On  completing  his  business  course 
he  embarked  upon  an  agricultural  career  on  his  own 
account,  taking  up  a  government  claim  in  Oneida 
county,  Idaho,  which  he  relinquished  and  filed  on 
another  claim  at  Teton  City,  Fremont  county,  in 
1899,  and  after  seven  years  of  successful  farming, 
engaged  in  a  general  hardware  and  implement  busi- 
ness at  the  same  place.  There  he  resided  until  1906, 
and  in  that  year  disposed  of  his  business  and  came 
to  Rigby,  whete  he  assisted  in  establishing  the  Rigby 
Furniture  Company,  the  first  establishment  of  its  kind 
in  Rigby.  This  enterprise  has  been  a  success  from 
its  inception,  and  at  this  time  is  doing  an  annual 
business  of  $35,000,  its  trade  coming  from  all  over 
Fremont  county.  In  the  capacity  of  secretary  and 
manager,  Mr.  Marler  looks  after  all  the  details  of 
the  business,  and  his  management  pf  the  _  firm's 
affairs  has  resulted  in  a  material  increase  in  the 
trade.  A  complete  stock  of  first-class  modern  fur- 
niture is  carried,  and  honorable  methods  of  doing 
business  have  gained  the  confidence  of  the  buying 
public.  E.  S.  Mathias  is  president  of  this  c"oncern. 
Mr.  Marler  has  interested  himself  in  various  invest- 
ments, and  has  a  number  of  realty  holdings,  including 
a  handsome,  modern  home  and  well-cultivated  farm- 
ing lands.  He  is  a  Republican  politically,  but  has 
taken  little  interest  in  public  matters,  never  having 
sought  nor  held  office,  as  he  has  preferred  to  give 
his  entire  attention  to  his  business,  which  has  sat- 
isfied his  ambitions.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  his  religious  connection  is  with 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  which  he 
acts  as  elder. 

On  November  28,  1895,  Mr.  Marler  was  married 
at  Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Mahala  Allen,  born  at 
Lewiston,  Utah,  August  6,  1876,  a  daughter  of  John 
R.  Allen,  a  pioneer  of  Utah  who  came  from  Ken- 
tucky. Nine  children  were  born  to  this  union:  Fen- 
don,  Cecil,  Martel,  Lathan  J.,  Otis  E.,  Artie,  Celis,ta, 
Delia  and  Lowell.  Mr.  Marler  has  won  his  way 
to  the  front  through  his  own  ability  and  tireless  per- 
severance. He  received  no  assistance  from  home 
when  he  started  his  career ;  indeed,  after  his  father's 
death  he  helped  his  mother  support  his  younger 
brothers  and  sisters.  He  has  made  a  wide  acquain- 
tance during  his  residence  in  Idaho,  and  maintains 
his  home  in  Rigby,  which  is  a  center  of  culture, 
refinement  and  hospitality. 

FRED  J.  HEATH.  Among  the  men  of  Fremont 
county  whose  success  in  life  has  come  as  a  result 
of  individual  effort,  Fred  J.  Heath,  of  the  firm  of 
Heath  &  Kartchner,  of  Sugar  City,  holds  prominent 
position.  From  his  sixteenth  year  he  has  followed 
a  career  of  industrious  endeavor,  directing  his  ener- 


gies along  well-defined  lines,  and  at  all  times  his 
operations  have  been  marked  with  the  strictest  in- 
tegrity and  honorable  methods.  Mr.  Heath  was  born 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  September  i,  1883,  and  is 
a  son  of  Fred  G.  and  Henrietta  (Haigh)  Heath. 

Fred  G.  Heath  was  born  on  the  deserts  of  Nevada, 
a  member  of  an  old  pioneer  family  of  the  state, 
the  paternal  grandfather  having  come  overland  in 
{847.  Mr.  Heath  has  been  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business  for  many  years,  and  is  still  active  in  busi- 
ness life,  and  is  interested  in  Renublican  politics. 
His  wife  was  born  in  England,  and  was  eight  years 
of  age  when  brought  to  the  United  States  by  her 
parents  in  1867,  the  family  settling  in  Utah. 

The  third  in  order  of  birth  of  his  parents'  twelve 
children,  Fred  J.  Heath  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  and  completed  his  studies  in  the 
Latter  Day  Saints  University  when  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age.  His  initiation  into  business  life  oc- 
curred in  the  general  offices  of  the  Oregon  Short 
Line  Railroad,  where  he  remained  six  years,  but  in 
October,  1905,  he  resigned  his  position  and  became 
a  resident  of  Sugar  City.  For  one  year  following, 
he  was  employed  as  bookeeper  in  the  Utah-Idaho 
Sugar  Company's  offices,  and  he  then  became  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Sugar  City  Mercantile 
Company,  in  which  he  was  a  stockholder.  Mr. 
Heath's  connection  with  this  concern  continued  for 
three  years,  and  in  February,  1910,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  J.  H.  West,  and  under  the  firm 
style  of  West  &  Heath  opened  a  retail  general  store 
in  Sugar  City.  This  partnership  continued  only  until 
August,  1910,  at  which  time  Mr.  A.  W.  Kartchner 
bought  Mr.  West's  interest,  and  since  that  time  the 
concern  has  done  business  under  the  style  of  Heath 
&  Kartchner.  The  business  proved  a  success  from 
the  start,  and  now  does  a  constantly  increasing  trade 
in  Sugar  City  and  a  wide  contiguous  territory. 
Possessed  of  modern  ideas  and  methods,  Mr.  Heath 
has  succeeded  in  popularizing  his  firm's  goods,  and 
honorable  dealing  has  brought  its  full  measure  of 
prosperity  to  the  _  establishment.  A  complete  line 
of  goods  are  carried  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  details  of  his  business  has  allowed  Mr.  Heath 
to  correctly  judge  the  needs  of  his  customers,  and 
to  cater  thereto.  Among  his  associates  he  is  known 
as  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity,  whose  judgment 
may  be  safely  relied  upon  in  matters  of  importance. 
Like  all  virile  western  men,  he  is  fond  of  out-door 
life,  and  has  been  very  active  in  athletics.  Politically 
a  Republican,  he  is  serving  his  second  term  as 
justice  of  the  peace,  having  been  elected  November 
5,  1912,  and  is  city  clerk  and  active  in  all  civic  mat- 
ters. He  has  found  time  to  devote  himself  to  the 
work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
has  been  ward  clerk  and  stake  president  of  the 
religious  classes. 

On  December  19,  1906,  Mr.  Heath  was  married 
to  Miss  Emma  Cahoon,  born  at  Rexburg,  Idaho, 
daughter  of  John  Cahoon,  and  a  member  of  an  old 
and  honored  pioneer  family  of  Utah.  Mrs.  Heath  is 
well  known  socially,  and  has  been  very  active  in 
young  women's  work  in  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day*  Saints.  Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Heath,  namely:  John  F.,  born  September 
IS,  1907;  Donald  R.,  born  April  8,  1909;  Leon  C, 
born  October  2,  1910;  and  Harold  R.,  born  May 
17,  1912,  all  in  Sugar  City. 

HON.  CHARLES  W.  POOLE.  The  distinguished  law- 
yer and  legislator  whose  career  is  briefly  outlined 
here,  is  a  native  son  of  the  West,  having  been  born 
in  the  city  of  Ogden,  Utah,  April  12,  1870.  He  is  a 
son  of  John  R.  and  Jane  (Bitton)  Poole,  and  a 


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grandson  of  McCager  and  Adeline  (Rawlston) 
Poole,  and  a  member  of  a  family  which  settled  in 
Pennsylvania  at  an  early  date  and  took  part  in  the 
American  war  for  independence.  John  R.  Poole 
was  born  in  Indiana,  in  May,  1829,  and  when  about 
seven  years  of  age  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  South- 
eastern Iowa,  then  a  forest  region.  Numerous  mem- 
bers of  the  family  are  still  to  be  found  in  that  state. 
About  the  year  1849,  John  R.  Poole  moved  to 
Utah,  and  in  1853  was  married  there  to  Jane  Bit- 
ton,  who  had  come  from  England  the  year  previous. 
She  was  born  in  London,  in  September,  1836,  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Evington)  pitton, 
the  latter's  father  having  been  born  in  Virginia. 
Prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war,  he  enlisted  as  a  boy 
in  the  British  navy,  and  never  returned  to  America 
to  live.  In  1878,  having  met  with  severe  financial 
losses  in  Utah,  John  R.  Poole  commenced  operating 
a  grading  outfit  on  the  Utah  &  Northern  Railroad, 
which  was  building  through  eastern  Idaho.  During 
the  winter  of  1878-79,  the  outfit  wintered  on  the 
Snake  river,  a  short  distance  south  of  Market  lake. 
Much  game  abounded  in  the  country  and  Mr.  Poole 
was  attracted  to  that  part  of  the  valley  where  the 
present  village  of  Menan  is,  and  decided  to  locate 
there.  Accordingly,  claims  were  located  in  the  spring 
and  the  oldest  sons,  William  and  Hyrum,  with  some 
hired  help,  were  placed  upon  them  to  build  cabins 
and  do  some  plowing,  and  planted  a  few  acres  of 
wheat,  believed  to  be  the  first  experiment  in  the 
upper  Snake  river  valley.  The  grain  matured  per- 
fectly where  it  received  moisture,  but  was  never 
harvested.  On  the  first  day  of  June,  that  year,  the 
mother  of  Charles  W.  Poole  arrived  at  Eagle  Rock, 
where  the  terminus  of  the  railroad  was  then  located, 
and  the  family  has  made  its  home  in  the  Menan  dis- 
trict ever  since. 

During  the  winter  of  1879-80,  John  R.  Poole  and 
a  few  other  settlers  who  had  come  into  the  valley 
during  the  summer  and  fall,  organized  the  Long 
Island  Canal  Company,  so  called  because  the  settlers 
had  located  on  a  long  strip  of  land  lying  between 
what  is  known  as  the  Dry  Bed  branch  of  the  Snake 
river  and  the  main  channel,  it  being  called  at  that 
time  and  years  after  "Poole's  Island."  They  com- 
menced the  construction  of  head-gates,  which  were 
built  of  hewn  cottonwood  timbers,  during  that  win- 
ter and  in  early  spring  the  digging  of  the  canal 
began  and  was  pushed  to  completion,  as  to  its  length, 
or  nearly  so.  It  was  but  a  small  ditch,  but  it  con- 
veyed water  to  nearly  all  the  settlers,  and  the  present 
large  canal  of  the  same  name  follows  the  channel 
dug  by  these  pioneers. 

In  1881,  John  R.  Poole  brought  the  first  threshing 
machine  into  the  upper  Snake  river  valley  and 
threshed  all  the  grain  grown  in  the  valley  that  year, 
from,  the  farms  on  Willow  Creek  to  Egin  Bench. 
The  following  year  he  brought  a  self  binder,  which 
was  the  first  in  the  valley.  Mr.  Poole  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  time  in  the  interest  of  the  few 
people  who  had  settled  with  him  and  who  looked 
upon  him  as  their  leader  in  all  enterprises.  He 
opened  the  first  school  in  the  valley,  which  was 
taught  by  his  daughter,  Susie,  who  later  became 
Mrs.  B.  G.  Lawson.  He  also  organized  the  first 
Sunday  school,  in  1881,  and  conducted  religious 
services  during  the  same  year.  Mr.  Poole  never 
recovered  from  his  financial  losses,  and  died  at 
Menan,  in  September,  1894. 

Charles  W.  Poole  had  but  few  opportunities  to 
secure  an  education.  He  attended  children's  classes 
in  Ogden  before  the  family  left  that  place,  and  during 
the  winter  after  the  family  settled  in  Idaho  he  went 
to  school  a  few  weeks  each  year.  He  also  spent  two 
winters  at  the  Ricks  Academy,  during  the  first  two 


years  of  its  existence,  this  being  then  nothing  more 
than  a  common  school.  The  school  at  Menan  was 
held  in  a  little  rude  log  hut,  without  desks,  its 
benches  being  planks  hewn  from  coonwood  logs 
with  large  pegs  stuck  into  auger  holes  for  legs. 
The  little  boys  were  compelled  to  hold  their  slates 
on  their  knees.  In  November,  1890,  Mr.  Poole  went 
to  the  Samoan  Islands  as  a  missionary  for  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  after  spending 
three  years  there  returned  in  November,  1893,  and 
during  the  succeeding  several  years  worked  for  wages 
as  a  stationary  engineer  and  fireman.  In  1900,  he 
began  farming  near  Rigby,  in  Fremont  county,  but 
followed  this  vocation  only  three  years,  having  had 
the  misfortune,  on  the  3Oth  day  of  September,  1903, 
to  lose  his  right  hand,  while  operating  a  traction 
engine. 

Soon  after  this  accident,  at  the  instance  of  friends, 
Mr.  Poole  took  up  the  study  of  law,  reading  at  home 
and  supporting  his  family  at  the  same  time.  He  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  -district  courts  of  the 
state  in  June,  1908,  and  was  later  admitted  to  the 
supreme  court,  and  since  taking  up  practice  has  se- 
cured a  large  and  representative  clientele.  He  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  has  been  active  in  the 
ranks  of  his  party  for  years,  being  a  candidate  for 
the  legislature  twice  and  twice  a  candidate  for  probate 
judge.  In  1910  he  became  his  party's  nominee  for 
state  senator  from  Fremont  county,  was  elected,  and 
served  in  the  Eleventh  session  of  1911  and  the  ex- 
tra session  of  1912.  He  was  soon  recognized  as  one 
of  the  aggressive  men  of  the  Senate,  taking  an  active 
part  in  nearly  all  of  the  important  debates. 

In  October,  1894,  Mr.  Poole  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Bybee,  daughter  of  Robert  L.  Bybee,  of 
Leorin,  Bonneville  county.  She  was  born  June  17, 
1870,  in  Smithfield,  Utah.  Her  father  removed  with 
his  family  to  Menan  ward  in  1883.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs,  was  bishop  of  Menan  ward 
and  was  acting  president  of  the  old  Bannock  Stake 
in  the  absence  of  President  Ricks.  He  later  moved 
to  Idaho  Falls,  and  then  to  Leorin,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming.  Mr.  Bybee  was  first  counsellor  to  James 
E.  Steele,  president  of  Bingham  Stake,  while  the 
latter  occupied  that  position ;  was  elected  state  sen- 
ator from  Bingham  county  in  1900,  and  when  Bonne- 
ville county  was  created,  Governor  James  H.  Haw- 
ley  appointed  him  county  commissioner  for  the  new 
county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poole  have  five  children: 
Jane  B.,  born  July  16,  1896;  Leslie  Ewart,  born 
August  22,  1898;  Leona  H.,  born  March  23,  1901; 
Robert  R.,  born  July  21,  1903;  and  Alice  B.,  born 
September  21,  1905. 

HEZEKIAH  C.  DUFFIN,  manager  of  the  Rexburg 
establishment  of  the  Consolidated  Implement  Com- 
pany, is  a  native  son  of  Idaho,  where  he  has  spent 
nearly  his  entire  business  career.  Since  his  sixteenth 
year  his  life  has  been  one  of  constant  industry  and 
perseverance,  and  the  greater  part  of  his  business 
activities  has  been  spent  in  the  service  of  the  com- 
pany which  he  now  represents,  one  of  the  largest 
establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  Mr.  Duffin 
was  born  January  15,  1872,  at  Paris,  Idaho,  and  is 
a  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Lou  Anna  (Brewer)  Duffin. 
His  father,  a  native  of  England,  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1853,  and  made  the  journey  across  the 
plains  to  Utah,  during  which  he  buried  his  mother 
and  sister.  He  originally  settled  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  remained  until  1860,  then  making  removal 
to  Wellsville,  Utah,  where  he  spent  four  years,  and 
in  1864  became  a  resident  of  Idaho.  In  1908  he 
retired  from  active  life  and  settled  in  Ogden,  Utah, 
where  he  still  resides.  Mr.  Duffin  became  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  was  more  than  ordi- 


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narily  successful  in  his  operations.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  actiye  in  the  work  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  acting  as  High  Councillor 
and  High  Priest,  and  took  an  important  part  in  civic 
affairs  in  the  various  localities  in  which  he  lived. 
His  wife,  Lou  Anna  Brewer,  was  also  a  native  of 
England,  and  accompanied  her  parents  to  the  United 
States  in  young  womanhood,  about  1868,  coming 
direct  to  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  where  her 
parents  were  thrifty  farming  people  and  prominent 
in  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  She  died 
in  1886,  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years,  having  been 
the  mother  of  six  children,  Hezekiah  C.  being  the 
oldest. 

Hezekiah  C.  Diiffin  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Paris,  Idaho,  until  reaching  the  age  of  sixteen  years, 
at  which  time  he  secured  employment  with  the  im- 
plement firm  of  Beeman  &  Cashin  Mercantile  Com- 
pany, at  Evanston,  Wyoming.  After  one  year  he  left 
their  employ  to  learn  the  milling  business,  but  this 
did  not  prove  congenial,  and  he  next  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Consolidated  Implement  Company  at 
Montpelier,  Idaho.  His  industry,  natural  ability  and 
attention  to  business  won  him  rapid  promotion  in 
this  firm,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  since 
1902,  and  he  eventually  became  the  manager  of  the 
company  at  Montpelier,  later  went  to  Twin  Falls, 
and  finally  came  to  Rexburg,  where  he  now  has 
entire  charge  of  the  company's  interests.  During  the 
seven  years  that  Mr.  Duffin  has  been  located  at 
Rexburg,  he  has  greatly  increased  the  volume  of 
the  company's  business.  He  takes  a  keen  and  intelli- 
gent interest  in  political  matters,  but  has  never  cared 
for  public  preferment,  although  he  is  an  active  party 
worker.  His  fraternal  connection  is  with  lodge  No. 
566,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  socially,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Commercial  Club.  Mr.  Duffin's  relig- 
ious belief  is  that  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  although  he  has  not  been  especially  active 
in  its  work. 

Mr.  Duffin  was  married  August  14,  1895,  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  in  Salt  Lake  Temple,  to  Miss  Fran- 
ces Budge,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza  Budge, 
and  sister  of  the  Hon.  Judge  Alfred  Budge,  of  Poca- 
tello,  Idaho.  Six  children  have  been  born  to  this 
union :  Phyllis  Eliza,  Hezekiah  Budge,  Elma,  Wil- 
fred Ray,  William  P.,  deceased,  and  Eila  May,  all 
born  in  Idaho.  Mr.  Duffin  has  won  success  through 
the  medium  of  his  own  efforts,  and  is  respected  and 
esteemed  by  his  fellow-citizens  as  a  man  who  has  the 
best  interests  of  his  community  at  heart. 

CHARLES  O.  PIERCE.  A  young  and  prominent 
member  of  the  Idaho  bar  is  Charles  O.  Pierce,  of 
Pocatello,  a  southerner  by  birth  but  a  Westerner  by 
rearing  and  spirit,  who  has  found  health  and  pros- 
perity in  Idaho  and  is  firmly  of  the  opinion  that  the 
Gem  state  offers  unexcelled  opportunities  for  young 
men  of  the  right  stamp  to  begin  and  to  carve  out 
successful  careers. 

Born  at  McMinnville,  Tennessee,  September  22, 
1875,  he  was  but  an  infant  when  his  parents  removed 
to  Minnesota,  where  he  spent  his  youth  to  the  age 
of  sixteen  and  obtained  both  a  common  and  high 
school  education.  He  began  early  to  value  life  in 
terms  of  his  own  industry.  As  a  boy  he  worked  on 
ranches  during  the  summers  and  in  that  way  earned 
money  enough  to  permit  him  to  attend  school  in 
the  winter.  He  was  sixteen  when  he  came  to  Butte, 
Montana,  and  he  claimed  that  city  as  his  home  until 
1902.  During  this  time  he  was  employed  for  a 
period  in  a  furniture  house  in  Butte  and  then  later 
was  engaged  independently  in  the  bicycle  business 
there.  In  1899  he  enlisted  in  Company  I  of  the 


Thirty-fourth  U.  S.  Volunteer  Infantry  and  accom- 
panied his  regiment  to  the  Philippines,  where  he 
participated  in  a  number  of  engagements  of  the 
Spanish-American  war  and  saw  a  lot  of  hard  service. 
On  his  return  to  the  United  States  and  to  Butte 
he  became  connected  in  a  clerical  capacity  with  a 
real  estate  and  insurance  company  of  that  city  and 
remained  there  about  two  years.  He  then  went  east 
in  search  of  health  and  subsequently  became  a  law 
student  at  Central  University,  Danville,  Kentucky, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1907  as  first  honor  man 
of  his  class.  Here  also  he  worked  his  own  way.  He 
then  returned  to  the  West  and  located  at  Pocatello, 
Idaho,  where  five  years  of  practice  have  established 
for  him  the  reputation  of  a  very  capable,  earnest 
and  skilled  lawyer.  Here  also  he  regained  his  health, 
and  when  asked  what  was  the  most  pleasant  inci- 
dent in  nis  career  he  replied  that  it  was  his  locating 
in  Idaho,  for  here  he  has  found  the  most  valuable 
asset  of  life,  health,  and  has  also  enjoyed  prosperous 
rewards  for  his  business  and  professional  endeavors. 
He  takes  much  interest  in  athletics  and  outdoor 
sports  in  general,  is  fond  of  bicycle  riding  and  was 
a  bicycle  racer  at  one  time.  Music  and  reading, 
especially  the  latter,  are  also  favorite  diversions  of 
his.  In  line  with  his  professional  interests  he  is 
identified  with  the  Bannock  County  Bar  Association, 
and  in  politics  he  is  a  straight  Progressive  and  ac- 
tively interested  in  political  affairs.  He  served  as 
city  attorney  under  the  Mayor  Church  administra- 
tion. In  religious  views  he  is  inclined  toward  the 
teachings  of  the  Christian  Science  church,  and  fra- 
ternally he  is  affiliated  with  the  Loyal  Order  of 
Moose,  of  the  Pocatello  lodge,  of  which  order  he 
served  as  prelate  when  it  was  first  organized. 

WILLIAM  H.  WITTY.  A  strong  and  leading  law 
firm  of  Pocatello,  Idaho,  is  that  of  Witty  &  Terrell, 
the  senior  member  of  which  is  William  H.  Witty,  a 
gentleman  of  excellent  educational  attainments  and 
possessing  that  strong  character,  mental  alertness 
and  keen  discriminative  ability  so  essential  for  suc- 
cess in  the  profession  he  is  following.  He  has 
been  identified  with  the  Pocatello  bar  nine  years 
and  from  the  first  took  a  place  among  its  ablest 
members. 

Mr.  Witty  is  a  Kentuckian  by  birth,  rearing  and 
life-time  associations  up  to  1904,  though  he  took  his 
view  of  Pocatello  as  early  as  1896.  Born  February 
3,  1872,  in  McCracken  county,  Kentucky,  he  grew 
up  there  and  received  his  earlier  scholastic  training 
in  its  public  schools.  This  discipline  was  followed 
by  a  normal  and  then  a  collegiate  course,  but  prior 
to  entering  college  he  taught  in  the  grades  three 
years,  and,  in  fact,  paid  for  all  of  his  higher  edu- 
cation from  his  own  earnings.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Blandville  Baptist  College,  Blandville,  Ken- 
tucky, in  1895  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
and  immediately  after  graduating  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  that  college,  in  which  capacity  he  served 
one  year.  He  then  came  to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  but 
after  remaining  a  few  months  he  returned  to  Ken- 
tucky and  became  a  teacher  in  Clinton  College,  con- 
tinuing there  three  years.  The  following  two  years 
were  spent  as  an  instructor  in  the  Ohio  Valley 
College,  and  for  a  similar  period  he  again  taught  in 
the  Blandville  College.  It  was  at  the  conclusion  of 
that  service,  or  in  1904,  that  he  came  to  Pocatello, 
this  time  to  remain  and  to  practice  law.  He  is 
now  associated  with  Robert  M.  Terrell  under  the 
firm  name  of  Witty  &  Terrell  and  is  the  present 
deputy  county  attorney  of  Bannock  county.  He  has 
also  served  as  city  attorney  of  Pocatello  four  years. 
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party  and  as  one  of  the  active  workers  in  its  be- 
half he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Bannock  County 
Republican  Central  Committee  in  1910  and  again  in 
1912.  In  the  direction  of  his  professional  interests 
he  sustains  membership  in  the  Fifth  Judicial  Bar 
Association  and  he  lends  his  influence  and  assistance 
to  local  civic  development  and  progress  as  a  member 
of  the  Pocatello  Commercial  Club  and  as  one  of  its 
board  of  governors.  In  a  fraternal  way  he  is  asso- 
ciated with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World;  in  church 
membership  he  is  identified  with  the  Baptist  de- 
nomination and  is  a  member  of  the  Pocatello  Bap- 
tist church  choir.  A  good  speech  or  lecture  al- 
ways finds  him  an  attentive  and  appreciative  listener, 
and  in  the  way  of  outdoor  recreation  he  enjoys  play- 
ing tennis  or  witnessing  a  spirited  game  of  base- 
ball. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Witty  took  place  at  Cairo, 
Illinois,  on  June  9,  1895,  and  united  him  to  Annie 
Christian  Terrell,  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James 
D.  Terrell,  the  former  of  whom  is  a  prominent  phy- 
sician of  Blandville,  Kentucky.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Witty 
have  one  daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth  Witty. 

PARLEY  M.  CONDIE.  Though  a  member  of  the  bar 
of  Idaho  for  only  a  few  years,  Mr.  Condie.has  risen 
rapidly  in  the  distinction  of  able  and  progressive 
young  lawyers.  He  has  identified  himself  with  a 
part  of  Idaho  which  he  believes  will  in  the  future 
be  the  section  of  the  state  most  enviable  in  its 
fortunes  and  development,  and  as  a  public-spirited 
citizen  he  is  using  his  efforts  to  promote  all  progress 
and  to  give  his  influence  in  the  public  welfare,  as 
well  as  towards  his  individual  success.  He  is  a 
young  man  whose  attainments  are  the  result  of  his 
own  efforts  and  his  career  at  the  bar  will  be  watched 
with  interest  by  his  many  friends. 

Parley  M.  Condie  was  born  in  Croydon,  Utah, 
on  June  9,  1889;  his  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Swann)  Condie.  His  father  was  born  in 
Scotland  and  accompanied  his  parents  to  America 
while  a  young  boy  and  he  has  for  many  years  been 
farming  in  the  vicinity  of  Croydon,  Utah,  where 
he  still  resides,  being  now  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
two.  He  was  married  in  Utah  to  Miss  Hannah 
Swann,  who  was  born  in  England,  and  whose  death 
occurred  November  u,  1910,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
two.  They  were  the  parents  of  fourteen  children, 
three  of  whom  are  now  deceased,  and  the  Preston 
lawyer  is  the  thirteenth  of  this  large  family. 

The  public  schools  of  Utah  gave  Mr.  Condie  his 
early  training  in  the  fundamentals  of  education,  after 
which  he  attended  the  Summitt  Stake  Academy  at 
Coalville,  Utah.  On  leaving  school  he  taught  for 
iwo  years  and  then  he  entered  the  law  offices  of 
Evans  &  Evans  at  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  read 
arfd  prepared  for  his  profession.  His  admission 
to  the  bar  of  Utah  occurred  May  8,  1911,  and  for 
a  short  time  he  tried  his  ability  in  actual  practice 
at  Salt  Lake.  On  coming  to  Preston  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Mr.  A.  C.  Smith  in  July,  1911 
and  since  his  admission  to  the  bar  of  Idaho,  which 
followed  on  December  5,  1911,  ha  has  been  in  active 
practice  and  has  already  acquired  a  substantial  pat- 
ronage of  the  better  class. 

In  politics  Mr.  Condie  is  an  Independent.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter 
Day  Saints,  being  connected  with  the  auxiliary  asso- 
ciations thereof  and  holding  some  minor  offices 
in  the  church.  On  April  30,  1913,  Mr.  Condie  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Wilson  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah. 


CHABLES  L.  HAIGHT.  In  a  sketch  of  the  career 
of  Hon.  Hector  C.  Haight,  on  other  pages  of  this 
volume,  is  given  adequate  detail  concerning  the 
family  history,  and  thus  it  is  not  necessary  to  re- 
peat the  data  in  this  review  of  the  career  of  the 
younger  brother.  It  may  be  said  in  an  initial  way  that 
Charles  L.  Haight  has  been  a  resident  of  Idaho 
since  he  was  about  nine  years  of  age,  and  that  he 
is  now  the  superintendent  of  the  extensive  business 
of  the  Cooperative  Mercantile  Company,  at  Oakley, 
Cassia  county,  in  which  responsible  office  he  suc- 
ceeded his  brother  Hector  C.  in  January,  1911.  Un- 
der his  management  the  enterprise  has  continued  to 
prosper  and  in  this  and  other  connections  he  is 
well  upholding  the  high  prestige  of  the  family  name, 
which  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  history  of 
this  section  of  the  state  for  more  than  thirty  years. 

Charles  Leavitt  Haight  was  born  at  Farmington, 
Davis  county,  Utah,  on  the  24th  of  November,  1873, 
and  is  a  son  of  Horton  D.  and  Louisa  (Leavitt) 
Haight,  who  were  numbered  among  the  honored 
pioneers  of  that  commonwealth,  whence  they  came  to 
Cassia  county,  Idaho,  in  1882.  He  whose  name 
initiates  this  review,  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  place  until  he  was  about  nine  years 
old,  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their 
removal  to  Idaho.  At  Oakley,  this  state,  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the 
Cassia  Stake  Academy,  and  after  leaving  this  latter 
institution,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  he  was 
sent  forth  on  a  mission  for  the  Church  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  of  which  his  parents 
became  members  in  the  pioneer  days  in  Utah.  His 
missionary  tour  covered  a  period  of  three  years, 
and  he  did  successful  work  during  this  period — prin- 
cipally in  Alabama  and  Mississippi. 

In  1898  Mr.  Haight  returned  to  Oakley  and  be- 
came a  clerk  in  the  store  of  the  Cooperative  Mer- 
cantile Company,  of  which  establishment  his  brother 
Hector  then  had  general  supervision.  He  thus 
continued  in  service  until  1905,  when  he  was  placed 
in  charge  of  a  branch  store  established  by  the 
company  at  Burley,  Cassia  county,  where  he  re- 
mained five  years  and  where  he  served  as  post- 
master during  the  major  portion  of  this  interval. 
The  company  disposed  of  this  branch  store  in  1910, 
and  Mr.  Haight  then  returned  to  the  main  store 
at  Oakley.  Upon  the  resignation  of  his  brother 
Hector  he  ^  was  given  the  general  management  of 
this  extensive  business,  of  which  he  has  been  the 
superintendent  since  January,  1911.  Mr.  Haight  has 
exemplified  in  a  most  emphatic  way  the  progressive 
spirit  of  the  West  and  has  achieved  success  of 
high  order.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  landed  estate  of 
about  320  acres,  including  a  dry-farming  ranch  on 
Birch  creek.  Cassia  county,  and  two  irrigated  farms 
in  the  Minidoka  district  in  Lincoln  county.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  directorate  of  the  Burley  State 
Bank,  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  his  political  pro- 
clivities and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  devout  and 
zealous  members  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
of  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  whose  faith  they  were 
reared. 

On  the  4th  of  October.  1899.  Mr.  Haight  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Estella  Elison,  who  was 
born  in  Grantsville,  Utah,  and  who  is  a  daughter  of 
Charles  G.  and  Mary  (Worthington)  Elison,  pioneers 
of  the  state  and  now  residents  of  Oakley.  Mr.  Elison 
is  one  of  the  prominent  and  extensive  livestock 
growers  of  Idaho,  and  on  his  large  landed  estate 
he  raises  hiph-grade  cattle,  horses  and  sheep.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Haipht  have  five  children,  namely:  Mary 
Zina,  Mabelle  Louisa,  Charles  Elmo,  Harlox  Elison, 
and  Oleen. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


FRANK  S.  HARDING.  In  no  avenue  of  business  do 
men  become  so  widely  known  as  in  journalism,  not 
always  as  personalities,  but  as  influences,  their  printed 
thoughts  reaching  thousands,  where  their  spoken 
words  could  be  heard,  perhaps,  by  only  a  score. 
Hence  the  responsibility  of  a  journalist  is  of 
exceeding  weight,  and  there  have  been  times  when 
a  newspaper  has  forced  reformatory  legislation  and 
had  much  to  do  in  changing  public  policies.  As 
a  youth,  Frank  S.  Harding,  one  of  Weiser's  fore- 
most business  men,  entered  newspaper  life,  and  has 
continued  to  be  prominently  identified  with  the  same 
to  the  present  time,  when,  as  editor  and  publisher 
of  the  American,  he  is  known  as  a  molder  of  public 
opinion  in  Weiser  and  the  surrounding  country.  Mr. 
Harding  was  born  March  10,  1856  at  Three  Rivers, 
Michigan,  and  is  a  son  of  Sterling  F.  and  Abigail 
(Whitman)  Harding. 

Sterling  S.  Harding  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  as  a  young  man  migrated  to  Michigan,  where 
he  became  an  early  settler  and  pioneer  shoemaker. 
During  his  later  years  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  law,  and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  during 
the  greater  portion  of  his  life.  From  1870  to  1877 
he  resided  at  LaGrange,  Indiana,  and  in  the  latter 
year  removed  to  Yamhill  county,  Oregon,  where 
his  death  occurred  when  he  was  seventy-five  years 
of  age.  Mr.  Harding  was  married  in  New  York 
state  to  Abigail  Whitman,  who  also  passed  away 
in  Yamhill  county,  in  1889.  Of  their  seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Frank  S.  was  the  sixth  in  order 
of  birth,  three  grew  to  maturity. 

Frank  S.  Harding  secured  his  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  southern  Michigan  and  the 
LaGrange,  Indiana,  high  school,  and  on  complet- 
ing his  studies  secured  a  position  in  a  printing 
establishment,  where  he  served  a  full  apprentice- 
ship to  the  trade.  Following  this,  he  worked  as  a 
journeyman  in  Indiana  and  Oregon  for  twelve 
years,  and  in  the  latter  state,  in  1887,  ne  made  his 
first  business  venture.  The  Oregon  Register,  which 
he  purchased,  had  been  established  about  the  year 
1882,  but  was  in  none  too  healthy  circumstances  when 
Mr.  Harding  took  hold.  However,  the  people  of 
LaFayette,  where  it  was  published,  soon  saw  that 
the  new  proprietor  intended  to  give  them  a  live, 
clean  sheet,  and  as  a  result  he  secured  their  sup- 
port and  patronage,  and  for  several  years  the  paper 
was  conducted  successfully.  It  was  then  consolidated 
with  a  publication  known  as  the  Telephone,  a  co- 
partnership was  formed  with  Capt.  H.  L.  Heath, 
which  lasted  for  five  years.  Mr.  Harding  continued 
to  publish  the  paper  at  McMinnville,  Oregon,  until 
November,  1902.  At  that  time  Mr.  Harding  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  in  Oregon  and  made  his 
advent  in  Weiser,  where  he  purchased  a  one-half 
interest  in  the  Weiser  Signal,  with  R.  E.  Lockwood, 
a  partnership  which  continued  for  four  years, 
when  Mr.  Harding  sold  his  stock  and  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  paper  business  in  Boise,  Idaho.  In 
1910  he  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in  the 
Weiser  American,  which  was  established  in  January, 
1907.  This  is  considered  one  of  the  best  general 
newspapers  published  in  southwestern  Idaho,  and  has 
a  circulation  of  1,100  weekly.  It  is  an  outspoken, 
fair-play  exponent  of  the  best  elements  of  the 
Democratic  party,  and  is  in  all  respects  well  worthy 
of  the  care  and  sound  judgment  displayed  in  its 
columns,  and  reflects  credit  on  editor  and  publisher. 
The  office  is  well-fitted  with  all  modern  appliances 
to  be  found  in  first-class  establishments,  and  the  job 
department  is  equally  well-equipped,  turning  out 
all  kinds  of  job  printing  in  first-class  style.  As  will 


be  seen,  Mr.  Harding  is  a  typical  self-made  man, 
one  who  by  his  own  ability,  perseverance  and 
acumen  has  risen  from  a  comparatively  obscure  and 
poor  boyhood  to  his  present  condition  of  independ- 
ence, being  now  apart  from  his  business,  the  owner 
of  a  comfortable  modern  home  on  the  corner  of 
West  Idaho  and  First  streets.  For  years  he  has 
been  active  in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  while  a  resident  of  McMinnville  served  for 
upwards  of  four  years  as  postmaster  under  Presi- 
dent Cleveland's  second  administration.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Weiser  Commercial  -Club,  and  an 
enthusiastic  booster  of  Weiser  and  its  interests. 
With  his  wife,  he  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  where  at  this  time  he  is  acting  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees. 

On  April  10,  1882,  Mr.  Harding  was  united 
in  marriage  at  McMinnville,  Oregon,  with  Miss 
Lillie  Agnes  Grubb,  who  was  born  in  that  state, 
daughter  of  John  Grubb.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harding 
have  had  no  children. 

HAROLD  F.  BARKER.  One  of  the  younger  business 
men  of  Blackfoot,  whom  everyone  is  beginning  to 
look  upon  as  one  of  the  coming  men  of  the  city,  is 
Harold  F.  Barker,  who  although  he  has  not  yet 
rounded  out  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  yet  through 
the  aid  of  a  wise  father  succeeded  in  winning  for 
himself  a  reputation  for  reliability  and  competency 
that  betokens  well  for  the  future. 

The  father  of  Harold  F.  Barker  is  Frank  C. 
Barker,  his  mother  being  Nora  Barker,  both  of  whom 
are  residents  of  Blackfoot.  His  parents  are  them- 
selves young  people,  his  father  being  only  forty-eight 
years  of  age  and  his  mother  forty-six.  Both  of 
them  are  natives  of  Minnesota,  but  came  to  Idaho 
and  settled  in  Blackfoot  during  the  early  days  of  the 
community.  Here  Mr.  Barker  established  himself 
in  the  business  of  a  painter  and  was  thus  engaged 
for  a  number  of  years,  until  in  1897  ne  opened  up 
a  grocery  business  in  which  he  has  since  been  suc- 
cessfully engaged.  Four  children  have  been  born 
to  Frank  C.  Barker  and  his  wife  and  of  these  Harold 
F.  is  the  eldest  child. 

Harold  F.  Barker  was  born  at  Parker's  Ferry, 
Minnesota,  on  the  ist  of  May,  1888.  His  education 
was  received  in  the  schools  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho, 
where  his  parents  moved  while  he  was  yet  a  child. 
Upon  finishing  school  he  went  into  business  with  his 
father;  that  is,  he  learned  the  trade  and  after  his 
father  pronounced  him  competent  he  took  charge  of 
his  father's  business  and  is  now  recognized  as  one 
of  the  most  successful  painters,  paper  hangers  and 
decorators  in  Blackfoot.  He  took  charge  of  his 
father's  business  in  May,  1912,  and  has  carried  it 
on  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  latter  and  of  his 
customers.  Mr.  Barker  modestly  attributes  a  large 
share  of  his  success  to  his  father's  aid,  but  his  friends 
and  acquaintances  know  that  he  would  never  have 
accomplished  what  he  has  had  it  not  been  for  his 
own  industry  and  painstaking  work. 

In  politics  Mr.  Barker  is  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  his  sole  fraternal  affiliations  are 
with  the  Royal  Highlanders.  On  the  2nd  of  June, 
1910,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  Blair,  at  Pocatello, 
Idaho.  Mrs.  Barker  is  a  daughter  of  Albert  Blair 
and  his  wife,  who  are  residents  of  Blackfoot.  One 
child,  Roy  Barker,  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Barker,  his  birth  occurring  at  Blackfoot,  June  25, 
1912. 

Mr.  Barker  is  an  ardent  devotee  of  the  out  doors 
life  and  is  an  enthusiast  over  all  forms  of  sport, 
although  hunting  is  his  favorite  diversion. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1217 


LUTHER  MARTIN  CAPPS.  For  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century  Luther  M.  Capps  has  maintained  a 
position  of  much  importance  in  the  state  of  Idaho, 
and  he  is  today  at  the  zenith  of  his  successful 
and  prosperous  career.  Much  of  the  real  and  telling 
development  of  the  varied  resources  of  the  great 
state  of  Idaho  has  been  brought  about  as  the  result 
of  his  guiding  finger,  and  he  has  instigated  more 
movements  for  the  ultimate  good  of  the  state  than 
perhaps  any  other  one  man  who  might  be  men- 
tioned. Many  of  the  leading  financial  and  industri- 
trial  enterprises  of  this  section  of  the  state  have 
known  his  influence  and  support  in  their  early  days 
of  establishment,  and  many  of  them  yet  feel  his 
connection  with  them  in  the  official  positions  which 
he  is  wont  to  occupy.  A  native  of  Alabama,  Mr. 
Capps  was  born  in  Abbeville  on  January  12,  1863, 
and  is  the  son  of  Martin  V.  and  Sara  E.  (Box) 
Capps,  both  native  Georgians,  where  the  father 
•was  born  in  1839. 

Martin  V.  Capps  settled  in  southern  Alabama  in 
1855,  and  there  conducted  extensive  plantation  in- 
terests, as  well  as  occupying  a  high  place  in  the 
public  life  of  the  county.  He  served  the  Democratic 
party  for  a  number  of  terms  in  the  state  legislature, 
and  was  especially  prominent  in  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity. For  several  years  he  has  been  president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Abbeville.  The  mother 
died  in  1902  at  the  family  home  leaving  eight  chil- 
dren :  Daniel  W.,  Luther  M.,  of  this  review ;  John 
T. ;  William  J. ;  Beaulah,  Cordelia,  James  W.  and 
Addie.  The  father  still  makes  his  home  at  Abbe- 
ville, Alabama,  and  is  in  the  seventy- fourth  year 
of  his  life.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war  period, 
and  gave  valiant  service  to  the  Southern  cause, 
serving  as  assistant  surgeon. 

Luther  M.  Capps  was  the  second  born  of  the 
eight  children  of  his  parents.  He  attended  the  schools 
of  Abbeville  and  the  college  at  Auburn,  Alabama, 
finishing  a  four-year  course  in  the  latter  named  in- 
stitution when  he  was  twenty-three.; years  of  age. 
He  taught  school  for  two  years  after  his  gradua- 
tion and  in  1886  received  an  appointment  to  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Indian  department  of  the  United  States 
Government.  The  duties  of  his  new  position  brought 
him  to  Idaho,  Fort  Hall  being  his  location,  and 
he  continued  for  three  years  in  the  Indian  service 
as  superintendent  of  the  industrial  and  agricultural 
department  of  the  Indian  schools.  It  was  during 
his  government  service  in  Idaho  that  the  young  man 
secured  his  first  tract  of  land,  through  purchase, 
and  this  tract  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  was 
the  beginning  of  a  magnificent  estate  which  he 
•eventuajly  came  to  be  the  owner  of  and  upon  which 
he  carried  on  extensive  stock  raising  and  farming. 
He  experienced  a  pleasing  degree  of  success  in  that 
business,  and  still  operates  near  Blackfoot,  Idaho, 
where  his  fine  ranch  is  located.  Mr.  Capps  has 
made  a  close  and  careful  study  of  the  business  of 
ranching  in  Idaho,  and  land  that  once  lay  waste 
now  yields  bountifully  under  his  fostering  care.  He 
has  treated  his  subject  in  a  scientific  manner,  and 
the  results  have  been  most  gratifying  to  contemplate, 
and  his  methods  have  been  recognized  by  the  United 
States  Government  in  his  appointment  to  the  post 
of  correspondent  from  Idaho  to  the  United  States 
agricultural  department,  a  service  which  he  has 
performed  for  a  number  of  years. 

In  addition  to  his  ranching  and  farming  activities, 
Mr.  Capps  is  prominently  connected  with  many  other 
enterprises,  as  has  been  previously  mentioned.  He 
is  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Black- 
foot  Farmers'  Mutual  Milling  Company;  secretary 
and  manager  of  the  Blackfoot  Irrigation  &  Ditch 


Company;  and  a  stockholder  and  a  director  in  the 
Gem  State  Light  and  Power  Company.  He  does 
an  annual  business  of  large  proportions  in  the  buy- 
ing of  potatoes  and  grain  at  Blackfoot — an  enter- 
prise of  his  own. 

A  Democrat,  and  an  active  and  prominent  one, 
Mr.  Capps  holds  a  high  place  in  the  councils  of 
his  party.  He  was  the  representative  of  his  party 
for  his  district  to  the  state  legislature  in  1898,  and 
on  April  4,  1910,  was  elected  mayor  of  Blackfoot 
His  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  and  the  Commercial  Club  of  Black- 
foot  also  claims  him  as  a  member.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church. 

At  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  on  March  21.  1890,  Mr.  Capps 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Elizabeth  E.  McMillan 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Robert  E.  and  Mary  E. 
(Conner)  McMillan,  both  natives  of  Scotland,  but 
herself  born  in  the  state  of  Minnesota.  They  passed 
the  closing  years  of  their  life  in  Blackfoot  and 
were  among  its  most  highly  honored  and  esteemed 
citizens.  Death  claimed  them  some  years  ago. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Capps,  of 
whom  brief  mention  is  made  as  follows:  Van  Buren 
Clapp,  born  in  Blackfoot  in  1891 ;  Robert  Oscar, 
born  in  1893 ;  Mary,  born  in  1895 ;  and  Edna  and 
Edgar,  twins,  born  in  1898.  The  three  last  named 
are  attending  school  in  Blackfoot,  and  all  five  were 
born  in  the  city  which  is  their  present  home. 

ALEXANDER  BURNETT  is  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  successful  business  men  of  Mackay,  Idaho, 
combining  with  his  undoubted  business  ability  a 
forceful  character  and  executive  ability.  He  has 
not  only  made  a  success  in  the  business  world, 
but  he  has  played  a  leading  part  in  politics  from 
the  time  when  he  cast  his  first  vote,  and  has  proved 
one  of  the  most  able  men  in  political  affairs  in  this 
section  of  the  state.  Broad  minded,  progressive  he 
has  had  a  most  important  influence  towards  the 
betterment  of  conditions  in  the  town,  both  econom- 
ically and  socially.  His  position  in  various  public 
offices  has  given  him  an  opportunity  to  accomplish 
much  good  in  civic  affairs. 

Alexander  Burnett  was  born  in  Tuella  county, 
Utah,  on  the  I4th  of  November,  1862.  The  father 
of  Alexander  Burnett  is  David  Burnett  and  the 
native  home  of  the  latter  was  Scotland.  He  came 
to  America  in  the  later  fifties  and  was  among  the 
pioneers  of  Utah.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade 
but  on  coming  to  this  country  he  took  up  farm- 
ing and  later  on  became  a  merchant.  He  was 
moderately  successful.  In  1872  he  removed  to  Idaho, 
settling  in  Mackay  when  there  were  not  many  set- 
tlers in  southern  Idaho.  He  has  always  taken  a 
keen  interest  in  political  affairs,  being  a  member  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  served  at  one  time  as 
county  commissioner.  Civic  affairs  have  always 
found  him  playing  an  active  part  and  in  his  younger 
days  he  took  an  active  part  in  church  affairs.  David 
Burnett  married  Jean  Buist,  who  like  her  husband, 
was  born  in  Scotland.  The  ceremony  took  place  in 
their  native  land  and  she  crossed  the  ocean  and 
later  the  plains  with  the  man  of  her  choice.  She 
died  in  Mackay,  Idaho,  in  1905,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-four. Eight  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Burnett,  and  of  these  three  now  make  their 
homes  in  Idaho.  Daniel  M.  is  a  resident  of  Mackay 
and  Isabelle  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Coffin,  their 
home  being  in  Oneida  county. 

Alexander  Burnett  is  the  next  to  the  youngest 
of  the  children  of  his  parents  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Idaho,  securing,  however, 
only  a  common  school  education.  He  left  school 


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at  the  age  of  sixteen  and  pre-empted  a  claim  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  Lost  river. 
Here  he  engaged  in  stock  raising  as  his  own  master. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  thus  engaged,  at- 
taining considerable  prosperity.  After  selling  his 
stock  and  giving  up  the  business  he  came  to  Mackay 
and  engaged  in  the  meat  business,  which  he  fol- 
lowed successfully  for  seven  years,  and  in  1910  he 
purchased  the  hardware  business  of  Brennan  Broth- 
ers. This  hardware  business  was  the  first  to  be 
established  in  Custer  county,  and  the  Brennan 
brothers  had  established  the  business  and  had  made 
it  a  prosperous  concern  before  Mr.  Burnett  bought 
it.  He,  however,  greatly  increased  the  business  and 
it  is  now  the  largest  in  the  county,  being  the  only 
exclusive  hardware  store  in  Mackay.  As  a  merchant 
he  has  been  an  undoubted  success,  but  he  has  not 
given  his  entire  time  to  his  mercantile  business.  He 
is  interested  in  farming  lands  and  also  owns  city 
realty,  and  his  business  ability  has  been  recognized 
by  his  being  made  a  member  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  Bank  of  Mackay. 

In  politics  Mr.  Burnett  is  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  is  recognized  as  an  important  factor 
in  the  councils  of  that  party.  He  served  as  coun- 
cilman for  two  years  in  Mackay  and  in  1904  was 
elected  mayor  of  the  city.  He  held  this  post  for 
one  term  or  two  years,  and  was  also  a  member 
of  the  city  council  for  four  years.  For  one  term 
he  was  assessor  of  the  county  and  he  also  held 
the  position  of  collector  of  this  county  for  one 
term.  He  also  served  as  county  commissioner  for 
two  years  and  this  long  list  of  public  offices  proves 
more  than  words  could  what  an  active  and  able 
part  has  been  Mr.  Burnett's  in  civic  and  political 
affairs. 

Mr.  Burnett  has  always  taken  considerable  in- 
terest in  fraternal  matters,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Pocatello, 
No.  674,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Mackay  Lodge,  No.  82. 

He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  marriage 
occurring  in  Oneida  county,  Idaho,  when  he  married 
Miss  Jane  Jones,  who  was  a  native  of  Utah,  and 
a  member  of  a  well  known  old  pioneer  family  of 
that  state.  Five  children  were  born  to  this  union, 
and  the  mother  has  been  dead  for  many  years.  These 
children  are  all  living  save  Isabelle,  the  others  being 
Alexander,  Jean,  Mabel  and  David  M.  Mr.  Burnett 
married  Miss  Emma  Smyers  as  his  second  wife. 
Mrs.  Burnett  was  born  in  Missouri,  and  she  and 
her  husband  have  become  the  parents  of  one  child, 
a  daughter,  Beulah,  who  was  born  on  the  loth 
of  May,  1905. 

KARL  P.  BROWN.  The  career  of  Karl  P.  Brown, 
editor  and  publisher  of  the  Blackfoot  Optimist,  of 
Blackfoot,  Idaho,  which,  as  it  name  suggests  is  a 
journalistic  disciple  of  the  creed  that  all  things 
are  ordered  for  the  best,  has  been  one  of  enterprising 
industry  from  earliest  youth,  crowded  with  experi- 
ences of  every  kind,  in  various  communities,  and 
finally  crowned  with  undisputed  success.  The  spirit 
of  self-reliance  and  independence  that  led  the  lad 
of  fourteen  years  to  leave  his  comfortable  home  in 
the  East  and  fare  forth  to  battle  with  the  world  in 
strange  communities,  has  enabled  Mr.  Brown  to  build 
up  a  profitable  enterprise  where  one  of  less  courage 
and  faith  in  his  own  convictions  might  have  failed, 
and  at  this  time  he  is  recognized  as  an  important 
factor  in  influencing  public  opinion  and  in  promoting 
the  civic  welfare  of  his  adopted  place.  Mr.  Brown 
was  born  at  Findlay,  Hancock  county,  Ohio,  April 


18,  1872,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Newell) 
Brown. 

Henry  Brown  was  a  native  of  New  York  state, 
and  in  young  manhood  took  up  the  study  of  law.  He 
became  a  resident  of  Findlay,  Ohio,  in  1856,  and 
there  formed  a  partnership  with  Col.  James  A.  Bope, 
"this  association  continuing  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  war.  Both  partners  at  that  time  desired  to 
aid  the  Union  cause,  but  realized  that  one  should  re- 
main and  fight  the  battles  of  peace  to  care  for  the 
families,  and,  accordingly,  the  two  young  lawyers 
drew  lots  to  see  who  should  go  to  the  front.  As 
events  occurred,  it  was  Colonel  Bope  who  drew 
the  right  to  wear  the  uniform,  and  he  fought  gal- 
lantly throughout  the  struggle  between  the  states, 
while  Mr.  Brown  was  no  less  active  in  keeping  the 
loved  ones  at  home  in  comfortable  circumstances. 
After  the  war  the  partnership  was  resumed,  and 
continued  uninterruptedly  until  the  death  of  Mr. 
Brown,  in  1893,  when  he  was  sixty-seven  years  of 
age.  He  rose  to  a  high  place  in  his  profession,  and 
was  very  active  in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party, 
filling  numerous  offices  and  eventually  being  sent 
as  representative  to  the  Ohio  State  Legislature.  Mrs. 
Brown,  a  native  of  Virginia,  still  survives  her  hus- 
band and  resides  at  the  old  home  in  Findlay,  which 
remains  in  the  family  possession. 

The  youngest  of  the  four  children  of  his  parents, 
Karl  P.  Brown  received  his  education  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Findlay,  in  the  meantime  learn- 
ing the  trade  of  printer.  Having  heard  glowing 
reports  of  the  opportunities  to  be  found  in  the  great 
West,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  ran  away  from 
home  and  made  his  way  to  the  vicinity  of  Livingston, 
Montana,  where  he  secured  employment  as  a  cow- 
boy, riding  the .  range  for  the  next  fifteen  years. 
During  this  time  he  also  engaged  in  buying  and 
selling  cattle  and  horses  on  his  own  account,  but  in 
this  he  met  with  only  ordinary  success,  and  Novem- 
ber 21,  1907,  he  located  permanently  at  Blackfoot, 
Idaho,  where  he  took  a  position  on  the  Southeastern 
Idaho  Mail.  He  remained  with  that  newspaper  but 
a  short  time,  however,  soon  establishing  the  Black- 
foot  Optimist,  which  now  has  a  circulation  of  more 
than  1,000  readers.  Devoted  to  the  support  of 
Republican  policies  and  candidates,  it  was  the  only 
paper  to  uphold  that  party's  principles  in  the  county 
during  the  campaign  of  1912.  Mr.  Brown  has  met 
with  encouraging  support,  both  from  subscribers 
and  advertisers,  and  is  endeavoring  to  give  to  the 
reading  public  a  clean,  wholesome  sheet,  embody- 
ing the  best  characteristics  of  journalism,  telling  the 
news  and  all  the  news,  and  containing  timely  and 
significant  editorials.  He  has  the  respect  of  men  of 
all  parties  for  the  courage  with  which  he  defends 
his  convictions  and  the  honorable  manner  in  which 
he  does  so,  and  has  succeeded  in  making  himself 
popular  with  all  classes  Mr.  Brown's  assertion  that 
Idaho  is  to  become  the  "Garden  Spot  of  America," 
is  worthy  of  some  consideration  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  he  has  traveled  all  over  the  West  and 
visited  some  of  the  finest  agricultural  communities 
in  the  country.  He  misses  no  opportunity  to  "boost" 
his  adopted  section,  and  by  word  and  pen  has  been 
influential  in  advancing  his  community's  develop- 
ment. 

On  October  6,  1907,  Mr.  Brown  was  married  at 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Blanche  Laughran,  a  na- 
tive of  Iowa,  and  daughter  of  Joshua  Laughran.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brown  have  one  daughter :  "Billie"  Louise, 
born  at  Blackfoot,  October  7,  1911.  The  family  is 
connected  with  the  Methodist  church. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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DR.  WILLIAM  H.  ANDERSON.  Since  1897  Dr.  Wil- 
liam H.  Anderson  has  been  a  resident  of  Soda 
Springs,  Bannock  county,  Idaho,  and  his  life  has 
been  a  busy  and  profitable  one  here,  as  it  was  in 
those  communities  that  knew  his  ministering  ways 
before  he  cast  in  his  lot  with  Soda  Springs  and  her 
people.  Well  advanced  in  years,  Dr.  Anderson  has 
of  late  practically  abandoned  his  medical  practice, 
his  work  being  confined  to  consultations  and  emer- 
gency calls,  rather  than  to  a  regular  practice,  such 
as  he  maintained  for  more  than  a  half  century.  His 
profession  has  honored  him  within  the  past  two 
years,  first  electing  him  to  the  office  of  second  vice 
president  of  the  Idaho  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, and  later  electing  him  first  vice  president. 
The  doctor  still  keeps  up  his  drug  store,  however, 
which  he  established  when  he  first  located  in  Soda 
Springs,  and  which  has  long  been  one  of  the  busiest 
spots  in  the  city. 

William  H.  Anderson,  M.  D.,  was  born  at  Flor- 
ence, Pennsylvania,  on  the  I4th  day  of  February, 
1835,  and  is  the  son  of  Robert  S.  and  Dorcas  A.  S. 
(Hopkins)  Anderson,  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio,  respectively.  The  father  was  for  many  years 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  his  native 
state,  and  in  later  years  in  Iowa,  to  which  state 
he  migrated,  and  he  lived  to  reach  the  patriarchal 
age  of  eighty-five  years. 

The  Anderson  family  is  of  record  one  of  the 
oldest  American  families,  and  the  paternal  grand- 
parents of  the  genial  doctor  were  Maj.  Robert  and 
Betsy  Agnes  Anderson,  both  Pennsylvanians.  Major 
Anderson  was  born  just  prior  to  the  Revolutionary 
war  period,  and  he  was  all  his  life  a  leader  in 
public  affairs.  It  is  noteworthy  that  he  was  the 
major  of  a  Pennsylvania  regiment  sent  to  Fort 
Dearborn,  now  Chicago,  in  1812,  when  invasion 
from  British  forces  was  feared.  He  was  the  son 
of  Robert  and  Margaret  Anderson,  the  former  of 
whom  was  born  on  March  16,  1734.  The  maternal 
ancestors  of  the  doctor  as  well  as  those  on  the 
paternal  side  were  notable  in  many  ways.  Dr. 
Anderson's  mother  was  the  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Pumphery)  Hopkins,  the  Pumpherys 
being  closely  related  to  John  Hancock  and  Stephen 
Hopkins,  both  of  whom  signed  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  her  father  was  a  son  of  James 
Hopkins,  whose  family  name  is  perpetuated  in  the 
famous  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

Dr.  Anderson  received  his  early  educational  train- 
ing in  the  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  and 
followed  his  public  school  education  with  a  course 
of  study  at  the  Eclectic  College  of  Medicine  and 
Surgery  at  Cincinnati.  He  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1855,  when  he  was  twenty  years  of  age, 
and  very  soon  thereafter  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Newark,  Iowa.  Four  years  later  he 
moved  to  the  West,  settling  in  Utah,  and  there  he 
enjoyed  a  liberal  practice  in"  Cache  and  Malad 
counties,  that  state,  as  well  as  in  Oneida  county, 
Idaho.  It  was  not  until  1897  that  Dr.  Anderson 
severed  his  congection  entirely  with  the  state  of 
Utah  and  confined  himself  exclusively  to  his  Idaho 
practice.  He  located  in  that  year  at  Soda  Springs, 
in  Bannock  county,  and  here  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  a  general  practice,  until  advancing  age 
and  an  inclination  to  retire  from  active  service  in 
recent  years  led  him  to  practically  withdraw  from 
general  medical  and  surgical  practice.  It  is  true,  the 
doctor  will  come  if  he  is  called  in  an  emergency 


case,  or  in  a  consultation,  and  his  skill  today  is 
unabated,  but  he  teels  himself  entitled  to  a  season 
of  rest  after  a  half  century  of  strenuous  practice 
in  the  wilds  of  a  new  western  country. 

1  >r.  Anderson  is  a  man  who  has  ever  kept  abreast 
with  the  tide  of  developments  in  the  scientific  world, 
and  has  been  a  close  and  able  student  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  has  not  withdrawn  himself  trom  other 
interests,  however,  hut  has  always  been  found  an 
interested  factor  in  every  forward  movement  that 
was  promulgated  for  the  ultimate  good  of  his  com- 
munity. His  drug  store,  which  he  established  when 
he  came  to  Soda  Springs,  has  taken  a  goodly  bit 
of  his  attention,  and  he  still  retains  that  business. 

Public  service  has  not  been  outside  the  field  of 
Dr.  Anderson's  activity,  and  for  twenty-five  years 
he  was  justice  of  the  peace  in  Utah,  and  he  was 
at  one  time  regimental  surgeon  in  the  Nauvoo 
Legion  of  Cache  county,  Utah,  while  he  was  post- 
master of  Portage,  in  Utah,  for  thirty  years.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
and  in  that  church  has  served  as  counsellor  to  the 
bishop. 

On  September  8,  1861,  Dr.  Anderson  was  mar- 
ried at  Wellsville,  Utah,  to  Miss  Mary  Allen,  of 
English  birth,  and  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth (Siddall)  Allen,  of  Derbyshire,  England.  The 
children  of  Dr.  and'  Mrs.  Anderson  are  three  in 
number,  as  follows:  William  A.,  who  was  born 
in  Wellsville,  Utah,  on  the  26th  of  September,  1862; 
Dorcas  E.,  born  on  February  16,  1865,  and  died  on 
August  2,  1876;  and  Mary  E.,  born  on  March  19, 
1867.  She  was  thrice  married.  Her  first  husband, 
Charles  A.  Heaston,  died,  leaving  one  child,  and  she 
later  married  John  Kelley,  of  Soda  Springs,  Idaho. 
He  died,  leaving  one  child,  William  Kelley.  She 
married,  third,  Thomas  J.  Corrigan,  of  Soda  Springs. 
Dr.  Anderson  has  long  been  a  stanch  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  the  movements  of  that  body.  He  was  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  Democratic  central  committee 
for  this  district,  and  has  served  in  various  capaci- 
ties in  the  interests  of  the  party.  It  would  be  diffi- 
cult indeed  to  find  a  man  who  could  speak  more 
warmly  of  Idaho  than  does  "Dr.  Anderson,  and,  in- 
deed, it  would  be  difficult  to  find  one  who  is  more 
qualified  to  speak  than  he.  He  has  traveled  exten- 
sively through  the  western  states,  studied  them  and 
lived  in  them,  and  it  is  his  outspoken  belief  that 
Idaho  leads  the  West  in  the  richness  of  her  resources 
and  in  her  splendid  advantages  of  climate,  water 
and  general  healthfulness.  He  is  especially  happy 
in  his  life  in  Soda  Springs,  and  is  one  of  the  hap- 
piest and  most  genial  men  one  might  ever  expect 
•to  find — a  part  of  the  credit  for  which  may  be 
accredited  to  his  pleasing  and  wholesome  life  in  the 
state  of  his  adoption,  but  the  greater  share  of 
which,  it  is  safe  to  say,  springs  from  the  kindly 
and  generous  nature  which  are  the  distinctive  char- 
acteristics of  this  fine  old  western  gentleman. 

FRANCES  IDA  ROBERTS.  An  elastic  phrase  is  "the 
sphere  of  woman."  It  is  measured  only  by  the 
prejudices  and  mental  limitations  of  the  user.  In 
the  homely,  honest,  actual  life  of  the  world  women's 
accomplishments  have  ranged  everywhere.  To  the 
independent,  courageous  members  of  the  sex,  the 
arbitrary  distinctions  maintained  in  the  drawing- 
room  and  academic  circles  are  as  paper.  Women 
like  Frances  Ida  Roberts  are  doers  of  the  word,  and 
their  quality  of  social  service  and  individual  achieve- 
ments suffer  nothing  by  comparison  with  the  work 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


performed  by  ablest  men.  Her  career  has  inspira- 
tion, not  only  for  her  own  sex,  but  for  all  who 
aspire  to  that  level  of  accomplishment  which  counts 
for  good  in  behalf  of  humanity. 

Miss  Roberts  is  a  successful  newspaper  woman  in 
Idaho,  proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Star  Courier  at 
Star.  She  is  active  in  politics  in  the  sense  that  she 
is  an  energetic  advocate  and  worker  for  good  gov- 
ernment and  social  justice.  She  lives  a  sane  and 
busy  life,  and  is  not  so  immersed  in  practical  duties 
that  she  has  no  time  for  the  finer  things  and  the  cul- 
tural side  of  life.  A  number  of  years  ago  she  took 
up  a  claim  in  Oregon,  lived  the  typical  life  of  a 
homesteader,  and  not  only  performed  all  the  duties 
and  underwent  all  the  hardships  connected  with  such 
an  experience,  but  thoroughly  enjoyed  the  doing  of 
it.  She  has  devoted  many  years  to  teaching,  and  in 
that  and  other  ways  has  come  close  to  the  vital  needs 
of  that  portion  of  humanity  which  her  own  career 
has  touched.  To  her  credit  is  much  of  the  hard 
solid  work  of  the  world,  and  at  the  same  time  she 
has  maintained  the  "sweetness  and  light"  which 
increase  the  durable  satisfaction  of  life. 

Frances  Ida  Roberts  was  born  on  Friday,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1860,  at  the  corner  of  Fourteenth  and  Clark 
Avenue,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  Hers  is  an  interest- 
ing family  record.  The  founder  of  her  family  in 
America  was  a  soldier  who  came  with  wife  and  one 
child  from  Ireland,  and  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  There  is  little  infor- 
mation at  hand  concerning  the  founder  of  the 
family,  but  it  is  known  that  he  gave  his  services  to 
the  colony  during  the  Claiborne  disturbances  and 
he  was  spoken  of  as  Col.  Roberts.  The  great-grand- 
father, grandfather  and  father  of  Miss  Roberts  were 
all  born  in  the  old  Baltimore  homestead.  The  first 
of  the  family  in  America  was  a  Roman  Catholic  in 
religion. 

Great-grandfather  Patrick  Roberts  was  born  in 
Baltimore,  was  educated  there,  took  up  the  law,  and 
served  as  a  private  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 
He  cast  his  vote  for  Washington,  then  for  Jefferson 
and  in  religion  was  a  Protestant,  probably  the  first 
in  the  family,  and  also  belonged  to  the  Masonic 
Order.  He  came  across  the  Alleganies  to  Kentucky 
about  1811,  and  laid  his  land  warrant  on  about  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  along  the  Big  Benson  River 
near  Frankfort.  He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Lexington,  where  he  was  known  as 
the  "Cobbler  of  Benson"  because  of  his  pride  and 
the  autocratic  bearing  which  characterized  his  per- 
sonal action.  In  addressing  the  jury,  he  "marked 
time"  all  over  the  court  room.  He  won  his  last  case 
at  the  age  of  ninety-five,  and  fell  dead  in  the  arms  of 
his  son  from  the  saddle  of  his  old  pony  "Silver 
Heels"  at  his  home  gate.  He  was  the  father  of 
twenty-three  children.  One  son,  Edmund  A.  W. 
Roberts,  still  lives  at  the  age  of  ninety-eight  on  the 
old  Benson  homestead.  Patrick  Roberts  was  twice 
married.  His  first  wife  was  Margaret  Mastin,  of 
Holland  Dutch  stock  and  a  woman  of  noted  cour- 
age. The  second  wife  was  Mary  Austin,  whom  he 
married  in  Kentucky. 

Thomas  Henry  Roberts,  son  of  Patrick  and  Mar- 
garet Roberts,  was  born  in  Baltimore  about  1793. 
He  married  in  Pennsylvania  about  1810  Miss  Jane 
Campbell,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Campbell, 
who  had  come  from  Scotland.  Thomas  H.  Roberts, 
who  was  a  printer  by  trade,  moved  to  Kentucky  about 
1817,  and  at  Louisville  started  a  paper  called  "The 
Microscope"  about  1823.  Through  his  newspaper  he 
boldly  attacked  the  evils  of  Louisville,  and  its  lax 


officials.  He  paid  particular  attention  to  the  out- 
rages committed  by  the  keel  boatmen,  and  gave 
much  space  in  his  columns  to  the  slum  section  called 
the  "Swamp."  As  a  result  of  his  fiery  denunciation 
of  one  Captain  Russell,  of  the  boat  "Huntress,"  whom 
he  represented  as  taking  the  hand  of  a  girl  passen- 
ger and  saying,  "Let  me  lead  you  into  Swampta- 
tion,  my  dear,"  the  boatmen  attacked  his  office  under 
the  leadership  of  this  Captain  Russell  and  threw  his 
machinery  and  .other  equipment  into  the  Ohio  River. 
On  the  invitation  of  a  Frenchman  who  owned  a 
sheepyard,  Mr.  Roberts  crossed  the  river  to  New 
Albany,  Indiana,  and  established  there  the  Indiana 
Recorder,  which  he  published  until  his  death  about 
1828.  His  political  faith  during  his  latter  years  was 
that  of  .a  Whig. 

In  religion  Thomas  H.  Roberts  was  a  Sweden- 
borgian.  He  had  a  brother  named  for  Emanuel 
Swedenborg.  He  was  given  to  preaching  those 
doctrines  and  to  fiery  arguments  in  support  of 
them.  One  occasion  remembered  and  given  place  irt 
the  family  traditions  is  connected  with  an  incident 
when  Lorenzo  Dow  came  to  fulfill  an  appointment 
made  a  year  before  and  preached  from  a  stump  to« 
hundreds  of  people  in  a  grove  between  the  old  or 
Riverside  Park  and  the  new  part  of  New  Albany. 
At  the  close  of  the  address  Grandfather  Roberts 
challenged  the  preacher  and  a  bitter  debate  followed 
for  a  good  part  of  the  afternoon,  until  as  the  speak- 
ers approached  from  stump  to  stump,  Grandfather 
Roberts  finally  grasped  and  shook  the  Great  Irregu- 
lar by  a  long  thin  white  chin-beard.  Thomas  H. 
Roberts  was  a  man  of  exceptional  education  and 
mentality.  He  was  educated  in  Baltimore,  had  a 
fine  classical  training,  and  possessed  one  of  the  best 
libraries  in  Kentucky,  its  volumes  having  filled 
two  great  covered  wagons  when  brought  over  the 
Alleghanies.  He  wielded  a  trenchant,  sarcastic  edi- 
torial pen,  wrote  good  lyric  poetry,  and  in  his  news- 
papers and  his  speaking  worked  with  broad  liberal 
sweep  to  build  up  the  town  and  the  schools, 
churches  and  commercial  concerns.  His  wife,  Jane 
Campbell,  was  a  good,  intelligent  woman.  Her 
brother  John  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  his 
district  in  Pennsylvania  for  a  number  of  terms.  Her 
people  were  farmers,  Whigs  and  Quakers,  and  her 
parents  and  brothers,  excepting  John,  moved  to 
Kentucky  about  1820.  Her  mother,  Sarah  Sinclair 
Campbell,  was  born  in  England,  a  very  stately,  stern 
Quakeress.  Her  father  talked  a  broad  Scotch  dia- 
lect. Jane  Roberts  remained  a  Quaker  despite  her 
husband's  Swedenborgian  doctrine. 

The  father  of  Miss  Roberts  was  Thomas  Henry 
Roberts,  Jr.,  born  in  Baltimore,  August  7,  1815,  and 
brought  to  Kentucky  in  1817  at  the  age  of  two  years- 
When  nine  years  old  in  1824  he  began  to  check  type 
in  his  father's  office,  and  in  1830  was  apprenticed  to 
Shadrach  Penn,  printer.  June  20,  1842,  he  married 
at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  Miss  Martha  Duncan 
Thompson.  In  1851  he  moved  to  St.  Louis,  where 
he  was  foreman  or  proofreader  on  the  Missouri  Re- 
publican, and  on  the  Missouri  Democrat  for  over 
twenty  years.  In  1860  he  bought  a  farm  ninety  miles 
southeast  of  St.  Louis,  and  gradually  increased  its 
acreage  to  more  than  nine  hundred.  This  old  farm 
had  a  fine  old  oak  log  house  built  in  1830,  and  an 
oak-timbered  barn  with  a  double  threshing  floor. 
This  threshing  floor  was  used  for  threshing  after 
the  old  manner  of  beating  out  grain  with  flails  by 
the  entire  settlement.  The  farm  was  four  miles 
from  Steeleville  in  Crawford  county,  and  the  forest 
closed  all  around  it.  In  1872  Mr.  Roberts  started  a 


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paper,  the  Crawford  Mirror,  which  is  still  in  exist- 
ence, its  plant  being  installed  in  the  remodeled  barn. 
In  1888  he  came  out  to  Oregon,  started  a  paper  called 
the  Harney  Times,  served  as  treasurer  of  Harney 
county  and  of  Harney  City,  was  notary  public,  was 
postmaster  at  Ironside,  Oregon,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  and  died  at  Cove,  Oregon,  January  20,  1903. 
Until  1828  he  had  been  a  student  in  school,  but  after 
that  educated  himself  like  Lincoln,  and  taught  him- 
self the  Latin,  Greek  and  German  languages  for  the 
sake  of  their  literature.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat, was  a  member  of  the  Missionary  Baptist 
Church,  and  from  1861  to  1865  served  in  the*  Mis- 
souri State  Militia.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Bennett  Thompson  and  Ellen  Jane  (Kelly) 
Thompson.  She  was  bom  in  Mercer  county,  Ken- 
tucky, May  24,  1824,  and  was  reared  after  the  death 
of  her  mother  by  Nathan  Scarce,  a  planter  near 
Franklin.  Her  father  had  served  in  the  Black  Hawk 
war,  and  her  grandfather,  Captain  Evans  Thompson, 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  The  Thompson 
family  was  English  in  its  ancestry.  Mrs.  Roberts 
treasures  many  memories  of  her  grandfather,  Cap- 
tain Thompson,  having  seen  him  and  heard  many  of 
his  army  stories  and  songs.  She  was  named  for  his 
mother,  Martha  Duncan.  Captain  Thompson  came 
to  Kentucky  from  Virginia,  after  the  Revolution,  and 
his  wife,  Chloe  Bennett,  was  noted  for  her  fear- 
lessness in  riding  any  distance  to  help  sick  women 
or  children  in  the  wilderness.  With  forebears  whose 
characters  and  careers  were  notable  for  such  attain- 
ments and  accomplishments  as  have  been  described  it 
is  not  surprising  that  Miss  Roberts  herself  has  led  a 
useful  life.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  the  Steeleville  Academy.  In  1872,  when  twelve 
years  old,  she  began  to  set  type  in  the  Mirror  office. 
During  the  summer  the  family  lived  on  the  farm, 
Oak  Lawn,  and  in  the  winfer  lived  in  St.  Louis  with 
the  father.  In  1877-78  she  took  a  course  in  piano 
music  under  Professor  Louis  Lybeeker  in  the  Or- 
chard Musical  Institute  at  Salem,  Missouri.  She 
took  up  teaching  as  an  assistant,  and  in  1887  moved 
out  to  Oregon  and  taught  in  both  that  state  and 
Idaho  until  1906.  For  a  change  during  vacation  she 
worked  in  printing  offices.  In  1906  Miss  Roberts 
bought  the  North  Powder  News  in  North  Powder, 
Oregon,  handled  it  successfully  until  October,  1909, 
when  she  sold,  and  then  moved  to  Boise,  where  she 
bought  an  interest  in  the  Idaho  Unionist.  Her  in- 
terest in  that  paper  was  sold  in  1910,  in  which  year 
she  established  the  Star  Courier  at  Star,  and  has 
since  been  identified  with  journalism  and  public  af- 
fairs at  that  place. 

Miss  Roberts  is  a  Republican  of  the  Progressive 
type,  and  was  unable  to  reconcile  herself  to  the 
Hilles-Channon  minority.  During  the  national  cam- 
paign of  1912  she  served  as  county  organizer  and 
chairman  of  the  state  publicity  committee  for  south- 
ern Idaho.  She  is  now  permanent  committeeman 
and  member  of  the  county  executive  committee,  also 
president  of  the  local  progressive  club.  She  has 
held  no  political  office,  and  to  use  her  own  words, 
not  being  a  suffrlfeette,  has  no  military  record. 

At  a  camp  meeting  held  by  Bishop  Marvin  of  St. 
Louis  at  Walton  Springs  in  Crawford  county,  Mis- 
souri, in  September,  1874,  Miss  Roberts  was  con- 
verted to  the  Methodist  church,  and  was  baptized 
January  21,  1876.  She  has  served  as  church  trustee 
and  as  an  active  worker  in  both  church  and  Sun- 
day school.  Fraternally  she  has  affiliated  since  1895 


with  the  Rebekah  Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  held  offices  as  noble  grand 
and  D.  D.  P.  She  organized  the  Rebekah  Lodge  at 
North  Powder,  Oregon,  Golden  Rod  Lodge  No.  165, 
and  also  organized  and  instituted  Haines  Lodge  No. 
170  at  Dean,  Oregon.  She  is  affiliated  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  auxiliary,  Women  of  Wood- 
craft, is  clerk  of  her  lodge  and  an  organizer  for 
Boise.  She  also  belongs  to  the  Women's  Relief 
Corps,  and  to  the  Boise  Typographical  Union. 

A  busy  and  contented  career  has  never  allowed 
Miss  Roberts  to  consider  matrimony  seriously.  Her 
home  life  has  been  ideal  in  its  relations  and  her 
outside  interests,  especially  those  which  have 
brought  her  into  serviceable  touch  with  children  as 
teacher,  have  supplied  most  of  the  things  which  are 
the  rewards  of  married  life.  Her  mother,  who  was 
a  woman  of  fine  and  strong  character,  was  an  invalid 
for  nineteen  years,  and  to  her  the  daughter  gave  a 
long  and  devoted  service.  Her  father  was  her 
teacher,  critic,  and  intimate  companion.  None  of 
the  family  has  cared  for  money,  and  she  and  the 
others  have  lived  the  simple  life  from  day  to  day 
with  plenty  of  books  and  those  surroundings  of 
birds,  flowers  and  sunshine  and  laughter  and  music 
which  afford  the  perfect  environment  for  the  whole- 
some and  high-minded.  Miss  Roberts  and  her  wid- 
owed elder  sister  continue  the  home  life  which  pre- 
vailed during  the  presence  of  their  parents,  but  now 
more  than  ever  give  their  time  to  literary  work. 
There  are  children,  since  Miss  Roberts'  brother  has 
three  fine  boys,  and  her  sister  has  three  lovely  chil- 
dren. Miss  Roberts  herself  has  school  children  liv- 
ing on  a  thousand  hills  in  east  Oregon  and  Idaho, 
and  that  she  has  performed  a  useful  and  conscientious 
service  to  these  affords  a  satisfaction  which  is  a  fair 
substitute  for  children  of  her  own.  Through  her 
paper  and  through  her  part  in  public  life,  she  takes 
a  keen  interest  in  child  welfare  work,  and  in  fight- 
ing the  menace  of  child  slavery. 

In  1889  Miss  Roberts  pre-empted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  government  land  in  Harney  county, 
Oregon,  and  lived  on  it  until  she  had  proved  up  the 
claim.  She  relates  that  every  minute  of  that  experi- 
ence was  enjoyable  from  jumping  the  claim,  getting 
the  cabin,  ten  by  twelve  feet,  set  up,  and  fencing  the 
grounds,  to  all  the  work  of  looking  after  the  stock 
and  other  duties  connected  with  homesteading.  While 
living  on  that  claim  she  walked  to  and  from  a  little 
school  a  mile  and  a  half  below  her  home,  also  made 
printer's  proof,  and  occasionally  entertained  her 
friends  with  a  dinner  at  the  Frenchwoman's  Hotel  in 
Burns.  As  a  newspaper  woman  she  maintains  an 
ideal  for  a  clean  local  paper,  lends  her  encouragement 
to  all  good,  assists  in  fighting  the  bad,  and  throughout 
keeps  a  cheerful  outlook  and  a  steady  uplift.  She  and 
her  sister,  Mrs.  D.  L.  Grace,  do  all  their  own  work  at 
home,  and  it  is  a  cheerful  philosophy  which  she  has 
evolved  from  her  experience  in  the  world.  She  says : 
"We  find  life  easy  for  folks  who  work  steadily  and 
intelligently,  a  good  living  for  folk  of  simple  taste 
and  contented  mind,  who  spend  no  energy  in  hustling 
for  mere  fine  clothes  and  victuals."  While  always 
busy  Miss  Roberts  has  traveled  some,  has  read  much, 
and  has  always  entered  actively  into  the  large,  club, 
home,  church,  and  street  concerns  about  her.  And 
all  right  thinking  people  would  agree  and  rejoice  with 
her  in  her  belief  that  she  has  been  very  happily 
placed  in  life. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


CHARLES  V.  FISHER.  The  financial  interests  of 
southeastern  Idaho  are  in  the  hands  of  capable  and 
conservative  bankers,  men  whose  lives  have  been 
devoted  to  the  handling  of  public  and  private  moneys, 
whose  whole  training  has  been  along  lines  calculated 
to  safeguard  the  interests  of  investors  and  depositors. 
Among  these,  one  who  has  qualified  as  an  able 
banker  is  Charles  V.  Fisher,  cashier  of  the  D.  W. 
Standrod  &  Company  private  bank,  of  Blackfoot. 
Starting  with  this  firm  something  more  than  eleven 
years  ago,  in  a  humble  capacity,  he  has  steadily 
worked  his  way  up  the  ladder,  promotion  succeed- 
ing promotion,  until  today  he  is  known  as  one  of 
the  leading  financiers  of  the  city.  Although  shrewd- 
ness has  been  a  notable  factor  of  his  character,  in  all 
of  his  dealings  Mr.  Fisher  has  maintained  strictness, 
fairness  and  integrity,  and  his  opinion  has  always 
carried  weight  with  his  associates  in  financial  matters 
of  any  nature.  A  short  sketch  of  his  career  will 
be  interesting  as  ^showing  how  he  has  advanced 
from  the  school  room  to  the  practical  directing 
head  of  a  large  and  responsible  business. 

Mr.  Fisher  was  born  April  25,  1884,  at  •  Marys- 
ville,  Kansas,  and  is  a  son  of  James  C.  and  Melvina 
(Moore)  Fisher.  His  father,  a  native  of  New  York 
state,  moved  to  Kansas  in  1880,  and  was  there  en- 
gaged in  fruit  growing  until  1889,  that  year  seeing 
his  advent  in  Blackfoot,  Idaho.  He  is  now  living 
retired  after  a  long  and  successful  career.  Mr. 
Fisher  has  been  a  lifelong  Republican,  and  has  al- 
ways been  more  or  less  active  in  civic  affairs.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war,  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixteenth  Regi- 
ment, Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry,  of  which  he 
was  a  non-commissioned  officer,  and  took  part  in 
nineteen  major  battles  during  his  five  years  of  serv- 
ice, including  Vicksburg  and  Shiloh,  in  the  latter  of 
which  he  was  wounded.  He  also  participated  in 
Sherman's  famous  march  to  the  sea,  and  his  entire 
service  was  marked  by  the  greatest  bravery  and 
faithful  attention  to  duty.  On  April  16,  1848,  he  was 
married  to  Melvina  Moore,  a  native  of  Wisconsin, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  sons,  of  whom 
Charles  V.  was  the  youngest. 

Charles  V.  Fisher  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  and  Ogden,  Utah, 
which  he  attended  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of 
age,  at  which  time  he  was  offered  his  first  position, 
a  clerkship  in  the  private  bank  of  D.  W.  Standrod 
&  Company,  at  Blackfoot.  That  was  something 
more  than  eleven  years  ago,  and  today  Mr.  Fisher 
has  full  charge  of  the  cashier's  desk,  a  position 
which  he  has  held  for  six  years.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  his  political  views,  and  for  the  past  four  years 
has  been  deputy  county  treasurer.  Fraternally,  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Masons  and  the  Odd  Fellows, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  he  has  been 
active  in  advancing  Blackfoot's  best  interests. 

In  December,  1903,  Mr.  Fisher  was  married  at 
Blackfoot,  to  Miss  Maude  Sample,  daughter  of 
William  A.  Sample,  a  native  of  Oregon,  and  they 
have  had  two  children:  Charles  D.,  born  November 
16,  1905;  and  Maxine,  born  July  n,  1910. 

FRANK  W.  MITCHELL,  M.  D,  As  one  of  the  rep- 
resentative physicians  and  surgeons  of  Bingham 
county  and  as  a  vital  and  public-spirited  citizen  who 
commands  unqualified  esteem  in  the  state  of  his 
adoption,  Dr.  Mitchell  is  entitled  to  specific  recog- 
nition in  this  publication.  He  is  engaged  in  the  suc- 
cessful practice  of  his  profession  in  the  thriving 
little  city  of  Blackfoot  and  is  known  as  a  most 
zealous  student  of  the  sciences  of  medicine  and 
surgery,  with  the  advances  in  which  he  keeps  in 
the  closest  touch. 


Dr.  Mitchell  is  a  native  son  of  the  golden  West, 
as  he  was  born  at  Adin,  Modoc  county,  California, 
on  the  6th  of  June,  1872.  He  is  a  son  of  Judge  Mar- 
tin W.  and  Antoinette  (Curry)  Mitchell,  both  of 
whom  were  born  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  in  which 
state  the  respective  families  were  founded  in  the 
early  pioneer  days.  Judge  Mitchell  was  born  in 
the  year  1825  and  has  long  been  numbered  among 
the  distinguished  representatives  of  the  legal  profes- 
sion in  the  West.  He  crossed  the  plains  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1847,  about  two  years  prior  to  the  his- 
toric gold  stampede  to  that  state,  and  for  sixty- 
seven  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  California  and  Oregon,  besides  which 
he  served  six  years  on  the  bench  of  the  supreme 
court  of  California.  He  long  wielded  great  influence 
in  public  affairs  and  has  been  closely  identified  with 
the  development  and  upbuilding  of  our  great  western 
empire.  A  man  of  the  highest  intellectual  and  pro- 
fessional attainments,  he  has  ordered  his  course  on 
a  lofty  plane  of  integrity  and  honor,  and  now 
venerable  in  years  he  is  living  virtually  retired  at 
Weiser,  Idaho,  to  which  state  he  came  in  1884,  about 
six  years  prior  to  the  admission  of  the  territory  to 
the  Union.  His  loved  and  devoted  wife,  who  shared 
with  him  the  vicissitudes  of  pioneer  life  in  the  West, 
was  summoned  to  eternal  rest,  at  Weiser,  Idaho,  on 
the  9th  of  November,  1911.  Of  the  five  children 
Dr.  Mitchell  is  the  youngest  of  the  number.  Judge 
Mitchell  has  long  been  a  leading  exponent  of  the 
principles  and  policies  of  the  Democrat  party  and 
he  is  a  zealous  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
as  was  also  his  wife. 

Dr.  Mitchell  was  a  lad  of  about  twelve  years  at 
the  time  of  the  family  removal  to  Idaho  and  after 
completing  the  curriculum  of  the  high  school  at 
Weiser,  the  judicial  center  of  Washington  county 
he  availed  himself  of  the  advantages  of  a  business 
college  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Oregon.  In  1893 
he  received  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
from  Willamette  University,  at  Salem,  Oregon,  and 
he  then  entered  the  celebrated  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  which  he  was  grad- 
uated as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1894  a°d  from 
which  he  received  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
After  his  graduation  he  was  engaged  in  the  St. 
Louis  Hospital,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  until  he 
entered  the  Barnes  Medical  College  in  the  city 
of  St.  Louis,  for  the  purpose  of  still  further  fortify- 
ing himself  for  the  work  of  his  profession.  From  this 
institution  he  received  the  supplemental  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1903,  and  in  1901-2  he  gained 
most  valuable  clinical  experience  by  serving  as  in- 
terne in  the  St.  Louis  City  Hospital,  under  the  dis- 
tinguished Dr.  John  Young  Brown.  Later  he  served 
as  interne  in  the  general  hospital  at  Rock  Springs, 
Wyoming;  in  1907  he  completed  an  effective  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Chicago  Polytechnic,  and  in 
1910  he  again  availed  himself  of  the  advantages 
of  leading  medical  schools  and  hospitals  in  Chi- 
cago, his  professional  ambition  having  permitted 
him  to  spare  no  pains  in  keeping  himself  up  to 
the  highest  standard  of  efficiency  in  practice  and 
making  use  of  the  most  approved  modern  methods 
and  remedial  agents. 

On  the  loth  of  October,  1903,  Dr.  Mitchell  estab- 
lished his  residence  and  professional  headquarters 
at  Blackfoot,  and  within  the  intervening  period  of 
nearly  a  decade  he  has  admirably  proved  his  ability, 
has  built  up  a  large  and  representative  general  prac- 
tice and  has  gained  an  inviolable  place  in  popular  con- 
fidence and  esteem.  He  is  at  the  present  time  vice 
president  of  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society,  in 
the  affairs  of  which  he  takes  the  deepest  interest, 


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and  is  also  identified  with  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  is  local  medical  examiner  for  fifty- 
two,  life  insurance  companies  which  control  busi- 
ness in  Idaho,  and  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

In  his  civic  attitude  Dr.  Mitchell  is  altogether 
liberal  and  progressive,  and  he  takes  a  lively  interest 
in  all  that  touches  the  welfare  of  his  home  town, 
county  and  state,  with  an  abiding  appreciation  of 
the  manifold  advantages  and  attractions  of  Idaho. 
He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  allegiance,  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  are  zealous  communicants  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He  is  president 
of  the  Parker  Mountain  Mining  Company  and  has 
also  identified  himself  with  other  industrial  and 
commercial  enterprises.  He  has  achieved  success 
in  a  professional  way  and  also  has  been  able  to  gain 
definite  financial  prosperity,  his  advancement  rep- 
resenting the  concrete  results  of  his  own  ability  and 
well  directed  endeavors.  He  earned  the  funds 
which  enabled  him  to  complete  his  professional 
education  and  his  cash  capital  when  he  engaged 
in  practice  at  Blackfoot  was  limited  to  eighty  dollars. 
In  his  graduation  in  Barnes  Medical  College,  St. 
Louis,  he  received  a  gold  medal  for  excellence  in 
deportment  and  in  general  average  in  examinations, 
this  being  a  trophy  in  which  he  may  justly  take 
exceptional  pride. 

On  the  1st  of  December,  1897,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Dr.  Mitchell  to  Miss  Winifred 
Hopkins,  of  Weiser,  this  state.  She  was  born  in 
Ohio  and  is  a  daughter  of  Andrew  J.  Hopkins, 
who  removed  to  Idaho  when  she  was  a  girl.  Mrs. 
Mitchell  is  a  most  popular  factor  in  connection 
with  the  representative  social  activities  of  Blackfoot, 
is  president  of  the  Ladies'  Guild  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  and  is  past  worthy  matron  of  the 
Blackfoot  chapter  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  have  no  children. 

LEO  HENESH.  Among  the  enterprising  and  sub- 
stantial young  business  men  given  to  Idaho  by  the 
great  empire  of  Austria-Hungary  is  the  well-known 
citizen  of  Blackfoot  to  whom  this  sketch  is  dedicated. 
Coming  to  America  as  a  youth  of  about  eleven  years, 
he  has  won  prosperity  and  independence  through 
his  own  efforts,  and  his  sterling  character  has  gained 
him  unequivocal  esteem  in  the  community  in  which 
he  has  established  his  permanent  home.  He  came 
to  America  with  virtually  no  capital  save  energy, 
ambition,  integrity  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his 
trade,  and  his  industry  and  judgment  have  enabled 
him  to  make  rapid  and  substantial  advancement,  so 
that  he  is  now  one  of  the  representative  business 
men  of  Bingham  county.  He  is  the  owner  of  a 
well  improved  farm  property  and  a  fine  modern  resi- 
dence and  conducts  a  most  flourishing  harness  and 
saddlery  business  at  Blackfoot.  His  pronounced 
success  since  coming  to  Idaho  has  made  him  the 
more  fully  appreciative  of  the  advantages  and  at- 
tractions of  the  state,  and  he  has  fully  identified 
himself  with  local  interests,  as  a  progressive  and 
public-spirited  citizen. 

Mr.  Henesh  was  born  at  Jaromeritz,  province  of 
Moravia,  Austria,  on  the  i8th  of  September,  1877, 
and  is  the  youngest  of  the  seven  surviving  children 
of  John  and  Josephine  Henesh,  both  of  wnom  were 
born  and  reared  in  Moravia,  where  the  father  be- 
came a  successful  contractor  and  builder,  besides 
owning  and  operating  a  farm.  He  died  in  his  na- 
tive land,  on  the  i6th  bf  January,  1879,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-two  years,  and  his  widow  still  resides  at 
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Jaromeritz,  the  subject  of  this  review  being  the  only 
representative  of  the  immediate  family  in  America. 
Mr.  Henesh  attended  the  schools  of  his  home  place 
until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  and  he  had  a 
short  term  of  service  in  the  Austrian  army.  At 
the  age  noted  he  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  to 
the  trade  of  harnessmaker,  and  in  his  service  of  four 
years  he  became  a  skilled  workman.  After  complet- 
ing his  apprenticeship  he  followed  his  trade  as  a 
journeyman  in  his  native  land  for  seven  years,  and 
he  then  determined  to  seek  his  fortunes  in  the  United 
States,  where  he  believed  he  could  find  better  op- 
portunities for  the  winning  of  success  through  in- 
dividual effort.  He  left  Austria  on  the  i6th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1902,  and  arrived  in  the  port  of  New  York 
city  on  the  8th  of  the  following  month.  Soon  after- 
ward he  made  his  way  to  Chicago,  where  he  was 
employed  at  his  trade  for  a  short  interval,  as  was 
he  later  at  Omaha,  Nebraska.  He  next  proceeded 
to  Montana,  and  there  he  found  employment  at  his 
trade  in  Billings  and  other  towns,  and  on  the  i6th 
of  September,  1904,  he  came  to  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  his 
intention  being  to  take  up  a  homestead  claim  in 
this  vicinity  and  to  turn  his  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  He  could  not  obtain  a  tract  of  land  such 
as  he  desired,  and  under  these  conditions  he  pur- 
chased the  established  harness  business  of  Benjamin 
Blarick,  of  Blackfoot.  His  skill  as  a  workman  fitted 
him  fully  for  the  carrying  forward  of  the  enter- 
prise and  he  soon  gained  secure  hold  upon  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  the  community,  with  the  re- 
sult that  his  business  has  been  signally  prospered. 
His  original  capital  did  not  exceed  twelve  hundred 
dollars,  and  he  now  controls  a  business  aggregating 
about  seven  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  Energy 
and  good  judgment  have  marked  his  course  and  also 
an  integrity  of  purpose  that  has  not  failed  of  pop- 
ular appreciation.  Mr.  Henesh  also  owns  and  op- 
erates a  fine  farm  of  forty  acres,  eligibly  located  one 
and  one-half  miles  distant  from  Blackfoot,  and  in 
Blackfoot  he  has  a  most  attractive  modern  residence, 
which  represents  another  evidence  of  the  success 
which  he  has  achieved. 

In  politics  Mr.  Henesh  is  a  staunch  Democrat  and 
he  takes  a  lively  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the 
progress  and  prosperity  of  his  home  city  and  county, 
though  he  has  had  no  desire  to  enter  public  office. 
He  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Blackfoot  Commercial 
Club,  has  been  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  for  ten  years,  and  both  he  and  his 
wife  are  popular  in  the  social  activities  of  their  home 
community. 

At  Blackfoot,  on  the  4th  of  June,  1906,  was 
solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Henesh  to  Miss  Mary 
Burnett,  daughter  of  John  Burnett,  and  the  one 
child  of  this  union  is  Mary,  who  was  born  on  the 
i6th  of  August,  1910. 

JOSEPH  B.  DAVIS,  M.  D.  The  medical  profession 
has  its  full  quota  of  able  and  honored  representa- 
tives in -Idaho,  and  worthy  of  special  consideration 
in  this  publication  is  Dr.  Davis,  of  Blackfoot,  Bing- 
ham county,  and  who  stands  exponent  of  the  highest 
ethics  of  his  exacting  vocation,  which  he  has  digni- 
fied and  honored  by  his  character  and  services,  the 
while  his  success  and  popularity  afford  the  most 
effective  voucher  for  his  ability  and  his  hold  upon 
the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  community  in  which 
he  finds  a  grateful  stage  for  his  professional  activ- 
ities. In  point  of  years  of  active  practice  at  Black- 
foot  he  now  has  the  distinction  of  priority  over  all 
other  representatives  of  his  profession  in  this  thriv- 
ing little  city,  and  he  is  essentially  vital  and  loyal 


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in  his  civic  attitude,  with  a  full  appreciation  of 
the  manifold  attractions  and  advantages  of  the  state 
of  his  adoption. 

Hon.  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  in  one  of  his  inimitable 
post-prandial  addresses,  made  the  following  humor- 
ous metaphrase  of  a  well  known  quotation:  "Some 
men  are  born  great,  some  achieve  greatness  and 
some  are  born  in  Ohio."  In  the  final  designation 
of  claim  for  greatness  Dr.  Davis  finds  place,  as 
he  was  born  at  Lancaster,  the  judicial  center  of 
Fairfield  county,  Ohio,  on  the  4th  of  November, 
1869.  He  is  a  son  of  Joseph  K.  and  Hannah  E, 
(Hubbell)  Davis,  the  former  of  whom  died  m 
1911,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  he  had  been 
for  thirty  years  a  prominent  and  honored  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  where  his  widow  still 
resides.  Dr.  Davis  was  a  child  at  the  time  of  the 
family  removal  from  Ohio  to  Illinois  and  the  home 
was  established  at  Evanston,  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful of  the  suburbs  of  Chicago.  There  he  availed 
himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  and 
also  of  Northwestern  University,  and  in  preparation 
for  the  work  of  his  chosen  profession  he  was  matri- 
culated in  the  Chicago  Homoepathic  Medical  Col- 
lege, in  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1894  and  from  which  he  received  his 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Dr.  Davis  initiated 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Oregon,  Illinois, 
and  continued  his  earnest  and  effective  labors  in  that 
state  until  his  removal  to  Idaho  in  1902.  In  1899 
he  served  as  first  lieutenant  and  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Third  Infantry  Regiment  of  the  Illinois  Na- 
tional Guard.  In  1902  he  established  his  home  at 
Blackfoot,  Idaho,  and  as  previously  intimated,  he  is 
now  the  oldest  practitioner  of  this  place  in  years  of 
consecutive  professional  work.  He  is  also  a  regis- 
tered pharmacist  in  Idaho,  is  a  close  and  appreciative 
student  and  keeps  in  touch  with  the  advances  made 
in  medical  and  surgical  science,  the  while  he  is  a 
most  effective  exponent  of  the  benignant  school  of 
homoeopathy.  His  practice  is  of  essentially  rep- 
resentative order  and  extends  throughout  the  dis- 
trict normally  tributary  to  his  home  town.  The 
doctor  served  as  county  coroner  in  1903-4,  and  simul- 
taneously held  the  office  of  county  physician  of  Bing- 
ham  county.  Since  1903  he  has  been  assistant  sur- 
geon for  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  and  he 
is  medical  examiner  for  each  of  the  following 
named  organizations :  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Royal 
Neighbors,  Women  of  Woodcraft,  Provident  In- 
surance Company,  the  Fraternal  Aid  Association, 
Royal  Highlanders,  and  the  New  York  Mutual  Life, 
the  Prudential  Life  and  the  Germania  Life  Insur- 
ance companies. 

Dr.  Davis  has  the  firmest  hold  on  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  the  people  of  his  home  county,  not 
only  in  matters  pertaining  to  his  profession  but  also 
as  a  citizen  of  high  ideals  and  progressive  ideas. 
He  is  deeply  appreciative  of  the  responsibility  of 
his  chosen  profession  and  no  matter  of  expediency 
can  deflect  him  from  his  devotion  to  its  ethics,  as 
represente'd  in  exalted  principle  and  practice.  The 
doctor  is  a  stalwart  Republican  in  his  political  al- 
legiance, and  he  has  been  a  zealous  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  for  the  past  thirty  years. 
He  is  a  talented  musician  and  during  virtually  his 
entire  period  of  residence  in  Blackfoot  he  has  been 
organist  of  the  local  Methodist  church. 

On  the  I4th  of  November,  1894,  was  solemnized 
the  marriage  of  Dr.  Davis  to  Miss  Lora  E.  McCaleb, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Hubert  A.  and  Sarah  E.  Mc- 
Caleb, of  Ottawa,  Illinois,  her  father  having  been 
colonel  of  a  regiment  of  heavy  artillery  in  the  Civil 
war  and  having  been  one  of  the  youngest  officers  of 


this  rank  in  that  great  conflict.  Mrs.  Davis  was 
summoned  to  the  life  eternal  on  the  i8th  of  April, 
1910,  secure  in  the  high  regard  of  all  who  had  come 
within  the  sphere  of  her  gracious  influence,  and  she 
is  survived  by  two  children,  Lucille  B.  and  Joseph 
Cowell,  aged  respectively,  fifteen  and  ten  years.  On 
February  27,  1913,  Dr.  Davis  married  Miss  Evadale 
Hubbell,  of  Harlan,  Iowa. 

THOMAS  C.  SALT.  One  of  the  most  prominent  and 
influential  residents  of  the  town  of  Arco,  is  Thomas 
C.  Salt,  who  since  coming  here  to  reside  in  1907,  has. 
been  a  leader  in  many  phases  of  the  life  of  the  town. 
In  addition  to  a  natural  business  ability  he  has  the 
advantages  of  a  good  education  and  years  of  experi- 
ence in  dealing  with  men.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  all 
progressive  measures  and  has  been  an  active  factor 
in  promoting  the  growth  of  the  town. 

Born  in  Washington,  D.  C.  on  the  I5th  of  Jan- 
uary, 1856,  Thomas  C.  Salt  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
John  Salt.  The  latter  was  born  in  London,  England, 
and  came  to  America  in  the  early  fifties.  When  his 
son  was  two  years  old  he  and  his  wife,  Katherine 
Salt,  removed  from  Washington  to  New  York  city 
and  until  his  death  he  resided  there,  as  manager 
for  E.  V.  Houghett  and  Company,  a  well  known 
firm  of  cutlery  dealers.  His  death  occurred  in  1865, 
and  two  years  later,  his  wife,  who  was  a  native  of 
Maryland,  passed  away. 

The  first  schooling  which  Thomas  C.  Salt  received 
was  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  city.  He 
was  only  twelve  years  of  age  when  his  mother's 
death  left  him  all  alone  in  the  world,  and  he  then 
came  West,  going  to  work  on  a  farm  near  West 
Salem,  Wisconsin.  He  remained  here  for  four  years, 
making  his  home  with  Joshua  Howe,  an  old  Baptist 
deacon,  who  was  very  kind  to  the  little  orphaned 
lad.  He  saw  to  it  that  the  boy  received  further 
education  and  the  boy  had  a  happy  home  with  him 
until  his  death.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  Mr.  Salt 
began  teaching  and  until  1892  he  was  thus  engaged 
in  various  sections  of  the  state  of  Wisconsin.  In 

1893  he  was  elected  county  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Trempeleau  county,  and  so  satisfactory  was  his 
service   in   this   position   that   he   was    re-elected   in 

1894  and  again  in   1896.     He  served  thus  for  three 
terms   and   it   was   with    regret   that   the   people   of 
the  county  saw  him  leave  in  1898  to  take  up  his  resi- 
dence  in  the   West.     He  came  to   Milton,   Oregon, 
and    for    four   years    was    the   efficient   principal    of 
schools  in  that  city. 

He  decided  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  to  enter 
the  business  world,  and  coming  to  Arco,  Idaho,  in 
1907,  he  became  one  of  the  organizers  and  stock 
holders  of  the  Bank  of  Commerce  of  Arco.  From 
June,  1907,  until  September,  1909,  he  served  as 
cashier  of  this  bank,  and  after  resigning  this  posi- 
tion he  established  his  present  business.  He  is  now 
engaged  in  the  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance 
business,  and  has  met  with  much  success  along 
these  lines.  In  addition  to  his  business  cares  he 
is  also  notary  public,  justice  of  the  peace  and  police 
court  judge.  A  day  with  Mr.  Salt  is  therefore, 
likely  to  be  crammed  to  the  brim  with  all  kinds 
of  matters.  He  is  the  owner  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  land  not  far  from  Arco,  and 
owns  his  own  home,  "as  well  as  other  pieces  of 
valuable  city  property.  * 

In  politics  Mr.  Salt  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  on  January  6,  1913,  he  was  ap- 
pointed United  States  Commissioner  for  the  district 
of  Idaho.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  and  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and 
he  also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 


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Fellows  and  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 
He  takes  a  prominent  part  in  religious  affairs  and 
is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Baptist  church. 

Mr.  Salt  was  married  at  LaCrosse,  Wisconsin, 
to  Miss  Emma  Bell,  on  the  1st  of  November,  1878. 
She  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  died  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1896.  On  the  ijth  of  September,  1908,  Mr. 
Salt  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Robertson,  a  native 
of  Wisconsin.  This  marriage  took  place  in  Arcadon, 
Wisconsin,  and  no  children  have  been  born  of  this 
marriage.  Mr.  Salt  is  the  father  of  three  children 
by  his  first  marriage.  Lillian,  the  eldest  of  these,  is 
the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Best,  of  Pendleton,  Oregon; 
Harry  lives  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  and  Mertie  is 
the  wife  of  J.  Grant  and  lives  in  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington. 

WILLARD  G.  SWEET.  After  traveling  over  a  large 
part  of  the  country  and  living  in  various  sections, 
Willard  G.  Sweet  has  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
Idaho  and  especially  that  section  of  it  in  which 
Arco  is  located  is  the  finest  country  in  the  world. 
He  has  strong  personal  reasons  for  so  thinking 
for  it  is  here  that  his  greatest  success  has  been 
made.  He  started  here  with  a  small  mercantile  bus- 
iness and  has  developed  it  into  one  of  the  most 
valuable  businesses  in  the  town.  He  has  had  a 
wide  experience  as  a  merchant  and  has  put  this  ex- 
perience to  use  in  the  most  practical  way.  He  is 
active  in  civic  affairs  and  his  sound  judgment  of 
men  and  conditions  has  made  him  very  influential 
in  political  affairs  and  a  prominent  factor  in  party 
matters.  He  is,  in  short,  one  of  those  men  whom 
the  rapidly  growing  towns  of  the  far  West  have 
developed,  a  man  who  can  handle  many  interests 
with  the  ease  with  which  his  eastern  brother  man- 
ages one. 

Willard  G.  Sweet  was  born  in  Mattawan,  Van- 
Buren  county,  Michigan,  on  the  22nd  of  December, 
1858.  His  father  was  Aaron  Sweet,  who  was  born 
in  Canada,  but  whose  parents  were  from  the  state 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  born  in  1819  and  came 
to  Michigan  during  the  pioneer  days  of  that  state 
in  1837.  Here  he  followed  the  vocation  of  the  day, 
and  as  a  farmer  became  fairly  successful.  Not  con- 
tent to  be  a  farmer  alone,  he  established  a  mer- 
cantile business  and  was  successful  in  this  also. 
Like  his  son  he  took  a  keen  interest  in  the  wel- 
fare of  the  country,  and  was  prominent  in  local 
political  affairs,  filling  a  number  of  offices  in  the 
town  of  Decatur,  and  taking  active  part  in  civic 
matters.  He  died  in  1896  at  Decatur,  Michigan. 
Aaron  Sweet  married  Orpha  White,  a  native  of 
Rochester,  New  York,  where  she  was  born  in  1829. 
She  is  yet  living  and  makes  her  home  in  Decatur, 
Michigan,  where  she  has  resided  for  the  past  fifty 
years.  Aaron  Sweet  and  his  wife  became  the  parents 
of  five  children  and  of  these  Willard  Sweet  is  the 
youngest  but  one. 

Until  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  Willard  Sweet 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Decatur.  He  was 
thus  early  taught  how  to  work,  and  upon  leaving 
school  he  took  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Joseph  Cohen.  In  this  store  he  learned  the  clothing 
business,  and  until  1889  he  followed  clerical  work 
of  various  kinds.  In  1889,  however,  he  had  saved 
enough  money  to  go  into  business  for  himself  and 
coming  west  to  King,  Colorado,  he  established  him- 
self in  the  mercantile  business  and  became  quite 
successful.  He  remained  thus  engaged  for  two  years, 
and  during  his  residence  in  this  town  served  as  its 
postmaster,  and  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  life 
of  the  place.  From  Colorado  he  removed  to  Evans- 
ton,  Wyoming,  and  here  became  manager  for  the 


Beckwith  Commercial  Company.  In  this  capacity 
he  was  sent  to  Carbon,  Wyoming,  and  there  remained 
for  a  year  and  a  half,  removing  thence  to  Bay  Horse, 
Idaho,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  store  and  mines 
of  O.  G.  Salisbury.  This  was  in  1892  and  he  re- 
mained here  as  the  manager  of  the  Salisbury  in- 
terests until  1894  when  the  mines  closed  down  and  he 
then  went  to  Custer,  Idaho.  He  remained  in  busi- 
ness here  but  a  short  time,  however,  becoming 
assayer  and  bookkeeper  for  the  Lucky  Boy  mine. 
He  now  went  into  mining  on  his  own  account  and 
for  the  next  fifteen  years  was  engaged  in  mining  in 
various  sections. 

It  was  in  1909  that  Mr.  Sweet  came  to  Arco, 
Idaho,  and  purchased  the  small  mercantile  business 
of  Otto  Fleischer.  In  the  three  years  that  have 
elapsed  since  that  time,  Mr.  Sweet  has  developed 
his  present  large  general  merchandise  business,  and 
has  become  a  successful  man.  He  is  also  the  op- 
erator of  a  three  hundred  and  twenty  acre  dry 
farm  near  Arco,  and  has  been  quite  as  success- 
ful a  farmer  as  a  merchant. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Sweet  has  always 
been  active  in  behalf  of  his  party,  and  is  almost 
always  to  be  found  at  the  state  conventions.  He  is 
a  member  of  several  fraternal  societies,  being  a 
Mason  and  member  of  the  chapter.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Sweet  married  Miss  Ivy  Morgan,  at  Watseka, 
Illinois,  on  the  igth  of  December,  1909.  Mrs.  Sweet 
is  a  daughter  of  Decatur  and  Elizabeth  Morgan,  and 
a  niece  of  Judge  Morgan.  She  is  a  native  of  Illinois, 
having  been  born  in  Watseka.  One  son,  Willard 
Morgan  Sweet,  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sweet;  his  birth  occurring  on  the  2nd  of  Novem- 
ber, 1910,  at  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

OTTO  B.  FLEISCHER.  One  of  the  prominent  and 
successful  business  men  of  Arco,  Idaho,  is  Otto  B. 
Fleischer,  who  has  resided  for  many  years  in  or  near 
this  city.  He  has  been  engaged  in  ranching  and 
farming  and  through  hard  work  and  wise  manage- 
ment has  become  a  prosperous  man.  As  a  citizen  of 
this  community  no  one  is  more  highly  respected,  for 
while  winning  wealth  for  himself  he  has  also  found 
the  time  to  take  a  useful  and  leading  part  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  town,  and  has  held  a  number 
of  important  positions  of  public  trust. 

Otto  B.  Fleischer  is  a  native  of  Germany,  as  some 
of  his  strongest  characteristics  plainly  indicate.  He 
was  born  on  the  I7th  of  December,  1861,  at  Tilsit, 
in  East  Prussia,  the  son  of  Frederick.  The  latter 
was  a  prominent  man  in  Germany,  being  well  known 
throughout  the  empire  as  an  able  educator.  He  was 
a  German  by  birth  and  for  thirty  years  was  dean  of 
the  Imperial  School  at  Tilsit.  He  lived  and  died  in 
Germany,  his  death  occurring  in  1882,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-nine,  in  his  home  at  Tilsit.  He  married  Emma 
Danielis,  who  was  also  German  born,  and  whose 
death  occurred  in  1902  at  the  age  of  eighty-four. 
Eight  children  were  bom  of  this  union  and  of  these 
Otto  Fleischer  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

Young  Otto  received  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  Germany,  but  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  put  aside 
his  school  books  and  was  apprenticed  to  a  brewer. 
He  remained  with  this  brewer  for  three  years  and 
at  the  end  of  this  time  he  determined  to  try  his  for- 
tune in  America.  Upon  reaching  the  shores  of  his 
future  homeland  he  came  directly  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  and  the  day  after  his  arrival  in  the  western 
city  found  him  in  possession  of  a  position  in  the 
brewery  of  Henry  Wagener.  Here  he  remained  for 
three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  gave  up  his 


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trade  never  to  return  to  it.  He  removed  to  Idaho, 
settling  near  Arco,  where  he  became  in  time  a  pros- 
perous rancher  and  farmer.  He  has  been  a  rancher 
for  twenty-four  years  and  is  now  the  owner  of  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  the  finest  land  in  this  sec- 
tion. He  also  has  valuable  holdings  in  city  realty. 

In  politics  Mr.  Fleischer  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party  and  one  of  the  most  active  workers 
in  the  county.  For  the  past  fpurteen  years  he  has 
served  as  United  States  commissioner,  having  been 
appointed  by  Judge  Beaty,  and  reappointed  by  Judge 
Dietrich,  his  last  term  expiring  on  October  25,  1912. 
He  served  for  fifteen  years  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  has  also  been  notary  public  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Arco  in 
1902  and  served  until  1909.  He  has  filled  each  one 
of  these  offices  in  a  way  that  was  an  honor  to  him- 
self and  to  the  community. 

In  the  fraternal  world  Mr.  Fleischer  is  a  member 
of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

Having  spent  practically  a  quarter  of  a  century  in 
this  section  of  Idaho,  Mr.  Fleischer  should  be  con- 
sidered well  qualified  to  speak  of  its  advantages  and 
disadvantages,  and  he  says  that  he  would  live  no- 
where else,  being  more  than  satisfied  with  conditions 
as  they  are  now. 

DAVID  H.  BIETHAN.  One  of  the  honored  pioneers 
and  representative  business  men  of  southeastern 
Idaho  is  he  whose  name  initiates  this  review.  He 
conducts  a  large  and  well  equipped  general  mer- 
chandise establishment  in  the  thriving  little  city  of 
Blackfoot,  Bingham  county,  and  as  a  merchant  he 
holds  precedence  over  all  others  save  two  in  this 
section  of  the  state  in  point  of  years  of  consecutive 
identification  with  this  line  of  enterprise.  Mr.  Bie- 
than  has  had  the  judgment  to  avail  himself  fully  of 
the  advantages  offered  in  the  state,  which  has  been 
his  home  since  the  territorial  days,  and  has  achieved 
large  and  worthy  success  through  his  own  ability 
and  well-ordered  endeavors.  No  citizen  of  Bingham 
county  is  held  in  higher  confidence  and  esteem,  and 
this  has  been  shown  by  his  being  called  upon  to  serve 
in  various  offices  of  distinctive  public  trust.  His 
character  is  the  positive  expression  of  a  strong  and 
loyal  nature,  and  as  a  representative  citizen  of  Idaho 
he  is  eminently  entitled  to  recognition  in  this  his- 
torical publication. 

David  H.  Bietham  was  born  in  Lee  county,  Iowa, 
on  the  loth  of  September,  1856,  and  is  a  scion  of  one 
of  the  sterling  pioneer  families  of  the  fine  old  Hawk- 
eye  state.  He  is  a  son  of  Frederick  and  Dora  Bie- 
than,  both  of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  Ger- 
many and  the  marriage  of  whom  was  solemnized  in 
Iowa,  in  which  state  the  father  established  his  home 
in  1847,  two  years  after  his  emigration  to  America, 
his  wife  having  come  to  America  with  her  parents 
in  1853  and  the  family  home  having  soon  afterward 
been  established  in  Iowa.  Frederick  Biethan  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  of  Iowa,  and  was  a 
man  whose  uprightness  and  industry  gave  him  secure 
place  in  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  men.  He  died 
at  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  in  1896,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
nine  years,  and  David  Biethan's  mother  died  in  1862, 
at  the  age  of  forty-two  years,  he  being  the  eldest  of 
their  three  children.  His  father  was  three  times 
married. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  David  H. 
Biethan  pursued  his  studies  until  he  had  attained  to 
the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  he  then  entered  upon  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  trade  of  harness  maker.  He 
served  three  years  and  became  a  skilled  workman. 


After  working  one  year  as  a  journeyman  at  his  trade 
he  removed,  in  1877,  to  Pawnee  county,  Kansas, 
where  he  secured  land  and  turned  his  attention  to 
agricultural  pursuits.  Two  years  later  he  removed 
to  Georgetown,  Colorado,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  during  which  he  followed  his  trade  and  was 
also  identified  with  mining  enterprises,  besides  which 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Colorado  National 
Guard. 

In  1882  Mr.  Biethan  came  to  Idaho  and  established 
his  home  in  the  little  frontier  village  of  Blackfoot, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  harness  business,  beginning 
operations  upon  a  most  modest  scale.  Ambitious, 
indefatigable  and  enterprising,  he  made  advancement 
of  substantial  order,  and  he  has  been  most  closely 
identified  with  the  civic  and  material  development 
and  upbuilding  of  Blackfoot  and  Bingham  county. 
He  finally  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  busi- 
ness in  1884,  and  with  the  growth  and  upbuilding 
of  the  country  about  Blackfoot  his -enterprise  has 
constantly  expanded  in  scope  and  importance,  until 
the  average  annual  business  is  now  fully  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  Biethan 
establishment  is  the  largest  department  store  in  this 
section  of  the  state  and  in  equipment  and  stock  is 
maintained  at  the  highest  standard,  the  while  fair 
and  honorable  dealings  have  given  it  enviable  reputa- 
tion and  secured  to  it  a  large  and  appreciative  sup- 
port. Several  clerical  employes  are  retained  and  the 
proprietor  is  known  and  honored  throughout  the 
district  from  which  this  trade  is  derived.  He  has 
made  large  and  judicious  investments  in  farm  lands 
in  Bingham  county  and  is  one  of  the  principal  stock- 
holders of  the  Blackfoot  Waterworks  Company.  He 
has  shown  his  appreciation  of  the  conditions  which 
have  made  possible  his  personal  success  and  has 
given  earnest  cooperation  in  the  furtherance  of 
measures  and  enterprises  through  which  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  community  have  been  conserved. 

Mr.  Biethan  has  been  a  zealous  worker  in  local 
political  ranks  and  has  been  influential  in  public  af- 
fairs. He  served  two  terms  of  two  years  each  as 
treasurer  of  Bingham  county  and  gave  a  most  care- 
ful and  able  administration  of  the  fiscal  affairs  of  the 
county.  He  was  city  treasurer  of  Blackfoot  for  six 
years,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  board  of  education 
for  ten  years,  besides  which  he  was  a  member  of 
the  city  council  for  two  terms.  These  preferments 
emphatically  indicate  the  high  standing  which  he  has 
ever  maintained  in  his  home  county,  and  no  citizen 
has  a  more  generous  share  of  popular  confidence 
and  esteem.  Mr.  Biethan  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Blackfoot  Commercial  Club  and  is  in  full  accord 
with  its  enterprising  policies  and  high  civic  ideals. 
He  is  affiliated  with  the  Blackfoot  lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  and  with  the  local  camp  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  the  attractive  little  city  that  has  long  been  his 
home  and  the  stage  of  his  well  ordered  endeavors, 
Mr.  Biethan  was  united  in  marriage,  on  the  5th  of 
November,  1885,  to  Miss  Susan  E.  Holbrook,  who 
was  born  in  Indiana  and  reared  to  maturity  in  Illi- 
nois. In  1883,  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  she 
accompanied  her  parents  on  their  removal  to  Bing- 
ham county,  Idaho,  where  she  has  since  maintained 
her  home.  She  is  a  daughter  of  B.  S.  Holbrook,  an 
honored  pioneer  of  Bingham  county,  and  here  he 
died,  the  mother  still  residing  in  Bingham  county. 
Mrs.  Biethan  is  a  woman  of  distinctive  culture  and 
is  a  prominent  and  popular  figure  in  church,  literary 
and  social  circles.  She  is  at  the  present  time  treas- 
urer of  the  Idaho  State  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  and  formerly  served  as  president  of  the  third 
district  organization  of  this  federation.  Mr.  and 


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Mrs.  Biethan  have  four  children,  all  of  whom  were 
born  at  Blackfoot — Susan,  Leonore,  Frederick  How- 
ard, and  Winifred. 

ALFRED  M.  HOOVER,  the  energetic  and  successful 
proprietor  of  Blackfoot's  leading  pharmacy,  is  en- 
titled to  a  place  among  the  well-known  business  men 
of  his  section,  not  because  of  long  residence,  for  he 
came  here  only  in  1907,  but  by  reason  of  what  he  has 
been  able  to  accomplish  in  his  chosen  vocation  and 
as  a  citizen  interested  in  the  public  welfare.  Mr. 
Hoover  is  a  native  son  of  Idaho,  having  been  born 
at  Montpelier,  April  2,  1884,  a, son  of  Dr.  C.  A.  and 
Johanna  (Claxton)  Hoover. 

The  first  of  the  Hoover  name  to  settle  in  the 
United  States  were  three  brothers,  who  emigrated 
from  Germany,  and  from  one  of  these  descended 
the  great-grandfather  of  Alfred  M.  Hoover,  who 
was  a  resident  of  Maryland.  Michael  Hoover,  the 

S'andfather,  was  an  early  settler  of  Washington, 
.  C.,  and  there  his  son,  Dr.  C.  A.  Hoover,  was 
born.  The  paternal  grandmother  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Barbara  Zell.  On  the  maternal  side,  Mr. 
Hoover  is  also  of  German  descent,  his  ancestors 
being  of  the  Quaker  religion,  and  early  settlers  of 
Virginia,  where  his  great-grand  father,  Jacob  Hough, 
settled  in  Colonial  times.  Dr.  C.  A.  Hoover  spent 
his  early  years  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  where  he  was 
educated  for  and  entered  the  medical  profession.  In 
1880  he  came  West  and  settled  in  Montpelier,  Idaho, 
being  engaged  in  practice  in  that  city  until  1904, 
when  he  came  to  Blackfoot  to  fill  the  appointment 
of  superintendent  of  the  Idaho  State  Insane  Asylum. 
After  six  years,  he  returned  to  private  practice,  and 
is  now  the  oldest  practicing  physician  in  the  state. 
His  wife,  Johanna  (Claxton)  Hoover,  also  a  native 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  died  in  February,  1886,  at 
Montpelier,  Idaho,  having  been  the  mother  of  two 
children,  Edward  and  Alfred  M. 

Alfred  M.  Hoover  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  Mont- 
pelier, Idaho,  and  the  University  of  Utah,  from 
which  latter  institution  he  was  graduated  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years.  At  that  time  he  left  home  and 
took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy,  following  that  voca- 
tion in  the  employ  of  others  for  five  years.  In  1907 
he  came  to  Blackfoot  and  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness, and  his  drug  store  is  now  the  leading  one  of 
the  city,  retaining  a  large  and  representative  busi- 
ness. The  growth  and  development  of  this  business 
from  an  establishment  of  modest  proportions  into 
one  of  the  leading  enterprises  of  the  city  has  been 
brought  about  by  Mr.  Hoover's  constant  attention  to 
business,  his  thorough  knowledge  of  his  profession, 
the  excellence  and  reliability  of  his  stock,  and  his 
infinite  care  in  compounding  prescriptions.  He  car- 
ries a  complete  line  of  first-class  goods,  comparing 
favorably  with  those  to  be  found  in  the  leading 
pharmacies  of  the  state,  and  has  attracted  customers 
by  a  genial  and  pleasant  personality.  His  political 
belief  is  that  of  the  Republican  party,  but  his  private 
interests  have  engrossed  his  attention  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  he  has  not  thought  of  public  life.  He  is 
interested  in  fraternal  work,  belonging  to  the 
Masons,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Royal  High- 
landers. 

On  September  20,  1909,  at  Blackfoot,  Mr.  Hoover 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Maude  Smyers, 
a  member  of  an  old  and  prominent  pioneer  family, 
and  to  this  union  there  have  come  two  children: 
Elizabeth  Martha,  born  at  Blackfoot,  December  29, 
1910,  and  Margarette,  born  January  11,  1913. 


J.  E.  AND  H.  C  TOEVS.  As  the  proprietors  and 
operators  of_one  of  the  largest  and  most  successful 
mercantile  establishments  in  Aberdeen,  Idaho,  J.  E. 
and  H.  C.  Toevs  are  accounted  two  of  the  most  im- 
portant representatives  of  the  business  world.  These 
two  brothers  having  taken  charge  of  the  business 
established  by  their  father,  have  proved  that  they 
inherited  his  ability  and  also  the  sturdy  virtues  of 
their  German  ancestry.  They  are  not  only  prominent 
in  the  business  world,  but  are  active  in  other  ways 
and  have  shown  their  energy  and  level-headedness 
in  various  matters  of  public  interest  with  which  they 
have  been  connected. 

The  father  of  these  two  young  men  is  Henry 
Toevs,  who  is  a  native  of  Germany,  having  come  to 
this  country  about  1882.  He  first  settled  in  Newton, 
Kansas,  where  he  opened  a  mercantile  establishment 
and  by  thrift  and  industry  became  very  successful. 
He  removed  to  Idaho  in  1008,  settling  in  Aberdeen 
when  there  were  very  few  residents  of  the  then  new 
town.  He  came  here  in  October  and  in  December 
of  the  same  year  he  opened  the  doors  of  his  mer- 
cantile establishment  for  the  trade  of  the  people. 
This  new  store,  which  was  called  the  People's  Store, 
became  popular  immediately  and  has  since  that  time 
become  one  of  the  leading  business  houses  of  Aber- 
deen. When  Mr.  Toevs  came  to  Aberdeen  he 
brought  his  entire  family,  which  consisted  of  his  wife 
and  seven  children,  and  by  this  addition  the  popula- 
tion of  the  town  was  advanced  to  nineteen  people. 
His  wife  was  Ann  Wiebe,  also  a  native  of  Germany, 
who  came  to  America  about  1882  or  1883.  After  re- 
tiring from  active  business  Henry  Toevs  took  up  his 
residence  on  a  farm  about  four  miles  from  Aberdeen 
and  there  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

The  Toevs  brothers  were  born  in  Newton,  Kan- 
sas, and  both  received  their  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  place.  J.  E.  then  attended  a 
business  college  in  Newton,  and  after  completing  the 
course  here  offered  he  spent  two  years  in  Newton 
learning  the  clothing  business.  Henry,  after  leaving 
school,  also  determined  that  he  would  go  into  the 
mercantile  business,  so  he  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, and  there  learned  the  wholesale  shoe  business. 
He  remained  in  this  business  for  two  years,  at  the 
end  of  this  time  coming  out  to  Idaho.  Upon  the 
retirement  of  their  father  from  the  active  manage- 
ment of  the  People's  Store  in  Aberdeen,  John  E. 
and  Henry  C.  assumed  charge.  The  success  with 
which  they  have  met  may  be  realized  by  the  fact  that 
the  sales  during  the  past  year  have  amounted  to 
approximately  thirty-five  thousand  dollars. 

In  politics,  both  of  the  young  merchants  prefer 
to  vote  independently.  They  are  enthusiastic  and 
active  members  of  the  Aberdeen  Commercial  Club, 
and  John  E.  is  now  serving  as  one  of  the  governors 
of  this  club.  In  religious  matters  both  are  members 
of  the  Mennonite  church.  Both  men  have  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  town 
and  in  all  civic  matters.  John  E.  is  at  present  chair- 
man of  the  finance  committee  of  the  Aberdeen  Com- 
pany Operative  Experiment  Station,  and  has  been  a 
prominent  factor  in  the  success  of  this  enterprise. 
The  confidence  which  these  two  merchants  feel  in 
the  bright  future  which  awaits  Aberdeen  and  the 
surrounding  country  is  best  evinced  by  their  invest- 
ments of  their  money  in  land.  They  have  taken  up 
homesteads  not  far  from  the  town  and  are  the 
owners  of  considerable  city  realty.  Their  enthusiasm 
over  the  prospects  for  the  future  and  the  practical 
manner  in  which  they  are  showing  their  confidence 
in  the  growth  of  the  town  during  the  coming  years 
makes  them  valuable  members  of  the  community, 


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for  their  example  cannot  but  inspire  others  with  the 
same  beliefs. 

On  June  20,  1912,  John  E.  Toevs  was  married  m 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Nellie  Lichtenheld,  a  native 
of  the  state  of  Iowa  and  a  daughter  of  John  Lichten- 
held. The  marriage  of  Henry  C.  occurred  on  the 
30th  of  November,  1910,  'at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
when  he  was  married  to  Miss  Louie  Hardy.  The 
latter  was  born  in  Utah  and  is  the  daughter  of  E.  V. 
Hardy,  and  they  have  one  child,  Helen. 

MAHLON  L.  HAINES.  One  of  the  prominent  mem- 
bers of  the  business  world  of  the  thriving  little  city 
of  Aberdeen,  Idaho,  is  Mahlon  L.  Haines,  who  was 
the  very  first  man  to  locate  on  the  townsite  of  this 
new  town  when  it  was  opened  up.  He  is  now  one 
of  the  leading  merchants  in  the  town  and  has  served 
as  postmaster  ever  since  a  postoffice  has  been  here 
located.  Having  a  firm  belief  in  the  future  of  the 
state  and  especially  of  the  section  surrounding  Aber- 
deen, he  has  always  been  active  in  all  matters  that 
tend  to  improve  conditions  or  add  to  the  attractive- 
ness and  advantages  of  the  town.  He  is  one  of  that 
class  of  men  who  naturally  take  the  lead  in  public 
matters  and  the  people  of  this  section  have  grown  to 
depend  upon  him  to  take  an  active  part  in  all  matters 
of  public  interest. 

Mahlon  L.  Haines  was  born  in  Hamilton  county, 
Indiana,  on  the  4th  of  September,  1864.  His  father 
wa's  Mahlon  Haines,  who  was  a  native  of  the  state 
of  Ohio.  In  the  early  days  of  the  Middle  West  he 
moved  into  Indiana  and  settled  near  Indianapolis. 
This  was  in  1825  and  at  this  time  the  city  of  Indian- 
apolis consisted  of  one  house.  He  entered  land  there 
and  for  many  years  followed  farming  and  merchan- 
dising with  a  fair  amount  of  success.  He  was  a 
stanch  Quaker,  and  descended  from  an  old  English 
family.  He  lived  to  be  eighty-six  years  of  age,  dying 
in  1902  on  the  old  home  place  near  Indianapolis.  He 
married  Mary  Phelps,  a  native  of  Ohio,  where  she 
was  born  in  Hamilton  county,  in  1825.  As  a  young 
girl  she  removed  to  Indiana  with  her  parents  and 
there  she  met  and  married  Mahlon  Haines.  Her 
death  occurred  on  the  4th  of  July,  1911,  at  the  old 
homestead,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  Seven 
daughters  and  five  sons  were  born  to  this  union  and 
of  these  children  Mahlon  L.  Haines  was  the  ninth 
in  order  of  birth. 

Mahlon  L.  Haines  first  attended  the  schools  of 
Carmel,  Indiana.  He  later  entered  an  academy  .at 
Westfield,  Indiana,  which  was  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Quakers.  Here  he  remained  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm  and  remained  there  until  he  began 
teaching.  He  really  began  this  work  before  he  was 
himself  through  school,  having  charge  of  his  first 
school  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  For  a  period  of  fifteen 
years  he  followed  the  profession  of  his  choice,  teach- 
ing in  schools  throughout  the  state  of  Indiana.  He 
was  then  elected  principal  of  the  Gray  schools  of 
Hamilton  county,  Indiana,  and  for  ten  years  held 
this  position,  doing  much  during  this  period  to  in- 
crease the  efficiency  of  the  school  system  of  that 
county. 

It  was  in  the  spring  of  1906  that  he  determined  to 
come  West.  He  came  directly  to  the  town  of  Aber- 
deen and  he  and  his  wife  were  the  first  people  to 
locate  on  the  townsite,  as  has  been  previously  men- 
tioned. He  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
and  proved  up  on  this  land,  which  he  still  owns  and 
which  is  now  all  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation.  In 
the  fall  of  1906  Mr.  Haines  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  E.  W.  Harold  and  together  they  established 
the  first  mercantile  concern  in  the  town.  They  did 


a  flourishing  business  from  the  first,  and  the  partner- 
ship continued  until  1909,  at  which  time  Mr.  Harold 
withdrew  and  Mr.  Haines  has  since  continued  the 
business  alone.  He  has  been  very  successful  as  a 
merchant  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  had  the 
advantage  of  being  the  first  on  the  ground  he  could 
not  have  held  his  trade  against  the  competition  of 
rival  merchants  had  he  not  had  a  large  amount  of 
business  ability  and  had  he  not  offered  a  fine  class 
of  goods  to  his  patrons. 

In  politics  Mr.  Haines  is  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  is  an  active  factor  in  the  affairs  of 
this  party  in  Bingha/n  county.'  In  April,  1907,  he 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  Aberdeen  and  has 
served  in  this  office  ever  since,  to  the  satisfaction  of 
everyone,  no  matter  what  his  political  persuasion. 
As  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows he  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the  fra- 
ternal affairs  of  the  town.  The  family  of  Mr.  Haines 
having  been  Quakers,  he  was  raised  in  this  belief, 
but  later  in  life  became  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  In  Aberdeen  he  is  well  known  as  a 
worker  in  that  church  and  is  an  elder  in  that  denom- 
ination, having  been  sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  national 
convention  at  Atlantic  City,  New  Jersey,  in  1910. 

Mr.  Haines  was  married  in  1894,  on  the  22nd  of 
August,  to  Miss  Rate  S.  Stephenson,  the  ceremony 
taking  place  at  Jolietteville,  Hamilton  county,  In- 
diana. Mrs.  Haines  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Indiana,  and  is  of  English  parentage,  her  father  and 
mother  being  Joseph  and  Jane  Stephenson.  One 
daughter  has  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haines. 
This  daughter,  Florence,  who  was  born  in  Hamilton 
county,  Indiana,  May  28,  1895,  is  an  accomplished 
musician,  being  gifted  not  only  with  a  beautiful  voice 
but  also  with  ability  as  an  instrumentalist.  She  is 
now  attending  an  Eastern  school,  where  she  is  com- 
pleting her  musical  and  literary  education. 

Although  Mr.  Haines  has  lived  in  Idaho  for  a 
comparatively  short  time,  yet  the  love  for  the  state 
which  all  residents  of  this  favored  land  appear  to  feel 
is  thoroughly  ingrained  in  him.  He  declares  that  he 
has  no  desire  whatever  to  return  to  the  East,  and 
believes  that  no  state  in  the  Union  offers  the  oppor- 
tunities that  Idaho  and  particularly  the  section  in 
which  he  resides  give  to  a  man. 

JONOTHAN  E.  RAWSON.  Long  and  continued  asso- 
ciation with  the  lumber  business  in  all  its  varied 
forms  gave  to  Jonothan  E.  Rawson  a  familiarity 
and  acquaintance  with  that  industry  sufficient  to  en- 
title him  to  consideration  in  any  gathering  of  lum- 
bermen, but  in  1911  Mr.  Rawson  saw  fit  to  withdraw 
himself  from  that  business  and  he  became  associated 
with  E.  C.  White,  Jr.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Raw- 
son  &  White,  for  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  the 
hardware  business.  He  has  thus  been  identified  with 
the  business  interests  and  activities  of  Pocatello  since 
1908,  and  his  progress  has  been  of  the  most  rapid 
and  insistent  order. 

Born  in  Dallas  county,  Iowa,  on  the  9th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1873,  Jonothan  E.  Rawson  is  the  son  of  Dr. 
Edmond  A.  Rawson,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
who  settled  in  Iowa  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil 
war.  He  served  in  the  Union  army  during  that  bit- 
ter and  protracted  conflict,  and  since  that  time  has 
been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  his  present 
home  being  at  Madrid,  Iowa.  His  wife,  and  the 
mother  of  the  Pocatello  merchant,  was  Sarah  Bur- 
ton, a  native  lowan,  and  they  were  married  in  that 
state  after  the  doctor  located  there.  She  died  at  the 
old  home  in  1876,  and  is  there  buried. 

The  early  education  of  Mr.  Rawson  came  to  him 
through  the  avenues  of  the  public  schools  of  his 


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native  town  and  the  high  school  of  Slater.  He  later 
pursued  a  preparatory  course  at  Ames  College,  in 
Jowa.  While  attending  college  Mr.  Rawson  was 
seized  violently  with  an  attack  of  Western  fever,  and 
he  accordingly  set  out  for  the  West,  being  about 
twenty-one  years  old  at  that  time.  He  located  in 
the  Indian  Valley  in  Idaho  in  1894  and  worked  on  a 
stock  farm  for  about  a  year,  then  went  to  Portland, 
Oregon,  where  he  spent  two  years  in  an  architect's 
office  and  gave  a  year  to  the  lumber  business.  His 
next  move  took  him  to  Berkeley,  California,  where 
he  was  occupied  in  the  lumber  business  for  two  years 
for  the  Pocatello  Lumber  Company,  and  then  re- 
turned to  his  native  state,  and  in  Cambridge  he  was 
busily  occupied  in  lumber  activities  for  a  period  of 
six  years.  The  call  of  the  West  again'  brought  him 
to  Idaho,  and  for  four  years  he  was  identified  with 
the  J.  C.  Weeter  Lumber  Company  in  Pocatello, 
after  which  he  went  into  the  real-estate  business  for 
a  year,  in  the  service  of  E.  C.  White  &  Co.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  Mr.  Rawson  became  the  partner  of 
E.  C.  White,  Jr.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rawson  & 
White,  and  the  new  firm  established  itself  in  the 
hardware  business  in  Pocatello,  with  what  success 
has  already  been  noted  in  a  previous  paragraph.  A 
full  line  of  general  hardware  comprises  the  stock 
of  the  Rawson  &  White  Hardware  Company,  and 
they  are  rapidly  f6rging  to  the  forefront  in  the 
business  activities  of  the  city  and  county. 

Mr.  Rawson  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Pocatello,  in 
both  of  which  he  takes  an  active  interest.  He  is  a 
Republican,  but  not  more  than  ordinarily  active  in 
political  affairs,  his  interest  not  being  beyond  that 
of  a  conscientious  voter. 

Mr.  Rawson  is  a  devoted  student  of  the  violin, 
and  that  might  be  said  to  be  his  sole  hobby.  Cer- 
tain it  is  that  he  derives  his  chief  pleasure  from  the 
time  he  spends  in  its  study,  but  he  takes  an  unmis- 
takable interest  in  horses  and  dogs,  and  is  devoted 
to  the  best  in  literature.  Mr.  Rawson  is  unmarried. 

WALTER  TAYLOR  OLIVER.  Noteworthy  among  the 
pioneers  of  Idaho  is  Walter  Taylor  Oliver,  one  of 
the  leading  business  men  and  a  highly  esteemed  citi- 
zen of  American  Falls,  who  in  his  young  manhood 
cast  his  fortunes  with  this  commonwealth  in  its  terri 
torial  days  and  for  thirty-five  years  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Oneida  county.  Together  with  all  the  fear- 
lessness, determination  and  preseverance  required  by 
the  pioneer,  he  brought  business  ability  and  through- 
out his  long  identification  with  Idaho  he  has  been 
an  earnest  and  zealous  worker  in  its  upbuilding. 
While  due  recognition  is  given  to  the  splendid  pro- 
fessional, business  and  industrial  talent  of  the  state 
today,  yet  it  has  been  the  pioneer  of  the  trying-out 
period  who  revealed  the  possibilities  of  the  common- 
wealth and  has  blazed  the  way  for  others.  It  is  with 
pleasure  that  we  preserve  in  this  enduring  form  a 
brief  record  of  one  of  these  worthy  workers. 

Judge  Oliver,  as  he  is  familiarly  known  to  his 
many  friends  and  acquaintances,  was  born  in  Hali- 
fax county,  Virginia,  September  25.  1850,.  a  son  of 
Isaac  and  Fannie  E.  (Wade)  Oliver.  Both  parents 
were  native  Virginians  and  migrated  to  Callaway 
county,  Missouri,  with  their  family  in  1857.  There 
Isaac  Oliver  became  a  prominent  farmer  and  en- 
gaged extensively  in  the  raising  of  mules,  being  one 
of  the  men  that  has  made  Callaway  county  famous 
in  the  latter  direction.  He  also  entered  promi- 
nently into  the  political  life  of  his  community  as  a 
staunch  Democrat.  Isaac  Oliver  passed  away  in  1879 
and  was  survived  by  his  wife  until  1906. 


Walter  T.  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  received 
his  schooling  in  Callaway  county.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three  he  left  home  and  went  to  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, where  he  was  employed  four  years  with  a 
large  contracting  firm,  the  last  three  years  as  man- 
ager and  superintendent.  On  August  10,  1877,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mattie  West,  a  native 
of  Colorado,  and  on  the  day  following,  or  August 
ii,  he  and  his  bride  started  across  the  plains  on  their 
wedding  journey  with  a  wagon  and  two  horses,  their 
destination  being  Oneida  county,  Idaho.  That  was 
thirty-five  years  ago,  before  a  railroad  had  entered 
the  country,  and  Oneida  county  has  remained  their 
home  from  that  time  to  the  present.  Here  in  the 
earlier  days  they  were  surrounded  by  Indians,  and 
at  first  their  nearest  white  neighbors  were  at  Ross 
Fork,  twenty-five  miles  away,  and  at  Albion,  Idaho, 
seventy-five  miles  distant.  Their  material  resources 
were  their  team  and  wagon,  but  they  were  young, 
courageous  and  hopeful,  and  they  set  about  with 
vigor  and  intrepid  endeavor  to  win  success.  Mr. 
Oliver  took  up  a  preemption  on  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  and  began  farming  arid  the  raising  of 
horses  and  cattle,  going  into  partnership  with  W.  N. 
Shilling.  This  association  was  dissolved  in  1885, 
when  Mr.  Oliver  sold  out  and  moved  to  American 
Falls.  Here  he  built  the  first  hotel  in  the  town, 
which  was  also  the  second  one  in  Oneida  county, 
and  has  remained  its  proprietor  from  1885  to  the 
present  time.  Since  then  it  has  been  enlarged  a  num- 
ber of  times  and  is  well  known  as  the  Oliver  House. 
In  1905  Mr.  Oliver  organized  the  Oliver  &  McKown 
Hardware  and  Implement  Company,  of  which  he 
owns  the  controlling  interest  and  of  which  he  has 
been  president  from  the  start.  From  a  modest  be- 
ginning this  store  has  been  developed  under  the 
sagacious  business  management  of  Mr.  Oliver  until 
today  it  is  the  largest  and  most  progressive  business 
concern  of  its  kind  in  Oneida  county  and  carries  a 
$25,000  stock  of  high  class  goods.  Enterprise  and 
progressiveness  has  characterized  all  of  his  business 
relations  in  Oneida  county  and  no  one  has  labored 
more  energetically  'or  effectively  in  the  upbuilding  of 
this  section  than  has  Mr.  Oliver.  He  has  always 
been  a  staunch  Democrat  and  in  1912  he  and  his  wife 
and  their  eight  children  of  voting  age  all  contributed 
to  the  remarkably  overwhelming  Democratic  victory 
of  that  campaign.  They  are  all  ardent  admirers 
and  friends  of  Ex-Governor  James  Hawley.  In  an 
official  way  Mr.  Oliver  has  served  as  county  com- 
missioner and  for  many-  years  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace. 

To  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  have  been 
born  nine  children,  who  in  order  of  birth  are  as  fol- 
lows :  Sidney,  a  resident  of  American  Falls ;  Wil- 
liam, located  at  Bonanza  Bar,  Idaho ;  Vera,  at  Amer- 
ican Falls;  Alice,  now  Mrs.  Arthur  Sullivan,  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah;  Guy,  Irene  and  Wiley,  all  of 
American  Falls;  Ollie,  now  Mrs.  Jesse  Hays,  of 
American  Falls;  and  Frank,  the  youngest,  the  only 
one  not  yet  of  voting  age.  AH  of  the  children  were 
born  in  Oneida  county.  Idaho,  and  the  daughters 
were  educated  in  the  high  schools  and  colleges  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  while  the  sons  acquired  their 
education  in  the  schools  of  Logan,  Utah. 

A  genial  disposition,  with  the  capacity  of  viewing 
life  on  the  pleasant  side,  and  the  amenities  of  Idaho's 
climate,  have  contributed  to  Mr.  Oliver's  good  health, 
and  today  finds  him  strong  physically  and  strong  in 
business  efficiency.  He  believes  thoroughly  in  Idaho 
and  will  gladly  correspond  with  any  one  who  desires 
to  learn  of  what  it  has  to  offer  in  the  way  of  homes 
and  opportunity. 


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F  A  STACY,  an  important  factor  in  the  business 
activities  of  Mackay,  Idaho,  where  he  has  been  a 
resident  for  more  than  ten  years,  looks  back  to  the 
state  of  Ohio  as  the  place  of  his  birth.  It  was  in 
Lake  county,  that  state,  September  2,  1862,  that  he 
was  born,  son  of  By  rum  and  Puah  (Stevens)  Stacy. 

Byrum  Stacy,  a  native  of  New  York  state,  went  in 
early  life  to  Ohio  and  pioneered  in  Lake  county 
wnen  that  section  of  tne  country  was  thinly  settled. 
And  there  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  in 
farming  and  also  kept  a  livery.  When  well  along  in 
years  he  moved  to  Nebraska.  There  he  spent  the 
last  two  decades  of  his  life,  and  there  he  died  in 
1906,  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years,  his  death  being 
the  result  of  an  accident.  Mr.  Stacy's  mother,  Puah 
(Stevens)  Stacy,  was  born  in  Vermont  and  married 
in  Ohio.  She  died  in  Jefferson  county,  Nebraska, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  Of  her  five  children, 
F.  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  youngest. 

F.  A.  Stacy  finished  his  schooling  in  Nebraska. 
Then  for  a  time  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  and 
subsequently  he  farmed  for  himself.  Before  leaving 
Nebraska,  he  turned  his  attention  to  work  at  the 
carpenter's  trade,  and  later  he  worked  at  that  trade 
in  Kansas  and  in  Colorado.  He  spent  seven  years 
in  Colorado,  contracting  and  building,  for  the  most 
part  at  Colorado  Springs.  From  there  he  came  to 
Mackay,  Idaho,  landing  here  in  March,  1901.  For 
five  years  he  divided  his  time  between  carpenter 
work  and  mining.  May  10,  1906,  he  launched  out  in 
commercial  lines,  under  the  name  of  the  F.  A.  Stacy 
Mercantile  Company.  This  business  was  started  in 
a  small  way,  but  under  his  careful  management  it 
developed  into  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of 
its  kind  in  Custer  county.  Also  Mr.  Stacy  has  be- 
come identified  with  other  enterprises  of  importance 
here.  He  is  general  manager  and  a  director  of  the 
Mackay  Telephone  Company  and  owns  a  one-half 
interest  in  the  Mackay  Coal  Company. 

Mr.  Stacy  married,  in  Kansas,  in  the  autumn  of 
1892,  Miss  Maude  Morris,  daughter  of  B.  W.  and 
Eliza  M.  Morris.  Her  father  is  still  a  resident  of 
Kansas.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stacy  has  been  given  one 
child,  Clifford  Morris  Stacy,  born  in  Salida,  Chaffey 
county,  Colorado,  October  2,  1898. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Stacy  is  identified  with  the  A.  O. 
U.  W.,  the  M.  W.  A.  and  the  F.  O.  E.  Politically, 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  fond  of  out-door  sports, 
especially  hunting  and  fishing.  He  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance throughout  the  county  and  state,  his 
circle  of  friends  including  many  prominent  and  in- 
fluential men.- 

LESLIE  E.  DILLINGHAM.  It  is  in  the  newer  com- 
munities of  this  country  that  the  power  of  the 
Fourth  Estate  is  felt  to  be  the  strongest.  The  edi- 
tor of  a  newspaper  in  a  western  town  has  an  even 
greater  sphere  of  influence  than  has  his  eastern 
brother,  because,  although  the  number  of  his  readers 
may  be  smaller,  they  are  more  likely  to  be  influenced 
by  his  words.  In  no  profession  is  there  greater 
responsibility  than  in  that  of  the  newspaper  editor, 
for  no  matter  how  strong  are  the  convictions  of  a 
man  he  is  bound  to  be  influenced  by  a  powerful  edi- 
torial. Therefore  Leslie  E.  Dillingham,  editor  of 
the  Mackay  Miner,  of  Mackay,  Idaho,  holds  an  im- 
portant position  in  the  business  life  of  the  com- 
munity. 

The  ancestors  of  this  progressive  young  man  on 
his  father's  side  were  of  Irish  descent,  came  to  this 
country  from  England  and  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  the  state  of  New  York.  On  the  maternal 
side  his  ancestors  were  French  Huguenots,  who, 


driven  from  their  home  by  religious  oppression,  came 
to  America  and  settled  in  Tennessee.  His  father 
was  John  D.  Dillingham,  who  was  born  in  the  state 
of  New  York,  and  at  an  early  age  removed  to  Illi- 
nois. When  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  enlisted  in 
the  Forty-ninth  Illinois  Infantry  and  served  through- 
out the  four  years  of  the  struggle.  He  was  an  engi- 
neer by  profession,  and  during  the  later  years  of  his 
life  he  came  west,  and  in  1909,  at  Santa  Monica, 
California,  he  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven.  He 
married  Mary  L.  Jordan,  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Illinois.  She  died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in  1910, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-seven.  Nine  children  were  born 
of  their  union,  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  and  of 
this  number  three  are  at  present  residents  of  the 
state  of  Idaho,  Frances  C.  having  married  Clyde  E. 
Fisbel,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  at  Alto,  Idaho. 

Leslie  E.  Dillingham  was  born  on  the  8th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1878,  at  Chenoa,  McLean  county,  Illinois.  _  He 
received  his  education  in  the  state  of  his  birth, 
though  his  training  was  rather  meager,  for  he  only 
attended  school  until  he  was  eight  years  of  age.  He 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  followed  this  in  Chicago,  becoming  an  expert 
in  the  line  and  acquiring  through  his  own  efforts  a 
considerable  amount  of  education.  In  September, 
1909,  he  removed  to  Mackay,  Idaho,  and  found  em- 
ployment with  the  Mackay  Telegraph,  which  was  the 
pioneer  paper  and  at  that  time  the  only  paper  pub- 
lished at  this  point.  He  remained  with  the  Tele- 
graph for  two  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time 
determined  to  found  a  paper  of  his  own,  the  Tele- 
graph having  suspended  publication. 

The  Miner  was  established  in  1905,  and  since  that 
time  Mr.  Dillingham  has  been  the  publisher  and  edi- 
tor of  this  very  creditable  paper.  A  glimpse  at  the 
length  of  the  subscription  list  is  evidence  enough  of 
the  popularity  of  the  paper  and  of  the  success  which 
has  greeted  the  hard  work  and  conscientious  efforts 
of  the  editor.  In  addition  to  the  newspaper  he  has 
invested  money  in  other  enterprises. 

The  policy  of  the  paper  is  independent  and  the 
politics  of  the  owner  is  also  independent.  Mr.  Dil- 
lingham has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  politics  of 
the  state  and  has  held  a  number  of  public  offices. 
He  served  as  city  clerk  for  three  terms,  and  in  1906 
was  the  Republican  candidate  for  the  state  legisla- 
ture. For  six  years  he  was  county  chairman  of  the 
Republican  Central  Committee,  and  should  he  care 
to  continue  his  activity  along  political  lines  it  is  evi- 
dent that  he  would  make  an  honest  and  able  servant 
of  the  people. 

In  fraternal  affairs  Mr.  Dillingham  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  Mount  McCaleb  Lodge,  No.  64.  This 
lodge  was  named  for  Jesse  McCaleb,  an  old  pioneer 
frontiersman  who  was  killed  fighting  the  Indians, 
and  as  one  of  its  organizers  Mr.  Dillingham  has  al- 
ways been  active  in  its  affairs  and  has  taken  inter- 
est in  the  order. 

Mr.  Dillingham  was  married  in  Paxton,  Illinois, 
on  the  I4th  of  September,  1904,  to  Miss  Pearl  Diers. 
Mrs.  Dillingham  was  born  in  Illinois,  the  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Susan  Diers.  One  child  has  been  born 
of  this  union,  and  this  young  man,  Dudley  Prentice 
Dillingham,  was  born  at  Mackay,  Idaho,  on  the  I2th 
of  December,  1909. 

Mr.  Dillingham  is  an  Idaho  booster,  and  believes 
in  the  untold  opportunities  of  the  state.  Personally 
he  would  not  care  to  live  anywhere  else,  and  being 
as  closely  in  touch  with  the  pulse  of  the  public  as  he 
is,  and  observing  how  this  section  is  rapidly  settling, 
he  feels  that  the  opportunities  here  for  success  are 
limitless. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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ORLA  RAY  BAUM  is  a  fine  example  of  the  rising 
young  attorneys  of  Idaho  and  holds  the  leading  place 
in  the  ranks  of  the  legal  talent  of  American  Falls, 
Power  county.  He  is  a  young  man  well  qualified  in 
native  talent  and  in  technical  training  to  enter  into 
.competitive  effort  with  others  of  his  chosen  profes- 
sion, and  though  he  has  been  before  the  bar  but  a 
few  years  he  has  shown  that  he  not  only  has  abilities 
but  knows  how  to  use  them. 

Born  May  I,  1886,  in  I'hillipsburg,  Kansas,  he  is 
a  son  of  George  and  Lavina  (Hill)  Baum,  respec- 
tively natives  of  Tennessee  and  Pennsylvania.  The 
elder  Mr.  Baum  is  a  prominent  cattleman  of  Phillips 
county,  Kansas,  and  with  his  wife  continues  to  re- 
side in  Phillipsburg.  Orla  Ray  Baum  did  the  usual 
preparatory  work  in  the  public  schools  of  Phillips- 
burg,  Kansas,  following  that  course  with  high  school 
work  at  Phillipsburg,  Kansas,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated at  the  age  of  fifteen.  He  next  became  a  stu- 
dent at  Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville,  for  two 
years,  and  for  one  year  in  the  University  of  Kan- 
sas, where  he  completed  a  course  in  law  and  from 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1909  as  an 
LL.  B.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Kansas  in 
June,  1909,  to  the  bar  of  Missouri  in  the  same  month, 
and  then  in  1910  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
Idaho.  Locating  at  Gooding,  Idaho,  he  became  an 
associate  of  W.  G.  Bissell,  one  of  the  prominent  law- 
yers of  southern  Idaho,  who  is  mentioned  individ- 
ually on  other  pages  of  this  work.  He  continued  to 
practice  at  Gooding  until  February,  1912,  when  he 
located  at  American  Falls,  Power  county,  though 
continuing  his  former  association  with  Mr.  Bissell. 
The  most  of  his  practice  is  in  Power  county  and  he 
is  now  county  and  city  attorney  at  American  Falls. 
Though  he  has  been  here  but  a  very  short  period 
his  substantial  attainments  and  demonstrated  merit 
have  made  him  the  leading  lawyer  of  American  Falls 
and  have  won  him  high  rank  among  the  best  legal 
talent  of  this  section  of  Idaho.  He  remains  the  stu- 
dent, keen  and  alert  for  that  knowledge  which  will 
strengthen  him  in  professional  efficiency  and  broaden 
his  whole  outlook  on  life,  and  in  the  very  creditable 
work  that  he  has  done  it  has  been  evident  that  he 
recognizes  that  painstaking  effort  is  the  larger  part 
of  genius  in  law  as  in  everything  else.  A  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  he  is  now  secretary  of  the  Oneida, 
now  Power,  County  Republican  central  committee 
and  is  active  in  the  interests  of  his  party.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order  and 
the  Phi  Alpha  Delta  legal  college  fraternity.  He  is 
also  interested  in  Idaho  opportunities  in  other  than 
along  professional  lines,  and  believing  firmly  in  its 
future  as  a  successful  agricultural  commonwealth,  he 
has  invested  in  irrigated  farm  lands  in  Lincoln 
county  and  in  dry  farm  lands  in  Elmore  county.  On 
the  ground  and  having  seen  for  himself  what  Idaho 
has  to  offer  to  the  homeseeker,  the  business  man  and 
to  him  ambitious  for  a  professional  career,  he  will 
gladly  and  without  price  correspond  with  any  one 
who  desires  information  in  this  direction.  Well  edu- 
cated, of  pleasing  personality  and  cordial  disposition, 
he  easily  makes  friends  and  retains  them,  and  in 
every  aspect  of  his  character  he  is  broad,  liberal,  en- 
lightened and  closely  in  touch  with  the  high  and  bet- 
ter development  of  society.  Idaho  needs  and  wel- 
comes such  young  men. 

ABSALOM  C.  SMITH.  Among  the  men  of  large 
ability  and  splendid  professional  and  intellectual 
attainments  who  have  selected  southern  Idaho  as 
the  field  of  their  activities,  a  prominent  place  is  held 
by  Absalom  C.  Smith,  of  Preston,  Franklin  county, 
one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  this  section.  His  value 


to  his  community,  however,  is  not  limited  to  that  of 
his  professional  ability,  for  he  is  also  actively  iden- 
tified with  the  business  life  of  Preston  and  Franklin 
county  as  one  of  its  most  energetic  and  wide-awake 
real-estate  men.  He  is  a  Westerner  by  birth  and 
rearing  and  is  fully  imbued  with  the  Western  spirit 
of  progressiveness  and  accomplishment. 

Absalom  C.  Smith  was  born  March  n,  1871,  at 
Draper,  Utah,  a  son  of  Asa  D.  and  Amanda 
(Draper)  Smith,  the  latter  of  whom  was  deceased 
in  1906.  His  parents,  both  natives  of  Illinois,  were 
among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Utah  in  1849  and  the 
father  has  long  been  one  of  the  most  prominent 
farmers  and  stockmen  of  Cache  county,  Utah,  as 
well  as  a  prominent  worker  in  the  interests  of  the 
Mormon  church.  William  Draper,  the  grandfather 
of  Absalom  C.,  was  the  first  bishop  of  the  Mormon 
church  at  Draper,  Utah,  which  town  was  named  in 
his  honor.  Nine  children  were  born  to  Asa  D.  and 
Amanda  (Draper)  Smith,  two  of  whom  are  de- 
ceased, Asa  D.  and  Mozelle.  The  others  are  Roxey 
Ann,  now  the  wife  of  Alfred  W.  Webster,  a  promi- 
nent ranchman  of  Franklin,  Idaho ;  Absalom  C.  of 
this  review ;  Marie,  whose  husband,  Morris  J.  Swin- 
yard,  is  a  merchant  at  Lewiston,  Utah;  Willis  A., 
professor  in  the  Oneida  Stake  Academy;  Dr.  Parley 
F.  Smith  and  Dr.  Guy  M.  Smith,  both  located  at 
Rexburg,  Idaho;  and  Elva,  now  Mrs.  Daniel  StowaL, 
of  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

Absalom  C.  Smth  grew  up  in  Utah,  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  state,  in  the  Brigham 
Young  College,  the  Utah  Agricultural  College,  and 
took  his  final  course  in  law  at  the  University  of 
Michigan,  Ann  Arbor.  From  1896  to  1906  he  fol- 
lowed the  profession  of  an  educator  and  was  suc- 
cessively employed  as  a  teacher  at  Cove,  Utah,  and 
at  Franklin  and  Oxford,  Idaho,  serving  as  principal 
of  the  schools  at  the  last  named  olace.  In  the  mean- 
time he  continued  delving  into  Blackstone,  acquiring 
broadej  ideas,  a  finer  perception  and  a  still  more 
active  public  spirit  as  a  result  of  his  deepening  ac- 
quaintance with  those  pages.  In  1905  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  by  the  supreme  court  of  Idaho  and 
soon  thereafter  began  the  active  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Preston,  Oneida  county,  now  Franklin 
county,  where  he  has  risen  rapidly  in  ability  and 
reputation  and  has  built  up  a  very  successful  prac- 
tice, being  now  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  law- 
yers of  southern  Idaho.  He  is  now  city  attorney  of 
Preston  and  county  attorney  of  Franklin  county. 
Besides  his  legal  work  he  is  very  actively  engaged 
in  the  real-estate  business  and  has  probably  built 
more  houses  in  Oneida  county  than  any  other  three 
men  engaged  in  this  line.  He  has  numerous  personal 
holdings,  among  them  being  a  fine  ranch  at  Rexburg, 
Idaho,  and  an  attractive  residence  and  other  city 
realty  at  Preston.  He  started  with  but  his  own 
native  resources,  but  by  intelligent  effort,  shrewd 
business  ability  and  self-confidence  he  has  achieved 
that  success  that  places  him  among  the  resourceful 
and  forceful  men  of  the  state.  Mr.  Smith  is  also  one 
of  the  leading  Republican  politicians  of  Oneida 
county  and  at  present  is  secretary  of  the  Oneida 
County  Republican  central  committee. 

On  November  25,  1800,  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Melissa  Hobbs,  a  daughter  of 
Charles  W.  and  Mary  Ann  (Emms)  Hobbs,  pioneers 
of  Idaho,  the  former  of  whom  is  now  deceased.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Smith  have  four  children ;  LeGrande  G, 
Leora,  Kenneth  and  Gwen  H. 

ARTHUR  WILLIAM  HART.  A  prominent  lawyer  of 
Preston,  Idaho,  is  Arthur  William  Hart,  whose 
identification  with  the  legal  profession  began  about 


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the  time  Idaho  was  admitted  to  statehood,  or  in 
1800,  and  who  springs  from  one  of  the  prominent 
and  pioneer  families  of  this  state,  a  family  whose 
name  has  long  held  prestige  for  worth  and  attain- 
ment. He  was  born  at  Bloomington,  Bear  Lake 
county,  Idaho,  October  16,  1869,  and  is  a  son  of 
James  H.  and  Sebina  (Scheib)  Hart,  both  natives 
of  England  and  pioneer  settlers  in  Idaho  in  1863. 
James  H.  Hart,  now  deceased,  was  a  prominent  law- 
yer and  legislator  during  the  territorial  days  of 
Idaho  and  served  eight  years  as  a  member  of  the 
Idaho  territorial  legislature.  He  was  a  Mormon  in 
religious  faith  and  was  prominent  in  church  affairs, 
having  served  as  first  counsellor  to  President  Budge 
and  having  filled  the  position  of  emigrant  agent  for 
Utah  at  New  York  City  for  twelve  years.  He  passed 
away  in  1900  and  is  interred  at  Bloomington,  Idaho, 
where  his  wife  continues  to  reside.  He  was  the 
father  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  deceased. 
All  were  well  educated  and  have  taken  prominent 
and  worthy  places  in  society.  Those  living  are 
Alice,  now  Mrs.  Anson  Osmond,  of  Logan,  Utah ; 
Charles  Hart,  for  thirteen  years  a  district  judge  of 
the  first  district  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and  now  a 
prominent  lawyer  of  Salt  Lake  City ;  Eugene  S. 
Hart,  a  resident  of  Ogden,  Utah,  who  was  formerly 
professor  of  mathematics  in  the  University  'of  Ogden 
and  now  a  professor  of  Weber  Stake  Academy  in 
Utah ;  Arthur  William  Hart,  of  this  review ;  Alfred 
A.  Hart,  now  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
in  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho;  and  Rose  H.,  now  Mrs. 
Ivan  Woodward,  of  Franklin,  Idaho. 

Arthur  William  Hart  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  and  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Utah,  Salt  Lake  City,  of  which  latter  insti- 
tution he  is  a  graduate.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
by  the  district  court  of  the  fifth  judicial  district  of 
Oneida  county  in  1899  and  located  at  Preston,  Idaho, 
where  he  soon  became  established  in  a  successful 
practice  and  where  he  has  continued  to  the  present 
time,  alone  except  for  a  short  time  in  1911  when  he 
was  associated  with  Thomas  W.  Smith.  He  was 
elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Oneida  county,  Idaho, 
in  1902,  and  served  two  years.  In  political  views 
he  is  a  Democrat  and  in  religious  faith  he  is  a  Mor- 
mon. He  owns  a  fine  ranch  near  Preston  and  is 
much  interested  in  the  breeding  of  fine  Holstein 
cattle,  his  hobby  being  the  raising  of  fine  Holstein 
cows.  Excellency  is  his  aim  along  other  lines  of 
agricultural  activity  as  well,  for  in  1912  he  took  five 
first  premiums  at  the  Oneida  county  fair  on  potatoes, 
apples,  pears,  squash  and  corn.  Mr.  Hart  has  trav- 
eled extensively  in  both  the  United  States  and  in 
Europe. 

He  was  married  in  August,  1902,  to  Miss  Ada  D. 
Lowe,  of  Franklin,,  Idaho.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
James  G.  and  Eliza  (Doney)  Lowe,  pioneers  of 
Idaho,  the  former  of  whom  is  now  deceased  and  the 
latter  of  whom  now  resides  at  Franklin.  They  have 
four  children,  named  Arthur  J.,  Halo  M.,  Marcus  F. 
and  Reed  L. 

GEORGE  H.  BLOOD,  cashier  of  the  Idaho  Savings 
Bank  at  Preston,  Idaho,  and  a  prominent  promoter 
of  horticultural  interests  in  northern  Utah  and 
southern  Idaho,  is  a  citizen  of  worth  and  of  sound 
business  principles  who  has  been  and  continues  a 
leading  spirit  in  fostering  progress  and  prosperity 
in  this  immediate  section  of  the  West.  This  enter- 
prising spirit  is  a  part  of  his  parental  endowment, 
for  both  his  father  and  mother  were  early  pioneers 
of  Utah  and  were  numbered  among  those  who 
labored  unwearyingly  and  with  commendable  in- 


dustry and  thrift  to  transform  the  deserts  of  that 
section  into  fertile  land. 

George  H.  Blood  was  born  in  Kaysville,  Utah, 
June  21,  1879,  a  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Hooper) 
Blood,  natives  respectively  of  England  and  Scotland. 
Both  were  among  the  settlers  in  Utah  in  1849,  at 
which  time  the  mother  was  but  a  child.  She  held 
the  plow  handles  for  the  first  furrow  made  between 
the  city  of  Ogden  and  Salt  Lake.  She  is  now  de- 
ceased but  is  survived  by  her  husband,  who  is  now 
the  oldest  citizen  of  Kaysville,  Utah,  in  point  of  resi- 
dence. He  is  a  very  successful  and  prominent 
farmer  in  that  community  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Mormon  church.  Of  the  ten  children  in  this  family, 
George  H.  is  seventh  in  order  of  birth.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Kaysville,  Utah, 
and  spent  one  year  as  a  student  in  Brigham  Young 
College.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  became  appren- 
ticed to  learn  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith  and  horse- 
shoer  and  spent  four  years  in  this  line  of  work.  He 
was  then  sent  to  the  Samoan  Islands  as  a  missionary 
for  the  Mormon  church  and  remained  there  in  that 
service  three  years.  After  his  return  to  his  Utah 
home  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Davis  county 
and  was  reelected  to  a  second  term,  serving  four 
years  in  all.  At  that  time  he  was  aligned  with  the 
regular  'Republican  party,  but  now  he  is  identified 
with  the  Progressive  party.  In  1909  he  accepted  the 
position  of  cashier  of  the  Idaho  State  Savings  Bank 
of  Preston,  Idaho,  and  has  filled  that  responsible 
position  to  the  present  time,  being  also  a  stockholder 
and  a  director  of  the  institution.  He  is  also  heavily 
interested  in  orcharding  and  has  six  hundred  and 
forty  acres  devoted  to  orchard  cultivation,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  in  the  Curlew  valley  of  Cache 
county,  Utah,  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Bonne- 
ville  county,  Idaho,  and  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  in  Oneida  county,  Idaho.  Besides  these  in- 
terests he  is  also  the  owner  of  business  and  residence 
property  in  Preston,  Idaho,  and  has  a  fine  home  in 
that  thriving  little  city.  He  is  very  public-spirited 
and  not  only  advocates  development  and  progressive- 
ness  but  is  a  pronounced  leader  in  setting  an  ex- 
ample in  these  directions.  In  religious  faith  and 
membership  he  is  identified  with  the  Mormon  church. 

On  June  24,  1903,  was  solemnized  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Edith  Larkins,  who  was  born  in  Nevada  but 
was  brought  up  at  Kaysville,  Utah.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Eliza  (Seal)  Larkins,  the  former 
of  whom  was  but  a  boy  when  he  came  to  Salt  Lake, 
Utah,  in  company  with  Brigham  Young,  and  who 
for  many  years  has  been  one  of  the  most  prominent 
ranchers  and  stockmen  of  Utah.  Both  the  Blood 
and  Larkins  families  are  very  prominent  in  northern 
Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blood  has  three  children :  Vai- 
ola,  Erma  and  Mildred. 

CARL  A.  VALENTINE.  Of  Idaho's  men  of  promi- 
nence and  influence  who  now  direct  and  control  the 
business  welfare  of  the  state,  none  has  had  a  career 
more  noteworthy  in  its  rise  from  moneyless  youth 
and  the  obstacles  of  fortune  than  Carl  A.  Valentine, 
now  president  of  the  Farmers  &  Traders  Bank  of 
Pocatello  and  an  officer  and  director  in  half  a  dozen 
well  known  business  and  financial  enterprises  of 
southern  Idaho. 

Mr.  Valentine  was  born  on  the  I5th  of  July,  1875, 
and  is  still  a  young  man  even  if  he  has  attained  much 
that  would  be  considered  an  achievement  for  a  full- 
rounded  lifetime.  The  name  of  his  birthplace  is 
Ronne  Bornhalm,  an  island  belonging  to  Denmark. 
A  private  tutor  in  his  boyhood  gave  him  his  early 
instruction,  but  when  he  was  ten  years  old  he  ven- 
tured, alone,  to  cross  the  ocean  to  America  and 


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nearly  across  the  continent  to  Utah.  There  his  first 
job  as  a  wage-earner  was  on  a  sheep  ranch,  where 
he  spent  two  years  as  a  herder  and  at  other  work, 
and  at  the  same  time  managed  to  attend  school  and 
fit  himself  for  superior  activity  in  this  new  land. 

He  was  about  twelve  years  old  when,  in  1887,  he 
came  into  Idaho,  the  state  which  has  been  his  home 
now  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  long  enough  to  en- 
title him  to  distinction  as  a  pioneer.  His  first  ex- 
perience on  a  sheep  ranch  was  further  continued  in 
Idaho,  where  he  was  employed  by  different  firms  in 
the  handling  of  sheep,  and  he  followed  that  line  of 
work  until  he  was  nineteen.  He  had  been  trained 
in  the  hard  school  of  practical  effort,  and  for  that 
reason  was  ready  to  embark  in  independent  enter- 
prise before  the  majority  of  young  men.  On  leaving 
the  sheep  ranches  he  established  himself  in  the  pro- 
duce business  at  Pocatcllo,  and  after  two  years  sold 
out.  bought  sheep  and  tried  the  old  industry  for  him- 
self. Things  went  fairly  well  for.  two  years,  but  then 
he  suffered  one  of  the  reverses  which  are  not  un- 
common in  stock  raising  and  lost  nearly  all  he  had. 
To  get  back  to  the  point  where  he  started  his  labor 
was  accepted  in  the  Oregon  Short  Line  shops  at 
Pocatello,  in  the  car  department,  and  a  little  later 
he  was  sent  out  as  locomotive  fireman.  Wherever 
he  has  worked  he  has  shown  ability,  but  the  varied 
ventures  of  his  earlier  days  were  all  but  stages  to 
the  bigger  accomplishment  which  he  always  had  in 
view. 

After  two  years  as  locomotive  fireman  he  again 
resumed  the  sheep  business,  which  he  followed  this 
time  with  fairly  even  success  for  ten  years,  varied 
at  times  by  work  as  a  traveling  salesman.  From 
sheep  rancher  he  became  banker,  and  for  about  a 
year  was  vice-president  of  the  Farmers  &  Traders 
Bank.  He  was  then  elected  president,  and  has  been 
the  active  head  of  this  flourishing  banking  house 
ever  since. 

Mr.  Valentine  is  also  president  of  the  Gem  Valley 
State  Bank  at  Grace,  Idaho;  is  director  in  the  Ban- 
croft State  Bank;  is  president  of  the  Idaho  Pressed 
Brick  Company;  has  recently  organized  a  bank  at 
McCammon,  of  which  he  is  president,  and  is  owner 
of  much  valuable  real  estate  in  and  about  Pocatello. 

At  Pocatcllo  on  June  25,  1905,  he  married  Miss 
Alvira  Nielson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  P. 
Nielson,  of  this  city.  They  have  two  sons,  Carl  Dale 
and  Richard  Douglas.  Mr.  Valentine  has  no  regular 
church  membership,  but  favors  and  contributes  to 
all  denominations.  Still  a  member  of  the  United 
Commercial  Travelers,  though  it  has  been  some 
years  since  he  sold  goods  on  the  road,  he  has  filled 
all  the  chairs  in  the  organization  and  is  now  past 
senior  councillor.  He  also  affiliates  with  the  Elks, 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  He  belongs  to  the  Pocatello  Commercial 
Club,  and  while  never  looking  for  office  for  him- 
self has  long  been  active  in  promoting  the  success 
of  the  Republican  party.  He  has  given  service  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council,  and  his  public  spirit  leads 
him  to  the  support  of  everything  for  the  upbuilding 
of  Pocatello  and  the  state.  Aside  from  business  he 
enjoys  a  hunting  trip  occasionally,  and  is  fond  of  the 
instructive  recreations  of  social  life. 

WILLIAM  H.  JACKSON,  JR.  One  of  the  busiest  of 
Pocatello's  young  business  men  is  William  H.  Jack- 
son, Jr.,  a  real-estate  dealer  who  is  a  comparatively 
recent  addition  to  the  business  ranks  of  that  city  but 
who  has  very  amply  demonstrated  that  he  is  by  no 
means  the  least  resourceful,  energetic  and  capable  of 
those  there  waging  a  contest  for  business  success. 

Born   at    Richmond,    Utah,    August    14,    1884,    he 


made  excellent  educational  preparation  for  an  active 
and  accomplishing  business  career  by  completing 
the  common  school  course  at  Lewiston,  Utah, 
and  then  later  pursuing  a  course  of  collegiate  train- 
ing at  Brigham  Young  College,  Logan,  Utah.  These 
studies  he  completed  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  and 
shortly  after  graduating  from  college,  or  in  1906,  he 
came  to  Rexburg,  Idaho,  to  take  up  the  duties  of  his 
first  position,  which  was  that  of  principal  of  the  com- 
mercial department  of  Ricks  Academy.  After  two 
years  there  he  came  to  Pocatello  as  an  employe  of 
the  Bannock  Abstract,  Deposit  and  Trust  Company, 
with  which  firm  he  had  been  identified  about  two 
years  when  he  accepted  a  position  as  assistant  cashier 
in  the  Farmers  and  Traders  Bank  at  Pocatello.  Six 
months  later  he  established  his  present  business,  that 
of  a  general  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance  business, 
with  large  operations  in  public  lands,  and  he  also 
practices  as  a  land  attorney  before  the  Public  Land 
Office  and  the  U.  S.  Department  of  the  Interior.  Be- 
lieving that  honesty  is  a  paying  principle  in  business 
he  has  put  his  theory  to  the  test  and,  if  results  are 
evidence,  he  has  proved  his  contention,  for  his  office 
is  always  full  of  eager  and  satisfied  customers  and 
clients  and  he  is  one  of  Pocatello's  busiest  of  busi- 
ness men.  As  he  derives  benefit  from  this  wide- 
awake and  progressive  community  he  contributes  in 
return  his  influence  and  the  best  of  his  energies 
toward  its  further  development  and  upbuilding  and 
for  this  purpose  is  identified  with  the  Pocatello  Com- 
mercial Club  as  a  member  and  chairman  of  the  good 
roads  committee  of  the  club,  and  is  vice-president 
of  the  Bannock  County  Betterment  League.  Polit- 
ically he  is  actively  interested  in  the  public  problems 
of  the  day  and  in  their  solution,  but  while  his  views 
are  largely  those  of  the  Republican  party  he  reserves 
the  right  to  think  and  vote  independent  of  partisan 
ties.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints  church,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  married  December  23,  1009,  at 
Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Lillie  Spillman,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hyrum  Spillman,  of  Pocatello,  Idaho. 
To  their  union  has  been  born  a  son,  Dee  William 
Jackson. 

CHARLES  W.  GRAY.  One  of  the  successful  men  of 
Pocatello,  head  of  the  real  estate,  loan  and  insurance 
firm  of  Gray  &  Gray  Company,  speaks  with  an  en- 
thusiasm born  of  his  own  experience  concerning  the 
resources  and  the  certain  future  greatness  of  Idaho. 
It  is  his  opinion  that,  if  the  people  of  the  United 
States  should  realize  the  ideal  conditions  of  climate, 
natural  wealth  and  unlimited  opportunities  in  Idaho, 
all  would  want  to  move  into  this  state  in  preference 
to  any  other  region.  Mr.  Gray  has  not  only  found 
mater'al  prosperity  in  the  West,  but  also  what  is 
vastly  more  essential,  health.  When,  in  his  young 
manhood,  he  left  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  prominent  phy- 
sician gave  him  just  three  months  to  live.  He 
asserts,  and  his  acquaintances  would  probably  agree, 
that  he  can  now  hold  his  own  with  any  healthy  man 
fifteen  years  his  junior.  It  is  not  surprising  that 
he  should  be  one  of  the  most  ardent  boosters  of  his 
home  state. 

Charles  W.  Gray  was  born  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
January  17,  1858,  and  when  he  was  about  three  years 
old  his  parents  moved  to  Ohio,  where  he  lived  until 
he  came  of  age.  He  attended  the  common  schools 
and  high  school  and  remained  at  home  until  he  was 
twenty-one,  when  he  started  West  in  search  of  health 
and  a  career.  In  Kansas,  where  he  spent  four  years, 
he  taught  school  and  followed  farming.  The  next 
ten  years  were  passed  in  Colorado,  most  of  the  time 
at  Gunnison,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  rail- 


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reading.  From  Colorado  he  came  still  further  into 
the  West  to  Montana,  where  he  railroaded  for  a  time 
and  also  was  engaged  for  some  years  in  raising 
horses  at  Dillon.  During  this  period  he  was  also 
drawn  into  public  affairs,  and  served  one  term  as 
county  administrator. 

Since  1902  Mr.  Gray  has  been  permanently  identi- 
fied with  Pocatello.  His  first  enterprise  in  this  city 
was  Gray's  Book  Store,  which  he  conducted  four 
years  and  then  sold  out.  The  Gray  &  Gray  Com- 
pany was  then  established,  and  it  is  now  one  of  the 
leading  firms  in  southern  Idaho  for  handling  general 
real  estate,  loans  and  insurance.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  C.  W.  Gray  and  C.  M.  Gray. 

Mr.  Gray  was  married  at  Gunnison,  Colorado,  in 
June,  1885,  to  Miss  Lulu  M.  Long,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Long,  who  were  formerly  resi- 
dents of  Ohio.  The  two  children  of  their  marriage 
are:  Clyde  M.,  who  is  the  junior  member  of  the 
firm  above  mentioned ;  and  Carrie  G.,  the  wife  of 
Donald  D.  Burnside,  of  Pocatello.  Mr.  Gray  fra- 
ternally is  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  and  as 
an  independent  Republican  takes  an  active  interest 
in  politics.  His  recreations  are  in  hunting  and  fish- 
ing and  baseball,  and  he  enjoys  a  good  speech  or 
lecture. 

Louis  RUEBELMANN.  One  of  Idaho's  worthy  pio- 
neers is  Louis  Ruebelmann,  of  Pocatello,  who  cast 
his  lot  with  this  commonwealth  in  1884,  saw  it 
attain  statehood  and  has  remained  for  nearly  thirty 
years  one  of  its  most  loyal  and  progressive  citizens. 
Since  1887  his  home  has  been  at  Pocatello,  of  which 
city  also  he  is  a  pioneer  and  where  he  enjoys  an 
enviable  standing  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  keen  and 
substantial  business  man. 

Mr.  Ruebelmann  was  born  in  Herman,  Missouri, 
November  16,  1853,  and  was  but  an  infant  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Illinois,  in  which  state  he  grew 
to  manhood  and  obtained  his  education,  first  as  a 
student  in  the  public  schools  and  then  later  in  a 
night  school  in  Chicago,  where  he  pursued  a  com- 
mercial course.  His  home  in  that  city  was  with 
an  uncle,  who  was  a  manufacturer  of  billiard  tables 
and  in  whose  office  he  first  began  to  acquire  prac- 
tical business  knowledge.  Later  he  became  an  em- 
ploye in  a  large  hardware  store  there,  which  was 
destroyed  in  the  great  Chicago  fire  of  1871  and  was 
not  re-established.  After  that  he  followed  various 
occupations  in  that  city  until  1877,  when  he  decided 
to  try  out  his  fortunes  in  the  West.  His  first  loca- 
tion in  this  great  section  was  at  Laramie,  Wyoming, 
where  he  remained  three  years  and  was  employed 
in  various  ways,  part  of  the  time  assisting  a  post 
trader  at  the  old  fort  there.  The  next  three  years 
were  spent  at  Denver,  Colorado,  and  from  there  he 
came  to  Idaho  in  February,  1884.  His  first  winter 
in  this  state  was  passed  at  Shoshone,  where  he  helped 
to  build  the  shops  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  rail- 
road, and  from  there  he  went  to  Caldwell,  where 
he  was  employed  in  similar  work  and  also  had  a 
fishing  outfit.  In  1887  he  came  to  Pocatello,  which 
then  gave  little  promise  of  outstripping  scores  of 
towns  of  equal  and  of  greater  size  and  of  becoming 
the  second  city  of  Idaho,  but  this  it  has  accomplished 
and  that  by  the  means  of  such  keen,  alert  and  re- 
sourceful business  men  and  sterling  citizens  as  Mr. 
Ruebelmann.  For  some  years  after  locating  at  Poca- 
tello he  continued  to  be  employed  in  railroad  work. 
In  1894  he  ventured  into  independent  business  activ- 
ity by  opening  a  small  fuel  store,  where  he  handled 
coal  only ;  then  gradually  he  began  to  branch  out  and 


to  include  in  his  stock  feed,  hay,  grain,  poultry  sup- 
plies and  other  such  commodities  until  today  he  oper- 
ates a  very  extensive  and  thriving  business  along  this 
line  and  one  that  from  its  beginning  has  been  a 
money  maker.  To  begin  with,  he  had  shrewd  busi- 
ness discernment,  ability  and  practical  experience 
and  these  assets  applied  as  the  city  has  grown  have 
resulted  in  an  establishment  that  is  not  only  a  profit- 
able one  to-Mr.  Ruebelmann  but  one  that  by  its  enter- 
prise and  volume  of  business  both  reflects  the  pro- 
gressive business  spirit  of  the  city  and  adds  to  its 
prestige.  Mr.  Ruebelmann's  son,  Harold  B.,  is  now 
associated  with  him,  the  firm  style  being  L.  Ruebel- 
mann &  Son.  In  political  views  Mr.  Ruebelmann 
is  inclined  toward  the  tenets  of  the  Democratic  party 
but  he  is  an  independent  thinker  and  voter  and 
takes  no  active  part  in  political  affairs.  In  the  way 
of  recreation  he  is  fond  of  hunting  and  of  camp  life. 
In  1881,  at  Denver,  Colorado,  Mr.  Ruebelmann  was 
joined  in  marriage-  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Traynor, 
formerly  from  Missouri.  To  their  union  came  two 
sons :  Charles,  now  deceased,  and  Harold  B.,  who 
is  married  and  is  associated  with  his  father  in  busi- 


ALFRED  MOYES.  It  was  a  little  more  than  three 
centuries  ago  that  England  first  contributed  settlers 
for  the  upbuilding  of  the  American  commonwealth 
and  many  have  been  the  sons  and  daughters  of 
English  soil  that  since  have  become  of  us.  One 
of  these  is  Judge  Alfred  Moyes,  of  Pocatello,  an 
Idaho  pioneer,  not  only  in  point  of  time  but  in 
service  also.  He  has  spent  half  a  century  in  the 
West  and  no  one  knows  better  than  he  of  the  order 
of  life  that  obtained  in  this  great  section  in  that 
earlier  day  or  of  the  transformation  that  has  taken 
place  here  since  then.  He  knows  of  Indian  warfare 
by  actual  experience ;  he  saw  those  industrious  and 
thrifty  earliest  of  Utah  settlers  battling  with  the 
discouragements  of  the  desert  and  transforming  it, 
by  irrigation,  into  fertile  land;  he  was  in  California 
in  its  earlier  and  exciting  days ;  and  since  1881,  or 
for  more  than  thirty  years,  he  has  been  a  worthy 
and  loyal  citizen  of  Idaho.  For  twenty-five  years 
he  has  been  a  resident  of  Pocatello,  has  lived  there, 
as  always,  an  industrious,  upright  and  honorable  life, 
and  no  man  of  that  city  stands  higher  in  public  con- 
fidence, esteem  and  love  than  Judge  Moyes.  Now 
seventy-eight  years  of  age,  the  gloom  of  his  life's 
twilight  shadows  is  dispelled  by  the  warmth  of  the 
many  and  sincere  friendships  which  are  his. 

Alfred  Moyes  was  born  in  England  May  12,  1835. 
He  grew  up  there  to  the  age  of  fourteen  and  at  a 
very  early  point  in  his  life  began  to  learn  that  great 
industrial  lesson  that  the  world  pays  only  for  what 
it  receives.  His  father  was  in  the  bus  and  hack 
business  in  London  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  Alfred 
was  driving  a  three-horse  delivery  van  in  the  streets 
of  that  city.  His  earlier  education,  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  London,  was  somewhat  limited,  but 
in  subsequent  years,  by  self-instruction,  he  mastered 
different  of  the  higher  branches  and  by  remaining 
always  a  student,  whether  of  books  or  in  the  practical 
schools  of  experience  and  hard  knocks,  he  has  ac- 
quired a  truly  broad  education.  In  1849  his  parents 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  after  about  four 
years  of  residence  in  New  Orleans  removed  to  Utah. 
Here  Alfred  spent  five  years,  farming  when  he  was 
not  fighting  the  Indians,  then  so  troublesome  that 
the  settlers  had  to  band  together  for  protection.  In 
1858  he  went  to  California  and  remained  in  that 
state  until  1870,  at  which  time  he  returned  to  his 
father  and  mother  in  Utah  at  the  request  and  on 
account  of  the  serious  illness  of  the  latter,  who 


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later  passed  away.  While  he  was  in  California  he 
followed  various  occupations.  For  a  time  he  was  a 
stage  driver  for  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company, 
then  did  farming  and  general  hauling,  and  finally 
engaged  for  himself  in  the  hay  and  grain  business, 
which  interests  he  subsequently  closed  up  to  return 
to  Utah.  After  his  return  he  remained  in  the  latter 
state  about  eleven  years  and  during  that  time  was 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  fruit  and  vegetable  busi- 
ness. In  1881  he  sold  his  business  interests  in  Utah 
and  removed  to  Idaho,  locating  at  what  is  now  Idaho 
Falls,  where  he  remained  six  years  and  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railway  Com- 
pany. When  the  railroad  shops  were  removed  from 
there  to  Pocatello  in  1887  he  changed  his  residence 
to  the  latter  town,  where  he  continued  in  the  employ 
of  this  railway  company  until  1908,  closing  at  that 
time  a  continuous  service  of  about  twenty-eight  years. 
It  is  only  metal  that  rings  pure  that  stands  such  tests 
and  this  long  period  of  service  speaks  most  elo- 
quently of  the  character  of  the  man  and  of  the  work- 
man. Shortly  after  discontinuing  this  employment 
he  was  elected  police  judge  of  Pocatello,  being  later 
also  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  he  is  now 
filling  both  of  these  offices,  having  been  re-elected 
in  the  fall  of  1912.  He  has  also  been  a  United  States 
commissioner  for  Idaho,  was  once  deputy  assessor 
and  collector  for  Pocatello,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
county  commissioners  of  Bingham  county  and  served 
in  the  same  capacity  again  in  Bannock  county  after 
its  organization.  In  political  views  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  he  has  always  been  actively  interested  in 
Republican  political  affairs.  At  North  Ogden,  Utah, 
in  1871,  Judge  Moyes  was  joined  in  marriage  to 
Louisa  Hopkins,  formerly  from  New  York.  To  their 
union  came  seven  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  which 
family  but  two  sons  survive:  Oscar  L.,  who  is  a 
conductor  on  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  is 
married  and  resides  at  Pocatello;  and  Walter  A., 
a  machinist,  who  is  single  and  also  resides  at  Poca- 
tello. In  religion  Judge  Moyes  was  reared  in  the 
faith  of  the  Episcopal  church  but  he  recognizes  the 
good  work  which  all  denominations  do. 

Judge  Moyes  is  an  ardent  and  prominent  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  has  devoted  much  of 
his  time  and  talents  to  that  eminent  order,  the  foun- 
dation of  which  goes  back  to  the  dawn  of  authentic 
history.  He  has  filled  all  the  offices  of  the  blue  lodge 
and  some  of  them  two  or  three  times,  and  he  is  a 
Past  Grand  Junior  Warden  of  the  Masonic  Grand 
Lodge  of  Idaho.  He  is  so  well  posted  on  the  teach- 
ings and  work  of  this  order  that  for  a  time  he  served 
as  its  grand  lecturer  in  Nevada  and  California,  for 
which  work  he  was  additionally  well  qualified  as 
the  possessor  of  considerable  ability  as  a  public 
speaker.  He  is  at  the  present  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Idaho.  This,  in  brief,  is  the 
life  history  of  one  of  Idaho's  honored  pioneers.  Al- 
ways loyal  to  truth,  honor  and  right,  he  has  justly 
regarded  his  self-respect  and  the  deserved  esteem 
of  his  fellow  men  as  of  infinitely  more  value  than 
wealth,  fame  or  position,  and  his  name  will  go  down 
in  the  annals  of  this  state  supported  by  all  the 
attributes  of  a  well  spent  life. 

CHRISTOPHER  E.  LAYTON,  of  Downey,  is  one  of  the 
prosperous  business  men  of  Bannock  county,  Idaho, 
whose  citizenship  has  been  of  such  a  character  as  to 
make  him  one  of  the  representative  men  of  his  com- 
munity, both  for  his  business  talent  and  for  his  per- 
sonal worth  and  integrity. 

He  was  born  at  Kaysville,  Utah,  September  6, 
1867,  and  remained  a  resident  of  that  state  until 
thirty  years  of  age.  The  public  schools  of  his  native 


locality  provided  him  his  educational  discipline,  and 
as  he  grew  up  on  a  farm  he  very  naturally  turned 
to  agricultural  pursuits  when  taking  up  life  for  him- 
self. At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  earned  his  first 
money  working  on  a  farm ;  then  a  few  years  later 
he  rented  this  same  place  and  continued  engaged 
in  its  conduct  for  five  or  six  years.  In  1887  he 
become  owner  of  a  farm  of  640  acres  in  Alberta 
county,  Canada,  which  he  sold  in  1900.  Subsequently 
he  purchased  a  farm  in  Davis  county,  Utah,  which 
he  operated  until  1893,  when  he  was  detailed  for 
missionary  service  for  his  church,  that  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints.  After  about  two  and  a  half  years  spent 
in*  that  service  he  returned  to  Kaysville,  Utah  and 
resumed  farming,  this  time  building  himself  a  beau- 
tiful home  there.  These  interests  were  disposed  of, 
however,  in  1900,  when  he  changed  his  location  to 
Hunter,  near  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  engaged 
again  in  farming  and  also  served  his  church  three 
years  as  a  bishop.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he 
returned  to  Kaysville  to  settle  up  his  father's  estate 
and  at  the  conclusion  of  those  matters  he  removed 
to  Downey,  Idaho.  That  was  in  1907.  For  the 
first  few  years  he  worked  with  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Com- 
pany, in  which  company  he  became  a  stockholder 
and  is  now  a  director  and  which  operates  the  leading 
mercantile  establishment  in  this  section  of  Bannock 
county.  -In  July,  1911,  Mr.  Layton  established  the 
Downey  Furniture  Company,  and  on  January  2oth, 
he  consolidated  with  Mr.  Evan  Morgan  and  son  J.  D. 
and  the  firm  is  known  as  Downey  Hardware  & 
Furniture  Co.  Mr.  E.  Morgan  is  the  president;  Mr. 
C.  E.  Layton  is  vice-president  and  secretary  and 
J.  D.  Morgan  is  treasurer,  and  the  above  are  also 
the  directors  of  the  firm.  Besides  carrying  a  full 
line  of  furniture  the  company  also  conducts  an  under- 
taking establishment.  A  man  of  strong  common 
sense,  capable  and  foreseeing,  Mr.  Layton  has  proved 
a  competent  business  man  in  his  each  and  every 
position  and  is  of  the  very  first  rank  of  the  influ- . 
ential  men  of  this  section.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Downey  Commercial  Club,  and  in  political  views  is 
aligned  with  the  Democratic  party  and  is  active  in 
its  behalf.  He  is  appreciative  of  music,  reading,  a 
good  speech  or  lecture,  and  in  the  way  of  outdoor 
recreation  his  preference  is  for  hunting  and  fishing. 
As  previously  mentioned,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints  church  and  is  a  member  of  the 
High  Council  of  the  Pocatello  Stake. 

On  November  27,  1895,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
Mr.  Layton  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara 
M.  Hyde,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rosel  Hyde,  of 
Kaysville,  Utah.  To  this  marriage  have  been  born 
three  sons  and  four  daughters,  as  follows :  Corydon, 
now  deceased;  Gladys,  Mabel,  Lena,  Willis,  Charles 
and  Alice. 

WILLIAM  H.  COFFIN,  of  Downey,  is  the  representa- 
tive of  a  family  that  has  been  favorably  known  in 
Bannock  county,  Idaho,  since  pioneer  days  and  who 
himself  is  vice-president  of  the  Downey  State  Bank, 
and  as  a  large  land  owner  and  extensive  agricul- 
turist of  that  county  has  been  a  potential  factor  in 
stimulating  commercial  activity  thereabout  and  in 
promoting  the  development  of  the  natural  resources 
of  that  section.  A  further  distinction  is  his,  that  of 
being  a  native  of  this  very  locality,  and  here  where 
he  has  been  known  from  childhood  he  is  recognized 
as  a  successful  farmer  and  business  man.  just  in 
his  dealings  with  his  fellow  men,  fixed  in  his  prin- 
ciples and  tenacious  in  his  adherence  to  them,  hon- 
est and  sincere,  one  whose  career  has  been  hon- 
orable and  useful.  Whether  we  consider  the  virtues 
that  adorn  character,  of  the  benefits  which  a  use- 


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ful  and  successful  man  confers  on  his  community, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  equally  deserving  of  men- 
tion in  this  work. 

William  H.  Coffin  was  born  in  the  Marsh  valley  of 
Idaho,  near  the  present  town  of  Downey,  Bannock 
county,  November  10,  1867.  His  educational  advan- 
tages were  first  those  of  the  public  schools  of  Idaho 
and  then  later  a  course  in  Brigham  Young  college, 
Logan,  Utah.  The  father  of  Mr.  Coffin  was  a 
pioneer  stockman  in  Marsh  valley  who  knew  well  the 
hard  conditions  of  the  frontier  life.  William  spent 
his  youth  on  his  father's  ranch  and  experienced  con- 
siderable of  the  adventurous  toil  and  danger  of 
stockmen  in  the  earlier  day.  He  was  about  twenty 
years  of  age  when  he  began  following  the  stock 
business  for  himself  and  continued  to  do  so  for  some 
seven  or  eight  years.  He  then  took  up  ranching 
near  Downey  and  has  continued  it  to  the  present 
time,  his  ranch  and  home  being  about  two  miles  from 
the  town.  It  has  been  his  to  witness  the  evolution 
that  has  taken  place  in  Idaho  as  regards  farming, 
the  entrance  of  King  Irrigation  and  the  making  of 
gardens  out  of  lava  dust ;  to  see  a  desert  land  peopled 
only  by  the  coyote  and  jack-rabbit,  and  producing 
only  sagebrush,  becoming  smiling  fields  of  grain  and 
heavily  laden  orchards,  with  villages  springing  up 
here  and  there.  This  transformation  has  come  about 
through  the  faith  and  energy  of  strong  men,  and 
one  of  these  is  Mr.  Coffin.  What  has  been  accom- 
plished in  Idaho  up  to  this  time  he  considers  but 
a  beginning  of  what  is  possible  in  this  state  and  he 
has  the  faith  that  eventually  the  possibilities  will 
become  realities.  Besides  his  extensive  farm  inter- 
ests his  attention  is  also  given  to  banking  as  the  vice- 
president  of  the  Downey  State  Bank,  which  he 
assisted  in  organizing  in  1910  and  in  which  he  has 
since  held  his  present  position.  He  is  president  of 
the  Downey  Commercial  Club.  Politically  an  active 
Republican,  he  has  served  his  party  as  a  member  of 
the  Bannock  county  Republican  central  committee 
many  years  and  is  now  a  member  of  its  executive 
board.  His  official  service  has  included  a  term  as 
assessor  and  collector  of  Bannock  county  and  two 
terms  as  a  school  trustee.  In  religious  belief  he 
leans  toward  the  Latter  Day  Saints  church. 

ADELBERT  O.  MERRILL.  For  more  than  forty  years 
a  resident  of  Idaho,  Mr.  Merrill  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated partly  in  this  state,  and  since  taking  up  active 
life,  has  become  a  prominent  business  man  of  Pres- 
ton. In  association  with  his  brother,  he  is  one  of 
the  members  of  the  firm  of  Merrill  Brothers,  gen- 
eral dealers  in  coal  and  produce,  and  they  have  built 
up  a  very  gratifying  prosperity  and  a  business  which 
ranks  second  to  none  in  its  class  in  Oneida  county. 

Adelbert  O.  Merrill  was  born  at  Smithfield,  Utah, 
on  the  fourth  of  September,  1871.  The  Merrill  family 
were  pioneers  in  the  West,  and  have  lived  in  Idaho 
since  the  territorial  period,  Mr.  Merrill  lived  in  Utah 
until  he  was  about  ten  years  of  age,  at  which  time 
the  family  moved  to  Idaho.  From  the  public  schools 
of  Smithfield,  his  native  town,  he  continued  his  edu- 
cation to  some  extent  after  coming  to  Idaho,  and 
as  soon  as  he  was  ready  for  independent  venture, 
he  took  up  farming,  an  occupation  which  he  followed 
up  to  1904.  In  that  year  he  and  his  brother  Samuel 
T.  established  the  present  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Merrill  Brothers. 

At  Ogden,  Utah,  March,  1901,  Mr.  Merrill  married 
Miss  Mary  Biard,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Biard,  of  Ogden.  The  home  circle  consists  of  five 
children,  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  whose  names 
are  Stella,  Roland,  Eugene,  Leroy  and  Elaine.  Mr. 
Merrill  and  family  are  members  of  the  Church  of  the 


Latter  Day  Saints.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  al- 
though he  is  not  an  aspirant  for  public  office  nor  does 
he  take  much  part  beyond  voting.  His  brother  Sam- 
uel T.,  however,  is  the  present  sheriff  of  Oneida 
county,  and  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  public 
affairs.  Outside  of  business,  Mr.  Merrill  finds  his 
chief  enjoyment  in  his  home  and  family,  but  he  is  also 
a  reader  of  good  literature  and  enjoys  the  outdoor 
sports  of  basball  and  horses.  His  family  having  been 
long  identified  with  the  West,  both  he  and  his  brother 
are  among  the  most  enthusiastic  boosters  for  Idaho, 
and  this  enthusiasm  is  based  upon  an  affection  for 
the  state,  on  account  of  its  intrinsic  resources  and 
opportunities.  Mr.  Merrill  confidently  looks  for- 
ward to  the  time  in  the  near  future  when  Idaho 
will  have  rank  among  the  greatest  of  American 
states. 

SWEN  F.  JOHNSON.  Among  the  men  who  are  live 
factors  in  the  business  and  public  life  of  Downey 
and  of  that  community  must  be  mentioned  Swen 
F.  Johnson,  whose  standing  in  the  community  is  such 
that  he  was  the  choice  of  his  fellow  citizens  to  be- 
come the  first  mayor  of  Downey,  in  which  executive 
position  he  is  now  serving.  He  is  also  identified 
with  the  leading  business  concern  of  that  place,  the 
W.  A.  Hyde  mercantile  establishment,  as  head  clerk, 
and  he  holds  valuable  farming  interests  in  that  vicin- 
ity. 

Born  in  Sweden  on  December  6,  1869,  he  grew  to 
man's  estate  in  his  native  land  and  there  acquired 
a  good,  practical  education,  first  attending  the  public 
schools  and  then  later  completing  a  course  in  the 
College  of  Latin  at  Gothenberg,  Sweden.  When 
about  twelve  years  of  age  he  began  to  learn  the  print- 
ing trade  and  served  an  apprenticeship  of  seven 
years,  mastering  thoroughly  every  detail  of  that 
trade  and  following  it  continuously  for  about  twenty 
years,  or  until  he  came  to  Downey,  Idaho,  in  1899. 
His  wages  at  first  were  about  one  dollar  a  week, 
his  earlier  earnings  being  given  to  his  parents.  He 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  about  the  time  of 
attaining  his  majority  and  located  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  where  for  nine  years  he  followed  the  printing 
business,  four  years  of  that  time  as  manager  of  the 
Norwegian-Danish  weekly  called  the  Bikuben  and 
published  in  that  city.  He  came  to  Downey  in  1899 
to  accept  his  present  position  as  head  clerk  in  the 
mercantile  establishment  of  the  W.  A.  Hyde  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  also  a  stockholder.  He  also 
gives  a  portion  of  his  attention  to  a  two-hundred 
acre  farm  near  Downey  that  he  owns  and  has  oper- 
ated with  much  success.  Believing  intensively  in  a 
most  prosperous  future  for  Idaho  he  supports  that 
sentiment  by  consistent  activity  in  contributing  to 
the  commonwealth's  upbuilding  and  is  a  member 
and  a  former  vice-president  of  the  Downey  Com- 
mercial Club.  Politically  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  staunch 
adherent  of  the  tenets  of  the  Republican  party  and 
actively  participates  in  local  political  affairs.  Besides 
being  honored  by  being  chosen  the  first  mayor  of 
Downey  he  has  given  other  able  official  service  as 
a  justice  of  the  peace  for  four  years  and  is  now  land 
commissioner  for  this  district  under  the  Carey  act. 
He  also  was  a  school  trustee  for  a  number  of  years. 
Whether  as  a  printer,  a  business  man  or  an  official, 
he  has  always  given  to  the  duty  at  hand  his  highest 
order  of  service  and  thus  has  earned  his  enviable 
reputation  for  integrity  and  worth. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  church, 
is  stake  superintendent  of  the  Pocatello  Stake  Sun- 
day Schools  and  takes  an  active  and  leading  part  in 
local  church  matters.  Recreation  must  have  a  due 
place  in  every  well-balanced  life  and  in  this  direction 


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Mr.  Johnson  gets  pleasure  out  of  almost  all  of  the 
outdoor  sports  and  especially  out  of  a  good,  spirited 
game  of  baseball,  while  of  the  gentler  diversions  his 
preference  is  for  reading  and  music  and  he  is  choir 
leader  of  his  church. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Johnson  took  place  at  Logan, 
Utah,  March  n,  1891,  when  he  was  united  to  Mar- 
thine  Petersen,  formerly  from  Norway.  To  their 
union  have  been  born  nine  children,  five  sons  and 
four  daughters,  namely:  Henry  J.,  John  F.,  Ejnar 
V.,  Viggo  A.,  Alida  J.,  Florence  E.,  Sigrid  V.,  Arley 
W.  and  Nina  L. 

JACOB  N.  LARSEN,  the  present  mayor  of  Preston, 
Oneida  county,  is  an  energetic  young  business  man, 
identified  with  many  of  the  most  important  enter- 
prises of  the  valley  of  Idaho,  who  has  brought  to 
public  office  the  same  efficiency  and  devotion  to  the 
public  interests  which  for  many  years  he  has  dis- 
played in  the  promotion  of  private  business  enter- 
prise. Mr.  Larsen  is  now  in  his  second  term  as 
mayor,  and  was  elected  to  that  office,  not  in  the 
ordinary  routine  of  politics  or  as  a  mere  figurehead, 
by  the  community,  but  on  a  definite  platform  de- 
manding certain  things  which  he  has  worked  with 
all  his  energy  and  influence  to  see  carried  out.  Mr. 
Larsen  has  spent  all  his  life  in  Utah  and  Idaho,  and 
is  one  of  the  best  representatives  of  this  western 
country. 

Jacob  N.  Larsen  was  born  at  Paradise,  Utah,  on 
the  eleventh  of  March,  1871.  He  graduated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Paradise  and  then  entered  the 
Brigham  Young  College  at  Logan,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1892.  During  his  school  days,  when  a 
boy,  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm,  but  early  had 
ambitions  for  more  pretentious  and  important  _en- 
deavors.  After  leaving  college  he  took  up  teaching, 
and  for  about  nine  years  was  engaged  in  that  work 
in  Utah.  For  two  and  a  half  years  he  was  employed 
in  a  mission  by  his  church  in  the  states  of  Nebraska 
and  Missouri,  where  he  maintained  himself  at  his 
own  expense.  On  his  return  to  Utah  he  was  elected 
county  clerk  of  Cache  county,  and  gave  four  years 
of  service  to  that  office. 

After  his  term  of  county  clerk  at  Paradise  was 
concluded,  Mr.  Larsen  took  up  his  residence  at 
Preston,  where  he  at  once  became  an  important  factor 
in  business  affairs.  In  this  little  city  of  southeastern 
Idaho,  he  established  the  Idaho  State  &  Savings 
Bank,  of  which  he  was  cashier  for  three  years. 
Resigning  that  position,  he  established  his  present 
office  in  real  estate,  loans,  insurance,  and  related 
business.  In  addition  he  is  connected  with  other 
important  business  affairs,  and  is  one  of  the  leaders 
in  the  enterprise  and  public  spirit  which  are  making 
a  flourishing  center  of  business  at  Preston. 

At  Logan,  Utah,  in  May,  1895,  Mr.  Larsen  mar- 
ried Miss  Ella  Bickmore,  a  daughter  of  Isaac  D. 
Bickmore  of  Paradise.  There  are  five  children  in  the 
family,  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  whose  names 
are  Vincent,  Nelsen,  Thelma,  Paul  and  Ellen.  Mr. 
Larsen  and  family  are  communicants  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  he  being  a  member  of  the 
Bishopric  for  the  Fourth  ward.  In  national  politics, 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  gives  active  support  to  his 
party.  Mr.  Larsen  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Preston  City  Council  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
school  board.  During  his  residence  in  Paradise, 
he  served  as  the  last  justice  of  the  peace  under  the 
old  territorial  government,  and  was  the  first  at  that 
place  under  the  new  state  government.  Mr.  Larsen, 
who  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  mayor  of 
Preston,  was  first  elected  to  this  office  on  a  platform 
declaring  for  municipal  ownership  of  the  water- 


works. His  campaign  for  election  was  based  upon 
a  vigorous  advocacy  of  this  proposition,  and  since 
his  election  decried  popular  support  for  the  enter- 
prise, he  at  once  set  to  work  vigorously  to  carry  it 
out.  At  the  present  time  the  plant  has  been  installed, 
and  is  in  operation  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all 
residents  of  this  locality.  There  are  twenty-seven 
miles  of  water  mains  and  service  pipes  laid  through 
the  streets  of  the  corporation,  and  water  has  been 
placed  in  available  positions  in  front  of  every  resi- 
dence in  town.  The  corporation  of  Preston  includes 
an  area  of  two  and  a  half  square  miles,  so  that  it 
can  be  readily  seen  that  the  enterprise  is  a  large  one, 
and  also  one  effecting  widely  the  welfare  of  every 
citizen  of  this  town. 

Mr.  Larsen  is  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Preston.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Lundstrom 
Furniture  &  Carpet  Company,  a  corporation  which 
operates  two  stores,  one  at  Preston,  and  the  other 
at  Logan,  Utah.  The  recreations  of  this  business  citi- 
zen of  Preston  are  largely  in  the  outdoor  sports  of 
hunting  and  fishing  and  baseball.  He  is  also  fond  of 
horses,  and  the  quieter  recreations  of  music  and 
good  hooks  and  good  speaking.  He  has  done  much  as 
a  public  speaker  himself,  and  in  a  number  of  cam- 
paigns has  assisted  his  friends  and  fellow-candidates 
on  the  ticket.  As  a  young  man  whose  enterprise 
has  given  him  an  enviable  position  in  business  and 
civic  life,  Mr.  Larsen  is  an  ardent  supporter  of  all 
movements  for  the  benefit  and  upbuilding  of  this 
section  of  Idaho,  as  well  as  for  the  whole  state.  He 
is  well  informed  on  the  possibilities  of  the  country, 
and  has  cheerfully  answered  and  continues  to  answer 
all  letters  of  inquiry  directed  to  him  concerning  this 
country. 

EARL  A.  RAYMOND.  The  active  head  of  the  Pres- 
ton Plumbing  &  Heating  Company,  which  is  easily 
the  leading  concern  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  and  one 
of  the  largest  in  southeastern  Idaho,  is  a  young 
man  of  active  enterprise  and  modern  ideas  who  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  state  since  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age,  and  has  made  practically  all  of  his  suc- 
cessful career  during  this  period  in  Idaho.  At  th< 
age  of  fourteen,  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  re- 
sources, and  from  that  time  on  had  to  be  self-sup- 
porting and  at  the  same  time  to  procure  ihe  means 
for  the  advancement  in  the  larger  spheres  in  activity 
and  responsibility.  Under  these  conditions  his  suc- 
cess is  the  more  notable. 

Earl  A.  Raymond  was  born  in  Montgomery,  Mich- 
igan, November  24,  1886.  When  he  was  four  years 
of  age  hi§  parents  moved  to  the  state  of  Oregon, 
which  was  his  home  until  he  was  seventeen  years 
of  age.  As  a  boy  he  secured  a  fair  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Oregon,  followed  by  a  course 
in  a  high  school  and  subsequently  took  studies  in 
a  commercial  college,  but  part  of  his  schooling  was 
obtained  after  he  had  begun  life  for  himself.  When 
he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  located  at  Cald- 
well,  Idaho,  which  was  his  home  for  about  nine 
years,  and  on  locating  there  he  had  begun  to  learn 
the  trade  of  plumber  and  stationery  engineer.  From 
working  at  his  trade  he  in  time  was  able  to  turn 
his  skill  to  the  benefit  of  his  independent  enterprise, 
and  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Hiram  S.  Geddes,  he 
established  the  Preston  Plumbing  and  Heating  Com- 
pany, which  does  a  general  plumbing  and  steamfitting 
business,  and  carries  a  complete  stock  of  equip- 
ment in  these  lines.  Mr.  Raymond  is  a  member  of 
no  special  church,  though  he  favors  and  supports 
all  denominations.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows through  the  highest  branch  of  the  order,  and 
also  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  A  Repub- 


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lican  voter,  Mr.  Raymond  takes  no  active  part  in 
politics  beyond  casting  his  vote  as  a  good  and  intelli- 
gent citizen.  His  recreations  are  chiefly  hunting 
and  fishing,  and  he  enjoys  books  and  music,  and  the 
other  diversions  of  social  life. 

COLUMBUS  J.  HUDDLE  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
state  of  Idaho  since  1903,  and  the  years  in  passing 
have  found  him  identified  with  various  branches  of 
industrial  life,  but  principally  with  stock-raising 
and  ranching.  It  was  not  until  1907  that  he  entered 
the  United  States  Forestry  Service,  and  from  the 
humble  position  of  forest  guard,  he  has  advanced 
by  a  series  of  successive  promotions  from  one  step 
to  another  until  today  he  holds  the  responsible  posi- 
tion of  supervisor  of  the  Lemhi  forest,  which  he  has 
held  since  1909.  Especially  fitted  by  inclination 
and  nature  for  the  work  of  his  office,  it  required 
only  that  he  come  into  touch  with  the  forestry  serv- 
ice in  the  least  important  capacity  to  bring  out  the 
latent  possibilities  for  the  service  which  he  pos- 
sessed. His  success  has  been  of  a  high  order  and  is 
particularly  pleasing  to  contemplate,  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  he  has  made  his  way  alone  in  the  world 
from  earliest  boyhood,  depending  upon  none  for 
guidance  or  aid. 

Born  in  Madison  county,  Ohio,  on  October  21, 
1875,  Columbus  J.  Huddle  is  the  son  of  Columbus 
and  Kathryn  (Brown)  Huddle.  The  father  was  a 
farmer,  born  and  reared  in  Ohio  and  still  a  resident 
of  that  state,  living  on  the  old  homstead  where  the 
subject  was  born.  He  was  a  participant  in  the 
activities  of  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war 
and  served  in  Company  B,  of  the  Forty-sixth  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,  his  service  extending  throughout 
the  entire  war  period.  He  fought  in  the  battle  of 
Shiloh,  and  was  with  General  Sherman  on  his 
"March  to  the  Sea."  He  is  now  in  the  seventy-third 
year  of  his  life.  The  mother,  also  a  native  of  Ohio, 
born  in  Franklin  county,  died  in  Madison  county 
in  1883,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-six  years.  She 
left  a  family  of  five  young  children,  of  which  the 
subject  was  the  youngest  and  the  only  son. 

Columbus  Huddle  was  sent  to  the  schools  of  West 
Jefferson  and  later  attended  the  State  Normal  •  at 
Ada,  Ohio,  after  which  he  engaged  in  school  teach- 
ing, his  pedagogic  work  being  confined  to  the  district 
schools  of  Madison  county,  and  extending  over  a 
period  of  about  two  years.  He  gave  up  that  work 
and  came  to  the  West  in  1897,  and  for  a  time  was 
occupied  with  work  in  mercantile  lines  at  Lima,  Mon- 
tana. He  prospered  there  and  in  time  came  to  be 
the  owner  of  a  fine  cattle  ranch  in  that  vicinity,  and 
after  four  years  at  that  business  he  came  to  Idaho, 
here  settling  on  Lost  River,  where  he  owned  and 
operated  a  thriving  ranch.  It  was  in  the  year  1907 
that  he  entered  the  United  States  forestry  service 
in  the  capacity  of  forest  guard,  and  in  October  of 
the  same  year  he  was  promoted  to  the  post  of 
assistant  forest  ranger.  In  June  following  he  be- 
came forest  ranger  and  acting  supervisor  of  Dixie 
National  Forest,  and  in  1909  was  again  promoted 
to  the  position  of  supervisor  of  Lemhi  forest,  which 
important  post  he  now  fills. 

Mr.  Huddle  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  has  his  local  associations  with  the  Blue  Lodge 
of  McCaleb.  In  politics  he  is  independent.  On  De- 
cember 27,  1900,  Mr.  Huddle  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Nellie  S.  Baily,  the  daughter  of  Eugene 
and  Clara  A.  Baily,  both  of  whom  are  still  living 
and  make  their  home  in  Mackay,  Idaho.  Two  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huddle :  Ruth, 
born  on  June  15,  1905,  and  attending  school  in 
Mackay,  and  Clara  Eugenia,  born  November  26,  1911, 


at  Mackay,  Idaho,  where  the  home  of  the  family  is 
maintained. 

CHARLES  W.  BERRYMAN,  JR.,  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  merchants  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  and  he 
owes  this  success  in  a  large  part  to  his  thorough 
knowledge  of  his  business,  gained  by  years  of  ex- 
perience as  a  salesman.  In  addition  to  this  he 
is  possessed  of  the  energy  and  ability  to  work  and 
work  hard  that  must  belong  to  any  man  who  would 
succeed  in  the  wide  awake  state  of  Idaho.  He  has 
been  in  business  in  Blackfoot  for  only  three  years, 
but  his  grocery  store  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the 
city  and  he  has  a  large  and  growing  trade. 

The  father  of  Charles  W.  Berryman,  Jr.,  is  Charles 
W.  Berryman,  Sr.,  and  the  latter  is  one  of  the  oldest 
settlers  in  the  state.  He  has  grown  in  prosperity 
as  the  state  has  been  developed  and  is  now  known 
as  one  of  the  most  successful  and  prominent  men 
in  Idaho,  being  president  of  one  of  the  largest  banks 
in  Blackfoot.  The  mother  of  Charles  W.  Berryman, 
Jr.,  is  Mary  Ann  (Loones)  Berryman,  who  was  born 
in  England,  and  she  and  her  husband  have  become 
the  parents  of  six  children,  three  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

Charles  W.  Berryman,  Jr.,  the  eldest  of  the  chil- 
dren of  his  parents,  was  born  on  the  21  st  of  Novem- 
ber, 1875,  at  Corinne,  Utah.  He  received  his  first 
knowledge  of  books  from  the  public  schools  of  Black- 
foot,  Idaho,  and  as  a  young  boy  came  east  to  Quincy, 
Illinois,  where  he  entered  a  business  college,  remain- 
ing until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  He  also  spent 
some  time  in  a  military  college,  at  Logan,  Utah,  and 
later  in  life  served  as  first  lieutenant  in  Company 
"A." 

Upon  completing  his  education  his  first  work  was 
in  his  father's  general  merchandise  store,  at  Park 
City,  Utah,  and  during  the  two  years  that  he  spent 
here  he  gained  a  valuable  knowledge  of  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  the  mercantile  business.  His 
next  position  was  as  traveling  representative  for 
the  firm  of  F.  J.  Riesel  and  Company,  a  large  whole- 
sale grocery  firm,  of  Ogden,  Utah.  His  territory  con- 
sisted of  the  states  of  Idaho,  Montana,  and  Wyoming, 
and  he  remained  with  this  firm  for  fourteen  years, 
and  after  such  experience  no  man  could  be  better 
fitted  than  he  to  open  a  grocery  store  of  his  own. 
Before  doing  this,  however,  he  spent  one  year  in 
the  Klondike  region,  and  in  the  Alaskan  gold  fields 
managed  to  pick  up  a  fair  bit  of  gold.  With  this 
and  what  he  had  been  enabled  to  save  during  the 
years  in  which  he  was  on  a  salary,  he  came  to  Black- 
foot,  and  there  opened  up  a  grocery  store  of  his 
own.  It  was  on  November  21,  1909,  that  the  doors 
of  his  store  were  opened  for  business  and  his  trade 
has  grown  steadily  from  that  time.  He  believes 
most  heartily  in  giving  measure  for  measure  and 
people  have  learned  that  they  can  be  sure  of  getting 
a  fair  value  for  their  money  if  they  trade  with  him, 
and  this  explains  in  part  his  rapid  strides  forward. 

In  politics  Mr.  Berryman  holds  allegiance  to  no 
party,  preferring  to  vote  independently.  He  is  a 
member  of  two  fraternal  societies,  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  holding  his  membership 
in  the  lodge  at  Ogden,  Utah,  and  the  Odd  Fellows 
lodge  No.  7,  Park  City. 

Mr.  Berryman  was  married  at  Ogden,  Utah,  on 
the  I2th  of  November,  1908,  to  Miss  Hazel  Martha 
Burnett,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  James  E.  Burnett.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Berryman  have  no  children. 

One  would  have  to  go  far  to  find  a  more  enthusi- 
astic champion  of  Idaho  than  Mr.  Berryman.  He  is 
one  of  the  staunchest  of  the  "Idaho  Boosters,"  and 


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says  he  would  not  leave  Idaho  under  any  conditions. 
He  can  afford  to  speak  with  authority,  for  his  travels 
have  made  him  rather  intimately  acquainted  with  the 
western  states,  and  in  none  of  them  was  he  able 
to  find  conditions  that  suited  him  as  well  as  did 
those  of  Black  foot. 

CHRISTIAN  JENSON.  Among  the  progressive  citi- 
zens oi  Rexburg  who  have  seized  the  elements  of 
this  city's  prosperity  and  molded  and  directed  them 
into  channels  of  the  highest  efficiency,  few  have 
gained  a  greater  measure  of  success  than  has  come 
to  Christian  Jenson,  of  the  well-known  Hegsted-Jen- 
son  Mercantile  Company.  His  career  since  early 
youth  has  been  one  of  tireless  industry,  and  his  activ- 
ities have  served  to  place  him  in  a  position  of  prom- 
inence not  alone  in  the  field  of  business,  but  also  in 
public  and  social  life.  Mr.  Jenson  is  a.  native  of 
Denmark,  born  May  14,  1866,  a  son  of  Jorgen  and 
Martha  Jenson,  who  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
in  1875  and  located  at  Smithfield,  Utah,  where  the 
elder  Jenson  was  successfully  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  In  1892  the  family  moved  to  Mink 
Creek,  Idaho,  and  there  the  mother  died  in  1906,  at 
the  age  of  sixty-nine  years,  the  father  surviving  four 
years  and  being  eighty-four  years  old  at  the  time 
of  his  demise. 

The  sixth  in  order  of  birth  of  his  parents'  eleven 
children,  Christian  Jenson  began  his  education  in  his 
native  country  and  completed  it  in  the  public  schools 
of  Smithfield,  Utah.     Thus  prepared  for  a  business 
career,  he  became  a  freighter,  a  vocation  which  he 
followed  between  DeLamar  and  Nampa,  Idaho,  and 
into  eastern  Montana  for  seven  years.    Subsequently 
he  drifted  into  railroad  work,  as  a  contractor,  but 
in    1893   sold    his    interests    and    came    to    Fremont 
county,  here  purchasing  a  farm  of  some  720  acres, 
on  which  he  carried  on  successful  operations  for  a 
number  of  years.     He  still  is  interested  in  this  farm, 
which  is  operated  by  hired  help  and  which  produces 
large  crops.     Mr.  Jensen's  advent  in   Rexburg  oc- 
curred  in    1899,   after   navmK  teen   engaged   in   the 
mercantile  business  at  Roberts  and  Lyman.    Associat- 
ing himself  with  Mr.  Hegsted,  he  founded  the  Heg- 
sted-Jenson   Mercantile   Company,  a  concern   which 
has  grown  from  a  small  start  into  one  of  the  largest 
establishment  of  its  kind  in  this  section.    A  complete 
stock  of  all  kinds  of  general  merchandise  is  carried, 
and  six  clerks  are  regularly  employed  in  handling  the 
large  trade  which  has  been  attracted  by  the  excel- 
lent quality  of  the  company's  goods  and  the  honor- 
able methods  used  in  conducting  the  business.     Mr. 
Jenson  has  not  confined  himself  to  this  one  enter- 
prise,  but   is   interested   in   other   lines   of  business 
activity,  and  is  president  of  the  Farmers  Implement 
Company  of  Rexburg.     He  has  been  prominent  in 
political  matters,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Elev- 
enth General  Assembly,  in  1910,  and  acting  as  chair- 
man of  the   Fremont   county   central   committee   in 
the  same  year.     In  1912  he  cast  his  fortunes  with 
the  new  Progressive  party,  of  which  he  was  chair- 
man for  Fremont  county.     He  is  popular  with  the 
members  of  all  parties,  and  it  may  truthfully  be  said 
that   he  has   never   willingly   made   an   enemy,   and 
that  he  has  never  lost  a  friend  except  through  death. 
In  August,  1900,  Mr.  Jenson  was  married  in  Fre- 
mont  county   to   Miss    Effie   Robinson,  and  to   this 
union  there  have  been  born  five  children:     Martha, 
born  in  1903,  and  Clarence,  born  in  1905,  both  attend- 
ing school  in  Rexburg;  and  Beatrice,  born  in  1907, 
Edgar,  born  in   1909,  and   Ralph,  born  in   1911,  all 
at.  home. 

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HENRY  J.  FLA  MM.  It  is  not  possible  for  every  son 
of  an  illustrious  father  to  attain  success,  but  in  the 
case  of  Henry  J.  Flamm,  of  Rexburg,  it  appears  as 
though  the  mantle  of  his  father's  greatness  had  de- 
scended upon  his  shoulders.  As  manager  of  the 
Henry  Flarrfm  Mercantile  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  West,  he 
occupies  an  acknowledged  position  of  prestige  in 
the  world  of  business,  while  in  social,  religious  and 
public  circles  he  is  also  well  known  for  the  large 
movements  with  which  his  name  has  been  connected. 
Mr.  Flamm  is  a  native-born  Westerner,  his  birth 
having  occurred  July  14,  1870,  at  Logan,  Utah,  and 
is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Helen  (Bock)  Flamm,  natives 
of  Germany.  Mr.  Flamm's  parents  emigrated  to  the 
I'nited  States  as  young  people,  and  at  an  early  date 
came  overland  across  the  plains  to  Utah,  from  which 
state  they  came  to  Idaho  in  1883,  settling  in  Rexburg 
when  this  section  was  naught  but  an  arid  desert, 
on  which  nothing  but  sage  brush  and  grass  grew. 
Here  Mr.  Flamm  organized  in  a  humble  way  what 
was  the  nucleus  for  one  of  the  largest  enterprises  in 
the  West,  the  Henry  Flamm  Mercantile  Company, 
which  grew  by  leaps  and  bounds.  This  did  not  en- 
gross Mr.  Flamm's  entire  attention,  however,  and 
he  interested  himself  in  various  movements  of  an 
extensive  nature,  including  farming,  stock  raising 
and  the  manufacturing  of  underwear  and  knit  goods, 
such  as  sweaters,  hosiery,  etc.  He  also  erected  the 
Rexburg  Opera  House,  in  a  material  manner  ad- 
vancing the  development  of  the  city  of  his  adoption. 
I  le  is  now  living  a  retired  life,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  know 
him.  Mrs.  Flamm  passed  away  in  1883,  when  fifty- 
five  years  of  age.  They  had  a  family  of  nine  chil- 
dren, Henry  J.  being  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

Henry  J.  Flamm  received  the  benefits  of  a  careful 
home  training,  being  reared  to  habits  of  industry, 
thrift  and  integrity.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Logan,  Utah,  after  leaving  which  he  entered  his 
father's  employ,  and  with  him  came  to  Rexburg. 
Here  he  has  continued  in  the  mercantile  business, 
and  in  1900  took  over  the  management  of  the  store, 
which  he  has  continued  to  handle  in  the  same  able 
manner  that  characterized  his  father's  operations. 
Like  his  father,  also,  he  has  branched  out  into  other 
lines,  being  interested  as  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Rexburg,  and  as  vice-president 
and  one  of  the  organizers ;  manager  of  the  Flamm 
Opera  House,  and  owning  an  interest  in  business 
houses  and  holding  a  valuable  realty  in  the  city  and 
country.  Politically  a  Democrat,  in  1912  he  was 
his  party's  candidate  for  representative  of  his  district 
in  the  general  assembly.  His  religious  connection  has 
been  with  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and 
at  this  time  he  is  bishop  of  the  Second.  Ward. 

On  December  16,  1902,  Mr.  Flamm  was  married 
at  Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Lorena  Eckersell,  daughter 
of  James  and  Henrietta  (McFail)  Eckersell,  of 
Wellsyille,  Utah.  They  have  had  no  children.  Like 
all  virile  western  men,  Mr.  Flamm  is  fond  of  hunting 
and  kindred  sports,  and  is  known  as  an  excellent 
shot.  He  is  enthusiastic  as  to  the  opportunities 
offered  in  Idaho  both  for  the  sportsman  and  the  man 
who  would  succeed  in  business,  and  has  stated  it 
as  his  decision  to  never  live  in  any  other  state.  Rex- 
burg has  no  greater  admirer,  nor  has  the  city  a  man 
more  greatly  admired. 

HARDER  F.  HARDER.  After  a  long  and  successful 
career  as  a  merchant,  Mr.  Harder  is  now  living  re- 
tired on  a  beautiful  country  estate  just  outside  the 
limits  of  Twin  Falls.  His  business  career  has  been 
followed  in  a  number  of  different  localities  in  Amer- 


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ica,  and  until  his  retirement  he  was  proprietor  of 
one  of  the  largest  baking  and  grocery  establishments 
in  this  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Harder  belongs  to 
that  substantial  class  of  men  who  are  of  foreign 
birth,  and  despite  the  handicaps  of  a  strange  country 
and  a  new  language,  reached  a  place  of  influence 
and  generous  success  in  America. 

Harder  F.  Harder  was  born  in  Copenhagen,  Den- 
mark, April  2,  1859,  the  second  in  a  family  of  seven 
children  born  to  Harder  and  Dorothy  (Witt) 
Harder,  the  father  having  been  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. The  parents  both  died  in  Holstein,  in  which 
province,  at  one  time  a  portion  of  Denmark,  and  now 
in  the  German  empire,  they  had  lived  for  many  years, 
and  their  forefathers  before  them. 

Harder  F.  Harder  was  reared  in  Holstein,  attended 
the  public  schools,  and  with  a  practical  education 
applied  himself  to  learning  the  milling  and  baking 
trade  in  that  country.  When  his  apprenticeship  was 
completed  he  followed  his  trade  as  a  journeyman 
until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  then  took 
passage  for  America,  in  1880,  and  transferred  his 
energy  to  the  new  world.  In  New  York  City,  where 
he  first  landed,  he  spent  three  years  at  his  trade,  and 
then  sought  better  fields  in  the  West.  At  Grand 
Island,  Nebraska,  he  spent  one  year  and  for  one  year 
was  at  Denver,  Colorado.  At  Denver,  after  his  first 
year's  experience  in  working  for  others,  he  engaged 
in  the  bakery  and  grocery  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, and  continued  there  successfully  until  1904. 
The  following  months  were  spent  in  travel  and  look- 
ing about  for  a  location,  and  his  quest  was  decided 
in  January,  1905,  when  he  came  to  Twin  Falls,  and 
opened  up  in  business  in  bakery  goods  and  groceries. 
Curing  the  next  four  years  Mr.  Harder  built  up  the 
largest  trade  in  this  vicinity  in  his  line,  and  finally 
sold  out  at  profitable  advantage  to  the  firm  of  Bain- 
bridge  &  Shroeder,  who  now  carry  on  the  flourishing 
concern,  the  foundation  of  which  was  laid  by  Mr. 
Harder.  On  leaving  business  Mr.  Harder  retired  to 
a  country  place  near  Twin  Falls.  His  rural  home 
is  one  of  the  show  places  of  this  vicinity,  and  has 
been  improved  and  developed  from  the  standpoint 
of  attractiveness  and  beauty  as  well  as  comfort  and 
usefulness. 

In  Denver,  Colorado,  on  May  25,  1885,  Mr.  Harder 
married  Miss  Calonina  Nyber,  a  native  of  Sweden 
and  a  daughter  of  Peter  Nyber,  a  former  resident 
of  Prentice,  Wisconsin.  The  two  children  of  Mr. 
Harder  and  wife  are  Fritz  W.  and  Carl  A.,  both  at 
home.  In  politics  Mr.  Harder  is  a  Republican,  is 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  Order  and  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  stands  very  high  in 
social  and  civic  circles  in  Twin  Falls. 

DANIEL  G.  MARTIN.  The  life  of  Daniel  G.  Martin, 
whose  activities  in  the  line  of  civil  engineering  have 
made  his  name  familiar  throughout  the  Northwest, 
began  in  the  little  town  of  Nairn,  Scioto  county, 
Ohio,  June  19,  1865.  He  was  of  good  parentage, 
his  father,  John  Grant  Martin,  being  a  native  of  Scot- 
land and  an  emigrant  to  America  in  1836.  There 
he  engaged  in  farming  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war,  through  which  he  served  in  the  Union 
army,  and  at  its  close  returned  to  the  occupations 
of  peace,  continuing  to  till  the  soil  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  Chetopa,  Kansas,  July  19,  1900, 
when  he  was  seventy-six  years  of  age.  Outside  of 
township  affairs,  he  took  little  or  no  interest  in  public 
matters,  and  was  never  a  seeker  for  political  prefer- 
ment. He  married  Isabelle  Mclntpsh,  who  was  born 
of  Scotch  parentage,  near  Wellsville,  Ohio,  and  she 
passed  away  at  Chetopa,  Kansas,  in  1882,  when  fifty- 
five  years  of  age. 


Daniel  G.  Martin  was  the  youngest  of  his  parents' 
eight  children.  He  was  given  excellent  educational 
advantages,  attending  the  common  and  country 
schools  of  Labette  county,  Kansas,  and  the  public 
schools  and  a  private  academy  at  Chetopa,  Kansas. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  entered  the  Kansas 
Normal  College,  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  where  he  spent 
the  better  part  of  four  years  completing  his  educa- 
tion. While  attending  college,  Mr.  Martin  spent  his 
spare  time  in  teaching  school,  and  this  vocation  he 
took  up  after  completing  his  education,  following  it 
until  the  spring  of  1890,  at  which  time  he  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  schools  of  Mound  City,  Kansas.  In 
August  of  that  year  he  turned  his  face  toward  the 
setting  sun,  seeking  a  home  in  Idaho,  which  state 
was  attracting  the  attention  of  ambitious  young  men 
of  the  country.  Whether  by  the  exercise  of  sagacious 
judgment  or  affected  by  that  tide  which  leads  men 
to  fortune,  he  determined  to  settle  in  Idaho  Falls. 
There  surely  was  little  in  the  village  at  that  time 
which  was  calculated  to  strike  the  fancy  of  a  young 
man  who  had  been  reared  among  the  smiling  Kansas 
prairies;  the  entire  population  did  not  much  exceed 
the  rural  village  from  which  he  had  come.  The 
eye  that  looked  upon  the  rugged  mountains  and  arid 
plains  needed  the  keener  vision  of  the  seer  to  dis- 
cern the  gathering  multitude,  with  the  bewildering 
hum  of  industries  and  trade  that  was  soon  to  change 
alike  its  character  and  its  future.  He  joined  his 
fortunes  to  the  rising  town  and  lived,  while  helping 
on  its  growth  and  sharing  its  busy  life,  to  see  it 
become  the  center  of  a  district  which  promises  to- 
be  one  of  the  most  productive  in  the  Northwest. 

On  settling  in  Idaho  Falls,  August  26,  1890,  Mr. 
Martin  took  up  civil  engineering  as  a  profession,, 
associating  with  the  Idaho  Falls  Townsite  Company 
in  the  location  of  lands,  canals,  etc.,  and  continued 
with  this  company  for  about  one  and  one-half  years, 
at  that  time  forming  a  partnership  with  John  M. 
Taylor,  now  Dr.  Taylor,  of  Boise,  the  firm  being 
known  as  Taylor  &  Martin.  They  continued  a  pri- 
vate engineering  practice  until  the  fall  of  1896,  since 
which  time  Mr.  Martin  has  continued  to  practice 
alone,  being  exceptionally  successful,  especially  in 
the  line  of  irrigation  work.  The  limits  assigned  to 
this  sketch  do  not  allow  of  space  for  the  enumer- 
ation of  the  various  great  enterprises  with  which. 
Mr.  Martin  has  been  connected,  but  a  few  of  the 
more  important  may  be  mentioned,  among  them  the 
Idaho  Canal  Company,  the  Butte  and  Market  Lake 
Canal,  and  the  Fort  Hall  Reservation  Canal,  cover- 
ing a  tract  of  50,000  acres,  of  which  he  had  charge  in 
1896.  In  1897  he  located  and  built  the  Marysville 
Canal,  now  in  Fremont  county,  and  the  Independent 
Canal,  St.  Anthony;  in  1898-99  the  Marysville  and 
Idaho  Canal;  in  1899  the  Snake  River  Valley  Canal; 
and  in  1900  made  the  survey  for  the  new  Sweden 
Irrigation  district.  During  1901  he  made  the  surveys 
for  the  Twin  Falls  Canal  System,  which  waters 
200,000  acres  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state;  in 
1903-04  was  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
Milner  Dam  for  the  Twin  Falls  Canal  Co ;  in  1904- 
05-06  was  in  the  Reclamation  Service,  having  charge 
of  the  Minnidoka  project;  in  1906-07-08  was  in 
charge  of  Belle  Fourche  Dams,  in  South  Dakota; 
in  1909  was  Carey  Act  inspector  for  the  state  of 
Idaho,  and  from  1908  until  1912  (except  during 
1909),  he  had  charge  of  the  running  and  distributing 
of  the  stored  waters  of  Jackson  Lake,  Wyoming,  to- 
the  Minnidoka  and  North  Side  Twin  Falls  projects 
for  the  reclamation  service. 

In  the  fall  of  1892  Mr.  Martin  was  made  surveyor 
of  Bingham  county,  in  which  office  he  served  four 
years,  and  at  various  times  he  has  been  the  in-*- 


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cumbent  of  other  offices  of  responsibility  and  trust. 
In  April,  1910,  he  was  appointed  state  engineer  to 
fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  James  Stephenson,  Jr., 
acting  in  that  capacity  until  March,  1911.  He  js  a 
Republican  in  his  political  views,  but  has  taken  little 
interest  in  public  matters.  In  February,  1912,  Mr. 
Martin  was  elected  president  of  the  Idaho  Society  of 
Engineers  for  a  term  of  one  year.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Martin  Canal  Company,  Incorporated,  of 
Bonneville  county,  and  farms  320  acres  of  land  six 
miles  west  of  Idaho  Falls.  His  family  resides  on 
this  land,  which  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  and  valuable  properties  in  that  prosperous 
part  of  the  country.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Martin  is  con- 
nected with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
in  South  Dakota,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in 
Idaho  Falls,  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  is  a  stalwart  mem- 
ber of  the  Idaho  Falls  Commercial  Club  and  a  great 
Idaho  booster,  believing  that  this  state  is  fast  becom- 
ing one  of  the  richest  in  the  Union. 

On  September  29,  1887,  Mr.  Martin  was  married 
to  Miss  Luella  M.  Sanders,  of  Fort  Scott,  Kansas, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  five  children :  Gen- 
evieve  D.,  Carroll  S.,  Mildred  I.,  Avis  M.,  Kieth  A. 
Mr.  Martin's  career  illustrates  most  forcibly  the 
opportunities  that  are  open  to  the  man  of  ambition, 
determination  and  ability  in  Idaho.  The  facility  with 
which  the  poor  country  school  teacher  rose  to  the 
top  in  an  honored  profession  should  be  inspiring 
to  the  youths  of  today,  who  perchance  like  he,  must 
needs  venture  forth  upon  the  battle  of  life  equipped 
only  with  sturdy  heart,  trained  mind  and  willing 
hands. 

HOWARD  L.  HOPPES.  No  further  evidence  is  needed 
of  a  man's  integrity  or  probity  of  character  than 
his  appointment  to  the  office  of  postmaster.  The 
responsibilities  involved  are  of  such  a  character 
as  to  make  it  requisite  that  their  past  records  bear 
no  stain  or  blemish,  and  that  their  present  abilities 
are  such  that  they  can  capably  handle  the  work  of 
the  government.  Thus  it  is  that  Howard  L.  Hoppes, 
of  Rigby,  postmaster  since  1910,  bears  such  a  high 
reputation  among  his  fellow-citizens.  Mr.  Hoppes 
is  a  sane,  level-headed  man,  who  views  things  with 
a  clear  and  proper  perspective;  who  attends  to  his 
job,  does  his  work,  undertakes  all  his  responsibilities 
and  meets  all  of  his  obligations,  and  withal  proves 
a  popular  and  efficient  postmaster.  He  bears  the 
added  distinction  of  being  a  self-made  man,  and 
his  career  from  early  youth  has  been  one  of  constant 
industry,  and  perseverance.  He  was  born  in  Meigs 
county,  Ohio,  July  27,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Alonzo 
and  Rhoda  (Bailey)  Hoppes,  natives  of  the  Buck- 
eye state.  At  an  early  date  the  family  came  West, 
settling  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming,  where  the  parents 
still  reside,  each  being  sixty  years  old,  Mr.  Hoppes 
being  a  retired  railroad  man. 

The  oldest  of  seven  children,  Howard  L.  Hoppes 
attended  the  primary  schools  of  Pomeroy,  Ohio, 
and  graduated  in  his  eighteenth  year  from  the  high 
school  at  that  place.  In  young  manhood  he  engaged 
in  mercantile  lines,  but  in  1894  left  Pomeroy  and 
went  to  South  »Dakota,  there  taking  up  railroad 
work,  which  he  followed  until  coming  to  Idaho  in 
1904.  Mr.  Hoppes  established  himself  in  the  furni- 
ture business  in  Rigby,  but  this  did  not  prove  sat- 
isfactory and  after  one  year  he  sold  out  and  went 
to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where  for  two  years  he 
was  employed  in  a  general  store.  Returning  to 
Idaho  at  that  time,  he  secured  employment  as  book- 
keeper with  the  Falk  Mercantile  Company,  at  Nampa, 
remaining  thus  employed  until  1910,  when  he  came 


to  Rigby  and  purchased  property,  and  in  December 
of  that  year  was  appointed  to  the  postmastership, 
which  he  has  continued  to  fill  to  the  present  time. 
He  has  conscientiously  discharged  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  his  administration  has  proved  very  popu- 
lar with  the  people  of  this  place,  among  whom  he  has 
made  many  friends,  attracted  to  him  by  his  genial 
manner  and  evident  sincerity.  He  has  interested  him- 
self in  various  enterprises  here,  and  at  this  time 
is  a  director  in  the  Rigby  Hardware  Company. 

In  December,  1904,  Mr.  Hoppes  was  married  at 
Rigby,  to  Miss  Maude  Hall,  daughter  of  T.  H.  Hall, 
a  well-know  farmer  of  this  section  of  the  state,  and 
they  have  had  one  daughter:  Marcelline,  born  in 
1905,  and  now  attending  school  in  Rigby.  By  a 
former  marriage,  Mr.  Hoppes  had  one  son:  Roland, 
born  in  1902,  at  Forsyth,  Wyoming,  and  now  attend- 
ing school  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming.  Mr.  Hoppes 
is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
and  Secretary  of  the  Rigby  Commercial  Club.  Politi- 
cally a  Republican,  he  has  ardently  supported  the 
principles  and  policies  of  his  party,  but  has  never 
held  official  position  outside  of  that  of  postmaster. 
Like  all  wide-awake  and  active  men,  he  is  very 
fond  of  out-door  life,  and  when  he  can  spare  the 
time  from  his  official  duties  delights  in  hunting  and 
fishing  trips.  His  usefulness  is  not  near  its  close, 
and  it  would  not  be  surprising  if  higher  honors 
awaited  this  progressive  citizen,  who  personifies 
what  is  best  in  Idaho's  public  men. 

MATERNUS  F.  ALBERT.  The  present  popular  and 
efficient  incumbent  of  the  office  of  cashier  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  at  Payette,  Idaho,  Maternus 
F.  Albert,  has  here  resided  since  1892.  His  citizen- 
ship has  been  characterized  by  intrinsic  loyalty  and 
public  spirit  of  the  most  insistent  order,  his  aid 
and  influence  being  freely  given  in  support  of  all 
measures  and  enterprises  tending  to  forward  the  best 
interests  of  his  home  community. 

la  Pennsylvania  occurred  the  birth  of  Mr.  Albert, 
the  date  of  his  nativity  being  July  18,  1859.  He 
is  a  son  of  George  and  Eliza  Albert,  who  resided  at 
Dushone,  Sullivan  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the 
former  died  in  1890,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years. 
George  Albert  was  engaged  in  farming  operations 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  active  career,  and 
his  wife  now  survives  him  and  maintains  her  home 
in  Payette.  There  were  four  children  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Albert,  the  subject  of  this  review  having 
been  the  firstborn. 

After  completing  the  curriculm  of  the  high  school 
at  Shenandoah,  Pennsylvania,  M.  F.  Albert  attended 
the  State  Normal  School,  at  Bloomsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania. .  For  the  ensuing  ten  years  he  was  engaged 
in  teaching  school  in  his  native  state  and  in  1892  he 
came  to  Payette,  where  he  was  superintendent  of 
the  Payette  school  for  another  ten  years.  In  1902 
he  was  elected  cashier  of  the  newly  organized  Bank 
of  Commerce,  at  Payette,  and  he  retained  that  in- 
cumbency for  the  following  four  years,  when  the 
above  institution'was  absorbed  by  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Payette.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  in  the  Continental  Life  Insurance  &  In- 
vestment Company,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  and  is  like- 
wise a  director  in  the  Payette  Land  and  Orchard 
Company  and  in  the  Payette  Canning  Company.  He 
is  president  of  the  Payette  Commercial  Club,  and 
is  known  for  a  shrewd  financier  and  a  business  man 
of  unusual  executive  ability. 

In  politics  Mr.  Albert  is  a  staunch  supporter  of 
Republican  principles,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Payette  board  of  education.  In  religious  matters 
he  and  his  wife  are  zealous  members  of  the  Presby- 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


terian  church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder,  and  in  a 
fraternal  way  he  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 
He  maintains  that  Idaho  has  one  of  the  brightest 
futures  of  any  state  in  the  Union  on  account  of 
her  water  power  facilities,  and  her  great  agricultural 
and  horticultural  possibilities. 

In  Pennsylvania,  June  4,  1888,  Mr.  Albert  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Minnie  E.  Troup,  a 
daughter  of  Theo.  R.  and  Sarah  Troup.  There  have 
been  four  children  born  to  this  union,  namely: 
Lester  Freeman,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, July  5,  1889,  was  graduated  from  the  Idaho 
State  University  in  June,  1912,  and  is  now  in  the 
employ  of  the  Idaho-Oregon  Light  &  Power  Com- 
pany; David  W.,  born  July  21,  1892,  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, is  a  student  in  the  University  of  Idaho; 
Marvin  D.,  born  at  Payette,  Idaho,  in  1896,  is  at- 
tending high  school  in  this  city;  and  Marjorie, 
born  at  Payette,  in  1900,  is  a  pupil  in  the  graded 
school. 

WILLIAM  P.  HEM  MINCER.  Everywhere  it  is  rec- 
ognized and  acknowledged  that  in  the  profession  of 
law  there  is  no  "royal  road"  to  success.  The  law  is 
a  jealous  mistress,  demanding  of  her  devotees  con- 
stant attention,  but  her  rewards  are  commensurate 
with  the  services  demanded,  and  those  who  devote 
their  lives  to  this  calling  are  invariably  found  among 
the  leading  men  of  any  community.  Long  and  faith- 
ful training,  assiduous  study  and  inherent  ability 
have  brought  William  P.  Hemminger,  of  Rigby,  Idaho, 
to  the  forefront  among  the  younger  generation  of  Idaho 
legists.  Mr.  Hemminger  was  born  at  Toledo,  Ohio, 
on  February  5,  1883,  and  he  was  the  youngest  child 
but  one  of  Charles  A.  and  Katherine  (Gilscrist) 
Hemminger,  natives  of  the  Buckeye  state,  where 
they  are  now  living.  They  have  four  children: 
Mrs.  Grace  Webb,  residing  in  Toledo;  Mrs.  Janet 
Bartolette,  of  Shreve,  Ohio ;  William  P.,  of  this 
brief  review,  and  Roy  S.,  who  is  a  resident  of 
Toledo,  Ohio. 

William  P.  Hemminger  was  graduated  from  the 
Illinois  College  of  Law  in  1908,  being  admitted  to 
practice  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Idaho  during 
the  same  year.  Mr.  Hemminger  located  at  Rigby 
in  the  fall  of  1909,  and  he  soon  came  to  be  rec- 
ognized as  an  attorney  of  rare  promise  and  of  un- 
usual attainments  for  one  of  his  experience  and 
years.  This  recognition  has  brought  him  a  large 
and  constantly  increasing  professional  business,  to 
which  he  has  given  the  closest  attention,  bringing 
to  his  work  an  enthusiasm  that  only  has  its  birth 
and  origin  in  an  inherent  love  for  the  profession. 
He  has  never  had  reason  thus  far  to  regret  his 
choice  of  a  locality  for  the  exercise  of  his  life  work 
for  his  practice  is  an  assured  one,  and  he  realizes 
that  his  adopted  state  has  a  very  bright  future.  A 
pleasant  and  courteous  personality  has  drawn  about 
him  a  wide  circle  of  warm  and  close  friends,  who 
have  been  much  gratified  by  his  steady  rise  in  his 
profession,  and  who  look  to  see  him  achieve  greater 
things  in  the  coming  years. 

Mr.  Hemminger  is  a  Republican  in  his  political 
proclivities,  but  thus  far  has  been  too  engrossed  with 
the  duties  of  his  calling  to  give  much  thought  to 
public  matters.  However,  he  is  ever  ready  to  con- 
tribute of  his  time  and  labors  to  movements  that 
have  a  tendency  to  make  for  the  betterment  of  his 
community  and  its  people,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Commercial  Club  of  Rigby  he  has  identified  himself 
with  enterprises  for  the  promotion  of  progress. 

ROBERT  A.  SIDEBOTHAM.  In  the  American  state 
the  great  and  good  lawyer  must  be  always  promi- 


nent,  for   he   is   one   of   the   forces   that  move  and 
control    society.      Few    of    the    pioneer    citizens    of 
Idaho  exercised  more  beneficent  influence  over  not 
only  the  affairs  of  their  immediate  profession,  but 
also  over  the   larger  field  of  material   development 
and  good  government,  than  the  late  Robert  A.  Side- 
botham.    He  was  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the 
bar  of  Idaho,  was  given  many  official  preferments 
and  throughout  his  long  residence  in  this  state  his 
career  was  marked  by  higher  usefulness  and  service 
to  his  community  whether  that  community  was  his 
home  town  or  the  larger  area  bounded  by  the  state 
lines.    Few  names  are  so  deservedly  included  in  the 
list  of  Idaho's  great  men  as  that  of  Mr.  Sidebotham. 
Robert  A.  Sidebotham  was  born  on  the  Ohio  River 
in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania, 
December  6,  1834.     His  father,  Robert  Sidebotham, 
was  a  native  of  England,  while  his  mother,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Mehitable  Wheeler,  was  a  native 
of  Virginia,  in  which  state  the  parents  were  married. 
Robert  A.  was  the  second  in  a  family  of  five  children, 
and  all  were  reared  in  Virginia,  which  remained  the 
home  of  the  parents   for  many  years.     The   father 
was  engaged  in  manufacturing,  and  during  his  youth 
Robert  A.  Sidebotham  attained  much  experience  in 
practical  affairs  and  was  given  liberal  advantages  in 
school.     He  attended  Oberlin  College  in  Ohio,  and 
was   graduated    from   the   law   department   of   that 
institution. 

At  the  beginning  of  his  career  he  came  west, 
spending  some  time  in  California  and  Utah,  and  was 
engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Utah.  In  the  very 
early  days  of  settlement  and  development  in  Idaho 
territory  he  located  at  Rocky  Bar,  where  he  opened 
an  office  and  began  the  professional  career  which 
was  to  mark  him  as  one  of  the  most  eminent  of 
Idaho  lawyers.  He  spent  a  great  many  years  in 
Rocky  Bar,  and  it  was  while  there  that  he  rose  to  a 
place  of  large  influence  in  political  affairs.  He  was 
always  an  active  Republican  and  while  at  Rocky  Bar 
was  in  the  midst  of  a  strongly  Democratic  com- 
munity. Notwithstanding  this  fact  he  was  sent  to 
the  state  legislature  and  also  served  a  term  in  the 
state  senate  as  the  representative  of  the  people  in 
that  vicinity.  In  his  home  county  he  held  every 
office  that  was  in  the  gift  of  the  people  of  that 
locality,  and  though  it  was  a  Democratic  county  he 
always  carried  his  own  election  and  never  asked 
for  any  honor  which  was  refused. 

In  1878  Mr.  Sidebotham  moved  to  Boise.  This 
removal  to  the  capital  was  the  result  of  his  appoint- 
ment by  President  Hayes  as  secretary  Of  the  terri- 
tory, a  position  now  equivalent  to  that  of  lieutenant 
governor.  This  office  he  held  for  two  years,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  he  moved  to  the  state  of  Colorado, 
and  from  that  time  was  actively  identified  with 
mining  interests,  both  in  Colorado  and  in  the  Wood 
River  district  of  Idaho.  His  home,  however, 
throughout  this  period  was  in  Boise.  In  Elmore 
county  in  particular,  during  his  years  of  residence 
there,  he  took  a  very  active  part  in  the  development 
of  material  facilities  and  resources.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  building  a  wagon  road  from  Rocky  Bar 
to  Mountain  Home,  an  enterprise  which  did  much  to 
open  the  country  between  these  two  localities. 

An  incident  of  his  career  is  of  interest  as  illus- 
trating the  personal  dangers  to  which  Idaho  citizens 
were  subject  as  late  as  a  single  generation  ago. 
During  the  Indian  war  of  1878  he  undertook  at  the 
risk  of  his  own  life  to  deliver  arms  to  the  settlers 
in  the  hostile  country.  At  one  time  he  went  out 
alone  to  save  the  life  of  a  boy  who  was  tending 
stock  at  a  stage  station.  He  was  surprised  by  the 
Indians  who  fired  on  him,  the  bullets  passing  through 


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his  hat  and  coat.  After  a  breakneck  ride  of  several 
miles  he  met  the  soldiers  and  the  oncoming  savages 
were  repulsed. 

Mr.  Sidebotham  was  married  in  1878  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Russell.  Their  marriage  was  celebrated  in 
the  house  at  1035  Warm  Springs  Avenue  in  Boise 
where  Mrs.  Sidebotham  still  makes  her  home.  That 
residence  was  then  a  rural  homestead,  the  family 
seat  of  the  Russell  ranch  situated  on  the  Warm 
Springs  road.  Mrs.  Sidebotham  is  a  native  of  Illi- 
nois and  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Mary  L. 
(Baird)  Russell,  her  father  being  a  native  of  Ohio, 
and  her  mother  of  Pennsylvania.  There  were  five 
children  in  the  Russell  family,  of  which  Mrs.  Side- 
botham was  the  third  in  order  of  birth.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  was 
identified  with  Idaho  for  a  number  of  years,  his 
death  occurring  in  Boise  in  1901.  Her  mother 
died  in  this  city  in  1902.  Mrs.  Sidebotham  has 
two  sisters:  Mrs.  G.  W.  Lewis,  of  Boise;  and 
Mrs.  H.  S.  Dorman,  of  Spokane,  Washington.  The 
three  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidebotham 
were:  Mary;  Lois,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  H. 
P.  Umbsen  of  San  Francisco;  and  Robert  R.,  who 
married  Miss  Blodwen  Evans  of  England,  and  now 
resides  in  Boise.  Mr.  Sidebotham  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Methodist  church,  as  is  also  Mrs. 
Sidebotham.  He  became  affiliated  with  the  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge  in  Hailey,  Idaho,  and  was  always 
faithful  to  the  precepts  and  associations  of  that 
craft.  His  death  occurred  December  27,  1904,  while 
he  was  on  a  train  bound  from  Cripple  Creek  to 
his  Idaho  home.  Although  seventy  years  of  age, 
his  death  came  as  a  distinct  loss  to  a  large  com- 
munity of  Idaho  citizens,  for  few  men  have  identi- 
fied themselves  to  a  greater  degree  as  closely  with 
citizenship  and  with  affairs  in  any  community. 

GEORGE  WHITFIELD  RUSSELL.  The  life  of  such  a 
pioneer  as  the  late  George  Whitfield  Russell  is  a 
credit  to  any  state  or  nation,  and  its  record  has  a 
value  enlarging  as  the  perspective  of  American  his- 
tory grows  more  perfect. 

George  Whitfield  Russell  was  born  January  21, 
1830,  in  Gallia  county,  Ohio,  and  at  the  early  age  of 
twelve  years,  in  company  with  his  parents,  brothers 
and  sisters,  removed  to  Knox  county,  Illinois,  where 
they  located  on  a  homestead  near  Knoxville,  that 
place  being  still  in  the  Russell  family. 

On  December  2,  1856,  Mr.  Russell  and  Mary  L. 
Baird  were  united  in  marriage  at  Peoria,  in  Knox 
county,  Illinois.  To  them  were  born  five  children: 
James  Harrison;  William  A.;  Elizabeth  Sidebotham; 
Olive  Lewis  and  May  Dorman.  The  late  Mr.  Russell 
was  a  California  forty-niner.  He  went  round  Cape 
Horn,  as  the  expression  then  was,  in  the  early  gold 
excitement  of  the  Pacific  coast,  and  returned  home 
by  the  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  via  New  York 
City.  After  remaining  a  few  years  in  the  east,  in 

1862  he  set  out  for  Oregon,  being  a  member  of  a 
large   train   of   immigrants.     Mr.    Russell   had   the 
finest  equipped  outfit  in  the  train,  having  four  large 
claybank  horses,   which   he   had   formerly   had   the 
honor  of  driving  in  a  parade  during  Abraham  Lin- 
coln's   presidential^  campaign    in     1860.     President 
Lincoln  honored  him  by  riding  behind  these  horses. 
The  immigrant  train  on  its  way  to  Oregon  passed 
down  the  Boise  Valley  and  made  one  encampment 
across  the  river  from  Boise  on  the  south  side.    For 
the  succeeding  winter  they  encamped  in  the  Rogue 
River  Valley  of   Oregon.     Then   in  the   spring  of 

1863  they  journeyed  on  to  Salem.     During  the  jour- 
ney across  the  plains,  the  train  was  several   times 
disturbed  by  Indians,  and  the  settlers  had  to  form 
their  wagons  in  a  circle  for  protection.    After  locat- 


ing his  family  on  the  Stanton  farm  near  Salem,  Mr. 
Russell  came  back  to  the  Dalles,  from  which  point 
he  was  engaged  in  the  operation  of  a  pack  train  into 
the  Boise  basin  of  Idaho,  which  was  then  a  booming 
mining  camp. 

On  August  10,  1864,  Mr.  Russell  brought  his  fam- 
ily to  Boise.  Having  become  a  partner  with  Captain 
Griffin  in  the  Idaho  Hotel  (where  now  a  portion  of 
the  Overland  block  stands)  he  took  up  his  first 
residence  in  that  old  hostelry.  A  little  later  he 
bought  the  Half  Way  House  between  Boise  and  Idaho. 
Still  later  he  acquired  a  homestead  and  pre-emption 
east  of  and  adjoining  Boise.  This  homestead  is 
notable  history  in  the  growth  of  Boise,  and  is 
known  as  the  East  side.  To  that  place  he  moved 
his  family  in  1868. 

The  famous  Warm  Springs  Avenue  in  the  finest 
resident  section  of  the  city  runs  through  the  old 
Russell  homestead,  from  the  cottonwood  flume  on 
the  west  to  a  point  beyond  the  Natatorium.  pie 
farm  extended  from  the  river  out  onto  the  foothills. 
This  farm  in  itself  was  quite  a  source  of  revenue 
but  Mr.  Russell  did  not  confine  himself  to  farming, 
but  entered  quite  extensively  into  the  stock  raising 
and  had  large  herds  of  both  horses  and  cattle.  He 
also  owned  two  or  three  threshing  outfits,  among 
the  first  in  that  locality,  and  owned  the  first  train 
of  wagons  on  which  he  transferred  freight  from 
Kelton,  Utah,  to  Boise,  a  distance  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  milesT-one  entire  month  being  consumed  in 
making  this  trip. 

Throughout  these  early  years  in  Boise.  Indian  up- 
risings were  not  uncommon  and  some  of  the  freight- 
ers and  wagons  were  burned.  Mr.  Russell,  how- 
ever, was  fortunate  in  escaping  without  loss  of  life 
or  property.  During  the  Bannock  war  he  accom- 
panied the  Volunteers  on  the  Overland  road  to  the 
scene  of  the  depredations  of  the  Indians. 

Although  a  quiet  and  unassuming  citizen,  his  opin- 
ions always  carried  great  weight,  and  it  was  fre- 
quently said  "George  Russell's  word  was  just  as  good 
as  his  note."  Mr.  Russell  was  a  shareholder  in  the 
Capital  State  Bank  when  it  was  organized,  and  that 
old  financial  institution  occupied  the  site  where  now 
stands  the  Pacific  National  Bank.  He  was  also 
active  in  installing  the  first  street  car  line  ever 
operated  in  Boise,  the  Rapid  Transit  Company,  of 
which  he  was  secretary. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  had  an  ideal  home  life  on 
their  homestead  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  after  an  illness  of  four  months  on  Decem- 
ber 5,  1901.  His  wife  survived  him  only  seven  weeks, 
passing  away  on  January  26,  1902.  Their  family 
were  all  near  them  to  the  end  of  their  lives,  and 
this  fact  was  a  source  of  great  comfort  in  their 
declining  years.  The  Russell  homestead  was  located 
by  G.  W.  Russell  about  the  year  1868  and  he  moved 
his  family  onto  it  from  the  Half  Way  House  on  the 
Idaho  City  road  and  it  was  their  home  continuously 
until  their  death,  when  it  passed  into  the  posses- 
sion of  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sidebotham, 
widow  of  the  late  Robert  A.  Sidebotham.  The 
famous  Warm  Springs  Avenue  runs  through  the 
middle  of  the  homestead,  which  is  now  known  as 
East  Side  Addition  and  was  called  Warm  Springs 
road  because  it  led  to  the  Kelley  Hot  Springs.  It 
is  now  the  finest  residence  part  of  the  city.  Here 
they  reared  all  their  children  and  a  number  of  their 
grandchildren  were  born  here.  Their  hospitality 
was  widely  extended  and  many  friends  and  rela- 
tives often  gathered  around  their  bountiful  table  and 
enjoyed  their  hearthstone.  A  goodly  portion  of  the 
homestead  and  pre-emption  remained  in  their  pos- 
session at  the  time  of  their  death  and  was  divided 
among  their  children,  all  of  whom  survived  them. 


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HON.  ADDISON  TAYLOR  SMITH.  In  no  field  of 
endeavor  is  there  greater  opportunity  for  advance- 
ment than  in  that  of  law,  a  profession  whose  votaries 
must,  to  be  successful,  be  endowed  with  native  talent, 
sterling  rectitude  of  character  and  singleness  of 
purpose,  while  equally  important  concomitants  are 
close  study,  careful  application  and  a  broad  general 
knowledge,  in  addition  that  of  a  purely  technical 
nature.  It  has  been  through  the  medium  of  these 
characteristics  that  the  Hon.  Addison  Taylor  Smith, 
member  of  Congress  from  Idaho,  has  reached  his 
present  position  as  one  of  the  foremost  citizens 
of  the  state.  A  farmer's  son,  in  early  life  he  set  his 
aspirations  high,  and  his  career  has  been  distin- 
guished by  constant  and  steady  advance  along  well- 
defined  lines.  He  was  born  in  Guernsey  county,  Ohio, 
and  is  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Jane  (Forsythe)  Smith, 
the  former  of  whom  served  three  years  as  a  soldier 
of  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war.  Both  were 
descended  from  Revolutionary  patriots. 

After  completing  the  curriculum  of  the  public 
schools,  Addison  T.  Smith  entered  the  Cambridge 
high  school,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1882.  In 
the  meantime  he  had  worked  on  his  father's  farm  in 
Guernsey  county,  but  on  completing  a  course  in  the 
Iron  City  Commercial  College,  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, he  secured  a  position  as  bookkeeper  for  a 
large  business  house,  and  was  later  advanced  to  the 
position  of  salesman.  In  1891  he  became  secretary 
to  Senator  Shoup  of  Idaho,  and  he  subsequently 
served  in  a  like  capacity  with  Senator  Heyburn  until 
1912,  and  in  the  meantime  had  also  acted  as  com- 
mittee clerk  in  the  United  States  Senate,  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  During  this  time  he  had  also  taken 
a  course  in  the  law  department  of  George  Washing- 
ton University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1895,  and  in  1896  took  a 
post  graduate  course  in  the  National  Law  School, 
Washington,  D.  C,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.  M. 
In  1904  Mr.  Smith  became  a  homesteader  on  the 
Twin  Falls  tract,  where  he  is  still  the  owner  of 
a  valuable  property.  In  1907  he  was  made  register 
of  the  United  States  Land  Office,  at  Boise.  He  has 
always  been  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  served  as  secretary  of  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee  of  Idaho,  from 
1904  to  1911.  On  November  5,  1912,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  Congress  from  Idaho,  by  a  plurality 
of  13,393.  Mr.  Smith's  record  in  Congress  has  been 
that  of  an  active  worker,  and  he  is  always  alert  to 
advance  the  interests  of  his  constituents. 

On  December  24,  1889,  Mr.  Smith  was  married 
at  Washington,  D.  C.,  to  Miss  Mary  Adele  Fairchild, 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Calista  Fairchild  of  New 
York,  and  a  sister  of  Hon.  B.  L.  Fairchild,  a  former 
member  of  Congress  from  that  state.  Three  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  this  union :  Hugh  Fairchild, 
Walter  Shoup  and  Benjamin  Taylor,  the  last  named 
of  whom  is  now  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  and  their  son  Walter  are 
members  of  the  First  Methodist  'Episcopal  church, 
of  Twin  Falls. 

WILLIAM  WANKE  was  born  in  Austria,  on  the 
I9th  day  of  March,  1862,  and  is  the  son  of  Vincent 
and  Anna  Wanke,  both  natives  of  that  country. 
The  father,  who  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  passed  his 
life  in  his  native  land,  and  died  in  1886  when  he 
was  sixty-two  years  old.  The  wife  and  mother  came 
to  America  in  1890  to  join  her  son,  William,  of  this 
sketch,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  the  state  of  Ne- 
braska. These  parents  had  eleven  children,  and 
William  was  the  fifth  born  of  that  number. 


William  Wanke  attended  the  schools  of  his  native 
land  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  ten  years,  such 
education  as  he  acquired  after  that  being  entirely 
due  to  his  own  efforts.  Until  he  was  twenty-two  he 
followed  various  kinds  of  work  in  Austria,  and  then 
came  to  America,  settling  at  first  in  Antelope  county, 
Nebraska,  in  the  town  of  Tilden.  For  two  years 
he  followed  farm  work  there,  and  for  five  years 
thereafter  was  engaged  in  railroad  work.  As  the 
result  of  the  savings  of  seven  years  he  was  able 
to  enter  into  business  on  his  own  responsibility,  and 
at  Foster,  Nebraska,  with  a  capital  of  $500  he 
engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business.  From 
that  small  beginning,  through  the  application  of  the 
qualities  of  thrift  and  economy,  with  dogged  per- 
sistence and  energy,  his  present  success  has  been 
evolved.  In  1902  Mr.  Wanke  sold  his  business  in 
Nebraska  and  removed  to  Idaho,  settling  in  Fremont 
county.  There  he  purchased  land  and  for  five 
years  was  occupied  with  farming  activities,  after 
which  he  sold  the  farm,  removed  to  Ashton  and 
once  more  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  On 
May  I,  1912,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph 
Schroll,  proprietor  of  one  of  the  leading  general 
stores  of  Ashton,  and  the  union  of  forces  has  re- 
sulted in  the  establishment  of  the  finest  store  in 
the  town,  the  firm  being  known  as  that  of  Wanke 
&  Schroll,  dealers  in  dry  goods,  groceries,  boots  and 
shoes,  etc.  Both  are  prominent  and  popular  among 
the  business  men  of  the  city  and  are  known  for 
sturdy,  substantial  representatives  of  the  best  com- 
mercial interests  in  the  place. 

Mr.  Wanke  is  a  Republican,  but  not  active  in 
politics.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Highlanders  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Ashton,  and  affiliates  with  the  Methodist 
church. 

He  married  Mrs.  Laura  L.  Heath,  the  daughter 
of  Ezra  Austin,  a  native  of  Illinois.  They  have 
no  children. 

The  splendid  success  which  has  been  the  for- 
tune of  Mr.  Wanke  is  largely,  or  indeed,  entirely, 
due  to  his  own  unaided  efforts  in  a  business  way, 
as  he  was  utterly  without  resources  when  he  came 
to  America  as  a  young  man  of  twenty-two.  That 
he  has  forged  to  the  front  as  he  has  done  is  evi- 
dence of  the  many  excellent  qualities  which  char- 
acterize the  man.  He  is  a  splendid  example  of  the 
good  citizenship  that  this  countrv  is  rich  in  among 
its  many  foreign  born  Americans,  and  he  is  especially 
enthusiastic  in  his  regard  for  the  state  of  Idaho, 
where  he  has  met  with  so  much  of  his  success  and 
prosperity. 

ORANGE  M.  DRAKE.  Thoroughly  abreast  of  a  pro- 
fession that  in  late  years  has  accomplished  marvels 
in  the  alleviation  of  human  ills,  Dr.  Orange  M.  Drake, 
of  Idaho  Falls,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Idaho 
State  Board  of  Examiners  in  Optometry,  appointed 
by  Governor  Hawley  for  four  years,  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  optometrists  of  the  Northwest, 
and  in  a  few  short  years  has  gained  an  enviable 
position  among  his  confreres.  In  the  business  world 
he  holds  equally  high  prestige  as  the  directing  head 
of  the  Drake-Simmons  Optical  Company,  Boise, 
and  among  his  business  associates,  as  in  the  com- 
munity at  large,  he  is  noted  for  his  uncompromising 
integrity.  His  sympathies  are  keen  and  broad,  lead- 
ing him  to  cooperate  in  every  scheme  calculated  to 
advance  the  general  good  or  to  ameliorate  the  con- 
dition of  his  fellow  men.  Orange  M.  Drake  was  born 
at  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  January  15,  1869,  and  is  a  son 


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of  Isaac  C.  and  Catherine  C.  Drake,  natives  of 
Ohio,  who  migrated  to  Poweshiek  county,  Iowa,  in 
1854,  by  wagon,  and  there  Isaac  C.  Drake  spent  the 
rest  of  his  life  in  farming.  His  death  occurred  in 
1889,  while  his  widow  still  survives  and  makes  her 
residence  in  Ohio,  being  sixty-six  years  of  age. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  of  whom 
Orange  M.  was  tne  oldest. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Oskaloosa, 
and  Drake  University,  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  Orange 
M.  Drake  came  to  Idaho,  settling  in  Boise,  October 
li,  1902.  Following  this  he  removed  to  Caldwell, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, but  subsequently  decided  upon  a  professional 
career,  and  sold  his  business  interests  to  enter  the 
Jacksonian  Optical  College,  at  Jackson,  Michigan. 
On  graduating  therefrom  in  1006  Dr.  Drake  spent 
one  year  in  practice  in  Portland.  Oregon,  and  then 
returned  to  Boise,  where  he  opened  an  office  and 
became  connected  with  various  optical  companies. 
In  1911  he  came  to  Idaho  Falls  and  established  the 
Hawkeye  Optical  Company  of  which  he  is  president 
and  manager. 

On  January  27,  1889,  Dr.  Drake  was  married  at 
Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  to  Miss  Nancy  A.  Suiter,  daughter 
of  Mordecai  and  Ellen  Suiter,  well-known  residents 
of  Oskaloosa.  Seven  children  have  been  born  to 
this  union,  namely:  Hazel,  born  October  28,  1889, 
who  married  Dr.  A.  E.  Von  Harten.  of  Salt  Lake, 
Utah,  and  has  had  two  children,  Rush  Minor,  de- 
ceased, and  Anthony  Earl;  Alfred  Earl,  born  Jan- 
uary 2,  1891,  at  Newton,  Iowa,  a  resident  of  Ore- 
gon ;  Verald  Minor,  born  July  12,  1899,  at  Austin, 
Minnesota,  now  attending  school  in  Boise;  Charles 
Clyde,  born  October  22,  1901,  living  at  Spirit  Lake, 
Iowa;  Clarence  Oliver,  born  May  28,  1903,  at  Boise, 
Idaho,  where  he  is  attending  school;  Ruthelda  Pearl, 
born  December  29,  1904,  at  Caldwell,  Idaho,  and  also 
a  school  student  in  Boise;  and  Muriel,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1909,  at  Burley,  Idaho. 

Dr.  Drake  is  a  member  of  the  National  and  State 
Optical  Association,  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  State  Board  of  Examiners  in  Optometry,  and 
president  of  the  second  district  of  the  Idaho  As- 
sociation of  Optometrists.  He  has  devoted  much  time 
to  the  study  of  his  profession,  being  a  graduate  of 
the  Oregon  College  of  Optometry,  at  Portland, 
and  of  Needles  Institute,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  class 
of  1911.  He  has  succeeded  in  his  chosen  vocation 
through  the  medium  of  his  own  efforts  and  is  justly 
worthy  of  the  title  of  self-made  man.  Dr.  Drake 
also  takes  an  interest  in  Idaho's  horticulture,  having 
40  acres  in  orchard,  three  miles  from  Nampa,  and 
recently  disposed  of  a  five-acre  orchard  near  Boise 
at  $1,500  per  acre,  one  of  the  very  best  in  the 
state. 

E.  C.  SMITH.  As  one  of  Downey's  flourishing 
business  men,  E.  C.  Smith  occupies  a  place  in  the 
front  rank,  which  he  has  attained  simply  through 
close  and  intelligent  attention  to  business.  A  native 
of  Utah,  he  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Jeannette 
(Smith)  Smith,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
England,  coming  in  early  life  to  America  and  cross- 
ing the  plains.  They  were  married  in  Utah,  where 
they  reared  thejr  children  and  where  the  mother 
still  lives,  a  resident  of  Smithfield,  Utah.  Samuel 
Smith  was  a  business  man  who  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  lines,  in  railroad  contracting  and  in  other 
commercial  enterprises  at  Brigham  City.  Seventh 
in  order  of  birth  of  the  eight  children,  was  E.  C. 
Smith,  the  subject  of  this  review.  He  was  born  at 
Brigham  City  on  August  18,  1876. 


In  his  juvenile  days  E.  C.  Smith  gathered  the 
usual  intellectual  material  of  youth  from  the  schools 
of  Brigham  City  and  from  the  Agricultural  College 
at  Logan,  later  attending  the  Brigham  Young  College 
at  Logan,  Utah.  Before  his  graduation,  Mr.  Smith 
left  college  in  order  to  go  on  a  mission  to  England 
and  on  his  return  entered  upon  his  business  career. 

Smithville,  Utah,  was  Mr.  Smith's  first  location 
as  an  independent  business  man.  There  he  worked 
in  a  flour  mill,  continuing  in  that  enterprise  for 
six  years.  On  October  9th,  1906,  he  came  to  Downey, 
where  he  established  the  Smith  mercantile  business, 
in  conjunction  with  his  brother.  They  started  in 
a  modest  way,  in  a  frame  building,  and  from  that 
modest  start  the  project  has  developed  into  one  of 
the  largest  and  most  substantial  concerns  of  its 
kind  in  the  section.  Such  wonderful  strides  has 
Mr.  Smith  made  in  his  business  that  he  has  erected 
a  large  two-story  building  in  which  the  mercantile 
affairs  are  carried  on,  which  is  owned  by  Mr. 
Smith  and  his  brother.  At  the  present  time  the 
Smith  mercantile  business  is  counted  one  of  the 
most  substantial  concerns  of  its  kind  in  this  sec- 
tion. 

In  the  year  1909  Mr.  Smith  founded  his  domestic 
establishment.  On  April  12  of  that  year  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lillie  Laurenson,  at 
Pocatello.  Mrs.  Smith  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Laurenson  of  Downey.  In  the  years  succeed- 
ing the  Laurenson-Smith  marriage,  one  child  has 
been  added  to  the  home:  Delia  Smith  was  born 
on  August  14,  1911,  at  Downey,  Idaho. 

In  political  affiliation  E.  C.  Smith  is  allied  with 
the  Republican  party.  He  has  been  honored  by  his 
fellow-citizens  of  Downey,  who  have  elected  him 
to  the  office  of  mayor,  which  civic  position  he  now 
holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints. 

JOHN  MERRITT  HALE.  A  business  man  of  Jerome, 
Idaho,  Mr.  Hale  for  the  past  six  years  has  been 
very  closely  identified  with  affairs  in  that  little 
city,  having  a  successful  record  as  a  real  estate  man, 
banker,  civic  leader  and  in  Republican  politics. 

John  Merritt  Hale  was  born  in  Topeka,  Kansas, 
April  3,  1870,  a  son  of  Miles  Miller  and  Elizabeth 
(Merritt)  Hale.  Grandfather  Eli  Hale  immigrated 
to  Ohio  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  from  North 
Carolina,  being  a  member  of  a  large  colony  of 
Friends  (Quakers)  to  which  faith  the  Hale  family 
had  belonged  for  several  generations.  At  the  same 
time  came  Ann  Hadley,  whom  Eli  Hale  afterwards 
married.  Both  were  of  old  families,  and  numerous 
representatives  of  both  names  are  widely  scattered 
over  the  country.  Miles  M.  Hale,  who  was  born  at 
Richmond,  Ohio,  about  eighty-three  years  ago,  served 
three  years  in  the  Civil  war,  going  out  from  Waynes- 
ville,  Ohio.  In  1869  he  moved  out  to  Topeka, 
Kansas,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  until 
1882.  Moving  into  town,  he  conducted  a  mer- 
cantile business  there  until  about  1887,  and  in  1890 
was  elected  treasurer  of  the  city,  an  office  which 
he  filled  with  credit  for  twelve  years,  finally  de- 
clining to  become  a  candidate  again  because  of  his 
old  age. 

In  1859  Miles  Miller  Hale  married  Elizabeth 
Merritt.  Because  she  was  not  of  the  Friends'  church, 
and  because  he  would  express  no  regret  at  having 
broken  one  of  the  church  laws,  he  was  excommuni- 
cated and  since  that  time  neither  he  or  any  of  his 
family  have  had  connection  with  the  Friends.  He 
voted  the  Republican  ticket  from  the  first  campaign 
of  that  party  in  1856,  has  always  lived  a  clean  upright 


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life,  and  is  yet  today  a  hearty  old  man,  lovable  in 
disposition,  honored  and  trusted  by  all  who  know 
him.  Elizabeth  Merritt,  his  wife,  was  born  and 
reared  at  Waynesville,  Ohio,  was  a  graduate  of 
Knox  College,  and  was  married  at  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  Her  father,  who,  from  his  name,  was  of 
Irish  stock,  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  while  her 
mother  came  from  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey.  Eliz- 
abeth Hale  was  an  ardent  church  worker,  and 
was  identified  with  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  in 
Topeka,  from  the  establishment  of  that  church,  and 
always  a  leader  in  its  activities.  Her  death  occurred 
December  23,  1911.  She  was  the  mother  of  the 
following  children:  Clara,  who  died  in  1887;  Mary, 
wife  of  J.  H.  Stuart  of  Topeka;  Emma,  wife  of  J.  A. 
McLain  of  Topeka;  Alberta  of  Topeka;  John  Mer- 
ritt; and  Fred,  a  commercial  traveler,  who  lives 
at  Salina,  Kansas. 

John  Merritt  Hale  was  reared  in  Topeka,  and  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  left  school  and  went  into  a  tin 
shop,  where  he  learned  the  tinner's  trade.  Leav- 
ing Topeka,  and  his  home  in  1889,  he  has  since 
that  year  been  on  his  own  responsibility.  His  first 
employment  was  in  a  wholesale  hardware  house  at 
Denver,  where  he  worked  as  handy  man  for  the 
buyer,  and  was  promoted  to  be  price  clerk  and  city 
buyer.  In  1892,  during  the  boom  at  Creede,  he 
located  there  as  buyer  for  a  retail  hardware  store; 
but  was  taken  sick  and  went  home.  In  1894,  having 
a  thorough  experience  in  merchandising  he  went  on 
the  road  selling  hardware,  and  traveled  for  two 
years  over  Oklahoma,  five  years  in  New  Mexico, 
and  two  years  in  Kansas.  After  that  his  territory 
was  changed  to  Idaho,  and  after  four  and  a  half 
years  of  travel,  during  which  he  "made"  practically 
every  town  of  importance  in  the  state  he  gave  up  the 
business  of  traveling  salesman,  and  established  his 
permanent  home  at  Jerome  on  July  15,  1907.  On 
locating  there  he  built  an  office  which  he  is  still 
using  for  his  real  estate  business.  He  was  at  the 
beginning  of  things  in  this  community,  and  among 
other  evidences  of  his  public  spirit  was  his  estab- 
lishment of  the  first  school  at  Jerome,  and  he  be- 
came chairman  of  the  school  board.  In  1909  Mr. 
Hale  organized  the  farmers  and  merchants  bank, 
was  made  vice  president  and  was  one  of  the  execu- 
tive managers  of  the  institution  until  he  sold  his 
interests  in  1912.  Mr.  Hale  has  erected  several 
buildings  in  Jerome  and  has  always  been  one  to 
help  in  any  movement  that  would  improve  living 
conditions  and  build  up  the  community. 

An  active  Republican,  Mr.  Hale  was  chairman  of 
the  County  Republican  committee  during  the  cam- 
paign of  1910,  and  through  his  personal  work  car- 
ried the  county  for  his  party  at  a  time  when  the 
state  as  a  whole  went  largely  Democratic.  Mr. 
Hale  is  still  an  active  member  of  the  United  Com- 
mercial Travelers,  in  which  he  is  a  past  councillor, 
a  title  which  means  that  he  has  been  elected  to  all 
the  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  council.  He  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  and  served  as  the  first  chaplain  of  the 
Jerome  Lodge  of  Eagles. 

At  El  Paso,  Texas,  October  5,  1898,  occurred 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hale  to  Miss  Stella  Isher- 
wood.  Mrs.  Hale  is  a  graduate  of  the  Davenport 
high  school  of  Iowa.  Her  father,  Thomas  J. 
Isherwood,  was  a  steamboat  builder,  and  a  boat 
captain  at  Davenport,  and  during  the  Civil  war  he 
made  a  record  on  the  river.  Captain  Isherwood 
married  Miss  Ruby  Polk,  who  was  descended  from 
the  same  family  to  which  President  Polk  belonged. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hale  have  no  children. 


There  need  be  no  apology  spoken  for  Mr.  Hale' s 
success,  as  a  business  man  and  a  citizen,  but  it  is 
worthy  of  note  that  after  he  left  home  and  got  out 
into  the  world  he  found  himself  sadly  in  need  of 
more  education  than  he  had  attained  during  his 
limited  school  days.  With  his  realization  of  that  de- 
ficiency, he  attended  night  school  for  two  terms. 
During  that  period  of  study  he  discovered  that  his 
eyesight  was  very  defective  and  that,  though  not 
understood  in  his  boyhood  days,  was  no  doubt  the 
chief  reason  for  his  having  failed  to  accept  all 
the  opportunities  for  learning  presented  to  him 
before  he  left  home. 

JACOB  C.  JACOBSEN.  A  worthy  representative  of 
that  element  of  citizenship  which  has  exerted  most 
potent  influence  in  connection  with  the  upbuilding 
of  our  great  empire  of  the  West,  Mr.  Jacobsen  is 
"a  scion  of  the  staunchest  of  Danish  stock  and  may 
well  take  pride  in  claiming  Denmark  as  the  land 
of  his  nativity.  He  was  born  in  that  fair  part  of  the 
Northland  on  the  3rd  of  August,  1869,  and  through 
his  own  energy  and  ability  he  has  gained  distinctive 
success  in  the  land  of  his  adoption,  where  he  is 
known  as  a  man  of  sterling  character  and  distinctive 
business  ability.  That  he  merits  designation  as  one 
of  the  essentially  representative  business  men  of 
the  state  of  Idaho  needs  no  further  voucher  than 
the  statement  that  with  headquarters  at  Idaho  Falls, 
the  judicial  center  of  Elmore  county,  he  controls,  in 
the  handling  of  produce  at  wholesale,  an  enterprise 
that  is  not  exceeded  in  scope  and  importance  by  any 
other  similar  order  in  the  entire  state. 

Mr.  Jacobsen  is  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Karen 
(Christensen)  Jacobsen.  The  father,  who  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade,  died  in  Denmark,  at  the  age 
of  forty-eight  years,  and  the  widowed  mother  later 
came  with  her  children  to  America  and  settled  at 
Dillon,  Montana,  where  she  passed  the  residue  of 
her  life  and  where  she  was  summoned  to  eternal 
rest  in  the  year  1901.  She  is  survived  by  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  subject  of  this  review  is  the 
eldest. 

Jacob  C.  Jacobsen  is  indebted  to  the  schools  of  his 
native  land,  where  every  man  has  a  trade  or  an 
educational  training  and  he  was  about  nineteen  years 
of  age  at  the  time  when  he  came  to  America.  His 
ambition  and  appreciation  were  shown  by  his  avail- 
ing himself  of  the  educational  advantages  of  the 
United  States,  and  he  was  graduated  in  the  high 
school  at  Dillon,  Montana,  as  well  as  in  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  institution  known  as  Montana  Uni- 
versity, in  Helena,  the  capital  of  the  state.  He 
then  became  identified  with  the  sheep  industry  near 
Dillon  and  with  this  line  of  enterprise,  in  con- 
junction with  that  of  dairying,  he  was  there  actively 
concerned  for  eight  years.  In  1901  Mr.  Jacobsen 
came  to  Idaho  and  located  on  a  ranch  near  Idaho 
Falls.  There  he  continued  operations  as  a  farmer 
and  stock-grower  until  1906,  when  he  signalized  his 
progressiveness  and  good  judgment  by  engaging 
in  the  wholesale  produce  business,  with  headquarters 
at  Idaho  Falls.  Energy  and  fair  and  honorable 
dealings  have  made  this  venture  an  unqualified  suc- 
cess and  the  business  now  controlled  by  Mr.  Jacob- 
sen  in  the  buying  and  shipping  of  produce  is  con- 
cededly  the  largest  in  this  section  of  the  state  and 
undoubtedly  is  not  excelled  by  any  of  the  like 
in  the  entire  commonwealth  of  Idaho.  This  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  in  the  year  1912  he  shipped 
more  than  six  hundred  and  seventy  carloads,  con- 
signed to  Chicago  and  other  eastern  markets  as 
well  as  to  those  of  Kansas  and  Texas. 


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The  civic  loyalty  of  Mr.  Jacobsen  is  of  the  most 
insistent  order  and  he  is  ever  ready  to  do  all  in  his 
power  to  further  those  interests  which  tend  to  ad- 
vance social  and  industrial  prosperity.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  Republican  party  and  he 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church. 
He  is  the  owner  of  a  considerable  amount  of  valu- 
able ranch  land  in  Bonneville  county — 120  acres 
—and  there  are  other  concrete  evidences  of  the 
independence  and  success  which  he  has  gained 
through  his  own  well  ordered  endeavors. 

In  December,  1898,  at  Dillon,  Montana,  was  sol- 
emnized the  marriage  of  Mr.  Jacobsen  to  Miss  Annie 
Marie  Wind,  who  was  born  in  Schleswig,  Germany, 
and  who  was  a  girl* at  the  time  of  the  family  im- 
migration to  America.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacobsen  have 
seven  children,  all  of  whom  remain  at  the  parental 
home  and  the  names  of  whom  are  here  entered  in 
respective  order  of  birth:  Karen,  Anna,  Hans,  Rolf, 
Matilda,  Agnes  and  Jacob  C,  Jr.  The  three  first 
mentioned  were  born  in  Montana  and  the  other  four 
in  Bonneville  county,  Idaho. 

MATHEW  J.  KLINKHAMMER.  The  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Stites  Signal  is  one  of  the  representa- 
tive members  of  the  newspaper  fraternity  in  Idaho 
county  and  is  making  his  paper  a  most  effective 
exponent  of  local  interests,  the  while  he  himself  is 
known  as  one  of  the  progressive  young  business  men 
of  Stites  and  as  a  citizen  ready  to  dp  all  in  his 
power  to  further  the  civic  and  material  advance- 
ment of  his  home  village  and  county,  where  he  has 
already  gained  secure  vantage  ground  in  popular 
esteem. 

Mr.  Klinkhammer  was  born  at  Shakopee,  the 
judicial  center  of  Scott  county,  Minnesota,  on  the 
I4th  of  May,  1885,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Kath- 
erine  (Baumhoefer)  Klinkhammer,  both  of  whom 
were  born  in  Germany  and  the  marriage  of  whom 
was  solemnized  in  Minnesota.  The  father  was  a 
boy  at  the  time  of  the  family  immigration  to  America 
and  he  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  citizens  of 
Minnesota,  where  he  followed  the  vocation  of  me- 
chanic for  many  years  and  where  he  is  now  living 
virtually  retired.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat  in 
his  political  proclivities,  and  both  he  and  his  wife 
are  devout  communicants  of  the  Catholic  church. 
Of  the  seven  children  the  youngest  is  he  to  whom 
this  sketch  is  dedicated. 

Mathew  J.  Klinkhammer  gained  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  entered  upon  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  printers'  trade — a  discipline  that 
has  been  consistently  pronounced  equivalent  to  a 
liberal  education.  He  perfected  himself  in  the 
mysteries  and  details  of  the  "art  preservative  of  all 
arts,"  and  has  been  continuously  identified  with  the 
printing  business.  In  1912  he  established  his  home 
at  Stites,  Idaho,  to  which  place  he  came  direct  from 
his  native  place,  and  here  he  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  Stites  Signal,  of  which  he  is  now  the  sole 
owner  and  which  he  has  made  a  model  country 
newspaper.  The  plant  is  well  equipped  in  all  de- 
partments and  has  facilities  for  the  turning  out 
of  the  best  class  of  job  work.  Mr.  Klinkhammer  has 
shown  much  abilrty  in  presenting  the  local  news 
and  in  fostering  the  best  interests  of  the  community, 
the  while  he  is  deeply  appreciative  of  the  advantages 
and  attractions  offered  in  the  state  of  his  adoption. 
He  is  a  stalwart  and  effective  advocate  of  the 
principles  and  policies  of  the  Democratic  party  and 
has  made  his  paper  a  valuable  exponent  of  the  cause 
of  the  now  dominant  political  organization.  He  is 
an  active  and  valued  member  of  the  Stites  Com- 


mercial Club  and  is  a  communicant  of  the  Catholic 
church,  in  whose  faith  he  was  reared.  His  name  is 
still  enrolled  on  the  list  of  eligible  bachelors  and 
he  is  one  of  the  popular  young  business  men  of 
the  town  in  which  he  has  established  his  permanent 
home. 

ROBERT  BROSE.  Twenty-seven  years  ago  a  young 
German  arrived  in  Idaho,  after  a  long  journey  from 
his  native  land.  Half  way  across  the  continent,  his 
funds  had  become  exhausted,  and  he  had  worked  at 
different  places  for  the  stake  to  carry  him  to  his 
destination.  In  Idaho  he  became  a  homesteader, 
lived  in  a  dugout,  toiled  early  and  late,  allowed 
nothing  to  discourage  him,  and  in  a  few  years  was 
on  the  high  road  to  prosperity.  Both  as  a  rancher 
and  business  man  he  is  known  as  a  successful  man, 
and  has  provided  a  fine •  home,  reared  a  family  of 
children  to  do  him  credit,  and  succeed  him  in 
usefulness  to  the  state. 

Born  in  Germany,  April  4,  1856,  Robert  Brose 
was  a  son  of  Robert  and  Albertina  Brose,  who 
spent  all  their  lives  in  Germany,  where  the  mother 
is  still  living.  Robert  Brose  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive land,  had  the  usual  advantages  of  the  public 
schools  of  Germany,  and  lived  there  until  he  had 
attained  to  manhood.  He  served  for  six  years 
in  the  German  army,  and  finally  determined  to 
seek  the  great  opportunities  of  the  western  con- 
tinent, where  he  might  win  a  greater  success,  and 
enjoy  more  of  the  good  gifts  of  life  than  in  his 
home  country.  In  this  way  he  arrived  in  New  York 
in  September,  1885,  and  by  stages  finally  reached 
the  West.  When  he  arrived  at  Milwaukee,  he  had 
but  one  dollar  and  seventy-five  cents,  and  he  spent 
days  and  weeks  at  different  points  earning  enough 
to  get  him  a  little  further  on  his  journey.  Over 
parts  _pf  his  route  to  the  West  he  beat  his  way 
on  trams,  and  by  a  variety  of  adventures  and  experi- 
ences finally  came  to  Kelton,  Utah.  Soon  after- 
wards he  continued  on  to  Idaho,  and  on  reaching 
Rock  Creek  built  himself  a  dugout  on  the  site 
now  occupied  by  his  comfortable  ranch  home.  He 
homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land, 
one  mile  north  of  the  Rock  Creek  postoffice,  and  at 
the  present  time  is  the  owner  of  two  hundred  and 
eighty  acres.  This  land  is  exceedingly  valuable, 
since  he  has  put  it  under  irrigation,  and  acre  by 
acre  it  is  worth  many  times  what  he  paid  for  it 
years  ago.  For  his  home  he  has  built  a  cement  house 
with  all  the  modern  conveniences,  and  none  of  his 
neighbors  live  in  more  comfort  and  contentment 
than  Robert  Brose.  His  home  has  been  at  Rock 
Creek  since  April,  1886.  He  started  out  with  one 
cow,  later  bought  two  more,  and  from  that  nucleus 
has  extended  his  operations  and  enterprises  until 
for  many  years  he  has  been  called  one  of  the  big 
cattlemen  of  South  Idaho.  For  some  time  he  was 
engaged  in  raising  horses  on  a  large  scale,  and  still 
devotes  his  efforts  to  cattle,  and  by  operating  both 
as  a  producer  and  in  preparing  his  cattle  for  market 
he  conducts  a  very  profitable  enterprise.  He  opened 
the  Palace  Meat  Market  at  Twin  Falls  in  1906,  the 
year  after  the  opening  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
to  that  point,  and  now  has  two  first-class  meat 
markets  in  Twin  Falls.  In  this  way  he  sells  direct 
to  the  consumer,  much  of  the  meat  produced  on 
his  home  ranch.  Besides  his  market  he  owns  a 
lot  and  store  building,  on  Main  street  in  Twin  Falls. 
On  October  10,  1891,  Mr.  Brose  married  Augusta 
Domroes,  a  daughter  of  Ludwig  and  Johanna  Dom- 
roes,  both  of  whom  came  from  Germany  and  are 
now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brose  have  six  children, 
named  as  follows:  Clara  is  engaged  in  teaching 


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school  in  Twin  Falls;  Walter  is  on  the  ranch,  look- 
ing after  his  father's  cattle;  Olga  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Twin  Falls  high  school,  with  the  class  of  1913 ; 
Robert,  Jr.,  lives  on  the  ranch;  Wanda  is  a  high 
school  student;  and  Helena  is  at  home.  Mr.  Brose 
is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  at  Twin 
Falls,  and  a  Republican  in  politics,  he  votes  usually 
for  the  best  man.  During  the  early  days  of  his 
residence  in  Idaho,  he  participated  in  some  of  the 
Indian  troubles,  and  is  a  man  of  broad  experience, 
has  seen  this  state  develop  from  its  pioneer  period, 
and  is  intensely  loyal  to  the  country  which  has 
given  him  so  generous  a  prosperity. 

JOHN  N.  MEYER.  From  the  beginning  German 
enterprise  and  influence  have  entered  strongly  into 
every  branch  of  industrial  activity  and  every  avenue 
of  commercialism  in  our  country,  and  no  nationality 
finds  a  warmer  welcome  in  any  community  than  does 
the  German,  for  he  is  invariably  a  man  of  thrift 
and  of  high  standards  of  citizenship.  John  N.  Meyer, 
a  prominent  business  man  of  Cottonwood,  Idaho, 
who  as  president  and  manager  of  the  Cottonwood 
Milling  Company  is  at  the  head  of  one  of  the 
most  thriving  business  concerns  of  Idaho  county, 
is  by  birth  and  generations  of  ancestral  inheritance 
a  German  and  by  his  energy  and  splendid  business 
ability  is  adding  to  the  achievements  of  his  country- 
men in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Meyer  was  born  in  Germany,  May  30,  1878, 
and  was  educated  in  the  splendid  public  schools 
of  the  Fatherland  and  at  Differt  College.  After 
completing  his  studies  he  entered  the  milling  busi- 
ness and  has  been  continuously  identified  with  that 
line  of  business  activity  since.  In  1907  he  immi- 
grated to  the  United  States  and  settled  first  at 
Uniontown,  Washington,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  milling  business  two  years.  From  there  he  came 
to  Cottonwood,  Idaho,  where  he  organized  the  Cot- 
tonwood Milling  Company,  in  which  G.  J.  Ferhaar 
and  Frank  Dreps  are  associated  with  him  and  of 
which  Mr.  Meyer  has  been  the  active  head  from 
the  beginning.  They  have  a  modernly  equipped  mill 
in  every  respect  and  draw  trade  from  all  over  north- 
ern Idaho  and  eastern  Washington  and  even  across 
the  waters,  as  products  from  their  mills  are  also 
shipped  to  the  Orient.  Mr.  Meyer  is  a  young  man, 
alert,  energetic  and  resourceful,  and  of  more  than 
ordinary  business  ability  and  he  holds  a  prominent 
place  among  the  men  who  are  advancing  this  com- 
munity by  developing  the  commercial  interests  of 
the  section.  He  deservedly  stands  high  in  the  re- 
spect and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  Mr. 
Meyer,  who  has  traveled  extensively  in  foreign 
lands  and  in  the  United  States,  gives  Cottonwood 
and  this  section  of  Idaho  precedence  over  any  other 
section  that  he  has  visited  and  is  firmly  convinced 
that  when  the  resources  of  this  state  are  developed 
that  it  will  be  one  of  the  richest  agricultural  dis- 
tricts of  the  world.  In  politics  he  has  aligned  with 
the  Democratic  party  and  takes  a  lively  interest 
in  its  work,  believing  that  it  is  a  part  of  good  citi- 
zenship to  keep  posted  on  the  issues  of  the  day  and 
that  it  is  the  duty  of  every  man  to  cast  his  vote. 
He  enjoys  such  outdoor  sports  as  hunting  and  fish- 
.ing  and  is  highly  appreciative  of  such  entertainments 
as  make  for  intellectual  and  cultural  improvement. 

At  Devil's  Lake,  North  Dakota,  Mr.  Meyer  was 
married  on  August  12,  1908,  to  Miss  Katie  Fuchs, 
whose  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Fuchs,  are 
residents  of  Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer  have 
two  children,  named  Agnes  and  Augustine.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  are  devout  communicants  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church  and  he  is  affiliated  with 


the   Knights    of   Columbus,    Catholic    Foresters   and 
St.  Joseph's  Verein. 

DANIEL  W.  GROVER,  manager  of  the  Sugar  City 
branch  of  the  firm  of  Miller  Brothers  Company, 
occupies  a  leading  position  among  the  foremost  busi- 
ness citizens  of  Fremont  county,  where  he  has  not 
only  been  successful  in  business  pursuits,  but  has  so 
consistently  performed  the  duties  of  citizenship  as 
to  win  the  respect  and  esteem  of  those  with  whom 
he  has  been  associated.  Like  many  of  Idaho's  best 
citizens,  he  is  widely  traveled,  having  spent  some 
time  in  mission  work  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints,  while  a  genial,  sociable  nature  has 
gained  him  a  wide  circle  of  admiring  friends.  Mr. 
Grover  was  born  April  8,  1876,  at  Nephi,  Juab 
county,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(Heiner)  Grover. 

Thomas  Grover  was  born  in  Illinois,  and  at  the 
age  of  six  years,  in  1847,  accompanied  his  parents 
overland  to  Utah,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
also  followed  his  trade  of  stone  mason  for  many 
years.  He  is  now  a  resident  of  Morgan,  Utah,  hav- 
ing accumulated  a  competence.  Mr.  Grover  has  been 
active  in  Democratic  party  work  and  in  the  activities 
of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  at  this 
time  is  president  of  the  council  of  seventy.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Heiner,  who  was  born  in  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, and  accompanied  her  parents  to  the  United 
States  in  childhood,  they  being  pioneers  of  Utah. 
Mrs.  Grover  died  in  1882,  having  been  the  mother 
of  seven  children,  of  whom  Daniel  W.  was  the  fifth 
in  order  of  birth. 

Daniel  W.  Grover  secured  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Morgan,  Utah,  following  which 
he  attended  Prove  Academy  and  Brigham  Young 
College.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  went 
to  the  Southern  states  on  a  mission  for  two  years. 
Then  returning  to  Idaho  he  began  clerical  work  along 
mercantile  lines,  in  which  he  was  engaged  for  eight 
years,  but  in  1908  went  to  England,  in  the  work  of 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  On  his  return 
to  the  United  States,  in  1910,  he  again  took  up  cler- 
ical work,  and  on  September  I,  1911,  became  branch 
manager  for  the  Miller  Brothers  Company,  at  Sugar 
City,  a  position  he  has  continued  to  hold  to  the 
present  time.  Mr.  Grover  is  possessed  of  much  more 
than  ordinary  business  ability,  and  his  management 
of  the  affairs  of  the  concern  has  been  marked  by  a 
great  advance  in  the  trade.  He  also  owns  and  ope- 
rates a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  in  Fre- 
mont county,  but  makes  his  home  in  Sugar  City  in 
order  to  be  near  to  his  business.  Politically  a  Re- 
publican, Mr.  Grover  has  been  an  active  worker  in 
the  ranks  of  his  party,  and  has  served  his  community 
in  public  office,  having  been  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Salem  precinct,  Fremont  county,  for  four  years.  Mr. 
Grover  has  firm  and  unshaken  confidence  in  the 
future  of  Idaho,  the  climate,  soil  and  resources  of 
which  he  speaks  of  in  glowing  terms.  It  is  but 
natural  that  he  should  feel  an  affection  for  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  has  gained  his  success,  and 
where  he  has  been  fortunate  in  making  a  wide  circle 
of  friends.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  October  2,  1903,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Mr. 
Grover  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Martha 
May  Ricks,  daughter  of  Judge  Hiram  Ricks,  of  Rex- 
burg,  and  four  children  have  been  born  to  this 
union:  Carl,  born  August  10,  1904,  at  Rexburg, 
Idaho;  Wells,  born  March  24,  1906,  at  Salem;  Lu- 
cille, born  March  10,  1908,  at  Salem;  and  Don,  born 
August  3,  1911,  also  at  Salem. 


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WALTER  HOCE.  A  pioneer  of  remarkable  and  varied 
experience  and  accomplishment  was  the  late  Walter 
Hoge,  for  so  many  years  prominent  in  business  and 
public  affairs  in  Bear  Lake  Valley,  and  one  of  the  best 
remembered  of  the  old  citizens  of  Paris.  As  a  miner, 
prospector,  lumber  operator,  merchant,  cattleman  and 
general  business  man,  he  devoted  his  energies  at 
different  times  and  places  and  always  with  excep- 
tional success.  He  became  identified  with  the  mining 
districts  of  Idaho,  during  the  sixties,  and  during  that 
same  decade  united  with  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
of  Latter  Day  Saints. 

The  son  of  Walter  and  Elizabeth  Hoge,  Walter 
Hoge  was  born  in  the  Nag's  Head  Inn,  New  Castle 
on  Tyne,  Northumberland,  England,  on  the  eighteenth 
of  November,  1842.  During  his  infancy  his  parents 
and  their  family,  consisting  of  Mary,  Ann,  Robert, 
John,  George,  and  the  child  Walter,  moved  from 
New  Castle  on  Tyne  to  Carlisle,  Cumberland.  They 
soon  after  moved  to  Nichol forest,  in  the  county  of 
Cumberland  and  close  to  the  border  line  between 
Scotland  and  England.  Here  his  youthful  years  were 
spent,  and  he  attended  the  local  schools  part  of  the 
time  until  he  attained  his  eleventh  year,  when  he  was 
taken  to  Ettrick  Vale,  Selkirkshire,  Scotland,  by 
James  Haliburton,  his  half-brother,  being  the  oldest 
son  of  his  mother  by  a  former  husband.  In  the 
beautiful  Ettrick  Vale  three  years  of  his  life  were 
spent.  This  vale  is  made  famous  by  the  writings, 
songs  and  poems  of  James  Hogg,  the  "Ettrick  Shep- 
herd." 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  Walter  accompanied  his 
brother  in  his  move  to  Kippelaw  Maine,  Roxburg- 
shire,  Scotland.  Here  two  years  more  were  spent  and 
he  attended  the  school  at  Bowden,  and  the  Sunday 
school  over  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Allerdyce  presided. 
He  then  was  apprenticed  to  a  butcher  in  Selkirk,  with 
whom  he  remained  about  two  years.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  moved  from  Selkirk  to  Hawick,  Rox- 
burgshire,  Scotland,  and  worked  in  a  butcher  shop 
for  a  man  named  Adam  Patterson.  While  there  he 
took  his  degrees  in  Freemasonry,  as  a  son  of  the  St. 
John  Lodge,  Hawick. 

Having  heard  and  read  the  glowing  accounts  of  the 
rich  Cariboo  gold  mines,  at  Vancouver's  Island,  he 
resolved  to  go  westward,  and  on  the  twentieth  day 
of  September,  1862,  sailed  from  the  East  India  Docks, 
London,  on  the  sail  and  steamship  Robert  Lowe, 
crossing  the  equator  in  the  Atlantic,  rounded  Cape 
Horn,  again  crossing  the  equator  in  the  Pacific  and 
landed  in  the  Esquimalt  Harbor,  Vancouver's  Island, 
on  January  10,  1863,  haying  spent  one  hundred  and 
twelve  days  on  board  ship. 

On  the  first  day  of  June,  1863,  he  started  for  the 
Cariboo  mines  by  ocean  steamer  from  Victoria  to 
New  Westminster,  thence  by  river  boat  to  Fort  Yale, 
carrying  his  blankets  and  provisions  from  Fort  Yale 
to  Williams  Creek,  a  distance  of  about  three  hundred 
miles,  where  he  worked  during  the  summer  at  float- 
ing lumber  from  the  saw  mill  to  the  mines  and  also 
in  mining.  While  here  he  had  a  very  severe  attack 
of  mountain  fever,  after  which  it  was  necessary  to 
find  a  lower  altitude.  He  wended  his  way  with  a 
pack  train  to  the  coast,  to  New  Westminster,  thence 
to  Victoria,  and  on  to  Portland,  Oregon,  and  from 
there  to  The  Dattes,  where  he  was  employed  on  the 
railway  in  building  a  portage  on  the  Columbia  River 
till  the  spring  of  1864.  From  there  he  went  to  Walla 
Walla,  Washington,  and  from  there  to  the  Kx>tenai 
gold  mines,  where  the  summer  of  1864  was  spent, 
also  the  winter  and  the  summer  of  1865.  At  Virginia 
City,  Montana,  he  passed  the  winter  months  of 
1865-66.  With  the  -pring  of  1866,  he  moved  to  Deep 
Creek,  Montana,  and  engaged  in  mining  and  butcher- 
ing until  fall,  when  he  returned  to  Virginia  City.  On 


March  i,  1867,  he  went  with  some  others  to  Lemhi, 
Idaho.  On  this  journey  they  crossed  the  summit  of 
Rocky  Mountains,  camping  out  in  a  severe  snow  storm 
with  the  thermometer  ranging  about  thirty  degrees 
below  zero.  That  summer  was  spent  in  the  mines 
about  twenty  miles  from  Lemhi  City,  Idaho,  and  in 
the  fall  with  two  others  he  headed  for  Salt  Lake  Cityf 
Utah,  expecting  to  winter  there  and  return  to  Lemhi 
the  following  spring.  While  in  Idaho  his  ventures 
had  proved  disastrous,  and  all  his  savings  accumulated 
by  mining  and  butchering  were  swept  away  in  his 
mining  speculations  there.  During  those  early  years 
Walter  Hoge  was  one  of  the  venturesome  and  alert 
spirits  who  were  typical  of  the  population  of  the 
northwest,  and  he  was  always  ready  to  join  in  any 
new  stampede  to  a  newly  discovered  mining  district. 

On  his  way  to  Utah,  while  camping  in  the  Black- 
smith Fork  River  just  south  of  the  city  of  Logan, 
Cache  county,  Utah,  Mr.  Hoge  hired  out  to  a  man 
named  Frank  Sadler,  to  run  an  upright  saw  mill  for 
the  winter.  It  was  here  (according  to  his  own  his- 
tory) that  he  found  a  friendly  and  God-fearing  people 
who  treated  him  kindly  and  took  great  pleasure  in 
explaining  the  principles  of  the  Gospel  to  him.  Par- 
ticularly did  he  remember  the  kind  acts  of'  Father 
George  W.  Pitkin  and  his  estimable  wife  Sarah  Ann, 
who  proved  themselves  a  father  and  mother  to  him, 
"A  stranger  in  a  strange  land." 

It  was  here  that  he  joined  the  Church  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  that  conversion 
gave  an  entirely  new  trend  to  his  career  and  sub- 
sequent fortunes.  He  taught  school  in  Cache  county, 
Utah,  until  October  9f  1867,  when  he  received  a  call 
to  go  with  others  into  the  Bear  Lake  Valley  of 
Idaho,  in  order  to  settle  that  new  country  with  a 
colony  of  churchmen.  With  the  first  settlers  of  the 
Bear  Lake  region  he  therefore  entered  upon  the 
various  enterprises  of  pioneer  life.  Walter  Hoge  had 
an  important  part  as  a  leader  and  controlling  hand  in 
the  various  interests  of  manufacturing  and  dealing 
in  lumber,  in  real  estate  transactions,  in  general  mer- 
chandising and  the  cattle  business.  He  was,  more- 
over, very  active  in  political  affairs.  For  several 
terms  he  filled  the  office  of  sheriff  at  Bear  Lake 
county.  At  one  time  he  was  deputy  clerk  of  the  U.  S. 
court,  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  city  council  of 
Paris,  and  was  serving  in  that  official  capacity  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  In  the  community  where  he  had 
been  so  active  and  so  useful  his  life  closed  at  the  age 
of  seventy  years  in  1911,  and  he  was  laid  to  rest  m 
Paris.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow  and  a  number 
of  children,  who  themselves  have  taken  honored 
places  in  the  world. 

In  Salt  Lake  City,  December  6,  1869,  Walter  Hoge 
married  Amelia  Smith,  an  English  lady  by  birth,  and 
an  emigrant  in  youth  to  the  United  States  and  to 
Utah.  He  subsequently  married  Miss  Sarah  Beck,  a 
daughter  of  Andres  Beck,  a  pioneer  of  Bear  Lake 
Valley.  Mr.  Hoge  was  the  father  of  eight  children : 
Rhoda;  Ella;  Lizzie;  Dr.  W.  S.  Hoge;  William  B. 
Ho"c;  W.  Smith  Hoge;  George  A.  Hoge;  and  Ezra 
J.  Hoge. 

W.  SMITH  HOGE.  The  sixth  of  the  eight  children 
of  the  late  Walter  Hoge  and  wife,  W.  Smith  Hoge 
has  been  a  factor  of  importance  in  the  business  affairs 
and  public  life  of  Paris,  and  in  many  ways  has  carried 
forward  successfully  the  influence  and  activities  which 
characterized  his  late  father,  so  prominent  as  a  pioneer 
in  this  community  of  Idaho. 

Mr.  W.  Smith  Hoge  was  born  in  the  town  of  Paris, 
in  Bear  Lake  county,  on  October  6,  1884.  After  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools,  he  spent 
four  school  years  in  the  Fielding  Academy  at  Paris, 
and  continued  his  academic  education  with  two  years 


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of  study  in  the  commercial  school  known  as  the  Lat- 
ter Day  Saints  Business  College  at  Salt  Lake  City. 
The  vocational  education  of  Mr.  Hoge  began  in  his 
boyhood  days  when  he  assisted  with  the  work  of  his 
father's  lumber  mills.  He  had  charge  of  the  shipping 
and  clerical  department,  and  gained  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  lumbering  in  all  its  details.  It  was 
during  that  period  that  his  father  had  the  firm  incor- 
porated with  the  Montpelier  Lumber  Company.  With 
this  concern,  W.  Smith  Hoge  continued  for  four 
years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  took  up  the  work 
of  a  public  stenographer  in  Bear  Lake  county,  con- 
tinuing in  that  way  until  required  by  church  authori- 
ties to  go  abroad  on  a  mission.  Being  sent  to  England 
Mr.  Hoge  remained  there  for  about  twenty-seven 
months.  When  that  term  of  service  was  fulfilled,  he 
returned  to  Paris,  and  entered  the  business  in  which 
he  is  now  successfully  engaged,  the  Bear  Lake  County 
Abstract  Company.  Mr.  Hoge  carries  on  business 
in  general  real  estate,  loans,  insurance  and  abstract 
work.  He  is  at  present  United  States  Commissioner 
and  a  notary  public  and  is  also  giving  his  service  to 
his  home  city  in  the  office  of  city  clerk.  He  is  inter- 
ested and  active  in  political  affairs,  and  is  a  stanch 
Republican. 

In  1909  Mr.  Hoge  founded  his  domestic  establish- 
ment in  Paris.  He  was  married  in  Salt  Lake  City 
on  September  22  of  that  year  to  Miss  Bertha  May 
Grimmett,  a  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  John  H. 
Grimmett  of  Paris.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoge  have  become 
the  parents  of  two  children :  Smith  Grimmett  Hoge 
and  Miss  Nadia  Hoge.  Mr.  Hoge  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
which  he  officially  serves  as  ward  clerk.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  and  is  socially  pop- 
ular. His  tastes  are  of  a  scholarly  nature,  and  he 
possesses  a  decided  talent  for  art.  It  is  due  to  his 
business  ability,  however,  that  he  holds  a  position 
of  such  distinction  in  Paris,  where  he  ranks  among 
the  foremost  citizens.  Mr.  Hoge  invites  correspond- 
ence from  any  persons  interested  in  the  material  or 
business  prospects  of  Idaho. 

E.  H.  DEWEY.  One  of  the  most  difficult  positions 
in  the  world  to  fill  is  that  of  the  son  of  a  successful 
man.  If  the  father  has  been  successful  in  gathering 
together  wealth,  the  son  is  hampered  by  this  very 
wealth  from  developing  his  own  personality;  if  the 
father  has  been  a  man  of  great  intellect  or  splendid 
attainments  the  son  is  either  expected  to  live  the  pace 
set  by  his  father  or  else  face  the  discouraging  eyes 
of  the  world  that  says,  "He  will  never  be  such  a 
man  as  his  father,"  when  as  a  rule  no  one  could  be 
more  conscious  of  the  fact  than  the  son  himself.  All 
of  these  things  did  E.  H.  Dewey,  of  Nampa,  Idaho, 
have  to  face,  but  backed  by  a  character  inherited  from 
a  father  who  was  a  fighter,  and  with  an  education  in 
practical  administration  of  affairs,  although  the  son 
could  never  usurp  the  position  held  by  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Dewey,  his  father,  yet  he  has  carved  his  own 
niche  and  ranks  very  high  among  the  men  of  affairs 
in  the  state  of  Idaho. 

E.  H.  Dewey  was  born  in  Owyhee  county,  Idaho, 
on  the  23rd  of  October,  1869,  so  he  is  one  of  the  few 
native  sons  of  the  state  to  hold  positions  of  influence, 
for  Idaho  is  still  too  young  to  pass  much  beyond 
the  first  generation.  Mr.  Dewey  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Idaho,  and  as  soon 
as  he  was  old  enough  to  derive  any  benefit  from  the 
experience,  his  father  plunged  him  into  the  practical 
work  of  managing  a  mine.  He  first  had  to  learn 
the  work  from  the  ground  up  by  mastering  all  the 
details  through  experience  and  at  the  age  of  twenty 
he  was  thoroughly  competent  to  take  the  .position 
of  mine  superintendent.  His  first  position  was  with 


the  Black  Jack,  which  he  opened  up,  that  is,  the  mine 
had  once  been  worked  but  had  been  abandoned,  and 
this  was  practically  the  same  as  opening  up  a  new 
mine.  A  tunnel  was  built  to  tap  the  ore-bearing  ledge 
five  hundred  and  seventy  feet  below  the  deepest  of 
the  old  workings.  In  addition  to  this  tunnel,  Mr. 
Dewey  erected  a  ten-stamp  mill  and  all  the  necessary 
structures.  He  was  two  years  at  this  work  and  then 
went  to  the  Trade  Dollar  mine  as  its  superintendent. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Frederic  Irwin,  who  became 
superintendent  of  the  Black  Jack  mine  in  1891.  Mr. 
Dewey  remained  for  four  years  as  superintendent  of 
the  Trade  Dollar  mine,  erecting  the  ten-stamp  com- 
bination mill  and  building  the  tunnels,  the  main  one 
of  which,  practically  four  thousand  feet  in  length, 
connects  with  the  Black  Jack  tunnel,  so  that  it  is 
possible  to  pass  from  one  mill  to  the  other  by  an 
underground  route,  seven  thousand  feet  in  length. 
These  two  mines  are  among  the  best  known  and 
most  profitable  mines  in  the  country,  and  to  Mr. 
Dewey  belongs  the  honor  of  having  actually  opened 
them  up. 

The  first  settlement  in  Owyhee  county  was  Boone- 
ville  named  for  one  of  the  first  party  of  settlers  to 
come  into  the  county.  The  town  which  was  at  first 
prosperous  fell  into  decay,  and  nothing  much  re- 
mained but  the  old  hotel.  Colonel  W.  H.  Dewey, 
believing  that  this  was  a  good  location  for  a  town 
bought  the  hotel  and  the  surrounding  property,  and 
set  to  work  to  manufacture  a  town,  his  son  E.  H. 
Dewey  being  in  charge  of  the  actual  work.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  town  building  Mr.  Dewey  also  started 
the  Florida  Mountain  group  of  mines,  building  the 
tunnel  and  erecting  the  big  twenty-stamp  mill  which 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped  mills  in  the 
west.  It  is  undoubtedly  the  finest  mill  in  the  state 
and  has  a  capacity  of  seventy  tons  of  high  grade  ore 
a  day.  Mr.  Dewey  remained  in  charge  of  this  work 
until  1897  when  he  came  to  Nampa  to  take  charge 
of  the  railroad  interests  in  which  both  he  and  his 
father  were  deeply  involved.  This  road,  now  known 
as  the  Idaho  Northern  Railroad,  has  its  offices  in 
the  fine  office  building  erected  by  the  Dewey  estate, 
which  estate  also  erected  numerous  other  buildings 
in  Nampa.  Since  coming  to  Nampa,  Mr.  Dewey  has 
entered  heart  and  soul  into  the  development  of  the 
city,  and  has  never  lost  an  opportunity  to  further  its 
interests.  Since  the  death  of  his  father  Mr.  Dewey 
has  been  president  of  the  Idaho  and  Northern  Rail- 
road, and  has  shown  in  a  remarkable  way  his  exec- 
utive ability,  which  has  been  developed  by  his  long 
years  of  training  in  the  hard  school  of  experience. 

The  Palace  Hotel  of  Nampa,  which  was  planned 
by  Colonel  Dewey  and  erected  by  his  son  is  the 
finest  hotel  in  the  state.  It  was  opened  with  a  grand 
ball  on  the  ist  of  January,  1902,  and  has  continued 
in  prosperity,  save  for  the  season  of  1910  when 
through  lack  of  patronage  and  general  depression 
which  swept  this  section  at  that  time  it  was  closed. 
Mr.  Dewey  is  now  the  president  of  the  Palace  Hotel 
Company. 

The  public-spiritedness  and  willingness  to  serve 
of  Mr.  Dewey,  as  well  as  the  confidence  and  trust 
put  in  him  by  his  fellow  citizens,  was  shown  in  1908 
when  he  was  elected  to  the  mayorality  of  Nampa. 
This  honor  was  again  given  him  in  1910  and  he  is 
still  serving  in  this  capacity.  Since  he  has  been  in 
office  he  has  engineered  the  erection  on  public  prop- 
erty of  a  fine  city  hall,  fire  stations  and  water  works, 
and  in  every  way  has  made  of  Nampa  a  modern  city. 
He  stands  for  progress  and  believes  that  Nampa  has 
a  splendid  future  before  her,  therefore  that  no  im- 
provement is  too  far  in  advance  or  too  good  for  her. 
The  citizens  of  the  place  are  to  be  congratulated  on 
having  so  level  headed  and  far-seeing  a  man  at  the 
helm  of  the  city's  affairs. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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ALUSOK  W.  LAIRD.  Of  the  first  rank  of  influential 
and  energetic  business  men  in  Idaho  is  Allison  W. 
Laird,  of  Potlatch,  an  interested  principal  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  well-known  Potlatch  Lumber 
Company,  one  of  the  most  important  industrial  con- 
cerns of  this  state,  who  also  has  charge  of  important 
commercial  and  financial  interests  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  state  as  president  and  active  manager  of 
both  the  Potlatch  State  Bank  and  the  Elk  River 
State  Bank  and  who  in  different  other  ways  is  very 
prominently  identified  with  the  industrial,  business 
and  public  affairs  of  that  section.  Sheer  ability 
brought  Mr.  Laird  to  the  position  he  now  holds. 
From  a  modest  beginning  and  by  means  of  per- 
sistent industry  and  determination  he  has  risen  step 
by  step  to  his  present  responsible  duties,  and  it  is 
to  men  of  such  force  that  Idaho  is  indebted  for  the 
great  development  that  is  taking  place  within  her 
borders. 

Born  in  Winona.  Minnesota,  December  7,  1863, 
Mr.  Laird  grew  up  in  his  native  city,  receiving  there 
a  very  practical  educational  discipline,  as  he  is  a 
graduate  of  both  the  common  and  high  schools  of 
Winona.  After  leaving  school  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Winona,  with 
which  institution  he  remained  practically  a  quarter 
of  a  century.  Beginning  as  a  messenger  boy,  he 
soon  gave  promise  of  future  usefulness  in  more  im- 
portant relations.  He  was  honest,  thorough,  atten- 
tive to  details  and  obliging,  concomitants  of  charac- 
ter that  permitted  him  to  rise  in  the  confidence  of 
his  employers  and  won  him  successive  promotions 
until  he  became  cashier  and  manager  of  the  bank, 
the  position  in  which  he  was  serving  when  in  1905 
he  was  called  to  Idaho  to  take  charge  of  similar  but 
still  more  extensive  interests  for  which  were  needed 
a  wise  directive  head.  He  was  assistant  general 
manager  of  the  Potlatch  Lumber  Company,  until  he 
succeeded  as  general  manager  of  both  the  Potlatch 
Lumber  Company  and  the  Washington,  Idaho  and 
Montana  Railway  Company  Mr.  William  Deary,  who 
died  on  May  7,  1913.  The  Potlatch  Lumber  Com- 
pany has  the  distinction  of  operating  at  Potlatch  the 
largest  lumber  mill  in  the  world,  and  of  having  at 
Elk  River  the  most  modern  electric  lumber  manu- 
facturing plant  to  date.  He  is  president  and  active 
head  and  manager  of  the  Potlatch  State  Bank  and 
is  also  president  of  the  Elk  River  State  Bank,  and 
besides  these  responsible  duties  he  is  as  above  stated 
connected  with  the  Washington.  Idaho  and  Montana 
Railway  Company,  which  is  closely  identified  with 
the  general  interests  of  the  Potlatch  Lumber  Com- 
pany. He  has  a  remarkable  capacity  for  untiring 
labor  and  his  watchfulness,  his  genial  manners,  cool 
judgment  and  thorough  understanding  of  finance 
make  his  services  in  these  different  capacities  those 
of  the  most  efficient  order.  He  thoroughly  believes 
in  the  efficiency  of  a  good  education  for  fitting  men 
and  women  for  useful  citizenship  and  in  this  respect 
shares  the  views  of  the  Potlatch  Lumber  Company 
as  a  whole.  This  company  very  practically  demon- 
strated this  sentiment  by  erecting  at  Potlatch  a  fine, 
modern  school  building  and  it  maintains  a  full  corps 
of  well-trained  instructors  to  give  the  youth  of  this 
community  excellent  opportunities  for  a  practical 
education.  Mr?  Laird  is  chairman  of  the  school 
board  and  is  deeply  interested  in  promoting  the  best 
interests  of  the  school. 

The  old  trite  saying  that  "an  ounce  of  prevention 
is  worth  a  pound  of  cure"  has  been  applied  in  recent 
years  in  repard  to  forest  fires.  Throughout  most 
of  the  great  lumber  sections  of  the  West  a  system  of 
forest  patroling  has  been  established  in  an  endeavor 
to  prevent  the  great  losses  hitherto  so  often  sus- 
tained through  this  great  destroying  agency.  Mr. 


Laird  was  a  leading  spirit  in  organizing  the  fire  pro-  » 
tection  work  in  northern  Idaho  and  is  now  president 
of  the  Potlatch  Timber  Protective  Association, 
which  association  patrols  and  looks  after  a  district 
comprising  approximately  one  million  acres,  and  he 
is  also  president  of  the  North  Idaho  Forestry  Asso- 
ciation. In  political  affairs  Mr.  Laird  is  an  Inde- 
pendent Republican ;  he  takes  no  active  part  in  polit- 
ical work.  Fraternally  he  is  affiliated  as  a  member 
of  Potlatch  Lodge,  No.  66,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Union  church  at  Potlatch,  the  edifice  of  which 
also  is  the  contribution  of  the  lumber  company. 

Mrs.  Laird  was  Miss  Anna  Van  Blarcom  Mc- 
Cutchen  before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Laird  at  Win- 
ona, Minnesota,  on  October  7,  1891,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  McCutchcn,  of  that  city. 
Two  daughters,  Elizabeth  McCutchen  and  Charlotte, 
have  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laird. 

JOHN  A.  YOUNGKIN.  The  record  of  successful 
business  men  needs  no  introductory  preface  among 
the  citizens  of  their  community,  and  John  A.  Young- 
kin,  of  Richfield,  undoubtedly  belongs  to  the  class 
just  referred  to.  By  his  strict  personal  integrity 
and  honorable  dealings,  combined  with  brilliant  busi- 
ness qualifications,  he  has  become  not  only  one  of 
the  leading  men  in  industrial  and  commercial  circle* 
in  Lincoln  county,  but  also  one  of  the  most  highly 
respected  citizens  of  his  adopted  locality.  That  the 
life  of  such  a  person  should  have  its  public  record  is 
peculiarly  proper,  because  a  knowledge  of  men  whose 
substantial  fame  rests  upon  their  attainments,  char- 
acter and  success  must  necessarily  exert  a  whole- 
some influence  on  the  rising  generation  of  American 
people.  Mr.  Youngkin  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
a  son  of  Joseph  Youngkin,  who  came  to  Iowa  June 
9,  1864.  He  first  worked  by  the  day  and  then  rented 
a  farm  for  six  years.  In  1871  he  moved  to  Jasper 
county  and  still  resides  on  this  homestead,  being 
eighty-five  years  old  on  January  i,  1914. 

John  A.  Youngkin  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Jasper  county,  Iowa,  and  there  assisted  his  father  in 
the  work  of  the  home  farm  until  removing  to  Craig, 
Washington  county,  Nebraska,  where  he  entered  the 
livery  and  hotel  business.  Subsequently  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  the  western  part  of  the  same  state, 
where  he  followed  farming  and  engaged  in  govern- 
ment contracts  on  an  extensive  scale,  but  in  1889 
disposed  of  his  interests  and  came  overland  by 
wagon  to  Boise,  Idaho.  There  he  followed  contract- 
ing and  building,  some  of  the  largest  structures  of 
that  city  during  his  residence  there  being  erected  by 
him.  He  accumulated  considerable  properties  in 
Boise  that  he  still  owns,  and  also  had  a  fine  home 
there,  which  is  still  occupied  by  his  family.  He  was 
also  engaged  extensively  in  the  timber  business,  as  a 
rafter,  and  identified  himself  with  placer  mining 
operations  on  Moore's  Creek,  which  proved  decid- 
edly successful.  For  some  years  he  was  engaged  in 
contracting  with  the  Barber  Asphalt  Company,  in 
Boise,  hauling  the  gravel  and  sand  for  the  first  pave- 
ments in  Boise,  a  large  contract  necessitating  the  use 
of  many  teams.  In  1008,  when  the  town  of  Rich- 
field was  opened,  Mr.  Youngkin  came  to  this  place 
and  opened  a  blacksmith  shop  and  farm  implement 
store,  but  the  former  was  subsequently  discontinued, 
and  to  his  implement  stock  he  added  wagons  and 
buggies,  the  wholesale  hay  and  grain  business  fol- 
lowing. He  has  already  established  a  branch  store 
at  Camas  Prairie,  and  today  is  the  leading  business 
man  in  his  line  in  Lincoln  county.  He  has  the  repu- 
tation, and  his  record  bears  it  out,  of  being  one  of 
the  men  of  Idaho  who  have  done  and  are  doing  big 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


things  and  everywhere  he  is  held  in  the  highest  con- 
fidence and  esteem.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  number  ot 
fine  ranches  in  Lincoln  county  and  of  valuable  city 
realty  Mr.  Youngkiivs  success  in  Richfield  is  due 
to  the  fact  that  he  possessed  the  courage  of  his  con- 
victions, and  when  his  opportunity  came  he  did  not 
hesitate  to  grasp  it.  His  confidence  in  the  future  ot 
Richfield  and  its  commercial  interests  was  pro- 
nounced, and  this  confidence  has  been  vindicated  by 
the  development  of  the  prosperous  and  growing  busi- 
ness of  which  he  is  the  active  head.  His  success, 
however,  has  not  been  a  matter  of  chance,  as  he  is 
possessed  of  abilities  that  no  doubt  would  have  en- 
abled him  to  succeed  in  whatever  line  or  whatever 
locality  he  found  himself.  In  political  matters  he  is 
a  Republican,  while  fraternally  he  and  his  sons  are 
connected  with  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he  is  a 
trustee  while  his  son  Walter  is  secretary.  He  also 
holds  membership  in  the  local  lodge  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World. 

Mr.  Youngkin  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Susie  A.  Warrick,  also  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  they  have  two  sons:  Walter  A.  and  Owen. 
Walter  A.  was  born  November  14,  1882,  at  Craig, 
Nebraska,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Boise. 
At  this  time  he  is  manager  of  the  branch  store  at 
Camas  Prairie  and  is  recognized  as  a  young  man  of 
more  than  ordinary  business  ability.  Owen  Young- 
kin  was  born  July  15,  1884,  at  Craig,  Nebraska,  and 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Boise  county  and  the 
city  schools  of  Boise.  He  has  acquired  valuable 
ranch  lands  adjacent  to  Richfield,  and  like  his 
brother  is  associated  with  his  father  in  business,  the 
firm  being  known  as  the  Youngkin  Implement  Co. 

JOHN  S.  HICKEY.  On  the  twentieth  of  January, 
1913,  one  of  the  Boise  papers  began  one  of  its  lead- 
ing news  articles  with  the  following  words :  "By  the 
sudden  death  of  John  S.  Hickey,  at  his  home  last 
night  in  Nampa,  this  community  suffers  the  loss  of 
one  of  its  most  respected  and  progressive  citizens 
and  one  who  has  taken  an  important  part  in  the 
development  of  the  West,  particularly  of  southern 
Idaho,  during  the  past  forty  years." 

The  late  John  S.  Hickey  did  much  during  his  long 
lifetime  to  deserve  such  a  tribute  from  the  local 
press  of  the  state.  He  was  one  of  the  sturdy  men 
whose  lives  are  associated  with  the  things  which  will 
long  remain  permanent  in  the  business  and  the  eco- 
nomic life  of  the  community.  John  S.  Hickey  was 
born  at  Peekskill-on-the-Hudson,  in  New  York, 
April  8,  1845.  The  family  moved  West  to  Illinois 
in  1854,  and  he  attained  a  "common  school  education 
in  his  native  state  and  in  Illinois  and  in  1868,  when 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  ventured  out  into  the 
great  West.  He  located  soon  afterwards  at  Rawlins, 
Wyoming,  during  the  days  when  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad  was  being  completed  as  the  first  trans- 
continental line.  From  that  time  until  1890  he  re- 
mained in  the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  in  various 
executive  positions,  being  located  at  Pocatello  from 
1884  to  1890  as  master  mechanic  of  the  Oregon  Short 
Line  Railroad.  In  October,  1890,  he  accepted  the 
position  of  superintendent  of  the  foundry  depart- 
ment of  the  Anaconda  Copper  Mining  Company, 
Anaconda,  Montana,  remaining  with  them  until  the 
fall  of  1906,  when  he  removed  to  Nampa.  Mr. 
Hickey  located  permanently  in  Idaho  in  1884,  his 
first  home  being  at  Eagle  Rock,  and  in  1887  he 
located  at  Nampa  on  a  homestead,  the  land  of 
which  is  now  the  center  of  that  flourishing  city. 
Few  other  citizens  did  more  for  the  material,  the 
financial  and  the  moral  and  industrial  upbuilding 
of  his  home  city  than  Mr.  Hickey.  He  built  the  first 


brick  block  in  Nampa,  and  that  building  stood  until 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1909.  It  has  since  been  replaced 
by  a  modern  brick  structure  that  is  one  of  the  con- 
spicuous features  of  the  business  district.  He  was 
also  builder  of  the  Commercial  Building,  in  which 
the  Nampa  postoffice  is  located. 

In  1871  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Rockwell,  and 
three  children  were  born  to  their  union.  C.  R. 
Hickey  is  now  one  of  the  leading  real-estate  and 
insurance  men  of  southern  Idaho,  with  offices  at 
Nampa.  The  daughter  Cora  is  deceased,  and  Juliet 
is  the  wife  of  W.  C.  Dewey.  The  late  Mr.  Hickey 
became  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  at  Laramie, 
Wyoming,  during  his  early  residence  in  that  section 
and  never  transferred  his  membership  from  the 
lodge.  Mr.  Hickey,  among  his  extensive  real  estate 
possessions  in  Nampa,  owned  and  constructed  a 
beautiful  home,  where  his  death  occurred  and  where 
his  widow  now  resides.  The  late  Mr.  Hickey  had 
exceptional  ability  in  the  forming  of  close  and  inti- 
mate friendships.  He  was  a  friend  of  every  old- 
timer  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state,  and  every 
one  regarded  with  peculiar  affection  this  prosperous 
and  able  business  man  who  knew  so  well  how  to 
combine  success  and  vigorous  activities  with  a  kindli- 
ness and  sincerity  of  personal  relations  which  kept 
his  life  and  his  activities  completely  free  from  envy 
or  malice. 

FRANK  MILTON  LELAND.  The  name  of  Frank  Mil- 
ton Leland  is  one  that  is  well  known  throughout  the 
West,  especially  in  engineering  circles,  for  he  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  engineers  of  the  West,  and  has 
accomplished  some  of  the  most  important  work  that 
has  been  done  in  the  engineering  line  west  of  the 
Mississippi  river.  He  is  not  only  an  exceptionally 
able  man  in  his  profession  but  he  is  also  a  good  busi- 
ness man,  and  above  all,  in  spite  of  what  he  has 
accomplished,  he  has  remained  unspoiled,  a  modest, 
unassuming  man,  whose  chief  charm  to  Jiis  many 
friends  is  his  unconsciousness  of,  anything  in  himself 
of  which  to  be  vain. 

Frank  Milton  Leland  was  born  in  Ontario  county, 
New  York,  on  the  9th  of  March,  1858.  He  is  the 
son  of  Oscar  Madison  Leland,  who  was  also  born 
in  the  state  of  New  York  and  in  Orleans  county,  the 
date  of  his  birth  being  1829.  The  Leland  family 
trace  their  ancestry  back  through  a  long  line  of 
sturdy  pioneer  folk  to  Henry  Leland,  who  came  to 
this  country  from  England  in  1625.  Oscar  M.  Le- 
land was  a  farmer  and  was  a  battle  scarred  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  New  York  Infan- 
try, serving  for  two  years  and  nine  months,  during 
which  time  he  fought  in  a  number  of  battles  and 
was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  He  never 
recovered  from  the  wounds  he  received  during  his 
army  service  and  died  from  the  effects  of  these 
wounds  in  1868.  He  married  Cynthia  Woodin,  a 
native  of  Ontario  county,  New  York,  and  a  descen- 
dent  of  Scotch  ancestors.  She  is  yet  living  and  is  a 
resident  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Frank  Milton  Leland  was  the  only  child  born  to 
his  parents.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Saint  Joseph,  Missouri,  whither  his  parents  moved 
when  he  was  nine  years  of  age.  He  had  to  learn  to 
shift  for  himself  early  in  life  and  his  first  experience 
in  taking  care  of  himself  was  as  a  newsboy  in  the 
streets  of  Omaha,  Nebraska.  Machinery  always  had 
a  fascination  for  him  and  in  1873  he  received  an 
opportunity  to  follow  his  natural  bent,  and  as  an 
apprentice  in  the  shops  of  the  Illinois  Central  Rail- 
way at  Chicago,  spent  three  years,  learning  the  trade 
of  machinist.  At  the  end  o"f  this  time,  in  1876,  he 


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removed  to  Austin,  Nevada,  and  there  was  employed 
in  the  mines  as  machinist  and  mechanical  engineer. 
He  went  from  here  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  and 
thence  to  Lewis  District,  Nevada,  where  he  was  put 
in  charge  of  the  Starr  &  Grove  quartz  mills  as  fore- 
man. He  here  gained  much  valuable  experience  and 
a  wider  knowledge  than  he  had  been  able  to  gain 
anywhere  else.  His  experiences  in  mining  engineer- 
ing were  to  prove  invaluable  to  him  later  in  life. 
His  next  position  was  in  Tuscarora,  Nevada,  where 
he  was  chief  engineer  of  the  Navajo  and  North  Belle 
Isle  group  of  mines.  He  remained  here  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  and  during  this  time  he  accomplished 
what  was,  perhaps,  his  first  big  piece  of  engineering. 
This  consisted  of  the  erection  of  two  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  worth  of  machinery,  which  he  himself 
designed.  This  machinery  comprised  compressed  air 
machinery,  hoisting  machinery  and  stamp  mills.  He 
also  erected  many  large  plants  in  Nevada  and  Cali- 
fornia. He  built  the  first  permanent  electric  railroad 
in  the  state  of  California,  this  being  one  in  San 
Diego.  He  built  other  roads  of  this  description,  the 
one  at  Los  Angeles,  which  he  built  for  Col.  Howland, 
being  the  first  one  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  He 
was  also  the  constructor  of  the  first  electric  railway 
in  San  Jose,  this  being  the  San  Jose  &  Santa  Clara 
electric  road,  also  of  the  Oakland,  San  Leandro  & 
Haywards  electric  railway,  which  later  became 
known  as  the  Haywards  electric  railway.  After  these 
various  enterprises  had  been  carried  to  a  successful 
termination,  Mr.  Leland  became  manager  of  the  min- 
ing machinery  department  of  the  Risdon  iron  works, 
at  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he  remained  for 
ten  years. 

In  1905  he  resigned  this  position  and  removed  to 
Idaho,  where  he  came  direct  to  Mackay  and  took 
charge  of  the  old  White  Knob  mine.  At  this  time 
the  corporation  which  owned  the  mine  was  bankrupt 
and  that  anything  could  be  done  with  the  old  mine 
seemed  far  from  probable.  Mr.  Leland,  however, 
took  hold  of  the  business  and  in  a  short  time  the 
Empire  Copper  Company,  as  the  new  concern  was 
known,  was  making  the  old  mine  pay  dividends. 
These  holdings  have  developed  into  the  largest  cop- 
per producer  in  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  this  success 
is  largely  due  to  the  ability  and  determination  to 
succeed  of  Mr.  Leland.  He  is  president  of  the  Em- 
pire Copper  Company  and  also  of  the  Green  Back 
Gold  Mining  Company  of  Oregon.  He  has  other 
mining  interests  elsewhere,  among  these  being  the 
First  National  Copper  Company,  of  Coram,  Cali- 
fornia, in  which  company  he  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors. 

In  politics  Mr.  Leland  is  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  but  he  has  been  forced  to  give  his 
entire  time  to  business  and  has  contented  himself 
with  casting  his. vote,  not  caring  for  the  plums  of 
public  office.  In  the  fraternal  world  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Masons,  being  affiliated  with  Eden  lodge.  No. 
113,  of  San  Leandro,  California,  and  with  the  Royal 
Arch  Masons  in  the  chapter  in  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

In  Tuscarora,  California,  on  the  I7th  of  June, 
1884,  Mr.  Leland  married  Miss  Mary  Hart,  who  was 
born  in  California,  the  daughter  of  Charles  Hart. 
Three  children  "have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Leland,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Stanford  Leland. 
who  was  horn  on  the  26th  of  March.  1885,  and  Earl 
Leland.  whose  birth  took  place  on  August  16,  1888. 

In  this  short  sketch  scant  mention  only  can  be 
made  of  all  the  engineering  work  of  importance 
which  Mr.  Leland  has  accomplished,  but  one  of 
which  Mr.  Leland  is  proud  and  which  sorely  de- 
serves mention,  was  accomplished  in  connection  with 
the  Comstock  mines.  In  competition  with  eighteen 


other  engineers,  Mr.  Leland  made  plans  and  draw- 
ings for  the  draining  of  water  from  the  great  Com- 
stock mines.  His  plans  were  accepted  and  when 
put  into  service  proved  successful,  and  the  draining 
of  this  great  mine  was  considered  one  of  the  big 
engineering  feats  of  the  West,  and  did  much  toward 
winning  for  Mr.  Leland  the  reputation  which  he 
now  enjoys. 

ELWIN  E.  WILLIAMS.  Bellevtie,  Idaho,  includes 
among  its  enterprising  citizens  the  prosperous  young 
merchant  whose  name  introduces  this  sketch — Elwin 
E.  Williams,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  the  town, 
who  knows  everybody  here,  and  whose  record  is  as 
an  open  book. 

Mr.  Williams  dates  his  birth  January  14,  1887.  His 
father,  Mathew  Williams,  a  native  of  Vermont,  came 
out  to  Idaho  when  a  young  man  and  settled  here 
among  its  early  pioneers.  He  followed  farming  and 
mining,  took  an  active  part  in  politics,  and  rendered 
valuable  service  in  a  number  of  local  offices.  He  was 
at  one  time  a  county  commissioner  and  he  also  filled 
the  office  of  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  cen- 
tral committee.  He  was  a  man  of  high  ideals  and  of 
deep  religious  convictions,  was  prominent  in  the  Ma- 
sonic order,  and  was  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected in  Blaine  county.  He  died  in  1910,  at  the 
age  of  seventy  years,  and  his  remains  rest  in  the 
Bellevue  cemetery.  The  mother,  I.  ml  la  (Reed) 
Williams,  is  still  living  in  Bellevue.  She  was  born 
in  Kentucky  but  came  to  Idaho  previous  to  her  mar- 
riage. Of  her  five  children,  Elwin  E.  was  the  third 
born.  The  others  are:  Edith,  wife  of  Guy  U.  Le«, 
of  Blaine  county ;  Elmer  M.,  a  graduate  of  the  Idaho 
State  University,  is  married  and  a  resident  of  Belle- 
vue; Edna,  wife  of  John  L.  Johnson,  who  is  in  busi- 
ness at  Marshfield,  Oregon,  and  Raymond  H.,  now  a 
student  in  Rosatella  Academy. 

Elwin  E.  Williams  received  his  education  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Bellevue.  He  earned  his 
first  money  when  a  boy  of  ten  years,  working  on  a 
farm.  Up  to  the  time  he  was  nineteen  he  worked  in 
the  summer  and  attended  school  in  winter.  Then 
he  accepted  a  position  in  a  hardware  and  grocery 
store.  As  a  clerk,  he  learned  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness and  in  this  way  laid  the  foundation  for  a  busi- 
ness of  which  he  should  in  time  be 'the  head.  In  1908 
he  engaged  in  business  for  himself.  He  carries  a 
complete  line  of  hardware  and  groceries,  in  connec- 
tion with  which  he  also  conducts  a  meat  market. 

At  Bellevue,  June  22,  1911,  Mr.  Williams  married 
Miss  Nounda  E.  Clark,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Vaughn  Clark  of  this  place,  they  being  originally 
from  Ohio.  He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and 
she  of  the  Rebekah  Degree  Lodge.  Politically,  he 
is  a  Republican,  but  is  not  active  in  party  affairs,  his 
time  and  attention  being  wholly  taken  up  with  his 
business.  He  has  served  on  the  city  council  two 
terms  and  is  a  member  of  the  Bellevue  Commercial 
Club. 

IRVING  R.  DARROW.  president  of  the  Darrow 
Brothers  Seed  and  Supply  Company,  of  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho,  was  born  in  New  York  state,  on  the  28th 
day  of  February,  1860,  and  was  a  resident  of  his 
native  state  until  he  was  about  twenty  years  of  age. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  home  town  and  later  pursued  a  course  of  study 
at  Cazenovia  Seminary,  in  Cazenovia,  New  York. 

After  leaving  the  home  of  his  boyhood,  Mr.  Dar- 
row went  to  Michigan,  remaining  there  about  four 
years,  during  which  time  he  was  connected  with  a 
law  office  in  a  clerical  capacity.  He  was  not  satisfied 


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with  either  his  location  or  his  prospects,  and  his  next 
move  found  him  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained 
for  a  year,  engaged  there  in  the  same  line  of  work. 
At  the  end  of  a  year  he  moved  again,  this  time  to 
Colorado.  For  fifteen  years  Mr.  Darrow  was  con- 
nected actively  with  an  irrigation  project,  with  the 
exception  of  intervals  when  he  spent  a  year  in  Min- 
nesota in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  & 
St.  Paul  Railroad,  and  a  year  in  Montana  with  the 
Butte,  Anaconda  &  Pacific  Railroad.  In  1904  he 
came  to  Idaho,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been  a 
continuous  resident  of  this  state.  He  settled  first  in 
Twin  Falls  and  during  the  first  two  years  of  his 
residence  here  he  was  connected  with  the  Twin 
Falls  Land  &  Water  Company.  It  was  in  1906  that 
he  organized,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  George 
H.  Darrow,  the  establishment  known  as  the  Darrow 
Brothers  Seed  &  Supply  Company,  and  he  has  been 
its  active  head  and  president  up  to  the  present  day. 
The  firm  handles  a  full  line  of  seeds,  supplies  for 
the  bee  industry,  spraying  materials,  pumps,  etc.,  and 
is  one  of  the  thriving  and  prosperous  concerns  of 
the  city,  being  unique  in  the  line  of  its  operations 
and  the  only  firm  in  the  city  to  engage  in  that  busi- 
ness. Excellent  business  methods  have  characterized 
the  administration  of  their  affairs,  and  as  president 
of  the  company,  Mr.  Darrow  has  amply  demon- 
strated his  business  sagacity  and  acumen  in  the  com- 
munity. 

Mr.  Darrow  is  a  Republican  but  not  an  active  poli- 
tician. He  has,  however,  not  held  himself  aloof  from 
the  duties  of  public  service,  and  he  was  the  first  city 
clerk  of  Twin  Falls,  an  office  that  he  held  for  two 
years  and  in  his  official  capacity  demonstrated  an 
especial  fitness  for  public  service.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Commercial  Club  of  the  city,  and  with  his 
wife  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr. 
Darrow  has  accumulated  a  considerable  property  in 
and  about  Twin  Falls,  among  which  may  be  men- 
tioned an  item  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
farm  land  near  the  city,  and  the  care  of  the  place  is 
one  of  the  greatest  pleasures  of  his  life.  Dr.  Dar- 
row was  secretary  of  the  Twin  Falls  Canal  Company 
from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  the  canal  was 
turned  over  to  the  settlers,  and  did  most  excellent 
work  in  that  capacity.  He  has  in  manifold  ways 
proved  himself  a. worthy  citizen,  and  he  is  especially 
enthusiastic  about  the  resources  and  possibilities  of 
his  city  and  state. 

On  September  25,  1901,  Mr.  Darrow  was  married 
to  Miss  Lula  H.  Felt,  formerly  of  Idaho,  the  mar- 
riage occurring  at  Twin  Falls. 

RICHARD  M.  STROBRIDGE,  of  the  firm  of  Strobridge 
&  Smith,  coal  dealers  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  has  been 
a  resident  of  this  city  since  1908,  and  since  1910  has 
been  associated  in  his  present  business.  Previous  to 
entering  the  coal  business  he  had  spent  several  years 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  the  government  service,  and 
after  quitting  the  capital  city  of  the  United  States  he 
came  to  the  West  and  was  occupied  in  a  govern- 
ment survey  in  Idaho  and  Utah  for  something  like 
four  years  prior  to  entering  the  coal  business  in 
1910. 

Richard  M.  Strobridge  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, on  January  31,  1880.  When  he  was  eleven 
years  of  age  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Rochester, 
New  York,  where  he  lived  until  he  was  about  nine- 
teen years  of  age.  He  was  educated  in  the  Broad- 
street  school  of  Rochester  and  in  the  Cascadillac 
boarding  school  in  Ithaca,  New  York,  his  schooling 
continuing  until  he  was  nineteen  years  old.  He  left 
for  Washington,  D.  C.,  soon  after  quitting  school, 
and  there,  as  previously  mentioned,  he  entered  the 


government  service,  being  established  in  the  census 
department  for  a  time  and  later  being  located  in  the 
department  of  Indian  affairs.  He  continued  in  Wash- 
ington until  1906,  when  he  resigned  his  position  and 
came  to  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  and  accepted  a  position 
on  a  government  survey.  He  remained  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Twin  Falls  for  some  seven  months,  then 
went  to  Provo,  Utah,  and  for  two  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Telluride  Power  Company  in  the 
clerical  department  of  the  general  offices  of  the  com- 
pany. In  1908  Mr.  Strobridge  returned  to  Twin 
Falls,  where  he  acted  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  City  Lumber  Company,  and  in  1910  he  severed 
his  connection  with  that  concern  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  A.  D.  Smith  to  engage  in  the  coal  busi- 
ness. They  have  since  continued  in  the  industry 
and  are  forging  rapidly  to  the  front  ranks  as  dealers 
in  that  commodity.  Both  are  business  men  of  good 
judgment  and  splendid  reputation  in  the  city  and 
•.a  high  degree  of  prosperity  is  assured  them  in  their 
chosen  field. 

Mr.  Strobridge  is  an  Independent  Republican,  but 
takes  no  active  part  in  the  movements  of  the  party, 
beyond  fulfilling  the  demands  of  good  citizenship. 
He  was  reared  in  the  Presbyterian  faith  and  attends 
that  church,  but  is  not  a  member. 

EUGENE  O'NEILL.  It  is  a  most  encouraging  fact 
that  no  insurmountable  walls  of  fixed  custom,  no  im- 
possible barriers  of  caste  or  class,  prevent  the  enter- 
prising American  youth  from  working  his  way  up- 
ward from  lowly  surroundings  to  positions  of  re- 
sponsibility and  prominence  in  the  professional  or 
business  world,  and  the  career  of  Eugene  O'Neill  is 
an  exemplification  of  the  opportunities  here  afforded 
to  those  who  have  the  wish  and  the  will  to  do.  Mr. 
O'Neill  started  out  in  life  on  his  own  account  at  an 
early  age,  with  neither  influential  friends  nor  finan- 
cial resources ;  now  he  is  possessed  of  both.  A 
humble  schoolmaster,  studying  faithfully  in  his  spare 
hours  in  order  that  he  might  fit  himself  for  his  be- 
loved profession,  he  has  risen  to  be  one  of  the  lead- 
ing legists  of  his  state.  As  a  type  of  self-made  man- 
hood, no  better  example  could  be  found,  and  while 
the  limits  assigned  to  this  sketch  forbid  an  adequate 
description  of  his  struggles  to  success,  the  steps  by 
which  he  rose  from  obscurity  to  affluence  and  in- 
fluential position  may  be  traced  by  those  who  admire 
individuals  who  have  been  the  architects  of  their 
own  fortunes. 

Eugene  O'Neill  was  born  at  Stockbridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  I,  1850,  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  and  high  schools.  As  a  lad  he 
earned  his  first  money  at  pitching  hay,  for  which  he 
received  nine  dollars  per  month,  and  out  of  this  as- 
sisted in  supporting  the  family  and  managed  to  lay 
enough  aside  to  take  a  further  course  in  the  West- 
field  (Massachusetts)  Normal  school,  his  finances 
also  being  enlarged  by  teaching  two  terms  of  high 
school.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  being 
then  about  twenty-four  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  attended  Dart- 
mouth College  for  four  years,  and  graduated  there- 
from in  1878.  At  that  time  he  migrated  to  the  West, 
settling  first  in  Oakland,  California,  where  he  spent 
about  six  months  and  taught  school,  and  from  that 
city  went  to  Nevada  c'ounty,  in  the  same  state,  that 
being  his  home  for  nearly  five  years.  While  there 
he  began  to  study  law  in  the  evenings  and  on  Satur- 
days and  during  vacations,  and  eventually,  on  a  Fri- 
day evening,  he  closed  his  school,  took  the  examina- 
tion and  on  the  following  Tuesday  was  a  full-fledged 
lawyer,  havine  been  admitted  to  the  bar.  His  first 
offices  were  opened  at  Dayton,  Washington,  where 


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he  remained  six  months,  and  he  then  came  to  Lewis- 
ton,  Idaho,  in  1883.  During  the  thirty  years  that 
have  passed  since  that  time  his  success  has  been  of 
an  extensive  nature,  and  he  is  held  in  confidence  by 
the  public  and  in  high  regard  and  esteem  by  his  pro- 
fessional brethren.  Since  1897  he  has  served  in  the 
capacity  of  United  States  commissioner. 

On  November  15,  1883,  Mr.  O'Neill  was  married 
at  Dayton,  Washington,  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Toole,  who 
had  been  a  classmate  in  the  normal  school  in  Massa- 
chusetts, a  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  Toole, 
of  Dalton,  Massachusetts.  Three  children  were 
born  to  this  union,  namely :  Alice  Abigail,  who  is 
deceased;  Bernice,  who  married  John  W.  Greb  and 
resides  at  Spokane ;  and  Lawrence  1C.,  a  student  in 
the  law  department  of  the  State  University  at  Mos- 
cow, Idaho.  With  his  family,  Mr.  O'Neill  attends 
the  Christian  Science  church.  He  is  a  Mason  and 
an  Odd  Fellow  and  in  his  political  views  is  a  Re- 
publican, although  he  has  been  active  in  public  mat- 
ters rather  in  behalf  of  others  than  on  his  own  ac- 
count. His  home  and  family  are  his  principal  in- 
terests in  life,  although  he  also  takes  pleasure  in 
music  and  the  drama  and  good  literature.  Asked 
as  to  his  views  on  the  future  of  the  state,  he  in- 
variably replies  enthusiastically  that  he  has  absolute 
confidence  in  Idaho  in  every  way,  and  has  shown  his 
faith  by  making  various  investments  in  lands  and 
mining  properties.  He  believes  that  northern  Idaho 
is  one  of  the  richest  agricultural  sections  in  the 
world,  and  that  the  mining  and  timber  resources  are 
the  finest  to  be  found.  Another  feature  of  life  in 
Idaho,  according  to  Mr.  O'Neill,  is  its  citizenship,  its 
schools  and  universities  turning  out  young  men  and 
women  who  are  fitted  excellently  for  the  coming 
needs  of  the  state,  which  under  their  care  will  flour- 
ish proportionately. 

MAHLON  I.  MEEKER,  D.  D.  S.,  a  prominent  young 
member  of  the  dental  profession  in  eastern  Idaho, 
who  is  a  practitioner  of  dentistry  at  McCammon, 
Idaho,  and  also  conducts  a  drug  store  there,  claims 
Kentucky  as  the  state  of  his  birth  and  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Bowling  Green,  March  15,  1873.  When 
he  was  yet  an  infant  his  parents  moved  to  Ohio, 
where  they  resided  some  fifteen  years  before  chang- 
ing their  residence  to  Missouri.  Dr.  Meeker  received 
his  common  school  education  in  Ohio  and  after  the 
family's  removal  to  Missouri  he  completed  a  high 
school  course  and  a  special  course,  at  Minnehaha  In- 
stitute, Noble,  Missouri.  His  professional  training 
was  obtained  in  the  Kansas  City  College  of  Dental 
Surgery  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1895.  For  about  two  years  after 
his  graduation  he  remained  in  Missouri  and  then  in 
1897  he  •  came  West  to  seek  business  opportunity. 
Locating  at  Soda  Springs,  Bannock  county,  Idaho, 
he  practiced  dentistry  there  about  twelve  years,  after 
which  followed  an  extended  trip  to  the  coast.  On 
his  return  to  Idaho  he  located  at  McCammon,  Ban- 
nock county,  and  there  established  his  present  dental 
office,  in  connection  with  which  he  also  conducts 
the  Palace  Drug  Store.  His  interest  and  standing 
in  his  profession  in  this  section  is  indicated  by  his 
position  of  president  of  the  Eastern  Idaho  Dental 
Society,  and  he'is  no  less  energetic  and  capable  as 
a  business  man.  Politically  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
Republican  party  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  its 
work.  In  religious  faith  he  leans  toward  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  in  a  fraternal  way  he  is 
identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  has  filled  all  the 
executive  offices  of  the  subordinate  lodge  of  the  first 

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named  order  and  is  now  a  representative  in  the 
Idaho  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  As  the  owner  of  an  automobile  he 
is  enabled  to  enjoy  many  pleasures  in  visiting  differ- 
ent of  Idaho's  wealth  of  scenic  spots,  and  in  the  way 
of  sport  he  is  fond  of  hunting. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Meeker  took  place  at  Noble, 
Missouri,  February  27,  1891,  and  united  him  to  Miss 
Nettie  Ceilings,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Collings,  of  Ozark  county,  Missouri.  To  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Meeker  have  been  born  three  children,  Bessie 
B.  and  Agnes  A.,  and  a  son,  Ellis  C.,  now  deceased. 

DR.  JAMES  W.  HAYWARD,  a  successful  physician 
and  a  prominent  and  influential  citizen  of  Bear  Lake 
county,  Idaho,  whose  home  and  the  center  of  his 
practice  is  at  Paris,  the  county  seat,  is  a  young  man 
of  intrinsic  merit  as  a  man,  a  citizen  and  physician 
and  holds  a  most  honorable  standing  in  this  his 
native  community. 

He  was  born  at  Paris,  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho, 
March  30,  1879,  a  son  of  W.  T.  and  Ellen  (Neibaur) 
Hayward.  The  elder  Mr.  Hayward  is  a  native  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and  a  pioneer  of  Idaho,  having 
come  in  1875  to  Bear  Lake  county,  where  he  has 
since  followed  farming  and  where  he  yet  resides,  now 
sixty  years  of  age.  The  mother,  now  fifty-four 
years  old,  came  to  Bear  Lake  county  in  her  girl- 
hood and  is  therefore  also  a  pioneer  of  this  section. 
They  were  married  in  this  county  and  to  their  union 
have  been  born  twelve  children,  of  which  family 
James  W.  is  the  eldest. 

Dr.  Hayward's  youth  was  without  incident  save 
that  he  was  busily  engaged  in  securing  a  good  edu- 
cation, having  pursued  his  studies  first  in  the  common 
schools  of  Paris,  then  in  Fields  Academy  located 
there,  and  finally  in  the  Paris  high  school.  Mean- 
while he  was  earning  his  own  expenses  and  through 
his  own  exertions  he  also  provided  for  his  subse- 
quent professional  training.  He  was  ambitious  and 
of  determined  mind  and  early  decided  on  leading  a 
professional  life,  his  choice  being  medicine.  To  pre- 
pare for  such  labors  he  attended  Washington  Uni- 
versity, St.  Louis,  Missouri,  from  the  medical  de- 
partment of  which  he  was  graduated  in  1905.  Return- 
ing to  Paris  he  entered  at  once  into  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  rapidly  demonstrated  his  merits  as  a 
physician,  and  though  but  just  in  the  flush  of  his 
manhood  he  is  already  reckoned  among  the  leading 
practitioners  of  this  section,  with  a  large  and  stead- 
ily increasing  practice.  He  has  been  county  phy- 
sician of  Bear  Lake  county  six  years  and  was  re- 
appointed  to  that  office  in  1912,  and  one  of  his  means 
of  keeping  closely  in  touch  with  the  advances  of  his 
profession  in  thought  and  methods  is  as  a  member 
of  the  Southern  Idaho  Medical  Society.  He  is  also 
a  school  trustee  of  Paris  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Paris  board  of  education,  and  of  the  city  council. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints 
church,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  and  in  political 
views  he  is  identified  with  the  Republican  party. 

On  October  n,  1905,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah," 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Hayward  and 
Miss  Lillias  Budge,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  Budge  and  a  sister  of  Judge  Alfred  Budge, 
a  well  known  citizen  and  prominent  jurist  of  this 
state.  Three  children  have  entered  the  family  circle 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hayward:  William  and  Willis 
(twins),  born  July  22,  1906,  and  Clare,  born  March 
13,  1910. 

Dr.  Hayward  is  very  loyal  to  his  native  state,  be- 
lieves in  it  and  has  unbounded  faith  in  what  it  will 
become.  He  is  optimistic  also  as  to  the  future  of 
his  own  immediate  section,  where  he  considers  stock 


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farming  and  dairying  as  the  most  profitable  industrial 
vocations. 

EDWIN  F.  GUYON,  M.  D.  Among  the  professional 
men  of  commanding  eminence  in  eastern  Idaho  is 
Dr.  Edwin  F.  Guyon,  of  Montpelier,  a  gentleman 
highly  respected  for  talents,  attainment  and  worth, 
and  a  physician  who  has  state-wide,  even  national, 
reputation  for  his  interest  and  his  labors  in  the 
direction  of  checking  and  stamping  out  tuberculosis. 
The  noblest  end  of  biography  is  to  stimulate  by 
example,  to  encourage  by  the  picture  of  bravely 
crown  patient  conflict  with  untoward  conditions,  and 
Dr.  Guyon's  career  has  been  of  such  a  character  that 
a  review  of  it  will  serve  that  purpose. 

He  was  born  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1853,  the  son  of  Leon  John  and  Emily  Louise 
(Shattuck)  Guyon,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native 
of  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey  and  the  latter  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  The  father  had  come  from  his 
native  city  to  New  Orleans  at  an  early  day  as  a  con- 
tractor and  bridge  builder.  He  was  of  French 
Huguenot  ancestry  and  came  of  a  -family  that 
originated  in  this  country  with  Huguenot  refugees 
from  France  after  the  revocation  of  the  edict  of 
Nantes.  Edwin  F.  was  but  an  infant  when  his 
father  disappeared  and  no  trace  of  him  was  ever 
found.  In  1855  the  mother,  with  her  little  son,  then 
but  two  and  a  half  years  old,  removed  to  California, 
where  later  she  married  again.  Deciding  to  seek 
his  fortunes  in  the  North,  her  husband  left  the  family 
at  Sacramento,  California,  and  went  up  into  British 
Columbia,  where  he  secured  a  contract  from  the  cap- 
tain of  a  British  ship  to  supply  his  vessel  with  a 
cargo  of  mast  poles.  He  proceeded  to  fulfill  the 
order,  but  just  about  the  time  he  was  ready  for  the 
delivery  of  the  products  of  his  labor  a  heavy  storm 
set  in,  the  ship  was  destroyed  and  the  labor  of  a 
year  went  for  naught.  In  the  meantime  his  family 
had  joined  him  in  the  North.  After  this  disaster 
they  returned  to  Sacramento,  but  shortly  afterward 
removed  to  Portland,  Oregon,  which  was  then  a 
mere  village  and  where  Dr.  Guyon  attended  school 
to  the  age  of  twelve.  His  step-father  then  bought 
some  Indian  cattle  and  began  ranching  at  Pilot 
Rock,  Oregon,  and  Edwin  was  taken  there  to  assist 
in  farm  work.  He  knows  well  what  cowboy  life 
meant  according  to  the  order  of  the  old  West,  and 
the  remuda,  the  round-up,  the  chuck-wagon,  brand- 
ing, roping  and  cutting-out  are  all  terms  that  are 
familiar  to  him  from  his  own  experience.  His  life, 
for  the  most  part,  passed  in  this  manner  until  about 
twenty-five  years  of  age,  when  his  mother  died  at 
Pilot  Rock,  Oregon,  on  March  20,  1878,  at  the  age 
of  forty-nine  years.  He  then  bought  a  few  cattle, 
going  in  debt  for  most  of  them,  and  took  up  ranch- 
ing independently,  following  it  for  a  short  time  and 
succeeding  so  well  that  at  the  end  of  his  first  year 
he  was  practically  free  of  debt.  In  the  meantime, 
being  of  a  studious  nature  and  intent  on  securing  a 
good  education,  he  had  pursued  studies  at  Walla 
Walla  College,  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1875  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts.  In  1879,  having  decided' to  follow 
medicine  as  his  life  pursuit,  he  matriculated  at  the 
University  of  Cincinnati,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  to  pre- 
pare for  this  profession  and  remained  a  student  there 
until  1891,  when  he  was  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  on  March  5.  To  be  more  fully  prepared 
for  the  most  efficient  service  he  took  a  year  of  post- 
graduate work  in  the  same  institution  and  then  came, 
to  Pendleton,  Oregon,  to  commence  the  practice  of 
his  profession.  He  was  very  successful  from  the 
start  and  continued  at  Pendleton  until  February  28, 


1896,  when  he  changed  his  location  to  Montpelier, 
Idaho,  beginning  his  professional  services  there  on 
March  3,  1896,  and  continuing  thus  engaged  until 
1900,  when  he  received  the  appointment  of  assistant 
surgeon  for  the  Diamond  Coal  Company,  Diamond- 
ville,  Wyoming,  whence  he  removed  and  remained 
three  years.  From  1897  to  1903  he  was  also  assist- 
ant surgeon  for  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad. 
Returning  to  Montpelier  in  1903,  he  again  soon  com- 
manded an  extensive  practice  and  has  become  well 
known  as  one  of  the  ablest  physicians  of  eastern 
Idaho.  In  1907  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
state  board  of  medical  examiners  by  Governor  Stu- 
enenberg  and  was  the  author  of  the  law  passed  at  that 
time  by  the  Idaho  legislature.  In  1911  he  was  ap- 
pointed the  sole  representative  of  Idaho  to  the  con* 
vention  on  tubercular  diseases  held  at  Denver  by 
the  National  Association  of  Physicians  for  the  cure 
and  prevention  of  tuberculosis,  and  in  1912  was  ap- 
pointed again  by  the  state  as  one  of  five  representa- 
tives to  the  International  Convention  on  Hygiene  and 
Demography  held  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in  Septem- 
ber of  that  year.  That  same  month  and  year  he  was 
a  representative  to  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  held  at  Win- 
nipeg, Canada,  which  convention  had  for  one  of  its 
purposes  the  taking  of  steps  to  provide  a  hospital 
where  members  of  that  order,  of  whatever  national- 
ity, suffering  from  tuberculosis,  may  be  treated  and 
cared  for.  He  is  a  man  of  enlarged  sympathies,  is  a 
prominent  and  highly  valued  member  of  this  old  and 
honored  fraternity  and  has  sat  in  its  Sovereign  Grand 
Lodge  as  Grand  Patriarch  representing  the  Idaho 
Encampment  of  this  order.  His  other  fraternal  asso- 
ciations are  as  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.-  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  Montpelier  city  council  in  1910  and  1911. 
In  his  religious  views  he  is  broad  and  liberal  and  is  a 
conscientious  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Dr.  Guyon  has  been  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Miss  Marguerite  Jones,  to  whom  he 
was  united  July  6,  1879,  at  Pilot  Rock,  Oregon,  and 
who  bore  him  two  children :  Maude,  born  at  Pilot 
Rock,  March  27,  1880,  who  is  now  Mrs.  D.  F.  Brown 
and  has  three  children ;  and  Lafayette  M.  Guyon, 
born  at  Pendleton,  Oregon,  June  4,  1890,  who  resides 
at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  is  married  and  has  two  chil- 
dren. The  second  marriage  of  Dr.  Guyon  took  place 
at  Montpelier,  Idaho,  in  1903,  and  united  him  to  Miss 
Effie  M.  Burke.  To  this  union  have  been  born  three 
children:  Edwin  Fenemore,  born  in  January,  1905, 
who  is  now  attending  school  at  Montpelier;  Windle 
Shattuck,  born  in  1907,  and  Royal  C.,  born  in  1909. 

Possessed  of  a  mind  of  rare  strength  and  sym- 
metry, well  stored  with  the  thrifty  study  of  years, 
Dr.  Guyon  has  achieved  much  in  his  calling.  He 
started  out  in  life  a  poor  boy  and  by  reason  of  his 
own  efforts,  force  of  energy  and  predominating  will- 
power he  has  risen  from  an  humble  station  in  life 
to  one  of  competence,  distinction  and  eminence. 
When  he  came  of  responsible  age  he  most  com- 
mendably  assisted  in  providing  for  his  mother,  and 
when  older  he  secured  a  good  education  through  his 
own  exertions,  all  portraying  the  moral  heroism  and 
self-sacrifice  that  have  made  him  a  good  physician 
and  an  honor  to  the  profession.  In  every  aspect 
of  his  character  he  is  broad,  liberal  and  enlightened 
and  closely  in  touch  with  the  higher  and  better  de- 
velopment of  society.  He  believes  like  many  of  his 
fellow  citizens  that  Idaho  has  the  brightest  future 
of  any  state  of  the  Union.  He  bases  his  belief  on 
the  facts  that  there  are  vast  mineral  deposits  here 
yet  undeveloped ;  thousands  of  acres  of  arid  land  of 
phenomenal  fertility  when  water  is  provided;  a 


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wealth  of  the  most  beautiful  scetwry  to  be  found  in 
the  world;  and  those  amenities  of  climate  that  make 
it  the  most  healthful  spot  to  be  found  anywhere. 
The  last  named  asset,  the  health  giving  power,  he 
believes  will  in  time  give  Idaho  world-wide  renown 
when  the  state's  great  mineral  springs,  hot  and  cold, 
are  availed  of  and  proper  sanitariums  have  been 
built.  At  Montpelier  Dr.  Guyon  has  erected  a  beau- 
tiful home  for  his  family  and  here  he  hopes  to  spend 
his  remaining  years. 

J.  Lucius  BUTTOLPH.  One  of  the  most  successful 
of  the  younger  merchants  of  Idaho  is  J.  Lucius  But- 
tolph  of  Twin  Falls,  where  he  conducts  the  only 
exclusive  shoe  store  in  town.  Mr.  Buttolph  is  a 
young  citizen  of  Idaho,  came  here  several  years  ago 
from  Vermont,  fresh  from  college,  and  is  one  of 
many  college  men  now  making  success  and  exercising 
a  large  influence  in  the  affairs  of  the  state. 

J.  Lucius  Buttolph  was  born  at  Middlebury,  Ver- 
mont, March  2,  1888,  a  son  of  J.  Edway  and  Fannie 
(Smith)  Buttolph.  His  father  was  also  a  native  of 
Vermont,  where  he  still  resides,  and  is  one  of  the 
largest  stock  farmers  in  Vermont.  He  has  fifteen 
hundred  acres  of  land,  and  besides  the  large  busi- 
ness comprised  in  the  conduct  of  this  estate,  he  is 
also  an  expert  in  highway  construction,  and  has 
done  much  important  work  in  that  line  in  Vermont. 
There  were  four  children  in  the  family,  two  sons 
and  two  daughters,  and  both  the  daughters  were 
also  college  graduates. 

J.  Lucius  Buttolph  attended  the  local  public  schools 
as  a  boy,  and  in  1909  was  graduated  from  Middle- 
bury  College,  thus  receiving  the  customary  New  Eng- 
land training  in  school  and  being  well  equipped  for 
a  successful  career.  In  September,  only  a  few 
months  after  graduation  from  college,  Mr.  Buttolph 
came  out  to  Idaho,  and  located  at  Twin  Falls.  For 
the  first  year  he  was  employed  in  surveying  in  con- 
nection with  the  North  Side  and  the  Salmon  River 
patch,  portions  of  the  large  development  projects 
under  the  Kuhn  interests.  In  the  fall  of  1910  Mr. 
Buttolph  found  a  place  as  clerk  in  the  Bowman  & 
Monroe  Shoe  Store  at  Twin  Falls.  In  three  months' 
time  he  was  so  satisfied  with  his  experience  in  this 
line  of  merchandising  that  he  bought  a  third  interest 
in  the  partnership.  Then  in  January,  1912,  he  bought 
out  Mr.  Bowman,  the  firm  thus  becoming  Buttolph 
&  Monroe,  and  in  January,  1913,  he  became  sole 
owner,  and  now  conducts  by  far  the  best  shoe  estab- 
lishment in  Twin  Falls. 

On  July  31,  1912,  Mr.  Buttolph  married  Miss  Mabel 
Martin,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H.  Martin, 
of  Middlebury,  Vermont,  where  her  father  is  one 
of  the  leading  physicians  and  surgeons.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Buttolph  are  members  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  are  both  college  people,  and  cherish 
many  of  the  associations  and  ideals  of  their  college 
days.  Mr.  Buttolph  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  College  fraternity,  while  Mrs.  Buttolph  has 
membership  in  the  Alpha  Chi  Sorority.  His  other 
fraternal  associations  are  with  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

SAMUEL  H.  HAYS.  A  resident  of  Idaho  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  Mr.  Hays  has  not  only 
gained  prestige  as  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the 
bar  of  this  state  but  has  also  been  most  prominently 
identified  with  the  civic,  and  material  development 
and  progress  of  the  commonwealth  in  which  his 
interests  have  been  long  centered.  He  served  with 
marked  distinction  as  attorney  general  of  Idaho  and 
has  had  much  to  do  with  the  shaping  of  governmental 
policies  tn  the  state,  the  while  his  ability  and  sterling 


attributes  of  character  have  made  him  one  of  the 
essentially  representative  men  of  the  fine  common- 
wealth to  which  this  edition  is  devoted.  He  is  well 
known  thioughout  the  northwest  and  he  is  entitled 
to  special  consideration  in  this  publication  as  one  of 
the  broad-minded,  liberal  and  progressive  citizens 
who  have  done  much  to  further  the  advancement  and 
substantial  upbuilding  of  Idaho. 

Mr.  Hays  was  born  at  Juneau,  Dodge  county,  Wis- 
consin, on  the  iSth  of  May,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of 
Judge  James  B.  and  Permelia  (Hubbard)  Hays,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  the 
latter  in  the  state  of  New  York,  their  marriage  having 
been  solemnized  in  VVisconsin.  Judge  Hays  became 
a  resident  of  Wisconsin  in  1845  and  attained  to  prom- 
inence as  one  of  the  representative  members  of  the 
bar  of  that  state.  There  he  maintained  his  home 
until  1885,  when  he  came  with  his  family  to  Idaho, 
where  he  attained  to  special  distinction  as  a  legist 
and  jurist.  He  was  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court 
of  the  territory  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1888,  at 
the  age  of  forty-nine  years,  and  his  name  merits  an 
enduring  place  on  the  roll  of  the  influential  and 
honored  pioneers  of  this  commonwealth.  His  widow, 
who  is  now  nearly  seventy  years  of  age,  returned  to 
Wisconsin  and  now  resides  at  Grand  Rapids,  that 
state.  Of  the  three  children  the  eldest  is  Samuel  H., 
to  whom  this  sketch  is  dedicated ;  James  A.  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Tacoma,  Washington;  and  Elizabeth  is  the 
wife  of  Fred  Staff,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Wisconsin. 
Judge  Hays  was  a  man  of  fine  intellectual  and  pro- 
fessional attainments  and  his  character  was  the  posi- 
tive expression  of  a  strong  and  noble  nature.  He  was 
an  effective  and  ardent  advocate  of  the  principles  of 
the  Democratic  party  and  was  a  prominent  figure  in 
its  councils  in  Wisconsin  and  later  in  Idaho.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  as  is  also  his 
widow,  and  the  latter  has  long  been  zealous  in  church 
work. 

Samuel  H.  Hays  gained  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  state,  and  after  attending 
the  high  school  at  Horicon,  Wisconsin,  he  entered  the 
Northwestern  University  at  Watertown,  Wisconsin, 
in  which  he  continued  his  studies  for  one  year. 
Thereafter  he  proved  a  successful  representative  of 
the  pedagogic  profession,  and  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing at  Iron  Ridge,  Wisconsin.  He  began  the  study 
of  law  under  the  able  preceptorship  of  his  honored 
father,  at  Horicon,  Wisconsin,  and  made  rapid 
progress  in  his  absorption  and  assimilation  of  the 
science  of  jurisprudence.  He  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age  at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to  Idaho, 
in  1885,  and  shortly  afterward  he  assumed  the  office 
of  deputy  clerk  of  the  district  court  in  Bingham 
county,  with  residence  at  Blackfoot,  the  judicial 
center  of  the  county.  Later  he  became  clerk  of  the 
United  States  court  of  the  Third  district,  comprising 
the  entire  eastern  portion  of  the  territory,  and  in 
1888  he  assumed  a  similar  office  for  the  Second  dis- 
trict, comprising  the  entire  southwestern  part  of  the 
territory.  In  this  connection  he  established  his  home 
in  Boise  and  he  has  since  continued  his  residence  in 
the  beautiful  capital  city  of  Idaho.  In  1889  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  territory,  upon  examination 
before  the  Supreme  court,  of  which  he  served  as  clerk 
in  that  year.  In  1890,  the  year  in  which  Idaho  was 
admitted  as  one  of  the  sovereign  states  of  the  Union, 
Mr.  Hays  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Boise,  and  he  has  long  held  distinct  precedence  as  one 
of  the  able  and  influential  members  of  the  bar  of  the 
state,  the  while  his  prominence  in  public  affairs  has 
been  an  evidence  of  his  capacity  for  leadership  in 
thought  and  action. 
In  politics  Mr.  Hays  is  a  stalwart  advocate  of 


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the  principles  and  policies  for  which  the  Demo- 
cratic party  stands  sponsor  and  he  has  been  one  of 
the  most  active  and  influential  workers  in  behalf 
of  its  cause  in  Idaho.  He  served  as  a  member  of 
the  city  council  oi  Boise  in  1894-5  and  in  1898  there 
came  a  distinctive  recognition  of  his  ability  and 
personal  popularity  in  his  election  to  the  important 
office  of  attorney  general  of  the  state.  He  served 
during  the  term  of  1889-90,  under  the  second  admin- 
istration of  Governor  Steunenberg,  and  had  charge 
of  and  directed  the  legal  affairs  of  the  state  under 
the  conditions  of  martial  law  adopted  for  the  preser- 
vation of  order  at  the  time  of  the  memorable  riots 
in  the  Coeur  d'Alene  mining  district,  incidental  to 
•which  Governor  Steunenberg  was  made  the  victim 
oi  a  cowardly  assassin.  This  was  a  deplorable 
chapter  in  the  history  of  Idaho,  and  to  the  earnest 
and  indefatigable  efforts  of  Mr.  Hays  in  his  official 
capacity  was  due  in  large  measure  the  able  handling 
of  the  situation.  He  was  the  author  of  the  so-called 
permit  proclamation  of  the  martial-law  measure,  the 
same  having  been  made  expedient  in  connection  with 
•the  tactics  adopted  by  the  rioting  miners.  While 
serving  as  attorney  general  Mr.  Hays  made  the 
-original  draft,  in  association  with  D.  W.  Ross,  state 
-engineer,  of  the  form  of  state  contract  used  in  con- 
nection with  projects  advanced  under  the  provis- 
ions of  the  Carey  Act,  which  governs  the  method 
-of  operation  of  Carey  Act  irrigation  projects  under 
•which  the  great  irrigation  development  of  Idaho  has 
taken  place. 

Mr.  Hays  has  been  aggressive  and  prominent  in 
the  promotion  of  measures  and  enterprises  that 
liave  significantly  conserved  the  industrial  and  civic 
•development  and  progress  of  the  state,  and  a  more 
loyal  and  appreciative  citizen  can  not  be  found  within 
its  borders.  After  his  retirement  from  the  office  of 
attorney  general  he  necame  prominently  concerned  in 
the  organization  of  the  Twin  Falls  Land  &  Water 
Company,  and  later  he  became  legal  representative 
of  this  important  corporation,  which  has  developed 
.a  splendid  irrigation  system,  affording  facilities  for 
a  tract  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  and  with 
a  canal  construction  of  nearly  one  thousand  miles. 
The  progressive  enterprise  of  this  company  has 
made  possible  the  development  and  upbuilding  of 
one  of  the  most  attractive  and  opulent  sections  of 
the  state.  Mr.  Hays  also  became  attorney  for  the 
Twin  Falls  North  Side  Land  &  Water  Company, 
which  supplies  irrigation  facilities  to  a  tract  of  fully 
two  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  acres,  in  Lincoln 
and  Elmore  counties,  and  the  main  irrigation  canal 
constructed  by  this  corporation  is  nearly  one  hun- 
dred miles  in  length.  Mr.  Hays  also  was  connected 
with  the  organization  of  the  Twin  Falls  &  Salmon 
River  Land  &  Water  Company,  which  has  developed 
what  is  commonly  designated  as  the  Salmon  river 
project.  This  project  was  one  of  most  important 
order  and  its  splendid  water  supply,  providing  for 
•eighty  thousand  acres,  is  taken  from  fine  modern 
reservoirs  which  receive  water  from  a  dam  on 
the  Salmon  river.  This  dam  is  of  concrete  con- 
struction and  is  two  hundred  and  thirty  feet  in 
"height.  Mr.  Hays  is  attorney  for  each  of  the  corpo- 
rations mentioned  and  his  interposition  in  this  im- 
portant field  of  enterprise  has  also  been  potent 
through  his  service  as  attorney  for  the  Twin  Falls 
•&  Oakley  Land  &  Water  Company,  which  is  de- 
veloping the  Oakley  project,  in  Cassia  county — 
covering  a  tract  of  fifty  thousand  acres.  The  aggre- 
gate expenditure  in  effecting  the  improvements  in- 
stituted by  the  companies  mentioned  will  approxi- 
mate twelve  million  dollars.  Mr.  Hays  is  also  attor- 
ney for  the  Shoshone  &  Twin  Falls  Water  Com- 


pany, which  has  splendid  power  plants  at  Shoshone 
Falls,  on  the  Snake  river,  and  also  upon  the  upper 
and  lower  falls  of  the  Salmon  river.  This  corpo- 
ration and  its  allied  interests  has  in  commission  four 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  power  line  and  covers 
the  district  from  Blackfoot  in  Bingham  county,  to 
Mountain  Home,  Elmore  county.  He  is  likewise 
attorney  for  the  Idaho  Southern  Railroad,  the  line 
of  which  extends  from  Gooding  to  Jerome  and  from 
Milner  to  Oakley,  so  that  it  traverses  one  of  the  best 
districts  in  the  state.  Mr.  Hays,  as  may  be  inferred 
from  the  foregoing  statements,  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  corporation  lawyers  in  the  state,  and  his 
activities  in  connection  with  industrial  and  con- 
structive enterprises  of  broad  scope  and  importance 
have  been  most  prolific  and  effective.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Twin  Falls  Investment 
Company,  and  in  effecting  this  organization  he  was 
associated  with  I.  B.  Ferine,  Robert  M.  McCollum, 
C.  B.  Hurtt,  George  F.  Sprague  and  other  repre- 
sentative citizens.  This  company  instituted  the  de- 
velopment of  colonization  in  connection  with  the 
Twin  Falls  Water  &  Land  Company  and  other  cor- 
porations previously  mentioned,  and  during  its 
period  of  constructive  activity  it  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  of  its  kind  in  the  entire  state,  its 
last  work  having  been  in  conducting  the  sale  of  lands 
in  connection  with  the  Salmon  river  project  already 
noted,  the  company  having  sold  the  water  rights  for 
sixty-seven  thousand  acres  of  land  within  the  phe- 
nomenally brief  period  of  sixty-seven  hours,  and 
these  rights  having  been  sold  at  the  rate  of  forty 
dollars  an  acre. 

Mr.  Hays  takes  a  vital  interest  in  all  that  touches 
the  welfare  and  progress  of  his  home  city  and  state, 
and  this  interest  is  shown  through  effective  in- 
fluence and  tangible  co-operation.  He  is  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  councils  of  the  Democratic  party  in 
Idaho  and  has  given  effective  service  in  behalf  of 
the  party  cause.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  popular 
members  of  the  Idaho  State  Bar  Association,  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  attend  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Hays  finds  recreation  and  pleasure  in  athletic 
sports  and  in  hunting  and  fishing  trips  through  the 
idyllic  mountains  and  valleys  of  Idaho.  He  has  a 
beautiful  modern  residence  in  Boise  and  the  same  is 
known  as  one  of  the  most  hospitable  homes  in  the 
capital  city,  as  it  is  a  center  of  much  of  the  repre- 
sentative social  activities  of  the  community. 

On  the  ist  of  March,  1888,  at  Blockford,  Idaho, 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hays  to  Miss 
Gertrude  Lindsey,  daughter  of  James  C.  Lindsey  and 
Samanthi  Lindsey  of  Pittsfield,  Illinois.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hays  became  the  parents  of  six  children,  and 
one  son  died  in  infancy ;  James  B.  is  a,  civil  engineer 
by  profession  and  maintains  his  home  in  Boise; 
Elizabeth  is  a  member  of  the  class  of  1914  in  the 
University  of  Idaho ;  Samuel  D.  is  a  student  in  the 
Boise  high  school ;  and  Gertrude  and  Permelia,  who 
are  twins,  were  born  on  the  6th  of  September,  1896. 

CARLYLE  HALL.  The  Jensen  Creamery  is  fortunate 
indeed  in  having  at  its  head  as  manager,  Carlyle  Hall, 
who  has  been  connected,  with  business  affairs  in 
Idaho  since  Jan.  7,  1909.  By  nativity  he  is  a  son 
of  Illinois,  wihch  state  is  still  the  home  of  his 
parents,  James  and  Emeline  (Estel)  Hall.  Both 
were  born  in  the  Prairie  state,  where  also  they  were 
married.  At  their  home,  twelve  miles  northwest  of 
Springfield,  the  Illinois  capital,  occurred  the  birth 
of  Carlyle  Hall,  the  second  of  their  seven  children, — 
his  natal  day  "being  February  n,  1875. 

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town  of  Athens,  Illinois,  were  the  educational  insti- 
tutions which  contributed  to  Mr.  Hall's  youthful 
development.  At  an  early  age  he  yielded  to  am- 
bitious impulses  toward  self-support  and  accepted  a 
position  as  salesman  with  the  farm  implement  firm 
of  Schermerhorn  &  Cook,  at  Springfield,  Illinois, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  four  years,  between  the 
ages  of  twenty  and  twenty-four. 

Being  much  interested  in  farming  machinery,  Mr. 
Hall  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Vermont  Farm 
Machine  Company, — manufacturers  of  dairy  machin- 
ery, at  Bellows  Falls,  Vermont,  for  whom  he  acted 
as  salesman,  traveling  through  both  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  with  special  attention  to  the 
business  in  Illinois,  Missouri,  Wisconsin  and  Iowa, 
and  with  his  central  location  at  Freeport,  Illinois, 
for  three  years;  Later,  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  for  five 
years.  As  supervising  salesman  for  the  firm,  he 
had  charge  of  the  immense  business  above  indicated 
for  a  period  of  eight  years,  the  same  being  confined 
to  the  states  mentioned,  and  he  also  had  charge  of 
the  salesmen  employed  in  those  states.  In  January, 
1909,  his  firm  moved  him  and  family  to  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  from  which  vantage  point  he  was  to 
supervise  the  work  of  his  company  in  Utah,  Idaho, 
Colorado,  Nevada,  and  Wyoming.  During  that  time 
he  had  constant  oversight  of  from  five  to  seven  sales- 
men, and  numerous  local  agents  handling  dairy 
machinery,  principally  the  United  States  Cream  Sep- 
arator. 

In  the  autumn  of  1909,  Mr.  Hall  notified  his  firm 
that  it  was  his  wish  to  resign  from  the  service,  but 
they  were  exceedingly  loath  to  release  him.  How- 
ever, he  resigned  and  on  January  i,  1910,  became 
sales  manager  for  the  Jensen  Creamery  Company,  for 
one  year  covering  the  western  country  from  San 
Francisco,  California,  to  Portland,  Oregon,  in  that 
capacity,  and  in  the  year  1911,  field  superintendent  for 
Jensen  Creamery  Company  of  Salt  Lake  City.  On 
April  17,  1912,  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of 
manager  for  the  Jensen  Creamery  Company's  plants 
at  Idaho  Falls,  Buhl,  and  Pocatello,  Idaho,  which 
position  he  now  occupies. 

Aside  from  his  regular  employment,  Mr.  Hall  has 
other  business  interests  in  the  way  of  investments, 
notably  in  connection  with  the  Reed  Development 
Company,  whose  land  near  Milford,  in  Millard 
county,  Utah,  is  one  thousand  acres  in  extent  and 
is  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  rye  and  other  grains. 

Fraternal  organizations  have  ever  welcomed  Mr. 
Hall  as  a  member,  his  associations  with  such 
societies  including  his  membership  in  the  Wasatch 
Blue  Lodge  Masonic  order  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah ; 
the  United  States  Association  of  Commercial  Trav- 
elers; the  Iowa  State  Travelers'  Association;  and 
the  American  Traveling  Man's  Health  Association 
of  Indianapolis,  Ind.  His  also  a  policy  holder  in  the 
Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

Mr.  Hall  is  independent  in  politics,  and  he,  with 
his  family,  is  connected  with  the  Church  of  the 
Disciples.  His  home  life  as  an  benedict  began  when 
on  December  19,  1904,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Estelle  Potter,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
Mrs.  Hall's  parents  were  Edward  and  Martha  Mc- 
Henry  Potter,  the  former  of  whom  is  still  living  at 
Petersburg,  Illinois.  Two  little  ones  have  come 
to  their  home,  The  elder,  Dorothy  Isabel!,  was  born 
in  Peoria,  Illinois,  Cottage  Hospital,  on  July  19, 
1906,  and  is  now  one  of  the  small  students  in  the 
Pocatello  public  schools ;  the  younger,  Harold  Potter 
Hall,  was  born  in  Peoria  Cottage  Hospital,  on  No- 
vember 22,  1907,  and  is  yet  in  his  mother's  care  at 
their  attractive  home  in  Pocatello. 


Mr.  Hall  is  a  citizen  worth  having  in  Pocatello, 
for  he  is  of  the  type  to  which  success  ever  comes, 
through  innate  vigor  and  enterprise  and  the  appli- 
cation of  those  qualities.  He  has,  say  his  friends, 
made  good  from  the  first.  He  believes  that  Idaho 
has  more  for  the  man  of  small  means  than  has- 
any  other  state  in  the  Union,  particularly  because 
of  the  fact  that  all  business  here  is  in  its  early  stages, 
and  is  bound  to  develop  with  increasing  financial 
returns.  "In  Idaho,"  he  asserts,  "I  find  the -most 
progressive  spirit  in  the  United  States."  Of  such 
spirit  he  is  in  himself  an  excellent  example. 

FRANCIS  PALMER  RICHARDS,  M.  I.).,  who  is  identi- 
fied with  a  private  hospital  at  Mackay,  Idaho,  and 
whose  practice  extends  over  a  wide  territory,  is 
one  of  the  most  popular  young  physicians  of  the 
state. 

Dr.  Richards  is  a  native  of  New  Jersey.  He  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Newark,  May  3,  1877,  a  son  of 
H.  R.  and  Mary  (Schultz)  Richards,  the  former 
a  native  of  New  Jersey  and  the  latter,  of  New 
York.  H.  R.  Richards  was  born  in  1857,  spent 
many  years  as  a  commission  merchant  in  Newark,' 
Jersey  City  and  Paterson,  and  is  now  living  retired 
in  Belvidere,  New  Jersey.  Dr.  Richards'  mother 
died  in  1889,  at  the  age  of  thirty-four  years,  leaving 
two  children :  Francis  P.  and  Gordon  J.,  the  latter 
residing  with  his  father.  Francis  P.  Richards 
attended  high  school  at  Newark  and«  a  preparatory 
school  at  Hightstown,  New  Jersey,  and  was  then 
a  student  four  years  in  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, two  years  in  the  college  department  and  a 
similar  period  in  the  medical  department.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College,  Phila- 
delphia, in  1902.  The  following  two  years  he  spent 
as  resident  physician  at  Blpckley  Hospital,  from 
there  he  went  to  the  Municipal  Hospital  for  con- 
tagious diseases  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained 
three  months  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  came 
West.  For  five  years  he  practiced  his  profession 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  and  in  1909  came  from  that  place 
to  Mackay,  Idaho,  where  he  has  since  resided  and 
where  he  has  already  gained  high  standing  in  the 
profession.  The  private  hospital,  of  which  he  has 
charge,  is  the  only  hospital  in  Custer  county.  It 
has  ten  bed  rooms,  and  is  thoroughly  equipped  with 
all  modern  conveniences  and  appliances. 

Dr.  Richards  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American 
v.-ar.  He  enlisted  at  Philadelphia  as  a  member  of 
the  Fourth  Army  Corps,  of  which  he  was  physician 
and  surgeon.  His  first  duty  was  in  the  Post  Hos- 
pital at  Washington,  D.  C.  Afterward  he  was  at 
West  Tampa  Field  Hospital,  Tampa,  Florida,  and  at 
the  Brigade  Hospital  at  Huntsville,  Ala.  At  the 
lase  named  place  he  received  an  honorable  discharge 
in  1898. 

Dr.  Richards  is  a  member  of  the  Salt  Lake  County 
Medical  Society  and  of  other  organizations,  includ- 
ing athletic  clubs,  college  fraternity,  etc.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  fond  of  fishing  and  hunt- 
ing, in  fact  of  all  outdoor  sports,  and  especially  is 
he  a  lover  of  the  chase  for  big  game.  The  success 
he  has  attained  here  and  elsewhere  is  due  to  his 
own  efforts  as  he  had  no  financial  backing  when 
he  started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world. 

Dr.  Richards  is  unmarried. 

WILLIAM  F.  HOWARD,  M.  D.  A  physician  and 
surgeon  at  Pocatello  since  1902,  Dr.  Howard,  besides 
his  generous  success  in  private  practice  has  interested 
himself  in  the  organization  and  movement  represent- 
ing the  influence  and  activities  of  Idaho's  medical 
profession  as  a  whole.  In  1912  he  was  president  of 


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the  State  Medical  Society,  and  has  been  a  member 
of  the  state  board  of  medical  examiners,  and  it 
is  his  distinction  to  have  drafted  the  first  state  board 
of  health  law  for  Idaho. 

William  F.  Howard  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  Ohio, 
July  26,  1868.  His  father,  Nelson  Howard,  who 
was  born  at  Batavia,  New  York,  February  r,  1843, 
went  West  at  an  early  age,  and  when  still  under 
twenty  enlisted  in  Company  L  of  the  First  Ohio 
Artillery,  with  which  command  he  was  in  the  battle 
of  Shiloh,  where  he  was  wounded.  After  rejoining 
his  regiment,  he  continued  a  Union  soldier  until  the 
end  of  the  war.  A  farmer  by  occupation,  he  located 
at  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  and  in  that  locality  married 
Frances  Ellen  Folin,  who  was  born  at  Portsmouth, 
March  5,  1845.  They  were  the  parents'  of  ten  chil- 
dren, eight  sons  and  two  daughters,  the  oldest  of 
whom  is  Dr.  Howard. 

In    1872   the    family    moyed    to   northern    Kansas, 
where  the  parents  now  reside  at  the  town  of  Clyde. 
Mr.   Howard  first  attended  school  in  that  vicinity, 
and  from  there  entered  the  Central  Normal  College 
at  Great   Bend,   Kansas,   where   he   was   graduated 
bachelor   of   science   in    1892,    and    two   years    later 
'bachelor  of  arts.     Twelve  years  of  his  early  career 
was  spent  in  school  work.    He  taught  both  before, 
during  and  after,  his  college  course,  and  in  that  way 
secured  most  of  the  means  which  enabled  him  to 
get  a  literary  and  professional  education.     In   1892 
he  became  superintendent  of  the  Garden  City  Schools 
of  Kansas,  and  a  year  later  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  a  government  Indian  school  at  Santa  Fe, 
New   Mexico,   with   which   he   was   connected   from 
January  to  August   of   1893.     In   the  meantime  he 
took   up   the    study   of  medicine   and    advanced   his 
preparation  as  his  means  and  opportunity  permitted. 
From   1895  to  1897  he  served  as  superintendent  of 
the  Dighton  city  schools  of  Kansas.     Dr.   Howard 
is  an  alumnus  of  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Kansas,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1899. 
After  receiving  his  medical  degree  Dr.  Howard  was 
an   interne   in   the   St.   George   Hospital   at   Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  for  a  year,  and  in  1900  opened  office 
as  a  physician  at  Cuba.  Kansas,  where  he  remained 
until  1902.    During  that  time  he  was  instrumental  in 
the   organization    of   the    Republic    County    Medical 
Society,  which  he  served  as  president,  and  was  also 
elected  coroner  of  Republic  county.     Elected  for  a 
second  term,  he  resigned  the  office  in  1902,  and  in 
April  of  that  year  arrived  in  Idaho  and  settled  at 
Pocatello.    In  the  succeeding  ten  years  Dr.  Howard 
has  built  up  a  large  practice  and  enjoys  a  reputation 
for  success  and  skill  second  to  none  in  his  section 
of   the   state.      His    equipment   as    a   physician    and 
surgeon   has   not   depended   altogether   on    what   he 
learned  as  an  undergraduate  or  by  his  own  experi- 
ence.    During    1904-05,   he   pursued    special    studies 
and  research  work  in  the  New  York  Post  Graduate 
Medical  College,  and  vhi!e  there  was  an  interne  in 
the    Bellevue    Hospital.     In    1910   he    went    abroad, 
spending    a   year    in    the    Allgemeine    Krankenhaus 
of  Vienna.    His  post  graduate  studies  were  directed 
chiefly   along   the   lines    of    diagnosis    and    surgery, 
with  especial  attention  to  diseases  of  women.     His 
private  practice  largely  followed  these  lines. 

Some  of  the  important  facts  concerning  the  service 
of  Dr.  Howard  in  his  relationship  with  the  general 
profession  of  Idaho  have  already  been  stated.  He 
was  the  chief  organizer  of  the  Pocatello  Medical 
Society,  of  which  he  is  now  president.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  also  president  of  the  Tri- State 
Medical  Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association.  His  membership  on  the 
Idaho  State  Board  of  Medical  Examiners  began  in 


1905,  and  from  1908  to  1911  he  was  secretary  of 
the  board.  For  two  terms  from  1906  to  1910  he 
served  as  coroner  of  Bannock  county. 

Dr.  Howard  is  a  Mason,  being  a  past  master  of 
Cuba  Lodge  in  Kansas,  is  affiliated  with  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  Amer- 
ica, the  Order  of  Yeomen  of  America,  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles.  His  politics  is  Republican. 

On  August  23,  1894,  at  Larned,  Kansas,  Dr.  How- 
ard married  Miss  Minnie  Frances  Hayden,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  and  Carrie  (Wood)  Hayden,  both 
parents  being  now  deceased.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Howard 
are  the  parents  of  three  sons :  Nelson  Jacobs  How- 
ard, born  in  1900  at  Cuba,  Kansas;  Richard  Phillip, 
born  in  1904  in  Pocatello ;  and  Forrest  Hayden,  born 
in  Pocatello  in  1908.  Mrs.  Howard  is  a  well  known 
club  woman  in  Pocatello,  and  a  leader  in  social 
circles  of  that  city. 

DR.  MINNIE  FRANCES  HOWARD.  Among  the  repre-  . 
sentative  citizenship  of  Pocatello,  few  there  are 
among  either  sex  who  have  had  a  greater  or  better 
influence  upon  the  public  life  of  the  community  than 
has  Mrs.  Dr.  Minnie  Frances  Howard,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  William  F.  Howard  of  this  city.  Dr.  Howard 
was  at  one  time  a  teacher,  and  specialized  in  pri- 
mary work  in  the  Kansas  schools.  She  later  studied 
medicine  and  took  up  medical  practice  continuing 
therein  for  eight  years,  and  discontinuing  the  work 
in  1907,  since  which  time  she  has  been  devoted  to  the 
care  of  her  home,  and  has  at  the  same  time  given 
a  share  of  her  attention  to  the  civic  and  public  life  of 
the  city  and  county.  She  is  a  member  of  the  art  de- 
partment of  the  General  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  is  state  chairman  of  art  for  Idaho ;  also  dis- 
trict chairman  of  arts  and  crafts,  and  is  president 
of  the  Art  Study  Club  of  Pocatello.  Her  work  has 
extended  into  library  circles  of  the  city  as  well,  and 
her  influence  in  all  these  lines  has  been  fraught  with 
much  of  good  to  the  general  intellectual  growth  and 
advancement  of  the  community. 

Dr.  Howard  is  the  daughter  of  Jacob  J.  and  Carrie 
Jane  (Woods)  Hayden,  and  she  was  born  in  Mem- 
phis, Missouri.  The  father  was  born  on  January  7, 
1826,  in  Kentucky,  and  the  mother  on  November  8, 
1839,  in  the  state  of  Tennessee.  Both  families  are 
among  the  oldest  in  America,  and  theirs  is  an  inter- 
esting history,  to  which  it  is  entirely  fitting  and 
proper  that  space  be  afforded  here  for  mention  of 
the  early  ancestry  of  both  families. 

The  Haydens  are  of  German  origin  and  ancestry. 
Two  brothers  Hayden  came  from  their  native 
land  prior  to  Revolutionary  days,  and  settled  in 
New  York  state.  John,  the  founder  of  this  branch 
of  the  family,  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
and  had  many  notable  experiences  during  the  period 
of  his  service,  one  of  them  being  his  miraculous 
escape  from  prison.  Members  of  the  Hayden  family 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  fourteen  of  the  name 
volunteered  for  service  in  the  Mexican  war,  and 
seven  of  them  were  killed  in  battle.  It  may  be  fur- 
ther recorded  that  the  Hayden  men  were  among 
the  first  wherever  they  were  found  to  volunteer  for 
service  in  the  Civil  war.  The  branch  of  the  Hayden 
family  from  which  Dr.  Howard  springs  is  of 
Protestant  religion,  the  other  brother  having  been 
Catholic  in  his  faith,  founding  the  Roman  Catholic 
branch  of  the  family  on  these  shores.  Concerning 
the  mother  of  Dr.  Howard,  it  should  be  said  that 
the  early  American  ancestors  of  Carrie  Jane  Wood 
were  John  and  Mary  Wood,  of  Scotch-Irish  parent- 
age and  descent.  They  embarked  from  England  as 
early  as  1636  in  the  good  ship  "Speedwell"  laden 


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with  Quakers  who  were  bound  for  Massachusetts, 
where  they  hoped  to  find  religious  freedom  and 
tolerance.  On  arriving  at  their  destination,  they 
learned  that  the  persecution  of  the  Quakers  had 
extended  to  Massachusetts,  and  the  ship  continued 
on  its  way,  landing  at  Rhode  Island,  instead.  The 
family  became  allied  with  the  well  known  Alexander 
family  of  Virginia,  one  member  of  which,  Dr.  John 
Alexander,  wrote  a  noted  work,  entitled  a  "History 
of  Women  from  the  Earliest  Antiquity  to  the  Present 
Time,"  1793.  The  grandfather  of  Dr.  Howard,  Uriah 
Wood  by  name,  invented  the  first  automatic  corn- 
planter,  built  the  first  threshing  machine  used  west 
of  the  Alleghenies,  and  ante-dated  McCormick  in 
the  construction  of  the  reaper;  but  being  a  Quaker, 
would  never  consent  to  take  out  a  patent,  so  that 
others  reaped  the  benefit  of  his  mentality  and  labors. 
Members  of  the  Wood  family,  in  its  various  branches, 
have  been  prominent  in  American  history,  and  in 
many  fields  of  enterprise,  Thomas  A.  Hendrix,  one 
time  vice-president  of  the  United  States,  being  a 
cousin  of  the  mother  of  Dr.  Howard. 

Jacob  J.  Hayden  was  a  farming  man,  a  soldier  of 
the  Confederacy,  giving  four  years  of  service  to 
the  Southern  ca/ise,  and  he  was  all  his  life  a  staunch 
Democrat,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
The  mother,  Carrie  Jane  (Woods)  Hayden,  was  edu- 
cated in  the  best  of  Southern  schools,  and  was  espe- 
cially talented  in  art.  She  was  a  life-long  Methodist, 
and  a  woman  of  the  most  estimable  and  unusual 
character. 

Minnie  Frances  (Hayden)  Howard  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  Kansas,  the 
Central  Normal  College  of  Kansas  also  contributing 
not  a  little  to  her  training,  and  from  which  she  was 
graduated  in  1800;  she  attended  Cook  County  Nor- 
mal school,  Chicago,  in  1893,  and  the  Kansas  Uni- 
versity in  1896.  From  1897-9  she  attended  the 
Woman's  Medical  College,  and  in  the  year  1899 
served  as  an  interne  in  the  Kansas  City  Hospital 
for  Women  and  Children.  She  took  a  post-graduate 
medical  course  in  the  Post  Graduate  Medical  School 
and  Hospital  in  New  York  city  in  1904,  finishing  her 
studies  along  that  line  in  a  course  in  child-study 
in  the  University  of  Chicago  in  1906-8.  Her  active 
work  has  been  devoted  in  part  to  work  as  a  specialist 
in  the  primary  departments  in  Kansas  schools,  after 
which  she  engaged  in  medical  practice  and  continued 
so  with  excellent  success  for  eight  years,  since  which 
time  her  attention  has  been  divided  between  the 
cares  of  her  home  and  the  outside  interests  that 
have  claimed  her  notice  and  her  activities. 

Dr.  Howard  was  in  Kansas  one  of  the  first 
founders  of  the  Pawnee  County  Public  Library  in 
1891,  and  she  gave  splendid  service  to  the  organ- 
ization thus  founded  while  she  continued  in  residence 
in  that  state.  Her  work  in  Pocatello  has  been  tio 
inconsiderable  one,  and  places  her  well  in  the  lead 
in  the  ranks  of  the  women  of  this  city  who  have 
labored  for  the  best  good  of  the  community. 

In  1904,  with  Mrs.  George  E.  Smith,  now  of  Boise, 
Mrs.  Howard  organized  the  Civic  club  of  Pocatello, 
admitted  to  be  the  most  potent  organization  that  is 
active  in  general  affairs  in  this  city.  The  club  is 
non-sectarian  and  is  non-political — any  woman  of 
good  character  /nay  become  a  member.  She  was 
chairman  of  the  library  committee  of  the  Civic  club 
which  founded  the  Carnegie  Public  Library,  and  it 
should  be  said  to  her  credit  that  Dr.  Minnie  Howard 
secured  subscriptions  for  the  site,  conducted  corre- 
spondence with  the  Carnegie  philanthropic  head- 
quarters, and  managed  the  work  of  founding  the 
Carnegie  public  library  of  Pocatello,  which  has  been 
so  valuable  a  factor  in  the  development  of  the  city. 


Some  time  ago  Dr.  Howard  spent  a  year  in  study 
in  Italy,  and  in  Vienna,  Austria,  there  specializing 
in  art  as  a  civic  force,  and  has  since,  through  the 
medium  of  the  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
awakened  a  wide  interest  in  art  throughout  the 
state,  bhe  was  the  pioneer  in  the  matter  of  bringing 
art  exhibits  into  the  states  of  the  west,  with  appro- 
priate art  lectures  accompanying  them.  Three  ex- 
hibits have  been  held  in  twenty-six  cities  of  the 
state  in  the  last  two  years,  one  of  them  being  a 
water  color  and  etching  exhibit  by  American  artists, 
and  a  large  part  of  the  expense  of  the  lecture  accom- 
panying the  exhibit  being  sustained  by  herself. 

Dr.  Howard  is  a  member  of  the  various  art  organ- 
izations existing  in  the  state,  and  it  may  be  said 
without  fear  of  contradiction  that  she  is  one  of  the 
most  energetic,  active  and  influential  women  in  the 
state,  and  without  being  in  public  life, — for  she  is 
essentially  a  homekeeper  and  maker, — and  her  in- 
fluence in  all  these  varied  departments  is  strong  and 
far-reaching. 

On  August  23,  1894,  was  solemnized  the  marriage 
of  Minnie  Frances  Hayden  to  Dr.  William  F. 
Howard,  a  sketch  of  whom  precedes  this  article, 
the  marriage  taking  place  at  Larned,  Kansas.  To 
them  have  been  born  three  sons, — Nelson  Jacob, 
born  in  Cuba,  Kansas,  on  March  6,  looo;  Richard 
Philip,  born  in  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on  July  9,  1903; 
and  Forrest  Hayden,  born  in  Pocatello,  Idaho,  on 
March  10,  1908. 

HENRY  C.  BUCKLIN.  The  present  able  and  popu- 
lar sheriff  of  Bonneville  county,  Mr.  Bucklin,  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  section  of  the  state  since  he 
was  a  boy  of  nine  years,  and  he  has  witnessed  its 
development  from  the  status  of  a  virtual  desert  into 
one  of  the  most  attractive  and  opulent  agricultural 
districts  of  Idaho.  He  has  personally  done  his  share 
in  conserving  this  splendid  result  and  has  won  suc- 
cess and  popular  esteem  of  no  equivocal  order.  He 
has  been  largely  dependent  upon  his  own  resources 
from  his  boyhood  days,  and  thus  his  advancement  is 
the  more  pleasing  to  contemplate. 

Mr.  Bucklin  was  born  in  the  city  of  Sandusky, 
Ohio,  on  the  2Qth  of  January,  1873,  and  is  a  scion 
of  stanch  old  New  England  stock.  He  is  a  son  of 
Hollis  and  Laura  (Culver)  Bucklin,  both  of  whom 
were  born  in  Vermont,  their  marriage  having  been 
solemnized  in  Ohio,  where  the  father  established  hii 
home  when  a  young  man.  Hollis  Bucklin  finally 
removed  from  the  Buckeye  State  to  Kansas,  and  in 
the  early  days  he  was  employed  as  an  express 
messenger  on  the  line  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  & 
Texas  Railroad.  He  died  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
in  1879,  at  the  age  of  forty-four  years,  and  his 
widow,  now  seventy-one  years  of  age,  maintains  her 
home  in  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho.  Of  the  six  children,  two 
sons  and  two  daughters  are  living,  and  of  the  num- 
ber the  present  sheriff  of  Bonneville  county  was  the 
third  in  order  of  birth. 

Sheriff  Bucklin  was  about  six  years  old  at  the 
time  of  his  father's  death  and  thereafter  he  con- 
tinued to  attend  the  public  schools  of  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  until  he  had  attained  to  the  age  of  nine 
years.  He  then  came  to  Lemhi  county,  Idaho,  where 
he  attended  the  country  schools  for  a  time,  as  did 
he  later  Park  College,  at  Parkville,  Missouri.  Upon 
his  return  to  Idaho  he  settled  on  Birch  creek,  in 
Fremont  county,  where  he  continued  to  be  engaged 
in  the  raising  of  live  stock  for  twenty  years  and 
where  his  assiduous  application  and  good  manage- 
ment brought  to  him  a  due  measure  of  success. 
In  1005  he  disposed  of  his  land  and  live  stock  and 
established  his  home  in  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  be- 


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came  associated  with  W.  A.  Tyler  in  the  retail 
hardware  business.  Four  years  later  he  disposed 
of  his  interest  in  this  business  and  became  under- 
sheriff  of  Bingham  county,  at  Blackfoot.  He  thus 
served  until  1910  when  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  the 
county,  and  when  the  county  was  divided,  in  1911, 
he  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Bonneville  county,  in 
which  office  he  has  continued  to  serve  with  marked 
discrimination  and  acceptability.  He  is  one  of  the 
valued  officials  of  the  county,  and  one  of  the  best 
known  and  most  popular  in  this  section  of  the  state. 
He  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  his  political  allegiance 
and  is  affiliated  with  the  lodge  and  encampment 
bodies  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

On  the  3d  of  November,  1897,  Mr.  Bucklin  was 
united  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Matilda  Bosen,  of  St. 
Anthony,  this  state,  and  they  have  five  children — 
Muriel,  who  is  attending  the  Idaho  Falls  high 
school;  Thomas,  Laura  and  Theodore,  who  are 
pupils  in  the  grade  schools ;  and  Frieda,  who  is  the 
winsome  little  daughter  in  the  ideal  family  circle. 

BRIGHAM  R.  SMOOT.  Although  the  beet  sugar 
industry  was  started  more  than  a  century  and  a  half 
ago,  when  the  German,  Marggraf,  discovered  that 
sugar  could  be  extracted  from  the  common  beet, 
it  has  been  only  within  comparatively  recent  years 
that  its  full  possibilities  have  been  realized  and  its 
full  resources  developed.  At  this  time,  however, 
it  forms  one  of  the  principal  industries  of  Utah  and 
Idaho,  adds  materially  to  the  income  of  these  states, 
and  enlists  the  services  of  some  of  the  leading  men 
of  the  section  in  its  management.  One  of  the  lead- 
ing concerns  engaged  in  this  business  in  Idaho  is 
the  Utah-Idaho  Sugar  Company,  at  Lincoln,  the 
superintendent  of  which,  Brigham  R.  Smopt,  is 
known  all  over  the  state,  not  only  in  his  own  line  of 
business,  but  as  a  man  who  has  always  been  identi- 
fied with  large  affairs  and  important  issues.  He 
belongs  to  one  of  the  most  prominent  families  of 
Utah,  his  brother  being  United  States  senator  from 
that  state  and  others  of  the  name  having  been  con- 
nected with  commanding  positions  in  business  and 
official  life  and  in  the  professions,  as  well  as  in  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints.  Mr. 
Smoot  was  born  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  June  15, 
1869,  and  is  a  son  of  A.  O.  Smoot.  His  father,  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  migrated  to  Utah  at  a  very  early 
date,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  became  a  capitalist,  and  died  in  1894,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  He  was  successful 
in  all  of  his  business  undertakings,  and  owned  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  town  of  Provo,  Utah. 
A.  O.  Smoot  married  a  native  of  Christiania,  Nor- 
way, who  died  in  1893,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years. 
She  came  alone  to  this  country  when  sixteen  years 
old.  Seven  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  O.  Smott,  Brigham  R.  being  the  sixth  in  order 
of  birth. 

Reed  Smoot,  brother  of  Brigham  R.  Smoot, 
was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  January  10, 
1862,  and  received  his  education  in  the  Brigham 
Young  Academy!  He  engaged  in  the  mining,  man- 
ufacturing and  banking  business,  making  his  home 
in  Provo,  Utah,  and  in  1900  was  appointed  an 
Apostle  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  A 
Republican  in  politics,  he  was  first  elected  United 
States  Senatpr  from  Utah  in  1903,  and  was  re- 
elected  in  1909,  his  present  term  expiring  in  1916. 

Brigham  R.  Smoot  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  Provo,  Utah,  follow- 
ing which  he  entered  Lehigh  (Penn.)  University, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1898 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Sciences  and  Chem- 


istry, then  returning  to  Salt  Lake  City.  He  subse- 
quently entered  the  mining  business  in  Eureka, 
where  he  still  has  interests,  but  later  turned  his  at- 
tention to  the  beet  sugar  business,  and  after  gain- 
ing experience  at  different  factories  throughout  the 
country,  became  superintendent  of  the  Utah-Idaho 
Sugar  Company,  at  Lincoln,  a  position  which  he 
still  retains.  A  man  of  consummate  business  abil- 
ity, he  has  made  place  for  himself  among  his  com- 
munity's foremost  men,  and  his  career  has  been 
marked  by  successful  ventures  into  various  fields 
of  endeavor.  He  belongs  to  the  Chi  Psi  inter-col- 
legiate fraternity  and  the  Elks,  is  independent  in  his 
political  views,  and  affiliates  with  the  Church  of 
Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints. 

On  June  20,  1900,  Mr.  Smoot  was  married  at 
Provo,  Utah,  to  Margaret  N.  Nesbit,  and  they  have 
two  children,  namely :  Roland  Nesbit  born  in  1901,. 
at  Provo,  Utah;  and  Annella  K.,  born  in  1902,  at 
Waverly,  Washington,  bright  and  interesting  chil- 
dren who  are  attending  school  in  Lincoln. 

CLAUDE  H.  REED.  A  well-known  and  highly  es- 
teemed citizen  of  Rupert,  Claude  H.  Reed  holds  a 
place  of  note  among  the  more  energetic  and  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  this  part  of  Minidoka 
county,  his  dealings  in  realty  being  extensive  and 
important.  A  native  of  Iowa,  he  was  born  in 
Guthrie  county,  May  29,  1886,  where  his  childhood 
days  were  passed. 

His  father,  William  B.  Reed,  was  born  seventy- 
six  years  ago  in  Indiana  and  was  there  brought  up 
and  educated.  Migrating  to  Iowa  soon  after  his 
marriage,  he  made  the  overland  journey  with  ox- 
teams,  taking  with  him  his  wife  and  all  of  their 
worldly  effects.  Taking  up  wild  land,  he  cleared 
and  improved  a  good  homestead,  and  is  still  living 
in  that  state,  being  now  retired  from  active  pur- 
suits, his  home  being  in  Perry,  Dallas  county.  He 
married  in  Indiana  Margaret  Ami  Hamilton,  who 
was  born  in  Indiana  April  6,  1856,  and  into  their 
household  nine  children  have  been  born. 

Claude  H.  Reed,  the  youngest  member  of  the 
parental  family,  began  his  early  studies  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  Guthrie  county,  Iowa,  and  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years  was  graduated  from  the  Perry 
high  school.  He  subsequently  engaged  in  peda- 
gogical work,  teaching  school  two  years  in  Iowa, 
and  one  year  in  North  Dakota.  Going  then  to 
Nebraska,  Mr.  Reed  remained  there  six  years,  dur- 
ing the  first  two  years  reading  law  and  being  man- 
ager of  the  collection  department  of  ex-United  States 
Senator  Wm.  V.  Allen  and  Willis  E.  Reed  in  Madi- 
son. Then,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Willis  E. 
Reed,  he  embarked  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Mad- 
ison, Nebraska,  and  then  continued  there  four  years 
longer.  In  April,  1909,  Mr.  Reed  moved  to  Saint 
Anthony,  Idaho,  and  there  established  the  Idaho 
Land  &  Loan  Company,  which  was  the  Western 
branch  of  the  Madison,  Nebraska,  Real  Estate  Corn- 
party.  He  met  with  success  in  his  undertakings,  deal- 
ing in  farm  lands  and  loans,  his  business,  which  has 
increased  with  surprising  rapidity,  being  large  and 
lucrative.  Mr.  Reed  closed  out  the  business  of  the 
Idaho  Land  &  Loan  Company  during  the  year  1912 
and  being  desirous  of  moving  to  a  warmer  country 
moved  to  Rupert,  Idaho,  in  April,  1913,  where  he 
organized  the .  Security  Investment  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president.  Mr.  Reed  has  acquired  title 
to  much  valuable  property  in  Idaho,  which  he  con- 
siders one  of  the  best  states  in  .the  Union,  and 
where  he  expects  to  spend  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

On  June  i6th,  in  Madison,  Nebraska,  Mr.  Reed 
married  Florence  E.  McGehee,  a  daughter  of  E.  T. 


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and  Bessie  (Leach)  McGehee,  residents  of  Madison. 
Two  children  have  been  born  of  their  marriage, 
namely:  Claude  McGehee  Reed,  born  in  Madison, 
Nebraska,  May  13,  1907;  and  Kenneth  Wilson  Reed, 
born  in  Saint  Anthony,  Idaho,  October  9.  1912. 
Politically  Mr.  Reed  is  a  Democrat,  but  is  not  active 
in  party  ranks.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  of  the 
Royal  Highlanders  of  Nebraska.  Socially  he  was 
the  organizer  of  the  Saint  Anthony  Commercial 
Club,  and  served  in  the  capacity  of  secretary  of 
that  club  from  1910  to  1912.  Mr.  Reed  is  at  pres- 
ent an  active  member  of  the  Rupert  Commercial 
Club  and  a  booster  for  Rupert. 

ERIC  A.  KRUSSMAN.  As  associate  secretary  of 
the  Railroad  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at 
Pocatello,  Eric  A.  Krussman  has  important  connec- 
tion with  the  largest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the 
northwest  and  with  a  service  which  is  one  of  the 
most  valuable  now  performed  by  organized  agencies 
of  the  Christian  religion.  Mr.  Krussman  is  an 
active  and  enterprising  citizen  of  Idaho,  and  since 
taking  up  his  residence  at  Pocatello  has  contributed 
to  the  material  development  of  this  city  and  is  the 
owner  of  much  property  there. 

Eric  A.  Krussman  is  a  native  of  England,  born 
May  20,  1881,  at  Penshurst  in  Kent.  His  father  was 
Gustavus  Adolph  Krussman,  who  was  born  in  Strass- 
burg,  Germany,  moved  to  England  in  1870,  and  was 
by  occupation  a  cigar  dealer  and  prominent  hotel 
man.  He  owned  and  managed  such  well  known 
hpstelries  in  England  as  the  "Star  &  Garter"  at  Box- 
hill,  Surrey;  the  "One  Million"  on  Good  street,  next 
to  Middlesex  Hospital,  London ;  the  "Spread  Eagle," 
on  Oxford  street,  London.  His  death  occurred  at 
Wooking,  England,  in  1891.  The  mother's  name 
was  Miss  Mary  Everest.  She  was  born  in  Kent, 
England,  and  died  in  Wales  in  1896. 

The  oldest  in  a  family  of  five  children,  Eric  A. 
Krussman  received  his  early  education  in  England, 
in  the  Horsmonden  school,  the  Polytechnic  School 
on  Regent  street,  London,  and  Ardingly  College  in 
Essex,  England.  After  a  short  .business  experience 
of  two  years  in  England,  Mr.  Krussman  determined 
to  found  a  home  in  America,  and  arrived  in  New 
York  January,  1899.  For  several  years  he  worked 
at  different  vocations,  and  lived  tor  a  short  period 
of  time  in  Philadelphia,  New  York,  Chicago,  and 
San  Francisco.  In  1906  Mr.  Krussman  first  be- 
came associated  with  educational  work  at  Chicago. 
In  1911  he  came  to  Pocatello,  and  here  became 
identified  with  the  railroad  association  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  as  associate  secretary  in  the  organization  at 
Pocatello.  The  Pocatello  Association  stands  fourth 
in  numbers  and  strength  of  its  organization  among 
the  railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A.  brotherhood  of  America. 

Mr.  Krussman  has  shown  his  faith  in  the  west  by 
building  a  dozen  or  more  modern  bungalows,  which 
can  be  seen  on  some  of  the  most  important  streets 
in  Pocatello.  Mr.  Krussman  enjoys  the  life  of  the 
northwest,  is  enthusiastic  about  the  future  as  well  as 
the  present,  and  is  devoted  to  his  work  in  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  He  served  two  years  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Sunday  school 
In  politics  he  has  never  affiliated  with  any  of  the 
American  parties,  casting  his  vote  for  the  candidate 
and  principles  he  thinks  most  deserving.  He  is  a 
stanch  admirer  of  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Fraternally 
he  has  membership  in  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Secretaries'  Alliance  and 
the  Ministerial  Union.  He  is  an  enthusiastic  sports- 
man, playing  tennis  as  well  as  all  gymnasium  games 
and  is  also  a  great  admirer  of  Bernarr  McFadden. 


Mr.  Krussman  is  a  married  man  having  two  chil- 
dren, Beatrice  Marie,  age  ten  years,  and  Harry,  aged 
six  years.  He  married  Miss  Sagred  Marie  John- 
son, of  Sidney,  Nebraska,  a  very  accomplished 
young  lady  who  is  well  known  to  Pocatello  people. 

JESSE  M.  WISE,  More  than  a  decade  of  years 
ago,  at  the  inter-mountain  fair  held  in  the  city  of 
Boise,  there  appeared  a  display  of  pianos  and  or- 
gans entered  by  J.  M.  Wise,  a  stranger  to  the  city 
and  to  the  business  men.  Although  the  excellent 
qualities  of  the  goods  exhibited  and  the  modern  ideas 
used  in  placing  them  before  the  public  attracted 
more  than  passing  attention  at  the  time,  it  could 
not  then  be  foreseen  that  the  name  of  J.  M.  Wise 
was  to  become  one  to  conjure  with  in  business 
circles,  or  that  his  establishment  was  to  develop  into 
the  leading  piano  house  in  Idaho.  The  same  pro- 
gressive ideas,  the  same  ability  to  place  his  instru- 
ments before  the  people  in  an  attractive  manner, 
and  the  courage  of  his  convictions  that  has  led  him 
to  introduce  innovations  that  have  practically  revo- 
lutionized the  piano  industry  in  this  section  has 
been  the  mediums  through  which  Mr.  .Wise  has 
steadily  advanced  in  popular  favor,  and  the*business 
intrepidity  which  caused  him  to  ship  a  carload  of 
his  goods  to  Boise,  even  before  he  visited  the  city, 
has  been  displayed  in  various  ways  ever  since  he 
established  his  business  here. 

Jesse  M.  Wise  was  born  near  Knoxville,  Illinois, 
February  18,  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  Andrew  J.  and 
Nancy  M.  (McGrew)  Wise.  His  father,  an  Oregon 
pioneer,  crossed  the  plains,  first  in  1847  with  an  ox 
team  from  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  located 
near  Salem  on  a  donation  land  claim.  Two  years 
after  his  migration  to  the  northwest  the  California 
gold  fields  attracted  people  from  all  over  the  world, 
and  he  moved  into  California,  and  located  and  owned 
mines  near  Eureka.  He  was  one  of  the  more  suc- 
cessful among  the  mining  operators,  and  soon  be- 
came a  man  of  considerable  wealth.  In  1855  he 
returned  to  Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
until  1863,  in  Warren  county.  The  call  of  the  west 
was  too  strong,  however,  and  in  1863  he  sold  his 
land  and  spent  one  year  in  placer  mining  in  the 
Boise  basin,  thence  becoming  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Idaho,  while  sixteen  years  before  he  had 
been  a  pioneer  of  Oregon,  and  later  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  California.  From  Idaho  he  went  back 
to  Monmouth,  Illinois,  and  until  1875  engaged  in 
merchandising  in  that  state.  In  1875.  with  his  family, 
Jesse  M.  Wise  again  started  for  the  scene  of  his 
first  success  at  Salem,  Oregon.  The  first  stage  of 
the  journey  took  them  to  Omaha,  where,  after  wait- 
ing three  days  for  their  turn  to  take  the  train  for 
San  Francisco,  they  became  passengers  on  a  train 
made  up  of  six  common  day  coaches  and  six  freight 
cars.  Five  days  were  required  to  cross  from  Omaha 
to  San  .Francisco.  At  times,  while  the  train  was 
crossing  the  Rockies,  the  grades  were  so  steep  and 
the  motor  power  so  light  that  the  son  Jesse  would 
occasionally  jump  off  the  moving  cars  and  run 
alongside,  easily  keeping  pace  with  the  train.  Arriv- 
ing at  San  Francisco,  they  took  the  old  boat  known 
as  "the  Idaho"  to  Portland,  Oregon.  That  stage  of 
the  journey  also  required  five  days.  These  facts 
indicate  what  vast  progress  has  been  made  in  trans- 
portation within  less  than  forty  years,  and  palatial 
cars  are  now  whirled  across  the  continent  in  less 
than  three  days.  After  arriving  in  Oregon  the 
father  moved  to  Weston,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
state,  where  he  followed  extensive  ranching  opera- 
tions until  1885.  1°  that  year,  having  disposed  of 
his  holdings  to  good  advantage,  he  moved  to  Perry- 


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dale,  Oregon,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1904  at 
the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  There  were  three  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Mary,  who  married  Alfred  W. 
Plankington,  a  rancher  of  Dallas,  Oregon;  Ella  E., 
who  married  D.  L.  Keyt,  of  Perrydale,  and  Jesse  M. 
The  mother  of  these  children  of  later  years  has  made 
her  home  with  her  daughters  and  sons. 

Through  some  of  the  experiences  already  de- 
scribed Jesse  M.  was  reared  and  in  the  meanwhile 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois  and 
of  Salem,  Oregon.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he 
entered  the  University  of  Oregon,  where  he  was 
graduated  three  years  later.  Before  his  college 
career  was  finished,  he  had  become  a  land  owner, 
and  on  leaving  the  University  traded  his  property 
for  a  mercantile  business  at  Perrydale,  where  he 
was  a  local  merchant  until  1896.  At  that  time  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  to  enter  the  piano  and 
organ  business,  in  which  his  success  has  been  so 
marked  as  to  make  his  name  known  throughout  the 
Northwest.  His  first  venture  consisted  in  purchasing 
a  carload  of  pianos  and  organs,  mostly  organs.  He 
had  already  secured  orders  for  ten  instruments,  but 
at  that  early  date  displayed  his  confidence  in  his 
ability  by  buying  an  entire  carload,  which  were 
eventually  sold  in  the  Willamette  Valley.  Later  the 
business  spread  over  eastern  Oregon  and  eastern 
Washington. 

When  his  father  had  crossed  the  plains  in  1847  to 
Oregon,  one  of  his  companions  on  the  journey  was 
Jerome  M.  Walling.  Walling  drifted  into  the  Boise 
Valley  and  located  just  above  Boise  City.  More 
than  thirty  years  ago  Jasper  Walling,  a  son  of 
Jerome,  was  visiting  the  Wise  family  near  their 
home  in  western  Oregon.  Nearly  all  his  conversa- 
tion related  to  the  beauties  and  opportunities  of  the 
Boise  country,  speaking  with  great  enthusiasm  of 
the  abundance  of  fruit,  the  climate,  and  other  re- 
sources. Jesse  M.  Wise  was  a  boy  at  the  time,  but 
the  many  facts  and  phrases  recited  by  Walling  in  his 
hearing  never  left  his  mind  through  all  the  inter- 
vening years,  and  it  was  largely  under  the  spell  of 
these  stories  that  later  he  decided  to  make  Boise 
his  home.  In  the  meantime  he  had  been  steadily 
prospering  in  the  piano  and  organ  business,  and  in 
1902  had  ordered  a  carload  of  pianos  shipped  to 
Baker  City,  Oregon,  and  was  in  that  city  awaiting 
the  arrival  of  his  goods.  While  there  he  read  the 
advertisements  in  the  paper  about  the  Inter- 
Mountain  State  Fair  at  Boise.  These  advertisements 
recalled  and  reinforced  all  the  old  stories  and 
opinions  he  had  long  held  about  Idaho.  One  of  the 
factors  in  Mr.  Wise's  success  has  been  his  ability 
to  form  a  resolution  and  carry  it  out  with  persistent 
energy.  Thus  it  came  about  that  he  determined  to 
re-route  his  pianos  from  Baker  City  to  Boise,  and 
make  his  display  during  the  fair.  He  at  once 
secured  space  from  the  managers  of  the  fair  to 
exhibit  his  pianos,  and  for  the  first  time  visited  the 
city  which  had  been  in  his  dreams  for  years.  The 
enthusiastic  reception  accorded  to  him  and  his  goods 
at  Boise  caused  him  to  transfer  his  headquarters 
from  Baker  City,  Oregon  to  Boise,  and  thereafter  he 
conducted  only  a  branch  in  Baker  City. 

The  Idaho  Unionist  on  Febuary  14,  1908,  con- 
tained an  article  pertaining  to  Mr.  Wise's  phenome- 
nal rise  in  the  business  world,  and  said  in  part  as 
follows:  "The  forerunner  in  any  field  of  activity 
who  introduces  a  reform  that  makes  for  the  improve- 
ment and  uplift  of  any  business,  becomes  a  benefactor 
of  that  business  and  deserves  a  few  words  of  com- 
mendation; hence  this  glimpse  at  the  character  and 
achievements  of  J.  M.  Wise,  man  and  a  piano 
dealer  whose  personality  well  rewards  acquaintance, 


a  bold,  positive  and  aggressive  leader  in  his  line,  a 
figure  indeed  unique  in  the  piano  history  of  the 
Pacific  Northwest.  While  Mr.  Wise  has  for  at  least 
the  past  decade  been  a  potent,  successful  and  clari- 
fying force  in  the  piano  world  of  three  states,  he 
did  not  reach  the  height  of  his  achievement  until 
he  introduced  a  most  welcome  innovation  into  the 
piano  business,  a  radical  change  which  augurs  well 
for  the  purchasing  public,  a  change  calculated  to  lift 
the  business  above  the  sordid,  jockeying  methods 
now  all  too  common  to  the  trade.  This  change  con- 
sists of  the  one-price  system — the  same  price  to  all 
for  the  same  instrument.  This  was  a  step  which, 
until  taken  by  Mr.  Wise,  was  unheard  of  in  the 
piano  world,  a  change  as  refreshing  as  it  was  revo- 
lutionary, and  one  which  has  firmly  intrenched  Mr. 
Wise  in  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  piano- 
buying  public,  and  won  the  unstinted  admiration  of 
the  public  in  general  for  the  magnificent  courage 
which  dared  to  rise  superior  to  the  old  conventional 
methods  of  piano  dealers.  By  his  resourcefulness, 
his  fairness,  his  liberality,  dash  and  energy,  Mr. 
Wise's  career  has  been  one  of  uninterrupted  success 
since  coming  to  Boise.  He  has  advanced  his  house 
in  public  favor  most  because  he  believes  that  no 
money  is  worth  making  that  unmakes  the  man,  and 
in  pursuance  of  this  policy  he  has  piled  up  the  big- 
gest and  most  enviable  asset  that  any  business  man 
may  acquire — the  unbounded  confidence  and  esteem 
of  his  patrons,  and  the  patrons  of  Wise,  the  piano 
man,  are  numbered  by  thousands,  and  are  among  the 
flower  of  the  citizenship  of  Idaho,  Oregon  and 
Washington. 

"The  headquarters  of  the  Wise  Pi'ano  House  at 
Boise  is  a  superb  and  spacious  piano  palace,  studded 
with  ten  of  the  world's  most  celebrated  makes  of 
pianos,  and  supplementing  the  piano  stock  is  a  splen- 
did line  -of  organs.  Eight  traveling  representatives, 
whose  continuance  in  the  employ  of  the  house  is 
contingent  upon  truthfully  representing  the  quality, 
worth  and  terms  upon  which  their  musical  instru- 
ments are  sold,  are  rapidly  extending  the  borders 
of  the  house's  trade. 

"Anent  his  high  and  impregnable  position  in  piano 
circles  today,  it  is  pertinent  to  say  that  by  his  own 
innate  strength  Mr.  Wise  climbed  upon  a  pedestal 
of  his  own  and  worked  out  his  own  splendid  destiny 
unaided  save  by  Mrs.  Wise,  than  whom  a  man  never 
had  a  more  zealous  and  energetic  helpmeet,  a 
sprightly  little  lady,  who  is  the  soul  of  accommoda- 
tion, an  authority  on  all  musical  instruments,  and 
one  who  makes  a  friend  of  all  whom  she  meets, 
and  the  littlest  of  Mr.  Wise's  interests  is  the  chief 
concern  of  his  wife." 

Mr.  Wise  has  not  been  jealous  of  his  methods, 
but  at  all  times  has  been  active  in  attempting  to  bring 
other  dealers  to  his  way  of  thinking.  His  pamphlet, 
"Ethics  and  Honesty  in  Business,"  written  for  the 
National  Association  of  Piano  Dealers  of  America 
in  convention  assembled  at  New  York,  June  7,  1908, 
not  only  caused  a  sensation  in  that  convention,  but 
is  considered  a  masterpiece  of  piano  literature.  In 
addition  to  the  seven  hundred-acre  farm  at  Perry- 
dale,  Mr.  Wise  owns  more  than  one  thousand  acres 
in  Idaho,  Washington  and  Oregon,  but  the  tract  in 
which  he  takes  the  greatest  pleasure  is  his  model 
farm,  situated  on  the  borders  of  Boise,  which  he  is 
improving  regardless  of  expense.  This  is  being  de- 
veloped into  a  fine  variegated  fruit  orchard,  with 
ornamental  and  shade  trees,  hedges  and  lawns,  and 
here,  in  the  near  future,  he  intends  to  erect  a  hand- 
some modern  residence. 

Mr.  Wise  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  M.  Keyt.  a 
native  of  Oregon,  and  a  daughter  of  E,  C.  Keyt,  a 


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pioneer  of  that  state,  who  for  years  was  rated  the 
wealthiest  ranchman  in  Polk  county,  Oregon. 
Mrs.  Wise  is  a  talented  performer  on  the  piano,  and 
as  a  vocalist  has  also  won  more  than  local  distinc- 
tion. She  and  her  husband  are  very  fond  of  travel- 
ing in  the  western  coast  country  and  when  Mr.  Wise 
can  spare  the  time  from  his  arduous  business  duties, 
they  take  frequent  fishing  and  camping  trips.  Both 
have  numerous  warm  friends,  whom  they  treasure 
beyond  any  commercial  success. 

SAMUEL  DEER  DAVIS,  a  leading  attorney  of  Malad 
and  of  Southern  Idaho,  has  had  a  notable  career 
thus  far,  and  one  which  entitles  him  to  specific 
mention  in  this  historical  and  biographical  work. 
Born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  on  July  22,  1859,  he 
is  the  son  of  David  Woodwell  and  Mary  (Deer) 
Davis,  both  natives  of  South  Wales.  The  father, 
who  was  the  son  of  Doctor  Davis,  of  Cowbridge, 
South  Wales,  migrated  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in 
the  year  1855.  He  was  a  plumber,  painter  and  glazier 
by  trade,  had  received  the  advantages  of  a  college 
education  and  was  a  member  of  the  Mormon  church, 
in  which  he  was  most  zealous.  For  seven  years  he 
traveled  in  England,  Scotland  and  Wales  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  the  Mormon  cause,  and  when  he  arrived 
in  Saft  Lake  City  he  set  himself  about  the  work 
of  building  up  the  city,  which  was  then  not  more 
than  a  promise  of  its  present  existence.  He  died  in 
that  city  in  1863,  leaving  his  widow  with  three  young 
children.  The  mother,  Mary  Deer  Davis,  was  born 
in  Neath,  South  Wales,  and  married  David  Wood- 
well  Davis  in  Kansas  City  in  1855.  She  accompanied 
him  to  Salt  Lake  City  upon  their  marriage,  and  died 
in  Samaria,  Idaho,  in  the  year  1897.  She  had  been 
a  school  teacher  in  her  native  country,  and  before 
she  left  Wales  had  assisted  in  the  translation  of 
the  Book  of  Mormon  into  the  Welsh  language. 
Needless  to  say,  she  was  a  devout  member  of  the 
Mormon  church,  as  was  her  husband,  and  con- 
tinued so  throughout  her  life.  She  was  postmistress 
of  the  town  of  Samaria,  Idaho,  for  fourteen  years, 
and  for  thirteen  years  was  president  of  the  relief 
society  of  that  place.  She  came  of  a  distinguished 
Welsh  family,  and  one  of  her  cousins  is  serving 
today  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Lords  in  the 
British  Parliament. 

Samuel  Deer  Davis  received  absolutely  no  educa- 
tional advantages  in  his  bovhood,  and  when  he  had 
reached  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  was  yet  unable 
to  write  his  own  name  in  a  creditable  manner.  He 
had,  however,  taken  upon  himself  the  duties  and 
responsibilities  of  a  home  and  family,  and  his  wife 
suggested  to  him  that  he  attend  the  district  school 
during  the  winter  months  in  the  town  of  Samaria, 
where  they  were  then  living.  He  did  so,  and  as 
might  be  expected,  made  splendid  progress.  So  well 
did  he  succeed,  and  such  encouragement  did  he 
receive  that  in  1886  he  attended  the  Brigham  Young 
College  at  Logan,  Utah,  and  noon  his  return  to 
Samaria  engaged  in  teaching  school,  together  with 
the  study  of  law,  in  which  he  continued  until  1899. 
He  was  then  appointed  Probate  Judge  of  Oneida 
county,  Idaho,  and  he  was  twice  elected  to  the  same 
office  to  succeed  himself — a  circumstance  which 
speaks  most  eloquently  of  the  character  of  his  serv- 
ice. In  1901  Mr.  Davis  took  the  examination  for 
the  bar,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  all  the 
courts  of  the  state  of  Idaho.  He  has  since  con- 
tinued in  practice,  and  is  now  located  at  Malad, 
Oneida  county,  Idaho,  where  he  enjoys  one  of  the 
most  extensive  practices  of  any  attorney  in  Southern 
Idaho.  He  is  a  Republican  and  has  taken  an  active 


and  praiseworthy  interest  in  the  affairs  of  that 
party  in  the  years  that  have  passed. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Mormon 
church,  as  one  might  expect  of  one  of  his  parentage. 
He  has  held  many  prominent  places  in  the  church 
and  is  one  of  the  most  valued  among  its  members. 
He  has  held  the  office  of  assistant  Sunday  school 
superintendent  and  as  superintendent  of  the  Sumaris 
Ward.  He  has  also  held  the  position  of  First 
Counselor  to  the  Bishop  of  that  Ward,  and  has  been 
acting  superintendent  of  the  Young  Men's  Mutual 
Improvement  Association  of  the  Malad  Stake  for 
eleven  years,  and  at  the  present  time  is  a  High 
Councilor  of  the  Malad  Stake. 

In  October,  1882,  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Mary  J.  Williams,  the  daughter  of  John 
II.  and  Sarah  Williams,  the  marriage  being  cele- 
brated at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  She  died  at  Sa- 
maria, Idaho,  in  March,  1903,  leaving  seven  sons. 
Mr.  Davis  contracted  a  second  marriage  in  October, 
1905,  when  Alice  Godwin  became  his  wife.  She  is 
a  native  of  Clinton,  Samson  county,  North  Caro- 
lina, and  the  daughter  of  Andy  and  Elizabeth  A. 
Godwin.  Two  daughters  and  a  son  have  been 
born  to  this  latter  union. 

CLAY  B.  MOSHEK.  Although  born  in  the  Empire 
State,  Clay  B.  Mosher  considers  himself  a  native 
of  Idaho,  for  his  parents  resided  here  from  the  time 
of  the  gold  excitement  in  the  Boise  Basin,  and  he 
has  lived  here  ever  since  infancy.  Reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Idaho  City,  he  early  displayed  a  spirit  of 
independence  and  self-reliance  that  was  evidently 
inherited  from  his  pioneer  father,  and  that  caused 
him  to  embark  upon  a  career  of  his  own  some  years 
before  he  reached  his  majority,  and  from  that  time 
to  the  present  his  advance  has  been  steady  and  con- 
tinuous. As  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of  deputy 
assessor  of  Boise  county,  he  is  discharging  his 
duties  in  an  able  and  faithful  manner,  and  his  in- 
tegrity has  never  been  questioned.  Clay  B.  Mosher 
was  born  in  Ontario  county,  New  York,  January 
4,  1873,  his  mother  being  on  a  visit  to  friends  there 
at  the  time  of  his  birth.  His  father.  Caleb  B. 
Mosher.  migrated  to  the  Boise  Basin  at  the  time  of 
the  excitement  over  the  discovery-  of  gold,  and  lo- 
cated at  Placerville,  where  he  conducted  a  livery 
and  teaming  business  and  also  engaged  in  the 
butcher  trade.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  name  of 
Katherine  Cobb,  and  who  came  to  Idaho  shortly 
after  his  arrival  here,  died  in  January,  1904,  and  at 
that  time  Mr.  Mosher  disposed  of  his  interests  and 
returned  to  New  York,  where  his  death  occurred  in 
1906. 

Clay  B.  Mosher  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Idaho  City,  which  he  attended  until  he 
was  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  at  that  time  started 
upon  a  business  career  as  an  employe  of  a  dairy 
ranch,  on  which  he  continued  to  be  employed  for 
two  years.  Thrifty  and  industrious,  he  carefully 
saved  his  earnings."  which  he  invested  in  a  saloon 
business  in  Idaho  City,  and  successfully  conducted 
an  establishment  for  several  years.  While  thus  en- 
gaged. Mr.  Mosher  became  interested  in  politics,  and 
sold  his  interests  to  become  deputy  sheriff  of  Boise 
county,  an  office  in  which  he  served  eight  years, 
earning  the  commendation  of  the  public  by  his 
courage  and  strict  attention  to  duty.  His  excellent 
services  in  that  position  gained  for  him,  in  1912,  tf 
appointment  to  the  position  of  deputy  assessor  of 
Boise  county,  an  office  in  which  he  has  continued 
to  maintain  the  same  high  reputation  that  his  former 
services  had  given  him. 


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Mr.  Mosher  was  married  in  June,  1901,  in  Idaho 
City,  to  Miss  Mary  Kennaly,  daughter  of  Judge  John 
Kennaly,  of  this  city,  and  to  this  union  there  have 
been  born  three  children:  Marjorie,  who  is  attend- 
ing the  public  schools  of  Idaho  City;  Vivian;  and 
one  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Mosher  is  the  owner 
of  a  pleasant  and  commodious  home  in  Idaho  City, 
which  he  prefers  to  any  club  or  lodge,  although  he 
holds  membership  in  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
He  has  gained  his  success  through  application  and 
perseverance,  and  his  numerous  friends  will  testify 
to  the  popularity  that  a  pleasing  personality  has 
gained  for  him.  In  a  region  like  that  surround- 
ing the  Boise  Basin,  and  having  so  many  natural 
facilities  for  commercial  advancement,  the  changes 
in  a  few  years  will  necessarily  be  many,  and,  al- 
though yet  a  young  man,  Mr.  Mosher  has  witnessed 
a  remarkable  development  in  the  surroundings  of 
his  home.  The  future  is  full  of  promise  :or  this 
locality,  and  such  representative  men  will  be  at  the 
front  in  shaping  its  destiny  alon<*  the  lines  of  pros- 
perity and  usefulness. 

ERNEST  PRICE  OLDHAM,  M.  D.  It  invariably 
occurs  in  the  growth  of  all  prosperous  communities 
that  the  first  institutions  or  organizations  of  a  med- 
ical nature  are  the  offspring  ot  necessity.  The 
occurrence  of  contagious  diseases  suggests  the  neces- 
sity for  some  concerted  action  against  the  spreading 
of  epidemics,  while  the  obvious  reasons  for  an 
institution  in  which  cases  of  a  serious  surgical 
nature  may  be  treated  need  not  be  enumerated.  The 
first  hospital  in  the  city  of  Oaklev,  Idaho,  was 
established  in  1909,  by  Ernest  Price  Oldham,  M.  D., 
a  practitioner  whose  abilities  in  the  sciences  of  medi- 
cine and  surgery  have  gained  him  widespread  repu- 
tation in  his  profession.  This  institution,  being  in 
a  pleasant  residence  part  of  the  city,  with  good  sani- 
tary surroundings,  and  presenting  accommodations 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  people  when 
sick,  and  free  from  either  political  or  municipal 
interference,  combines  in  the  highest  degree  the 
qualities  of  an  excellent  asylum  for  the  sick  and  a 
permanent  school  of  clinical  medicine  and  surgery. 

Dr.  Ernest  Price  Oldham  was  born  November 
21,  1875,  at  Paradise,  Cache  county,  Utah,  and  is  a 
son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Jane  (Price)  Oldham, 
natives  of  England.  The  grandfather  of  Doctor 
Oldham  brought  his  family  to  Utah  as  a  pioneer  of 
1863,  and  there  followed  his  trade  of  weaver,  and 
reared  his  children  in  comfort,  fitting  them  for  their 
positions  in  life  and  giving  them  excellent  educa- 
tional advantages.  Samuel  Oldham  was  a  graduate 
of  the  Utah  State  University,  class  of  1878,  and  for 
many  years  taught  schools  in  Salt  Lake  and  Cache 
counties.  Eventually,  he  was  ordained  a  bishop  in 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  which  he 
served  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  the  last  two 
years  of  his  work  as  educator  were  spent  in  Brig- 
ham  Young  College  at  Logan,  Utah.  His  wife 
passed  away  in  1892,  having  been  the  mother  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  two  are  now  deceased. 

Doctor  Oldham  was  the  next  to  the  oldest  of  his 
parents'  children,  and  his  education  was  secured  in 
the  Cache  county  schools  and  Brigham  Young  Col- 
lege. At  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years  he  entered 
Northwestern  University,  Chicago,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  the  medical  class  of  1906.  He  spent 
some  time  as  interne  in  various  Chicago  hospitals, 
but  in  January,  1907,  came  to  Oakley,  where  he  has 
since  been  engaged  in  a  general  practice.  For  some 
time  the  need  of  a  hospital  in  this  city  had  been 
apparent,  and  with  commendable  enterprise  and  pub- 


lic spirit,  Doctor  Oldham  went  about  establishing 
an  institution  of  this  kind,  which  threw  open  its 
doors  in  1909.  Doctor  Oldham  is  surgeon  for  the 
Idaho  Southern  Railroad  and  the  Paris  Construc- 
tion Company,  and  is  the  owner  of  a  pleasant  home 
in  Oakley  and  of  valuable  ranch  lands.  Doctor  Old- 
ham  is  known  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  of  skill, 
and  his  dignity,  character  and  devotion  to  his  pro- 
fession have  firmly  established  him  in  the  confidence 
of  his  patients  and  his  professional  colleagues.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Omega  Alpha  fraternity, 
and  his  religious  connection  is  with  the  Church  of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

In  September,  1904,  Doctor  Oldham  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Edmerisa  Whitney,  daughter 
of  John  K.  and  Ann  (Longstroth)  Whitney,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Lanca- 
shire, England.  John  K.  Whitney  was  one  of  the 
original  forty-seven  pioneers  of  Utah,  a  noted  West- 
ern explorer,  famous  Indian  fighter  and  sheriff  of 
Salt  Lake  county,  Utah,  in  1860.  He  and  his  wife 
now  reside  at  Mendon,  Utah,  in  quiet  retirement. 
A  feat  accomplished  by  Mr.  Whitney  during  the 
Black  Hawk  Indian  war,  which  js  still  remembered 
by  the  "old-timers,"  was  that  of  carrying  an  order 
from  Colonel  Conner  to  Colonel  Alexander,  a  dis- 
tance of  200  miles  through  a  country  infested  by 
Indians  on  the  warpath.  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Oldham 
have  had  three  children :  Ernest  W.,  Amarilla  and 
Mary. 

W.  A.  ANTHES.  Until  his  death  on  April  2,  1913, 
William  A.  Anthes  was  president  of  the  Citizens 
Bank  of  Pocatellp,  and  one  of  the  ablest  and  most 
thoroughly  experienced  bankers  in  Idaho.  Banking 
had  been  his  vocation  throughout  his  active  career, 
and  his  first  regular  position  in  the  world  of  busi- 
ness was  with  a  bank.  In  his  death  Pocatello  lost 
one  of  its  old  residents,  and  a  man  who  occupied 
a  foremost  position,  not  only  as  a  banker,  but  as 
a  broad-minded  and  public  spirited  citizen.  He  had 
lived  in  the  city  for  more  than  twenty  vears,  and 
had  been  an  active  factor  in  the  business  life  from 
its  village  days. 

William  A.  Anthes  was  born  at  Oshkosh,  Wiscon- 
sin, October  10,  1861.  His  education  consisted  in 
the  courses  of  the  public  school,  and  a  subsequent 
period  of  study  in  the  commercial  college  at  Osh- 
kosh. On  leaving  school  he  was  given  employment 
in  a  bank  of  his  native  city,  and  from  that  intro- 
duction followed  the  business  until  the  day  of  his 
death.  When  he  was  about  twenty  years  of  age  he 
moved  out  to  Nebraska,  where  for  eight  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  bank,  and  then  in  June, 
1890,  located  at  Pocatello.  For  fourteen  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  First  National  Bank  of  that 
city,  until  the  fall  of  1904,  and  about  three  months 
later  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  organizing  the 
Citizens  Bank  of  Pocatello.  When  the  organization 
was  completed,  he  was  elected  president,  and  di- 
rected the  affairs  of  this  substantial  institution  in 
such  manner  as  to  make  it  one  of  the  strongest 
factors  in  the  financial  resources  of  the  city,  and  the 
bank  in  its  present  condition  is  largely  a  monument 
to  his  ability  and  energy. 

At  Schuyler,  Nebraska,  Mr.  Anthes  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Josephine  Miller,  whose  parents  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Miller,  former  residents  of  Wis- 
consin. Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Anthes,  Arthur  E.,  and  Mildred  L. 

While  not  connected  as  a  member  with  any  re- 
ligious organization,  Mr.  Anthes  gave  his  preference 
to  the  Christian  Science  Church.  Fraternally  he  was 


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a  popular  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Sons  of 
Hermann.  For  a  number  of  years  he  cast  his  vote 
in  support  of  the  Democratic  party,  but  was  not 
otherwise  active  in  politics.  However,  he  did  much 
in  the  way  of  public  service,  was  a  member  of  the 
city  school  board,  and  his  influence  and  encourage- 
ment were  always  behind  any  movement  for  the 
improvement  of  Pocatello.  In  his  home  circle  he 
found  his  greatest  pleasure,  was  fond  of  good  lit- 
erature, and  once  or  twice  a  year  he  took  an  excur- 
sion for  recreation  in  the  open.  Camp  life,  hunting 
and  fishing  were  always  favorite  diversions  of  his. 

PERCY  E.  ELLIS.  Numbered  among  the  popular 
and  representative  business  men  of  Idaho  county 
is  Mr.  Ellis,  who  conducts  a  well  equipped  drug 
store  in  the  village  of  Stites  and  who  is  also  post- 
master of  this  thriving  town.  He  is  also  owner  of 
the  local  telephone  system,  which  is  operated  under 
the  title  of  the  Stites  Telephone  Company,  and  he 
has  proved  one  of  the  liberal  and  progressive  citi- 
zens of  the  county  of  his  adoption. 

Mr.  Ellis  claims  the  "right  little,  tight  little  isle" 
as  the  place  of  his  nativity.  He  was  born  in  London, 
England,  on  the  igth  of  November,  1868,  and  is  a 
son  of  F.  W.  and  Mary  D.  Ellis,  who  are  both  now 
residents  in  London,  England.  After  duly  availing 
himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  land,  Mr.  Ellis  there  served  an  apprentice- 
ship to  the  carpenter's  trade,  to  which  he  thereafter 
•devoted  his  attention  until  his  immigration  to  Amer- 
ica, when  about  seventeen  years  of  age.  He  first 
located  in  the  province  of  Manitoba,  Canada,  where 
he  followed  the  work  of  his  trade,  as  a  contractor 
and  builder,  until  1891,  when  he  came  to  the  west 
and  established  his  home  in  the  city  of  Spokane, 
Washington,  where  he  continued  in  the  same  line 
of  enterprise  about  two  years.  He  then  removed 
to  Palouse,  that  state,  where  he  was  engaged  with 
the  Palouse  Lumber  Company  about  three  years,  at 
the  expiration  of  which  he  was  appointed  assistant 
postmaster  of  the  town,  a  position  of  which  he  con- 
tinued the  incumbent  until  1899,  when  he  came  to 
the  Coeur  d'Alene  district  of  Idaho  and  established 
his  residence  at  Wardner.  There  he  was  an  assist- 
ant in  the  postoffice  about  one  year,  and  for  the 
ensuing  two  years  he  there  conducted  a  confec- 
tionery store.  In  1902  he  disposed  of  his  interests 
at  Wardner  and  removed  to  Stites,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  confectionery  store  until  1905,  when  he 
purchased  his  present  drug  business,  which  he  has 
since  conducted  most  successfully,  the  establishment 
being  well  equipped  in  all  departments  and  cater- 
ing to  an  appreciative  patronage.  He  has  served  as 
postmaster  at  Stites  since  1903  and  has  given  a  most 
acceptable  administration.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  first  village  council  of  Stites  and  has  been 
most  zealous  in  supporting  measures  and  enterprises 
that  have  conserved  the  civic  and  material  advance- 
ment of  the  town.  He  is  a  stanch  supporter  of  the 
cause  of  the  Republican  party,  is  a  zealous  and 
valued  member  of  the  Stites  Commercial  Club,  and, 
as  previously  stated,  is  the  owner  of  the  local 
telephone  system.  He  and  his  wife  attend  and  sup- 
port the  local  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  he 
is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  the  Modern  Macca- 
bees, in  which  he  has  passed  the  various  official 
chairs ;  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  he  is  past 
chancellor  commander ;  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles. 

At  Palouse,  Washington,  on  the  9th  of  August, 
1893,  Mr.  Ellis  wedded  Miss  Sarah  E.  Harris,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harris,  who  removed  from 


Kansas  to  Washington.  Mrs.  Ellis  was  a  popular 
figure  in  the  leading  social  activities  of  Stites. 
Her  death  occurred  December  27,  1912. 

COMMODORE  JACKSON.  Some  of  the  remarkable 
experiences-  and  fortunes  of  an  Idaho  pioneer  are 
properly  read  out  of  the  career  of  Commodore  Jack- 
son, Mountain  Home's  grand  old  veteran.  His  span 
of  nearly  three-score  and  ten  years  include  some 
soldiering  in  the  Confederate  army ;  steamboating  on 
the  great  rivers  of  the  Mississippi  Valley ;  freighting 
and  stage  and  express  driving  over  many  parts  of 
the  west;  mining  in  Montana  and  Idaho;  fighting 
Indians,  during  the  uprising  of  the  seventies;  and 
for  forty  years  the  vigorous  yet  peaceful  industry 
of  his  ranch  near  Mountain  Home.  By  many  counts, 
Commodore  Jackson  has  been  an  efficient  worker, 
a  valuable  citizen,  and  has  attained  many  of  "the 
durable  satisfactions  of  life." 

In  West  Virginia,  when  it  was  a  part  of  old 
Virginia,  Commodore  Jackson  was  born  in  1844. 
His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Anna  (Deems)  Jack- 
son, both  natives  of  Western  Virginia,  where  the 
father  was  a  farmer.  The  son  passed  his  early 
life  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old  on  his  father's 
place,  and  then  the  war  broke  out,  and  disturbed  all 
normal  existence  in  those  southern  states.  He  went 
into  the  Confederate  army  in  the  Third  Virginia 
Regiment,  under  General  Floyd,  and  saw  one  year 
of  active  fighting  before  he  left  the  army.  He  then 
began  steamboating  down  the  Ohio,  and  also  on  the 
Mississippi  and  Missouri  Rivers,  and  continued  in 
that  line  of  work  for  two  years.  He  finally  left  the 
river  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  where  he  joined  a 
train  under  the  command  of  John  E.  McQuirk  in 
1864  bound  for  Salt  Lake  City.  This  train  arrived 
across  the  plains  at  Fort  Bridger  in  the  winter  and 
was  snowed  in,  until  the  Mormons  came  to  their 
rescue  and  pulled  them  into  Salt  Lake  City  on 
sleighs.  At  Salt  Lake  a  new  train  was  organized 
for  Blackfoot,  Montana,  and  from  Blackfoot 
Mr.  Jackson  and  others  proceeded  to  Virginia  City, 
Montana,  at  which  point  the  train  was  broken  up. 
There  Commodore  Jackson  began  working  for  Ben 
Hplliday  in  driving  stage  from  Virginia  City  to  Bear 
River,  and  from  Virginia  City  to  Idaho  City.  He 
then  assisted  in  opening  the  first  stage  and  freight 
line  from  Bear  River  to  Dalles  River  in  Oregon, 
and  continued  on  that  line  until  it  was  bought  by  the 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Company  Express.  Under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  latter  company,  Mr.  Jackson  was  with  the 
construction  corps  at  Twin  Falls  when  the  Indians 
made  their  night  raid  and  stole  twenty  head  of  oxen 
belonging  to  the  Wells,  Fargo  &  Company  Express. 
He  and  four  other  men  on  horseback  pursued  the 
raiding  Indians  for  several  days  into  the  mountains, 
finally  caught  up  with  them  and  in  this  battle  killed 
several  of  the  marauders,  and  succeeded  in  recov- 
ering most  of  the  stock.  During  his  stage  driving 
career,  Mr.  Jackson  worked  under  several  different 
contractors,  including  John  Hailey,  one  of  the  most 
notable  of  the  old-time  characters  of  the  northwest. 
The  stage  stations  were  then  located  twelve  miles 
apart,  and  there  the  horses  were  changed,  and  at 
each  fiftv  miles  was  located  what  was  known  as 
a  home  station. 

In  1872  Mr.  Jackson  bought  a  part  of  the  place 
where  he  now  resides  and  gives  himself  up  definitely 
to  permanent  agriculture  and  stock  raising.  He 
bought  a  quarter  section  of  land  eight  miles  from 
Mountain  Home,  and  now  has  the  original  water- 
right  and  a  splendidly  improved  estate.  Under  the 
desert-claim  act,  he  also  took  up  land  where  Moun- 
tain Home  now  stands,  and  a  part  of  which  he  sold 
to  the  railroad,  and  another  part  to  a  land  company. 


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Since  locating  in  this  vicinity  in  1872,  Mr.  Jackson 
has  intermittently  carried  on  mining  with  considera- 
ble success  in  the  different  placer  districts  of  the 
state.  During  1871  he  kept  the  stage  station  at 
Rock  Creek,  and  was  also  postmaster  at  that  place. 
At  Boise,  in  1868,  Commodore  Jackson  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sarah  Bacon.  Their  three  children  are 
as  follows :  Frank,  who  is  a  rancher ;  Lena,  now 
Mrs.  Bailey;  and  Nellie,  who  lives  at  Lagrande. 
Mr.  Jackson  has  also  the  pardonable  pride  of  being 
a  great-grandfather;  his  son  Frank  has  a  son  Fred, 
who  in  turn  was  the  father  of  Evelin  Ruth,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  two  years.  For  many  years 
Mr.  Jackson  affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party, 
but  now  favors  and  votes  the  Socialist  ticket.  Dur- 
ing the  Bannock  Indian  war  Mr.  Jackson  was  one  of 
the  sufferers  from  the  depredations  of  the  hostile 
Indians  and  was  robbed  of  eleven  head  of  horses, 
which  he  never'  recovered,  and  though  he  proved 
the  theft  of  the  stock  before  a  Government  authority 
he  was  never  reimbursed  for  his  loss.  He  has  thus 
lived  and  passed  through  the  varied  experiences  of 
Idaho  life  from  the  early  years  of  the  territory  down 
to  the  present  and  there  is  no  more  honored  and  es- 
teemed citizen  of  the  southern  half  of  the  state  than 
Commodore  Jackson. 

LIEUT.-COL.  MARSHALL  WILLIAM  WOOD,  U.  S. 
ARMY.  Boise,  Idaho,  may  claim  among  her  resi- 
dents a  man  whose  name  is  not  unknown  in  other 
parts  of  the  country,  for  although  people's  memories 
are  short,  the  American  nation  will  not  soon  forget 
the  heroes  of  the  Spanish-American  war.  Marshall 
William  Wood,  the  man  in  question,  entered  the 
service  of  the  United  States  Army  many  years  ago 
and  served  faithfully  and  well  during  the  monoto- 
nous days  of  peace  in  desolate  army  posts  as  well 
as  in  the  exciting,  nerve  racking  days  of  battle  and 
sudden  death,  for  he  was  an  army  surgeon.  His 
life  has  been  wholly  given  to  his  work  and  his 
interests  had  never  been  concerned  in  any  other 
line.  He  has  always  maintained  in  his  own  person 
the  traditions  of  the  service,  and  his  uprightness, 
sincerity  and  fair  dealing  have  won  for  him  many 
friends. 

Marshall  William  Wood  was  born  in  Watertown, 
New  York,  on  the  3rd  of  June,  1846.  He  was  the 
son  of  Benjamin  and  Eunice  Augusta  (Greenleaf) 
Wood.  His  father  was  born  on  the  isth  of  June, 
1807,  and  died  April  3,  1893,  while  his  mother,  who 
was  born  on  November  26,  1811,  died  on  the  6th 
of  October,  1900.  Colonel  Wood  is  descended  from 
some  of  the  oldest  families  in  the  country  and 
among  his  ancestors  who  have  left  their  names  on 
the  records  of  Colonial  days  are.  Henry  Adams,  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts;  Edward  Bangs,  of  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts;  John  Bronson,  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut;  Tristram  Coffin,  of  Nantucket,  Massa- 
chusetts; Deacon  John  Doane,  of  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  John  Dunham  of  the  same  place; 
Jonathan  Fairbanks,  of  Dedham,  Massachusetts; 
Captain  William  Gerrish,  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts; Major  General  Goodkin,  of  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts; Edmund  Greenleaf,  of  Newbury, 
Massachusetts ;  William  Hickox,  of  Farmington, 
Connecticut;  John  Hopkins,  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut; Stephen  Hopkins,  who  was  one  of  the  May- 
flower passengers  of  1620;  John  Jenney,  of  Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts ;  Thomas  Josselyn,  of  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts;  Captain  Nicholas  Olmstead; 
Thomas  Paine,  of  Eastham,  Massachusetts ;  John 
Prescott,  of  Lancaster,  Massachusetts;  Nicholas 
Snow,  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts;  Thomas  Wilder, 
of  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  and  Henry  Wood,  of 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts. 


Colonel  Wood  attended  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  was  sent  to  the  village  high 
school  and  later  to  Belleville  Union  Academy.  Then 
having  decided  that  he  desired  to  make  medicine 
his  profession  has  been  pronounced  and  his  advance- 
in  Chicago,  from  which  institution  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1873,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In  his  later 
years  he  was  awarded  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M. 
by  Bowdoin  College,  this  honor  coming  to  him  in 
1894.  Not  content  with  what  he  obtained  in  the 
regular  course  at  the  medical  schools,  he  has  since 
had  five  terms  of  post-graduate  and  research  work. 

Upon  completing  his  education  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Chicago,  and  practiced  there 
with  considerable  success  until  1875,  when  he  be- 
came assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army, 
with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant.  In  1880  he  was 
advanced  to  the  rank  of  captain,  and  in  1804  re- 
ceived further  promotion  to  that  of  major,  ft  was 
during  the  following  year  that  he  was  director  of 
the  bacteriolpgic  laboratory  at  Boise,  Idaho.  Dur- 
ing the  Santiago  campaign  in  the  Spanish-American 
war  he  saw  active  service  as  chief  surgeon  of  the 
First  Division,  Fifth  Army  Corps.  He  was  three 
times  officially  commended  for  "distinguished  serv- 
ices." In  1904  he  was  made  lieutenant-colonel  and 
retired  from  the  service,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  quietly  living  in  Boise. 

Colonel  Wood  has  never  interested  himself  in 
politics  or  in  business  matters,  but  he  has  been 
prominent  in  matters  pertaining  to  his  own  profes- 
sion. He  was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Chicago  Society  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  upon 
his  leaving  there  in  1875.  He  is  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Hawaiian  Medical  Association,  and  is 
an  active  member  of  other  medical  societies.  Dur- 
ing the  year  of  1896-7  he  was  president  of  the  Idaho 
State  Medical  Society,  and  he  has  always  been  much 
interested  in  the  reports  and  meetings  of  these  vari- 
ous organizations.  Much  of  the  Colonel's  time  has 
of  late  years  especially  been  given  to  the  affairs  of 
the  various  patriotic  societies  of  which  he  is  a  mem- 
ber. He  became  a  member  ot  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  in  1894,  and  of  the  Sons  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution  the  same  year.  He  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Idaho  society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  since  February,  1909;  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  the  War  of  1812,  and  has  be- 
longed to  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
since  1885.  In  I9°I  he  became  a  member  of  the  Mili- 
tary Order  of  Foreign  Wars,  and  since  1867  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
He  was  made  post  commander  of  this  organization 
in  1867,  and  has  since  served  twice  in  this  capacity. 
He  has  been  department  commander  for  the  depart- 
ment of  Idaho  for  the  year  of  1911-12. 

Colonel  Wood  is  a  strong  believer  in  the  principles 
upheld  by  the  Masonic  order  and  has  held  many 
offices  in  this  fraternity.  He  was  made  a  Master 
Mason  in  1873,  and  from  1891  to  1893  he  was  wor- 
shipful master.  He  has  held  minor  offices  as  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason  and  minor  offices  as  a  Knight  Templar. 
He  has  passed  from  the  fourth  to  the  thirty-third 
degree  in  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite, 
having  been  elected  to  the  thirty-third  degree  in  Octo- 
ber, 1882.  In  1880  he  was  made  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Order  of  Scotland,  and  in  1897  was  admitted 
to  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  being  made  Illustrious  Potentate  of  El  Korah 
Temple  in  1907. 

Colonel  Wood  was  married  on  the  7th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1870,  to  Miss  Helen  J.  Hawes,  who  died  March 
27th,  1911.  The  three  eldest  children  of  this  mar- 


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riage  arc  girls,  namely  Clara  Louise,  Mary  Lunette 
and  Agnes  Augusta.  The  youngest  is  a  son,  George 
Benjamin  Wood,  who  is  married  to  Blanche  Under- 
wood. Mary  Lunette,  the  second  daughter,  married 
Elmer  J.  Smith,  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  she 
now  resides. 

HARRY  J.  PETERSEN.  Six  years  ago  Harry  J. 
Petersen  believed  that  he  saw  an  excellent  opening 
in  Pocatello  for  a  men's  clothing  and  furnishing  store 
and  acted  upon  the  idea.  The  little  shop  that  he 
opened  has  since  given  place  to  a  thriving  establish- 
ment, and  Mr.  Petersen,  as  the  owner  and  proprietor 
of  the  "Toggery  Shop,"  is  admittedly  one  of  the 
leading  business  men  of  the  city.  Born  in  Omaha 
Nebraska,  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  February,  1876, 
Mr.  Petersen  is  the  son  of  J.  C.  and  Marion  (Mad- 
sen)  Petersen. 

Concerning  his  parentage,  it  may  be  said  that  J.  C. 
Petersen  was  born  in  Flensberg,  Germany,  and  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  about  1860,  making 
his  way  directly  to  Omaha,  Nebraska.  He  was  a 
machinist  by  trade,  having  learned  the  work  in  his 
native  land  and  of  Germany  for  his  rudimentary 
education,  if  not  both,  and  he  immediately  secured 
a  position  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  in  their 
shops  in  Omaha.  For  forty-eight  years  Mr.  Petersen 
continued  in  the  service  of  that  company,  and  when 
he  was  finally  retired  and  placed  on  the  pension  list 
of  the  company,  he  was  known  for  the  oldest  em- 
ployee of  the  road,  and  one  of  the  most  highly 
esteemed  by  his  superiors.  He  was  toolroom  fore- 
man of  the  road  for  several  years,  and  was  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  capable  men  in  his  depart- 
ment of  service  in  the  employ  of  the  company.  He 
died  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  on  September  i8th,  1912, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years,  and  the  last  five 
years  of  his  life  he  was  on  the  retired  list  of  the 
company  that  he  had  served  so  long  and  so  faithfully. 
The  mother  of  Harry  Petersen  was  born  in  Copen- 
hagen, Denmark,  in  1850,  and  died  on  Sunday,  De- 
cember 22,  1912.  She  was  married  in  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  and  there  lived  until  some  years  ago,  when 
she  came  to  Pocatello  to  make  her  son,  Harry  J.,  a 
visit.  Her  body  was  returned  to  her  old  Nebraska 
home  for  interment.  She  left  five  children  to  mourn 
her  loss,  besides  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  Omaha 
as  well  as  those  in  Pocatello  who  came  to  know 
and  love  her  in  the  time  she  spent  here  with  her  son. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter- 
sen :  Arthur,  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City;  William, 
of  Tucson,  Arizona ;  Harry  J.,  of  this  review ;  Mrs. 
Anna  C.  Simpson,  the  wife  of  Dr.  Simpson  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska;  and  Mrs.  Alice  Dobson,  the  wife  of  a 
well-known  contractor  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Harry  J.  Petersen  attended  the  schools  of  Omaha 
to  the  age  of  fifteen,  when  he  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school  of  that  city.  He  then  entered  the 
railroad  shops  of  the  Union  Pacific,  with  which  his 
father  had  long  been  employed,  and  there  he  learned 
the  trade  of  a  machinist.  He  completed  his  full 
apprenticeship,  then  worked  at  Rollins,  Wyoming, 
and  Omaha  for  about  a  year,  after  which  he  came 
to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  his  arrival  here  being  in  1800. 
He  secured  work^for  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Rail- 
road as  a  machinist  and  was  employed  for  four 
years  in  that  capacity,  after  which  he  resigned  and 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  candy  business 
in  Pocatello.  He  remained  thus  occupied  until  1906, 
when  he  sold  out  and  took  a  position  as  agent  with 
the  National  Cash  Register  Company,  and  for  a  year 
he  was  employed  in  that  capacity.  It  was  then  that 
he  saw  his  golden  opportunity,  and  established  the 


"Toggery,"  which  has  proved  such  a  pleasing  suc- 
cess. The  little  shop  of  five  years  ago  has  developed 
into  one  of  the  largest  and  most  metropolitan  exclu- 
sive men's  furnishing  stores  in  the  state,  and  has  a 
reputation  for  up-to-the-minute  accessories  and  all 
around  satisfying  service  that  has  made  it  the  most 
popular  shop  in  Pocatello.  Four  clerks  are  employed 
in  the  shop,  a  striking  fact  when  it  is  considered 
slaughter  in  Idaho.  He  is  devoted  to  the  state  and 
that  in  the  beginning  Mr.  Petersen  was  able  to  care 
for  the  place  unassisted. 

Mr.  Petersen  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers'  and 
Traders'  Bank  of  Pocatello,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
city  council,  and  in  the  years  of  1909  and  1910  held 
the  office  of  United  States  Storekeeper  Gauger. 

The  fraternal  relations  of  Mr.  Petersen  are  main- 
tained with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
in  which  he  is  Past  Exalted  Ruler  and  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Lodge ;  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
the  Sons  of  Hermann.  His  politics  are  those  of  a 
Republican,  but  he  is  not  more  than  ordinarily  active 
in  the  field  of  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  with  others  of  his  family. 

On  February  27,  1001,  Mr.  Petersen  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Laura  Elvira  Christensen.  of 
Monmouth,  Illinois.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Dorothy  (Smith)  Christensen,  residents  of  Mon- 
mouth, who  still  make  their  home  in  that  place. 

Mr.  Petersen  is  a  man  of  considerable  public  spirit, 
and  has  been  one  of  the  most  active  and  prominent 
in  the  movement  to  preserve  the  elk  from  ruthless 
has  unlimited  faith  in  her  future  and  in  the  promise 
she  holds  out  to  all  who  have  ambition  and  energy. 
He  has  demonstrated  his  belief  in  the  continued  pros- 
perity of  the  state  by  acquiring  a  generous  quantity 
of  real  estate  in  and  about  the  county,  and  owns 
a  valuable  ranch  eight  miles  east  of  the  town  of  Ash- 
ton,  all  of  which  he  has  accumulated  since  he  engaged 
in  business  here  a  few  years  ago.  He  also  owns  his 
own  home  and  business  property  on  Main  street  and 
other  vacant  lots  in  Pocatello. 

EDWARD  G.  GALLET,  president  of  the  Gate  City  Fur- 
niture Company  and  county  recorder  of  Bannock 
county  until  he  resigned  that  office  recently  and  ac- 
cepted the  post  of  secretary  of  the  Public  Utilities 
Commission  of  the  State  of  Idaho,  was  a  resident 
of  Pocatello  for  many  years,  his  recent  appointment 
causing  his  removal  to  Boise.  Idaho,  where  he  has 
taken  up  his  permanent  abode.  For  many  years 
Mr.  Gallet  was  connected  with  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
Railroad,  and  when  he  discontinued  that  service  he 
identified  himself  conspicuously  with  the  business 
and  public  life  of  Pocatello,  with  which  he  first  be- 
came identified  in  the  days  when  it  was  a  mere  vil- 
lage. 

Mr.  Gallet  was  born  near  Galesburg,  Illinois,  on 
May  5,  1866.  and  he  was  the  eldest  of  ten  children, 
six  of  whom  are  still  living.  His  parents  were  John 
C.  and  Julia  (Gittings)  Gallet.  the  father  a  native 
of  Illinois  and  the  mother  of  Kentucky.  John  G. 
Gallet.  who  died  in  1894  at  the  age  of  fifty-three,  was 
a  lifelong  resident  of  Illinois,  and  for  years  was 
general  agent  for  the  Garr-Scort  Agricultural  Imple- 
ment Company,  of  Richmond.  Indiana.  The  mother 
is  now  living  in  Pocatello  at  the  advanced  age  of 
seventy-six  years. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  city  gave  to  Ed- 
ward Gallet  his  first  educational  advantages,  and 
he  afterward  attended  St.  Viator's  College,  near 
Kankakee.  Illinois,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1884. 
For  about  a  year  thereafter  he  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing school  in  Chicago,  but  in  1885  he  came  west  and 


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at  Pocatello  entered  the  service  of  the  Oregon  Short 
Line.  He  was  with  that  company  until  1899,  and 
during  those  years  occupied  a  number  of  positions 
of  responsibility  from  the  freight  department  up. 

After  giving  up  railroading  Mr.  Gallet  became 
deputy  county  recorder,  the  duties  of  which  position 
occupied  him  until  1902,  when  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  recorder.  Then,  in  1906  and  1910,  he  was 
re-elected  to  the  office,  and  he  was  serving  in  the 
office  when  his  appointment  to  the  post  of  secretary 
to  the  Public  Utilities  Commission  of  Idaho  was 
tendered  him.  His  resignation  went  into  effect  soon 
after,  and  his  removal  to  Boise  followed  shortly, 
when  he  assumed  the  duties  of  his  new  office  on 
June  5,  1913. 

While  in  Pocatello,  Mr.  Gallet  became  identified  in 
a  prominent  manner  with  the  Gate  City  Furniture 
Company,  becoming  president  of  the  concern,  which 
is  one  of  the  large  and  prosperous  business  houses 
of  the  city,  occupying  commodious  quarters  on  Main 
street.  • 

Politically  Mr.  Gallet  was  one  of  the  local  leaders 
in  the  Republican  party  in  Bannock  county,  and  his 
fraternal  associations  are  with  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
Railroad  Trainmen.  His  church  is  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic. Mr.  Gallet  enjoys  outdoor  pastimes,  and  is  an 
all  around  good  citizen,  whose  position  in  the  com- 
munity is  one  of  efficient  service  and  in  which  he 
enjoys  the  highest  esteem.  He  worked  his  own  way 
to  success,  and  has  always  been  tfiad  of  the  fact 
that  he  chose  Idaho  as  the  scene  of  his  career. 

Mr.  Gallet  was  married  at  Helena,  Montana,  on 
February  3,  1890,  to  Miss  Ella  M.  Case,  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  C.  and  Mary  A.  Case,  formerly  of  Illinois, 
the  mother  being  still  alive.  Three  children  have 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gallet,  all  claiming 
Pocatello  as  their  birthplace.  They  are  Grace,  born 
in  1893,  and  now  a  student  in  Pocatello  Academy; 
Louis,  born  in  1895,  and  Frances,  born  in  1907. 

RODNEY  H.  MANNING,  secretary  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Manning-Cleveland  Company,  of  Ash- 
ton,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of 
this  town,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  since 
1910.  He  was  born  in  Rock  Island  county,  Illinois, 
on  August  14,  1868,  and  is  the  son  of  John  R.  Man- 
ning and  his  wife,  Mary  T.  (Hamor)  Manning,  na- 
tives of  Wisconsin  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively. 
The  father  was  a  stock  dealer  in  Illinois  for  many 
years,  but  later  moved  to  Nebraska,  where  he  was 
known  as  a  very  successful  man  in  various  ways. 
He  served  one  term  in  the  state  senate  of  Nebraska, 
and  was  particularly  active  in  state  and  national  pol- 
itics. He  is  now  a  resident  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
and  is  living  a  retired  life  in  that  place.  He  is  a 
Republican,  and  still  takes  an  active  interest  in  poli- 
tics. The  wife  and  mother  died  in  1903  at  Carroll, 
Nebraska,  aged  fifty-six.  She  was  the  mother  of  six 
children — four  sons  and  two  daughters — three  of 
which  number  live  in  Idaho. 

Rodney  H.  Manning  became  a  resident  of  Ashton, 
Idaho,  in  January,  1910,  and  since  then  has  been 
identified  with  the  leading  hardware  business  in 
the  city,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Manning- 
Cleveland  Co.  Charles  C.  Cleveland  is  president  of 
the  firm,  L.  E.  Manning  is  vice-president  and  Rodney 
H.  Manning  is  secretary  and  general  manager.  The 
firm  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  this  district  and 
deals  exclusively  in  hardware,  sporting  and  tourist 
goods,  and  is  incorporated  at  $25,000. 

Mr.  Manning  is  a  Republican  and  an  active  and 


enthusiastic  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  party,  but 
he  has  never  sought  or  filled  office.  He  is  prominent 
in  fraternal  societies  and  as  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  has  filled  all  offices 
in  the  encampment,  subordinate  lodge  and  canton. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Ashton  Commercial  Club, 
and  is  an  energetic  worker  in  the  best  interests  of 
the  community  at  all  times. 

Mr.  Manning  was  married  in  Knox  county,  Ne- 
braska, on  September  27,  1900,  to  Miss  Laura  E. 
Reynolds,  a  native  of  the  state  and  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Reynolds.  Four  children  have  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Manning;  Laurence,  Laura,  Hamor 
and  Nat. 

PETER  O.  THOMPSON.  Experience  has  taught  most 
convincingly  that  success  is  the  result  of  persistent 
application  of  intelligent  methods  that  demand  time 
for  their  development ;  consequently  there  is  no  such 
word  as  luck  in  the  lexicon  of  successful  business 
men.  To  executive  ability  must  be  added  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  field  to  be  occupied,  and  this 
can  only  be  obtained  by  gradual  approach.  Sudden 
acquisition  of  wealth  is  rare,  and  it  is  generally 
found  that  the  most  substantial  of  our  business  men 
are  those  who  have  gradually  worked  their  way  to 
the  front  by  perseverance  and  constant  industry.  In 
any  event,  none  would  intimate  that  luck  has  played 
any  great  part  in  the  success  of  Peter  O.  Thompson, 
proprietor  of  a  plumbing  and  heating  establishment 
at  Rexburg.  Rather  may  it  be  said  that  his  present 
position  is  due  to  Danish  thrift,  tireless  energy,  and 
an  intimate  acquaintance  with  all  the  details  of  his 
business.  His  sole  capital  when  he  started  out  in 
life  was  the  heritage  of  a  good  name,  supplemented 
with  courage  to  endure,  strength  to  labor  and 
patience  to  wait.  He  was  born  at  Oland,  Denmark, 
April  n,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Ole  and  Mattie  (Ber- 
tleson)  Thompson.  His  father  died  in  Denmark  at 
the  age  of  fifty-three  years,  in  1874,  soon  after  which 
the  widow  brought  her  children  to  the  United  States 
and  located  at  Hyrum,  Utah,  where  she  passed  away 
in  1908,  aged  eighty  years. 

Peter  O.  Thompson  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Utah,  and  in  1884  gradu- 
ated from  Brigham  Young  College.  On  leaving 
school  he  became  connected  with  a  mercantile  estab- 
lishment at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  re- 
mained five  years,  and  then  came  to  Rexburg,  but 
subsequently  returned  to  Utah  to  learn  the  plumb- 
ing business.  When  he  had  mastered  his  trade  Mr. 
Thompson  again  came  to  Rexburg,  established  him- 
self in  business,  and  has  continued  to  remain  in  the 
enjoyment  of  a  wide-spread  patronage.  With 
supreme  confidence  in  the  future  development  of  his 
adopted  community,  he  has  invested  in  realty,  being 
the  owner  of  much  valuable  farm  land  in  Fremont 
county,  as  well  as  a  beautiful  modern  residence  in 
Rexburg.  When  he  finds  leisure  from  the  duties 
of  business  life,  he  sends  his  time  in  visiting  his 
land,  or  in  taking  hunting  and  fishing  trips,  of  which 
he  is  very  fond.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat, but  has  paid  but  little  attention  to  affairs  of  a 
public  nature.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
and  very  prominent  in  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
being  a  member  of  the  executive  board  of  the  Build- 
ing Committee,  and  through  his  untiring  efforts  they 
have  completed  a  magnificent  structure,  at  a  cost 
of  $35,000.  He  has  also  served  as  clerk  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  He  is 
at  present  holding  the  responsible  position  of  super- 
intendent of  the  waterworks  in  the  city  of  Rexburg, 


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in  which  capacity  he  has  served  under  the  last  three 
administrations. 

On  November  20,  1900,  Mr.  Thompson  was  mar- 
ried at  Rexburg,  Idaho,  to  Miss  Ida  B.  Gerber, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Gerber,  and  five 
children  have  been  born  to  this  unton,  all  in  Rex- 
burg:  P.  O.  Thompson,  Jr.,  born  in  1901.  Leland  L., 
born  in  1905,  both  of  whom  are  attending  school; 
and  Erwin  Lament,  born  in  1907,  Frank  F.,  born  in 
1909.  Ralph  Remington,  born  in  1912,  at  home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  are  widely  known  in 
Rexburg  and  vicinity,  where  they  have  a  wide  circle 
of  sincere  friends. 

NELS  A.  JUST.  Few  men  in  this  section*  of  the 
state  are  more  properly  entitled  to  the  appellation 
of  pioneer,  or  are  more  justly  deserving  of  mention 
in  a  work  of  the  nature  and  purpose  of  this  publica- 
tion than  the  late  Nels  A.  Just.  He  came  to  Utah 
as  a  mere  lad,  and  from  there  came  to  Idaho,  where 
he  passed  his  life,  devoting  himself  to  pioneer  indus- 
tries and  living  the  open,  wholesome  and  free  life 
of  the  new  settler  in  a  new  land.  Wherever  he 
identified  himself  with  the  life  of  the  wilderness, 
primitive  conditions  retreated  and  gave  place  to  the 
more  civilized  aspects  of  life,  and  he  in  the  long 
years  of  his  active  life  here  was  identified  with 
varied  forms  of  industrial  activity,  embracing  mining, 
farming  and  stockraising.  When  he  died,  in  March, 
1912,  he  and  his  wife,  who  yet  survives  him,  were 
the  owners  of  some  three  hundred  acres  of  fine 
land,  which  they  had  acquired  wholly  through  their 
native  thrift  and  industry. 

Born  in  Denmark  on  April  17,  1847,  Nels  A.  Just 
was  the  son  of  Peter  M.  and  Karen  M.  (Christen- 
son)  Just.  Up  to  1857  Nels  A.  Just  continued  in 
his  native  land,  and  in  that  year  when  he  was  but 
ten  years  of  age,  he  came  to  the  United  States  and 
made  his  way  direct  to  Utah.  He  crossed  the  plains 
in  company  with  a  party  of  homeseekers  and  helped 
to  push  a  handcart  from  Iowa  City,  in  Iowa,  to 
Utah.  When  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  went 
to  Camp  Floyd,  Utah,  remaining  there  for  the  space 
of  a  year,  occupied  in  various  employments,  going 
thence  to  Soda  Springs,  Idaho.  He  made  a  short 
stay  there,  deciding  to  go  to  Montana,  and  there  he 
was  engaged  in  mining  activities  for  one  season.  He 
returned  to  Utah  from  Montana  then,  and  for  a  time 
served  as  a  messenger  for  the  Wells- Fargo  Com- 
pany, after  which  he  went  to  Rush  Valley,  and  was 
employed  there  and  at  different  points  as  wood 
contractor.  Later  he  was  night  watchman  between 
Rollin  and  Corrine,  in  the  service  of  a  forwarding 
company,  when  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  was 
being  built,  and  continued  until  the  completion  of 
the  road.  He  then  engaged  in  the  freighting  busi- 
ness, and  made  two  trips  to  the  Salmon  River  coun- 
try. On  one  of  these  trips  he  saw  the  valley  which 
subsequently  became  his  home. 

In  the  summer  of  1870  Mr.  Just  was  occupied  in 
the  Snake  River  country,  and  it  was  in  this  year 
that  he  was  married  at  Malad  City.  Idaho,  to  Mrs. 
Emma  (Thompson)  Bennett.  After  their  marriage 
they  returned  to  a  point  on  the  Snake  river,  near  to 
Firth,  and  ther»  settled,  only  to  move  after  a  brief 
period,  and  in  1872  they  made  another  move,  which 
brought  them  to  the  place  which  long  after  repre- 
sented their  home  and  the  center  of  their  interests. 
They  became  the  owners  of  land  there  and,  settling 
down,  devoted  their  energies  to  the  making  of  a 
home,  and  it  is  worthy  of  mention  that  their  place 
was  one  of  the  finest  to  be  found  in  these  parts.  In 
subsequent  years  a  postoffice  was  established  in 

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their  home,  the  office  being  designated  as  Presto,  sin- 
gularly appropriate  when  it  is  considered  that  a  vast 
change  was  wrought  in  the  community  before  the 
establishment  of  a  government  postoffice  was  a  pos- 
sibility. Some  three  hundred  acres  of  fine  Idaho 
land  came  to  represent  the  possessions  of  Mr.  Just, 
a  portion  of  which  was  acquired  under  the  Timber 
Culture  Act,  by  patent  number  one,  and  despite  the 
primitive  conditions  that  reigned  when  they  settled 
there,  the ,  place  came  to  assume  a  homelike  and 
comfortable  air  that  was  characteristic  of  the  per- 
sonalities of  these  worthy  people.  The  place  is 
situated  in  the  Blackfoot  River  Valley,  some  fifteen 
miles  east  of  Blackfoot,  and  is  one  of  the  fertile  and 
attractive  farming  districts  of  these  parts. 

Mr.  Just,  it  should  be  said,  was  one  of  the  few 
men  who  owned  and  controlled  what  is  known  as 
an  independent  ditch.  He  also  dug  with  his  spade 
a  ditch  running  from  Willow  Creek  to  the  spot 
where  the  city  of  Idaho  Falls  now  stands,  carrying 
the  first  water  to  that  point  in  the  fall  of  1871. 

Nine  children  came  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Just,  three 
of  whom  are  yet  living.  They  are  James,  Francis 
and  Agnes,  the  latter  now  the  wife  of  Robert  E.  Reid. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reid  still  reside  on  the  home  place 
with  the  mother,  and  are  carrying  on  the  develop- 
ment work  which  the  father  begun  and  carried  on 
so  valiantly. 

FRED  A.  PITTENGER,  M.  D.  Among  the  members  of 
the  medical  fraternity  in  Idaho  who  have  attained 
something  more  than  a  local  reputation  in  their  pro- 
fession is  Dr.  Fred  A.  Pittenger,  of  Boise,  a  citizen 
whose  general  worth  to  his  city  is  not  limited  to  his 
activities  in  the  sciences  of  medicine  and  surgery. 
Doctor  Pittenger  was  born  in  Morrow  county,  Ohio. 
October  15,  1876,  and  is  a  son  of  William  W.  and 
Margaret  (Kern)  Pittenger.  The  family  was  founded 
in  this  country  by  a  native  of  Holland,  who  settled 
in  Pennsylvania  during  the  early  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  William  W.  Pittenger  was  born  in 
Ohio,  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  an  engineer 
in  the  United  States  Government  service,  but  an 
unusually  promising  career  was  cut  short  by  his 
early  death,  when  he  was  but  thirty-four  years  of 
age.  He  married  Margaret  Kern,  whose  ancestors 
also  came  from  Holland  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania 
at  an  early  date,  she  being  a  native  of  Ohio,  and 
they  had  but  one  child,  Fred  A.  She  is  now  the 
wife  of  Dr.  H.  B.  Ustick,  of  Boise,  to  which  city 
she  came  in  1891. 

Fred  A.  Pittenger  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Morrow  county.  Ohio, 
following  which  he  spent  two  years  at  Washington 
Court  House.  Fayette  county,  and  then  entered  the 
University  of  Iowa,  where  he  took  a  collegiate 
course  of  two  years  and  a  two-year  medical  course. 
He  then  entered  the  Chicago  Homeopathic  Medical 
College,  fro'm  which  he  was  graduated  in  1899.  and 
the  next  two  years  he  spent  as  interne  in  the  Chicago 
Homeopathic  Hospital.  He  then  entered  North- 
western Medical  College,  Chicago,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1904,  following  which  he  was  associated 
with  Dr.  Adams,  a  well-known  Chicago  surgeon,  for 
five  years.  In  1906  Dr.  Pittenger  came  to  Boise  and 
has  here  built  up  a  large  medical  and  surgical  prac- 
tice. A  close  and  careful  student,  he  has  interested 
himself  in  the  work  of  the  various  organizations 
which  are  advancing  the  work  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession, and  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County 
Societies  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
He  is  physician  for  the  Idaho  Soldiers'  Home,  city 
physician  of  Boise  and  surgeon  general  of  the  state, 


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is  captain  in  the  Medical  Corps  and  holds  a  com- 
mission in  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  of  U.  S.  A. 
An  enthusiastic  Mason,  he  has  reached  the  Shriner 
degree. 

On  January  12,  1901,  Dr.  Pittenger  was  married 
at  Chicago,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Alice  Butterworth,  a 
native  of  Illinois.  Mrs.  Pittenger,  who  is  president 
of  the  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  is  active 
in  the  civic  life  of  the  state.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Pittenger 
have  one  daughter,  Marion,  and  live  at  No.  148  East 
Jefferson  street,  in  a  beautiful  home.  As  a  diversion 
from  the  arduous  duties  of  his  profession,  the  Doctor 
often  visits  his  model  farm  of  1,800  acres,  where 
he  raises  pedigreed  stock.  Since  his  residence  in 
Chicago,  where  he  lectured  in  various  institutions 
and  held  the  chair  of  associate  professor  of  surgery 
in  Hahnemann  Medical  College,  he  has  done  a  great 
deal  of  this  work,  and  is  recognized  as  an  authority 
on  various  diseases,  being  often  called  into  consulta- 
tion by  his  confreres.  Alert  to  the  -live  issues  of 
the  day,  with  a  keen  interest  in  all  that  affects  his 
community,  he  is  one  of  his  city's  leading  men,  and 
no  movement  of  importance  is  considered  complete 
without  his  support. 

ADDISON  VINCENT  SCOTT  located  in  Idaho  Falls, 
Idaho,  in  1890,  and  from  then  until  now  has  been 
busily  and  profitably  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. He  has  taken  a  leading  part  in  many  of  the 
important  industrial  and  financial  enterprises  of  the 
district  in  the  passing  years  and  has  made  a  name 
and  a  position  for  himself  in  this  city  and  in  the 
surrounding  country.  Born  in  Madison  county, 
Iowa,  on  January  14,  1858,  Addison  V.  Scott  is  the 
son  of  Joseph  Cruson  and  Eliza  Jane  (Rawlings) 
Scott,  both  natives  of  the  Hoosier  state. 

Joseph  Cruson  Scott  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1825. 
He  moved  to  Iowa  about  1850,  and  was  a  pioneer 
settler  of  the  state.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  but 
took  up  farming  in  Iowa  and  was  more  than  ordi- 
narily successful  all  his  days.  He  moved  into 
Kansas  about  1881,  and  there  death  came  to  him 
at  his  home  in  Claflin,  Great  Bend  county,  in  1897, 
when  he  was  seventy-one  years  of  age.  The  mother 
died  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  1910,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-eight.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children — three  sons  and  five  daughters — of  which 
number  Addison  V.  was  the  fourth  born. 

Up  to  the  age  of  eighteen,  Addison  Vincent  Scott 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  community, 
with  a  business  college  course  terminating  his  school-  • 
ing.  He  was  reared  to  farm  work,  as  might  be 
gathered  from  the  fact  that  he  was  born  to  country 
life,  and  his  first  independent  work  after  leaving 
school  was  in  a  dry  goods  and  boot  and  shoe  store 
in  his  home  town.  His  next  position  was  with  Harsh 
&  Perrin,  who  conducted  a  banking,  real  estate  and 
farm  loan  business  at  Creston,  Iowa,  and  for  ten 
years  he  continued  to  be  associated  with  them.  It 
was  there  he  learned  the  details  of  the  business  to 
which  he  later  gave  his  undivided  attention,  and 
in  which  he  is  still  occupied.  During  his  stay  in 
Creston  for  four  years  he  served  as  cashier  of  the 
Creston  National  Bank  and  four  years  as  manager 
of  the  Creston  Trust  &  Loan  Company,  and  in  1886 
he  severed  all  business  connections  there  and  made 
his  way  to  the  west,  settling  at  Idaho  Falls  in  1890, 
from  Denver,  Colorado.  Here  he  entered  into  the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business,  and  the  venture 
proved  a  success  from  the  start.  He  has  built  up  a 
large  and  thriving  business  in  these  lines,  and  is  rec- 
ognized for  one  of  the  big  business  men  of  the  city. 
He  was  president  of  the  Idaho  Power  &  Transporta- 


tion Company  at  the  time  that  company  sold  to  the 
Utah  Power  &  Light  Company,  in  1912,  and  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  for  the  Caribou  Gold  &  Coppet 
Company,  as  well  as  maintaining  other  official  posi- 
tions of  similar  nature. 

Mr.  Scott  is  a  Republican,  and  while  a  resident 
of  Creston  was  at  one  time  treasurer  of  the  city. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Idaho 
Falls,  and  has  served  on  the  school  board  of  this 
city.  He  has  always  borne  an  active  part  in  the  civic 
movements  that  have  been  inaugurated  in  Idaho 
Falls,  proving  himself  at  every  turn  to  be  a  valuable 
and  reliable  citizen,  who  is  deeply  concerned  in  the 
welfare  of  the  city  which  is  his  home  and  the  center 
of  his  business  operations.  Mr.  Scott  is  the  owner 
of  a  considerable  town  property  and  has  done  some 
farming  as  well.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Club  of  Com- 
merce of  Idaho  Falls  and  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  He  has  not  been  slow  to 
recognize  the  wonderful  opportunities  proffered  to 
every  live  and  progressive  man,  and  does  not  hesi- 
tate to  say  that  the  state  of  Idaho  has  been  good  to 
him. 

On  May  3,  1883,  Mr.  Scott  was  married  at  Cres- 
ton, Iowa,  to  Miss  Adelia  B.  Duggan,  the  daughter 
of  James  D.  Duggan,  a  native  of  Illinois.  They  have 
no  children  living. 

FRANCIS  D.  HORMAN.  Among  the  forceful  and 
able  business  men  of  lona,  Idaho,  whose  activities 
have  contributed  materially  to  the  importance  of 
their  section.  Francis  D.  Herman  holds  a  prominent 
position.  During  the  past  five  years  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  coal  and  lumber  business,  having 
previous  to  that  time  devoted  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, and  his  career  is  an  excellent  example  of  in- 
dustry, perseverance  and  integrity,  culminating  in  a 
well-deserved  success.  Mr.  Herman  was  born  on 
the  Isle  of  Jersey,  northwest  of  France,  October  6. 
1855,  the  second  of  the  ten  children  of  Charles  and 
Margaret  (De  la  Haye)  Horman.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  England,  where  in  early  life  he  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaker,  also  the  baker's  trade.  On  emi- 
grating to  this  country  he  struck  out  across  the 
plains  for  Utah,  being  one  of  the  last  to  come  by 
the  old  wagon  route,  as  the  railroads  followed  soon 
after,  and  here  he  took  up  the  trade  of  shoemaker, 
which  he  continued  to  follow  until  his  death,  in  1880, 
when  he  was  fiity-five  years  of  age.  He  was  mar- 
ried on  the  Isle  of  Jersey  to  Margaret  De  la  Haye, 
who  was  born  on  the  Isle  of  Jersey,  and  she  crossed 
the  plains  with  her  husband,  and  died  in  1909,  at  the 
age  of  eighty  years.  They  were  well-known  people 
in  their  community,  faithful  members  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  had  the  entire  respect 
and  esteem  of  the  many  who  knew  them. 

Francis  D.  Horman  acquired  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  Tooele,  Utah,  supplemented 
by  home  study  and  attendance  at  night  school,  thus 
thoroughly  preparing  himself  mentally  for  the  battle 
of  life.  As  a  young  man  he  attended  his  father's 
farm  in  Utah.  In  1883  he  purchased  a  farm,  where 
he  continued  to  till  the  soil  until  coming  to  Idaho 
in  1902,  and  at  that  time  traded  his  farm  in  Utah 
for  one  one  mile  northwest  of  lona,  where  he  re- 
mained for  five  years.  In  1907  Mr.  Horman  came 
to  this  city  and  purchased  the  stock,  property  and 
good  will  of  the  Jeff  Brothers  Coal  and  Lumber 
Company,  which  he  has  continued  to  conduct  with 
pleasing  success  to  the  present  time.  Thoroughly 
conversant  with  all  the  details  of  the  business,,  the 
trade  has  prospered  through  his  personal  attention, 


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and  in  business  circles  he  is  known  as  a  man  of 
integrity  and  honorable  dealing,  whose  career  in 
the  commercial  world  will  bear  the  closest  scrutiny. 
Mr.  Herman  was  married  at  Logan,  Utah,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1886,  to  Miss  Thecla  Lindholm.  and  to  this 
union  there  have  been  born  thirteen  children :  Mrs. 
Clara  L.  Moss,  born  in  Utah,  now  living  in  Idaho, 
who  has  two  children,  Rulon  and  Wardell;  Joseph 
FJwood,  born  in  lona,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  months;  Lula  L.,  Maude  L.,  Ross  L.  and 
Johanna  L.,  all  born  in  Utah;  Martha  L.,  Merrill 
L.  and  LeRoy,  born  in  Idaho;  Francis  L.,  born  in 
Utah,  deceased ;  Albert  L.,  born  in  Utah,  and  also 
deceased;  a  child  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Phyllis, 
who  was  born  and  died  in  Idaho.  In  his  political 
affiliations  Mr.  Herman  js  a  Democrat,  and  for  some 
years  he  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  a  position 
which  he  still  retains.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  the  work  of  which  he 
has  been  active,  and  in  every  relation  of  life  has  so 
conducted  himself  as  to  deserve  the  confidence  and 
regard  in  which  he  is  universally  held..1 

WILLIAM  DEARY.  In  the  list  of  men  who  did 
large  and  worthy  things  in  Idaho,  a  name  that  stood 
very  high  was  that  of  the  late  William  Deary,  whose 
death  on  May  7,  1913,  closed  a  career  of  exceptional 
ability  in  many  lines.  There  were  many  things  to 
connect  his  name  with  Idaho,  although  he  was  a 
business  man  whose  interests  went  far  outside  the 
limits  of  any  one  state.  He  was  recognized  at  the 
time  of  his  death  as  the  foremost  figure  in  the  lum- 
ber business  in  this  state,  and  gave  Idaho  the 
distinction  of  having  the  largest  lumber  mill  in 
the  world  and  also  the  most  modern  in  its  equip- 
ment. As  general  manager  of  the  Potlatch  Lumber 
Company  he  was  at  the  head  of  a  great  industrial 
concern,  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
and  in  filling  his  position  with  credit  and  with  value 
to  the  company  he  brought  to  bear  upon  his  work 
the  benefit  of  his  experience  for  forty-five  years  or 
more  as  a  lumberman,  and  also  an  exceptional  genius 
and  ability  as  a  business  man.  He  was  of  that  class 
of  men  who  energize  and  give  vitality  to  every  under- 
taking committed  to  their  care.  The  town  of  Pot- 
latch,  with  its  flourishing  enterprise  and  its  many 
business  and  municipal  facilities,  owes  much  to  the 
progressve  citizenship  of  Mr.  Deary,  who  gave  much 
time  and  energy  to  planning  and  executing  his  ideas 
and  ideals  in  town  building.  Another  of  the  pros- 
perous towns  of  Latah  county,  Deary,  is  named  in 
his  honor. 

The  late  William  Deary  was  born  in  Canada,  June 
24,  1853,  and  was  nearly  sixty  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  His  educational  studies  were 
pursued  in  the  public  schools  of  Canada  to  the  age 
of  fourteen,  at  which  point  in  his  life  he  began  to 
learn  the  value  of  industry  by  working  in  the  lum- 
ber woods  of  Canada.  His  wages  to  begin  with  were 
eleven  dollars  a  month,  and  with  a  most  commend- 
able filial  regard  he  gave  all  of  his  first  year's  earn- 
ings to  his  mother.  That  was  the  beginning  of  his 
career  in  the  lumber  business.  His  second  job  was 
at  a  salary  of  forty  dollars  a  month,  and  from  that 
time  forward  he  was  more  or  less  employed  in 
executive  positions  until  he  became  active  head  of 
one  of  the  greatest  lumber  concerns  of  the  world. 
The  first  twenty-six  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
Canada,  after  which  he  came  to  the  states,  and  was 
employed  in  the  lumber  woods  of  Michigan  for  two 
years,  and  about  five  years  in  similar  work  in  Wis- 
consin. From  Wisconsin  he  went  to  Minnesota, 
where  for  the  first  four  years  he  worked  in  the 


woods.  After  that  until  1900  he  was  in  the  lumber 
business  on  his  own  account.  For  two  years  he 
traveled  in  the  south,  old  Mexico  and  the  west,  and 
visited  the  states  of  Oregon,  Washington,  California 
and  New  Mexico,  and  the  end  of  these  travels 
brought  him  to  Idaho.  As  a  result  of  this  varied 
experience  he  possessed  and  used  an  accurate  knowl- 
edge of  the  lumber  resources  and  possibilities  of  many 
different  sections  of  America.  When  he  determined 
to  settle  in  Idaho  he  located  at  Moscow,  where  he 
opened  his  office,  and  afterwards  began  the  opera- 
tions at  Potlatch  which  termintcd  in  tne  organization 
of  the  Potlatch  Lumber  Company.  This  company 
now  has  at  Potlatch  the  largest  lumber  mill  in  the 
world,  and  at  Elk  River,  in  the  adjoining  county  of 
Clearwater,  has  a  branch  mill,  also  a  modern  plant, 
and  run  entirely  by  electrical  power.  In  an  indus- 
trial and  commercial  sense  the  value  of  Mr.  Deary's 
services  for  Idaho  have  been  invaluable.  He  has 
given  employment  .to  thousands  of  men  and  has  thus 
brought  wealth  and  prosperity  to  a  large  group  of 
population. 

Mr.  Deary  will  long  be  remembered  as  having 
laid  out  and  established  the  town  of  Potlatch. 
Though  unincorporated,  the  village  has  all  such  im- 
provements as  waterworks,  sewerage  system,  fine 
walks,  electric  lights,  a  telephone  system,  and  other 
conveniences  only  enjoyed  by  the  most  up-to-date 
towns  and  cities.  He  not  only  gave  his  attention  to 
the  development  of  the  material  tacilities  of  the 
town,  but  also  to  the  moral  and  social  improvement, 
and  it  was  his  ambition  in  which  he  largely  succeeded 
before  his  death  in  making  Potlatch  a  model  center 
of  industry  and  civic  social  welfare.  He  was  always 
ready  to  take  the  lead  in  expending  his  own  time 
and  personal  efforts  for  the  accomplishment  of  the 
desired  end.  The  Potlatch  Lumber  Company  built 
a  fine  large  modern  school  building  and  has  since 
maintained  a  full  corps  of  competent  teachers.  It 
also  erected  a  handsome  Union  church,  which  would 
be  a  credit  to  any  city,  and  the  large  hotel  was  also 
provided  by  the  company.  Mr.  Deary  established 
the  Potlatch  State  Bank,  and  was  its  vice-president 
until  his  death,  and  he  also  had  the  controlling 
interest  in  the  bank  at  Elk  River.  Among  other 
business  interests  he  was  general  manager  of  the 
Washington,  Idaho  &  Montana  Railroad,  a  trans- 
portation line  operating  chiefly  for  the  lumber  com- 
pany's benefit. 

That  Mr.  Deary  was  a  busy  man  of  affairs,  the 
different  positions  previously  mentioned  will  prove, 
and  all  who  knew  him  recognized  his  splendid  execu- 
tive ability.  He  has  a  personality  which  gained  him 
many  friends,  and  both  by  instinct  and  practice  was 
a  gentleman  of  unassuming  and  genial  disposition. 
He  had  also  the  quiet  determination  that  commands 
men  and  directs  human  effort  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  big  things.  He  possessed  the  gift  of  tact, 
and  as  a  director  of  industry  had  the  confidence 
of  both  those  under  him  and  of  the  stockholders  of 
the  corporation  with  which  he  was  connected. 

By  his  superior  business  talent  and  management, 
and  his  excellent  traits  of  character.  Mr.  Deary  be- 
came one  of  the  best  known  men  of  Idaho,  and  was 
influential,  honored  and  esteemed  wherever  he  was 
known.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  but  with- 
out activity  in  party  affairs,  although  always  giving 
his  energy  to  support  and  promote  good  govern- 
ment and  municipal  wcllbeing.  He  believed  that 
amusement  and  diversion  held  a  rightful  plncr  in 
every  community  and  exerted  his  influence  to  secure 
the  donation  of  the  ball  park  at  Potlatch  for  the 
local  club  and  during  the  season  whenever  business 


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could  spare  him  he  enjoyed  nothing  better  than 
witnessing  a  good  game  of  the  national  pastime. 
He  was  also  fond  of  horses,  and  in  every  way  was 
a  broadminded  and  liberal  citizen  and  gentleman. 

At  Chippewa  Falls,  Wisconsin,  on  July  6,  1892, 
Mr.  Deary  married  Miss  Margaret  Agnew,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patrick  Agnew,  of  Chippewa  Falls. 
The  two  daughters  and  one  son  born  to  their  mar- 
riage are  named:  Marie,  William,  Jr.,  and  Helen. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deary  have  been  communicants 
of  the  Catholic  church,  and  he  had  affiliation  with 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Mrs.  Deary  since  the 
death  of  her  husband  has  continued  to  make  her 
home  at  Potlatch,  where  she  is  held  in  high  and 
grateful  esteem  by  the  many  former  associates  and 
subordinates  of  her  late  husband.  f 

SAMUEL  P.  MORGAN.  In  the  resident  profession 
of  engineering  in  Idaho,  one  of  the  most  active  and 
successful,  both  from  the  standpoint  of  technical 
training  and  from  that  of  practical  accomplishments, 
is  Samuel  P.  Morgan  of  Preston.  In  the  develop- 
ment of  the  resources  of  this  northwest  country  the 
engineering  profession  has  shared  equally  with 
capital  and  labor  in  the  credit  for  the  planning  and 
execution  of  the  vast  enterprises  which  are  so  closely 
and  intimately  related  with  the  permanence  and  last- 
ing welfare  to  the  population  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Morgan  began  his  profession  in  southeastern 
Idaho  about  ten  years  ago,  and  has  been  connected 
with  several  of  the  larger  constructive  undertakings 
and  has  had  important  commissions  from  municipal 
and  corporation  organizations. 

Samuel  P.  Morgan,  who  has  spent  all  his  life  in 
this  state,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Idaho,  October  4, 
1877,  and  belongs  to  a  family  of  pioneers.  His 
father,  also  named  Samuel  Morgan,  and  his  mother, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Ellen  Van  Curen,  came 
into  Idaho  with  the  pioneers,  and  were  long  worthy 
and  substantial  citizens  of  both  the  territory  and  the 
state.  The  father  passed  away  in  1908  at  the  age 
of  sixty-two,  and  is  buried  at  Franklin.  By  occupa- 
tion he  was  a  wheelwright  and  wagonmaker.  His 
widow  now  resides  at  Franklin. 

Samuel  P.  Morgan,  who  was  the  oldest  of  the 
five  children,  during  his  boyhood  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Franklin,  supplementing  this  with  a  high 
school  course,  and  later  studied  in  the  Agricultural 
College  at  Logan,  Utah,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
1904  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  From 
an  early  age  his  attention  and  ambitions  were 
directed  to  civil  engineering,  and  the  first  money  he 
earned,  after  leaving  college,  was  as  assistant  civil 
engineer  for  the  Oneida  Irrigation  District  Canal. 
For  five  months  he  was  connected  with  the  Oneida 
Irrigation  District  Canal,  and  after  that  was  engaged 
in  private  practice,  until  1906,  at  which  time  he 
returned  to  the  service  of  the  company  just  men- 
tioned, with  whom  he  remained  thirteen  months. 
Since  that  time  his  private  practice  and  public  work 
have  absorbed  all  his  energies,  and  his  services  have 
been  in  demand  to  the  limit  of  his  time  for  several 
years. 

At  Logan,  Utah,  on  the  twenty-third  of  Novem- 
ber, 1898,  Mr.  Morgan  married  Miss  Jane  E.  Elwell, 
a  daughter  of  Isaac  Elwell  of  Logan.  The  six  chil- 
dren, three  sons  and  three  daughters  born  to  their 
marriage  are  named  as  follows :  Samuel  Leroy, 
Edna  Ellen,  Nada  Elwell,  Bernice  Elwell,  Perry  E. 
and  Keith.  Mr.  Morgan  and  familv  are  members 
of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints. 

In  politics  for  a  number -of  years,  he  has  been  one" 


of  the  party  fighters  for  the  Republican  principles 
and  candidates.  He  has  himself  been  honored  with 
various  public  offices,  chiefly  in  the  line  of  his  pro- 
fession. For  six  terms  Oneida  county  has  chosen 
him  for  the  important  office  of  County  Surveyor,  and 
he  also  served  as  city  engineer  at  Franklin  for  several 
years,  and  has  supervised  as  engineer  practically  all 
the  public  work  at  Preston.  At  Franklin  Mr.  Morgan 
was  the  engineer  in  charge  of  the  construction  of 
the  water  system,  and  he  has  been  identified  with 
several  irrigation  projects  in  this  .district.  For  two 
terms  he  served  on  the  Franklin  School  Board.  A 
busy  man  in  his  profession,  still  he  has  found  time 
for  the  wholesome  advocations  of  life,  and  enjoys 
hunting  and  fishing  and  the  quieter  amusements  of 
home  life.  During  his  residence  at  Franklin  he  was 
a  teacher  of  the  parents'  class  of  the  Sunday  School. 
As  a  native  son  of  Idaho,  where  he  has  spent  prac- 
tically all  his  life,  Mr.  Morgan  has  unshaken  faith 
in  the  continued  development  and  prosperity  of  this 
state,  and  is  himself,  through  his  profession  and 
through  his  influence  as  a  citizen,  an  important  con- 
tributor to  the  welfare  and  growth  of  his  state. 

CHARLES  S.  CRABTREE.  The  career  of  Charles  S. 
Crabtree,  furnishing  as  it  does  an  example  of  stead- 
fast perseverance,  tireless  industry  and  strict  integ- 
rity culminating  in  well-earned  success,  has  been 
one  of  faithful  endeavor  since  earliest  boyhood,  and 
places  him  in  a  leading  position  among  those  who 
have  been  the  architects  of  their  own  fortunes. 
Favored  neither  with  exceptional  educational  advan- 
tages or  financial  assistance,  he  has,  nevertheless,  so 
directed  his  operations  that  he  today  holds  a  com- 
manding place  among  the  contractors  and  builders 
of  his  part  of  the  state,  and  is  known  as  one  of 
Idaho  Falls'  best  and  most  substantial  citizens. 

Charles  S.  Crabtree  was  born  July  7,  1857,  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  and  Eliza- 
beth (Aston)  Crabtree.  His  parents  were  natives 
of  England,  were  married  in  Birmingham,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1852,  making  their  way  direct 
to  Salt  Lake  City.  Charles  Crabtree  had  been  a 
steamship  engineer  in  his  native  country,  but  on 
locating  in  America  took  up  agricultural  pursuits, 
which  he  followed  until  his  death,  September  6,  1907. 
He  was  also  active  in  the  work  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints,  and  for  thirty-seven  years  acted 
in  the  capacity  of  High  Priest.  His  political  belief 
was  that  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  and  his  wife 
had  eleven  children,  of  whom  five  sons  and  two 
daughters  are  still  living,  Charles  S.  being  the  fourth 
in  order  of  birth. 

The  educational  advantages  of  Charles  S.  Crabtree 
were  necessarily  somewhat  limited,  as  his  services 
were  needed  in  assisting  his  father  on  the  home  farm, 
where  he  continued  to  remain  until  he  was  twenty- 
four  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Blair,  daughter  of  Seth  N.  Blair,  a 
pioneer  settler  of  Utah,  and  after  their  marriage 
they  settled  on  a  farm  of  their  own  in  Utah,  Mr. 
Crabtree  also  cultivating  a  tract  of  land  in  Idaho 
until  1890.  In  1893  they  became  permanent  resi- 
dents of  Idaho  Falls,  where  many  residences,  public 
buildings  and  business  structures  stand  as  monu- 
ments to  his  work  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  and 
where  his  standing  in  the  business  world  is  high. 
It  is  not  every  man  who  is  the  possessor  of  such 
versatility  that  he  can  change  the  occupation  of  a  life- 
time and  achieve  an  equal  success  in  an  entirely 
different  line  of  endeavor,  but  Mr.  Crabtree  has 
demonstrated  that  he  is  just  as  capable  a  contractor 


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as  he  had  been  a  farmer,  and  the  quality  of  his  work 
and  his  manner  of  doing  business  stamp  him  as  one 
in  whom  not  only  his  business  associates,  but  the 
public  at  large,  may  place  the  most  implicit  con- 
fidence. Like  his  father,  he  has  been  active  in  the 
work  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  has  been  Bishop 
of  Idaho  F"alls  since  1906.  He  supports  Democratic 
candidates  and  principles,  but  takes  little  interest  in 
politics. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crabtree  have  had  a  family  of  nine 
children,  as  follows:  Margaret  M.,  who  is  the  wife 
of  William  J.  Steele,  and  resides  in  Idaho  Falls; 
Cliff,  who  married  Nathan  A.  Packer,  and  also  lives 
in  this  city;  Charles  S.,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ray- 
mond, living  in  Idaho  Falls;  Elizabeth  B.,  the  wife 
of  Charles  Shirley,  of  this  city;  Loretta,  who  is 
single  and  lives  with  her  parents;  -ullen  and  Wil- 
liam B.,  who  are  both  deceased,  and  Glenn  B.,  who 
is  single.  The  beautiful  home  of  the  Crabtree  family 
is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Lake  and  Idaho  streets, 
and  is  a  center  of  social  refinement  and  culture.  The 
members  of  this  family  are  all  widely  known  and 
hold  prominent  positions  in  various  walks  of  life, 
the  sons  having  inherited  their  father's  sterling  qual- 
ities of  character,  and  the  daughters  displaying  the 
results  of  excellent  early  training.  While  Mr.  Crab- 
tree  is  essentially  a  business  man,  and  prefers  his 
home  and  business  to  clubs  or  fraternities,  he  is  not 
indifferent  to  the  amenities  of  life,  and  is  known  as 
one  who  takes  pleasure  in  the  companionship  of  his 
fellow-men.  He  has  great  faith  in  the  future  of 
this  section  of  the  country,  as  is  shown  by  his  vari- 
ous investments,  and  by  word,  pen  and  example  has 
been  active  in  encouraging  others  to  settle  in  this 
state.  His  entire  career  has  been  one  to  inspire  con- 
fidence in  his  acquaintances  and  his  success  is  but 
the  natural  result  of  a  life  of  industry  and  probity. 

NATHAN  E.  SNELL  was  born  in  Spanish  Fork, 
Utah,  March  27,  1875.  His  father  was  Col.  George 
D.  Snell,  who  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
March  18,  1836,  and  in  the  year  1854  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Great  Salt  Lake  City,  but,  being  a  young 
man,  only  remained  for  a  short  time  and  went  to 
seek  his  fortune  in  the  gold  fields  of  California,  but 
after  being  gone  some  two  years,  hearing  of  the 
Indian  uprisings,  returned  and  took  up  arms  in  de- 
fense of  his  people.  He  was  made  colonel  of  a  regi- 
ment by  Governor  Brigham  Young.  He  married 
Alexanderina  McLean,  who  was  born  in  Sunderland, 
England,  and  who  emigrated  to  America  when  she 
was  but  a  child,  her  father  dying  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
and  she,  when  only  eleven  years  of  age,  traveled 
across  the  great  American  plains  on  foot  to  Salt 
Lake  City  in  the  year  1857.  There  was  born  to 
George  D.  Snell  and  Alexanderina  Snell,  six  sons 
and  one  daughter ;  five  of  the  sons  and  the  daughter 
are  still  living.  Nathan  E.  Snell  was  the  third  child 
and  the  third  son.  Colonel  Snell  made  his  home  in 
Spanish  Fork,  Utah,  after  his  marriage  and  was  one 
of  its  founders.  He  was  mayor  for  fourteen  years  in 
succession  and  a  member  of  the  First  State  Constitu- 
tional Convention,  also  a  member  of  the  Legislature. 
He  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Spanish 
Fork,  and  was  its  president  from  the  time  of  its  or- 
ganization until  his  death.  May  18.  1911.  His  widow 
still  survives  him  and  resides  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
where  Colonel  Snell  moved  five  years  prior  to  his 
death. 

Nathan  E.  Snell  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Utah,  but  was  a  graduate  of  Pro- 
fessor Rees,  who  taught  a  private  school  at  Spanish 
Fork.  At  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years  he  left 


school  and  began  work  for  his  father,  who  was  the 
owner  of  a  flouring  mill.  Mr.  Snell  learned  the  mill- 
ing trade,  which  he  followed  for  twelve  years,  but 
the  instinct  of  his  father  was  in  him  and  the  call 
of  the  out-door  life  made  him  leave  his  trade  and 
take  up  farming  and  cattle  raising,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  six  years,  and  when  the  Forest  Service 
was  organized  by  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture  Mr.  Snell  entered  the  same  by  com- 
petitive examination  and  was  given  the  title  of 
forest  ranger  on  the  L'intah  Forest  Reserve,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  for  the  short  period  of  five 
months,  when  his  excellent  qualifications  were  noted 
and  he  was  promoted  to  suprn  i^or  of  the  Fish  Lake 
National  Forest  in  Southern  Utah,  with  his  head- 
quarters at  Salina,  Utah. 

When  the  Glenwood  National  Forest  was  created 
by  proclamation  Mr.  Snell  was  made  supervisor  of 
the  same  and  held  the  two  positions  as  supervisor 
over  the  Fish  Lake  and  Glenwood  National  Forest 
and  through  his  untiring  efforts  they  were  annexed 
and  made  one  forest,  although  in  two  different 
ranges  of  mountains.  Mr.  Snell  was  very  zealous 
in  his  work  and  constructed  a  telephone  line  through 
the  forests  and  amalgamated  it  with  a  line  that  the 
people  of  southern  Utah  constructed,  thereby  giving 
all  of  the  people  in  Wayne  county,  Utah,  telephone 
connection  with  the  Rocky  Mountain  Bell  system. 
In  doing  this  he  was  compelled  to  organize  a  tele- 
phone company  to  take  over  their  business  and  con- 
struct an  exchange.  Mr.  Snell  organized  the  Salina 
Telephone  Company,  and  was  its  general  manager 
until  his  removal  to  Idaho.  He  also  organized  the 
First  State  Bank  of  Salina,  Utah,  and  was  its  first 
president,  which  position  he  held  with  credit  until 
his  removal  to  this  state. 

His  popularity  had  become  known  to  all  the 
sheep  men  of  the  state  and  also  to  the  heads  of 
the  Forest  Department,  and  he  was  transferred  to 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  to  take  charge  of  the  Caribou 
National  Forest,  the  largest  grazing  national  f. 
in  the  United  States,  owing  to  the  chaotic  conditions 
that  existed  on  this  forest  among  the  sheep  grazers. 
He  was  more  than  successful  and  administered  the 
Caribou  National  Forest  with  success  and  to  the  great 
satisfaction  of  all  its  users. 

Mr.  Snell  married  Emily  Hanson  of  Spanish  Fork, 
Utah,  in  the  year  1895,  and  who  died  October  17, 
1909,  only  six  months  after  their  arrival  in  the  state. 
There  was  born  to  them  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, George  Emerson,  October  31,  1896;  Rhea 
Dorothy,  May  26,  1899;  Max  Whitman.  August  31, 
1903;  Merle,  October  12,  1905,  all  of  whom  were 
born  in  Utah,  and  Nathan,  born  August  31,  1909. 
In  1912  the  Forest  Department  wanted  Mr.  Snell 
to  remove  to  Oregon  and  take  charge  of  the  Ochoko 
National  Forest,  but,  being  a  widower  and  having 
five  small  children,  he  preferred  to  remain  in  the 
great  state  of  Idaho,  and  he  resigned  from  the  Forest 
Service.  In  November,  1912,  he  was  elected  county 
surveyor  of  Bonneville  county  with  an  overwhelm- 
ing majority  on  the  Republican  ticket,  the  party  of 
which  he  is  a  strong  advocate.  In  April,  1913,  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  most  widelv  known  sheepman 
and  livestock  dealer  in  the  west,  A.  J.  Knollin.  of 
Chicago,  111.,  who  is  the  head  of  Knollin  &  Finch, 
the  breeders  of  thoroughbred  Shropshire  sheep; 
Knollin  &  Mynip.  the  breeders  of  thoroughbred" 
Rambouillets.  and  the  Knollin  Commission  Company 
of  Chicago.  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  Kansas  City,  South 
Omaha  and  Denver. 


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Mr.  Snell  professes  no  religion  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  of 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho. 

JOSEPH  REUSS.  Twenty-three  years  ago  there 
came  to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  a  young  German  who 
already  had  acquired  a  fair  fund  of  western  experi- 
ence. He  knew  the  game  of  making  and  losing,  but 
a  part  of  his  German  inheritance  was  tenacity  of 
purpose,  that  persistence  which  seldom  fails  of  its 
desired  end  when  backed  by  ability.  The  young  man 
was  Joseph  Reuss,  today  a  well-to-do  retired  citizen 
of  Pocatello,  who  is  numbered  among  the  pioneer 
business  men  of  that  city  and  as  one  of  high  standing 
for  personal  worth. 

Born  in  Germany,  September  29,  1858,  he  was 
thirteen  years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  the  United  States.  Up  to  that  time  his  edu- 
cation had  been  pursued  in  private  schools  in  the 
Fatherland ;  once  in  this  country  he  set  himself  to 
the ,  task  of  mastering  the  English  language,  and  he 
did  so  by  his  own  efforts,  applying  himself  dili- 
gently to  that  purpose  by  self-study  and  reading.  The 
family  remained  in  New  York  City  for  seven  years. 
By  that  time  Joseph  Reuss  had  reached  young  man- 
hood and  to  his  ears  had  come  tales  of  the  west 
that  excited  a  desire  to  avail  himself  of  its  reported 
opportunities.  Leadville,  Colorado,  was  his  first  loca- 
tion and  he  arrived  there  before  it  had  a  railroad. 
He  remained  nearly  seven  years,  and  during  that 
time  followed  various  occupations,  worked  on  the 
railroad  for  a  while,  prospected  a  little,  and  for  a 
time  also  operated  a  meat  market.  Those  were  ex- 
citing times  in  Leadville  and  many  and  varied  were 
the  experiences  of  Mr.  Reuss  while  there.  He  put 
his  business  abilities  to  the  test  meanwhile,  and 
made  quite  a  sum  of  money  there..  Disposing  of  his 
interests  there  he  returned  to  New  York  Citv,  where 
he  established  himself  in  the  meat  business,  but  the 
venture  turned  out  a  failure,  and  the  young  man 
found  himself  once  more  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder 
in  a  financial  way.  Undaunted,  he  accepted  a  sal- 
aried position  and  began  to  work  upward  again. 
Ere  long  he  was  once  more  established  in  the  meat 
business  in  New  York  and  he  continued  to  be  thus 
engaged,  this  time  successfully,  for  about  two  years. 
The  west  still  lured  him,  however,  and  the  end  of 
the  two  years  found  him  once  more  in  Colorado, 
though  this  time  he  remained  only  a  short  period, 
and  then  '  pushed  farther  west  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  was  employed  for  several  months.  From 
there  Mr.  Reuss  went  to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  then  a 
struggling  village.  That  was  in  1889.  Both  his 
father  and  grandfather  had  followed  the  meat  busi- 
ness as  a  trade,  and  his  liking  and  knowledge  of 
this  line  of  business  came  to  him  naturally.  During 
his  first  year  in  Pocatello  he  was  in  the  meat  business 
as  an  employe,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  same 
line  independently  and  continued  this  business  iden- 
tification until  his  retirement  in  1912. 

During  the  earlier  part  of  his  career  in  Pocatello 
Mr.  Reuss  shipped  meat  extensively  to  neighboring 
towns,  gradually  building  up  an  immense  business 
that  brought  him  an  exceptional  prosperity.  Idaho 
has  met  all  his.  desires  for  a  business  and  a  home, 
and  his  assertion  that  this  state  has  the  finest  of 
everything  in  the  world  is  made  with  no  narrow 
experience  and  knowledge  of  locations  and  advan- 
tages. This  same  broad  experience  has  resulted  in 
Jiis  holding  original  views  on  various  subjects.  True 
to  his  ancestral  German  instincts,  he  recognizes  the 
value  of  thorough  military  training,  not  alone  as 
a  preparation  for  war,  but  also  for  its  valuable 


influence  in  moulding  character,  and  he  believes  that 
the  United  States  Government  should  make  army 
and  navy  enlistments  cover  six  years  instead  of  three 
years,  and  that  the  government  should  then  pro- 
vide those  men  life  employment  along  the  line  of 
their  training,  such  as  policing,  or  other  work  of 
similar  character.  He  does  his  own  thinking  polit- 
ically also,  uses  his  franchise  independently,  and 
while  he  does  not  participate  in  party  work  he  be- 
lieves it  to  be  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  vote. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Reuss  has  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  while  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
auxiliary  order  of  the  Masons,  the  Eastern  Star. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Reuss  took  place  at  Poca- 
tello, Idaho,  on  November  30,  1899,  when  Miss 
Emma  Spannagel,  the  daughter  of  Doctor  and 
Mrs.  Louis  Spannagel,  of  Chicago,  became  his  wife 
Doctor  Spannagel  passed  away  in  Chicago  some 
years  ago. 

FRANCIS  HERBERT  POOLE,  M.  D.,  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho, 
is  a  man  well  known  throughout  the  entire  state,  for 
he  has  held  numerous  positions  in  a  professional  or 
military  way  that  have  brought  him  before  the  pub- 
lic eye.  As  to  his  success  as  a  physician  the  size  of 
his  practice  is  the  best  witness.  He  has  only  been 
in  practice  in  the  state  since  1905,  but  his  ability  as 
a  physician  and  surgeon  and  his  genuine  interest  in 
his  work  and  in  the  affairs  of  the  people  of  his 
adopted  state  have  gained  for  him  a  wide-spread  and 
merited  popularity. 

Dr.  Poole  has  lineage  that  is  of  the  greatest  inter- 
est, for  he  is  a  descendent  of  a  family  of  Norman 
origin,  who  in  the  days  previous  to  the  Conquest  of 
England  spelled  the  family  name  De  la  Pole.  The 
family  record  can  be  distinctly  traced  back  to  the 
year  1065,  ar|d  the  original  ancestor  of  the  family  in 
England  crossed  the  channel  in  1066  with  William 
the  Conqueror.  Down  through  the  ages  the  history 
of  the  family  tells  of  a  race  of  soldiers,  and  it  was 
the  boast  of  Dr.  Ppole's  grandfather  that  since  1635 
a  male  representative  of  the  family  had  been  regu- 
larly enlisted  in  every  war  against  a  foreign  nation 
or  in  putting  down  a  domestic  insurrection.  Cap- 
tain Edward  Poole,  who  was  born  in  England  in 
1609,  was  the  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country, 
coming  over  in  1635.  He  founded  the  town  of  Wey- 
mouth,  Massachusetts,  and  played  an  important  part 
in  the  early  history  of  that  colony. 

Francis  Herbert  Poole  was  born  in  1872,  on  the 
i6th  of  October,  at  Northumberland,  Pennsylvania. 
His  father  was  William  Penn  Poole,  whose  mother 
was  Melissa  Knox,  a  granddaughter  of  General  John 
Washington  and  the  first  secretary  of  war.  William 
Penn  Poole  upheld  the  reputation  of  the  family  for 
prowess  in  military  affairs  as  a  soldier  of  the  Union 
in  the  Civil  war.  He  married  Nellie  Ferguson,  of 
Beaumont,  Pennsylvania.  One  of  his  uncles,  one 
Leonard  Poole,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
Silver  City,  Idaho.  He  came  out  to  California  via 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  1849,  and  later  drifted  to 
Idaho,  where  he  died  in  1884. 

The  early  education  of  Francis  Herbert  Poole  was 
had  under  difficulties,  for  he  moved  from  Ohio  to 
Virginia  and  finally  to  the  District  ot  Columbia,  and 
the  public  schools  of  these  places  furnished  his  early 
schooling.  He  attended  the  Spencerian  Business 
College  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  graduating  from  that 
institution  in  June,  1890.  He  then  entered  the  med- 
ical department  of  the  Columbian  University,  Wash- 


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ington,  D.  C,  and  was  graduated  from  there  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  June,  1902. 

During  these  years  all  of  his  time  had  not  been 
devoted  to  study,  for  he  was  a  bookkeeper  for  a 
time  and  later  was  interested  with  his  father  in  the 
'general  contracting  business.  From  December,  1895, 
to  September,  1898,  he  served  in  the  Fifth  United 
States  Cavalry  and  Hospital  Corps,  and  upon  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service  he  entered  the 
office  of  the  adjutant-general  of  the  United  States 
army  at  Washington,  serving  here  as  a  clerk  until 
March,  1903.  Meanwhile  he  had  become  a  full- 
fledged  doctor  and  was  made  a  resident  physician  in 
the  Columbian  University  Hospital  at  Washington. 
He  held  this  position  from  March,  1903,  to  June, 
1903,  and  at  this  time  entered  the  Indian  service 
in  Oregon,  Montana  and  Idaho  as  a  physician,  re- 
maining thus  engaged  until  February,  1905.  Since 
that  date  he  has  been  engaged  in  private  practice 
in  Idaho,  making  his  home  at  present  in  Blackfoot. 
On  the  isth  of  March,  1911,  his  ability  was  recog- 
nized by  the  government  in  his  appointment  as 
medical  superintendent  of  the  Idaho  State  Insane 
Asylum,  a  position  of  great  responsibility. 

The  doctor  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  in 
military  affairs,  and  in  addition  to  his  service  in 
the  Fifth  United  States  Cavalry  he  has  held  various 
offices  in  the  Idaho  National  Guard.  He  was  ap- 
pointed first-lieutenant  in  this  body  of  troops  in 
October,  1908,  and  in  February,  1912,  was  made 
colonel  and  surgeon-general. 

In  politics  Doctor  Poole  is  a  Democrat  of  the 
Jeffersonian  type,  and  he  has  always  taken  a  keen 
interest  in  public  and  political  affairs.  During  his 
residence  in  Mackay  he  was  a  member  of  the  town 
council  for  four  years,  but  with  this  exception  he 
has  never  held  a  political  office. 

In  the  fraternal  world  the  doctor  is  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  having 
become  a  member  of  this  order  in  1906.  He  has 
also  been  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  since  1910.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Pocatello  Commercial  Club  and  in  his  profession 
belongs  to  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society  and  to 
the  American  Medical  Association.  In  religious  mat- 
ters the  doctor  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  and  is  an  active  member  of  St. 
Paul's  church  in  Blackfoot,  being  a  vestryman  of 
the  same. 

Dr.  Poole  was  married  in  Great  Falls,  Montana, 
on  the  27th  of  April,  1904,  to  Miss  Hattie  Bauer, 
a  daughter  of  John  Bauer,  of  Bel  Air,  Maryland. 
Mrs.  Bauer  was  Sarah  Jane  Clayton  before  her 
marriage,  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  oldest  families 
in  Maryland,  and  in  Baltimore  county.  Doctor  and 
Mrs.  Poole  have  two  sons,  William  Clayton  Poole, 
who  is  now  eight  years  of  age,  and  John  Henry  Knox 
Poole,  aged  six. 

Louis  ELG.  From  Sweden  have  come  many  of  the 
substantial  and  representative  men  of  Idaho,  some 
with  poor  equipments,  according  to  the  world's  esti- 
mation, and  others,  like  Louis  Elg,  proprietor  of  the 
largest  drug  business  in  the  state  and  for  eleven  suc- 
cessive years  inayor  of  Idaho  Falls,  after  they  had 
secured  a  fair  education,  the  only  capital  which  their 
parents  could  afford  them.  Like  many  others  from 
North,  South,  East  and  West,  Mr.  Elg's  entrance 
into  Idaho  was  in  an  humble  capacity,  a  worker  on 
that  greatest  of  civilizing  factors,  the  railroad,  and 
with  this  as  a  stepping-stone  he  entered  into  other 
opportunities,  took  advantage  of  them,  and  today  is 
a  man  of  wealth  and  influence,  both  won  entirely 


by  self-effort.  Mr.  Elg  was  born  June  9,  1854,  at 
Dahlena,  Sweden,  and  is  a  son  of  Louis  and  Chris- 
tina (Peterson)  Elg,  the  former  of  whom,  an  iron 
manufacturer,  died  at  the  age  of  forty-eight  years, 
in  1869,  while  the  latter,  born  October  20,  1820,  still 
resides  in  Sweden.  There  were  ten  children  in  the 
family,  of  whom  Louis  was  the  sixth  in  order  of 
birth. 

Louis  Elg  was  given  good  educational  advantages, 
attending   public    school   and   college   in   his   native 
land,  and  graduating  from  the  latter  when  be  was 
eighteen  years  of  age.     In   1873  he  decided  to  try 
his  fortunes  in  the  United  States,  and  accordingly 
came  to  this  country  and  spent  a  short  time  in  Chi- 
cagb,  Illinois,  from  whence  he  went  to  Boone  county, 
Iowa.    He  remained  there  but  a  short  interval,  how- 
ever, moving  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  worked 
at  various  honorable  occupations,  as  he  did  also  at 
Rollins,  Wyoming,  to  which  point  he  subsequently 
removed.    He  was  next  sent  by  the  Utah  and  Oregon 
Railway  to  Utah,  working  from  Harriet,  Utah,  up 
to    Montana,   in   the   construction   department,   and 
continuing  in  the  employ  of  the  railroad  for  one  and 
one-half  years.     At  the  end  of  that  time  Mr.   Elg 
came   to   Idaho,   first   settling  at   Eagle   Rock,  now 
Idaho  Falls,  where  he  secured  a  position  in  the  rail- 
road shops,   and  later  worked  with  a  construction 
gang.     On   leaving  the  employ  of  the  railroad,  he 
accepted  a  position  in  a  liquor  business,  in  which 
he  purchased  a  one-half  interest,  and  finally  became 
proprietor,  continuing  to  conduct  the  establishment 
for  several  years.     On  retiring  from  that  line  Mr. 
Elg  bought  an  interest  in  a  drug  business,  with  which 
he  was  connected  for  seven  years,  then  selling  out 
and  going  back  to  his  native  land  on  a  business  trip, 
and  after  returning  to  Idaho  Falls  spent  one  year 
in  retirement.    Having  valuable  realty  interests  here, 
he  erected  what  is  known  as  the  Elg  Block,  a  part 
of  which  he  rented  out,  while  the  other  part  he  de- 
voted to  a  grocery  business.     Several  months  later, 
the  parties  to  whom  he  had  sold  his  drug  business 
having  failed   to  meet   their  obligations,  he   repur- 
chased the  business,   sold   his   grocery,   and   moved 
the  drug  stock  to  its  present  location,  and  it  has 
since  developed  into  the  largest  business  of  this  sec- 
tion.   A  man  of  the  highest  business  ability  and  in- 
tegrity, each  year  has  marked  a  decided  advance  in 
the  importance  of  his  holdings,  and  he  now  has  a 
branch  store  at  Gilmore  and  large  mining  interests 
in  Lemhi  county,  in  addition  to  realty  interests  in 
and   about   Idaho   Falls.     Mr.   Elg's   ample   fortune 
has  been  accumulated  through  the  exercise  of  indus- 
trious endeavor,  backed  by  the  ability  to  recognize 
opportunities  and  further  happy  faculty  ot  being  able 
to  carry  his  enterprises  through  to  a  successful  con- 
clusion.    His  integrity  is  unquestioned,  and  among 
his  associates  his  word  of  mouth  is  as  valuable  as 
any  legal   script.     In  politics  a    Democrat,   he   was 
first  elected  a  councilman   of  Idaho  Falls   in    1898, 
and  became  mayor  when  E.  P.  Colman  died  in  office, 
having  been  formerly  chairman  of  the  council.    Dur- 
ing his   administration  the  first  sewer  system   was 
installed  in  the  city,  and  his  term  was  also  marked 
by  the  completion  of  the  electric  power  plant.     Mr. 
Elg  is  a  popular  and  valued  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  his  fraternal  connections  are  with 
the  Masons,  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles,  the  Order  of  the  Eastern   Star  and  the 
Yeomen.     During  the  thirty-three  years  that  he  has 
made  Idaho  his  home,  he  has  had  ample  opportunity 
to  observe  and  take  a  part  in  its  general  develop- 
ment and  advance,  and  his  confidence  that  the  future 
will  bring  about  as  great  progress  may  be  taken  as 


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the  opinion  of  one  competent, to  judge.  He  has  a 
wide  acquaintance  throughout  the  state,  among  which 
he  numbers  numerous  friends. 

On  June  8,  1878,  at  Idaho  Falls,  Mr.  Elg  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Charlotta  Sellstrom, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nels  Sellstrom,  of  Idaho 
Falls,  and  she  died  April  26,  1905,  and  is  buried 
in  this  city.  To  this  union  there  was  born  one  son : 
Edward  August,  born  November  30,  1892,  in  Idaho 
Falls,  a  graduate  of  the  Idaho  Falls  High  School, 
who  is  now  in  business  with  his  father. 

HON.  LORENZO  R.  THOMAS.  It  is  an  undisputed 
fact  that  nature,  in  the  distribution  of  her  personal 
gifts  seldom  confers  upon  one  individual  superior 
excellence  in  more  than  a  single  line.  The  qualities 
that  go  to  make  up  an  eminent  lawyer,  the  more 
brilliant  they  are,  tend  the  more  to  make  him  a 
specialist;  the  endowment  which  constitutes  a  man 
a  successful  manager  of  large  mercantile  enterprises 
seldom  qualifies  him  for  excellence  in  other  direc- 
tions; the  varied  talents  necessary  to  success  in 
the  political  arena  usually  unfit  the  individual  for 
the  work  of  the  church.  The  character  which  it  is 
now  proposed  to  trace,  the  Hon.  Lorenzo  R.  Thomas, 
of  Blackfoot,  combines  in  rare  proportions  all  of 
these  elements.  During  the  course  of  his  active  and 
diversified  life,  Mr.  Thomas  has  proven  himself  a 
legal  practitioner  of  high  attainments,  a  business  man 
who  has  been  the  victor  in  a  number  of  stern  con- 
flicts, and  a  legislator  whose  influence  has  been 
felt  throughout  his  State,  while  in  the  work  of  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  few  have  been  so 
useful  and  conscientious. 

Lorenzo  R.  Thomas  was  born  May  31,  1870,  in 
Hanley,  Staffordshire,  England,  and  is  a  son  of 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Thomas.  The 
family  came  to  the  United  States  in  1873,  settling 
first  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  the  father  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  tailor.  He  subsequently  engaged 
in  the  clothing  business  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  is  now 
living  in  retirement,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  early 
years  of  toil.  He  was  for  many  years  prominent 
in  civic  affairs,  being  a  member  of  the  council  of 
Idaho  Falls  and  chairman  thereof,  and  for  twenty 
years  was  first  bishop  in  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints,  a  position  which  he  occupied  at  the 
time  of  his  removal  to  Blackfoot.  During  his  active 
years  he  also  made  three  successful  missionary  trips 
to  England  and  Wales,  and  he  has  ever  devoted  him- 
self to  the  work  of  the  church.  His  wife,  a  native 
of  Wales,  of  English  parentage,  also  survives,  and 
they  have  been  the  parents  of  two  children :  May 
Emily,  now  the  wife  of  Sven  H.  Jacob,  of  Blackfoot; 
and  Lorenzo  R. 

In  1882,  when  the  family  made  removal  to  Idaho 
Falls,  schools  had  not  yet  been  established  in  that 
section,  and  as  a  result  the  education  of  Lorenzo 
R.  Thomas  was  necessarily  somewhat  limited.  How- 
ever, he  made  the  most  of  his  opportunities,  and 
as  a  lad  displayed  his  industry  and  energy  by  work- 
ing at  mercantile  pursuits.  He  was  only  seventeen 
years  of  age  when  he  was  sent  on  a  foreign  mission 
to  England  and  Wales,  in  which  country  he  spent 
three  years,  being  the  successful  manager  of  the 
immigration  department,  and  on  his  return  to  Idaho 
Falls  entered  the  employ  of  the  C.  M.  &  W.  Co.  as 
a  clerk.  Rapid  promotion  followed,  and  when  but 
twenty-two  years  old  he  was  made  manager  of  the 
Rexburg  Mercantile  Company,  continuing  with  that 
concern  two  years,  but  resigned  his  position  in  1894 
when  he  was  elected  the  last  representative  of  five 
counties  in  the  State  Legislature,  under  the  joint 


membership  of  counties,  an  office  ot  which  he  was 
the  occupant  one  year.  From  1895  to  1897  he  was 
deputy  State  treasurer,  and  was  then  appointed 
United  States  Commissioner  of  Fremont  county,  re- 
signing that  office  to  accept  the  appointment  of  regis- 
ter of  the  United  States  land  omce  at  Blackfoot, 
serving  two  appointments  under  President  McKinley 
and  one  under  President  Roosevelt,  and  was  the 
first  to  receive  a  second  appointment  in  that  district. 

Mr.  Thomas  has  served  as  president  of  the  South- 
eastern Idaho  Fair  Association  and  of  the  Blackfoot 
Commercial  Club,  and  has  held  a  directorship  in  a 
number  of  local  corporations.  As  though  these  enter- 
prises were  not  sufficient  to  satisfy  his  intense 
energy,  in  1907  he  commenced  the  practice  of  law. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  self-educated  lad 
has  become  a  learned  man,  a  sound  lawyer,  well 
versed  in  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  law,  prac- 
ticing it  upon  that  high  plane  which  disregards 
trivialities  and  seeks  only  to  do  justice  between 
man  and  man.  A  firm  and  wise  counselor,  he  has 
firmly  maintained  the  rights  of  his  clients,  but  has 
done  so  with  true  courtesy  and  the  utmost  consider- 
ation for  those  to  whom  he  has  been  opposed.  He 
began  his  military  career  as  one  of  the  organizers 
of  Company  F,  Se'cond  Regiment,  Idaho  National 
Guard,  but  resigned  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  of 
that  organization  to  accept  that  of  captain  in  the 
ordnance  department.  Former  president  of  the 
Blackfoot  stake  in  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints,  during  the  last  three  years  he  has  been  bishop 
of  the  Second  Ward  of  Blackfoot.  He  is  devoted  to 
his  adopted  State,  loses  no  chance  to  advance  its 
interests,  and  although  he  has  traveled  extensively 
in  this  and  other  countries,  has  had  no  desire  to 
make  his  home  elsewhere. 

On  January  6,  1892,  Mr.  Thomas  was  married  at 
Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Lillian  Elliott,  a  native  of 
England,  and  a  daughter  of  John  Elliott.  Six  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  this  union :  Grace  L.,  born 
February  9,  1893,  at  Rexburg ;  Willis  S.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1895,  at  Rexburg ;  Lawrence  M.,  born  June 
27,  1898,  at  Blackfoot;  Glenona,  born  April  18,  1903, 
at  Blackfoot ;  Linden  Norman,  born  September  16, 
1910,  at  Blackfoot ;  and  James  Elliott,  born  Decem- 
ber 29,  1907,  at  Blackfoot,  who  died  April  30,  1909, 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

JASPER  M.  HAMMOND.  A  resident  of  Fremont 
county,  Idaho,  since  his  boyhood  days,  Mr.  Ham- 
mond has  here  gained  status  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial representatives  of  agricultural  and  live-stock 
enterprise  in  the  Marysville  district  and  is  at  the 
present  time  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Marysville.  He  is  a  young  man  of  pro- 
nounced energy  and  progressiveness  and  his  faith 
in  the  great  future  of  Idaho  is  as  unwavering  as  is 
his  appreciation  unqualified.  He  takes  a  lively  inter- 
est in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare  of  his  home 
county  and  is  a  citizen  to  whom  is  accorded  the 
highest  of  popular  esteem.  On  other  pages  of  this 
publication  is  entered  specific  record  concerning  his 
father,  Milton  M.  Hammond,  who  is  one  of  the 
well  known  and  influential  citizens  of  Fremont 
county,  and  thus  further  review  of  the  family  his- 
tory is  not  demanded  in  the  sketch  here  presented. 

At  Providence,  Cache  county,  Utah,  Jasper  M. 
Hammond  was  born,  on  the  gth  ot  September,  1882, 
and  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  he 
gained  his  rudimentary  education.  He  was  a  lad 
of  ten  years  at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to 
Fremont  county,  Idaho,  in  1892,  and  here  he  gained 
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his  father's  farm,  and  while  he  was  afforded  the  fur- 
ther education  advantages  offered  by  Ricks  Academy 
at  Rexburg,  this  county,  an  institution  which  he  con- 
tinued to  attend  until  he  had  attained  to  the  age  of 
eighteen  years.  After  leaving  school  he  showed 
his  good  judgment  by  continuing,  in  an  independent 
way,  his  allegiance  to  the  great  basic  industries  of 
agriculture  and  stock-growing.  He  took  up  a  home- 
stead claim,  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  in 
section  22,  township  8,  range  42,  Fremont  county, 
and  here  he  has  put  forth  most  energetic  and  well 
ordered  efforts  in  the  developing  and  improving  of 
the  property,  the  value  of  which  is  constantly  increas- 
ing, with  the  general  progress  of  this  section  of  the 
state  and  the  effective  labors  he  is  putting  forth.  In 
addition  to  giving  close  attention  to  the  affairs  of 
his  homestead  place  he  is  serving  as  postmaster  of 
the  village  of  Marysville,  where  he  has  his  resi- 
dence. In  1911-12  he  served  as  deputy  assessor  of 
the  county,  under  the  administration  of  his  father, 
and  he  has  also  given  most  effective  and  progres- 
sive service  as  a  member  of  the  township  board,  in 
which  position  he  is  now  in  his  second  term,  besides 
which  he  is  clerk  of  the  school  board  of  his  district, — 
these  preferments  indicating  not  only  his  personal 
popularity  but  also  his  decisive  interest  in  public 
affairs  in  his  home  county.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  zealous  adherents  of  the  Church  of  Latter  Day 
Saints,  and  he  formerly  served  as  president  of  the 
Third  stake  of  the  same,  in  Marysville. 

On  the  i8th  of  December,  1907,  Mr.  Ha'mmond 
wedded  Miss  Percynta  Hale,  the  marriage  ceremony 
having  been  performed  in  the  temple  at  Logan,  Utah, 
in  which  state  Mrs.  Hammond  was  born.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  Almon  Hale,  who  settled  in  the 
Swan  lake  district  of  Bannock  county,  Idaho,  in  the 
pioneer  era  of  the  history  of  that  section  of  the 
state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammond  have  a  winsome 
little  daughter,  Zerah,  who  was  born  on  the  3rd  of 
October,  1908. 

CHARLES  D.  BAKER.  One  of  the  progressive  and 
popular  young  business  men  of  the  thriving  town  of 
Ashton,  Fremont  county,  Mr.  Baker  is  consistently 
accorded  recognition  in  this  history  of  his  adopted 
state.  He  has  identified  himself  closely  with  the 
civic  and  business  interests  of  Ashton  and  is  an 
enthusiast  in  his  appreciation  of  the  manifold  advan- 
tages and  attractions  of  Idaho,  whose  citizens  in 
general  are  known  for  their  distinctive  loyalty  to 
this  favored  commonwealth. 

Mr.  Baker  claims  the  old  Sunflower  state  as  the 
place  of  his  nativity  and  is  a  representative  of  one 
of  its  honored  pioneer  families.  He  was  born  at 
Salina,  the  judicial  center  of  Saline  county,  Kansas, 
on  the  ist  of  July,  1882,  and  is  a  son  of  G.  W. 
and  Susan  C.  (Clifford)  Baker,  the  former  a  native 
of  Wisconsin  and  the  latter  of  Illinois.  The  father 
established  his  home  in  Kansas  in  1878  and  became 
one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Salina,  as  well  as  one 
of  the  influential  pioneers  of  that  section  of  the  state, 
where  he  was  prominently  identified  with  the  march 
of  development  and  progress  and  where  he  main- 
tained his  home  for  many  years.  He  gained  a  com- 
petency through  his  well  directed  endeavors  and  is 
now  living  virtually  retired,  in  the  city  of  Houston, 
Texas,  his  cherished  and  devoted  wife  having  been 
summoned  to  eternal  rest,  at  Salina,  Kansas,  on  the 
3d  of  April,  1910,  at  the  age  of  sixty  years.  Of 
the  three  children  Charles  D.,  of  this  review,  is  the 
eldest;  Loren  L.  is  a  resident  of  Rawlings,  Wyoming; 
and  George  F.  is  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  at 
Ashton,  Idaho. 


Charles  D.  Baker  was  afforded  the  advantages  of 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  the  high  school,  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1898.  He  then  entered  the  commercial  or 
business  department  of  Wesleyan  University,  at 
Salina,  and  in  the  same  graduated  in  1901.  Imme- 
diately afterward  he  engaged  in  the  general  merchan- 
dise business  at  Tescott,  giving  special  attention  to  the 
turniture  department,  and  after  an  interval  of  three 
years  he  sold  the  business  advantageously  and  came  to 
the  progressive  region  further  to  the  west.  On  the  ist 
of  April,  1907,  he  established  his  home  at  Ashton, 
Idaho,  where  he  has  since  continued  to  be  actively 
and  prominently  identified  with  representative  busi- 
ness activities.  He  and  J.  Harshbarger  purchased 
the  general  store  of  M.  Boylan.  and  one  year  later 
purchased  also  the  store  of  C.  P.  Bartlett,  the  two 
enterprises  being  consolidated.  At  this  time  Mr. 
Baker  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  Harshbarger  and 
J.  Schroll,  under  the  firm  name  of  Harshbarger  & 
Company,  and  at  the  expiration  of  two  years  he 
disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  business.  In  April, 
1912,  Mr.  Baker  purchased  the  men  s  clothing  and 
furnishing-goods  department  of  the  firm  of  Harsh- 
barger &  Company  and  in  the  conducting  of  the 
flourishing  enterprise  he  is  now  associated  with 
J.  C.  Shomeller,  the  finely  equipped  establishment 
of  the  firm  being  known  as  "The  Toggery,"  and 
its  trade  being  substantial  and  representative,  owing 
to  the  effective  service  and  fair  and  honorable 
dealings,  this  being  the  only  exclusive  store  of  the 
kind  in  Ashton  and  the  enterprise  showing  a  con- 
stantly expanding  tendency  tinder  the  able  manage- 
ment of  its  popular  young  proprietors.  Mr.  Baker 
has  also  made  judicious  investments  in  real  estate 
in  his  home  town  and  is  the  owner  of  valuable 
ranch  property,  to  the  development  and  improving 
of  which  he  is  giving  personal  attention.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  staunch  Democrat,  but  he  has  never  mani- 
fested any  desire  for  the  honors  or  emoluments  of 
public  office.  He  is  a  zealous  and  valued  member  of 
the  Ashton  Commercial  Club,  and  is  fully  in.  sympa- 
thy with  its  high  civic  ideals  and  progressive  policies. 
He  has  passed  the  various  official  chairs  in  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  both  he  and  his 
wife  are  affiliated  with  its  adjunct,  the  Daughters  of 
Rebekah,  besides  which  he  is  a  member  of  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America.  He  and  his  wife  are 
numbered  among  the  active  and  liberal  members  of 
the  Ashton  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

At  Salina,  Kansas,  on  the  4th  of  March.  1907, 
Mr.  Baker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mayni** 
J.  Harshbarger.  daughter  of  J.  Harshbarger,  a 
wealthy  and  influential  citizen  of  that  section  of  the 
Sunflower  commonwealth.  The  two  children  of  this 
union  are  George  J.  and  Jack  C. 

S.  DENNIS  FARNSWORTH.  Southern  and  eastern 
Idaho  owe  much  to  the  valuable  element  of  citizen- 
ship derived  from  the  state  of  Utah,  and  these 
citizens  have,  almost  without  exception,  proved  vigi- 
lant, progressive  and  far-sighted  in  their  labors  and 
enterprises,  so  that  they  have  contributed  in  most 
general  degree  to  the  civic  and  industrial  develop- 
ment and  upbuilding  of  the  communities  in  which 
they  have  established  their  homes.  One  of  the  alert 
and  popular  young  business  men  of  Fremont  county 
who  claims  Utah  as  the  place  ot  his  nativity  and 
who  is  now  general  manager  for  the  Merrill  Grain 
Company,  of  Ashton,  is  he  whose  name  initiates 
this  paragraph. 

Mr.  Farnsworth  was  born  in  Sevier  county.  Utah, 
on  the  24th  of  March,  1882,  and  is  a  son  of  Philo 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


T.  and  Agnes  (Patterson)  Farnsworth,  the  former 
of  whom  was  born  in  the  state  of  Vermont,  a  scion 
of  an  old  and  honored  colonial  family  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  the  latter  of  whom  was  born  in  Scotland, 
both  having  been  early  settlers  in  Utah,  where  their 
marriage  was  solemnized,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
being  the  youngest  of  their  ten  children.  Philo  T. 
Farnsworth  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native 
state  and  was  one  of  the  zealous  adherents  of  the 
Church  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  he  having  established 
his  residence  in  Utah  in  the  early  SG'S  and  having 
done  well  his  part  in  fostering  the  development  and 
upbuilding  of  that  commonwealth,  in  which  he  was 
an  honored  pioneer  and  in  which  he  became  a  proper- 
ous  agriculturist.  He  was  summoned  to  the  life 
eternal  in  July,  1888,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  his  political  allegiance  and 
was  a  zealous  worker  in  the  church  with  which  he 
was  long  and  earnestly  identified.  He  did  effective 
mission  service  for  the  church  and  served  for  many 
years  in  the  office  of  bishop  of  the  stake  at  Beaver, 
Utah.  Mrs.  Agnes  (Patterson)  Farnsworth  survived 
her  husband  by  many  years  and  passed  the  closing 
period  of  her  life  at  Rexburg,  Fremont  county,  Idaho, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  and 
seven  years. 

S.  Dennis  Farnsworth  was  reared  to  the  sturdy 
discipline  of  the  home  farm  and  after  duly  availing 
himself  of  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools  he 
attended  the  Utah  State  Agricultural  College,  at 
Logan,  until  he  had  attained  to  the  age  of  twenty- 
three  years.  After  leaving  this  institution  he  was 
identified  with  mercantile  enterprises  in  his  native 
state  for  a  period  of  about  two  years,  and  in  1902 
he  came  to  Idaho  and  established  his  residence  at 
Rexburg,  Fremont  county,  where  he  was  employed 
in  a  clerical  capacity  until  1907,  when  he  assumed 
a  responsible  position  with  the  Ashton  Milling  & 
Elevator  Company,  at  Ashton,  in  which  thriving  town 
he  has  since  maintained  his  home.  He  held  the 
office  of  general  buyer  and  local  manager  for  this 
company  until  1911,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  his 
present  responsible  position,  that  of  general  manager 
for  the  Merrill  Grain  Company,  which  is  one  of  the 
most  important  industrial  concerns  of  Ashton  and 
one  that  exercises  functions  of  great  value  in  fur- 
thering the  agricultural  progress  of  this  section  of 
the  state,  as  well  as  the  commercial  prestige  of 
the  town  of  Ashton.  Mr.  Farnsworth  is  known  as 
a  reliable,  energetic  and  enterprising  young  business 
man  and  as  a  citizen  of  liberal  and  progressive  ideas, 
— one  who  is  zealous  in  giving  support  to  projects  and 
measures  advanced  for  the  general  good  of  the  com- 
munity. He  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics  and 
while  not  active  in  the  arena  of  so-called  practical 
politics  he  served  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  vil- 
lage board  of  trustees  of  Ashton.  He  is  a  valued 
member  of  the  Ashton  Commercial  Club  and  is 
unwavering  in  his  loyalty  to  the  state  of  his  adop- 
tion. He  is  the  owner  of  a  well  improved  farm, 
nine  miles  distant  from  Ashton,  and  gives  to  the  same 
his  personal  supervision  in  a  general  way,  the  place 
being  devoted  to  diversified  agriculture  and  stock- 
growing  and  his  scientific  knowledge  of  these  indus- 
tries giving  him  special  facility  in  the  carrying  for- 
ward of  his  operations. 

At  Rexburg,  Idaho,  on  the  24th  of  June,  1907, 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Farnsworth  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Watson,  who  was  born  and  reared 
in  this  state  and  who  is  a  daughter  of  Hiram  Wat- 
son, an  honored  pioneer  of  Idaho.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Farnsworth  have  two  children,  Ross  Dennis,  who  was 
born  at  Rexburg  on  the  2Oth  of  March,  1908;  and 


Helen  Agnes,  who  was  born  at  Ashton  on  the  I4th 
of  April,  1910. 

JOHN  T.  FISHER.  A  resident  of  Fremont  county 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  Mr.  Fisher  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  civic  and  indus- 
trial development  of  this  favored  section  of  the  state 
and  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  fine  farm  properties 
of  the  county.  He  has  been  most  successful  as  a 
representative  of  the  agricultural  and  stock-grow- 
ing industries  in  Fremont  county,  has  been  progres- 
sive and  liberal  as  a  citizen  and  has  ever  held  secure 
place  in  the  confidence  and  high  regard  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  has  lived  and  labored  to  goodly 
ends.  He  has  held  various  positions  of  public  trust 
and  on  the  3ist  of  December,  1912,  retired  from  the 
office  of  county  sheriff,  in  which  he  had  given  a 
most  effective  and  satisfactory  administration. 

Like  many  other  of  the  representative  citizens  of 
eastern  Idaho,  Mr.  Fisher  claims  Utah  as  the  place 
of  his  nativity  and  is  a  scion  of  one  of  the  sterling 
pioneer  families  of  that  commonwealth.  He  was  born 
in  Weber  county,  Utah,  on  the  old  homestead  farm, 
not  far  distant  from  the  city  of  Ogden,  and  the  date 
of  his  birth  was  June  5,  1862.  He  was  the  third  in 
order  of  birth  of  the  five  sons  and  two  daughters 
of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Britton)  Fisher,  both 
of  whom  were  born  and  reared  in  England,  where 
their  marriage  was  solemnized  and  whence  they  immi- 
grated to  America  in  the  so's.  They  first  settled  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  about  1861  they  came  to  the 
west  and  numbered  themselves  among  the  pioneers 
of  Utah,  the  father  having  secured  a  tract  of  land 
near  Ogden  and  having  been  moderately  successful 
in  his  operations  as  an  agriculturist  and  stock-grower. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character  and  his  life  was 
'marked  by  earnest  and  honest  endeavor.  He  passed 
the  closing  years  of  his  life  on  his  old  home  farm, 
where  she  died  in  April,  1909,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
where  his  widow  still  resides, — one  of  the  venerable 
women  of  that  section  of  the  state. 

John  T.  Fisher  has  had  his  full  quota  of  experi- 
ences in  connection  with  life  in  the  west  and  his 
memory  forms  an  indissoluble  link  between  the  pio- 
neer epoch  and  the  latter  days  of  opulent  prosperity 
and  progress.  He  attended  the  public  schools  at 
Harrisville,  Utah,  until  he  had  attained  to  the  age 
of  fourteen  years,  and  in  the  meanwhile  he  had  con- 
tributed his  share  to  the  work  of  the  home  farm, 
where  he  effectually  learned  the  lessons  of  practical 
industry.  At  the  age  noted  he  valiantly  set  forth  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  his  further 
education  has  been  gained  by  self-discipline  under 
the  direction  of  the  wise  head-master,  experience. 
His  first  independent  act  was  that  made  when  he 
secured  the  position  of  a  driver  of  a  team  of  five 
horses  on  the  overland  freighting  route  from  Utah 
to  various  points  in  Montana,  and  he  continued  to 
be  actively  identified  with  freighting  operations  until 
the  summer  of  1887.  In  that  year  he  made  perma- 
nent location  in  Fremont  county,  Idaho,  where  he 
took  up  a  homestead  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  government  land,  on  what  is  known  as  the 
Elgin  Bench.  Here  he  has  developed  and  improved 
a  valuable  farm  property  and  he  has  been  actively 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  stock-growing 
during  the  long  intervening  years,  within  which  une- 
quivocal success  has  attended  his  earnest  and  well 
ordered  endeavors.  He  still  owns  the  original  home- 
stead and  has  there  resided  save  during  the  period  of 
his  incumbency  of  public  office.  He  was  one  of  the 
promoters  of  Elgin  irrigation  project,  one  of  the 
first  undertakings  of  the  kind  in  Fremont  county, 


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and  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been 
president  and  manager  of  the  Elgin  Irrigation  Canal 
Company,  which  has  developed  a  most  practical  and 
valuable  system  of  irrigation. 

In  politics  Mr.  Fisher  has  ever  been  found  aligned 
as  a  stalwart  advocate  of  the  cause  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and  he  has  been  one  of  its  active  and 
influential  representatives  in  Fremont  county.  He 
served  as  county  commissioner  at  the  time  when 
Hon.  Frank  Steunenberg  was  governor  of  the  state, 
and  in  1910  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Fremont  county, 
an  office  in  which  he  gave  most  able  and  discriminat- 
ing service  during  his  term,  which  expired  at  the 
close  of  the  year  1012.  Fnr  the  past  eight  years  he 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  trus- 
tees of  the  Edmonds  district,  and  he  has  given  his 
influence  and  co-operation  in  the  furtherance  of 
measures  and  enterprises  projected  for  the  general 
good  of  the  community.  He  is  a  great  believer  in 
the  future  of  Idaho  and  his  fealty  and  appreciation 
are  of  the  most  consistent  order,  for  he  has  personally 
found  how  great  are  the  resources  and  advantages 
of  the  state  in  which  he  has  maintained  his  home 
since  the  territorial  epoch  in  its  history.  At  Rex- 
burg  he  is  affiliated  with  Camp  No.  66  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World. 

December  27,  1887,  recorded  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Fisher  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Compton,  who  likewise  was 
born  and  reared  in  Utah  and  who  is  a  daughter  of 
John  Compton,  a  sterling  pioneer  of  that  state.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Fisher  have  a  fine  family  of  ten  children, 
namely:  Mary  E.,  Ethel,  Florence,  Winnifred, 
Gladys,  Bernice,  Bessie,  Norva,  Ralph  and  Virginia. 
All  of  the  children  were  born  in  Idaho  and  the  two 
eldest  of  the  daughters  are  married,  Mary  E.  being 
the  wife  of  Jesse  H.  Jacobs,  of  Piano,  Fremont 
county;  and  Ethel  being  the  wife  of  Stanley  Quayle, 
of  the  same  place. 

SIGURD  T.  JOHANNESEN.     Among  the  flourishing 
business   enterprises  which   contribute  to   the  com- 
mercial importance  of  Rexburg,  Idaho,  is  the  Rex- 
burg  Hardware  Company,  the  largest  establishment 
of  its  kind  ui  the  eastern  part  of  the  State.    Although 
it  has  been  in  existence  only  a  comparatively  short 
time,  its  prestige  in  its  field  is  recognized,  and  its 
continued   prosperity   gives   ample   evidence   of   the 
ability,  shrewdness  and  good  judgment  of  its  mana- 
ger, Sigurd  T.  Johannesen,  who  was  the  dominant 
factor  in  its  organization.     Mr.  Johannesen  belongs 
to  that  class  of  business  men  who  have  not  waited 
an  opportunity  to  present  itself,  but  have  made  their 
own  opportunities.    The  greater  part  of  his  business 
career  has  been  spent  in  his  present  line  of  endeavor, 
and  although  he  is  still  a  young  man  he  has  had  a 
wide  and  thorough  experience.     He  is  a  native  of 
Norway,  born  in  the  city  of  Christiania,  May  28,  1882, 
a  son  of  Jurgen  J.   and  Jensena    (Jensen)    Johan- 
nesen.    The  family  came  to  the  United   States   in 
1886,  settling  at  Logan,  Utah,  but  two  years  later 
made  removal  to  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  where  Jurgen 
J.  Johannesen  follows  clerical  work.     He  has  also 
been  prominent  in  civic  affairs,  and  for  two  years 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Idaho  Falls  school  board. 
He   and   his   wife   have  been   the   parents   of   eight 
children,   Sigurd  T.  being  the  second   in  order  of 
birth. 

Sigurd  T.  Johannesen  was  but  four  years  of  age 
when  the  family  came  to  America,  and  six  when 
taken  to  Idaho  Falls.  There  he  attended  the  public 
schools  until  reaching  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  at 
which  time  he  became  errand  boy  for  the  Consoli- 


dated Implement  Company.  He  continued  with  this 
concern  for  six  years,  by  constant  fidelity  to  duty 
and  the  exercise  of  native  ability  fairly  earning  pro- 
motion from  position  to  position,  until  he  was  even- 
tually made  head  of  the  hardware  department  of  that 
great  enterprise.  At  the  time  the  Consolidated  Im- 
plement Company  was  combined  with  the  Consoli- 
dated Wagon  and  Machine  Company,  Mr.  Johan- 
nesen resigned  his  position  and  promoted  the  Rex- 
burg  Hardware  Company,  a  corporation,  of  which  he 
has  since  been  manager  and  active  directing  head. 
During  the  past  two  years,  this  firm  has  made  a 
specialty  of  plumbing  and  heating  supplies,  and  is 
easily  the  largest  concern  of  its  kind  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  State,  its  trade  extending  over  a  large 
contiguous  territory.  Mr.  Johannesen  is  one  of  the 
principal  stockholders  and  has  various  other  holdings, 
evidencing  his  confidence  in  the  future  of  Idaho 
not  only  as  a  "booster,"  but  as  an  investor  as  well. 
In  political  matters  a  Republican,  he  served  three 
years  as  superintendent  of  the  city  water  works,  but 
of  late  years  has  given  little  attention  to  public  mat- 
ters, his  whole  time  and  attention  being  taken  up 
by  his  business  interests.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  at  Rex- 
burg,  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  at  St. 
Anthony,  and  of  the  Commercial  Club.  His  relig- 
ious connection  is  with  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints. 

On  September  28,  1905,  Mr.  Johannesen  was  mar- 
ried at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Gene  Gram, 
who  was  born  in  Idaho,  her  father  being  the  oldest 
engineer  on  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  and  a 
pioneer  of  Idaho,  where  he  has  been  prominent  in 
the  Mormon  Church.  Mrs.  Johannesen  died  June 
28,  1911,  leaving  two  children:  Helen,  who  was 
born  in  Idaho  Falls,  November  21,  1906;  and  James 
O.,  born  December  24,  1910,  in  Rexburg. 

ALLEN  A.  MCDONALD.    The  basis  of  a  successful 
business  must  be  fair  dealing  and  integrity  of  pur- 
pose,   which   have   been   the   principles   adopted   by 
Allen  A.  McDonald,  manager  of  the  Potlatch  Mer- 
cantile Company  at  Potlatch,  Idaho,  who  is  a  well 
known  figure  in  the  commercial  circles  of  northern 
Idaho  and  to  whose  business  acumen  and  untiring 
energy  has  been  due  the  development  of  a  mercan- 
tile establishment  that  is  more  than  a  credit  to  the 
town  in  which  it  is  located  and  that  will  compare 
most  favorably  with  any  of  its  kind  in  the  State. 
Everywhere   about  it  pervades  that   Western   spirit 
which  is  satisfied  only  with  things  intensely  modern 
and  that  demands  large  accomplishment.    This  is  the 
atmosphere  of  the  town  of  Potlatch  and  it  would 
be  hard  to  find  one  of  its  citizens  more  in  sympathy 
with  all  that  makes   for  progress! veness  than    Mr. 
McDonald.     He  is  a  worthy  contribution  from  our 
northern  neighbor  Canada,  where  he  was  born  July 
5,  1875.     After  completing  a  public  school  education 
there  'he  took  a  commercial  course  at  the  Ontario 
Business   College,    Belleville,   Ontario,   and   then   in 
1892,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  he  crossed  over  into  the 
States,  locating  first  in  Wisconsin,  where  for  four- 
teen years  he  was  employed  along  mercantile  lines, 
ten  years  for  one  firm  and  four  years  for  another. 
From  there  he  came  to  Potlatch,  Idaho,  to  accept 
his  present  position  as  manager  of  the  Potlatch  Mer- 
cantile Company,  which  business  enterprise  he  has 
given  the  benefit  of  the  best  of  his  energies,   his 
native  executive  ability  and  large  talents  for  organi- 
zation and  management  and  the  result  is  apparent 
in   the   prevailing  .  system,   regularity   and   precision 


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about  the  affairs  of  the  establishment  and  in  its 
prosperous  business.  He  believes  that  honesty  pays 
in  business  and  is  proving  it  by  actual  results.  This 
is  a  large  department  store,  complete  in  its  every 
line  and  detail,  and  commands  a  large  trade,  not 
only  from  its  immediate  vicinity  but  also  from  sur- 
rounding towns  and  counties.  A  system  of  special 
sales  which  he  inaugurated  has  become  tamous  in 
that  section  and  attracts  thousands  of  buyers;  in 
short,  Mr.  McDonald  has  given  Potlatch  one  of  its 
strongest  business  enterprises  and  one  that  is  of  ines- 
timable value  in  its  contribution  to  the  town's  devel- 
opment. He  is  also  largely  interested  in  Idaho  real 
estate  and  is  an  enthusiastic  believer  in  a  great 
future  for  the  commonwealth. 

On  January  9,  1899,  Mr.  McDonald  was  married  at 
Apple  Hill,  Canada,  to  Mary  Ellen  McDonald,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  D.  McDonald,  of  Alex- 
andria, Canada.  Five  of  the  six  children  born  to 
this  union  are  living,  namely :  Flora  May,  Catha- 
rine, Archie,  Tena  and  Adeline.  In  political  views 
Mr.  McDonald  is  a  Republican.  In  religious  faith 
he  is  a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
and  is  now  secretary  and  treasurer  01  the  church  at 
Potlatch. 

ROBERT  W.  COLBURN.  It  was  as  recently  as  Octo- 
ber 20,  1911,  that  Robert  W.  Colburn  became  one  of 
the  citizens  of  Pocatello,  Idaho,  but  already  he  is 
one  of  the  best  known  men  of  that  city.  This  rapid 
acquaintance  has  taken  place  largely  through  his 
identification  with  the  Bannock  Cooperative  Com- 
pany as  its  secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager, 
in  which  relation  he  has  put  to  use  the  strong  exec- 
utive and  managerial  ability  he  possesses.  Coopera- 
tion is  a  terrn1  of  rapidly  growing  significance  in 
this  country  in  these  days  of  public  awakening  and 
interest  in  economic  problems  and  their  solution. 
Mr.  Colburn  came  to  Pocatello  from  Minnesota, 
which  state  has  been  one  of  the  first  to  try  out  the 
new  economic  order  as  a  solution  ot  the  high  cost  of 
living  and  yet  leads  in  the  cooperative  movement, 
though  that  movement  has  now  spread  to  different 
states  and  is  also  being  taken  up  in  the  large  cities. 
He  assisted  indirectly  in  the  organization  of  the 
Bannock  Cooperative  Company  and  after  the  business 
was  established  he  entered  the  company  as  secretary, 
treasurer  and  general  manager.  The  establishment 
in  his  charge  occupies  two  rooms,  is  one  of  the  larg- 
est of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  country,  is  mod- 
ern to  the  minute  and  is  made  to  fulfill  that  cardinal 
principle  of  the  cooperative  movement  of  providing 
a  cleaner  and  better  managed  store  and  one  better 
stocked  with  better  goods  than  has  yet  been  seen 
in  its  community.  The  store  of  the  Bannock  Co- 
operative Company  handles  meats,  groceries  and  pro- 
visions and  at  every  hour  of  the  day  is  a  veritable 
beehive  of  business.  Though  this  is  written  early 
in  its  career,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that 
the  company  will  prosper  and  will  accomplish  for 
Pocatello  and  its  community  the  worthy  aim  it  has 
in  view.  The  other  officers  of  the  company  are  W. 
A.  Huff,  president,  and  D.  W.  Carr,  vice-president. 
In  June,  1911,  Mr.  Colburn  assisted  in  organizing  the 
Idaho  Retail  Merchants'  Association,  the  plan  of 
which  originated  with  him,  and  he  is  now  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  that  association,  as  he  is  also  of 
the  local  council  of  the  United  Commercial  Trav- 
elers, of  which  order  he  is  a  member.  For  all  this 
he  has  the  first  essential,  abilitv,  and  the  other  con- 
comitants that  enforce  it  are  courage,  resourceful- 
ness and  originality,  and  a  large  capacity  for  intrepid 


endeavor.  A  very  short  residence  in  Idaho  has 
served  to  convert  him  into  one  of  the  state's  staunch- 
est  admirers.  When  asked  why  he  valued  it  over 
localities,  he  said :  "Glance  over  Idaho's  resources, 
mineral  and  agricultural ;  note  her  healthful  climatic 
conditions  and  her  ability  to  satisfy  the  esthetic 
nature  with  her  great  and  beautiful  scenic  views. 
These  resources,  especially  agricultural  and  horti- 
cultural, are  in  but  the  beginning  stage  of  develop- 
ment. A  man  may  be  a  man  anywhere,  but  this 
state's  possibilities  are  such  that  the  same  brain  and 
energy  applied  in  Idaho  that  he  would  apply  else- 
where will  make  him  a  better,  bigger  and  happier 
man.  Idaho  supplies  the  material,  but  what  is  needed 
is  settlers  and  workers  and  every  new  settler  in  the 
state  means  an  increase  of  prosperity  and  of  benefit 
to  every  one."  Mr.  Colburn  is  a  pusher,  always  pro- 
gressive, and  is  the  happy  possessor ,of  originality  in 
evolving  ideas  for  accomplishing  ends.  For  several 
months  he  was  secretary  of  the  Pocatello  Commercial 
Club  and  in  that  capacity  did  much  valuable  work 
for  this  city. 

Robert  W.  Colburn  was  born  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa,  July  19,  1872.  His  parents  were  Asa  W.  and 
Frances  D.  (Giles)  Colburn,  both  natives  of  New 
York  and  both  now  deceased.  He  grew  to  manhood 
in  his  native  city  and  there  received  his  education, 
which  included  a  high  school  commercial  course. 
Later  he  removed  from  Cedar  Rapids  to  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  where  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness and  for  a  number  of  years  was  a  leading  spirit 
in  the  large  and  influential  organization,  the  Retail 
Grocery  Clerks'  Association,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent three  years  and  of  which  he  was  the  St.  Paul 
representative  at  the  national  convention  of  Retail 
Grocery  Clerks,  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  in  1903.  In 
1906  he  became  a  traveling  salesman  for  the  Minne- 
sota fruit  and  commission  house  of  the  Gamble- 
Robinson  Company  and  in  1908  removed  to  Pipe- 
stone,  Minnesota,  to  take  charge  ol  a  branch  house 
this  company  established  there.  After  a  year's  serv- 
ice he  resigned  that  position  and  again  became  a 
commercial  traveler,  this  time  for  C.  Shenkberg  & 
Company,  wholesale  grocers  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa, 
with  whom  he  continued  until  October,  1910,  when 
he  purchased  a  large  grocery  business  in  Pipestone, 
Minnesota.  He  was  a  member  and  an  active  worker 
in  the  Pipestone  commercial  club  and  was  valued  as 
one  of  that  town's  most  energetic  and  enterprising 
business  men.  It  was  then  that  he  came  to  Idaho  in 
1911. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Colburn  is  affiliated  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modern  Brother- 
hood, the  United  Commercial  Travelers  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  he  takes  a  keen  interest  in  political  affairs 
as  a  voter  but  does  not  actively  participate  in  party 
work.  His  religious  creed  is  that  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Colburn  took  place  at  St. 
Paul,  Minnesota^  on  October  20,  1900,  and  united  him 
to  Miss  Emaline  Snow,  of  Vinton,  Iowa,  but  a  native 
of  Ursa,  Illinois.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren :  Francis  and  Robert. 

CHRISTIAN  J.  JOHNSON.  The  life  of  Christian  J. 
Johnson  is  one  that  has  been  filled  thus  far  with 
experiences  of  a  varied  nature  such  as  fall  to  the  lot 
of  but  few  men.  He  settled  in  Idaho  in  1891,  after  a 
considerable  roving  through  the  United  States,  and 
has  since  maintained  his  home  in  Pocatello,  where 
he  has  been  engaged  in  an  insurance  business  of  wide 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


scope  and  importance  in  the  community.  A  simple 
straightforward  relation  of  the  salient  facts  of  his 
life  and  career  can  not  fail  to  be  of  signal  interest  in 
a  work  of  this  nature,  and  a  record  partaking  of 
those  qualities  is  here  given. 

Mr.  Johnson,  it  may  be  said  in  the  beginning,  is 
not  an  American  born  citizen.  Ho  was  born  in  Den- 
mark, at  Faaborg,  on  December  26,  1841,  and  up  to 
the  age  of  fourteen  years  attended  the  excellent 
schools  of  his  native  land,  after  which  he  spent 
something  like  about  two  years  in  the  famous  Gym- 
nasium at  Hamburg,  Germany.  It  was  while  he  was 
a  student  at  Hamburg  the  youth  became  fired  with 
a  desire  to  see  something  of  the  world,  and  as  a 
means  to  that  end,  he  entered  the  merchant  service 
and  set  out  on  a  trip  to  Australia,  his  first  venture 
into  unknown  lands.  During  the  years  of  1858  and 
1859  he  cruised  in  the  waters  of  China,  during  the 
Chinese-Teping  war,  and  in  1862  he  came  to  the 
I'nited  States,  serving  for  two  years  in  the  Federal 
Transport  Service  during  the  Civil  war.  He  had  by 
this  time  acquired  a  goodly  share  of  nautical  experi- 
ence and  in  the  latter  part  of  1864  he  became  second 
mate  of  a  New  Bedford  ship,  the  St.  George,  by  name, 
and  sailed  with  her  on  a  trip  to  Buenos  Ayres,  after 
which  he  was  for  more  than  a  year  engaged  in  the 
ship  rigging  business  in  Maine  and  Philadelphia. 
He  then  located  at  Weatherly,  Pennsylvania,  and  for 
four  years  held  a  number  of  positions  of  importance 
with  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad.  It  was  at  Weath- 
erly, also,  that  he  was  identified  with  his  first  pub- 
lishing venture,  there  establishing  the  monthly  jour- 
nal known  as  the  Lilliput,  a  magazine  devoted  to 
home  interests.  _  This  he  conducted  for  two  years, 
and  was  subsequently  connected  in  various  capacities 
with  printing  establishments  in  Philadelphia,  Ogden 
and  Salt  Lake,  as  well  as  beine;  connected  for  some 
years  with  the  Religio-Philosophical  Journal  and  the 
Chicago  Times. 

In  1873  Mr.  Johnson  became  one  of  a  colonizing 
party  organized  in  Chicago  under  the  name  of  the 
Grand  River  Colony,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
a  co-operative  settlement  in  Colorado  on  the  river 
Grand.  He  was  a  leader  in  the  organization  and 
the  secretary  of  the  company.  The  inexperience  of 
the  promoters  and  their  unfamiliarity  with  the  west 
got  the  company  into  difficulties  which  thev  were 
unable  to  extricate  themselves  from,  and  the  com- 
pany was  disintegrated  as  a  result  and  their  mis- 
sion abandoned.  By  no  means  discouraged,  Mr. 
Johnson  determined  to  stay  in  the  west,  and  in  the 
following  fall  he  located  in  Rawlins,  Wyoming, 
where  he  became  the  manager  of  a  railroad  hotel. 
Soon  after  he  went  to  Evanston.  and  there  became 
the  foreman  of  a  newspaper  called  the  Daily  Age. 
His  next  position  was  as  superintendent  of  the 
Vinta  Coal  mine  at  Alma,  in  which  he  continued 
until  a  corporation  was  formed  to  work  the  mine. 
In  the  fail  of  1876  he  became  connected  with  the 
office  of  the  Ogden  Freeman,  a  weekly  newspaper, 
and  in  the  next  year  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  occupied  editorial  positions  on  the  Tribune 
and  the  Herald.  He  left  Salt  Lake  in  1877  and 
went  to  Trinity  county,  California,  where  for  four- 
teen years  he  was  engaged  in  mining  operations, 
eleven  years  of  that  time  being  justice  of  the  peace 
for  Trinity  county. 

From  California  Mr.  Johnson  returned  to  his  early 
home  in  Pennsylvania,  and  there  on  November  12. 
1893,  he  married  Miss  Clara  R.  Cassler,  a  member 
of  a  prominent  family  of  that  section  and  one  of 
the  most  talented  women  of  the  state.  She  is  a 
descendant  of  Baron  Philip  von  Odenwalder,  .-.  native 


of  Holland,  who  became  an  early  resident  land  holder 
of  Pennsylvania,  where  his  estate  covered  the  site  of 
the  city  of  Easton  and  adjacent  territory. 

Since  1891  Mr.  Johnson  has  maintained  his  resi- 
dence in  Pocatello,  where  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  one  E.  S.  Whitticr  in  a  law,  insurance,  lumber 
and  real  estate  business.  In  189^,  when  many  of 
the  important  business  houses  and  buildings  were 
destroyed  by  fire  in  Pocatello,  the  offices  of  Johnson 
&  Whittier  were  burned,  and  Mr.  Johnson  suffered 
neavy  loss,  not  the  least  of  which  was  his  loss  of 
a  splendid  collection  of  valuable  and  unique  curios 
which  he  had  acquired  in  his  many  years  of  world- 
wide travel,  many  of  which  articles  it  would  be 
impossible  to  duplicate.  In  1899  Mr.  Johnson  bought 
out  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  since  that  time  he 
has  conducted  the  business  alone.  In  1901  he  re- 
moved to  his  present  quarters,  and  he  has  since  con- 
ducted one  of  the  most  extensive  insurance  businesses 
in  the  state,  his  being  the  pioneer  agency  in  this 
district,  if  not,  indeed,  in  Idaho. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  ever  been  a  faithful  Republican, 
but  one  who  preferred  to  serve  in  the  ranks  rather 
than  in  the  high  places  in  the  party.  Official  posi- 
tion he  has  never  cared  for  and  has  declined  many 
an  opportunity  of  that  nature  which  other  men  might 
find  particularly  gratifying.  His  fraternal  relations 
are  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  he  has  been  a  member  of  that  order  since  1894. 
Me  has  filled  a  prominent  place  in  the  ranks  of  the 
order  during  the  years  of  his  membership,  and  was 
at  one  time  Grand  Patriarch  of  the  State  of  Idaho, 
while  he  has  represented  his  lodge  in  the  Sovereign 
Grand  Lodge  at  Indianapolis.  He  has  ever  been  an 
interested  and  appreciative  member  of  the  order,  and 
his  faithful  service  in  the  society  has  been  fittingly 
rewarded  In  hi>  election  to  some  of  the  highest 
offices  of  the  order,  positions  which  he  has  always 
filled  with  the  utmost  efficiency  and  ability.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  Ivy  Lodge  of  the  Rebekahs,  at 
Pocatello. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  been  for  years  a  contributor  to 
some  of  the  leading  spiritualistic  papers,  among 
them  the  Banner  of  Light,  the  Religio-Philosophical 
Journal  and  the  Progressive  Thinker,  and  his  arti- 
cles have  ever  attracted  a  wide  notice,  possessing 
as  they  do  many  scholarly  qualities,  and  displaying 
exceptional  literary  ability  and  acute  reasoning 
power.  His  contributions  have  not  been  confined 
to  that  field  of  thought  alone,  but  he  has  written 
much  of  value  in  political,  scientific  and  humani- 
tarian fields. 

Mrs.  Johnson,  like  her  husband,  has  led  a  life  of 
the  utmost  activity.  She  is  an  artist  of  no  slight 
ability  and  conducts  an  art  shop  in  Pocatello  which 
draws  its  patronage  from  every  part  of  the  United 
States,  even  claiming  patrons  in  Honolulu,  Alaska 
and  many  other  foreign  countries.  In  1905  the  Lewis 
and  Clark  Centennial  awarded  Mrs.  Johnson  a  hand- 
some medal  in  recognition  of  her  exceptional  ability 
and  the  splendid  work  she  has  produced  in  her 
school  of  art.  She  is  a  woman  of  many  gracious 
qualities  of  heart  and  mind  and  her  social  oosition 
in  this  city  is  of  the  very  highest,  although  her  time 
is  practically  absorbed  in  her  devotion  to  her  art 
Idaho  has  no  more  enthusiastic  citizen  within  her 
borders  than  Mrs.  Johnson,  in  which  she  has  a  wide 
acquaintance,  and  is  prepared  to  speak  intelligently 
of  the  many  advantages  and  opportunities  which 
Idaho  abounds  in,  as  compared  with  other  states  with 
which  she  is  equally  familiar.  Mr.  Johnson,  in  re- 
counting many  of  the  splendid  qualities  of  the  state. 


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particularly  mentions  the  flax  that  Idaho  produces, 
which,  he  avers,  can't  be  beat  in  Ireland, — surely  a 
most  eloquent  testimony  to  the  agricultural  possi- 
bilities of  the  state. 

LEVI  J.  AND  D.  T.  HAWKLEY.  One  of  the  leading 
business  enterprises  which  give  importance  to  the 
city  of  Lincoln,  Idaho,  as  a  commercial  center  is  the 
lona  Mercantile  Company,  a  concern  the  growth  of 
which  during  the  past  several  years  has  been  rapid 
and  continuous.  The  success  of  this  large  estab- 
lishment is  due  in  great  part  to  its  efficient  managers, 
Levi  J.  and  D.  T.  Hawkley,  brothers,  whose  long 
association  with  mercantile  affairs  gives  them  pres- 
tige among  the  men  whose  activities  are  serving  to 
stimulate  the  growth  of  the  State.  Levi  J.  Hawkley 
was  born  at  West  Portage,  Utah,  June  8,  1879,  and 
is  a  son  of  J.  B.  and  Mary  (John)  Hawkley. 

J.  B.  Hawkley  was  born  in  England,  and  came  to 
the  United  States  as  a  lad  of  sixteen  years,  subse- 
quently crossing  the  overland  trail  to  Utah  and  set- 
tling in  the  Malad  Valley,  where  he  became  one  of 
the  large  stock  growers  of  his  section.  At  this  time 
.he  is  one  of  the  highly  honored  residents  of  Poca- 
tello,  Idaho,  and  now  lives  a  retired  life,  being  sixty- 
nine  years  of  age.  He  married  Mary  John,  a  native 
of  Wales,  who  came  to  America  with  her  parents 
and  crossed  the  plains  by  ox-team,  being  also  an 
early  resident  of  Utah,  where  she  met  and  married 
Mr.  Hawkley.  She  still  survives  and  is  sixty-one 
years  of  age.  Nine  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hawkley:  D.  T.,  a  sketch  of  whose  career 
appears  later;  Mrs.  J.  H.  Cutler,  a  resident  of  Black- 
foot  ;  William  J.,  living  at  Pocatello,  Idaho ;  J.  B.  J., 
of  Alameda,  California;  Mrs.  Sarah  Edgely,  of  Deer 
Lodge,  Montana ;  Mrs.  Zina  Roland,  of  Logan,  Utah ; 
Misses  Mary  R.  and  Myrtle,  who  live  with  their 
parents  at  Pocatello;  and  Levi  J. 

Levi  J.  Hawkley  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  West  Portage  and  Pocatello,  following 
which  he  went  to  work  in  mercantile  lines  at  the 
latter  place  and  Idaho  Falls.  He  was  an  employe 
of  the  Z.  C.  M.  I.  stores  at  various  places,  and  thus 
became  associated  with  the  lona  stores,  being  given 
full  charge  of  the  store  at  Lincoln  in  IQTO.  He  gives 
his  entire  time  to  the  management  of  this  large  enter- 
prise, but  has  also  invested  heavily  in  valuable  farm 
lands  in  the  vicinity  of  lona,  and  is  justly  considered 
one  of  his  section's  most  substantial  men.  In  May, 
1900,  Mr.  Hawkley  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Stanger,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Stanger,  who  are  engaged  in  ranching 
at  lona,  and  to  this  union  there  have  been  born 
three  children:  Levi  S.,  born  February  i,  1901,  at 
Pocatello,  and  now  attending  the  Lincoln  public 
schools;  Ireta,  born  February  25,  1903,  at  lona, 
Idaho,  and  also  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools ;  and 
Delbert,  born  February  6,  1910,  in  Lincoln,  Idaho. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawkley  are  members  of  the  Church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  He  is  independent  in  his 
political  views. 

D.  T.  Hawkley  was  born  at  West  Portage,  Utah, 
June  4,  1876,  and  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  West  Portage.  Following  this 
he  entered  the  Pocatello  High  School,  which  he  left 
to  accept  a  position  in  the  offices  of  the  Oregon 
Short  Line  Railway.  He  remained  in  the  employ 
of  the  railway  company  for  nine  years,  hut  gave  up 
a  railroad  career  to  become  a  clerk  in  the  Z.  C.  M.  I. 
Mercantile  Company,  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  continued 
a  trusted  employe  of  that  concern  for  seven  years. 


severing  his  connections  therewith  to  accept  a  bet- 
ter position  with  the  lona  Mercantile  Company, 
where  he  now  has  entire  charge  of  the  outside  de- 
partment. Like  his  brother,  he  has  invested  wisely 
in  ranch  lands,  and  has  been  uniformly  successful  in 
all  of  his  ventures.  On  September  30,  1900,  he  was 
married  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Perrett,  and  they  have  had  three  children,  namely: 
Raymond  P.,  born  June  6,  1902,  at  Pocatello,  Idaho, 
and  now  attending  public  schools ;  Myrtle,  born 
October  30,  1905,  at  Idaho  Falls,  and  also  a  public 
school  pupil ;  and  Arville,  born  August  20,  1907, 
at  Idaho  Falls.  Mr.  Hawkley  and  his  wife  attend 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  he  is 
independent  in  political  matters. 

The  careers  of  the  Hawkley  brothers  furnish  ex- 
cellent examples  of  youthful  enterprise,  industry  and 
perseverance.  With  years  of  experience  in  their 
chosen  field  of  endeavor,  they  are  recognized  by  their 
associates  as  men  of  ability,  acuteness  and  good 
judgment,  while  their  reputation  in  the  business 
world  stamps  them  as  men  of  the  highest  integrity. 

GEORGE  E.  HYDE,  M.  D.  It  would  be  hard  to  find 
a  more  striking  example  of  youthful  industry,  con- 
stant perseverance  and  lofty  ambition  culminating 
in  well-deserved  success  than  the  career  of  George 
E.  Hyde,  M.  D.,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and 
surgeons  of  Rexburg,  Idaho,  and  a  man  whose 
high  professional  attainments  have  brought  him 
prominently  before  the  public  in  positions  of  emi- 
nence. His  career  has  been  a  remarkable  one,  and 
is  well  deserving  a  record  among  the  review  of 
the  lives  of  those  men  who  have  really  accomplished 
something  in  the  building  of  a  State. 

George  E.  Hyde  was  born  April  23,  1864,  in  Man- 
chester, England,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Jane    (Whitehead)    Hyde,   his   father  being   a   shoe 
merchant.     Mrs.   Hyde   still  survives  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one  years,  having  never  left  her  native  soil. 
George  E.  Hyde  was  but  three  years  of  age  when 
his    father   died.     His   educational   advantages   were 
necessarily  somewhat  limited,  as  he  was  early  com- 
pelled to  leave  the  common  schools  and  contribute 
to    the    family    support.      In    his    native    land,    Mr. 
Hyde  could  only  see  ahead  of  him   long  years  of 
hard  work,  with  but  little  likelihood  of  ever  attain- 
ing a  competency,  and,  accordingly,  in  his  seventeenth 
year,  he  decided  to  make  his  way  to  the  great  free 
country  across  the  ocean,  of  which  he  had  heard  so 
much   regarding  the  opportunities  offered  to  ambi- 
tious youth.    The  next  problem  was  to  secure  funds 
with  which  to  make  the  journey,  but  eventually  the 
youth  was  able  to  secure  employment  on  shipboard, 
thus  working  his  passage  and  having  a  few  dollars 
left  with  which  to  sustain  life  on  reaching  the  United 
States.      On    his    arrival,    he    made    his    way    from 
New    York    City   to    Ogden,   Utah,    where   he    soon 
became  a  convert  to  the  faith  of  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints,  and  secured  a  position  with  the 
Zions    Co-Operative    Mercantile    Institution,    as    a 
clerk.     From  that  time  his  rise  was  rapid,  until  he 
finally  became  manager  of  the  departments  and  was 
then  made  chief  clerk,  a  position  he  continued  to  hold 
until  1892.    In  the  meantime,  it  had  always  been  his 
ambition   to   enter   the   medical   profession,   and   by 
1892  he   decided  that  he  was  ready  to  enter  upon 
his    studies.     Accordingly   he   became   a   student   in 
the  University  of  California,  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  which  he  was  graduated  July  15,  1895.     He 


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was  then  interne  for  one  year  in  the  County  Hospital. 
San  Francisco,  and  spent  one  year  in  general  prac- 
tice in  Ogden,  Utah.  His  advent  in  Rexburg  oc- 
curred in  1897,  when  he  opened  offices  in  this  city, 
which  has  since  been  his  field  of  endeavor.  Not 
only  has  he  become  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of 
Idaho,  but  his  connections  with  various  enterprises 
and  industries  in  his  adopted  city  have  made  him 
well  known.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Rexburg  Drug 
Company,  and  since  1902  has  been  president  of  the 
school  board,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Idaho 
State  Medical  Society  and  the  county  and  national 
organizations.  In  1911  he  received  an  appointment 
"rom  Washington,  D.  C,  to  membership  on  the 
committees  on  organization  of  the  International 
<>  ngress  of  Hygiene  and  Demography,  the  only 
member  from  this  state.  In  1897  he  was  appointed 
to  the  State  Board  of  Health  bv  Governor  Good  ing, 
and  subsequently  reappointed  by  Governor  Brady. 
An  Idaho  "booster"  of  the  most  enthusiastic  variety, 
he  is  at  all  times  ready  to  state  his  views  with  regard 
to  the  future  of  his  adopted  Commonwealth,  and 
by  precept  and  example  has  done  much  to  advance 
its  numerous  interests. 

On  October  7,  1886,  Dr.  Hyde  was  married  at 
Ogden,  Utah,  to  Miss  Rose  Farr,  daughter  of  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Aaron  Farr,  an  old  pioneer  family  of  Utah, 
who  crossed  the  plains  in  the  early  days  and  settled 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Judge  Farr  being  a  successful 
agriculturist  and  well-known  politician  of  his  day. 
Six  children  have  been  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hyde, 
namely:  Vida,  born  in  1887,  in  Ogden,  Utah,  who 
married  Lee  French,  of  Boise,  Idaho,  and  has  one 
child;  Myrtle,  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  in  1889,  who 
married  Dr.  Thatcher,  a  well-known  dental  practi- 
tioner of  Chicago,  Illinois;  George  A.,  born  at 
Ogden,  in  1891,  now  a  high  school  student  in  Boise; 
Afton,  born  at  Ogden,  Utah,  in  1896  attending  the 
Rexburg  high  school ;  Clarise,  horn  in  Rexburg.  in 
1899,  a°d  now  attending  the  graded  schools ;  and 
Melba,  born  in  1905,  in  Rexburg,  the  baby,  a  graded 
school  pupil.  The  family  is  connected  with  the 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  in  which  all  are 
well  known. 

FRANK  M.  BYBEE.  The  name  of  Frank  M.  Bybee 
has  become  as  familiar  to  the  present  generation  of 
citizens  of  Idaho  Falls  as  a  household  word,  being 
indissolubly  associated  in  the  mind  of  the  public  with 
the  development  of  a  great  business  enterprise.  His 
biography  is  the  record  of  a  great  achievement, 
accomplished  before  its  architect  reached  the  age 
when  slower  minds  are  beginning  to  comprehend 
life's  possibilities.  Mr.  Bybee  was  born  October  2, 
1862,  at  Farmington,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of  Sen. 
Robert  Lee  and  Jane  (Miller)  Bybee. 

Robert  Lee  Bybee  was  born  May  4,  1838.  in  the 
then  sparsely  settled  region  of  Clay  county.  Indiana, 
and  when  he  was  five  years  of  age  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Kentucky,  moving  the  next  year  to  Illinois, 
and  from  that  state,  one  year  later,  to  Missouri. 
There  the  family  continued  to  make  their  home  until 
1851,  when  they  removed  to  Utah,  which  had  been 
settled  only  four  years  before  by  the  pioneers  at 
Salt  Lake.  The  »Bybee  family  located  seven  miles 
from  Ogden.  on  the  banks  of  the  Weber  river,  the 
land 'being  wild,  with  bunch  grass  and  willows 
growing  along  the  course  of  the  streams.  Farming 
and  stock-growing  were  the  occupations  of  the  early 
pioneers,  and  Robert  Lee  Bybee  was  so  engaged 
until  his  marriage,  in  1857,  to  Miss  Jane  Miller.  At 
the  time  he  was  marrie'd  and  went  into  business  for 


himself,  the  mail  was  carried  by  pack  animals  from 
Salt  Lake  to  Independence,  Missouri,  a  regular  mail 
starting  from  either  terminus  once  a  month,  and 
the  1,200  miles  usually  being  covered  in  about  thirty 
days.  Senator  Bybee  made  this  trip,  starting  east 
in  April  and  returning  in  the  month  of  August,  the 
eastern  part  of  the  journey  consuming  forty  days  on 
account  of  snow  in  the  mountains,  and  the  return 
trip  being  made  in  twenty  days.  All  the  freight  for 
Salt  Lake  was  hauled  from  the  Missouri  river  in 
the  vicinity  of  Omaha,  by  ox-teams,  at  the  rate  of 
twenty-five  cents  per  pound.  From  1851  to  1858, 
Salt  Lake  was  the  only  place  in  Utah  where  liquor 
could  be  obtained,  and  this  only  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses and  through  a  physician's  prescription.  A 
drunken  man  was  never  seen  in  the  State  of  Utah, 
and  its  morals  were  beyond  reproach  until  the  John- 
son army  came  from  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas, 
bringing  the  usual  vices  in  its  train. 

In  1858  a  party  of  settlers,  who  had  intended  to  go 
to  the  Snake  River  Valley,  Idaho,  lost  their  bear- 
ings, when  uo  Malad  Valley,  over  Bannock   Moun- 
tain,  down   Bannock   Creek,  across  the   Port   Nuef 
below  the  present  site  of  Pocatello,  and  crossed  the 
Snake  River  below   Fort   Hall,  going  north  to  the 
Salmon   River,  and   locating  near   Salmon   City,   in 
Lemhi  county,  Idaho.    There  they  were  attacked  by 
Indians  and  a  large  number  of  the  party  were  killed 
or  wounded,  but  some  time  thereafter  were  rescued 
by  a  party  of  150  men  from  Ogden,  including  Senator 
Bybee.     This  was  prior  to  the  building  of  a  house 
on  Snake  River  Valley  with  the  exception  of  Fort 
Hall,  near  the  present  site  of  Pocatello.     The  first 
wagon  taken  down  the  Port  Neuf  Canvon  was  in  this 
party,   and   sometimes  the  way  was  so  rough   that 
the  horses  were  unhitched  and  the  wagons  lowered 
by   ropes,  but  eventually   the   rescue  party   reached 
the  settlement,  which  was  broken  up,  and  the  settlers 
taken  back  to  Ogden.     In  1861  Senator  Bybee  made 
the  first  trip  to  Carson  City.   Nevada,  with  an  ox- 
team,  carrying  eggs  and  salt,  and  following  the  trail 
that  had  been  made  by  the  "forty-niners"  to  Cali- 
fornia,   and    while    there    the    first    overland    coach 
started   for   the   East    from   Carson   City.     Senator 
Bybee  continued  to  reside  in  Utah  until    1883.  and 
during  this  time  irrigation  became  general,  Salt  Lake, 
Ogden,  Provo,  Logan  and  many  other  cities  rising 
out   of   the   wild   lands  and   the   arid   region   being 
transformed  into  cities,  ranches,  orchards  and  gar- 
dens, where  before  was  naught  but  desert  waste.    In 
1883  he  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  at  Menan.  Fre- 
mont  county,  where  he  rermined   four  years,  after 
which  he  went  to  Leorin,  Bingham  county,  and  ac- 
cumulated a  ranch  of  640  acres,  on  which  he  carried 
on  the  raising  of  fruit,  grain,  alfalfa,  and  the  breed- 
ing of  stock.     A    dyed-in-the-wool   Democrat.   Sen- 
ator Bybee  was  elected  to  the  Idaho  State  Senate  on 
the  Fusion  ticket.     He  was  known  as  a  man  true  to 
his  friends,  and  whose  chief  aim  in  life  was  to  so 
live  that  in  his  declining  years  he  could  look  back 
over  a  career  unmarked  by  stain  or  blemish.     That 
he  succeeded  in  accomplishing  his  ambition  is  test:- 
fied  to  by  the  universal  respect  and  esteem  in  which 
his  memory  is  held. 

Frank  M.  Bybee  was  one  of  the  several  children, 
and  as  a  youth  secured  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  Utah.  In  May,  1884,  he  accompanied  his  parent* 
to  Idaho,  locating  first  at  Menan.  where  he  resided 
until  1800.  then  coming  to  Idaho  Falls.  Here  he 
established  himself  in  the  transfer  and  drayage 
business,  and  also  assisted  in  building  many  of  the 
early  canals  here.  He  continued  this  busir?ss  for 


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two  years,  and  then  disposed  thereof  to  go  to  work 
for  the  Z.  M.  M.  I.  Company  as  a  clerk,  three  years 
later  leaving  their  employ  and  returning  to  Menan, 
where  he  took  charge  of  the  Menan  Flour  Mills, 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  three  years.  Mr. 
Bybee  then  returned  to  Idaho  Falls  to  go  into  busi- 
ness with  Robert  White,  a  well-known  grocer  of 
this  city,  and  soon  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the 
business,  which  he  acquired  by  purchase  ten  months 
later  from  the  heirs  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  White,  who 
had  suddenly  died.  This  business  has  since  grown 
to  be  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of  its  kind 
in  the  State,  having  developed  from  a  one-man-man- 
aged place  to  a  business  demanding  the  hiring  of 
seven  clerks  and  the  employment  of  an  office  force. 
A  man  of  progressive  and  enterprising  ideas,  Mr. 
Bybee  has  introduced  innovations  in  the  business  that 
have  been  directly  responsible  for  its  phenomenal 
growth,  and  in  the  business  world  he  is  regarded  as 
a  man  of  the  greatest  foresight  and  the  highest 
ability.  He  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
B.  W.  M.  Company,  and  a  member  of  its  directing 
board.  Politically  he  is  independent,  and  has  never 
sought  public  office.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  in  which  order  he  has  been  Past  Master, 
Past  Grand,  Past  High  Priest  and  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Lodge ;  and  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  in  which 
he  passed  through  all  the  chairs,  and  the  Elks,  being 
a  charter  member  of  Lodge  No.  1087.  Mr.  Bybee 
is  deeply  attached  to  Idaho  Falls,  as  the  scene  of 
his  own  success,  is  proud  of  this  section's  marvelous 
growth  and  great  achievements,  and  will  no  doubt 
remain  with  its  people  until  the  last.  Certain  it  is 
that  he  has  abiding  faith  in  its  future  and  demon- 
strates that  faith  by  investments  in  various  extensive 
enterprises. 

Mr.  Bybee  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Richie,  at 
Idaho  Falls,  November  30,  1890,  she  being  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Hannah  Richie,  of  Ogden,  Utah, 
and  they  have  had  four  children,  namely:  Ruth, 
born  October  3,  1891,  in  business  with  her  father; 
Marion,  born  May  16,  1897;  Wanda,  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1900;  and  Frank,  born  November  28,  1902, 
all  attending  schools  in  Idaho  Falls. 

EVERETT  HESEMAN.  Among  the  enterprising  and 
self-reliant  men  who  are  so  ably  conducting  the  agri- 
cultural interests  of  Fremont  county  is  Everett  Hese- 
man,  one  of  the  leading  farmers  of  Marysville.  A 
son  of  William  F.  Heseman,  he  was  born  in  Rock 
Island,  Illinois,  October  6.  1872,  but  was  brought 
no  and  educated  in  Nebraska. 

Born  in  Illinois,  William  F.  Heseman  followed  the 
path  of  civilization  westward  in  1874,  going  to 
Nebraska,  and  settling  as  a  pioneer  in  the  central  part 
of  the  state.  Taking  up  land,  he  was  there  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising  until  his  death,  in  1901, 
when  but  fifty-eight  years  old.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Mary  N.  Morrow,  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  and  as  a  child  was  taken  by  her 
parents  to  Illinois,  where  she  grew  to  womanhood, 
and  was  married.  She  is  now  living  in  Marysville, 
Idaho,  with  her  son  Everett,  her  other  child,  L.  L. 
Heseman,  being  a  resident  of  Hayden,  Idaho. 

Obtaining  a  limited  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  Nebraska,  Everett  Heseman  acquired  a  good 
knowledge  of  the  various  branches  of  agriculture 
while  working  on  the  home  farm,  remaining  with 
his  parents  until  attaining  his  majority.  Starting  in 
life  for  himself  then,  he  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colo- 
rado, where  for  eight  years  he  followed  his  trade 
of  millwright.  Going  from  there  to  Salt  Lake  City, 


Mr.  Heseman  continued  at  his  trade  in  that  city  for 
a  time,  but  not  being  at  all  satisfied  with  the  finan- 
cial results  of  his  labors  decided  to  try  life  in 
Idaho.  Looking  about  for  a  suitable  location,  Mr. 
Heseman  was  much  impressed  with  the  possibilities 
of  Fremont  county,  and  has  since  concluded  that  he 
made  no  mistake  in  his  choice,  the  land  on  which 
he  settled  having  since  become  a  part  of  Marysville, 
a  thriving  village  lying  two  miles  norm  of  Ashton, 
on  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  and  which  is 
bound  in  course  of  time  to  become  a  city  of  consid- 
erable size,  owing  to  its  close  proximity  to  the  best 
farming  region  in  the  county.  Mr.  Heseman's  farm 
adjoins  the  village,  and  on  account  not  only  of  its 
favorable  location,  but  of  its  rich  and  productive 
soil,  will  in  the  near  future  be  of  great  value,  although 
he  does  not  care  to  give  it  up  for  many  years  to 
come.  His  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land 
are  all  under  cultivation,  and  the  improvements  are 
of  substantial  character,  the  house  and  barn  being 
commodious  and  conveniently  arranged. 

In  addition  to  farming,  Mr.  Heseman  owns  a  steam 
thresher,  and  when  not  working  for  himself  takes 
contracts  to  thresh  the  crops  of  his  neighbors,  being 
kept  very  busy  throughout  the  harvest  season.  He 
also  deals  in  farm  machinery  and  windmills,  having 
built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  business  in  that  line. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  o'f  Odd  Fel- 
lows. 

On  June  6,  1909,  Mr.  Heseman  married,  in  Marys- 
ville, Mary  Sturm,  daughter  of  John  Sturm,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Pearl  Heseman,  born  June  3, 
1911. 

THOMAS  ELLIOTT.  Although  beginning  his  profes- 
sional career  somewhat  late  in  life,  Thomas  Elliott, 
of  Saint  Anthony,  has  already  gained  a  substantial 
position  among  the  successful  attorneys  of  Fremont 
county,  having  established  a  fair  legal  practice.  A 
son  of  John  Elliott,  he  was  born,  December  21,  1856, 
in  Yorkshire,  England,  where  he  spent  his  earlier 
years. 

John  Elliott  was  born  and  reared  in  England,  and 
there  died  at  the  age  of  fifty  years.  A  miner  by 
occupation,  he  worked  in  various  coal  fields  in 
Europe,  where  he  became  well  known  as  a  faithful 
and  skilful  worker.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Elizabeth  Matthewson,  was  born  and  bred  in 
England,  her  birth  occurring  seventy-three  years  ago, 
in  1839.  In  J887  she  crossed  the  ocean,  coming 
direct  from  New  York  to  Idaho,  and  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  .Rexburg. 

The  first-born  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  Thomas 
Elliott  was  educated  in  England,  attending  the  day 
school  until  ten  years  old,  and  afterward  continuing 
his  studies  in  the  night  schools.  Subsequently  taking 
up  the  profession  of  an  engineer,  he  worked  in  the 
collieries  of  his  native  country  until  twenty-seven 
years  of  age.  Then,  realizing  the  greater  advantages 
afforded  a  poor  man  in  America  than  in  England,  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  search  of  some 
remunerative  employment.  He  worked  first  on  a 
farm,  later  becoming  section  hand  on  a  railroad, 
his  home  being  in  Idaho.  Having  accumulated  a 
small  sum  of  money,  Mr.  Elliott  began  dealing  in 
wheat  and  hogs,  and  had  the  distinction  of  shipping 
to  the  market  the  first  car-load  of  hogs  sent  from 
Fremont  county.  He  afterwards  became  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  and  not  only  served  as  the  first 
clerk  of  the  city  of  Rexburg,  but  for  eight  years  was 
United  States  Commissioner' for  Fremont  county. 
He  achieved  much  success  as  a  business  man,  and 
for  awhile  held  title  to  the  Upper  Falls  of  Snake 


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river,  which  have  passed  into  the  possession  of  an 
eastern  company  that  is  now  actively  engaged  in  the 
erection  of  an  immense  power  plant  at  that  place. 

At  the  age  of  fifty-three  years,  Mr.  Elliott  decided 
to  enter  upon  a  professional  career,  and  through 
systematic  and  diligent  study  he  was  admitted,  March 
6,  1911,  to  the  Idaho  bar,  and  has  since  been  actively 
and  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  hav- 
ing won  a  fair  share  of  the  local  patronage.  Mr. 
Elliott  has  unquestioned  faith  in  Idaho's  future,  her 
natural  resources,  he  thinks,  being  far  superior  to 
those  of  any  other  state  of  the  Union.  He  is  a  Mor- 
mon in  religion,  and  is  fond  of  outdoor  sports,  espe- 
cially of  hunting  and  fishing. 

In  England,  in  November,  1883,  Mr.  Miller  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Agnes  Burkinshaw,  and  to 
them  seven  children  have  been  born,  the  births  of 
the  two  older  having  occurred  in  Yorkshire,  Engt 
land,  while  the  other  children  were  all  born  in  Rex- 
burg,  Idaho.  The  names  of  the  children  are  as 
follows :  Charles,  born  in  1884,  is  married,  and  has 
four  children ;  Lucy,  born  in  1886,  married  a  Mr. 
Jensen,  has  one  child ;  John,  born  in  f888,  resides  in 
Saint  Anthony;  Lillie,  born  in  1890,  was  married 
on  November  14,  1912;  George,  born  in  1894,  lives 
in  Saint  Anthony;  Howard,  born  in  1896;  and  Ada, 
born  in  1898. 

JULIAN  E.  LANE,  of  Blackfqot,  Idaho,  combines 
in  his  person  the  unusual  qualities  of  the  business 
man  and  the  talented  artist.  Far  from  being  the 
unpractical  dreamer  that  an  artist  is  usually  sup- 
posed to  be,  he  is  a  man  capable  of  handling  large 
affairs  and  some  of  the  most  important  irrigation 
projects  in  the  state  have  been  inaugurated  and  pro- 
moted by  Mr.  Lane.  He  is  still  a  comparatively 
young  man,  but  his  reputation  is  one  which  a  man 
many  years  his  senior  would  be  proud  to  possess.  Of 
a  genial  disposition  and  wide  sympathies  he  has  won 
many  friends  and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  as 
well  as  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  this  section 
of  the  state. 

Fort  Bridger,  Wyoming,  was  the  birthplace  of  Mr. 
Lane,  so  he  is  a  real  westerner,  and  has  a  closer 
claim  on  the  bounty  of  this  country  than  have  many 
of  her  successful  sons.  The  date  of  his  birth  was  the 
6th  of  December,  1869,  and  his  father  was  Julian 
B.  Lane.  His  father  was  a  native  of  the  old  south, 
having  been  born  in  Virginia.  He  early  felt  the 
attraction  of  the  great  west  and  came  to  Wyoming 
when  that  country  was  first  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  adventurous  pioneers.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  that  state,  locating  at  Carter  Station, 
Wyoming.  Here  he  engaged  in  the  business  that  the 
majority  of  the  settlers  of  the  state  then  carried  on, 
the  cattle  business.  He  carried  on  this  business  for 
a  number  of  years  and  then  at  the  time  that  the  fort 
was  erected  at  Fort  Bridger  he  moved  to  the  latter 
place.  After  living  here  for  a  time  he  went  out 
with  a  prospecting  party  into  the  wilds  of  Arizona 
and  that  is  the  last  that  was  ever  seen  of  him. 
Whether  he  was  accidentally  killed  or  was  drowned 
or  met  a  tragic  fate  at  the  hands  of  the  Indians  the 
family  has  never  known,  and  the  scene  and  manner 
of  his  death  will  probably  never  be  discovered.  Julian 
B.  Lane  married  Nora  Daniels  at  Fort  Bridger, 
Wyoming,  his  wife  having  been  born  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  in  1850.  She  is  still  living  in  Seattle, 
Washington,  where  she  is  the  owner  of  considerable 
property.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union, 
of  whom  Julian  E.  Lane  is  the  eldest. 

Growing  up  in  the  early  days  of  the  frontier  coun- 
try of  Wyoming,  the  opportunities  allowed  Julian 

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Lane  for  an  education  were  few  and  of  little  worth. 
He  attended  the  schools  of  Evanston,  Wyoming,  but 
the  training  that  he  received  from  a  cultured  home 
life  was  more  valuable  than  that  which  he  received 
in  the  school  room.  When  he  became  strong  enough 
to  rope  a  steer  he  very  naturally  turned  to  the  cattle 
business,  for  after  the  disappearance  of  his  father  he 
had  gone  to  live  in  the  home  of  an  uncle,  who  was 
a  large  cattleman.  He  lived  with  this  uncle  until 
1896,  devoting  these  years  to  cattle  raising.  At  the 
end  of  this  time  he  came  to  Idaho,  and  having  spent 
much  of  his  life  in  the  open  the  beauties  of  this  new 
country  inspired  him  to  make  some  use  of  the  im- 
pressions which  had  been  registering  themselves  on 
his  brain  during  these  years.  He  had  always  been 
talented  with  the  brush  and  had  an  especially  keen 
eye  for  landscape  work,  so  he  opened  a  studio  in 
Boise,  Idaho,  and  for  a  year  was  here  engaged  in 
painting  and  doing  decorative  work.  Concluding 
that  in  Idaho  as  everywhere  painting  was  about  the 
poorest  paid  of  all  professions  he  now  went  to  Sho- 
shone,  Idaho,  where  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in 
the  offices  of  Hawlcy  and  Perkey,  the  former  being 
ex-governor  of  Idaho.  He  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  courts  of  Idaho  in  1898,  and  opened  up  offices 
in  Shoshone.  He  practiced  there  for  one  year,  but 
in  the  meantime  he  had  become  interested  in  irriga- 
tion and  was  able  to  see  the  enormous  opportunities 
that  would  be  opened  up  if  more  land  could  be  thus 
made  fertile.  He  therefore  planned  and  executed 
the  irrigation  project  known  as  the  Bruno  Irriga- 
tion project,  which  met  with  the  plaudits  of  the  pub- 
lic. After  this  deed  he  promoted  the  Thousand 
Springs  Irrigation  Company,  which  accomplished 
one  of  the  largest  and  best  pieces  of  irrigation  work 
which  has  yet  been  done  in  the  state. 

It  took  a  keen  brain  to  conceive  these  vast  projects 
and  a  wise  and  practical  hand  to  carry  them  out, 
but  as  is  often  the  case,  the  benefits  derived  from 
these  plans  went  into  other  pockets  than  those  of  the 
man  who  originated  them.  He  has  received  very 
little  for  his  hard  work,  but  through  the  instrumental- 
ity of  his  closest  friend  and  adviser,  William  A. 
Youmie,  he  is  now  beginning  to  realize  something 
from  his  projects.  Mr.  Youmie  has  left  no  stone 
unturned  and  has  been  exceedingly  active  in  his 
efforts  in  Mr.  Lane's  behalf,  and  thanks  to  his  friendly 
offices  in  another  year  Mr.  Lane  will  be  a  wealthy 
man  as  a  result  of  his  irrigation  projects. 

It  was  in  1902  that  Mr.  Lane  first  came  to  Black- 
foot,  Idaho,  to  live.  He  bought  land  just  outside  of 
the  town  and  settled  there,  remaining  for  several 
years.  He  also  owned  at  this  time  property  in 
Boise  and  Bruno,  and  after  living  in  Blackfoot  for 
a  time  his  outside  interests  called  him  away  from 
the  city,  to  which  he  did  not  return  till  1909.  Since 
that  time  he  has  resided  on  his  property  near  Black- 
foot,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  nursery  business 
and  also  in  real  estate.  He  devotes  a  large  share  of 
his  time  to  the  profession  which  he  has  never  given  up 
during  his  years  as  a  business  man,  and  as  an  artist 
is  well  known  throughout  all  this  section.  He  is 
considered  by  competent  critics  to  be  one  of  the  com- 
ing artists  of  the  state,  and  has  executed  many  fine 
landscapes,  being  particularly  gifted  as  a  colorist 
In  1902  Mr.  Lane  was  nominated  and  elected  judge 
of  the  fourth  judicial  district,  but  he  resigned  in 
favor  of  Littleton  Price. 

In  politics  Mr.  Lane  is  a  member  of  the  Republican 
party,  but  he  has  never  cared  to  take  a  prominent 
part  in  this  fascinating  game.  He  married  on  the 
25th  of  December,  1897,  Miss  Ollie  Waters,  of  Cassa 


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county,  Colorado.  She  is  the  daughter  of.  Judge  and 
Mrs  Julius  S.  Waters  and  is  the  mother  of  five  chil- 
dren. The  eldest  of  these  children,  Archie  Lane, 
was  born  in  1898  in  Utah.  Lavern  Lane  was  born  in 
Shoshone,  Idaho,  in  1900,  and  Harold  Lane  was  born 
in  the  same  city  in  1902.  Vivian  Lane  was  born  in 
Bruno,  Idaho,  in  1905  and  Dorothy,  the  youngest, 
was  born  in  Blackfoot,  in  1910.  Of  these  children,  all 
are  attending  school  in  Blackfoot,  save  the  youngest. 
Mr.  Lane  is  one  of  the  men  of  whom  Idaho  may 
well  take  note.  He  has  shown  what  he  can  accom- 
plish in  the  business  world  and  as  an  artist  he  will 
certainly  bring  credit  upon  his  adopted  state, 
the  stock  which  has  made  the  western  pioneer 
famous  for  courage  and  self  reliance  and  a  firm 
belief  in  one's  fellow  man,  Mr.  Lane  has  inherited  the 
big  qualities  of  his  father's  time,  and  has  always 
fought  for  the  welfare  of  the  state  along  progressive 
lines,  being  a  staunch  believer  in  the  greatness  of  her 
future. 

D.  L.  BLEVINS,  M.  D.  Among  those  who  are 
effectively  aiding  in  upholding  the  orestige  of  the 
medical  profession  in  Idaho  is  Dr.  Blevins,  and  he 
merits  special  consideration  in  this  publication  as  one 
of  the  representative  physicians  and  surgeons  who 
have  found  an  inviting  field  for  successful  practice 
in  the  thriving  little  city  of  Idaho  Falls,  Elmore 
county. 

Dr.  Blevins  was  born  in  Atchison  county,  Mis- 
souri, on  the  26th  of  November,  1875,  and  is  a  son 
of  B.  M.  Blevins.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky and  his  mother  of  Virginia,  in  which  historic 
old  commonwealth  their  marriage  was  solemnized. 
The  father  removed  to  Missouri  in  an  early  day  and 
represented  that  state  as  a  valiant  soldier  of  the 
Confederacy  in  the  Civil  war.  He  was  long  num- 
bered among  the  prosperous  farmers  and  stock- 
growers  of  Missouri  and  is  now  living  virtually  re- 
tired at  Troy,  Lincoln  county,  that  state.  He  has 
attained  to  the  age  of  seventy-six  years  and  his 
devoted  wife  and  helpmeet  is  seventy-four  years  of 
age  (1913).  They  have  six  children:  John  H.  and 
D.  C,  who  are  residents  of  St.  Anthony;  C.  C.,  who 
maintains  his  home  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Dr.  D.  L., 
whose  name  initiates  this  review ;  a  daughter,  the 
wife  of  D.  Bahlm,  residing  in  the  state  of  Nebraska ; 
and  Charles  F.,  who  is  a  resident  of  Kansas. 

The  preliminary  education  of  Dr.  Blevins  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Mound  City,  Holt 
county,  Missouri,  and  after  his  graduation  in  the 
high  school  at  that  place  he  went  to  the  city  of  St. 
Louis,  where  he  was  matriculated  in  the  Missouri 
Medical  College.  In  this  excellent  ordered  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1899  and  duly  received  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Med- 
icine. Thereafter  he  soon  began  work  in  the  medical 
laboratory  and  department  of  the  Nelson  Morris 
Packing  Company,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  three  months,  in  1900,  he  came 
to  Idaho  and  opened  an  office  at  St.  Anthony,  Fre- 
mont county.  He  built  up  a  substantial  practice  at 
that  place  and  there  continued  his  professional  work 
until  1909,  when  he  went  to  New  York  city  and  did 
effective  post-graduate  work  for  one  year  in  the 
Manhattan  Eye,  Ear  and  Nose  Hospital.  In  1910 
the  Doctor  established  his  residence  at  Idaho  Falls, 
and  here  he  has  built  up  a  specially  large  and  im- 
portant practice,  in  which  he  specializes  in  the 
diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  He  is  a 
close  and  appreciative  student  and  through  recourse 
to  the  best  standard  and  periodical  literature  of  his 
profession  he  keeps  in  touch  with  the  advances  made 


in  the  same.  While  a  resident  of  St.  Anthony,  this 
state,  Dr.  Blevins  served  continuously  as  city 
physician  and  for  some  time  as  county  physician. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Idaho  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  is  held 
in  high  esteem  as  a  progressive  and  loyal  citizen  of 
the  state  of  his  adoption.  He  finds  his  chief  recre- 
ation in  occasional  hunting  and  fishing  trips  and 
has  great  appreciation  of  the  manifold  scenic  attrac- 
tions and  splendid  natural  resources  of  Idaho.  He 
is  affiliated  with  the  Idaho  Falls  lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  and  also  with  the  Independenl 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  passed  the 
various  official  chairs.  He  has  had  no  predilection 
for  so-called  practical  politics,  as  he  believes  his 
exacting  profession  worthy  of  his  undivided  time 
and  attention. 

At  St.  Anthony,  this  state,  in  September,  1903, 
was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Blevins  to  Miss 
Daisy  Cowan,  daughter  of  the  late  John  F.  Cowan, 
a  representative  citizen  of  Newpoint,  Holt  county, 
Missouri.  Mrs.  Blevins  is  a  popular  factor  in  the 
representative  social  activities  of  Idaho  Falls,  where 
her  circle  of  friends  is  co-extensive  with  that  of  her 
acquaintances.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Blevins  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

ARTHUR  M.  TRUMAN.  In  all  growing  sections  of 
the  West  there  are  found  men  who,  by  reason  of 
their  superior  attainments  or  intellectual  abilities, 
stand  out  from  their  fellows.  Upon  such  men  many 
cares  devolve;  they  are  the  center  of  all  activity; 
it  is  their  brains  that  are  behind  large  movements; 
enterprises  of  an  extensive  nature  depend  upon  their 
support  and  cooperation.  Very  often  it  is  found  that 
these  men  belong  to  the  learned  professions,  often 
to  medicine  or  theology,  but  more  often  to  the  law, 
and  in  this  latter  class  stands  Arthur  M.  Truman, 
of  Rexburg,  who  has  made  a  name  for  himself  as 
an  attorney  and  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  of  his 
adopted  community.  Mr.  Truman  is  a  Westerner  by 
birth,  having  been  born  December  12,  1872,  in  Sum- 
mit county,  Utah.  His  father,  Jacob  M.  Truman, 
was  born  in  Michigan,  and  as  a  young  man  crossed 
the  plains  to  the  gold  fields  of  California,  subse- 
quently remaining  in  the  mining  camps  for  some 
years,  and  finally  locating  on  a  tract  of  land  in  Sum- 
mit county,  Utah,  where  he  carried  on  agricultural 
pursuits  until  his  death,  in  1881,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
seven  years.  Mr.  Truman  married  Katie  Marwell, 
who  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years, 
and  she  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  in  Rex- 
burg.  They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  of  whom 
Arthur  M.  was  the  youngest.  . 

The  early  education  of  Arthur  M.  Truman  was 
secured  in  the  schools  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  at 
Huntington  and  Provo,  Utah,  following  his  gradu- 
ation from  which  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  at 
home.  He  subsequently  was  successful  in  passing 
the  examination,  and  in  May,  1904,  was  admitted  to 
practice  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of 
Utah.  For  several  years  he  was  county  attorney 
for  Emery  county,  Utah,  but  in  December,  1906, 
came  to  Idaho,  and  located  at  Rexburg,  where  he 
was  admitted  to  practice  before  the  close  of  the  year. 
In  a  short  time  his  abilities  became  recognized  and 
he  soon  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  and  repre- 
sentative professional  business.  With  excellent  fore- 
sight and  good  judgment,  he  has  invested  his  earn- 
ings in  enterprises  which  have  yielded  him  handsome 
returns,  and  at  this  time  he  is  looked  upon  as  one 


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of  Rexburg's  substantial  citizens,  owning  his  own 
home  and  other  valuable  realty.  He  was  reared  in 
the  faith  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  to 
which  he  has  always  given  his  liberal  support,  and 
his  fraternal  affiliation  is  with  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  Politically,  he  has  been  active  in  the  work 
of  the  Democratic  party,  and  in  the  campaign  that 
resulted  in  a  Democratic  landslide  in  1912,  Mr.  Tru- 
man had  the  honor  of  being  chairman  of  his  party's 
forces  in  Fremont  county.  Believing  that  Idaho 
will  prosper  and  thrive  in  the  coming  years,  he  has 
invested  his  means  and  energies  in  its  behalf,  and 
has  had  no  hesitation  in  advising  others  to  do  like- 
wise. Fond  of  out-door  life,  when  he  has  had  the 
time  he  has  traveled  extensively  in  the  state,  form- 
ing many  acquaintances  and  winning  numerous  warm 
friends.  A  thorough  student,  conscientious  in  his 
efforts  in  behalf  of  his  clients,  among  his  confreres 
Mr.  Truman  is  known  as  a  man  who  recognizes  the 
unwritten  ethics  of  his  profession  and  as  a  citizen 
who  has  ever  ranged  himself  on  the  side  of  educa- 
tion, morality  and  good  citizenship. 

Mr.  Truman  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  October  8,  1003,  to  Miss  Helen  Eugenia  Kil- 
pack,  daughter  of  J.  D.  and  Ella  Kilpack,  early 
settlers  of  Utah,  who  are  still  living  and  make  their 
home  at  Manty.  One  child  has  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Truman :  Arthur  E.,  born  at  Manty,  Utah, 
November  i,  1904,  and  now  attending  school  in 
Rexburg. 

ORRIN  STRONG  LEE,  SR.  The  pioneer  settlers  of 
the  great  West  had  many  difficulties  to  encounter  in 
the  early  days,  hardships  which  those  of  the  present 
generation  find  it  hard  to  realize.  Pioneer  life  no 
longer  exists,  but  in  1848  the  people  who  left  their 
homes  in  the  Middle  West  for  the  trontier  of  Utah 
were  looked  upon  as  venturing  into  an  unknown 
region,  and  their  future  destiny  was  believed  to  be 
uncertain.  In  those  days  the  lazy,  shiftless  and  weak- 
souled  remained  at  home,  and  thus  the  new  com- 
munities formed  in  the  West  were  composed  of 
strong  and  resolute  characters,  and  to  know  of  a 
man  that  he  came  West  in  the  forties  is  to  know 
that  he  was  a  man  of  an  earnest  and  positive  charac- 
ter. Among  the  earliest  pioneers  of  Utah,  Orrin 
Strong  Lee,  Sr.,  now  a  retired  citizen  of  Idaho  Falls, 
holds  prominent  place.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  on  December  7,  1835,  being 
a  son  of  Dr.  Ezekiel  and  Elizabeth  (Strong)  Lee. 

Dr.  Ezekiel  Lee  was  born  in  Vermont  on  Novem- 
ber 17,  1795,  and  as  a  young  man  removed  to  New 
York  state,  from  whence  he  enlisted  tor  service  in 
the  American  army  during  the  War  of  1812.  Some 
time  after  the  close  of  that  struggle  he  went  as  a 
pioneer  to  Michigan,  and  later  to  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa,  or,  more  strictly  speaking,  to  the  present  site 
of  that  thriving  city,  which  in  1847  was  not  yet  in 
existence.  In  the  fall  of  1848,  Dr.  Lee  was  called 
with  three  others  by  the  Mormon  church  of  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  to  deliver  mail  to  the  heads  of  the 
church  in  Salt  Lake  City  from  Council  Bluffs,  and 
the  little  party  of  four  left  the  latter  city  October  15, 
1848,  and  successfully  reached  their  destination,  after 
many  hardships,  several  months  later.  In  the  fall 
of  1849  they  returned  to  Iowa  on  the  same  mission, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1850  Dr.  Lee  returned  with 
his  family  to  Utah,  and  remained  in  Salt  Lake  City 
until  his  death  in  1877.  His  wife,  who  was  born  No- 
vember 7,  1795,  followed  her  husband  to  the  grave 
four  years  later,  and  she  was  the  mother  of  four 
children,  of  whom  Orrin  S.  was  the  youngest. 


Orrin  Strong  Lee  was  a  lad  of  about  fifteen  years 
when  his  parents  made  the  long,  perilous  trip  across 
the  plains,  being  employed  during  the  trip  in  driving 
two  teams  of  oxen  and  several  cows.  Their  des- 
tination was  reached  October  i,  1850,  and,  his  father 
having  purchased  a  farm  near  Salt  Lake  City,  the 
youth  was  put  to  work  planting  apple  and  peach 
trees,  the  seed  for  which  had  been  brought  from 
Iowa,  and  which  became  the  first  orchards  to  bear 
apples  and  peaches  in  Utah.  Mr.  Lee  was  thus 
employed  until  1860,  in  the  meantime  having  been 
married  at  Salt  Lake  City,  October  31,  1859,  to  Miss 
Sally  Ann  Miles,  who  was  born  in  Adams  county, 
Illinois,  on  October  6,  1843,  the  daughter  of  Albert 
and  Mariah  (Veits)  Miles,  natives  of  Ohio,  who 
crossed  the  plains  to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1848.  Her 
father,  born  January  21,  1812,  died  at  Salt  Lake  in 
April,  1889,  and  her  mother,  who  was  born  June  30, 
1810,  passed  away  in  January,  1856,  they  having  been 
the  parents  of  six  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Lee  was 
the  fifth  in  order  of  birth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee 
became  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Mrs. 
Luella  Mariah  Pfeifer,  born  November  13,  1860,  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  who  had  five  children,  and  of  which 
number  three  are  now  deceased:  Orrin  Strong,  Jr., 
born  April  13,  1862,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  had  eleven 
children,  of  whom  two  are  deceased;  Joseph  War- 
ren, born  December  17,  1863,  at  Peoa,  Utah,  father 
of  eleven  children ;  Mrs.  Clara  Jane  Woolley,  born 
January  13,  1868,  in  Peoa,  Utah,  who  died  June  9, 
1903,  had  eight  children,  of  whom  three  are  de- 
ceased; Sally  O.,  born  November  14,  1870,  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  who  died  June  14,  1871 ;  Zella  May, 
born  November  14,  1872,  at  Peoa,  Utah,  who  died 
October  26,  1881 ;  Frank  Albert,  born  August  28, 
1874,  at  Peoa,  Utah,  had  three  children ;  Edith  Adelia 
Roos,  born  July  27,  1877,  at  Peoa,  Utah,  had  three 
children;  and  Mrs.  Lucy  Irene  Angel,  born  July  26, 
1880,  and  married  April  23,  1901. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Lee  began  farming  and 
stock  raising  on  his  own  account.  During  the  early 
days  he  was  an  active  participant  in  many  of  the  stir- 
ring incidents  which  occurred  to  mar  the  peace  and 
quiet  of  farm  life,  in  all  of  which  he  acquitted  him- 
self as  a  man  of  boundless  courage  and  bravery.  In 
1852  he  was  one  of  a  party  sent  out  by  Brigham 
Young  to  Idaho  to  bring  back  some  government 
property  which  the  head  of  the  Mormon  church  had 
purchased  from  the  United  States  Government,  and 
which  had  been  abandoned  (presumably)  by  a  large 
company  of  troops.  This  company  had  gone  to  Idaho 
to  establish  a  fort,  but,  receiving  an  order  to  hasten 
to  Oregon,  had  left  their  property  in  the  charge  of 
a  few  French  trappers  at  a  point  about  half  way 
between  Pocatello  and  American  Falls.  Mr.  Lee's 
company,  which  consisted  originally  of  about  twenty- 
five  men,  left  Salt  Lake  City  in  September,  1853, 
with  a  band  of  oxen,  and  during  its  journey  its  num- 
bers were  greatly  -augmented  by  volunteers  who 
wished  to  visit  the  new  country.  There  were  no 
trails  to  guide  them,  and  accordingly  they  came  to 
the  Bear  River,  which  was  forded,  through  the 
Malad  Valley,  across  the  divide  to  the  Portneuf 
River,  to  old  Fort  Hall,  and  here  discovered  the 
property  for  which  they  had  come,  and  which  in- 
cluded some  three  hundred  wagons,  a  large  number 
of  blacksmith  outfits  and  tons  of  horseshoes.  Re- 
turning the  same  way  they  had  come,  they  succeeded 
in  turning  the  property  over  to  the  Mormon  church. 
No  record  can  be  found  of  this  transaction,  although 
every  effort  has  been  made  to  establish  the  identity 
of  the  officer  who  abandoned  the  outfit.  A  letter 


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pertaining  to  this  matter  was  written  as  late  as 
September  15,  1909,  by  Mr.  Peck,  a  copy  of  which 
follows : 

"The  Hon.  Secretary  of  War,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Dear  Sir:  Mr.  Orrin  S.  Lee,  an  old  gentleman 
living  here,  has  told  me  that  in  the  year  1853,  he, 
with  others,  was  sent  from  Utah  to  a  point  near 
the  junction  of  the  Portneuf  and  Snake  Rivers, 
about  fifteen  miles  from  the  present  site  of  Poca- 
tello,  Idaho,  for  the  purpose  of  hauling  back  to  the 
Salt  Lake  Valley  a  part  of  the  abandoned  equipment 
of  an  army  train.  Mr.  Lee  states  that  the  purchase 
from  the  United  States  Government  of  this  aban- 
doned stuff  was  made  by  Brigham  Young,  and  con- 
sisted of  a  large  number  of  army  wagons,  perhaps 
300,  some  tons  of  mule  and  horse  shoes,  portable 
blacksmith  shops  and  other  materials.  This  material, 
which  was  hauled  in  1853,  bore  evidence  of  having 
been  abandoned  two  or  more  years  previous  to  that 
date.  If  possible,  will  you  kindly  give  some  informa- 
tion about  the  expedition  which  left  this  equipment, 
the  officer  commanding  and  the  date  of  sale  to  Brig- 
ham  Young.  A  reply  of  that  character  would  be  a 
favor  to  Mr.  Lee  and  myself  and  doubtless  to  others 
who  are  interested  in  the  early  history  of  this 
region." 

Mr.  Lee  also  participated  in  the  Chief  Walker 
Indian  outbreak  as  a  member  of  the  Home  Guards, 
to  protect  the  women  settlers,  and  was  a  minute  man 
during  the  Blackfoot  war,  passing  many  anxious 
days  in  the  expectation  of  a  call  to  instant  duty.  In 
1887  he  came  to  Idaho  and  settled  on  a  fine  ranch 
in  Bingham  county,  now  Bonneville  county,  where 
he  was  successfully  engaged  in  stock  raising  until  a 
few  years  ago,  when,  feeling  that  he  had  earned  the 
right  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  arduous  labors,  he 
leased  his  land  and  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  where 
he  has  since  lived  a  retired  life.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints.  In  his  political 
views  he  is  independent,  and  now  takes  but  little 
interest  in  politics,  although  in  his  younger  years  he 
held  a  number  of  important  offices.  For  some  time 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Utah  Legislature,  was  for 
twelve  years  assessor  and  collector  of  Summitt 
county,  Utah,  and  also  served  as  county  commis- 
sioner and  superintendent  of  schools  for  a  number 
of  years.  His  life  has  been  a  long  and  useful  one, 
and  he  is  one  of  the  survivors  of  a  bygone  day, 
whose  existence  serves  to  link  the  present  with  the 
past.  Now,  in  the  evening  of  his  life,  surrounded 
by  friends,  and  in  the  possession  of  comforts  that 
his  years  of  industry  have  made  available,  he  may 
rest  content  in  the  knowledge  that  no  stain  or  blem- 
ish marks  the  record  of  his  career. 

J.  PETER  JENSEN.  The  business  career  of  J.  Peter 
Jensen,  of  Malad  City,  Idaho,  covers  but  a  decade, 
but  is  a  fine  example  of  what  a  young  man  may 
accomplish  if  he  has  business  ability,  push  and  that 
tenacity  of  purpose  so  essential  to  a  successful  grap- 
ple with  fortune.  He  is  a  college  man,  capable  and 
resourceful,  and  well  represents  the  vigor  of  Western 
energy  and  progressiveness. 

J.  Peter  Jensen  was  born  at  Newton,  Cache  county, 
Utah,  on  October  12,  1875,  and  is  a  son  of  James 
Peter  and  Mary  (Jensen)  Jensen,  both  natives  of 
Denmark.  These  parents  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1866  and  crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox 
team  on  their  way  to  Utah,  sustaining  the  loss  of 
one  child  by  death  on  the  deserts.  After  a  short 
stay  in  Box  Elder  county.  Utah,  they  settled  in 
Cache  county,  that  state,  and  during  their  residence 
there  James  P.  Jensen  served  eight  years  as  post- 


master of  the  village  of  Newton,  also  holding  other 
public  offices.  He  was  successful  and  prominent  as 
a  farmer  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  in 
that  community.  His  death  occurred  in  1901,  and 
that  of  his  wife  in  1908,  and  both  are  interred  in  the 
Newton  cemetery,  in  Newton,  Utah.  Both  were  of 
the  Mormon  faith.  They  reared  seven  children, 
namely:  Minnie,  now  Mrs.  N.  E.  Mortensen,  of 
Brigham,  Utah ;  Eliza,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Morten- 
sen,  of  Brigham,  Utah;  J.  Peter  Jensen,  of  this 
review;  Joseph  W.  Jensen,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
University,  class  of  1901,  who  received  the  degree 
of  Civil  Engineer  and  is  now  professor  of  that 
subject  in  the  agricultural  college  at  Logan,  Utah; 
Sarah,  now  Mrs.  John  McMaster,  of  Brigham,  Utah; 
Bertha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Smith,  of  Fielding, 
Utah;  and  Hiram  Jensen. 

J.  Peter  Jensen  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
normal  schools  of  Newton,  Utah,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  teachers'  class  of  1898  from  the  Brigham 
Young  College,  Logan,  Utah.  At  the  outbreak  of 
the  Spanish-American  war  that  year  he  was  the  only 
one  of  his  school  to  enlist  for  service,  becoming  a 
member  of  Battery  A,  of  the  Utah  Light  Artillery, 
which  was  sent  to  San  Francisco,  California,  to  em- 
bark for  the  Philippines  as  a  part  of  the  second 
expedition.  He  was  given  the  rank  of  gunner's 
corporal,  and  with  his  battery  served  in  thirteen 
engagements  with  the  enemy  in  the  Philippines.  He 
served  until  August,  1899,  and  was  mustered  out  at 
Presidio,  California.  The  first  year  after  his  return 
from  the  war  Mr.  Jensen  spent  as  a  teacher  at 
Cherry  Creek,  Idaho ;  the  next  year  he  taught  in 
Cache  county,  Utah,  and  following  that  he  spent  an- 
other year  at  Cherry  Creek  in  the  same  capacity.  In 
1903  he  decided  to  enter  mercantile  life  as  his 
permanent  line  of  endeavor.  With  this  purpose  in 
view  he  returned  to  Utah  and  accepted  a  position 
as  clerk  in  the  hardware  store  of  Mortensen  &  Sons 
at  Brigham,  where  he  remained  three  years  and 
applied  himself  diligently  to  acquiring  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  hardware  business  and  the  rules 
governing  its  successful  conduct.  With  the  money 
he  had  saved  from  his  earnings,  he,  in  association 
with  a  partner,  bought  property  on  the  main  street 
of  Malad  City,  Idaho,  erected  a  store  building 
thereon,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  hardware 
business.  This  enterprise  was  launched  prior  to 
the  building  of  the  railroad  into  Malad  City.  They 
began  in  a  modest  enough  way,  with  a  $3,000  stock 
of  goods,  and  under  the  energetic  and  capable  man- 
agement of  Mr.  Jensen,  who  is  its  leading  spirit, 
the  business  has  grown  and  prospered  to  a  most 
gratifying  degree  and  is  now  among  the  leading  and 
representative  concerns  of  its  kind  in  Oneida  county, 
its  present  stock  being  more  than  ten  times  the  value 
of  that  with  which  the  partners  began. 

Mr.  Jensen,  who  is  also  interested  in  agriculture, 
has  a  farm  of  320  acres  in  Box  Elder  county,  Utah, 
and  has  other  properties  as  well,  including  a  pleasant 
home  in  Malad  City.  Intelligent  and  energetic  effort 
has  been  the  key  to  his  success,  for  he  has  builded 
wholly  with  his  own  resources. 

Mr.  Jensen  is  of  the  Mormon  faith  and  is  now 
serving  his  church  in  the  exalted  position  of  bishop. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Malad  City  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, and  is  active  in  the  promoting  of  the  best  inter- 
ests of  education  in  his  city.  In  1908  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  representative  in  the  State 
Legislature  and  knowingly  sacrificed  himself  in 
behalf  of  his  party,  as  Oneida  county  is  overwhelm- 
ingly Republican  in  political  sentiment. 


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In  1901  Mr.  Jensen  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Laura  Baker,  of  Cache  countv,  Utah.  The  parents 
of  Mrs.  Jensen  are  Albert  and  Jane  E.  (Coon) 
Baker,  who  became  pioneers  of  Utah  as  early  as  1847, 
and  they  were  long  prominent  in  the  work  of  their 
church.  Albert  Baker  served  as  a  captain  of  the 
local  forces  in  Cache  county,  Utah,  in  protecting 
the  white  settlers  during  the  early  Indian  wars  in 
this  section  of  the  West,  and  otherwise  became 
prominently  known  in  his  day.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jensen 
have  six  children :  Mabel,  LaRue,  Royal,  Edna,  Rex 
and  Ralph. 

CARL  E.  SANDSTROM,  proprietor  of  the  Snake  River 
Valley  Planing  Mill,  extensive  dry  farmer,  and  one 
of  the  leading  contractors  and  builders  of  this  part 
of  the  State,  belongs  to  that  class  of  foreign-born 
citizens  who  have  come  to  this  country  in  humble 
circumstances,  and  through  the  force  of  sheer  grit, 
perseverance  and  ability  have  struggled  over  obstacles 
to  a  well-earned  success.  A  native  of  a  country  from 
which  have  come  some  of  Idaho's  most  sturdy  and 
reliable  citizens,  Mr.  Sandstrom  combines  the  hardy 
traits  of  his  forefathers  and  their  sterling  honesty, 
with  the  push,  enterprise  and  progressive  spirit  of 
his  adopted  land,  and  his  success  in  business  has 
been  equaled  by  his'  public-spirit  as  a  citizen.  He  was 
born  June  22,  1867,  in  Sweden,  a  son  of  Eric  and 
Cajsa  Christina  (Bruce)  Sandstrom,  who  spent  their 
lives  in  their  native  land,  the  mother  dying  in  1871 
and  the  father  in  1874,  he  having  been  engaged  in  the 
lumbering  business. 

Carl  E.  Sandstrom  was  four  years  old  when  his 
mother  died,  and  he  and  his  younger  brother  were 
reared  by  their  paternal  grandparents,  with  whom 
Carl  E.  remained  until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age. 
In  his  youth  he  received  but  meagre  educational  ad- 
vantages, at  times  had  to  walk  twelve  miles,  morning 
and  night  to  school,  often  in  snow  and  sleet,  his 
schooling  all  told  amounting  to  something  like  one 
year  of  attendance,  and  when  he  was  fourteen  years 
old  he  secured  a  position  in  a  sawmill,  sorting  and 
grading  lumber.  While  thus  industriously  employed 
m  the  daytime,  having  ambitions  to  better  his  posi- 
tion in  the  world,  he  attended  night  school  in  the 
Manual  Training  school  in  the  town  of  Avesta, 
Sweden,  there  learning  the  trade  of  carpenter  and 
builder,  at  which  he  worked  until  coming  to  the 
United  States.  In  1888  Mr.  Sandstrom  decided  to  try 
his  fortunes  in  America,  and  accordingly  emigrated 
to  this  country  and  made  his  way  directly  to  Ogden, 
Utah,  in  which  city  he  arrived  with  a  capital  of 
eleven  dollars.  This  represented  his  cash  resources, 
but  he  also  possessed  what  was  much  better,  a  stout 
heart,  willing  hands  and  an  ambitious  nature,  and  he 
immediately  secured  employment  at  his  trade,  con- 
tinuing to  be  engaged  in  carpentering,  contracting 
and  building  during  the  next  twelve  years.  In  the 
spring  of  1900  he  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  where  he  was 
successful  from  the  start,  and  residences,  business 
buildings,  schools,  railroad  depots,  churches  and  pub- 
lic edifices  testify  to  his  skill  and  good  workmanship. 
Shortly  after  his  arrival  in  Idaho  Falls,  Mr.  Sand- 
strom established  the  Snake  River  Valley  Planing 
Mill,  where  he  makes  a  specialty  of  store,  office  and 
church  fixture's,  does  scroll  sawing  and  turning,  and 
turns  out  all  kinds  of  mouldings,  brackets  and  doors 
and  window  frames  to  order.  He  is  as  able  a  busi- 
ness man  as  he  is  a  mechanic,  and  his  business  associ- 
ates know  him  as  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity,  and 
as  one  who,  having  risen  from  a  humble  position  him- 
self, is  ever  ready  to  give  others  a  fair  deal,  and  to 
lend  a  hand  to  those  less  fortunate  than  he.  With 
implicit  faith  in  the  future  of  Idaho,  Mr.  Sandstrom 


has  invested  in  real  estate  here,  and  is  one  of  the 
pioneer  dry  farm  promoters  in  this  part  of  the  State. 
His  political  views  are  independent,  it  being  his  prac- 
tice to  vote  for  the  man  best  fitted  for  the  office, 
irrespective  of  party  ties.  Fraternally,  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and 
his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints. 

Mr.  Sandstrom  was  married  at  Logan,  Utah,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1893,  to  Mary  C  Gunnarson,  daughter  of 
John  P.  Gunnarson,  a  native  of  Sweden,  and  to  this 
union  there  have  been  born  six  children:  Carl  Emil 
and  Raynold  John,  who  are  deceased;  and  Lewis 
Erich,  Joseph  Rowland,  George  Marion  arid  Stanley 
Burt,  living  with  their  parents.  The  family  home, 
which  is  owned  by  Mr.  Sandstrom,  is  situated  at  No. 
210  Elm  street. 

ARTHUR  ELLIOTT.  In  no  field  of  human  activity, 
perhaps,  does  one  leave  a  more  definite  impress  of 
his  own  personality  and  character  than  in  that  of 
architecture,  and  the  importance  of  attractive,  ser- 
viceable and  appropriately  designed  buildings  in  any 
city  can  not  be  overestimated.  They  have  a  marked 
effect  upon  the  atmosphere  of  the  community  and  in 
no  slight  measure  do  they  determine  the  quality  of 
its  residents.  It  is  in  this  field  that  the  name  and 
work  of  Arthur  Elliott  have  become  so  well  known 
in  several  states,  including  Idaho,  where  he  now  car- 
ries on  most  of  his  professional  operations,  his  home 
and  his  offices  being  in  Pocatello.  Mr.  Elliott's 
father,  William  Elliott,  was  a  contractor,  and  a  native 
of  Scotland,  who  had  come  to  this  country  at  an 
early  date,  settling  in  Wisconsin  and  there  taking  up 
his  useful  vocation.  He  has  been  both  well  known 
aid  successful  as  a  contractor  and  builder  and  is 
now  living  retired  at  the  patriarchal  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years.  He  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  among 
members  of  the  Masonic  order  in  America,  having 
achieved  the  rare  distinction  of  reaching  the  thirty- 
third  degree  in  that  time-honored  order.  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Elliott,  nee  Anna  Sterling,  is  a  native  of  New 
York  State.  In  girlhood  she  came  to  Wisconsin, 
where  she  married  and  there  she  still  lives,  at  the 
age  of  eighty  years.  The  children  born  to  William 
and  Anna  Elliott,  were  three  in  number.  The  young- 
est was  Arthur  Elliott,  who  is  the  special  subject  of 
this  review,  and  he  was  born  at  Baraboo,  Wisconsin, 
on  May  12,  1864. 

The  very  excellent  advantages  of  the  Madison 
(Wis.)  public  schools  gave  Arthur  Elliott  his  intel- 
lectual start  in  life  from  the  standpoint  of  training, 
and  from  these  he  passed  to  the  greater  educational 
heights  so  exceptionally  well  provided  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin,  at  Madison.  There  he  was 
graduated  from  the  department  of  architecture  in 
1892,  and  thereafter  entered  almost  immediately 
upon  his  professional  career  as  an  architect. 

St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  was  Mr.  Elliott's  first  loca- 
tion for  the  pursuance  of  his  life  work.  In  the 
capital  city  of  Minnesota  and  also  in  Minneapolis 
he  designed  a  number  of  important  buildings  of 
different  kinds,  including  forty  school  buildings  in 
different  sections  of  the  state.  For  twelve  years  he 
maintained  his  offices  in  St.  Paul,  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  he  spent  three  years  in  travel  and  research, 
with  a  view  to  furthering  himself  in  the  knowledge 
and  understanding  of  his  subject,  after  which  he 
established  himself  for  a  time  in  St.  Joseph's,  Ore- 
gon. In  that  locality,  however,  his  stay  was  short, 
but  in  the  time  that  he  was  there  he  built  the  St. 
Joseph's  high  school  building.  His  next  move  took 
him  to  Boise,  Idaho,  where  he  opened  offices  and 
immediately  began  important  contracting  work.  His 


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first  work  carried  on  from  this  center  was  the  erec- 
tion of  the  high  school  building  in  Ontario,  Oregon, 
and  his  next  was  the  hotel  and  school  at  Jordan 
Valley,  Oregon.  That  was  followed  by  the  con- 
struction of  the  high  school  edifice  at  St.  Anthony, 
after  his  design,  and  it  is  worthy  of  mention  that 
this  school  is  reputed  to  be  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
entire  state.  A  court  house  was  his  last  work  to 
be  completed  across  the  border  of  Oregon,  his  work 
since  that  time  being  confined  exclusively  to  Idaho. 
He  recently  drew  plans  for  the  new  Pocatello  Hotel, 
now  in  course  of  construction,  and  he  also  has  the 
contract  for  the  projected  structure  of  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks  in  Pocatello. 

Mr.  Elliott  is  one  of  Idaho's  self-made  men,  whose 
own  standards,  habits  and  methods  of  work  have 
developed  his  well  deserved  meed  of  success.  He  is 
a  Roman  Catholic  in  his  religious  affiliations  and 
faith,  and  fraternally  he  has  membership  in  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  beyond  which 
he  owes  fealty  to  no  social  or  fraternal  organiza- 
tions, his  interests  being  chiefly  those  of  his  work 
and  his  home.  He  is  not  bound  by  the  hard  and 
fast  rules  and  beliefs  of  any  single  party,  but  main- 
tains his  right  as  a  citizen  to  vote  independently  for 
the  worthiest  men  and  the  wisest  measures,  as  he 
is  permitted  to  judge. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Elliott  took  place  five  years 
ago.  At  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Alice  Larpenteur,  in  the  month  of 
May,  1908.  Mrs.  Elliott  is  a  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Althea  (Smith)  Larpenteur,  who  were  early 
settlers  of  St.  Joe  and  who  had  come,  respectively, 
from  New  York  state  and  from  Boston.  Both  are 
now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elliott  have  no 
children. 

WILLIAM  PERCY  HAVENOR.  A  western  man  by  birth 
and  training,  Mr.  W.  P.  Havener  has  had  his  home 
at  Pocatello  since  1902  and  is  vice  president  of  the 
Bannock  Engineering  Company. 

William  Percy  Havener  was  born  in  Carson  City, 
Nevada,  on  August  9,  1877.  His  father,  William  M. 
Havenor,  was  born  in  Ireland  and  when  an  infant 
was  brought  to  America,  has  lived  the  stirring  life  of 
adventure  and  varying  fortunes  of  the  west.  When 
a  boy  he  went  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
from  New  York  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  was  a  pio- 
neer miner  and  railroad  man  in  California.  As  a 
member  of  the  mining  exchange,  and  a  representa- 
tive in  the  Nevada  legislature,  he  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  most  eventful  days  of  Nevada's  mining 
district  His  ability  was  widely  recognized  in  many 
ways.  Nevada  honored  him  with  appointment  to 
the  position  of  state  commissioner  to  the  New  Or- 
leans Exposition  in  1885.  A  short  time  ago,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight  years,  Mr.  Havenor  retired  from 
active  business  life,  and  with  his  wife,  who  is  now 
fifty-five  years  of  age,  is  living  quietly  in  Salt  Lake 
3ity.  William  M.  Havenor  was  married  in  Carson 
City,  Nevada,  to  Miss  Alice  Gordon,  who  was  born 
in  the  state  of  Maine. 

The  oldest  of  six  children,  William  P.  Havenor 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Salt  Lake  City,  and  in 
1896  graduated  from  the  University  of  Utah.  The 
first  two  years  after  leaving  college  were  spent  in 
teaching,  and  he  left  that  work  to  take  a  position 
in  a  railroad  office  in  Salt  Lake  City.  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  begun  the  study  of  engineering  and 
exchanged  the  accounting  department  for  the  en- 
gineering staff,  and  his  services  were  employed  in 
that  way  from  1901  to  1905.  He  had  charge  of  a 
large  amount  of  construction  work,  and  among  other 


things,  superintended  the  erection  of  the  shops  at 
Montpelier,  and  later  those  at  Salt  Lake  City. 

In  the  meantime  the  natural  advantages  of  Poca- 
tello had  attracted  his  attention,  and  in  1905  Mr. 
Havenor  severed  his  connection  with  the  railroad 
company  and  organized  in  Pocatello  the  Bannock 
Engineering  Company.  Mr.  E.  S.  Anderson  is  presi- 
dent of  this  company,  Mr.  Havenor  vice  president, 
and  C.  W.  Pomeroy  is  secretary-treasurer.  A  flour- 
ishing business  from  its  beginning,  the  company  has 
made  a  successful  record  in  various  branches  of  en- 
gineering, and  its  officers  are  recognized  as  authori- 
ties on  bridge  construction. 

In  1907  Mr.  Havenor  was  elected  city  engineer  of 
Pocatello,  and  at  this  writing  is  finishing  an  unex- 
pired  term  in  the  same  office,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed in  1912.  With  his  professional  qualifications 
for  the  office,  he  has  manifested  a  fine  sense  of  public 
duty,  and  does  a  great  deal  for  the  municipal  im- 
provement of  his  home  while  in  office.  Mr.  Havenor 
is  a  Democrat,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
Order. 

In  September,  1908,  Mr.  Havenor  married  Miss 
Ada  Shellenberger,  daughter  of  E.  M.  Shellenberger, 
of  Freeport,  Illinois.  To  their  marriage  have  been 
born  two  children:  June  G.,  born  in  June,  1910;  and 
Ruth  C.,  born  in  March,  1912.  While  his  career 
has  naturally  been  a  very  active  one,  taking  him 
among  men  and  into  practical  affairs,  Mr.  Havener's 
greatest  interests  and  pleasures  have  always  been 
centered  in.  his  home.  He  is  very  sanguine  as  to  the 
general  business  outlook  and  substantial  future  of  his 
section  of  Idaho,  and  in  every  way  possible  he  uses 
his  individual  influence  to  promote  the  continued 
progress  of  his  home  city  and  state. 

JOHN  B.  MORRIS,  M.  D.  Within  its  gracious  bor- 
ders Idaho  has  attracted  a  due  quota  of  admirably 
equipped  members  of  the  medical  profession,  and  in 
character  and  achievement  none  has  status  more 
eminently  entitling  him  to  consideration  as  one  of 
the  representative  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the 
state  than  Dr.  Morris,  who  is  engaged  in  general 
practice  at  Lewiston,  the  fine  capital  city  of  Nez 
Perce  county,  and  whose  extensive  and  impor- 
tant clientage  gives  him  distinct  priority  and  also 
gives  evidence  of  the  unqualified  confidence  and 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  in  the  community. 

Dr.  John  Baker  Morris  was  born  in  Ray  county, 
Missouri,  on  the  loth  of  January,  1850,  and  is  a  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Amanda  J.  (Hamilton)  Morris, 
both  natives  of  Virginia  and  representative  of  old 
and  honored  families  of  that  historic  common- 
wealth, where  both  were  founded  in  the  colonial  days. 
Benjamin  Morris  became  a  pioneer  of  Ray  county, 
Missouri,  and  was  there  a  prosperous  farmer  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  succumbed  to  cholera 
during  the  epidemic  that  prevailed  in  that  section  in 
1851,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in  that  county, 
as  are  also  those  of  his  wife,  who  was  born  on  the 
5th  of  October,  1812,  and  who  survived  him  by  nearly 
forty  years,  her  death  occurring  in  1889.  Of  the 
eight  children  two  are  deceased,  and  of  the  number 
Dr.  Morris  of  this  review  is  the  youngest.  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  Morris,  a  brother  of  the  Doctor,  was 
one  of  the  well  known  and  influential  pioneers  of 
Idaho  and  was  a  resident  of  Lewiston,  this  state, 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  public  schools  of  his  native  state  afforded  Dr. 
Morris  his  early  educational  advantages,  and  after 
formulating  definite  plans  for  his  future  career  he 
entered  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years.  In  this  admirable  institution  of 
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with  all  of  diligence  and  appreciation,  and  in  the 
same  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1874,  which  year  accordingly  witnessed  his  reception 
of  his  well  earned  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
For  about  a  year  after  his  graduation  Dr.  Morris 
was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Caldwell  county,  Missouri,  and  his  success  in  this 
novitiate  stage  gave  most  effective  augury  of  the 
prestige  which  he  was  destined  to  attain  in  his 
profession  in  later  years,  for  during  the  long  years 
of  his  active  work  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  his 
ambition  and  enthusiasm  have  not  waned  and  he 
has  subordinated  all  else  to  the  demands  of  his 
exacting  vocation,  in  which  he  has  kept  in  close 
touch  with  the  advances  made  in  both  medical  and 
surgical  science.  At  the  expiration  of  the  period 
mentioned  Dr.  Morris  came  to  the  territory  of 
Idaho  and  established  his  home  at  Mount  Idaho, 
Idaho  county,  as  one  of  the  pioneer  representatives 
of  his  profession  in  the  central  part  of  the  territory, 
the  conditions  and  influences  of  which  were  at 
that  time  those  of  the  primitive  frontier.  His  work 
was  arduous,  as  his  services  were  in  requisition 
over  a  wide  area  of  country,  with  no  modern  facili- 
ties of  transportation,  but  there  he  continued  his 
work,  with  all  of  devotion  and  self-abnegation,  for 
a  period  of  nine  years.  He  then  removed,  in  1883, 
to  Lewiston,  and  here  he  has  since  maintained  his 
home,  the  recognized  leader  of  his  profession  in  this 
section  of  the  state  and  one  to  whom  is  accorded  the 
fullest  measure  of  popular  confidence  and  esteem. 
His  professional  reputation  extends  far  beyond  local 
limitations  and  his  genuine  and  kindly  nature  has 
made  him  friends  in  all  classes,  the  while  he  has 
particularly  strong  hold  upon  the  esteem  of  those 
of  his  own  profession.  He  is  surgeon  for  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company,  and  chief  surgeon  for  the 
Camas  Prairie  Railroad  Company,  as  is  he  also  of 
Mercy  hospital,  in  his  home  city. 

Dr.  Morris  has  been  loyal  and  progressive  in  his 
civic  attitude  and  has  done  well  his  part  in  the  fur- 
therance of  measures  and  enterprises  that  have 
conserved  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  Idaho. 
He  served  two  terms  as  treasurer  of  Nez  Perec 
county,  but  other  than  this  he  has  not  deemed  it 
possible  to  reserve  time  from  professional  work  and 
other  insistent  interests  to  give  service  in  public 
office.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat  in  his  political  alle- 
giance and  it  may  naturally  be  inferred  that  he  finds 
pleasure  in  the  brilliant  ascendancy  of  the  star  of  his 
party  in  the  national  election  of  November,  1912. 
The  Doctor  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
At  the  time  of  the  Nez  Perce  Indian  war  Governor 
Bryan  appointed  Dr..  Morris  as  captain  of  a  militia 
company,  and  in  this  office  he  served  with  distinction 
in  putting  down  the  Indian  uprising. 

Dr.  Morris  has  identified  himself  closely  with  the 
varied  interests  of  his  home  city  and  county,  and 
his  co-operation  in  connection  with  business  enter- 
prises has  been  as  effective  as  in  connection  with 
public  measures  projected  for  the  general  good  of 
the  community.  He  is  president  of  the  Temple  The- 
ater Company,  of  Lewiston;  is  a  stockholder  of 
the  Lewiston  ^Mercantile  Company,  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  trade;  is  a  director  of  the  R.  C. 
Beach  Company,  conducting  the  largest  department 
store  in  Lewiston;  and  is  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  and  the  Idaho  Trust  Company,  of 
Lewiston.  He  erected  his  present  modern  and  beau- 
tiful residence  a  number  of  years  ago  and  the  same 
is  a  center  of  much  of  the  representative  social  life 
of  Lewiston,  with  Mrs.  Morris  as  a  gracious  and 


popular  chatelaine.  The  Doctor  also  owns  a  consid- 
erable amount  of  other  valuable  realty  in  his  home 
city  and  also  in  other  parts  of  Nez  Perce  county. 

Dr.  Morris  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  B.  Billings, 
who  was  born  in  the  city  of  Toronto,  Canada,  and 
whose  parents  were  numbered  among  the  honored 
pioneers  of  Idaho,  where  they  continued  to  reside 
until  their  death.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  have  two 
children, — Care  E.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Charles  B. 
Rhodes,  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  and  Benjamin  F., 
who  is  associated  with  the  extensive  business  of 
the  R.  C.  Beach  Company,  of  Lewiston  and  Twin 
Falls. 

DANIEL  C.  MCDOUGALL.  An  admirable  record  has 
been  that  made  by  the  present  attorney  general  of 
Idaho,  and  he  is  now  serving  his  second  term  in 
this  important  office,  to  which  he  was  re-elected  in 
November,  1910,  for  a  second  term  of  four  years. 
His  preferment  is  justified  alike  by  his  sterling  char- 
acter and  high  professional  ability,  and  he  has  digni- 
fied and  honored  the  state  that  has  thus  shown  him 
distinctive  honor.  General  McDougall  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Idaho  bar  for  more  than  a  score  of 
years,  within  which  he  has  won  distinctive  prestige 
and  success,  and  in  the  history  of  the  state  govern- 
ment there  has  been  none  who  has  given  a  more  able 
and  discriminating  administration  of  the  office  of 
attorney  general. 

In  the  paternal  line  General  McDougall  traces  his 
ancestry  back  to  staunch  Scottish  origin,  and  in  the 
maternal  to  Welsh  extraction,  both  families  having 
been  founded  in  America  in  an  early  day.  He  was 
born  at  Delia,  New  York,  on  the  5th  of  June,  1864, 
and  is  a  son  of  Hon.  Isaac  and  Hannah  (Jones) 
McDougall,  both  of  whom  were  likewise  natives 
of  the  old  Empire  state  of  the  Union  and  both  of 
whom  passed  the  closing  years  of  their  lives  in 
Menard  county,  Illinois.  Isaac  McDougall  was  a 
prominent  figure  in  public  affairs  in  his  native  state, 
was  a  close  personal  friend  of  Roscoe  Conkling  and 
was  a  member  of  the  legislature  which  first  elected 
Conkling  to  the  United  States  senate.  He  likewise 
became  influential  in  political  affairs  in  Illinois,  and 
his  vocation  during  the  major  part  of  his  active 
career  was  that  of  a  farmer. 

The  present  attorney  general  of  Idaho  was  a  lad 
of  eight "years  at  the  time  of  the  family  removal  to 
Illinois,  where  he  was  reared  to  manhood  and  where 
he  was  afforded  the  advantages  of  the  public  schools 
and  also  the  state  normal  school.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  peda- 
gogic profession,  in  which  he  gained  both  success 
and  popularity.  For  five  years  he  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  Menard  county,  Illinois,  and  he 
then  entered  the  law  department  of  Boston  Univer- 
sity, in  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1889  and  from  which  he  received  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  then  returned  to  Illinois, 
where  he  devoted  another  year  to  teaching  in  the 
public  schools,  and  in  1890  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  state,  upon  examination  before  its  su- 
preme c.ourt,  at  Springfield.  In  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year  he  came  to  the  new  and  promising  state 
of  Idaho  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Malad  City,  the  judicial  center  of 
Oneida  county.  There  he  has  maintained  his  home 
save  during  the  period  of  his  service  as  attorney  gen- 
eral of  the  state,  an  office  which  has  demanded  his 
presence  in  Boise,  the  capital  city  of  the  common- 
wealth. He  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state  and  also  the  United  States 
district  and  circuit  courts  for  Idaho  in  1891.  and  he 
has  likewise  been  admitted  to  practice  before  the 


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supreme  court  of  the  United  States.  General  Mc- 
Dougall  soon  gained  more  than  local  reputation  as  a 
versatile  and  resourceful  trial  lawyer  and  able  coun- 
selor, and  at  Malad  City  he  built  up  a  large  and 
important  practice,  besides  which  he  served  four 
terms  as  county  attorney.  Concerning  him  the  ^fol- 
lowing pertinent  statements  have  been  made :  "He 
is  a  Republican  of  the  stalwart  brand  and  has  at- 
tended every  Republican  nominating  convention  in 
Idaho  with  the  exception  of  two  since  1892,  besides 
which  he  represented  Oneida  county  on  the  Repub- 
lican state  central  committee  from  1892  to  1896.  Mr. 
McDougall  was  elected  attorney  general  in  1898,  and 
carried  the  state  by  more  than  thirteen  thousand. 
He  carried  his  own  county,  Oneida,  by  a  majority  of 
ten  hundred  and  fifty,  this  being  the  largest  majority 
given  to  any  candidate  on  the  ticket." 

In  November,  1910,  General  McDougall  was  re- 
elected  attorney  general,  by  a  most  gratifying  ma- 
jority, and  thus  was  shown  the  estimate  placed  upon 
his  administration  by  the  voters  of  the  state.  With- 
in his  first  term  he  presented  before  the  supreme 
court  of  the  state  thirty-two  cases,  and  out  of  this 
number  all  except  five  were  decided  in  favor  of  the 
state.  The  work  which  he  has  accomplished  since 
his  re-election  has  been  of  equally  comprehensive  and 
important  order,  and  has  been  marked  by  insistent 
fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the  state  at  large,  as  well 
as  by  close  study  and  preparation  of  cases  and  by 
broad  economic  views.  Within  his  regime,  with  the 
rapid  growth  and  increasing  prosperity  of  the  state, 
there  have  been  numerous  causes  of  great  impor- 
tance that  have  demanded  his  attention,  and  his 
record  is  one  that  has  been  most  creditable  to  him- 
self and  of  great  benefit  to  the  great  commonwealth 
which  he  thus  represents.  His  present  term  of 
office  will  expire  in  Jan.  7,  1913.  He  is  ex  officio 
Judge  Advocate  General  of  the  Idaho  National 
Guard,  and  has  shown  a  lively  interest  in  the  same. 

General  McDougall  has  been  affiliated  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  since  1891  and 
still  holds  membership  in  the  lodge  at  Malad  City. 
He  has  represented  the  same  in  the  grand  lodge  of 
the  state  on  several  occasions  and  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  which  had  charge  of  locating  the 
Odd  Fellows'  home  at  Caldwell.  In  Boise  he  is  a 
member  of  the  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  and  he  is  also  identified  with 
the  Ada  County  Bar  Association,  the  Idaho  State 
Bar  Association  and  the  American  Bar  Associa- 
tion. Of  him  it  has  been  consistently  said  that  "he  is 
a  man  of  vigorous  personality  and  no  citizen  of  the 
state  commands  greater  confidence  and  esteem  of 
popular  order." 

On  the  4th  of  February,  1892,  was  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  General  McDougall  to  Miss  Mary 
Owens,  who  was  born  in  Pike  county,  Illinois,  and 
who  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  Robert  Owens,  a  rep- 
resentative citizen  of  that  section  of  the  state.  They 
have  an  attractive  home  at  716  Franklin  street, 
Boise,  and  the  same  is  a  center  of  cultured  and  gra- 
cious hospitality.  General  and  Mrs!  McDougall  have 
four  children, — Isaac,  Harry,  Helen  and  D.  C,  Jr. 

ELOF  ANDERSON.  In  his  inspiring  drama,  "Nathan, 
the  Wise,"  Lessing,  the  father  of  German  literature, 
makes  Nathan  say  to  the  Dervish:  "The  fellow  in 
the  state  is  but  your  gown." 

Elof  Anderson,  one  of  the  valuable  contributions 
Sweden  has  made  to  the  argonauts  of  the  west,  can- 
not be  truly  measured  by  the  dry  details  of  his  birth, 
his  early  education,  his  trade  and  the  other  items 
that  go  to  the  making  of  perfunctory  biography. 
These  things  are  but  his  gown ;  the  inner  soul  of  him, 
his  splendid  optimism,  his  views  of  life  and  men,  his 


ultimate  aims,  the  eye  with  which  he  looks  out  upon 
the  universe,  his  humanitarianism,  his  broad  and 
comprehensive  love  for  all  mankind,  his  thrift  and 
industry  used  merely  as  a  means  to  altruistic  ends, 
do  not  appear  on  the  fringes  of  the  gown  of  formal 
biography.  One  must  see  the  man  at  his  work  and 
in  his  work,  on  his  tailor's  bench  putting  not  only 
his  brain,  but  his  conscience  into  garments  that  come 
forth  from  his  hand  so  many  finished  works  of  art 
and  usefulness,  see  him  in  social  life  where  he  meets 
his  fellows,  in  his  home  where  he  has  crowned  one 
woman  as  queen,  and  who  sways  her  gentle  scepter 
with  dignity  and  honor,  among  his  books  and  music, 
to  get  the  small  arc  by  which  to  compute  the  circum- 
ference of  his  solid  worth  as  man,  citizen,  husband. 

His  parents,  Anders  Gummeson  (1825-1905)  and 
Christina  Fredericks  (1827-1903)  were  natives  of 
Sweden.  In  the  Gummeson  home  in  Smaland,  on 
December  n,  1859,  there  was  born  to  the  Gummesons 
a  son  whom,  after  immemorial  custom  of  the  Scan- 
dinavians, they  named  Elof  Anderson. 

Elof  was  launched  early  on  the  sea  of  practical 
life.  His  education  so  far  as  technical  book  learning 
is  concerned  was  in  the  common  schools  of 
Sweden,  but  in  a  wider  sense  he  is  still  going  to 
school.  He  is  realizing  from  year  to  year  what 
Thomas  Carlyle  observed  in  one  of  his  illuminative 
essays,  that  it  depends  on  books  what  a  man  shall 
become  after  all  the  professors  have  done  with  him. 
The  world  of  great  books  is  the  university  in  which 
Mr.  Anderson  is  still  in  training.  It  is  a  culture 
worth  while. 

When  quite  young  he  learned  his  father's  trade, 
that  of  tailor,  and  he  learned  it  so  well  that  it  has 
not  only  given  to  him  a  competence,  but  a  fair 
modicum  of  fame. 

After  working  as  merchant  tailor  in  the  city  of 
Stockholm  for  a  short  time.  Mr.  Anderson  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1882.  The  lure  of  the  great 
west  took  fast  hold  of  him  and  drew  him  to  Lead- 
ville,  Colorado,  from  which  mining  town  lie  came 
to  another  equally  famous  mining  town,  Hailey 
Idaho,  where  he  arrived  July  20,  1884. 

Here  he  engaged  in  merchant  tailoring  for  TI 
years  and  built  up  a  splendid  reputation  as  a  business 
man  and  all  round  good  citizen.  The  magic  of  the 
mountains  and  the  streams  and  the  electric  air  of  the 
beautiful  Wood  River  country  wrought  its  spell  upon 
him  and  clings  to  him  still  as  a  precious  memory. 

In  1895  Mr.  Anderson  came  to  Boise  and  here  he 
has  lived  ever  since.  His  capacious  and  elegant 
tailoring  establishment  in  the  Owyhee  hotel  building 
is  among  the  best  in  the  entire  Northwest.  From  the 
products  of  his  labor  he  has  invested  in  real  estate 
here  and  near  Boise,  and  he  is  now  devoting  much 
of  his  spare  time  to  developing  a  fine  farm. 

In  politics  Mr.  Anderson  is  a  Republican.  Since 
the  organization  in  Idaho  of  the  Church  of  Christ, 
Scientist,  he  has  been  a  devoted  and  enthusiastic 
member  of  that  practical  religious  organization. 

His  wife,  formerly  Miss  Emma  W.  White,  a  native 
of  Cambridgeshire,  England,  to  whom  he  was  mar- 
ried February  19,  1887,  at  Hailey,  Idaho,  is  a  woman 
of  solid  worth,  who.  like  the  wise  woman  described 
by  Solomon,  rules  her  house  with  diligence 

But  these  things  touch  only  the  surface  of  Elof 
Anderson.  He  has  the  soul  of  a  poet,  the  heart  of  a 
musician. 

In  his  cozy  home  in  Boise  he  has  collected  some 
of  the  world's  best  literature.  Few  men  are  more 
appreciative  of  the  beautiful  and  inspiring  strains  of 
the  great  poets  than  Mr.  Anderson.  He  is  passion- 
ately fond  of  music;  to  him  Chopin,  Beethoven, 
Mozart,  Lizst  and  Wagner  open  the  gates  of  heaven 
and  reveal  the  glory  of  the  earth.  No  man  in  Boise 


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is  so  well  informed  on  the  subject  of  music  and  its 
masters  as  is  Mr.  Anderson.  On  his  shelves  are  to  be 
found  the  American  History  and  Biography  of  Music, 
and  he  has  pondered  them  until  he  knows  them  by 
heart.  To  hear  him  talk  for  an  hour  upon  the  great 
operas  and  oratorios  and  authors  is  an  inspiration. 

A  few  years  ago  he  came  across  an  old  fashioned 
Swiss  cuckoo,  wallsweeper  clock  in  one  of  the  local 
shops.  It  struck  his  fancy  and  he  bought  it  and  n<>w 
it  is  installed  in  his  well-ordered  home.  It  tells  the 
hours  and  half-hours  in  music. 

Elof  Anderson  loves  flowers  and  birds,  the  moun- 
tains with  their  fragrant  pines  and  cedars,  the  thun- 
ders of  Shoshone  Falls  and  the  white  peaks  of  the 
Sawtooth  range.  Fie  is  touched  by  the  miracle  of  the 
dew  upon  the  grass,  by  the  rising  moon  above  the 
mountain  crest.  To  him  life  is  a  joy;  he  does  not 
merely  exist,  he  lives. 

WILLIAM  HARVEY  RF.DWAY.  For  a  period  of  more 
than  twenty  years  the  town  of  Caldwell,  Idaho,  and 
vicinity,  has  known  the  influence  and  operations  of 
William  Harvey  Redway.  although  he  retired  from 
active  participation  in  the  business  life  of  the  city 
some  three  years  ago.  Born  in  the  east,  the  best 
years  of  his  life  have  been  passed  in  the  west,  par- 
ticularly in  Idaho,  which  has  represented  the  center 
of  his  activities  for  a  long  period  of  years.  He  is  a 
man  who  has  given  much  to  his  community  through 
the  very  facts  of  his  residence  there  and  the  shed- 
ding abroad  of  the  splendid  influence  that  has  ema- 
nated from  his  life,  although  these  intangible  quali- 
ties of  good  have  been  equaled  in  every  way  by  his 
active  life  as  a  business  man  and  as  a  model  citizen. 

The  early  history  of  the  Redway  family  is  of  the 
most  interesting  character,  but  only  the  briefest 
facts  may  be  entered  here  in  that  connection  because 
of  the  lack  of  space.  It  may  be  said,  however,  that 
the  first  of  the  name  to  establish  himself  on  Ameri- 
can shores  was  John  Redway,  who  came  to  America 
from  England  as  a  member  of  the  Plymouth  Colony 
in  1626,  of  which  colony  Rehoboth  was  a  part.  The 
son  of  John  Redway  was  James,  born  in  1644,  and 
Tames  Jr.  was  born  in  1678.  John  Redway,  the  son 
of  James  Redway  Jr.,  was  born  on  January  8,  1713, 
and  Preserved  Redway,  another  son  of  James  Jr., 
was  born  in  1721.  Preserved  Redway  was  the  great- 
grandfather of  the  subject  of  this  review,  and,  like 
others  of  the  name,  he  was  a  man  of  considerable 
distinction  in  his  day.  He  served  in  the  Continental 
army  throughout  the  Revolution  and  was  one  of 
General  Washington's  bodyguards  for  a  time.  He 
had  the  honor  of  being  Corporal-of-the-Guard  at 
the  time  of  the  surrender  of  General  Burgoyne,  and 
he  lived  to  reach  the  patriarchal  age  of  ninety-six 
years,  being  a  witness  to  many  changes  in  the  Amer- 
ican Republic  from  the  time  of  its  birth  until  he  left 
all  earthly  cares  behind  him.  His  son,  Abel  Redway, 
was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  and  was 
there  reared  on  a  farm,  and  upon  his  marriage  set- 
tled down  in  the  same  home  in  which  he  had  been 
born,  and  there  he  reared  his  family. 

In  a  family  of  six  children  born  to  Abel  and 
Charlotte  Redway,  Auren  G.  Redway,  the  father  of 
the  subject,  was  one,  and  it  is  worthy  of  mention 
here  that  he  was,  born  under  the  self-same  roof  that 
sheltered  his  father  at  birth.  Auren  G.  Redway  was 
born  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1835,  in  Adams. 
Jefferson  county,  and  received  the  upbringing  and 
education  common  to  the  youth  of  his  class  in  that 
early  period  of  American  life.  He  was  but  twenty 
years  of  age  when  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  and  one  year 
later  he  married  Miss  Mary  Outterson,  in  Pulaski, 


Oswego  county,  New  York.  She  was  born  in  Dub- 
lin, Ireland,  and  came  to  America  as  a  child  of  three 
years.  Her  father  was  Andrew  Outterson,  a  Scot  of 
Edinburgh  birth  and  training,  born  there  in  1808, 
who  came  to  America  in  1833,  bringing  his  young 
family  with  him.  He  was  a  paper  maker  by  trade, 
having  learned  the  business  in  Scotland,  and  was  a 
large  manufacturer,  owning  mills  in  a  number  of 
states  at  one  time  in  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of 
considerable  prominence  in  the  business,  and  was 
known  as  the  inventor  of  the  systejm  of  using  silk 
threads  in  United  States  currency.  For  many  years 
Mr.  Outterson  made  the  paper  on  which  the  currency 
of  the  nation  was  printed,  at  his  mills  in  Glen  Mills, 
Pennsylvania. 

To  Auren  G.  and  Mary  (Outterson)  Redway  three 
children  were  born,  namely:  William  Harvey,  born 
in  December,  1858;  George  Francis  and  Efizabeth 
Charlotte.  In  the  spring  of  1860  the  family  sailed 
from  New  ^ York  city,  crossed  the  Isthmus  of  Pana- 
ma, and  sailed  up  the  Pacific  coast  to  San  Francisco. 
In  1862  they  moved  to  Vancouver,  in  what  was  then 
Washington  Territory,  in  which  place  George  Fran- 
cis, the  second  child  was  born.  In  1864  the  family 
made  its  way  to  Boise,  Idaho,  and  there  the  third 
child,  Elizabeth  Charlotte,  was  born.  The  father 
was  then  employed  as  a  government  sutler  in  Boise, 
having  removed  thence  from  Vancouver  with  the 
first  troops  under  Major  Leugenbeil  of  the  United 
States  Army.  In  later  years  Mr.  Redway  was  con- 
nected with  Crawford-Slocum  &  Company,  a  mercan- 
tile firm,  and  was  afterwards  associated  with  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Idaho,  serving  that  institu- 
tion many  years  as  cashier.  He  died  in  February, 
1900,  esteemed  and  respected  of  all  who  knew  him. 
He  was  a  lifelong  member  of  the  Episcopal  church 
and  served  in  that  body  for  forty  years  as  Senior 
Warden.  He  was  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  Templar  of  Boise  Lodge  No.  2. 

William  Harvey  Redway  was  a  small  boy  when 
the  family  home  was  established  in  Boise,  and 
there  he  attended  school,  chiefly  at  the  Parish  School 
of  the  Episcopal  church,  up  to  the  time  when  he  was 
seventeen  years  old.  At  that  age  he  entered  St. 
Mark's  Episcopal  School  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
and  was  an  attendant  for  one  year  at  that  place, 
making  his  home  during  the  time  with  the  family 
of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  D.  S.  Tuttle,  now  presiding  Epis- 
copal Bishop  of  the  United  States.  Upon  his  return 
to  Boise  from  Salt  Lake  City,  Mr.  Redway  was 
employed  as  the  office  agent  of  the  Utah.  Idaho  & 
Oregon  Stage  Company,  of  which  the  Hon.  John 
Hailey  of  Boise  was  superintendent  and  a  partner  in 
the  business.  In  1881  Mr.  Redway  moved  to  the 
Wood  River  country,  a  mining  region,  acting  in  the 
same  capacity  of  agent  for  the  company  at  Bellevue, 
Idaho.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  occurred  his 
marriage  to  Edith  Jacobs,  of  Boise,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Bellevue  with  his  bride  and  resumed  his 
work.  Soon  after,  however,  he  bought  a  mercan- 
tile establishment  at  that  point,  and  in  connection 
with  the  store  business  he  acted  as  agent  for  the 
Pacific  Express  Company,  a  position  fraught  with 
responsibility  and  the  possibilities  of  danger  at  that 
time.  .  He  continued  there  in  business  until  1889, 
then  moved  to  Salt  Lake  City  where  he  remained 
until  1892,  the  year  in  which  he  came  to  Caldwell. 

After  three  years  he  bought  a  prosperous  mercan- 
tile business  at  this  place,  and  continued  in  the  busi- 
ness until  1909,  when  he  felt  himself  sufficiently 
advanced  in  material  prosperity  as  to  warrant  his 
retirement  from  the  field  of  business,  and  accordingly 
sold  his  commercial  interests  in  the  place  and  settled 
down  to  a  life  of  quiet. 


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The  wife  of  Mr.  Redway  is  the  daughter  of  Cyrus 
and  Mary  E.  Jacobs,  the  father  being  one  of  those 
who  was  prominently  concerned  with  the  actual 
work  of  laying  out  the  city  of  Boise.  He  was  a 
prosperous  merchant  and  manufacturer  m  that  city 
for  many  years,  and  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  first  street  railway  of  the  city  of  Boise,  as  well 
as  having  a  vital  interest  in  many  another  enterprise 
of  equal  import  to  the  city  and  the  entire  district. 
He  died  in  1900,  and  in  1906  his  widow  followed  him, 
death  coming  to  her  in  Chicago.  She  is  buried  by 
the  side  of  her  husband  in  Boise.  Mrs.  Jacobs  was  a 
daughter  of  General  Joel  Palmer  of  Indiana,  who 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs  in 
the  Territory  of  Oregon  in  about  1846,  and  who 
crossed  the  plains  to  and  fro,  before  he  decided  to 
take  his  family  from  their  Indiana  home  to  locate 
in  Oregon  in  1848.  The  paternal  grandfather  of 
the  subject's  mother  was  also  a  pioneer  of  Oregon  in 
its  territorial  days,  and  was  a  man  well  known  in 
the  region  in  his  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacobs  were 
married  in  1858  and  came  to  Boise  in  1863,  there 
continuing  to  make  their  home. 

Three  daughters  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Red- 
way, — Mary  E.  and  Anne  L.  were  born  in  Idaho, 
and  Helen  E.  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City.  All  three 
have  received  the  benefits  of  excellent  college  edu- 
cations, and  two  of  them  are  married  while  the  third 
is  engaged  in  the  study  of  vocal  music.  The  eldest 
daughter  is  married  to  John  C.  Flynn,  of  Caldwell, 
Idaho,  the  marriage  occurring  in  1906,  and  the  sec- 
ond daughter  is  the  wife  of  J.  Frederic  Jones,  of 
Chicago.  They  were  married  in  September,  1912, 
and  have  taken  up  their  residence  in  that  city. 

Mr.  Redway  is  a  stanch  Republican,  but  his  activ- 
ity in  party  affairs  does  not  extend  beyond  the  busi- 
ness of  voting  at  the  proper  intervals ;  he,  however, 
organized  a  Republican  club  in  1912  and  was  elected 
president  of  same.  He  has  never  been  a  seeker 
after  office  positions  of  any  kind.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Episcopal  church,  as  was  his  father  before 
him,  and  he  gave  most  worthy  assistance  in  the 
building  of  the  present  church  at  Caldwell,  which 
was  erected  in  1898.  Fraternally  he  has  member- 
ship in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  but  he  has  never  aspired  to 
official  honors  in  either  society. 

Mr.  Redway,  wife  and  daughter  moved  to  Chicago 
in  June,  1913,  there  to  again  enter  business  life,  being 
now  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  business.  He 
still  retains  his  large  real  estate  holdings  in  Cald- 
well, Idaho. 

CYRUS  JACOBS.  Two  of  Idaho's  finest  pioneers 
were  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cyrus  Jacobs,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  died  in  1900,  and  the  latter  in  1906. 
Cyrus  Jacobs  deserves  the  record  in  Idaho  history 
as  one  of  the  most  prominent  founders  and  business 
builders  in  the  city  of  Boise.  He  and  his  wife 
established  their  home  in  the  Boise  Valley  more  than 
fifty  years  ago,  at  the  beginning  of  settlement  and 
improvement  in  that  region,  and  many  facts  may  be 
adduced  to  prove  their  long  continued  prominence 
in  that  city. 

Cyrus  Jacobs  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Pennsyl- 
vania, December  22,  1831,  the  second  son  of  James 
B.  and  Margaret  (Grow)  Jacobs.  His  parents  were 
married  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  in  1824,  in  1849 
emigrated  west  to  Iowa,  and  then  in  1852  to  Oregon. 
Thus  the  family  has  for  two  generations  always  lived 
on  the  frontier.  The  parents  engaged  in  business  in 
Oregon  and  James  B.  Jacobs  died  in  that  state  in 
1871,  while  his  wife  attained  the  ripe  age  of  ninety- 
one  years. 


Cyrus  Jacobs,  who  was  eighteen  years  old  when 
the    family    moved   to   Iowa,    and    had    reached    his 
majority    when    he    came    to    Oregon,    received    his 
early  education  in  his  native  town  of  Lancaster.     On 
arriving  in  Portland,  Oregon,  he  found  employment 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store.     From  that  city  he  moved  to 
Walla  Walla,  Washington,  in  1858,  and  became  one 
of  the  leading  merchants  of  Walla  Walla.     Then  in 
1862  he  went   with   the  very  first  prospectors   and 
first  discoverers  of  gold   to  the  rich  gold  field  of 
the  Boise  Basin  in  Idaho.     By  pack  train  he  moved 
a  stock  of  goods  into  Idaho  City,  and  continued  to 
transport   merchandise   by   freight   teams   and   pack 
trains  for  a  number  of  years  during  the  early  settle- 
ment of  Idaho.     He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
present  city  of  Boise,  and  opened  one  of  the  first 
stores  there.    For  thirty  years  he  was  in  active  busi- 
ness at  Boise.     He  built  the  first  flour  mill  in  the 
Boise  Valley,   established  a  packing  plant,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  influential  citi- 
zens of  the  state.     He  was  an  incorporator  of  the 
first  rapid  transit  company  in  Idaho.    His  was  the 
first  brick  dwelling  house  built  in  the  present  city  of 
Boise,  and  he  also  put  up  one  of  the  very  few  brick 
store  buildings  in  the  early  day.     Both  those  struc- 
tures  are    still   occupied,    a    fact   which    shows   the 
thoroughness  with  which  Mr.  Jacobs  had  them  con- 
structed.   The   prices    for   material    and    labor   that 
entered  into  the  construction  of  those  brick  houses 
would  make  the  present  "high  cost  of  living  prices" 
look  insignificant. 

While  he  accumulated  a  generous  share  of  mate- 
rial prosperity  through  his  exceptional  business  en- 
terprise, Mr.  Jacobs  never  neglected  his  duties  as  a 
citizen.  In  1880  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Boise,  and 
both  before  and  afterwards  held  office  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council.  In  religion  and  benevolence 
he  was  never  behind  hand.  He  was  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  of  all  other 
religious  denominations,  and  always  foremost  in 
practical  charities.  His  store,  packing  plant  and 
flour  mill  almost  daily  contributed  of  their  supplies 
for  the  poor  and  needy,  and  such  was  the  generosity 
of  Mr.  Jacobs  that  it  proved  a  severe  burden  and 
drain  upon  his  business  prosperity. 

In  1856,  while  still  a  resident  of  Oregon,  Cyrus 
Jacobs  married  Mary  Ellen  Palmer,  a  daughter  of 
General  Joel  Palmer,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Oregon 
and  for  many  years  superintendent  of  the  Oregon 
Indians.  To  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacobs 
were  born  six  children,  as  follows :  Ralph,  who 
died  in  infancy;  Edith,  now  the  wife  of  W.  H.  Red- 
way,  whose  history  is  given  in  preceding  para- 
graphs; Fannie,  who  died  in  1898;  Carrie,  now  liv- 
ing in  Oregon;  Mary,  a  resident  of  Chicago;  and 
Alex  Palmer,  living  in  Idaho. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacobs  are  pioneers  of  Oregon 
and  Idaho,  who  had  many  thrilling  adventures  in  the 
early  days.  The  Palmer  family,  owing  to  the  prom- 
inence of  General  Palmer,  had  a  distinctive  part  in 
the  social  life  of  Oregon.  Mrs.  Jacobs  was  a  child 
of  nine  years  when  she  accompanied  the  family  in 
its  removal  by  immigrant  train  across  the  plains 
from  the  state  of  Indiana.  That  party  was  distant 
only  a  three-days'  journey  from  the  historic  Whit- 
man massacre  in  the  Blue  Mountains,  one  of  the 
most  appalling  events  in  the  early  history  of  the 
west.  Mrs.  Jacobs  had  an  intimate  friendship  with 
General  Phil  Sheridan,  and  General  Ulysses  S.  Grant 
while  they  were  both  young  lieutenants  stationed  at 
different  posts  in  Oregon,  engaged  in  protecting  the 
early  pioneers  from  Indian  depredations.  Both  the 


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officers  were  frequent  guests  in  the  home  of  General 
Joel  Palmer. 

During  his  early  years  in  the  west  the  late  Mr. 
Jacobs  was  a  brave,  affectionate  and  unselfish  par- 
ticipant in  the  work  and  sacrifices  of  those  early 
times.  On  one  occasion,  he  was  a  member  of  an 
immigrant  train  which  became  entirely  destitute  of 
the  actual  necessities  of  life.  In  that  dire  need  he 
ventured  on  a  trip  by  canoe  in  company  with  In- 
dians down  the  Columbia  River  and  up  the  Willam- 
ette to  Portland,  where  he  arranged  for  provisions  to 
be  transported  to  the  band  of  homeseekers  in  the 
wilderness.  He  was  always  ready  to  take  risks  and 
endure  hardships  during  the  pioneer  epoch,  and  in 
his  later  prosperity  his  liberality  never  suffered 
decline. 

GEORGE  W.  WOOD.  Prominently  identified  with 
the  general  business  welfare  and  progress  of  Rigby 
for  many  years,  George  W.  Wood  in  1913  severed 
his  connection  with  his  business  interests  and  activi- 
ties in  these  parts  and  returned  to  San  Francisco, 
California,  there  to  take  up  his  residence  in  the  city 
of  his  birth.  Though  he  is  no  longer  a  resident  of 
Rigby,  it  is  scarcely  possible  to  write  of  the  men  who 
have  stood  for  the  more  prominent  and  progressive 
things  in  business  here  without  including  mention 
of  Mr.  Wood,  for  though  his  stay  here  was  brief,  it 
was  effective,  and  he  gained  a  leading  place  among 
his  fellows  in  the  years  of  his  residence  here.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  genial  of  citizens  and  a  success- 
ful merchant  of  the  city,  and  he  should  be  accorded 
due  praise  for  his  accomplishment,  for  though  he 
was  born  to  ample  means,  he  worked  assiduously 
and  made  his  own  way  in  the  world  of  business, 
gaining  success  through  the  medium  of  his  own 
efforts  alone.  Mr.  Wood  is  a  native  westerner, 
born  in  San  Francisco,  California,  on  February  6, 
1869,  and  is  a  son  of  Ben  and  Estella  (Hursh) 
Wood,  natives  of  Germany. 

During  the  early  fifties  the  father  of  Mr.  Wood 
became  one  of  a  party  of  courageous  men  who  emi- 
grated to  this  country  and  crossed  the  plains  to  Cali- 
fornia, braving  the  dangers  and  hardships  of  the 
unknown  trail  to  reach  the  gold  fields,  confident  that 
there  they  would  find  their  fortunes.  From  1852 
Mr.  Wood  was  engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining, 
being  successful  in  his  operations,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1910,  when  he  was 
seventy-four  years  old,  he  was  one  of  San  Fran- 
cisco's wealthy  citizens.  His  wife  came  to  Califor- 
nia as  a  girl,  and  was  married  to  him  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  which  city  she  died  in  1908.  She  was 
seventy  years  old  when  she  died,  and  was  the  mother 
of  four  children,  of  whom  George  W.  was  the 
oldest. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  San  Fran- 
cisco George  W.  Wood  engaged  in  mining  and 
prospecting  on  his  own  account,  travelling  through 
California,  Nevada  and  Utah.  From  the  latter 
state  he  started  on  a  pleasure  trip  to  Idaho,  but 
traveled  only  as  far  as  Rigby,  where,  becoming 
fascinated  with  conditions  there,  and  believing  in 
the  opportunities  of  the  place,  he  decided  to  engage 
in  business.  Accordingly  in  1910,  he  opened  a  store 
which  became  in  the  short  time  he  operated  it  one 
of  the  most  successful  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He 
continued  to  conduct  the  store  up  to  the  time  of  his 
return  to  the  great  California  metropolis,  and 
through  his  excellent  business  methods,  honorable 
dealings  and  general  integrity,  gained  a  most  pleas- 
ing reputation  among  his  business  associates,  as  well 
as  making  many  warm  friendships  among  the  people. 
He  was  vice-president  of  the^  Rigby  Commercial 
Club,  and  his  fraternal  connections  here  were  with 


the  Masons  and  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican, but  as  a  resident  of  Rigby  he  did  not  partici- 
pate in  politics,  or  take  any  part  in  public  life. 

On  October  4,  1890,  Mr.  Wood  was  married  to 
Miss  Rose  Mitchell,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Wright)  Mitchell,  of  Portland,  Oregon, 
both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  One  son  was  born 
to  them:  Harold,  born  September  27,  1892,  at  Port- 
land, and  he  was  manager  of  his  father's  store  in 
Rigby  during  the  family  residence  here. 

While  a  resident  of  Rigby  and  the  state  of  Idaho 
Mr.  Wood  was  a  most  enthusiastic  citizen  of  the 
state  and  neglected  no  opportunity  to  spread  abroad 
the  facts  about  the  country  to  which  he  was  so  at- 
tracted. He  left  it  only  to  resume  his  residence  in 
the  city  of  his  birth  in  order  that  he  might  better 
look  after  the  estate  which  his  father  left  when  he 
died  in  1910. 

His  departure  with  his  family  from  Rigby  was  a 
distinct  loss,  felt  no  less  in  business  than  in  social 
circles,  for  they  were  people  who  added  not  a  little 
to  the  social  atmosphere  of  the  place,  occupying  a 
foremost  place  in  the  community. 

OLIVER  M.  ELLIOTT.  Professor  Oliver  Morton  El- 
liott, superintendent  of  the  public  schools  of  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  is  a  man  of  marked  ability  and  pro- 
gressiveness.  Holding  advanced  ideas  concerning 
educational  methods  and  teaching,  during  his  in- 
cumbency of  the  above  position,  he  has  introduced 
many  methods  which  are  proving  of  the  most  prac- 
tical value  in  making  the  school  what  it  ever  should 
be — a  preparation  for  the  responsible  duties  which 
devolve  upon  every  individual  after  reaching  maturi- 
ty. His  course  has  received  the  approval  of  the 
most  enterprising  citizens  of  Twin  Falls  and  he  has 
enlisted  the  co-operation  of  his  teachers  to  such  an 
extent  that  great  harmony  prevails  and  the  con- 
certed action  is  attended  with  excellent  results. 

A  native  of  the  fine  old  Hoosier  state  of  the  Union, 
Professor  Elliott  was  born  at  White  Water,  Indiana, 
February  u.  1867.  He  is  a  son  of  D.  T.  and  Sara 
(Moon)'  Elliott,  both  deceased.  D.  T.  Elliott  was  a 
gallant  soldier  in  the  Civil  war  as  a  member  of  an 
Indiana  regiment  and  he  took  part  in  some  of  the 
most  important  engagements  marking  the  progress 
of  the  war.  At  one  time  he  was  captured  and  for 
six  months  was  held  in  duress  in  the  Andersonville 
prison.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge  from 
the  army  after  the  close  of  hostilities  and  for  many 
years  prior  to  his  death  was  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 

After  completing  the  curriculum  of  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place,  Professor  Elliott  was 
matriculated  as  a  student  in  Marietta  College,  in 
which  excellent  institution  he  was  graduated  as  a 
member  of  the  class  of  1800,  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  Subsequently  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  University  of  Iowa  and  that 
institution  conferred  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
upon  him.  From  1800  to  1893  Professor  Elliott 
was  principal  of  a  school  at  Center  Point,  Iowa;  for 
the  next  three  years  he  held  a  principalship  at  Rein- 
beck,  Iowa;  from  1896  to  1900  he  was  principal  at 
Traer,  Iowa;  from  1900  to  1003  he  was  superinten- 
dent of  schools  at  Corning,  Iowa ;  and  from  the  latter 
year  until  1909  he  was  superintendent  of  schools  at 
Shejdon,  Iowa.  Summed  up,  the  foregoing  makes 
nineteen  years  that  Professor  Elliott  devoted  to  edu- 
cational matters  in  Iowa.  In  the  year  1909  he  came 
to  Idaho  and  settled  in  Twin  Falls,  where  he  has 
since  been  the  popular  and  efficient  incumbent  of  the 
office  of  superintendent  of  the  city  schools.  He  is 
well  liked  by  teachers  and  pupils  and  has  accomplished 
wonders  in  the  way  of  systematizing  the  school 


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work.  He  is  the  owner  of  extensive  ranching  prop- 
erty in  Twin  Falls  county  and  has  a  comfortable 
and  pleasant  home  in  the  city. 

At  Eaton,  Ohio,  Professor  Elliott  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Frances  Conner.  This  union  has 
been  prolific  of  two  children:  Miss  Enid  and  Dana 
T  In  their  religious  faith  the  Elliott  family  are 
devout  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  he 
is  an  Independent  Republican  in  his  political  pro- 
clivities. 

WILLIAM  G.  BISSELL.  Foremost  among  the  suc- 
cessful men  of  Gooding  and  of  Lincoln  county,  may 
be  mentioned  William  G.  Bissell,  identified  with  the 
legal  profession  here  since  1909.  His  career  here, 
though  brief,  has  been  marked  by  a  degree  of  success 
not  always  attained  in  so  short  a  period,  and  his 
standing  with  the  profession  and  with  the  people  is 
alike  excellent. 

Born  in  Phillips  county,  Kansas,  on  June  6,  1876, 
William  G.  Bissell  is  the  son  of  William  and  Mary 
(Calkins)  Bissell,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased. 
The  father  was  an  early  pioneer  of  Kansas.  Arriv- 
ing there  when  the  state  was  sparsely  settled,  he 
went  into  the  stockraising  and  agriculture  business, 
and  he  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in 
the  state  among  those  who  devoted  themselves  to 
the  enterprise  mentioned.  His  influence  was  a 
widespread  one,  and  when  he  died  in  November, 
1896,  he  was  deeply  mourned,  as  one  of  the  really 
big  men  of  the  state.  The  mother  was  a  native 
daughter  of  Ohio.  Two  children  were  born  to  the 
parents,— Myrta,  now  Mrs.  D.  D.  Haggard,  of  Phil- 
lipsburg,  Kansas,  and  William  G.  of  this  review. 

On  the  farm  home  of  his  father,  in  Phillips  county, 
Kansas,  William  C.  Bissell  grew  to  manhood.  He 
received  a  splendid  education,  first  attending  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  Phillipsburg,  and  after 
his  graduation  from  the  latter  entering  the  Univer- 
sity of  South  Dakota.  After  completing  his  work  in 
the  latter  school,  he  entered  Kansas  Wesleyan  Acad- 
emy, at  Salina,  Kansas.  Taking  up  the  study  of  law 
he  applied  himself  with  such  diligence  that  he  was 
ready  to  take  his  bar  examinations  by  the  time  he 
was  twenty-one  years  old,  and  he  was  thereupon 
admitted  in  1897  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Kansas. 
His  first  law  office  was  in  Phillipsburg,  among  the 
people  with  whom  he  had  grown  up,  and  were  it 
not  for  the  fact  that  he  has  continued  in  the  same 
manner,  one  might  have  believed  that  his  early  suc- 
cess was  the  result  of  his  undeniable  popularity  with 
the  people  in  his  native  community.  In  1908  Mr. 
Bissell  gave  up  his  practice  for  a  time  in  order  that 
he  might  go  to  Mexico,  where  he  had  extensive  tim- 
ber interests.  At  Guadalajara,  Mexico,  he  under- 
took a  large  contract  of  supplying  ties  to  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railroad,  and  his  work  was  being  prose- 
cuted very  successfully,  with  much  promise  of  a 
favorable  financial  outcome,  when  a  revolution  in 
Mexico  necessitated  the  cancelling  of  the  contract 
and  his  return  to  the  United  States.  Mr.  Bissell 
was  unwilling  to  settle  down  to  practice  in  his  home 
community  again,  and  in  1909  he  came  to  Gooding, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  His  earlier  legal  success  was  here  re- 
peated, and  after  three  years  of  activity  here,  he  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  best  established  men  in  the 
community. 

Politically,  Mr.  Bissell  is  a  Republican,  but  he  has 
little  time  to  devote  to  the  subject  of  politics,  so 
heavy  are  the  demands  of  his  profession  and  other 
interests.  During  his  residence  in  Kansas,  however, 
he  held  various  county  offices,  among  them  being 
that  of  county  attorney.  Mr.  Bissell  is  one  who 


believes  in  the  future  of  his  community,  and  has- 
manifested  his  faith  by  becoming  the  owner  of  some 
of  the  finest  ranching  property  in  the  county.  He 
has  long  been  prominent  in  fraternal  affairs,  and 
has  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  For- 
esters and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  both  of  which 
he  has  filled  all  the  chairs  at  various  times. 

Mr.  Bissell  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  Huzumina^ 
who  is  a  native  of  Phillips  county,  Kansas. 

An  inveterate  reader,  Mr.  Bissell  is  especially  welt 
versed  on  historical  subjects.  He  is  said  to  be  one 
of  the  best  posted  men  on  Mexican  affairs  to  be 
found  in  these  parts,  his  year  in  Mexico  having 
sharpened  his  natural  interest  in  the  sorrows  of  that 
people,  and  caused  him  to  give  an  unusual  amount 
of  attention  to  the  situation  there. 

CARROLL  MAYNE  LUCAS.  One  of  the  younger  busi- 
ness men  of  Idaho,  active  in  the  business  affairs  of 
the  town  of  Meadows,  and  until  recently  postmaster 
of  that  town,  Carroll  Mayne  Lucas  is  the  eldest  son 
of  Mr.  A.  B.  Lucas,  for  a  number  of  years  promi- 
nent in  this  state  as  a  banker,  editor,  in  political 
affairs. 

Carroll  Mayne  Lucas  was  born  in  Iowa  June  I2f 
1884.  He  is  a  son  of  A.  B.  Lucas,  who  was  born  in 
1861  in  Bremer  county,  Iowa,  near  Waverly.  William 
B.  V.  Lucas,  who  was  born  in  1834  m  Carroll  county, 
Indiana,  is  the  grandfather  of  Carroll  Mayne.  He 
made  his  immigration  in  1856  by  wagon  and  team 
across  country  to  Iowa,  that  journey  being  in  the 
nature  of  his  wedding  trip,  since  he  had  just  been 
married.  He  took  up  land,  and  not  only  farmed, 
but  taught  school  and  performed  duties  as  a  min- 
ister. At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
in  Company  B  of  the  Fourteenth  Iowa  Regiment 
with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant.  He  fought  in 
many  battles,  and  for  his  bravery  and  meritorious 
service  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  colonel.  For 
many  years  after  the  war  he  lived  in  Iowa,  and  was 
very  prominent  in  politics  and  business.  He  was 
county  treasurer  of  Bremer  county  for  six  years,, 
after  which  he  took  up  newspaper  work  and  gained 
prominence  as  an  editor.  He  was  elected  to  the 
legislature,  and  in  1877  was  one  of  the  electors  who 
cast  their  votes  for  President  Hayes.  In  1880  he 
was  elected  state  auditor  of  Iowa,  and  held  that 
office  until  his  removal  from  Iowa  in  1883.  Moving- 
out  to  South  Dakota,  he  lived  there  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  in  1890  was  elected  to  congress  from 
South  Dakota.  In  1896  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Republican  National  Convention  in  St.  Louis,  which 
nominated  William  McKinley.  That  was  practically 
his  last  appearance  in  politics,  for  in  1904  he  moved" 
to  California,  where  he  has  since  lived  retired.  Wil- 
liam B.  Lucas  married  Saphronia  M.  Lowe,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  sixty-one  in  Iowa.  There  were  seven 
children  in  the  family,  and  Aaron  Briney  was  one  of 
these. 

In  1881  Aaron  Briney  was  married  to  Miss  Ella 
Mayne  and  soon  after  this  event  removed  to  the 
territory  of  South  Dakota.  Here  he  was  prominent 
in  banking  and  newspaper  %  business.  He  repre- 
sented his  county  in  the  State  legislature  in  term 
with  great  credit  and  held  other  offices  of  respon- 
sibility and  honor.  He  left  Dakota  in  1896  and  after 
being  located  in  California  a  time  he  came  to  Idaho 
and  has  been  in  business  at  Meadows  since  1906. 
His  son  Mayne  after  graduation  from  the  University 
of  California  located  at  Meadows  also  and  has  been 
in  business  with  him  since  1910. 

Mr.  Carroll  Mayne  Lucas  grew  up  in  South  Dako- 
ta, and  finished  his  training  in  California,  where  he 
was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Mechanics  in- 


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the  University  of  that  State  in  1910.  In  that  year  he 
joined  his  father  at  Meadows,  Idaho,  and  has  since 
performed  his  capable  duties  as  assistant  cashier  and 
bookkeeper  in  the  Meadows  State  Bank.  In  July, 
1911,  Mr.  Lucas  was  appointed  postmaster  in  Mead- 
ows, and  served  over  two  years.  In  political  faith, 
Mr.  Lucas  is  a  Progressive.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  at  Meadows. 
\  At  Salinas,  California,  on  June  4,  1912,  Mr.  Lucas 
married  Miss  Helen  H.  Scott,  of  National  City, 
California.  Mrs.  Lucas  is  a  graduate  of  the  state 
normal  at  San  Diego,  California,  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Loren  and  Fanny  C.  Scott.  Mr.  Scott  was  a 
lawyer  and  died  when  quite  young.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lucas  have  one  son,  Willard  Scott  Lucas,  born  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1913,  at  Weiser,  Idaho. 

DARWIN  A.  UTTER.  As  United  States  surveyor 
general  for  the  state  of  Idaho,  General  Utter  has 
accomplished  a  work  of  almost  inestimable  value. 
He  was  virtually  the  author  of  the  recent  govern- 
ment law  under  which  public  land  surveys  are  now 
made  at  far  less  expense  and  with  much  greater 
accuracy  than  had  been  the  case  under  the  old 
methods  in  vogue  for  more  than  a  century,  and 
the  entire  nation  has  profited  by  that  improvement 
in  the  service.  His  career  has  also  been  noteworthy 
in  connection  with  his  individual  operations  as  a 
civil  engineer,  especially  in  railway  surveys  and 
construction.  General  Utter  has  contributed  mate- 
rially to  the  civic  and  industrial  development  and 
upbuilding  of  Idaho,  within  whose  borders  he  estab- 
lished his  home  prior  to  the  admission  of  the  state 
to  the  Union,  and  no  citizen  is  more  widely  known 
or  held  in  more  unequivocal  confidence  and  esteem. 
He  maintains  his  home  in  Boise,  and  has  extensive 
interests  in  ranch  lands  and  city  realty  in  Idaho, 
including  valuable  ranches  in  Elmore  and  Washing- 
ton counties,  and  also  in  the  state  of  Oregon.  He 
owns  some  improved  and  unimproved  real  estate 
in  Weiser. 

Born  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania.  October  14,  1860, 
Darwin  A.  Utter  when  a  boy  showed  his  tastes  for 
mathematics  and  kindred  scientific  lines,  and  was 
fortunate  in  having  an  excellent  instructor  in  math- 
ematics. His  early  career  was  spent  as  a  surveyor, 
he  was  an  inspector  of  timber  and  mineral  lands  in 
several  of  the  middle  states,  and  came  to  the  north- 
west as  superintendent  of  construction  with  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad.  In  the  fall  of  1899  General 
Utter  opened  an  office  at  Weiser,  Idaho,  where  he 
resumed  private  practice  as  a  civil  engineer,  and  was 
there  five  years.  In  that  time  he  constructed  the 
electric  light  and  water  plant  in  Weiser,  installed 
the  sewerage  system,  and  was  chief  engineer  of  the 
Weiser  Irrigation  District  No.  i.  He  brought  about 
the  expansion  of  canal-irrigation  projects  in  va- 
rious parts  of  the  state,  secured  cooperation  re- 
quired in  a  financial  way  to  effectuate  important 
improvements,  and  his  work  has  been  of  enduring 
value  in  the  development  of  the  agricultural  re- 
sources of  the  state.  He  was  chief  engineer  of 
the  Dead  Ox  Flats  District,  and  virtually  perfected 
the  practical  method  of  pumping  water  from  the 
Snake  River  for  irrigation  purposes. 

As  chief  engineer  for  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western Railroad  Company,  General  Utter  surveyed 
the  route  from  Huntington.  Oregon,  to  Homestead 
in  the  same  state  and  to  Lewiston.  Idaho,  and  this 
line  of  railroad  is  under  construction  as  a  part  of 
the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad.  He  also  examined 
and  reported  upon  the  feasibility  of  the  enlargement 
of  the  Hood  River  extension  irrigation  system. 

In  the  spring  of  1908,  General  Utter  was  appointed 


to  his  present  office  of  United  States  surveyor  general 
of  Idaho,  and  in  1912  was  reappointed  by  President 
Taft,  He  has  always  been  a  Republican,  and  in 
1906  was  made  chairman  of  the  central  committee 
in  Washington  county.  While  serving  in  his  pres- 
ent office  he  has  subdivided  several  town  sites  for 
the  government,  twelve  million  of  square  miles  of 
agricultural  land,  and  also  mineral  lands  for  patents 
in  Idaho,  which  state  constitutes  his  jurisdiction. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  state  examining  board  of 
engineers  for  two  years,  and  in  that  office  gave 
effective  service. 

Within  his  first  term  as  surveyor  general.  Gen- 
eral Utter  perfected  a  method  of  survey  which 
has  proved  the  old  system,  in  vogue  for  one  hun- 
dred and  six  years,  to  have  been  in  many  respects 
unnecessarily  expensive  and  inadequate.  Under 
the  old  system  ten  or  more  years  were  required  lie- 
fore  a  man  could  file  entry  on  his  claim  after  the 
instituting"  of  the  government  survey,  and  the  cost 
to  the  government  was  eighteen  dollars  an  acre  on 
the  average.  General  Utter's  plan  was  properly 
drafted  and  presented  to  congress  by  Hon.  W.  B. 
Heyburn.  United  States  senator  for  Idaho.  It  was 
approved  by  congress  and  became  a  law  in  1909. 
Under  its  provision,  three  dollars  an  acre  is  saved 
to  the  government  in  the  cost  of  preparing  public 
lands  for  entry,  and  settlers  can  file  their  claim 
within  one  year  after  the  survey  is  made.  In 
place  of  the  old  corner  stone  formerly  utilized  for 
marking  surveys,  the  plan  evolved  by  General  Utter 
provides  for  the  use  of  brass-capped  ste'el  posts, 
three  feet  in  length,  and  on  the  brass  tablets  are 
given  the  respective  numbers  of  the  different  sec- 
tions surveyed.  The  posts  are  driven  into  the  ground 
a  sufficient  depth  to  leave  only  six  inches  exposed, 
and  the  law  prescribes  a  penalty  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  the  removal  or  defacing  of 
these  posts.  Under  his  administration  the  contract 
system  of  surveying  has  been  abolished  and  thus 
is  avoided  repetition  of  former  incompetent  service 
and  erroneous  and  valueless  work.  He  employs,  at 
a  stipulated  salary,  competent  engineers,  and  by  this 
means  all  malfeasance  and  inefficiency  are  avoided, 
thus  making  the  service  a  real  aid  and  advantage 
in  the  development  of  the  national  domain.  Many 
compliments  have  been  paid  to  General  Utter  for 
his  splendid  record  in  his  office,  and.  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  service  in  general  throughout  the 
western  states. 

Another  valuable  work  performed  by  General 
Utter  was  in  effecting  the  organization  of  the  Idaho 
Society  of  Engineers  in  1910.  He  served  as  first 
president  of  this  society,  but  has  since  declined  any 
office  though  he  continues  as  one  of  the  most  active 
members.  The  society  roll  now  shows  one  hundred 
and  fifty  members  in  active  membership.  In  the 
journal  of  the  Idaho  Society  of  Engineers,  in 
1911.  General  Utter's  brief  address  as  president  of 
the  organization  was  reproduced  and  two  paragraphs 
from  this  address  are  pertinent  and  interesting  in 
this  sketch: 

"I  want  to  say  just  a  word  or  two  to  the  members 
present.  There  is  none  of  us  but  what  in  life's 
work  has  an  ambition  to  become  something  more 
than  the  ordinary  or  commonplace,  and  in  our  par- 
ticular line  of  work  we  must  be  competent.  Ambi- 
tion is  a  stepping-stone  to  something  better,  some- 
thing higher,  and  in  our  work  every  young  assist- 
ant has  aspirations  for  that  dignified  position  where 
he  can  run  a  transit.  This,  you  know,  is  absolutely 
true  •  and  it  is  proper  and  right  that  we  should  have 
ambition.  The  object  of  the  Idaho  Society  of  Engi- 


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neers  is  to  assist  its  members  in  becoming  competent, 
and  it  was  this  purpose  the  society  had  in  mind  when 
it  invited  you  to  become  a  member  with  us.  The 
active  work  of  life  depends  upon  what  you  have 
stored  away  in  your  gray  matter,  and  what  you 
have  there  will  be  your  stock  in  trade,  will  be 
of  value  sometime.  Of  course  there  may  be  times 
when  a  man  is  fortunate  or  lucky  and  does  not 
require  much  to  draw  upon,  while  another  man 
equally  or  more  competent  may  have  to  strive  and 
struggle  along  in  the  face  of  many  difficulties,  but 
I  will  say  if  you  really  have  the  worth,  someone 
is  going  to  discover  it  and  someone  will  want  it. 

"From  these  different  papers  you  will  derive 
much  valuable  knowledge  from  men  who  have  had 
experience  and  are  thoroughly  competent  in  their 
line.  You  have  been  instructed  how  to  build  con- 
crete systems,  how  to  lay  out  canals,  how  to  divert 
and  distribute  the  ware,  and  listened  to  discussions 
of  many  other  topics  of  vital  interest  to  the  irriga- 
tion engineer.  In  our  last  paper  we  learned  that 
aside  from  knowing  these  things  an  engineer  must 
be  able  to  advise.  So  the  technical  engineer  must 
be  attorney  in  his  particular  line  of  work.  He  must 
be  prepared  in  order  to  preserve  the  dignity  of 
his  profession,  to  answer  questions  that  may  be 
put  to  him  at  any  time.  Persons  will  come  to 
him  and  ask  him  about  various  subjects,  and  he  must 
be  able  to  tell  them  in  order  to  hold  his  position, 
whether  as  state  engineer  or  in  private  profes- 
sional life.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  society  to 
aid  you  to  become  competent  in  your  work,  what- 
ever it  may  be,  and  to  give  you  a  standing  among 
business  men  and  professional  men.  See  that  you 
perform  no  act  that  will  bring  discredit  to  yourself 
or  to  the  society,  for  you  now  have  not  only  your 
own  good  name  to  protect,  but  also  the  honor  of 
your  fellows." 

General  Utter  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity including  Weiser  Commandery  of  the  Knights 
Templar,  and  also  with  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

On  September  10,  1885,  General  Utter  married 
Miss  Margaret  Kimball,  who  was  born  at  Corey, 
Pennsylvania.  Mrs.  Utter  has  been  a  devoted  wife, 
and  a  splendid  companion  and  comrade,  and  often 
accompanies  her  husband  on  extended  hunting  and 
fishing  trips  to  the  mountains  and  valleys  of  Idaho. 
Each  year  the  general  makes  extended  expeditions, 
and  has  won  many  splendid  trophies  in  big  game. 
In  his  home  are  displayed  finely  mounted  heads  of 
bear,  deer,  elk  and  mountain  lions,  all  evidences 
of  his  prowess  as  a  Nimrod.  In  the  spring  of  1913 
General  Utter  completed  a  seven-month  tour  of 
the  Orient,  reaching  home  after  travel  of  forty 
thousand  miles  over  remote  portions  of  the  globe. 
To  a  large  degree  this  was  a  business  trip,  since  he 
was  sent  out  by  a  large  syndicate  of  capitalists.  He 
spent  five  months  in  the  Philippines,  and  traveled 
fifteen  thousand  miles  in  and  about  those  islands. 
During  his  trip  he  gave  particular  attention  to  the 
various  trees  found  in  the  countries  he  visited, 
especially  those  kinds  which  are  commercially  val- 
uable for  lumber.  He  brought  back  specimens  of 
some  twenty  different  kinds  of  commercial  lumber, 
and  is  now  compiling  an  extensive  report  with  par- 
ticular reference  to  the  data  which  he  obtained  on 
the  lumber  situation.  During  his  sojourn  in  the 
Philippines,  General  Utter  made  his  home  in  the 
Elks  Qub  at  Manila.  The  Elks  in  that  city  have  a 


club  house  which  is  not  surpassed  by  any  other  of 
this  order  anywhere  in  the  world.  General  and 
Mrs.  Utter  have  one  daughter,  Erma,  born  December 
23,  1906. 

ARTHUR  PORTER,  JR.  In  no  avenue  of  business  do 
men  become  so  widely  known  as  in  journalism;  not 
always  as  personalities,  but  as  influences,  their 
printed  thoughts  speaking  to  thousands  where  their 
spoken  ones  could  reach,  perhaps,  but  a  score.  Hence 
the  grave  responsibility  of  the  journalist;  the  power 
of  the  press  has  many  times  brought  reformatory 
legislation,  and  more  than  once  has  changed  public 
policies.  Naturally  endowed  with  editorial  ability, 
Arthur  Porter,  Jr.,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Cur- 
rent Journal,  of  Rexburg,  Idaho,  and  one  of  that 
city's  leading  business  citizens,  entered  newspaper 
life  from  college  halls,  where  he  had  won  recogni- 
tion as  an  educator,  and  has  made  his  publication  an 
active  agent  for  public  enlightenment.  Mr.  Porter 
was  born  at  Auckland,  New  Zealand,  April  28,  1876, 
and  is  a  son  of  Arthur  and  Louise  (Koebbel)  Porter. 

Arthur  Porter,  Sr.,  was  born  in  England,  and 
from  1866  to  1876  was  a  resident  of  Australia  and 
New  Zealand,  following  gold  mining  as  an  occupa- 
tion. He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1876,  and 
first  settled  in  Utah,  where  he  was  occupied  in  fann- 
ing, but  in  1896  came  to  Idaho,  and  located  in  Fre- 
mont county,  where  he  still  resides.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Australia  to  Miss  Louise  Koebbel,  a  native 
of  that  country,  of  German  parentage,  and  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  twelve  children,  of  whom  Arthur 
was  the  oldest. 

Arthur  Porter,  Jr.,  was  still  an  infant  when  brought 
to  the  United  States,  and  his  education  was  secured 
in  the  public  schools  at  Logan,  Utah,  where  he  also 
attended  Brigham  Young  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1896  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Sciences.  He  also  spent  one  year  in  the  study  of 
languages  in  the  University  of  Switzerland,  at 
Geneva,  and  on  his  return  to  this  country  commenced 
teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Lewiston,  Utah. 
Later,  he  became  an  instructor  in  the  academy  at 
Preston,  Utah,  and  for  the  past  eleven  years  has  been 
connected  with  Ricks  Academy,  at  Rexburg,  gaining 
widespread  reputation  in  his  profession.  In  1907 
Mr.  Porter  purchased  the  Current  Journal,  a  Demo- 
cratic newspaper  founded  in  1884,  and  this  he  has 
since  conducted  in  an  able  manner,  giving  the  read- 
ing public  a  live,  newsy  sheet,  filled  with  reliable 
matter.  Mr.  Porter  is  also  extensively  engaged  in 
farming  in  Fremont  county,  where  he  owns  240  acres 
of  well-cultivated  land,  and  has  also  invested  in  city 
realty  in  Rexburg.  He  is  known  as  an  excellent 
business  man  and  a  citizen  whose  public-spirit  has 
led  him  to  identify  himself  with  every  movement  for 
the  public  welfare,  and  his  many  friends  testify  to 
his  personal  popularity.  He  has  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party,  but  has 
never  sought  preferment  on  his  own  account.  His 
social  connection  is  with  the  Commercial  Club,  and 
his  religious  belief  that  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter 
Day  Saints,  where  he  has  been  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  for  the  past  seven  years. 

Mr.  Porter  was  married  in  November,  1901,  at 
Logan,  Utah,  to  Miss  Gertrude  Paull,  daughter  of 
Charles  Paull,  who  died  April  10,  1906,  at  Rexburg, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years,  leaving  three  chil- 
dren: Jessie,  Virginia  and  Gertrude.  On  June  24, 
1908,  Mr.  Porter  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  to  Miss  Nell  Childs,  daughter  of  A.  W.  Childs, 
born  in  Utah,  and  they  have  had  two  children: 
Louise  and  John  C. 


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1301 


FRED  R.  REED.  John  Greenlcaf  Whittier,  in  one 
of  his  delightful  poems,  refers  to  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes  as  "That  delightful  optimist."  This  strik- 
ing characterization  may  very  fittingly  be  applied 
to  Major  Fred  R.  Reed,  the  present  Commissioner  of 
Immigration,  Labor  and  Statistics,  and  the  Execu- 
tive Commissioner  for  Idaho  to  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition  to  be  held  at  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1915.  1  here  is  no  more  genial,  sunny,  opti- 
mistic and,  altogether  inspiring,  personality  in  the 
west  than  Major  Reed.  He  unites  with  all  this 
sunniness  a  most  solid  and  substantial  character. 
He  has  been  one  of  the  most  potent  factors  of  late 
years  in  the  upbuilding  of  Idaho.  As  the  execu- 
tive manager  for  the  Kuhn  interests,  and  in  connec- 
tion with  their  great  irrigation  enterprises  he  has 
succeeded  in  bringing  over  1500  families  into  this 
state,  and  it  is  an  open  secret  here  that  amid  the 
hard  times  that  befell  many  of  these  families  dur- 
ing the  last  few  years  Major  Reed  has  been  the 
guardian,  protector,  and  helper  to  many,  and  his 
name  is  cherished  by  them  with  tender  affection. 

Fred  R.  Reed  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jer- 
sey, August  9,  1858.  His  people  were  the  old  Blue 
Stocking  type  of  Massachusetts,  among  the  very 
best  people  in  New  England.  Mr.  Reed  is  one  of 
our  self-educated  men  in  the  true  sense  of  that 
term;  he  began  life  as  a  sailor,  and  did  not  attend 
school  a  single  day  after  he  was  thirteen  years  old; 
he  has  studied  not  so  much  in  books,  although  he 
is  well-read  in  general  literature,  but  he  has  made 
a  study  of  nature  and  of  man.  He  came  west  in 
1877,  and  to  Idaho  in  1888.  He  started  in  as  a 
cowboy  and  rode  the  range  for  three  years ;  he  then 
became  interested  in  railroad  building,  starting  in 
as  the  foreman  of  a  Chinese  gang  of  construc- 
tion of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  and  ended 
as  the  assistant  of  the  manager  of  construction  of 
that  road. 

In  military  matters  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  of  New  York  and  when  coming 
west  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  National  Guard 
of  Washington,  and  when  he  resigned  as  Major 
of  the  Cavalry  Squadron,  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  Washington. 

Mr.  Reed  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  a  Knight  Templar,  and  a  member 
of  the  B.  P.  O.  E. 

His  work  as  Commissioner  for  Idaho  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition  has  been  most  satisfac- 
tory. His  rare  executive  ability  and  his  enthusiasm 
for  the  west  make  him  a  power  in  massing  and 
illustrating  the  vast  resources  of  his  adopted  state. 

In  1882  Mr.  Reed  married  Miss  Carrie  M.  Budd, 
daughter  of  D.  E.  Budd  and  cousin  of  Governor 
Budd  of  California. 

EDWIN  W.  WING.  That  the  splendid  natural 
resources  of  Idaho  can  hardly  be  overestimated  is 
shown  in  the  position  held  today  by  this  well  known 
and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Lewiston.  the  judi- 
cial center  of  Nez  Perce  county,  where  he  is  serv- 
ing as  county  commissioner  and  also  as  clerk  of  the 
Lewiston  board  of  education.  Mr.  Wing  came  to 
this  section  of  the  state  in  1902,  purchased  land  in 
Nez  Perce  county  and  instituted  the  development 
and  general  improvement  of  the  property,  and  at  the 
present  time  he  receives  a  handsome  revenue  from 
the  ranches  in  his  possession,  though  he  is  living 
virtually  retired,  save  for  giving  a  general  super- 
vision to  their  operation  and  to  his  official  duties 
in  the  positions  just  noted.  Such  a  standing  stands 
in  evidence  of  the  productiveness  of  Idaho  lands, 
which  render  tribute  of  independence  and  pros- 
perity to  those  who,  like  Mr.  Wing,  are  willing 
to  put  forth  the  proper  effort  in  the  developing  of 


the  properties,  the  while  the  scenic  attractions,  cli- 
matic conditions  and  social  privileges  of  Idaho 
leave  little  to  be  desired. 

Mr.  Wing  was  born  at  Brothertown,  Calumet 
county,  Wisconsin,  on  the  4th  of  July,  1856,  and  in 
his  career  he  has  manifested  the  independence,  self- 
reliance,  and  civic  loyalty  which  his  natal  day  sig- 
nifies. He  is  a  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Julia  (Pease) 
Wing,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  the  state  of  New 
York  and  both  of  whom  were  numbered  among  the 
honored  pioneers  of  Wisconsin,  besides  which  they 
were  representatives  of  families  whose  names  have 
been  identified  with  American  annals  since  the  early 
colonial  days  and  whose  members  contributed  valiant 
service  in  the  early  Indian  wars  and  in  the  Con- 
tinental line  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  Ebenezer 
Wing  established  his  home  in  the  Badger  state  jn 
the  early  pioneer  days  and  was  there  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits  at  the  inception  of  the  Civil 
war.  He  tendered  his  services  in  defense  of  the 
Union  by  his  enlistment  in  Company  D,  Sixteenth 
Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  com- 
mand he  participated  in  a  number  of  minor  engage- 
ments marking  the  progress  of  the  great  conflict 
through  which  the  integrity  *of  the  nation  was 
preserved,  and  who  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Nashville,  shortly  after  victory  had  turned  in  favor 
of  the  Union  forces.  He  became  a  prominent  farmer 
and  landholder  of  Wisconsin,  was  a  man  of  influ- 
ence in  his  community  and  ever  commanded 
unqualified  popular  esteem.  His  cherished  and 
devoted  wife  was  summoned  to  eternal  rest  in  1909, 
and  he  passed  away  in  the  following  year,  so  that, 
after  a  loving  companionship  of  more  than  half  a 
century  they  were  not  long  separated,  the  remains 
of  both  being  laid  to  rest  in  the  beautiful  cemetery 
at  Appleton,  Wisconsin. 

Edwin  W.  Wing  was  reared  to  the  sturdy  dis- 
cipline of  the  pioneer  farm  and  was  afforded  the 
advantages  of  the  excellent  public  schools  of  his 
native  state,  as  well  as  those  of  a  commercial  col- 
lege at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin.  He  continued  to 
be  identified  with  the  agricultural  industry  in  Wis- 
consin until  1887,  when  he  removed  to  what  is  now 
North  Dakota,  prior  to  the  admission  of  the  state 
to  the  Union.  There  he  became  superintendent  of 
a  large  body  of  land  owned  by  eastern  capitalists, 
and  he  showed  great  discrimination  and  ability  in 
improving  the  property  and  administering  its  affairs. 
He  -continued  his  residence  in  North  Dakota  until 
1894,  when  he  resigned  his  position,  much  to  the 
regret  of  the  owners  of  the  property  over  which  he 
had  had  supervision,  and  removed  to  Breckenridge, 
the  judicial  center  of  Wilkin  county,  Minnesota, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  became  a  promi- 
nent and  influential  citizen.  While  there  residing 
he  served  six  terms  as  chairman  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  the  town;  resigning  the  position 
when  he  moved  to  Idaho,  and  through  the  appoint 
ment  by  the  governor,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
state  board  of  prison  managers  at  the  time  the 
Younger  Brothers  were  paroled. 

Mr.  Wing  continued  to  reside  at  Breckenridge 
until  the  autumn  of  1902,  when  he  came  to  Lewis- 
ton,  Idaho,  and  purchased  an  attractive  home  and 
ranch  lands  in  Nez  Perce  county.  With  character- 
istic energy  and  ability  he  brought  his  land  up  to 
a  high  state  of  productiveness,  and  he  has  since 
added  to  his  landed  estate  until  he  now  owns  an 
aggregate  of  fully  7»  acres,  including  valuable 
property  also  in  Clearwater  and  Lewis  counties. 
In  1904  he  was  elected  to  the  city  council  of  the  city 
of  Lewiston,  serving  one  term  and  refusing  to  be 
a  candidate  for  re-election.  He  was  elected  county 


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commissioner  in  1908,  and  is  now  serving  his  third 
term,  and  to  the  duties  of  this  responsible  office 
he  has  since  given  his  close  attention,  doing  all  in 
his  power  to  further  progressive  policies  and  wise 
administration  of  the  general  governmental  affairs 
of  the  county.  He  has  also  served  as  clerk  of  the 
Lewiston  board  of  education  since  the  spring  of 
1908,  and  he  is  a  citizen  whose  judgment  is  authori- 
tative and  whose  counsel  is  sought  in  connection 
with  matters  of  general  importance  to  the  city  and 
county.  He  is  essentially  one  of  the  representative 
citizens  of  Nez  Perce  county,  even  as  he  is  one 
of  its  most  popular,  and  he  and  his  family  have  been 
prominent  in  the  best  social  activities  of  their  home 
city.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  naught  of 
reversal  in  the  party  fortunes  within  recent  times 
has  tended  to  dislodge  his  faith  in  its  basic  prin- 
ciples and  policies. 

The  year  1880  marked  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Wing 
to  Miss  Lulu  Ryon,  who,  like  himself,  was  born 
and  reared  in  Wisconsin,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren: Lillian,  the  eldest  of  the  three,  is  the  wife  of 
Carl  O.  Clark,  a  successful  rancher  at  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty  Mile  House,  British  Columbia;  Madge  is 
the  wife  of  Fred  Brand,  of  Lewiston;  and  Miss 
Edna  is  a  student  in  the  Lewiston  high  school,  as 
a  member  of  the  graduating  class  of  1913. 

WALTER  JAMES  ABBS.  The  general  manager  and 
secretary  of  the  Boise  Title  and  Trust  Company  is 
a  Canadian  by  birth,  was  for  many  years  identified 
with  banking  in  the  state  of  Michigan,  and  has  had 
his  home  in  Boise  for  the  past  twelve  years.  Mr. 
Abbs  is  known  as  a  leader  in  business  circles  at 
Boise,  and  has  closely  identified  himself  with  the 
substantial  interests  of  the  community. 

The  only  representative  of  his  family  in  the 
United  States,  Walter  James  Abbs  was  born  in  Can- 
ada. His  father,  died  in  the  Dominion  several  years 
ago,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two,  was  Rev.  George  Abbs, 
who  was  born  in  England,  in  1824,  came  to  Canada 
when  about  nine  years  of  age,  was  well  educated 
and  was  ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  at  the  age  of  about  twenty-one. 
His  services  as  a  minister  left  him  little  choice 
of  a  permanent  residence,  and  he  continued  his 
vocation  until  placed  on  the  superannuated  list  at 
the  age  of  seventy.  For  a  few  years  he  had  been 
editor  of  the  "Canada  Christian  Advocate,"  the 
organ  of  his  church.  His  active  work  as  a  minister 
covered  a  period  of  nearly  half  a  century.  Rev. 
George  Abbs  had  little  to  do  with  politics,  was 
never  in  any  line  of  enterprise  outside  his  church 
work,  but  his  life  was  one  of  high  ideals  and  benefi- 
cence. He  married  Susanna  Inglehart,  who  was 
born  in  Canada,  of  Pennsylvania  Dutch  parents, 
who  emigrated  to  Canada  several  years  before  her 
birth,  and  were  farmers.  Mrs.  George  Abbs  is 
now  living  in  Trenton,  Canada,  at  the  age  of  eighty. 

Walter  J.  Abbs  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Canada,  finishing  with  high  school,  but  left  before 
he  was  sixteen  to  take  a  clerkship  in  a  general  store. 
That  provided  the  foundation  of  his  business  expe- 
rience, and  he  stayed  there  about  four  years.  From 
Canada,  Mr.  Abbs  went  into  one  of  the  eastern 
counties  of  Michigan,  to  take  a  position  in  a  country 
bank.  During  sixteen  years  of  residence  there  he 
was  moderately  prosperous,  and  was  a  mature  busi- 
ness man  when  he  came  to  Boise,  in  April,  1901. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  associated  himself  with 
the  late  Benjamin  H.  McGrew  in  the  insurance  and 
abstract  business,  and  the  negotiation  of  mortgage 
loans.  This  partnership  was  continued  until  June. 
1906,  when  Mr.  Abbs  bought  his  partner's  interest. 
In  October,  1906,  Mr.  Abbs'  business  was  absorbed 


by  the  Boise  Title  and  Trust  Company,  and  he  at 
once  assumed  an  important  relation  with  that  cor- 
poration, of  which  he  became  general  manager,  and 
later  took  the  office  of  secretary,  both  positions 
being  filled  by  him  at  the  present  time. 

In  politics  Mr.  Abbs  is  a  Republican.  He  has  for 
some  years  been  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the 
First  Congregational  church  of  Boise,  has  given 
active  service  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
for  several  years,  and  was  secretary  of  the  board 
during  the  construction  of  the  new  church  building. 
The  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  Boise  has  also 
enlisted  his  services,  and  for  several  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  asso- 
ciation. Outside  of  his  business  and  his  church  in- 
terests as  stated,  Mr.  Abbs  has  joined  no  society 
and  his  interests  are  divided  between  his  business, 
his  church  and  his  home.  At  Dryden,  Michigan, 
August  16,  1892,  Mr.  Abbs  married  Miss  Mattie 
H.  Bartlett,  a  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Ellen  L. 
Bartlett,  who  were  Michigan  farmers,  and  are  both 
now  deceased.  Mrs.  Abbs  after  graduating  from 
high  school  was  engaged  in  teaching  until  her  mar- 
riage. They  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  a  daugh 
ter,  Helen  Hope  Abbs,  who  was  born  at  Imlay  City. 
Michigan,  June  5,  1895,  and  is  now  a  .senior  in  the 
high  school  at  Boise. 

JAMES  SAWYER  BOGART.  The  first  abstract  busi- 
ness established  in  the  city  of  Boise  and  Ada  county 
was  the  Bpgart  Abstract  Company,  which  has  been 
succeeded  in  recent  years  by  the  Boise  Title,  Abstract 
&  Trust  Company,  one  of  the  most  important  enter- 
prises of  this  city.  The  founder  of  the  original 
company  has  in  recent  years  devoted  himself  to  the 
profession  of  law,  and  is  one  of  the  foremost 
attorneys  of  the  state  of  Idaho. 

For  thirty  years  Mr.  Bogart  has  been  identified 
with  the  west  as  a  lawyer  and  business  man,  and 
among  the  citizens  of  Idaho  who  have  achieved 
noteworthy  success  during  their  careers  probably 
few  have  had  lives  of  more  varied  experience  and 
more  successful  attainments  than  James  Sawyer 
Bogart.  He  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  October 
9,  1864.  His  father,  Irvin  Dorland  Bogart,  a  native 
of  Canada,  of  English  and  Scotch  parentage  and  of 
United  Empire  Loyalist  stock,  was  a  graduate  of 
the  McGill  College  of  Medicine  at  Montreal  and 
was  a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  at  Campbell- 
ford  for  forty  years.  He  died  at  the  age  of  seventy 
years.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Rose  M. 
Rendle,  a  native  of  England,  who  came  to  Ontario 
in  infancy,  and  she  still  resides  at  Campbellford. 
Of  the  five  children  in  the  family,  James  S.  was  the 
only  son. 

His  early  education,  begun  in  the  Ontario  public 
schools,  was  completed  by  an  academic  course  in 
Albert  College,  after  which  he  was  apprenticed  for 
a  five-year  term  to  A.  L.  Colville,  Barrister.  After 
serving  the  greater  portion  of  his  'time  and  being 
well  versed  in  the  fundamentals  of  the  law,  he  was 
seized  with  an  impatience  at  the  monotony  of  his 
existence  and  a  desire  to  be  gone  into  the  stir  and 
excitement  of  a  distant  country.  It  was  the  con- 
fidence in  his  ability  to  make  his  way,  displayed 
at  that  time,  which  was  the  real  secret  of  his  success 
through  many  subsequent  enterprises  and  undertak- 
ings. Against  the  advice  of  friends  and  relatives 
and  the  positive  injunction  of  his  father,  who 
promised  to  disinherit  him  as  soon  as  he  crossed  the 
line  into  the  States,  a  promise  which  was  faithfully 
carried  out,  the  young  barrister  apprentice  departed 
from  home,  and  even  declined  to  accept  a  purse  of 
money  offered  him  by  his  father.  He  had  saved 


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something  during  his  services  in  the  law  office, 
and  with  this  capital  directed  his  journey  into  the 
far  southwest.  His  chosen  destination  was  Socorro, 
New  Mexico,  where  he  arrived  in  1882,  with  a 
balance  in  cash  of  twenty-five  dollars.  Socorro  at 
that  time  was  one  of  the  frontier  settlements  of  the 
southwest,  and  it  happened  that  the  tenderfoot  young 
Canadian  was  the  first  lawyer  to  identify  himself 
with  the  citizenship  of  the  town.  As  soon  as  his 
professional  attainments  were  known,  he  quickly 
gained  a  large  following  of  clients  and  during  his 
several  years'  residence  in  New  Mexico  had  all  the 
business  he  could  attend  to.  He  next  removed  to 
Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  law 
and  the  title  and  abstract  business,  and  for  two 
years  served  in  the  county  abstract  department  of 
Arapahoe  county.  He  then  established  the  Salt 
Lake  Title  &  Guarantee  Company  in  the  Utah 
Metropolis,  and  from  there  in  1890  he  came  to  Boise, 
with  which  city  he  has  ever  since  been  identified. 

Mr.  Bogart  continued  to  conduct  the  abstract  com- 
pany, which  he  founded,  for  fifteen  years,  and  after 
it  was  merged  into  the  Boise  Title,  Abstract  &  Trust 
Company  he  turned  his  chief  attention  to  his  profes- 
sion. In  February,  1908,  he  began  regular  practice 
in  association  with  Milton  G.  Cage,  the  firm  being 
Cage  &  Bogart,  which  continued  a  year.  Since  then 
Mr.  Bogart  has  formed  the  firm  of  Bogart  &  Has- 
brouck,  his  partner  being  V.  W.  Hasbrouck,  former 
United  States  assistant  district  attorney.  They  have 
a  large  practice  in  the  state  and  federal  courts. 

In  Republican  politics  Mr.  Bogart  has  taken  an 
active  interest  in  national,  state  and  local  party 
affairs  since  he  came  to  the  United  States.  He  has 
never  filled  any  office,  but  was  several  times  the 
unsuccessful  Republican  candidate  for  .mayor  of 
Boise.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Boise  Com- 
mercial Club,  and  of  the  county,  state  and  American 
Bar  Association.  Fraternally  he  affiliates  with  the 
Boise  Camp  No.  150,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  with 
Ada  County  Lodge  No.  3,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  with 
Boise  No.  310,  Lodge  of  the  Elks.  His  church  is 
the  Presbyterian. 

Mr.  Bogart  was  married  in  Denver,  Colorado,  to 
Miss  Edith  Foster,  a  native  of  Nebraska.  Their 
three  sons,  all  born  in  Boise,  are  named  Irvin  Dor- 
land,  Newton  I.  and  James  S.,  Jr.  The  Bogart 
home,  at  323  Jefferson  avenue,  is  one  of  the  beau- 
tiful residences  of  the  city,  and  he  is  also  owner  of 
considerable  other  property  in  the  city. 

DAN  PUTNAM  ALBEE,  M.  D.  Among  the  pro- 
ductive resources  of  Idaho,  many  would  concede 
that  Dr.  Albee  of  Rock  Creek  has  chosen  one  of  the 
most  interesting  and  most  profitable.  Dr.  Albee  is 
one  of  the  largest  producers  of  honey  in  the  state 
of  Idaho,  and  is  helping  to  give  fame  to  the  state 
for  its  variety  and  excellence  of  productions.  On  a 
beautiful  little  ranch  near  Rock  Creek,  he  has  an 
apiary  where  his  bee  colonies  stand  in  order  like  the 
arrangement  of  air  insect  city,  and  the  industry  of 
his  thousands  of  little  workers  has  an  annual  fruit- 
age more  valuable  than  that  obtained  from  many  of 
the  large  general  stock  ranches  of  the  state.  Dr. 
Albee  had  a  long  and  successful  career  as  a  prac- 
titioner of  medicine*  having  located  in  Idaho  more 
than  twenty  years  ago,  but  since  taking  up  the  bee 
industry  has  resigned  his  private  practice. 

Dan  Putnam  Albee  was  born  in  Humboldt  county, 
California,  January  9,  1856.  His  father,  Joseph  P. 
Albee,  was  a  pioneer  of  California,  in  the  year  1850, 
and  in  1862  lost  his  life  during  an  Indian  raid.  The 
maiden  name  of  the  mother  was  Calthia  Putnam, 
who  died  in  California  in  1905.  Dr.  Albee  grew  to 
manhood  in  his  native  state,  and  qualified  himself  for 
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teaching  as  his  first  occupation  which  he  followed 
for  ten  years  in  order  to  earn  the  money  to  pay  his 
way  through  medical  college.  He  went  east  and 
entered  Columbia  University  of  New  York  City, 
where  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1888.  His  first 
practice  was  in  his  native  county  of  California,  and 
in  1891  he  came  to  Idaho,  located  at  Oxford,  later 
at  Oakley,  where  he  was  in  practice  until  1905.  He 
then  moved  to  his  present  home  at  Rock  Creek,  and 
has  practiced  very  little  since  locating  there.  In 
1910  his  bees  produced  honey  and  other  commodi- 
ties valued  at  forty-three  hundred  dollars.  He  has 
two  hundred  and  fifty  swarms,  and  he  separates, 
strains  and  packs  his  honey  under  his  own  brand, 
shipping  it  to  Chicago  for  market.  His  ranch  at 
Rock  Creek  comprises  fifty  acres,  and  he  has  a 
very  pleasant  home. 

On  Christmas  Day  of  1894  Dr.  Albee  married  Miss 
Laura  C.  Hansen,  a  daughter  of  Lawrence  Hansen, 
a  native  of  Denmark  and  one  of  the  pioneer  citizens 
of  Rock  Creek  district.  The  doctor  and  wife  have 
one  child,  Joseph  P.  Albee,  thirteen  years  old,  and 
attending  school. 

Dr.  Albee  has  been  a  Mason  since  1899,  when  he 
took  his  Blue  Lodge  degrees  in  Albion.  He  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  and  his  wife 
are  both  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and 
during  his  early  voting  years  he  supported  the  Re- 
publican party,  but  has  been  a  Democrat  since  1896. 

WILLIAM  BUDGE.  Probably  no  other  official  of 
the  Mormon  church  in  Idaho  has  held  greater 
prominence  and  more  unequivocal  esteem  from  all 
classes  of  people,  whether  in  or  out  of  the  church, 
that  William  Budge,  who  for  a  period  of  thirty- 
five  years  was  a  church  executive  in  the  district 
of  southeast  Idaho,  and  who  since  1906  has  held 
the  office  of  president  of  the  Logan  Temple  at 
Logan,  Utah.  His  career  and  a  brief  mention  of 
his  family  connections  are  proper  subjects  for  an 
article  in  this  history  of  Idaho. 

William  Budge  was  born  May  i.  1828,  at  Lanark. 
Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  As  to  his  ancestry  there 
is  authentic  information  extending  only  to  his 
grandparents,  who  were  William  Budge  and  Ellen 
Micheljohn.  These  grandparents  were  married  in 
the  month  of  November,  1770.  and  lived  first  in 
Caithnesshire.  and  later  in  Edinburgh.  Their  family 
comprised  three  girls  and  seven  boys,  and  the  father 
of  President  Budge  was  William,  the  ninth  of  the 
family. 

William  Budge,  father  of  President  Budge,  was 
born  August  i,  1791,  at  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  From 
November  17,  1810,  when  he  was  less  than  twenty 
years  of  age,  until  November  24,  1817,  his  occupa- 
tion was  that  of  a  soldier  in  the  British  army, 
and  five  and  a  half  years  of  this  total  period  were 
spent  in  the  West  Indies.  On  the  i$th  of  May, 
1818,  he  married  Mary  Scott,  who  was  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Nelson)  Scott.  After  his  mar- 
riage, William  Budge  resided  in  Lanark,  was  en- 
gaged in  the  general  merchandise  business  and  later 
became  traveling  salesman  for  Fullerton  &  Com- 
pany of  Glasgow,  residing  in  turn  at  Wishaw, 
Airdrie.  Glasgow  and  Campbelltown.  He  was  a  man 
of  excellent  reputation  as  is  attested  by  several  let- 
ters of  recommendation  given  to  him  by  business 
men  of  Lanark,  Airdrie  and  Glasgow  upon  his  re- 
moval from  each  of  these  communities.  These  let- 
ters were  given  in  accordance  with  a  custom  of  that 
time  prevailing  in  Scotland,  and  are  now  in  posses- 
sion of  his  son,  President  William  Budge.  He  was 
a  devoted  member  of  that  branch  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  known  as  the  "United  Secession 


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Church,"  the  prevailing  faith  in  that  section  of 
Scotland.  He  died  December  29,  1852. 

The  early  education  and  the  boyhood  experience 
of  President  William  Budge  were  of  a  character 
which  could  hardly  be  considered  an  adequate 
preparation  for  the  large  position  in  affairs  which 
he  was  destined  later  to  assume.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  at  Airdrie,  where  the  teaching  con- 
sisted almost  entirely  of  the  Psalms  of  David  and 
the  Shorter  Catechism,  and  later  attended  school 
at  Glasgow  and  Campbelltown,  where  the  school- 
masters were  lax  in  discipline  and  where  very  little 
advancement  was  made  by  their  pupils.  His  parents, 
however,  were  very  devout  and  obliged  him  to  study 
the  Bible  at  home,  and  thus  he  became  conversant 
with  the  scriptures.  While  a  boy  he  labored  at  such 
employment  as  he  was  able  to  secure,  and  all  his 
earnings  were  turned  over  to  his  parents. 

Since  his  work  and  his  career  have  been  largely 
ecclesiastical,  his  church  relations  become  the  most 
significant  and  the  chief  point  in  his  biography. 
William  Budge  was  baptized  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints,  December  31, 
1848.  From  April  20,  1851,  to  May  ip,  1860,  he 
labored  "without  purse  or  scrip"  as  a  missionary  of 
his  church  in  England,  Switzerland  and  Germany. 
During  that  time  he  gained  much  prominence  as  an 
expounder  of  the  faith,  as  a  preacher  and  as  a  con- 
tributor of  doctrinal  essays,  and  was  the  means  of 
converting  many  people  to  a  belief  and  profession 
of  what  is  commonly  known  as  "Mormonism." 

In  1860  he  emigrated  to  Utah  and  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Farmington,  Davis  county.  In  1864  oc- 
curred his  removal  to  Providence,  Cache  county,  to 
assume  the  office  of  Bishop  of  the  Ward,  an  eccle- 
siastical area  comprising  the  town.  In  June,  1870, 
President  Brigham  Young  called  him  to  act  as 
Presiding  Bishop  of  the  district  embracing  portions 
of  the  northern  part  of  Utah  and  southern  Idaho, 
with  headquarters  at  Paris,  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho. 
His  duties  were  mainly  to  supervise  the  collection 
and  handling  of  tithes  for  the  church.  In  August, 
1877,  President  Brigham  Young  chose  Mr.  Budge 
as  president  of  Bear  Lake  Stake,  an  ecclesiastical 
division  comprising  portions  of  southern  Idaho, 
northern  Utah  and  western  Wyoming.  This  office 
he  held  continuously  until  the  summer  of  1906. 
In  1906  he  was  called  to  the  office  of  president  of 
the  Logan  Temple  at  Logan,  Utah,  which  office  he 
now  holds. 

From  June,  1878,  to  November,  1880,  Mr.  Budge 
was  temporarily  released  as  president  of  the  Bear 
Lake  Stake  to  preside  over  the  European  Mission 
of  the  Church  with  headquarters  in  Liverpool,  suc- 
ceeding President  Joseph  F.  Smith  in  that  office. 
During  this  period  he  had  charge  of  all  church 
work  in  Europe,  including  the  business  pertaining 
to  the  important  work  of  emigration,  it  being  the 
practice  in  those  days  for  all  converts  whose  cir- 
cumstances permitted  to  join  their  fellow  worship- 
pers in  the  new  world,  the  central  gathering  place 
being:  Utah. 

While  residing  in  Idaho,  President  Budge  was 
an  earnest  participant  in  public  affairs  affecting  his 
people,  and  became  generally  known  as  the  most 
prominent  Mormon  in  the  state,  and  as  one  of  the 
stalwarts  of  the  church. 

Since  his  admission  to  American  citizenship.  Pres- 
ident Budge  has  been  a  voter,  and  oft  times  an  active 
participant  in  Republican  party  affairs.  His  record 
of  public  offices  held  during  his  residence  in  the 
state  of  Utah  follows:  August  4,  1862,  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  of  Farmington  precinct,  Davis 
county;  March  22,  1865,  appointed  postmaster  of 
Providence,  Cache  county ;  March  23,  1866,  appointed 


by  secretary  of  the  treasury  as  assistant  assessor  of 
Division  No.  9,  a  territorial  collection  district  em- 
bracing what  is  now  Bear  Lake  county,  Idaho,  and 
Rich  and  Cache  counties,  Utah;  July  15,  1868,  reap- 
pointed  assistant  assessor,  and  again  on  July  3, 
1869;  May  14,  1868,  commissioned  by  acting-gover- 
nor HigginS  of  Utah  as  "Major  Second  Battalion 
Infantry,  Second  Regiment,  First  Brigade  Nauvoo 
Legion,"  the  militia  of  Utah  Territory ;  October  6, 
1868,  appointed  special  deputy  clerk,  third  judicial 
district  court  for  Cache  and  Rich  counties ;  1868 
elected  school  superintendent  of  Cache  county.  Dur- 
ing his  residence  in  Idaho,  though  his  time  and 
energies  were  well  absorbed  by  his  church  work, 
President  Budge  was  several  times  honored  with 
election  to  local  and  state  offices.  In  1870  he  was 
deputy  surveyor  of  Oneida  county.  In  1880  Bear 
Lake  county  elected  him  a  member  of  the  territorial 
council,  that  being  the  upper  house  of  the  terri- 
torial legislative  body.  In  1898,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  State  Senate  from  Bear  Lake 
county. 

The  marriages  of  President  Budge  have  been 
thf  ee  in  number  and  are  as  follows :  November  24. 
1856,  at  London,  England,  he  married  Julia  Strat- 
ford, a  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza  Stratford,  of 
Maiden,  Essex.  September  9,  1861,  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  he  married  Eliza  Pritchard,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Frances  (Lane)  Pritchard,  who  had 
lately  emigrated  from  Birmingham,  England.  At 
Salt  Lake  City,  on  April  5,  1868,  Mr.  Budge  mar- 
ried Anna  Hyer,  whose  parents  were  Christian  and 
Catherine  Hyer  of  Richmond,  Utah.  The  children 
resulting  from  these  marriages  are :  Julia,  born 
November  n,  1861,  at  Farmington,  Utah,  married 
C.  W.  Nibley,  a  capitalist,  with  home  at  Logan, 
Utah.  Arthur,  born  July  30,  1862,  at  Farmington, 
Utah,  is  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  thoroughbred  live 
stock  at  Paris,  Idaho,  and  his  first  wife  was  Alice 
Athay,  who  died,  and  his  second  wife  is  Fannie 
Morgan.  Annie,  born  November  6,  1864,  at  Provi- 
dence, Utah,  is  an  accountant,  living  in  Logan. 
Rose,  born  June  22,  1866,  at  Providence,  married 
J.  R.  Shepherd,  a  merchant  of  Paris,  Idaho.  Alfred, 
born  February  24,  1868,  at  Providence,  is  judge  of 
the  Fifth  Judicial  District  of  the  state  of  Idaho, 
with  residence  at  Pocatello.,  and  he  married  Ella 
Hoge.  Isabella,  born  February  27,  1869,  at  Provi- 
dence, married  Edward  F.  Davis,  a  farmer  of  Paris, 
Idaho.  Lizzie,  born  February  26,  1870,  at  Provi- 
dence, Utah,  married  William  Pendrey,  a  plumber 
of  Montpelier,  Idaho.  Ezra  T.,  born  August  23. 
1870,  at  Providence,  is  a  cattle  dealer  at  Paris,  and 
first  married  Lillian  Spencer,  who  died,  and  later 
Ada  Passey.  Oliver  H.,  born  April  3,  1872,  at  Paris, 
Idaho,  is  a  doctor  of  dentistry  at  Logan,  Utah,  and 
married  Margaret  Sutton.  David  C.,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1873,  at  Paris,  is  a  physician  and  surgeon 
at  Logan,  and  married  Retta  Bowen.  Franklin, 
born  July  3,  1874,  at  Paris,  is  a  doctor  of  dentistry 
at  Paris.  Mary  S.,  born  January  27,  1875,  at  Paris, 
married  H.  Smith  Woolley,  a  physician  and  surgeon 
of  Pocatello.  Frances  J.,  born  March  10,  1876. 
at  Paris,  married  H.  C.  Duffin,  an  implement  dealer 
of  Rexbutg,  Idaho.  Edwin  S.,  born  April  4,  1876, 
at  Paris,  a  physician  and  surgeon  at  Logan,  mar- 
ried Winnifred  Crouch.  Thomas  B.,  born  January 
23,  1878,  at  Paris,  is  a  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Logan,  and  married  Duella  Alvord.  Jesse  R.  S., 
born  September  14,  1878,  at  Paris,  is  a  practicing 
lawyer  at  Pocatello,  and  married  Grace  Hoff.  Clara, 
born  August  21,  1881,  at  Paris,  married  Daniel  S. 
Price,  a  farmer  of  Paris.  Lillian,  born  March  2, 
1882,  at  Paris,  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Hayward,  a  phy- 
sician and  surgeon  at  Logan.  Effie,  born  May  26, 


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1884,  at   Paris,   Idaho,  married  Edward  J.   Passey, 
a  school  teacher  of  Paris.     Luella,  born  March  2, 

1886,  at  Paris,  is  the  wife  of  Andrew  Wiser,  a  farmer 
of    Lewistown,    Utah.      Seth,    born    September    16, 

1887,  at  Richmond,  Utah,  is  a  farmer  at  Paris  and 
married  Mary  Roberts.     Hugh  Wallace,  born  June 
25,    1889,   at    Garden   City,    Utah,    is   a    student   at 
Logan.    Alta  M.,  born  April  30,  1892,  at  Paris,  is  a 
student  at  Logan.    Scott  M.f  born  May  24,  1895,  at 
Paris,  is  attending  school  at  Logan.     Jean   E.,  the 
youngest,  born  October  14,  1898,  at  Paris,  is  attend- 
ing school  at  Logan. 

The  character  and  career  of  President  William 
Budge  would  bear  close  scrutiny,  and  their  study 
would  reveal  many  lessons  and  examples  for  the 
inspiration  of  the  younger  generations.  He  is  a 
man  of  marked  executive  and  administrative  ability, 
and  these  qualifications  have  brought  him  his  posi- 
tion in  the  church.  With  his  family  he  is  loving 
and  considerate,  yet  firm  and  consistent  in  disci- 
pline, and  he  has  been  an  exemplar  of  uprightness, 
honesty  and  integrity.  His  sons  and  daughters  have 
have  always  sought  his  counsel  in  their  personal  and 
business  affairs,  and  unitedly  extend  to  him  their 
love  and  gratitude.  He  has  achieved  renown  among 
the  people  of  his  church,  and  among  his  non-Mormon 
acquaintances  for  his  remarkable  foresight  and  wis- 
dom, and  by  an  unselfish  devotion  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  his  state  and  the  progress  of  his  people  has 
won  the  love  and  respect  of  thousands,  for  in  all 
things  with  which  he  has  had  to  do,  he  has  been 
trustworthy,  efficient  and  honorable.  No  man 
possessed  to  a  greater  degree  the  confidence  and 
love  of  his  associates  in  whatever  capacity  he  has 
been  called  to  labor.  Physically  strong,  the  hard- 
ships of  pioneer  life  were  courageously  encountered 
and  endured.  He  has  always  enjoyed  excellent 
health,  due  in  large  measure  to  the  fact  that  he  has 
lived  much  out  of  doors  and  has  maintained  a  simple 
diet.  Many  would  envy  him  his  faculty,  when  re- 
tiring to  sleep,  of  entirely  dismissing  from  his  mind 
all  cares  and  worries.  Indeed,  it  may  be  said  that 
President  Budge  cannot  recall  a  time  when  he  was 
confined  to  the  house  by  any  sort  of  ailment,  nor  a 
single  night  when  he  was  troubled  with  sleepless- 
ness. He  may  be  classed  as  one  mentally,  physic- 
ally and  morally  strong.  He  has  been  forceful, 
energetic  and  diligent  in  the  discharge  of  all  the 
duties  of  life. 

THOMAS  DANIELS  JONES.  Whatever  the  vocation 
or  calling,  it  is  finally  efficiency  that  determines  tht 
question  of  success.  The  profession  of  law  requires 
a  strong  mentality  and  a  keen  discriminative  ability, 
but  it  is  only  when  such  native  talents  are  combined 
with  patient  study,  investigation  and  training  in  rea- 
soning and  with  a  large  capacity  for  the  most  labori- 
ous attention  to  detail  that  the  lawyer  attains  a  dis- 
tinctive position  iii  his  profession.  Well  qualified 
in  these  different  directions  for  the  profession  of  his 
choice,  Thomas  Daniels  Jones,  of  Malad  City,  Idaho, 
has  won  a  creditable  place  for  himself  among  the  rep- 
resentatives of  the  Oneida  county  bar.  He  is  not  only 
an  able  lawyer  but  he  is  a  representative  of  the  native 
talent  of  Idaho  and  of  his  own  immediate  section,  for 
he  was  born  at  Malad  City,  his  birth  having  occurred 
January  13,  1875.  His  father,  W.  H.  Jones,  is  a 
native  of  Wales,  who  on  emigrating  to  this  country, 
became  a  pioneer  settler  at  Brigham  City,  Utah.  In 
1863  he  removed  from  Utah  to  Malad,  Idaho,  where 
in  1871  he  was  married  to  Mary  Jane  Daniels  of 
Welsh  descent  and  pioneer  lineage.  William  11. 
Jones  has  given  his  whole  attention  to  ranching  and 
stock-raising  in  a  business  way,  and  in  an  official 
capacity  he  has  served  as  deputy  United  States  mar- 
shal, as  sheriff  of  Oneida  county  and  in  various  other 


of  the  county  offices.  To  these  parents  were  born 
eight  children,  as  follows:  Hugh  W.,  Thomas  Dan- 
iels and  Eli  B.,  all  of  Malad  City;  Mary,  now  the 
wife  of  Dr.  James  M.  Kerns,  of  Malad  City;  Rachel, 
the  wife  of  Dr.  Fred  M.  Ray,  of  Pocatello,  Idaho; 
and  Oscar  D.,  Stella  and  Ralph  H.,  all  of  Malad  City. 
Thomas  Daniels  Jones  received  the  rudiments  of 
his  education  in  private  school  at  Malad  City,  later 
attending  the  agricultural  school  at  Logan,  Utah,  and 
finally  completing  his  professional  training  at  the 
University  of  Michigan,  Ann  ArboY,  from  which  well 
known  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1905  as  an 
LL.B.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  Michigan  and 
in  Idaho  by  the  supreme  courts  of  each  of  these 
states  and  then  located  at  Malad  City,  Idaho,  to  take 
up  the  active  work  of  his  profession.  He  was  suc- 
cessful from  the  start  and  in  1908  was  elected  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  Oneida  county,  being  reelected  to 
that  office  again  in  1910,  each  time  on  the  Republican 
ticket.  His  talent  for  concise  and  tactful  expression 
makes  him  a  valuable  campaign  worker  and  in  both 
1908  and  1910  he  did  effective  work  in  behalf  of  his 
party  in  connection  with  county  and  state  affairs. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  time-honored 
Masonic  order.  During  his  senior  year  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  he  was  elected  managing  editor 
of  the  "Michiganensian"  to  prepare  the  university  an- 
nual for  1905.  He  is  the  owner  of  ranch  lands  in 
Oneida  county  and  also  has  holdings  in  city  realty, 
including  a  modern,  brick  opera  house  erected  in 
Malad  City  in  1907  and  his  own  pleasant  home  in 
that  city.  These  material  accomplishments  are  the 
results  of  his  well  directed  efforts  and  his  merit  as 
a  lawyer  and  as  a  good  business  man,  for  he  has 
builded  largely  upon  his  own  resources. 

On  December  30.  1900,  Mr.  Jones  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Annie  Jardine,  who  died  January 
3,  1902,  leaving  a  daughter.  Anna.  For  his  second 
companion  he  took  Miss  Clara  O'Connell,  whom  he 
wedded  September  25,  1912.  Mrs.  Jones  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Sacred  Heart  Academy  of  Ogden,  and 
was  instructor  in  the  Salt  Lake  City  Conservatory  of 
Music,  prior  to  her  marriage. 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  LEWIS.  Though  not  yet  an  old 
man,  still  active  in  affairs,  and  vigorous  and  public 
spirited  in  his  citizenship,  George  William  Lewis 
on  many  grounds  may  be  regarded  as  one  of  Idaho's 
pioneers,  having  lived  in  this  territory  and  state  since 
the  decade  of  the  sixties.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  early 
Indian  war,  has  been  identified  with  public  affairs  and 
has  long  been  known  for  his  successful  participation 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  business  at  Boise 
and  vicinity. 

George  William  Lewis,  whose  home  is  now  at  929 
Warm  Springs  avenue — a  part  of  the  G.  W.  Russell 
homestead  in  Boise,  was  born  in  Randolph  county, 
Missouri,  September  2,  1852.  Joseph  Lewis,  his 
father,  was  a  grandson  of  Captain  John  Lewis,  among 
whose  children  was  the  noted  Merriwether  Lewis, 
whose  name  is  found  in  every  school  text  book  on 
United  States  History,  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Lewis  &  Clark  Expedition  into  the  northwest,  early 
in  the  nineteenth  century. 

When  George  William  Lewis  was  seventeen  years 
old.  he  came  out  to  Idaho,  in  company  with  his  uncle, 
William  Gess,  and  made  his  home  with  the  Gess 
family  until  his  marriage  in  1881  to  Miss  Olive  A. 
Russell  in  Boise.  Miss  Russell  was  a  daughter  of 
G.  W.  Russell.  During  the  Indian  War  of  1878,  Mr. 
Lewis  served  as  a  volunteer  and  was  chief  scout  un- 
der Captain  Burgh.  He  served  as  deputy  sheriff 
under  Sheriff  Tiner.  during  1882-83.  His  chief  occu- 
pation for  many  years  was  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing, and  he  shipped  a  large  number  of  valuable 
horses  to  eastern  markets.  Later  in  life  he  became 


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interested  in  the  Idaho  Implement  Company,  whose 
store  and  warehouses  were  at  the  corner  of  Eighth 
and  Grove  Streets  in  Boise.  After  selling  out  his 
interest  in  the  implement  company  and  serving  the 
city  as  street  commissioner  for  1902-4  and  spending 
some  time  in  Seattle,  Washington,  Air.  Lewis  re- 
turned to  the  capital  of  Idaho,  and  became  propri- 
etor of  the  Mitchell  Hotel  at  Tenth  and  Front 
Streets. 

To  his  marriage  seven  children  have  been  born, 
named  as  follows  r  Mrs.  Eva  Wilson  of  Boise ;  Mrs. 
Frankie  Bennett,  of  Nampa;  William  R.;  Harry  B.; 
Marion  O.;  and  Helen  and  Harold,  twins,  who  were 
prize  winners  at  the  Inter-Mountain  Fair  when  they 
were  one  year  old. 

FRANK  BEACH.  The  profession  of  civil  engineering 
undoubtedly  offers  a  great  future  to  those  equipped 
by  nature  and  study  for  this  line  of  work.  It  demands, 
however,  perhaps  a  more  thorough  technical  know- 
ledge of  more  subjects  than  almost  any  other  busi- 
ness in  which  a  man  can  engage,  but  its  rewards  are 
commensurate  with  its  difficulties  and  on  the  pages 
of  history  are  the  names  of  civil  engineers  who  have 
seemingly  accomplished  the  impossible  with  other 
benefactors  of  mankind.  The  great  western  country, 
especially  Idaho,  with  its  unsurpassed  wealth  in 
water  power,  without  these  able,  trained,  accurate  and 
daring  men,  would  today  have  been  sleeping  instead 
of  offering  homes  and  riches  untold  to  the  world 
at  large.  Among  the  galaxy  of  civil  engineers  of  the 
state  who  have  reflected  brilliance  upon  the  profes- 
sion, Frank  Beach,  city  engineer  of  Idaho  Falls,  takes 
a  prominent  place.  A  man  whose  success  is  entirely 
due  to  his  own  efforts  and  ability,  he  has  steadily 
risen  in  his  chosen  vocation,  and  today  holds  an 
enviable  position  among  his  confreres.  Mr.  Beach 
was  born  in  the  city  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  March 
8,  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  David  and  Rosana  (Munhall) 
Beach,  natives  of  Ohio.  David  Beach  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Iowa  as  a  lad,  there  received  a  pro- 
fessional training,  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
one  of  the  well  known  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
Des  Moines,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1893,  when 
he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age.  His  widow,  who  still 
survives  him,  lives  at  Santa  Barbara,  California,  and 
is  seventy-two  years  old. 

The  youngest  of  his  parents'  three  children,  Frank 
Beach,  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Des  Moines,  following  which  he  entered 
the  agricultural  college  at  Fort  Collins,  Colorado, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1892,  with  the  degree 
of  Civil  Engineer.  He  immediately  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  chosen  profession  in  Colorado,  but  a  few 
years  later  removed  to  Bozeman,  Montana,  only  to 
return  to  Colorado  a  short  time  later.  He  subse- 
quently spent  several  years  in  Texas  and  Wyoming, 
and  in  1910  came  to  Idaho  and  opened  offices  in 
Idaho  Falis,  where  _  he  has  been  chiefly  identified 
with  work  in  the  irrigation  district.  He  also  erected 
the  Municipal  Power  Plant  for  Idaho  Falls,  the  only 
one  of  its  kind  in  the  state,  and  one  of  the  finest 
and  most  complete  to  be  found  anywhere  in  the 
country.  While  a  resident  of  Donley  county,  Texas, 
he  served  as  county  surveyor,  and  also  held  a  like 
position  in  Bent  county.  Colorado.  In  the  office  of 
city  engineer  to  which  he  was  elected  on  the  inde- 
pendent ticket,  Mr.  Beach  is  rendering  his  adopted 
city  signal  service.  He  has  been  conscientious  in 
his  efforts  to  advance  the  welfare  of  his  community, 
and  his  management  of  the  affairs  of  his  office  has 
been  such  as  to  eain  for  him  the  respect  and  con- 
fidence of  the  people.  Another  public  service  that  he 
has  rendered  to  Idaho  Falls  is  that  of  city  clerk, 
from  which  office  he  retired  in  April,  1913.  In  that, 
as  in  his  present  office,  he  has  given  evidence  of  a 


splendid  civic  loyalty,  consistent  in  every  respect  with 
his  character  and  personality. 

Having  lived  for  fully  twenty  years  in  western 
states,  variously,  he  is  amply  competent  to  judge  of 
the  merits  of  this  section  of  the  country,  and  his 
confidence  in  its  future  has  been  demonstrated  by 
investment  in  large  tracts  of  property.  Fraternally 
he  is  identified  by  his  membership  in  the  Woodmen 
of  the  W'orld  and  the  Blue  Lodge  of  the  Masons,  and 
he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Idaho 
Falls.  In  all  these  organizations  he  is  popular,  and 
has  many  friends. 

Mr.  Beach  was  married  in  Denver,  Colorado,  Octo- 
ber 16,  189";,  to  Miss  Celia  May  Southworth,  and 
they  have  had  three  children:  Esther  R.,  born  in 
December,  1897,  in  Bozeman,  Montana,  and  now 
attending  high  school  in  Idaho  Falls ;  Gladys,  born  in 
July,  1901,  at  Las  Animas,  Colorado,  and  now  a 
student  in  the  graded  schools  of  Idaho  Falls ;  and 
Frank,  Jr.,  born  in  this  city,  in  June,  1911. 

WILL  H.  YOUNG.  Among  the  young  business  men 
of  Southeastern  Idaho  who  have  boldly  entered  the 
lists  in  the  contest  for  success  in  life  is  Will  H. 
Young,  former  cashier  of  the  Bear  Lake  State  Bank 
at  Paris.  He  comes  immediately  of  German 
parentage  and  ancestry,  and  has  given  unmistakable 
evidence  of  the  possession  of  those  splendid  charac- 
teristics of  industry,  thrift,  integrity  and  fixity  of 
purpose  that  have  always  distinguished  this  branch 
of  the  human  family. 

Born  in  southeastern  Kansas  in  November,  1875, 
Will  H.  Young  is  a  son  of  John  and  Louise  (Miller) 
Young,  both  natives  of  Germany.  The  father  em- 
grated  to  the  United  States  along  in  the  fifties  and 
settled  in  New  York  state.  He  was  there  a  resident 
when  the  Civil  war  came  on,  and  as  his  sympathies 
were  with  the  Union  cause,  he  early  enlisted  in  the 
Federal  army  as  a  member  of  a  New  York  regiment 
of  infantry  the  same  being  assigned  to  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  and  with  which  he  served  for  four  years 
and  three  months.  When  the  war  was  over,  he  set- 
tled in  Kansas,  and  there  he  continued  to  reside 
until  death  claimed  him  in  1908,  when  he  was  seventy- 
two  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  still  survives 
him,  continues  her  home  in  Kansas  and  is  now  in 
the  sixty-seventh  year  of  her  age. 

Will  H.  Young  is  the  fourth  of  nine  children  that 
came  to  these  parents.  His  early  educational  dis- 
cipline was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Kansas 
and  following  that  he  received  two  years  of  academic 
training,  as  a  student  for  two  years  in  the  state 
Agricultural  College,  and  during  a  similar  period 
he  devoted  himself  to  commercial  studies  in  a  busi- 
ness college  at  Sedalia,  Missouri.  He  was  then 
twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  for  three  years  after 
the  completion  of  his  studies,  he  devoted  himself  to 
the  profession  of  teaching,  those  activities  being 
carried  on  in  the  state  of  Colorado.  He  then  went 
to  Eastern  Oregon,  where  he  became  identified  with 
banking  activities  for  two  years,  and  thence  he  came 
to  Paris,  Idaho,  in  company  with  A.  K.  Stuenenberg, 
it  being  their  purpose  to  open  the  Bear  Lake  State 
Bank  at  that  place.  This  was  done  in  1905.  Mr. 
Young  was  made  cashier  of  the  new  financial  in- 
stitution, which  position  he  filled  with  general  satis- 
faction to  all  and  with  a  great  deal  of  credit  to 
himself,  until  February,  1913,  when  he  was  appointed 
Deputy  State  Bank  Commissioner,  by  the  Governor 
of  the  state  of  Idaho.  His  appointment  to  this  highly 
responsible  post  came  as  a  distinct  surprise  to  him 
and  to  his  friends  throughout  the  state,  and  is  an 
honor  ^qf  exceptional  import,  corning  as  an  open 
recognition  of  his  exceptional  ability  and  integrity 
in  financial  matters.  To  one  with  his  record  for 
hard  work  and  general  ability,  the  appointment  can 


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be  regarded  in  no  other  light,  and  his  many  friends 
are  keenly  appreciative  of  such  recognition. 

In  every  respect  a  capable  and  keenly  discerning 
business  man,  Mr.  Young  has,  during  his  eight  years 
as  a  business  factor  in  this  community,  acquired  a 
high  standing  for  efficiency  and  the  strictest  integrity. 
All  genuinely  good  business  men  are  progressive, 
and  he  is  one  of  that  stamp.  For  four  years  he  was 
president  of  the  Bear  Lake  County  Fair  Association, 
and  he  did  much  to  make  it  the  effective  and  force- 
ful factor  it  is  in  stimulating  interest  in  the  agricul- 
tural advancement  of  the  county,  and  any  way  that 
opens  for  progress  in  his  community  finds  him  at 
the  fore,  pushing  for  its  accomplishment. 

Politically,  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America,  at  Montpelier,  Idaho. 

Mr.  Young  has  succeeded  in  business,  and  perhaps 
all  the  more  certainly  because  he  has  also  experi- 
enced failure.  He  began  his  career  with  practically 
no  assets  in  a  financial  way,  and  after  carefully  sav- 
ing his  earnings  for  a  time,  he  invested  them.  He 
lost,  but  he  set  out  even  more  energetically  and  reso- 
lutely to  win,  and  he  has  not  been  denied  his  merited 
reward. 

In  November,  1901,  at  Baker  City,  Oregon,  Mr. 
Young  married  Miss  Minnie  Freeman,  daughter  of 
E.  Y.  Freeman,  of  Guthrie,  Oklahoma.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Young  have  one  son, — J.  Freeman  Young,  who 
was  born  at  Paris,  Idaho,  on  April  26,  1910. 

PETER  NYEGAARD.  The  constant  demand  for 
wholesome  food  supplies,  and  recent  national  and 
state  pure  food  laws,  have  resulted  in  the  placing 
upon  the  market  of  a  class  of  goods  of  a  vastly 
better  quality  than  ever  before  given  to  the  public. 
For  these  and  other  equally  cogent  reasons  the 
business  of  catering  to  the  consumers'  demand  and 
giving  out  only  first-class  goods  is  proving  one  of 
the  most  profitable  and  satisfactory  in  the  various 
lines  of  commercial  endeavor,  and  Idaho  Falls  has 
its  own  quota  of  responsible  grocers.  Among  those 
who  have  achieved  success  in  their  chosen  line  is 
Peter  Nyegaard,  whose  well-appointed  establishment 
is  the  reflection  of  all  that  is  latest  and  best  in  all 
staple,  fancy  and  green  groceries,  tastefully  dis- 
played with  due  regard  to  sanitation.  Combined  with 
his  excellent  stock  of  groceries,  he  carries  a  full 
line  of  general  merchandise,  uses  fair  methods  of 
dealing  and  has  good  service,  and  as  a  result  his 
volume  of  business  shows  a  healthy  as  well  as  rapid 
increase.  Mr.  Nyegaard  comes  from  a  country  that 
has  given  Idaho  some  of  its  best  citizenship,  having 
been  born  in  Denmark,  March  7,  1870. 

Peter  Nyegaard  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  land,  after  leaving  which  he  served 
in  the  Danish  army  for  a  period  of  eighteen  months. 
During  the  four  years  that  followed,  he  served  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  grocery  business,  and  in  1890 
accompanied  the  family  to  the  United  States.  He 
spent  one  year  in  Connecticut,  and  then  was  associ- 
ated with  his  father  in  Chicago  for  several  years, 
but  in  1903  came  to  Idaho  Falls  and  established  his 
present  business,  which  almost  immediately  proved 
a  success.  His  stock  is  large,  complete  and  well 
selected,  and  modern  ideas  and  methods  have 
served  to  make  the  store  popular  with  the  buying 
public.  Mr.  Nyegaard's  position  as  a  substantial 
man  of  business  has  been  attained  entirely  through 
the  medium  of  his  own  efforts,  ability  and  _persever- 
ance,  as  he  had  no  outside  financial  aid  or  influential 
friends  to  help  him.  He  is  a  Republican  in  his  polit- 
ical views,  but  has  never  paid  any  attention  to  public 
matters  except  that  taken  by  every  public-spirited 
citizen  in  the  wants  and  welfare  of  his  community. 


He  is  interested  in  fraternal  work  to  some  extent, 
holding  membership  in  the  Eagles,  the  Elks,  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Club  of  Commerce,  and  is  popular 
with  his  fellow-members  in  these  organizations.  His 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church. 

HARRY  L.  1  IOLUSTER.  Idaho  recognizes  and  honors 
its  indebtedness  to  several  classes  of  pioneers.  There 
were  those  men  who  fifty  years  ago  first  settled  in 
the  country  and  proclaimed  its  resources  to  the 
world,  and  who,  while  establishing  homesteads  and 
mining  precious  metals,  at  the  same  time  fought 
countless  battles  with  Indians  and  other  formidable 
enemies  of  the  frontiersman  in  the  shape  of  physical 
hardships  and  privations.  But  after  the  Indians  had 
been  compelled  to  adopt  peaceful  ways  and  after 
life  on  the  plains  and  in  the  vajleys  had  settled  down 
to  a  quiet  and  almost  prosaic  routine,  there  still 
remained  many  opportunities  for  the  pioneer.  The 
building  of  railways,  the  promotion  of  commerce 
and  the  establishment  of  cities  form  another  chapter 
in  Idaho  pioneer  annals.  In  every  decade  the  men 
of  Idaho  have  extended  the  marvelous  opportuni- 
ties of  the  state  with  the  same  physical  hardihood 
and  commercial  daring  which  characterized  the 
first  pathfinders  and  home  makers  in  the  wilder- 
ness. It  is  in  the  group  of  modern  pioneers  that 
Harry  L.  Hollister  has  a  place.  Probably  no  de- 
velopment of  the  present  century  has  attracted  more 
attention  in  the  state  or  has  been  regarded  as  of 
more  potential  benefit  than  the  remarkable  irriga- 
tion projects  in  the  Twin  Falls  country  and  the 
water  power  development  at  Shoshone  Falls.  These 
have  been  monumental  enterprises  and  the  credit 
for  their  accomplishment  is  of  course  divided  among 
a  number  of  men,  but  Mr.  Hollister  for  many  years 
has  been  one  of  the  chief  leaders  in  the  undertaking. 
It  is  his  important  relation  with  that  project  and 
the  general  development  of  Idaho's  agricultural 
and  industrial  resources  that  causes  a  record  of  his 
personal  career  to  have  an  appropriate  position  in 
a  history  of  Idaho. 

The  following  brief  sketch  refers  to  Mr.  Hollis- 
ter's  development  work  in  the  Twin  Falls  coun- 
try, and  also  to  some  points  of  his  personal  and 
private  life. 

His  interest  in  Idaho  dates  from  the  year  1899, 
when  he  became  attracted  by  the  business  oppor- 
tunities offered  by  the  state.  Here  he  took  up  what 
is  perhaps  the  most  important  work  of  his  life,  that 
of  developing  the  water  power  at  Shoshone  Falls. 
It  was  Mr.  Hollister's  enterprise  that  drove  the 
tunnel  through  the  flinty  lava  rock  from  the  fore- 
bay  above  the  falls  to  the  site  of  the  power  house 
at  the  level  of  the  lower  river.  It  was  an  extensive 
work,  carried  through  in  the  face  of  great  obstacles. 
The  chief  obstruction  was  the  litigation  with  United 
States  Senator  W.  A.  Gark,  many  times  a  million- 
aire, who  brought  to  bear  the  power  of  his  great 
wealth  to  defeat  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Hollister.  Not- 
withstanding the  great  odds  against  him,  Mr.  Hollis- 
ter won.  Enlisting  additional  capital  in  his  work, 
the  power  plant  was  finally  put  into  operation,  the 
first  important  power  development  on  Snake  River. 
Later  the  Lower  and  Upper  Salmon  Falls  power 
plants  were  built  by  the  same  organization  in  which 
Mr.  Hollister  and  his  associate,  Mr.  I.  B.  Perrine, 
had  an  important  interest. 

It  is  impossible  to  separate  much  of  the  work 
done  by  Messrs.  Hollister  and  Perrine  in  the  Twin 
Falls  country,  and  an  individual  account  of  the 
latter  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  publication. 
Idaho  owes  a  debt  of  lasting  gratitude  to  these  two 
men.  Only  those  who  have  undertaken  great  enter- 
prises and  carried  them  through  to  their  final  de- 


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velopment  can  understand  the  load  of  care  and 
anxiety  which  a  leader  in  such  work  must  assume. 
Years  of  self-denial  are  a  part  of  their  experience. 
Obstacles  of  every  sort  must  be  overcome.  Legal 
actions  are  instituted  to  defeat  the  enterprise  on 
the  flimsiest  pretexts.  While  Mr.  Perrine  looked 
after  the  business  in  Idaho,  Mr.  Hollister  maintained 
an  office  in  Chicago.  Working  thus  together  the 
great  power  and  irrigation  projects  of  the  Twin 
Falls  country  were  financed  and  the  land  colonized. 
Large  organizations  were  kept  busy  getting  set- 
tlers for  the  tract.  Mr.  Hollister  devoted  several 
years  personally  to  this  work  of  colonization. 

It  is  no  mere  accident  that  prepares  men  to  under- 
take such  magnificent  enterprises  as  those  to  the 
credit  of  Harry  L.  Hollister.  As  a  young  man  he 
developed  those  qualities  of  perseverence  and  far 
sightedness  in  business  that  qualified  him  finally  to 
identify  himself  with  great  power  and  irrigation 
projects.  He  was  born  in  Rockton,  Illinois,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1859,  and  entered  business  life  while  still 
a  youth.  At  nineteen  he  went  to  Dakota,  which 
was  still  a  territory  and  a  wilderness,  locating  at 
Sioux  Falls,  where  at  twenty-three  he  was  engaged 
in  banking.  He  became  the  largest  buyer  of  Sur- 
veyor General's  scrip,  which  was  accepted  by  the 
government  from  settlers  desiring  to  commute 
their  homestead  entries.  At  one  time  he  held 
half  a  million  dollars'  worth  of  this  scrip.  At 
Sioux  Falls  he  became  one  of  the  most  important 
factors  in  the  settlement  and  development  of  the 
Dakotas.  Just  prior  to  the  World's  Fair  in  1893, 
Mr.  Hollister  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  had  ac- 
quired large  real  estate  holdings.  Later  he  moved 
to  Michigan  where  he  was  almost  as  well  known 
as  in  Idaho.  After  the  Columbian  Exposition  he 
built  the  Hollister  Block  in  Lansing,  one  of  the 
most  important  buildings  in  that  city.  He  also 
built,  equipped  and  owned  the  electric  street  rail- 
way system  at  Lansing.  He  returned  to  Chicago  in 
1900. 

It  is  with  great  satisfaction  that  Mr.  Hollister 
contemplates  his  work  in  the  Twin  Falls  country, 
after  having  given  to  it  many  of  the  best  years  of 
his  life.  During  all  ihe  period  of  development, 
he  has  maintained  in  Chicago  large  and  handsome 
offices  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  Twin  Falls 
country.  In  his  share  of  the  work,  which  includes 
not  only  responsibilities  in  the  original  promotion, 
in  financing  and  in  safe-guarding  the  position  which 
he  and  his  associates  had  won,  but  also  in  advertis- 
ing and  bringing  to  the  attention  of  the  public  the 
magnificent  possibilities  of  the  Twin  Falls  country, 
Mr.  Hollister  has  afforded  opportunity  for  the 
permanent  prosperity  and  happiness  of  thousands  of 
people,  many  of  whom  have  never  known  the  source 
from  which  these  benefits  have  come.  At  times  he 
has  large  exhibits  of  Idaho  fruits,  grains  and  vege- 
tables installed  in  the  loop  district  of  Chicago,  and 
thousands  of  visitors  have  been  enabled  to  see  the 
superior  products  of  the  irrigated  farms  and  or- 
chards. 

Mr.  Hollister's  family  life  is  ideal.  His  home  is 
one  of  the  notable  ones  in  the  North  Shore  Dis- 
trict of  Chicago.  The  spacious  house  of  red  brick 
in  the  colonial  style  of  architecture,  stands  in  the 
midst  of  a  group  of  oaks  and  fronts  upon  Lake 
Michigan.  The  large  lawn  is  edged  with  flowering 
shrubs  and  plants  of  many  sorts,  the  whole  making 
a  charming  spot,  restful  and  satisfying.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hollister  have  one  daughter,  Frances,  and  the 
family  has  constant  pleasure  in  entertaining  Idaho 


guests.  Their  hospitality  is  well  known  to  many 
who  have  found  a  hearty  welcome  and  rest  and  com- 
fort within  the  doors  of  this  attractive  home. 

ANDREW  A.  BROTHEN.  The  Red  Cross  Pharmacy, 
of  Idaho  Falls,  now  the  largest  establishment  of  its 
kind  in  Bonneville  county,  is  conducted  by  Andrew 
A.  Brothen,  a  man  whose  career  has  been  marked 
by  steady  advancement  along  well-directed  lines  to 
a  definite  goal.  Coming  to  this  country  some  twenty 
years  ago  as  an  emigrant,  he  soon  familiarized  him- 
self with  the  customs  and  usages  of  his  new  home, 
established  himself  in  business,  and  became  one  of 
his  adopted  state's  best  citizens.  He  has  been  a 
resident  of  Idaho  Falls  only  since  1908,  but  during 
this  time  he  has  firmly  established  himself  in  the 
confidence  of  the  people,  who  support  his  business 
ventures  and  esteem  him  personally.  Andrew  A. 
Brothen  was  born  in  Norway,  July,  29,  1870,  and  is 
a  son  of  Andrew  A.  and  Carrie  (Handy)  Brothen, 
also  natives  of  that  country,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1892  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Decorah, 
Iowa,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming  until 
his  death,  in  1898,  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years. 
Mrs.  Brothen  still  survives  her  husband  and  is  a 
resident  of  New  England,  North  Dakota.  There 
were  three  sons  and  one  daughter  in  the  family, 
Andrew  A.  being  the  oldest. 

Andrew  A.  Brothen  was  given  the  advantages 
of  a  good  education,  attending  the  public  schools 
and  the  State  Pharmaceutical  College  of  Norway, 
from  which  latter  institution  he  was  graduated  in 
1891,  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  G.  Irt  January,  1892, 
he  accompanied  his  parents,  brothers  and  sister  to 
the  United  States,  and  first  settled  at  Park  River, 
North  Dakota,  where  for  a  period  of  six  years  he 
worked  in  the  employ  of  others.  At  that  time  he 
entered  business  on  his  own  account,  at  Bottineau, 
North  Dakota,  from  whence  he  came  to  Idaho  Falls 
in  1908  and  purchased  the  established  business  of  the 
Paine  Pharmacy,  which  he  re-named  the  Red 
Cross  Pharmacy,  and  which  is  now  the  leading  busi- 
ness of  its  kind  in  the  county.  This  store  is  beau- 
tifully decorated  with  handsome  fixtures,  is  equipped 
with  the  most  modern  appliances  known  to  the 
trade,  and  carries  a  full  stock  of  drugs,  medicines, 
toilet  articles,  candies  and  sanitary  goods.  A  steady, 
well-balanced  business  man,  Mr.  Brothen  has  won 
a  large  patronage  through  his  evident  efforts  to 
please  his  customers,  and  through  the  exercise  of 
native  ability  and  good  judgment,  and  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  every  detail  of  his  business.  Although 
the  greater  part  of  his  time  is  devoted  to  his  store, 
he  has  not  put  "all  of  his  eggs  in  one  basket."  but 
has  invested  in  other  enterprises  and  is  president 
of  the  Brothen  Automatic  Level  Company.  Mr. 
Brothen  is  politically  independent,  but,  other  things 
being  equal,  usually  favors  Democratic  candidates 
and  principles.  He  belongs  to  the  Lodge  and  Chap- 
ter of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  to  the  Elks,  in 
which  he  has  numerous  friends,  as  he  has  also 
in  the  Club  of  Commerce.  With  his  wife,  he  attends 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  formed  a  close 
attachment  for  his  adopted  state,  the  resources  of 
which  he  believes  to  be  the  best  of  any  state  that 
he  has  yet  visited,  and  has  declared  his  intentions  of 
spending  the  rest  of  his  life  within  its  borders. 

Mr.  Brothen  was  married  September  27,  1902,  in 
North  Dakota,  to  Miss  Ingeborg  Dyro,  a  native  of 
Norway  and  daughter  of  Lars  Dyro,  and  they  have 
had  two  children:  Clara  and  Severina,  both  born 
in  North  Dakota  and  now  attending  school  in  Idaho 
Falls. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


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BEN  R.  CRANDALL,  S.  B.,  A.  M.,  Pa  D.  The  limits 
assigned  for  this  sketch  of  the  life  of  an  active  and 
eminent  member  of  the  profession  of  educators  are 
wholly  inadequate  to  give  even  a  cursory  notice  of 
his  many  brilliant  accomplishments  in  leading  out 
and  training  the  mental  powers  of  youth,  in  inform- 
ing and  enlightening  the  understanding  of  those 
placed  in  his  care,  and  in  preparing  and  fitting  for 
any  calling  or  business  his  youthful  charges.  It  must 
suffice  to  make  allusion  to  those  incidents  of  an  ac- 
tive and  useful  career  which  has  led  him  to  the  super- 
intendency  of  one  of  the  finest  educational  institu- 
tions in  the  Northwest,  the  Idaho  Falls  graded  and 
high  schools.  Supt.  Crandall  was  born  December  31, 
1874,  at  Andover,  New  York,  and  is  a  son  of  S.  G. 
and  Lenora  (Wood)  Crandall,  natives  of  the  Empire 
State,  who  are  now  living  retired  lives  on  a  farm 
near  Andover. 

The  oldest  of  four  children,  Prof.  Crandall  came 
by  a  natural  inclination  for  his  profession  through 
inheritance,  his  father  being  well  known  in  educa- 
tional circles  of  New  York  for  a  number  of  years. 
His  early  education  was  secured  in  the  public  schools 
of  Andover,  the  Whitesville  Union  high  school  from 
which  he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years,  and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College, 
Buffalo.  In  1892  he  entered  Andover  Academy, 
where  he  took  a  classical  course,  and  graduated  in 
1893.  During  the  two  years  that  followed,  he  taught 
public  schools  in  New  York,  and  then  entered  Alfred 
University,  graduating  from  a  scientific  course  in 
1899,  and  also  covering  the  pedagogic  course.  At 
that  time  he  went  to  Hammond,  Louisiana,  as  prin- 
cipal of  schools,  but  after  three  years  resigned  his 
position  and  came  west  to  Rawlins,  Wyoming,  as  city 
superintendent  of  schools,  doing  much  to  perfect  the 
excellent  system  of  public  schools  there  during  the 
next  five  years.  While  there,  he  took  work  in  the 
University  of  Wyoming,  which  conferred  upon  him 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Pedagogy  and  subsequently 
he  received  the  degree  of  master  of  arts  from  the 
Denver  University.  In  1906  Professor  Crandall  came 
to  Idaho  Falls,  to  become  superintendent  of  schools, 
a  capacity  in  which  he  has  continued  to  act  to  the 
present  time.  In  recognition  of  his  untiring  study 
and  broad  experience  he  was  granted  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Pedagogy  by  Alfred  University.  New 
York,  in  1911.  Among  the  educational  instiutions 
of  Idaho  and  of  the  Northwest,  the  Idaho  Falls  high 
school  takes  front  rank,  its  curriculum  being  com- 
plete and  comprehensive.  The  faculty  includes  Dr. 
Crandall,  who  has  personal  charge  of  the  Normal 
department;  J.  S.  Best,  B.  S.,  A.  M.,  principal, 
history;  A.  L.  Van  Buskirk,  B.  S.,  commercial; 
Mrs.  Van  Buskirk,  shorthand;  Clifton  T.  Smith, 
A.  B.,  mathematics;  Estelle  R.  Heller,  A.  B.  Latin; 
Mary  R.  Whitelaw,  A.  B.,  English  and  oratory; 
Mac  Hoke,  B.  S.,  science  and  agriculture;  Eleanor 
L.  Hoierman,  German,  music;  Frank  Sprinsteen, 
manual  training ;  Doii  Elwell,  domestic  economy, 
and  Sylvia  M.  Sowers,  art. 

Supt.  Crandall  was  married  April  12,  1900,  to  Miss 
Matilda  Fogg,  of  Bridgeton,  N.  J.  Supt.  and  Mrs. 
Crandall  have  had  one  son,  Burton  Benjamin,  now 
seven  years  of  age,  a  bright  and  interesting  lad  who 
is  now  attendfhg  school.  In  his  political  views. 
Prof.  Crandall  is  a  Republican,  but  he  has  not  cared 
for  public  life,  his  whole  time  being  devoted  to  his 
profession  and  his  home.  He  is  a  popular  member 
of  the  Commercial  Club,  and,  with  Mrs.  Crandall, 
attends  the  Methodist  church.  He  is  a  progressive 
spirit,  as  has  been  manifested  by  his  steady  advance- 
ment in  his  profession.  Pre-eminently  an  educator 


of  the  most  advanced  type  and  best  quality,  under 
the  wisdom,  insight  and  persistence  of  his  adminis- 
tration the  schools  of  Idaho  Falls  have  steadily 
grown  and  developed  from  one  building  to  a  well- 
organized  system  of  five  buildings.  The  high  school 
alone  has  grown  from  an  enrollment  of  70  to  that 
of  225  students.  At  present  Dr.  Crandall  is  work- 
ing with  the  architects  drawing  plans  for  a  $150,000 
high  school  building  which  is  to  be  built  next  year. 
This  building  is  to  be  modern  in  every  sense,  fully 
equipped  with  apparatus  for  household  science,  agri- 
culture, commercial  and  all  other  departments,  recep- 
tion rooms,  gymnasium,  reading  rooms  and  library, 
shower  baths  and  swimming  pool  and  many  other 
features  that  will  make  of  it  not  only  an  educational 
center  but  a  social  center  as  well,  and  it  will  be  one 
of  the  finest  and  best  equipped  buildings  in  the  state 
of  Idaho. 

While  it  would  be  invidious  and  inaccurate  to 
attribute  leadership  in  the  general  advancement  of 
education  to  one  or  another  of  the  schools  of  Idaho, 
no  exception  will  be  taken  to  the  assertion  that  great 
credit  is  due  to  the  popular  and  scholarly  superin- 
tendent of  the  Idaho  Falls  schools. 

JAMES  E.  STF.FI.F  Although  James  E.  Steele  has 
been  a  resident  of  the  state  of  Idaho  since  1885,  he 
has  been  identified  with  the  city  of  Idaho  Falls  only 
since  1911.  He  has  for  years  been  prominently 
identified  with  certain  of  the  most  extensive  indus- 
tries of  the  state,  and  is  well  known  within  its  con- 
fines for  a  man  of  splendid  business  capacity,  who 
operates  along  the  lines  of  progressive  ideas,  in 
whatever  association  he  may  find  himself. 

Mr.  Steele  comes  of  sturdy  Scotch  ancestry,  his 
parents  both  being  native  Scots,  while  he  himself 
was  born  in  Manchester,  England,  on  the  22nd  of 
June,  1852.  James  Steele,  his  father,  came  to 
America  in  1856.  He  was  a  civil  engineer  by  pro- 
fession, and  he  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty  while 
crossing  the  desert  plains  of  Wyoming  with  a  hand 
cart.  The  mother,  who  was  Elizabeth  Wylie  in  her 
maiden  days,  accompanied  her  husband  and  two 
children  to  America.  She  was  with  her  husband 
on  the  long  trip  through  Wyoming  which  ended  in 
his  death,  and  she  herself  died  in  American  Fork, 
Utah,  when  she  was  seventy-six  years  of  age.  She 
was  the  mother  of  six  children. 

James  E.  Steele  was  the  firstborn  child  of  his 
parents.  He  was  reared  for  the  most  part  in  Utah, 
where  his  mother  settled  after  the  death  of  the 
young  husband  and  father,  and  until  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  old  the  subject  attended  schools  during 
the  winter  months,  while  his  summer  seasons  were 
occupied  in  farm  work.  He  early  began  the  battle 
of  life  as  a  worker  in  the  ranks,  being  but  seven 
and  a  half  years  old  when  he  was  first  employed. 
He  acquired  a  considerable  experience  in  farming 
lines  as  a  boy  and  followed  that  work  until  he  came 
to  Idaho  in  1885,  locating  at  lona,  in  what  was  then 
Bannock  county,  but  later  was  changed  to  Bingham 
county,  and  is  now  Booneville  county.  After  locating 
there  he  gave  his  attention  to  farming  by  taking  up 
a  homestead,  which  later  he  succeeded  in  proving 
upon,  and  which  was  a  source  of  considerable  profit 
to  him.  In  1892,  very  soon  after  the  organization 
of  the  lona  Mercantile  Company,  which  was  origin- 
ally established  at  lona,  Mr.  Steele  became  associated 
with  the  company,  and  for  twenty  years  he  has 
continued  to  be  so  connected.  He  is  now  president 
and  general  manager  of  the  establishment,  which 
is  known  to  be  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  con- 
cerns in  this  part  of  the  state.  Mr.  Steele  is  con- 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


nected  with  the  sheep  raising  industry  to  a  con- 
siderable extent,  and  is  president  of  the  lonabneep 
Company,  incorporated,  as  well  as  being  president  of 
the  Progressive  irrigation  district  of  Bonneville 
county,  which  was  first  called  the  Eagle  Rock  Canal 
Company.  It  then  took  the  name  of  Progressive 
Canal  Company,  and  is  organized  into  an  irrigation 
district  and  is  now  known  as  the  Progressive  Irri- 
gation District.  This  association  he  has  maintained 
for  the  past  twenty-two  years,  most  of  the  time  in 
his  present  capacity  of  president.  The  Canal  Com- 
pany is  the  largest  in  this  district.  Mr.  Steele  also 
organized  the  irrigation  district,  which  comprises 
forty  thousand  acres,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Progressive  Irrigation  District  from  the  time 
of  its  organization,  many  years  ago.  He  is  presi-. 
dent  of  Anderson  Brothers  Bank  at  Rigby  and  vice- 
president  of  Anderson  Brothers  Bank  of  Idaho  Falls. 
He  has  been  prominent  in  affairs  of  state-wide  im- 
portance, and  was  appointed  president  of  the  World  s 
Fair  Commissions  at  St.  Louis  and  at  Portland, 
Oregon,  by  Governor  Morrison,  being  reappointed  by 
Governor  Gooding.  Mr.  Steele  is  a  Republican,  but 
of  late  years  has  taken  no  active  part  in  the  political 
life  of  the  district.  He  was  senator  from  his  dis- 
trict to  the  eighth  assembly  and  representative  in 
the  seventh  assembly,  and  has  the  distinction  of 
having  been  the  first  mayor  of  lona.  Mr.  Steele  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints 
and  was  the  first  bishop  of  lona,  and  president  of 
the  Bingham  Stake  for  fifteen  years.  He  also  served 
as  secretary  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Idaho 
State  Insane  Aslyum  for  four  years,  making  a  record 
of  which  he  is  justly  proud. 

Mr.  Steele  was  married  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
on  December  23,  1880,  to  Miss  Elvira  Crompton,  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Crompton,  natives 
of  Utah.  Nine  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Steele,  as  follows:  James  H. ;  William  J. ; 
Hannah  E. ;  Oscar  W. ;  Emma  Merie;  Robert  Stan- 
ley; Bruce  B.,  and  Laura  E.  The  family  home  is 
maintained  on  H  street,  and  is  owned  by  Mr.  Steele, 
being  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city. 

ELLA  M.  MILLER.  The  standard  of  excellence 
among  educators  all  over  the  country  is  constantly 
being  raised  higher  and  higher,  and  especially  is 
this  true  in  Idaho,  where  the  people  take  a  com- 
mendable and  justifiable  pride  in  their  public  school 
system.  A  comparatively  young  state,  rapidly  grow- 
ing in  industrial  and  commercial  importance,  its  edu- 
cational needs  have  not  been  neglected,  and  the  state 
has  been  fortunate  in  securing  the  services  of  men 
and  women  of  wide  experience  and  deep  knowledge, 
who  have  enthusiastically  labored  to  maintain  its 
reputation  as  an  educational  center.  In  this  con- 
nection it  is  not  inappropriate  to  sketch  briefly 
the  career  of  Miss  Ella  M.  Miller,  the  efficient  and 
popular  superintendent  of  schools  of  Bonneville 
county,  who  has  devoted  part  of  her  life  to  this  voca- 
tion. 

Ella  M.  Miller  was  born  June  27,  1881,  at  Kirks- 
ville,  Missouri,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Lena  Miller.  Her  father,  a  native  of  Germany, 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  young  manhood, 
and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  enlisted  in 
the  Union  army  as  a  bugler,  serving  as  such  for 
three  years,  and  participating  with  his  command 
in  many  hard  fought  engagements.  On  the  close 
of  his  military  career  he  moved  to  Kirksville,  Mis- 
souri, where  for  several  years  he  was  connected 
with  the  lumber  business  as  a  dealer,  but  eventually 
moved  to  a  farm  in  Missouri,  where  he  devoted  him- 
self to  agricultural  activities.  He  moved  to  Idaho 


Falls  in  1903  and  he  and  his  wife  are  yet  living. 
Like  many  of  his  countrymen,  Mr.  Miller  is  a 
great  lover  of  music  and  has  been  a  capable  and 
creditable  performer  of  several  instruments. 

After  attending  the  public  and  high  school  of 
Missouri  Miss  Miller  studied  music  at  the  Con- 
servatory of  Music,  in  Kirksville,  Missouri,  for  two 
years,  and  having  inherited  her  father's  predilection 
and  talent  for  music,  started  her  independent  career 
as  a  music  teacher.  In  1900  she  decided  to  become 
an  educator  along  general  lines,  and  began  teaching 
a  rural  school,  which  subsequently  came  to  be  a 
village  school  with  four  teachers,  and  where  she 
remained  for  five  years,  during  the  part  of  which 
she  served  in  the  capacity  of  principal.  At  that 
time  she  came  to  Idaho  Falls,  where  for  three 
years  she  taught  in  the  graded  schools  and  was 
then  made  principal  of  the  East  Side  School,  being 
the  incumbent  of  that  position  at  the  time  of  her 
appointment,  April  19,  1910,  to  the  office  of  county 
superintendent  of  schools  for  Bonneville  county. 
Miss  Miller  has  been  a  deep  and  thorough  student, 
and  since  taking  up  the  work  of  her  profession 
has  studied  at  leading  Normal  schools  of  the  West, 
and  the  University  of  Chicago,  although  never  re- 
maining in  any  one  long  enough  to  graduate.  Her 
work  in  her  chosen  field  of  endeavor  has  been  suc- 
cessful in  every  way,  and  the  signal  services  she 
is  rendering  her  adopted  county  can  not  be  over- 
estimated. She  is  popular  alike  with  teachers  and 
pupils,  and  the  people  of  Bonneville  county  have 
expressed  their  confidence  in  her  ability  on  a  num- 
ber of  occasions.  Miss  Miller  is  a  Republican  in 
her  political  views  and  takes  an  active  and  intelligent 
interest  in  matters  of  a  public  nature.  Her  religious 
faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

DANIEL  C.  THORP,  manager  of  the  Hailey  Auto 
Company,  Hailey,  Idaho,  is  one  of  the  enterprising 
young  business  men  of  the  town  who  recently  took 
up  his  residence  here. 

Mr.  Thorp  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  New 
York,  September  20,  1875,  son  of  William  A.  and 
Rosetta  M.  (Clark)  Thorp,  both  natives  of  New 
York  and  both  still  residents  of  that  state.  Both 
have  long  been  devout  Christians  and  active  church 
workers.  In  their  family  are  two  sons  and  a  daughter, 
Daniel  C.  being  the  second  born  and  second  son. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  Daniel 
C.  received  his  education.  When  a  youth  he  learned 
to  handle  the  telegraph  key,  and  his  first  job  as 
telegrapher  was  with  the  New  York  Central  Rail- 
road Company,  with  which  he  remained  for  seven 
years.  Next  he  was  with  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad  Company,  in  the  same  capacity 
for  several  years,  after  which  he  was  employed  in 
the  ticket  office  at  the  Grand  Central  Station  in 
New  York  City.  Then  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  automobile  business.  In  1908  he  came  West, 
Nebraska  his  objective  point,  and  after  two  years 
spent  there  in  the  automobile  business  he  came  to 
Idaho.  His  first  location  in  this  state  was  Gooding. 
From  there,  in  February,  1912,  he  came  to  Hailey, 
associated  himself  with  Mr.  Furcht,  and  in  partner- 
ship with  him  purchased  the  Hailey  Auto  Company. 
His  general  business  experience,  and  especially  that 
in  the  line  of  work  in  which  he  is  now  engaged,  fits 
him  for  his  present  undertaking  and  practically  in- 
sures success. 

Mr.  Thorp  is  fond  of  camp  life,  particularly  in 
the  mountains,  and  enjoys  travel.  He  has  great  faith 
in  the  future  development  of  Idaho.  While  he  votes 
the  Republican  ticket,  he  takes  no  active  part  in 


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politics,  and,  religiously,  his  inclinations  are  toward 
the  Baptist  church. 

JOSEPH  N.  IRELAND.  With  the  exception  of  the 
accounts  of  exploration  and  discovery,  the  opera- 
tions of  the  old  fur-trading  companies  and  similar 
activities,  the  history  of  Idaho's  substantial  and 
real  development  might  well  be  condensed  in  a 
period  of  half  a  century.  Fifty  years  ago  there 
were  only  a  military  and  trading  post  and  a  few 
mining  camps  and  prospectors  in  all  the  territory 
of  Idaho.  It  is  remarkable,  however,  that  only  a 
very  few  living  men  have  been  personal  witnesses 
and  actors  in  this  half-century  era  of  historical 
progress.  Those  who  sought  fortune  and  adventure 
in  Idaho  during  the  early  sixties  were  the  pioneers 
of  pioneers,  and  it  is  with  more  than  ordinary 
interest  that  the  modern  reader  will  peruse  the 
details  of  a  career  which  has  continued  from  that 
time  down  to  the  present.  One  of  these  old  set- 
tlers whose  contemporaries  were  the  gold-hunters 
who  were  first  attracted  into  Idaho  was  Mr.  Joseph 
N.  Ireland,  now  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Pocatello,  but  in  the  main  living  retired 
after  his  long  and  active  career.  Mr.  Ireland  knew 
practically  all  the  early  men  of  this  country,  and 
there  is  no  better  informed  man  anywhere  con- 
cerning the  history,  the  resources  and  the  general 
character  of  southern  Idaho.  He  lived  and  had  Ins 
part  in  those  stirring  days,  which  were  so  remark- 
able for  their  individualism  and  also  for  their  help- 
ful cooperation,  and  he  not  only  witnessed  but  took 
part  in  the  formation  of  those  agencies  which  were 
preliminary  to  the  establishment  of  formal  Civil 
government  in  the  northwest  country. 

Mr.  Ireland  was  born  in  Calvert  county,  Mary- 
land, May  15,  1839,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
(Wilson)  Ireland.  The  old  homestead  where  both 
father  and  grandfather  were  born  was  in  Calvert 
county,  some  sixty  miles  below  Baltimore,  and  now 
belongs  to  Philip  Ireland,  a  nephew  of  Joseph  N. 
Ireland.  The  earlier  members  of  the  family  gave 
service  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  so  that  the 
stock  is  long  established  in  America.  The  father 
died  in  1847  at  the  age  of  fifty  and  the  mother  also 
a  native  of  Maryland  died  in  1857.  aged  fifty-seven. 
Joseph  N.  Ireland  attended  the  district  school  near 
his  home,  arrd  at  the  age  of  fourteen  was  sent  to 
Baltimore  to  learn  the  saddlers'  trade.  Fight  years 
later  he  resolved  that  the  West  should  furnish  him 
his  opportunity  and  by  a  long  trip  across  the  Middle 
West  reached  Omaha.  Nebraska.  That  was  then 
the  frontier  outfitting  point  for  travel  into  the  North- 
west. As  soon  as  possible  he  joined  an  immigrant 
train,  which  left  June  14.  1862,  and  which  was. three 
months  enronte.  When  it  arrived  in  what  is  now 
Bannack  county,  Idaho,  the  party  split  up  and  Mr. 
Ireland,  with  II.  Hendee  and  his  wife,  the  latter 
having  been  the  first  woman  to  go  into  the  mines  of 
Montana  proceeded  to  the  new  diggings.  When  Mr. 
Ireland  and  his  companions  reached  Beaver  Head, 
Montana,  a  man  named  William  Gibson  came  to  the 
camp  on  trail  to  advise  them  of  the  discovery  of 
gold  by  himself  and  others  in  a  creek  they  named 
Grasshopper,  which  is  now  Bannack.  Montana.  His 
object  in  coming  to  the  trail  was  to  induce  immi- 
grants to  come  To  the  camp,  this  he  did  by  posting 
a  placard  on  the  trail  giving  the  direction  to  the 
mines.  The  destination  of  immigrants  was  Oregon, 
particularly  Florence  on  Salmon  River  and  Fra/ier 
River,  B.  C.  Buffalo  Gulch  in  the  Bannack  region 
was  named  by  Mr.  Ireland,  and  he  and  his  com- 
panions got  some  gold  there. 

It  will  be  much   more   interesting  to  follow    Mr. 


Ireland's  adventures  in  the  new  country  through 
the  medium  of  his  own  reminiscences  covering  the 
time  he  started  West,  until  about  1874  or  1875.  '  h«se 
recollections  of  an  old  pioneer  present  a  very  vivid 
account  of  social  conditions  and  law  and  order  as 
maintained  in  the  early  mining  camps,  and  this  his- 
tory of  Idaho  contains  no  more  illuminating  factor 
in  those  few  years  than  the  following  account  from 
the  words  of  Mr.  Ireland.  He  says: 

"I  crossed  the  plains  in  1862.  left  Omaho.  Juno 
14,  and  arrived  at  a  place  about  twenty  miK-s  fr<  m 
where  Bannack  City,  Montana,  now  is  on  the  twenty- 
ninth  of  August.  They  had  just  discovered  gold 
there.  One  of  the  discovers  came  out  to  the  immi- 
grant road  and  struck  our  camp  telling  us  of  the 
find,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hendee  and  myself  left  the 
outfit  and  went  to  the  camp.  Montana  did  not  exist, 
and  Washington  territory  at  the  time  extended  as 
far  east  as  the  Nebraska  line.  The  men  who  dis- 
covered the  gold  on  Grasshopper  were  Colonel  Mc- 
Clain,  first  delegate  to  congress  from  the  territory 
of  Montana,  Washington  Stapleton,  William  Gib- 
son, a  man  named  Root  and  another  called  David, 
and  another  whose  name  was  Dance.  Within  the  next 
thirty  days  about  thirty  more  men  came  in.  About 
that  time  the  Bannack  Indians  came  in  on  us.  about 
four  or  five  hundred  warriors,  with  Winnemutta  as 
their  chief.  He  was  the  great  Piute  chief.  The 
most  of  the  Indians  wanted  to  drive  us  out  of  the 
country  or  kill  us,  but  Winnemutta  prevailed  on 
them  to  let  us  go  and  told  them  if  they  killed  us 
more  white  men  would  come  out  to  avenge  -mr 
deaths  than  there  was  grass  on  the  meadow  where 
we  were  then.  We  parleyed  with  them  about  three 
or  four  days,  and  they  agreed  to  let  us  stay,  provid- 
ing we  dig  the  gold  and  leave  the  country  the  next 
year,  and  not  raise  any  wheat  which  meant  farm- 
ing with  the  Indians.  We  had  to  give  them  the 
larger  portion  of  the  supplies  we  had.  We  invited 
them  to  come  back  that  way  in  the  spring,  and  trade 
their  furs  with  us.  During  the  parley  with  the 
Indians,  the  peace-pipe  was  smoked.  Indians  and 
white  men  taking  their  turn  at  the  pipe  as  it  was 
passed  around  the  circle.  There  were  two  or  more 
circles  smoking  at  the  same  time.  The  Indians  were 
then  going  on  a  buffalo  hunt  in  the  Yellowstone. 

"Jn  April  or  May  of  1863  they  came  back,  seem- 
ing friendly,  and  camped  about  four  or  five  miles 
from  Bannack.  In  the  meantime  Bannack  had 
grown  to  have  a  population  of  about  five  hundred, 
principally  men,  among  them  many  tough  charac- 
ters. Instead  of  leaving  the  country  as  we  had 
promised,  a  band  principally  of  these  toughs  was 
organized  to  attack  the  Indians  in  the  night  and  kill 
then  all  and  capture  their  ponies  and  furs.  The 
attack  was  to  be  made  between  twelve  o'clock  and 
daylight,  while  they  were  asleep  in  their  wickiups. 
A  half-breed  Indian  and  a  Frenchman  learned  of 
the  plan  and  told  the  Indians,  and  they  were  lying 
along  the  Creek  waiting  for  the  attack.  The  leader 
of  the  attacking  party  and  most  of  his  men  got  drunk 
before  the  hour  set  for  the  attack  and  the  plan  fell 
through.  The  next  day  the  Indians  were  a  little 
shy.  but  some  of  them  came  into  town.  Buck  Simp- 
son. Hayes  T.yons.  Skinner  and  others  of  the  same 
kind  (these  men  were  hung  by  the  vigilant  com- 
mittee the  next  year)  fired  into  the  Indians  on  the 
street  and  killed  two  or  three  of  them,  and  the 
Indians  left  the  country,  killing  one  man  by  the 
name  of  Guy  on  their  way  out. 

"The  winter  of  1862-63  was  a  very  dreary  one  in 
Bannack.  One  of  the  first  men  who  came  in  after 
the  Indians  had  taken  our  supplies  was  Mr.  Wood- 
mansee  of  Salt  Lake,  with  three  or  four  wagon- 


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loads  of  provisions,  principally  bacon,  beans,  and 
black  flour.  Although  of  poor  quality,  the  people 
bought  all  he  had.  We  built  a  few  log  cabins  and 
fixed  for  the  winter.  We  were  snow-bound  from 
the  last  of  November  until  about  April.  A  man 
named  Hod  Conover  agreed  to  go  to  Salt  Lake  and 
take  the  mail,  if  we  could  assure  him  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  letters,  at  two  dollars  and  a  half  per  letter. 
This  did  not  seem  an  exorbitant  price.  During  the 
winter  a  few  stragglers  came  in.  Poker  playing 
was  the  chief  occupation.  Beans  were  used  for 
chips,  and  gold  dust  was  our  money.  The  monotony 
of  the  winter  was  broken  by  the  killing  of  a  man 
name  Cleveland,  by  Henry  Plummer.  It  was  re- 
ported that  Cleveland  was  a  horse  thief,  so  nothing 
was  done  with  Plummer.  But  only  two  or  three 
weeks  later  a  man  by  the  name  of  Kossuth  was  killed 
and  three  wounded,  John  Burnett,  Sam  Ellis  and 
another.  The  trouble  came  over  an 'Indian  squaw 
that  a  man  named  Moore  had  bought,  making  pay- 
ment in  a  pair  of  blankets.  The  squaw  went  back  to 
her  father,  but  the  blankets  were  not  returned. 
Moore  and  Reeves  went  in  the  night  to  the  Indian 
camp  and  fired  at  the  tent  and  killed  a  white  man, 
and  wounded  three  others  who  had  gone  in  to  see 
what  the  trouble  was  about.  Before  morning  Moore 
and  Reeves  found  that  it  was  best  for  them  to  leaVe 
the  country,  and  Plummer  got  alarmed  and  went 
with  them.  Walker  Lear  and  a  man  name  Higgins 
and  one  or  two  others  followed  them  up.  The  snow 
was  so  deep  they  could  not  get  away  and  Lear  and 
Higgins  with  their  companions  arrested  Moore, 
Reeves  and  Plummer  and  brought  them  back.  A 
miners'  meeting  was  called  and  a  trial  held  and  they 
were  acquitted.  After  the  acquittal  they  spotted  every 
man  who  had  had  anything  to  do  with  their  arrest. 
There  seemed  to  be  a  general  understanding  in  the 
country  at  that  time  when  two  people  had  had  trou- 
ble, and  they  parted,  the  next  time  they  met  one  or 
the  other  had  to  die,  so  Plummer  and  Crawford 
got  to  carrying  guns  for  each  other.  Crawford  hap- 
pened to  get  the  first  chance  and  shot  Plummer  in 
the  arm.  After  Plummer  got  well  Crawford  kept 
himself  concealed  until  he  could  get  out  of  the 
country,  and  never  came  back. 

"There  was  no  law  in  the  country.  If  a  man  owed 
you  money  and  did  not  want  to  pay,  you  might  have 
to  collect  it  at  the  muzzle  of  a  gun,  and  it  was  often 
done.  In  part,  it  was  the  only  way  to  make  a  col- 
lection. Highwaymen  were  numerous,  even  oper- 
ating by  day,  and  warned  their  victims  that  if  they 
'peached'  they  would  meet  death  at  the  hands  of 
some  of  the  band.  Towards  spring  seven  men 
started  out  to  prospect.  Bill  Fairweather,  Barney 
Hughes,  Tom  Coover,  Edgar.  Harry  Rodgers,  Bill 
Sweeney  and  George  Orr.  George 'Orr  was  taken 
sick  and  stopped  at  Deer  Lodge  with  some  half 
breed.  The  others  went  out  to  the  Yellowstone 
country.  The  Indians  took  nearly  everything  they 
had  and  drove  them  out  of  the  country.  On  their 
way  back  they  discovered  Alder  Gulch,  said  to  be 
the  richest  gulch  of  placer  mining  that  ever  was 
discovered  in  the  world.  They  prospected  the  gulch 
and  each  man.  located  a  discovery  claim  of  one  hun- 
dred feet  up  and  down  the  creek  both  sides,  and  one 
hundred  feet  of  a  preemption  claim,  thus  giving  each 
man  two  hundred  feet.  These  men  came  back  to 
Bannack  and  told  what  they  had  found  and  on  the 
seventh  of  June.  186.3,  they  went  in  with  a  stampede 
about  seventy-five  men,  I  among  them.  We  all 
rushed  up  the  creek  to  see  who  would  get  the  next 
claim.  As  soon  as  a  claim  was  located  the  next 
thing  was  to  get  sluice  boxes  to  wash  the  gold.  Lum- 


ber had  to  be  -sawed  by  hand,  and  cost  fifty  cents  a 
running  foot. 

"During  the  summer  people  came  in  from  all  di- 
rections, attracted  by  the  reports  of  the  rich  pros- 
pects, and  by  fall  there  were  at  least  five  thousand 
people  living  here. 

"There  was  a  band  of  road-agents  organized  in 
1863  in  Bannack.  A  man  by  the  name  of  Dillingham 
joined  them  for  the  purpose  of  betraying  them.  He 
learned  they  were  about  to  rob  a -man  by  the  name 
of  Todd,  and  informed  the  latter.  Mr.  Todd,  who 
knew  some  of  the  men  belonging  to  this  band  fool- 
ishly asked  them  if  they  intended  to  rob  him.  The 
men,  of  course,  denied  it,  and  asked  him  where  he 
got  his  information,  and  he  said  Dillingham  was 
the  source  of  it.  Dillingham  was  in  Alder  Gulch  at 
the  time.  The  men  left  Bannack  and  came  to  Alder 
after  him  and  found  him  sitting  in  a  circle  of  men. 
I  was  in  that  circle.  They  called  him  out,  saying 
they  wanted  to  see  him.  He  had  hardly  gone  twenty 
feet,  when  they  shot  him.  Buck  Stimpson,  Charlie 
Forbes,  and  Hayes  Lyons  were  the  men  who  called 
Dillingnam  out  and  shot  him,  Charlie  Forbes  being 
the  man  who  fired  the  fatal  shot.  The  sheriff  and 
the  deputies  were  themselves  all  highwaymen.  The 
killers  of  Dillingham  were  arrested,  and  a  miners' 
meeting  called.  An  attorney  by  the  name  of  A.  P. 
H.  Smith  defended  and  he  got  the  miners  to  try 
Forbes  by  himself.  Forbes  claiming  to  be  a  Southern 
man  from  New  Orleans  asserted  that  Dillingnam 
had  charged  the  former  with  being  a  highwayman 
which  was  more  than  this  Southern  gentleman  would 
stand.  _  The  camps  being  stocked  with  a  good  many 
Secessionists  who  had  left  Missouri  and  other  states, 
the  sentiment  was  in  favor  of  Forbes,  and  they 
cleared  him.  Then  they  tried  the  other  two  men 
and  convicted  them,  built  the  scaffold  and  dug  the 
grave.  At  that  point  the  attorney  got  the  miners 
to  take  another  vote.  This  you  remember  was  right 
in  sight  of  the  gallows  and  graves.  In  the  first  point 
it  was  claimed  a  mistake  had  been  made.  When 
about  two-fhirds  of  the  vote  had  been  counted  on 
the  second  ballot  there  was  a  cry  raised  that  the 
prisoners  were  cleared,  and  in  the  excitement  the 
outlaws  were  put  on  horses  and  rode  out  of  the 
country. 

I  left  Alder  Gulch  in  the  fall  and  came  to  Ban- 
nack, and  just  after  I  reached  there  the"  miners  hung 
a  little  Irishman  for  killing  a  man  named  Keeley. 
The  Irishman  had  committed  the  murder  for  money. 
In  Alder  Gulch  a  man  named  George  Ives  killed  a 
young  fellow  for  his  money,  and  the  miners'  meeting 
convened  and  hung  Ives  and  on  the  strength  of 
this  affair  a  vigilance  committee  was  formed  that 
winter  and  twenty-five  or  thirty  of  these  highwaymen 
were  hung.  Among  them  was  the  sheriff,  Henry 
Plummer,  Deputy  Sheriff  Jack  Gallagher,  Skinner, 
Buck  Stimpson,  Hayes  Lawrence,  Ned  Ray,  Boone 
Hellem,  Bill  Hunter.  A  Mexican  was  shot  to  death 
by  the  vigilantes  for  killing  one  of  their  number. 
After  shooting  the  Mexican  they  pulled  down  his 
cabin  and  put  his  body  on  the  pile,  set  fire  to  them 
all,  and  burned  the  whole  thing.  Slade  was  also 
hung,  but  he  was  not  a  highwayman,  but  a  danger- 
ous man  in  the  community." 

In  the  meantime  having  accumulated  a  consider- 
able fortune  in  nuggets  and  free  gold,  Mr.  Ireland 
in  the  fall  of  1863  returned  to  Omaha,  he  and  his 
partners  driving  a  wagon  overland  to  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  thence  east  to  Omaha,  where  the  proceeds 
of  their  ventures  were  carefully  deposited.  In  the 
spring  of  1864,  Mr.  Ireland  once  more  went  into 
the  western  country  and  located  at  Fort  Hall,  which 
was  the  first  military  post  in  Idaho  territory,  having 


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been  established  in  1869.  Here  once  more  we  take 
up  the  persona!  narrative  and  description  of  his  own 
adventures  and  conditions  in  Idaho  territory  for  the 
next  year  or  so. 

"The  first  government  stage  was  put  on  in  the 
summer  of  1864  to  carry  the  mail  from  Salt  Lake 
to  Montana,  and  from  Fort  Hall  to  Boise.  It  was 
called  the  main  line  to  Montana,  and  to  Boise  was 
a  branch  line.  There  had  been  a  private  mail  line 
from  Montana  to  Salt  Lake  owned  by  Oliver  and 
Conover,  but  when  the  government  line  was  put  on 
they  took  their  stages  off  and  ran  them  to  differmt 
camps  in  Montana.  The  government  contract  was 
let  to  Ben  Holliday.  The  first  stage  robbery  was 
near  Pocatello  in  1863.  The  station  was  on  Poca- 
tello Creek  and  about  two  miles  south  of  the  creek 
in  a  little  hollow  the  robbery  occurred.  The  robbers 
were  led  by  a  man  named  Brocky  Jack.  They 
got  about  six  or  seven  thousand  dollars  from  the 
passengers.  A  man  named  Jack  Hughes  from  Den- 
ver had  most  of  the  money.  Hughes  complained 
to  Brocky  Jack  that  not  enough  had  been  left  him 
to  pay  for  his  meals  back  to  Denver,  so  Brocky  Jack- 
very  liberally  returned  him  twenty  dollars  in  order 
to  get  home. 

"The  first  winter  after  the  establishment  of  the 
government  stage  line  there  was  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  in  getting  the  mail  through.  The  contract 
for  building  the  station  on  the  Boise  branch  and  put- 
ting up  tlft  hay  for  the  winter  was  left  to  James 
Lockett  for  so  many  dollars  per  ton,  and  so  many 
dollars  tor  the  building  of  each  station.  Lockett  was 
a  hard-working  industrious  man.  When  the  pay- 
master from  the  East  came  along  he  paid  Lockett 
in  greenback  dollars,  which  at  that  time  were  worth 
but  forty-five  cents  on  the  dollar  in  New  York,  and 
in  this  country  they  were  used  only  as  curiosities, 
men  lighting  their  cigars  with  them,  and  pasting 
them  up  over  the  bars  and  similar  facetious  uses 
of  them  were  made.  Getting  paid  in  greenbacks 
cut  down  Lockett's  price  more  than  half.  The  result 
of  that  settlement  was  that  Lockett  and  his  friends 
burned  up  the  hay  at  the  stations,  so  that  there  was 
nothing  for  the  stock  to  eat,  and  the  carrying  of 
the  mail  to  Boise  failed  on  that  account.  Most  of 
the  men  remained  on  the  road  and  took  care  of  the 
stock  as  best  they  could,  but  there  was  no  provisions 
for  them  and  they  had  to  live  on  the  barley  which 
had  been  brought  in  for  the  mules.  There  were  some 
game  that  could  have  been  gotten  if  the  men  had 
been  prepared  to  hunt,  but  most  of  them  only  had 
six-shooters.  On  the  main  line  to  Montana  they  got 
through  a  stage  occasionally.  The  Indians  were  not 
on  the  warpath,  but  they  stole  a  good  many  mules 
to  kill  and  eat.  The  snow  was  not  so  deep  but  that 
a  mule  or  horse  could  pick  his  living,  but  the  range 
was  so  poor  that  the  mules  would  not  be  strong 
enough  to  pull  a  stage.  There  were  two  Indians  who 
pretended  to  be  friendly,  and  said  they  would  tell 
the  whites  when  the  Indians  were  coming  to  steal, 
but  in  reality  they  were  spies.  These  Indians  hung 
around  Kink  Hill  Station  on  Snake  River,  where 
Tom  Oakley  stayed  most  of  the  winter.  The  Red- 
men  were  about  the  station  a  good  deal,  and  finally 
one  day  while  he  still  had  some  beans  left,  Tom  was 
boiling  some  for  .dinner,  and  when  they  were  about 
half  done  they  scorched.  He  was  about  to  throw 
them  out  when  an  Indian  came  and  he  gave  them  to 
the  latter.  The  Indian  gorged  himself,  and  in  about 
two  hours  died  of  indigestion. 

"In  the  spring  Pete  McManis,  the  division  agent, 
came  through  from  Boise,  trying  to  get  the  mail 
through.  When  he  reached  King  Hill,  he  told  the 
assistant  division  agent  Oakley  to  go  along  with 


him.  A  man  called  Yank  and  myself  were  at  King 
Hill  that  winter,  and  we  were  to  follow  them,  but 
first  Oakley  told  Yank  to  take  the  oxen  and  haul  out 
a  wagon  that  had  mired  down  near  the  camp  the  fall 
before.  Yank  took  the  oxen  and  in  trying  to  get 
out  the  wagon  they  mired  down.  Oakley  saw  from 
the  road  what  had  happened  and  came  back  to  the 
station.  In  the  meantime  the  other  Indian,  of  the 
two  spies,  had  come  in  with  a  prairie  hen  that  he 
wanted  to  trade  for  something.  I  told  him  t<>  «*e 
Oakley,  I  was  not  the  station  agent.  Oakley  came 
up  just  then  vexed  >at  having  to  come  back  and 
told  the  Indian  to  get  out  of  the  door.  The  latter 
did  not  move,  and  Oakley  took  him  by  the  lapel 
of  the  coat  and  jerked  him  out.  The  men  in  the 
stage  called  to  him  to  shoot  the  Indian,  and  Oakley 
pulled  out  his  gun  and  was  going  to  do  s<>,  but  I 
said  'don't  kill  him,'  and  he  put  up  his  gun  and  told 
the  Indian  to  get  off  the  place.  The  Indian  went 
sulkily,  and  the  witnesses  once  more  called  out,  'Why 
don't  you  kill  him?'  and  then  Oakley  pulled  <>ut  his 
gun  and  shot  the  Indian  dead.  Just  at  that  moment 
the  oxen  came  up  with  the  log  chain  dragging  behind 
them,  having  extricated  themselves  out  of  tne  mud- 
hole.  Oakley  said,  'Here  Yank  put  the  log  chain 
around  the  Indian's  neck,  and  drag  him  away  from 
the  station.'  Yank  obeyed  orders,  and  hitched  on 
the  oxen  and  dragged  the  body  off.  It  was  all  done 
as  if  it  was  a  matter  of  business.  Oakley  was  n"t 
a  bad  man,  but  he  hated  a  thief,  and  he  knew  these 
Indians  were  stealing  the  mules  or  helping  other 
Indians  to  steal  them.  OCBOoft  L 

"In  1865  the  stage  line  was  changed  from  «• 
Bannack  Mountain  to  Portneuf  Canyon,  and  in  the 
fall  a  stage  robbery  occurred  in  Portneuf  Canyon, 
at  which  sixty  thousand  dollars  was  obtained  by  the 
robbers  and  four  men  were  killed  and  one  wounded. 
Lockett  determined  to  get  even  with  Holliday  on 
account  of  being  paid  in  greenbacks  instead  of  gold 
for  building  the  stage  station,  and  providing  the 
hay  for  the.  stage  lines.  Holliday  had  a  partner 
named  William  L.  Halsey,  a  banker  of  Salt  Lake. 
Halsey  was  expected  to  go  through  on  the  stage  from 
Helena  to  Salt  Lake,  taking  with  him  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars  in  money.  Lockett  re- 
solved to  rob  the  stage  the  day  Halsey  was  on.  The 
driver  stood  in  with  Lockett'  and  was  to  give  the 
information  as  to  when  Halsey  would  be  through. 
Halsey  feared  he  would  be  robbed  and  hurried 
through  the  stages  he  was  on  until  he  got  twelve 
hours  ahead  of  schedule.  The  robbers  not  looking 
for  him  so  early,  he  and  his  treasure  escaped  with- 
out danger.  Lockett  being  disappointed  in  this  ven- 
ture, determined  then  to  rob  the  stage  when  there 
was  another  lot  of  money  on  board.  There  was  a 
St.  Louis  firm  that  had  a  branch  business  in  Helena. 
One  of  the  partners  had  been  killed  by  another  man 
named  McCausland,  and  the  other  St.  Louis  partner. 
David  Dinan  came  out  to  settle  up  matters  and  bring 
back  the  money.  It  was  known  that  a  large  sum 
was  handled,  and  the  stage  driver  notified  Lockett 
of  the  coming.  When  the  stage  reached  a  narrow 
place  in  the  canyon  about  twelve  or  fifteen  miles 
south  of  Pocatello,  the  robbers  who  were  hidden 
in  the  willows  held  up  the  stage.  The  passengers 
were  all  sitting  with  their  guns  pointing  out  of  the 
stage,  and  as  soon  as  they  saw  the  robbers  they  shot 
over  them,  and  then  the  highwaymen  began  firing 
and  killed  McCausland,  Dinan  and  Lawrence  Merse. 
The  fourth  man  I  do  not  recall  by  name.  The 
driver,  of  course,  was  uninjured  and  none  of  the  rob- 
bers were  hurt.  There  were  five  in  the  gang.  Frank 
Williams  was  the  driver,  and  one  of  the  passenger! 
named  Carpenter  escaped  without  injury." 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


When  Mr.  Ireland  returned  to  Idaho  in  the  spring 
of  1864,  he  became  one  of  the  contractors  for  Ben 
Holliday,  and  helped  to  build  the  first  stage  station 
along  the  Holliday  line.  The  most  noted  of  these 
was  Fort  Hall,  two  miles  from  which  site  had  prev- 
iously stood  the  old  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  post. 
He  was  engaged  more  or  less  in  this  building  and 
contracting  from  1864  to  1870,  and  then  got  into 
the  cattle  business,  and  he  was  one  of  the  first  cattle- 
men in  this  section  of  Idaho.  The  first  cattle  that  he 
used  in  stocking  the  range  were  driven  up  from 
Texas,  and  were  the  typical  Texas  longhqrn.  Mr. 
Ireland  became  successful  as  a  cattle  raiser,  and 
afterwards  sold  hundreds  of  head  to  Mr.  Swift  ol 
the  Swift  Packing  Company. 

Probably  no  other  living  resident  of  Idaho  has  a 
longer  and  broader  view  of  the  basic  industrial 
activity  which  have  made  the  wealth  of  the  Gem 
State  than  Mr.  Ireland.  Fortunate  in  his  early  min- 
ing adventures,  and  meeting  with  similar  success  in 
ranching  he  continued  to  give  his  personal  super- 
intendence to  his  large  interests  in  stock  and  lands 
until  1905,  when  failing  eyesight  caused  him  to  retire. 
For  thirty  years  the  home  and  business  headquarters 
of  Mr.  Ireland  were  at  Malad  City,  where  all  his 
children  were  born.  He  sold  his  ranch  there  more 
than  twenty  years  ago,  and  about  fifteen  years  ago 
bought  stock  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Poca- 
tello.  In  1905  he  moved  to  the  latter  city,  and  took 
the  place  of  vice  president  in  the  list  of  officers  of 
the  bank.  Soon  after  moving  to  Pocatello  he  was 
elected  as  vice  president  of  the  bank,  became  a  di- 
rector in  the  Standrod  and  Company  State  Bank  of 
Blackfoot,  a  director  in  the  J.  N.  Ireland  &  Company 
State  Bank  in  Malad,  is  a  director  in  the  Commercial 
National  Bank  at  Ogden,  Utah,  and  has  stock  in  other 
banks.  Mr.  Ireland's  first  marriage  was  celebrated  in 
1877  at  Baltimore  when  Miss  Virginia  Yateman 
became  his  wife.  She  died  at  Malad,  Idaho,  in  1888, 
leaving  two  daughters,  Mrs.  John  P.  Congdon  of 
Boise,  who  was  born  in  Malad  in  1878  -and  has  two 
children,  John  Ireland  Congdon  and  Nathaniel  Ward 
Congdon ;  and  Ethelinda,  now  Mrs.  Dr.  Frank 
Sprague,  born  at  Malad  in  1888,  and  a  resident  of 
Bellingham,  Washington.  Mr.  Ireland  was  married 
the  second  time  at  Baltimore  in  October,  1905,  to 
Miss  Phillipina  Stansbury.  His  church  is  the  Meth- 
odist. He  has  always  been  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  during  the  territorial  period  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Idaho  legislature. 

DANIEL  O.  LONGENBERGER.  Achieving  an  honor- 
able success  after  years  of  industrious  labor  in  various 
localities  and  fields  of  endeavor,  Daniel  O.  Longen- 
berger,  the  leading  merchant  of  Milner,  Idaho,  is 
deserving  of  more  than  passing  mention  in  a  work 
pertaining  to  the  records  of  the  representative  men 
of  his  state,  not  only  for  the  position  which  he  has 
eventually  gained,  but  because  of  the  manner  in 
which  he  has  attained  it.  Coming  of  an  old  and 
honored  family  of  the  Keystone  state,  he  early  in 
life  exhibited  a  commendable  ambition  and  stead- 
fast determination  that  have  enabled  him  to  over- 
come obstacles  in  his  path  and  to  rebuild  his  for- 
tunes after  discouragements  that  would  have  dis- 
heartened men  not  made  of  such  stern  stuff.  Today 
he  stands  as  a  striking  example  of  the  worth  of  con- 
stant application,  incessant  industry  and  unconquer- 
able perseverance,  and  his  career  should  furnish  en- 
couragement to  those  whom  misfortune  has  tem- 
porarily distressed.  Mr.  Longenberger  is  a  product 
of  the  farm,  and  was  born  in  Columbia  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  5,  1855,  a  son  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  E.  (Nuss)  Longenberger.  The  grand- 


father and  granduncle  of  Mr.  Longenberger,  George 
and  Peter  Longenberger,  came  to  Pennsylvania  in 
1800,  from  Germany,  and  on  his  father's  property 
William  Longenberger  continued  to  farm  until  his 
death,  February  5,  1912,  when  he  was  eighty-four 
years  of  age.  His  widow,  who  is  eighty-four  years 
old,  lives  at  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania. 

The  third  in  order  of  birth  of  the  five  children  of 
his  parents,  Daniel  O.  Longenberger  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
and  the  State  Normal  school  at  Bloomsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, following  which  he  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing school  for  one  winter.  The  vocation  of  educator, 
however,  did  not  appeal  to  the  youth,  who  had  always 
cherished  an  ambition  to  engage  in  mercantile  lines, 
and  when  only  seventeen  years  of  age  he  opened  a 
small  general  store.  He  soon  discovered  that  he 
needed  business  experience,  and  to  secure  this  neces- 
sary knowledge  in  a  larger  field,  disposed  of  his  en- 
terprise and  went  to  Mahanoy  City,  Schuylkill  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a  clerk. in  the  lead- 
ing mercantile  establishment.  During  the  next 
twelve  years  the  young  man  continued  to  be  employed 
by  this  firm,  and  then  again  entered  the  field  as 
proprietor  of  a  store.  He  was  rapidly  advancing 
to  a  position  of  independence  after  four  years  of 
business  on  his  own  account,  when  a  serious  and 
protracted  strike  in  the  iron  and  coal  industry,  in 
which  the  greater  number  of  his  customers  were 
participants,  almost  completely  wiped  out  his  little 
capital  and  he  was  forced  to  dispose  of  his  interests 
to  satisfy  his  creditors.  Nothing  daunted,  Mr.  Long- 
enberger gathered  together  the  remnant  of  his  re- 
sources, and  in  1894  came  West  to  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, commencing  again  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder 
as  a  clerk  in  a  Denver  mercantile  establishment. 
One  year  later  he  resigned  his  position  to  engage 
in  mining  and  prospecting,  and  not  long  thereafter, 
with  two  partners,  discovered  the  valuable  Lalla 
Rookh  mine,  which  was  disposed  of  to  good  ad- 
vantage one  year  later.  Mr.  Longenberger  then 
spent  six  years  more  in  Colorado,  and  in  1901  came 
to  Idaho  to  engage  in  placer  mining  at  what  is  now 
Milner.  In  1904,  on  account  of  the  damming  of  the 
Snake  river,  his  operations  in  this  line  ceased,  and 
he  again  decided  to  enter  the  commercial  field,  ac- 
cordingly purchasing  the  pioneer  mercantile  estab- 
lishment of  Milner  from  Messrs.  Perine  &  Burton. 
To  this  venture,  Mr.  Longenberger  brought  a  deep 
knowledge  of  mercantile  affairs,  a  wide  practical 
experience  as  a  man  of  affairs,  and  an  insight  into 
human  nature  gained  through  his  long  career  among 
all  manners  and  conditions  of  men.  His  business 
has  enjoyed  a  constant  and  rapid  growth,  and  today 
Mr.  Longenberger  has  the  leading  establishment  of 
its  kind  in  Milner,  carrying  a  stock  of  from  $12,000 
to  $15,000.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  ranch  ad- 
jacent to  Milner,  where  he  indulges  his  hobbies  of 
swine-breeding  and  intensive  farming,  and  in  the 
not  far-distant  future  he  hopes  to  be  able  to  retire 
from  the  turmoil  of  trade  and  settle  down  to  the 
quiet  occupation  of  cultivating  the  soil.  He  is  also 
the  owner  of  valuable  residence  and  business  property 
in  Milner,  and  by  his  activities  has  helped  to  ad- 
vance the  importance  of  his  city  in  a  material  manner. 
In  political  matters  a  Democrat,  he  has  served  as 
trustee  and  school  director,  and  for  some  time  was 
postmaster  of  Milner.  He  has  been  connected  with 
the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America  for  many 
years. 

Mr.  Longenberger  was  married  January  I,  1882, 
to  Miss  Emma  Hendricks,  whose  father  is  deceased, 
while  her  mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Clemmens) 
Hendricks,  is  a  resident  of  Denver,  Colorado.  Mrs. 


HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


1315 


Longenberger's  grandfather  was  closely  related  to 
T.  A.  Hendricks,  vice  president  of  the  United  States 
during  the  first  administration  of  President  Cleve- 
land, and  died  in  office  in  1885.  Two  children  have 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Longenberger :  Bertha 
and  Lamar,  who  reside  with  their  parents  at  Milner. 
The  qualities  which  have  gone  to  make  up  Mr. 
Longenberger's  success  have  been  determination  of 
purpose,  strict  integrity  and  alertness  to  recognize 
and  grasp  opportunities.  He  has  made  the  most 
of  whatever  chance  may  have  thrown  in  his  way, 
but  at  all  times  has  recognized  the  rights  of  others, 
and  for  this  reason  his  standing  is  that  of  an  hon- 
orable man,  following  legitimate  business  methods 
and  at  all  times  worthy  of  the  respect  that  conies 
only  to  those  whose  success  has  been  fairly  won. 

MRS.  CHARLOTTE  REA,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Mon- 
tana and  Idaho,  and  one  of  the  most  highly  esteemed 
and  honored  women  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  where  she 
has  made  her  home  since  the  town  was  a  mere  sage- 
brush location,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  Venango 
county,  on  May  7,  1835.  She  is  the  daughter  of 
Jesse  and  Lydia  (Tabor)  Bailey,  the  former  a  native 
of  Lycoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  mother 
of  Xant ticket  Island. 

Jesse  Bailey  was  a  well  known  and  prosperous 
farming  man  in  his  native  community,  and  at  the  call 
to  arms  in  1812  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  respond. 
He  served  through  the  latter  part  of  that  conflict, 
and  died  in  Menominee  in  1875  when  he  was  eighty- 
four  years  old.  The  wife  and  mother  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  a  noted  Colonial  family.  Her  grandfather, 
Abraham  Bunker,  a  well  known  ship  owner  of  Bos- 
ton and  a  member  of  the  famous  "Boston  Tea 
Party,"  died  in  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  October  3,  1843. 

Mrs.  Rea,  in  her  girlhood,  moved  to  Rock  Island, 
Illinois,  in  company  with  her  parents,  and  there  she 
received  her  education.  She  has  been  twice  married. 
Her  first  husband,  Rensler  Cronk,  was  born  at  Rome, 
New  York,  on  July  12,  1830.  He  attended  the 
schools  of  his  native  city,  later  entering  college  and 
graduating  in  civil  engineering.  He  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  county  surveyor  of  Columbia  county, 
Wis.  When  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  promptly 
enlisted  with  Company  I  of  the  Eighteenth  Wis- 
consin Volunteers  and  was  orderly  sergeant  of  the 
Fifteenth  Army  Corps  under  General  Logan.  His 
service  in  the  army  was  but  brief,  for  scarcely  a 
•week  after  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  front  it 
participated  in  .the  memorable  battle  of  Pittsburg 
Landing,  and  Sergeant  Cronk  was  one  of  the  first 
to  go  down  before  the  enemy.  He  was  buried  on 
the  field,  and  six  weeks  later  the  news  of  his  heroic 
but  untimely  death  was  carried  to  the  widow,  waiting 
at  home  in  far  distant  Wisconsin.  .They  were  the 
parents  of  one  son,  Rensler  DeWitt  Cronk,  born 
on  July  16,  1861,  at  Kilbourn  City,  Wisconsin,  and 
died  on  February  12,  1887,  in  Blackfoot,  Idaho.  Mr. 
Cronk,  prior  to  his  enlistment  in  the  army,  had  for 
some  little  time  been  devoting  himself  to  the  study 
and  practice  of  law.  He  read  law  in  the  offices  of 
Judge  Larabee  in  Wisconsin  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  state  but  a  short  time  before  he  entered 
the  army. 

Following  Jhe  death  of  Mr.  Cronk,  Mrs.  Rea  came 
to  the  West,  making  the  trip  via  the  Missouri  river, 
to  Fort  Benton,  Montana,  staging  it  from  there  to 
Butte,  where  she  established  a  hotel  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  traveling  public.  In  June,  1879,  she 
was  united  in  marriage  in  that  city  to  Mr.  George 
W.  Rea,  who  was  born  in  Livingston  county,  New 
York,  on  July  4,  1831. 

George  Rea,  like  her  first  husband,  was  a  grad- 


uate of  Clinton  College,  and  after  his  college  career 
had  dosed  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  in 
the  interests  of  which  he  first  came  to  the  West 
He  arrived  in  Montana  in  1863,  coming  across  the 
plains  with  a  train  of  one  hundred  wagons,  and 
seeing  many  exciting  experiences  en  route,  many  of 
which  are  well  worth  relating,  but  lack  of  space 
forbids  the  recounting  of  more  than  one  of  their 
harrowing  experiences. 

It  so  chanced  that  the  party  found  itself  entirely 
without  fresh  meat  at  a  certain  stage  of  their  jour- 
ney, and  as  they  went  on  their  way  a  band  of  ante- 
lope was  seen  in  the  distance.  Mr.  Rea  was  known 
to  be  an  excellent  shot,  without  doubt  the  best  in 
the  company,  and  was  also  the  owner  of  the  finest 
rifle  in  their  number — a  magnificent  16-shot  Hennr, 
something  entirely  new  at  that  period.  He  accord- 
ingly started  out  after  his  quarry,  and  approaching 
close  was  able  to  bring  down  a  fine  large  buck. 
After  carefully  skinning  the  hind  quarters  and  tying 
it  to  his  saddle,  he  was  surprised  to  find  himself 
surrounded  by  a  band  of  Indians,  who  kept  circling 
about,  drawing  closer  with  each  moment.  It  was 
evident  to  Mr.  Rea  that  they  w«re  intent  upon 
hostilities,  and  wasting  no  parley  with  them,  he  drew 
his  rifle  and  opened  fire  on  the  group.  The  Indians 
endeavored  to  frighten  him  into  submission  with  a 
war  whoop  and  an  attempted  rush  upon  him,  but  he 
was  not  intimidated  and  continued  to  fire  into  their 
midst,  each  shot  bringing  down  a  painted  warrior. 
He  killed  seven  of  them  before  they  retreated  for  a 
council.  In  fifteen  minutes  they  made  their  appear- 
ance again,  but  Mr.  Rea  was  ready  for  them,  and 
poured  into  their  midst  such  a  galling  fire  that  nine 
more  gave  up  their  lives.  The  remaining  members 
of  the  band  took  their  departure  at  that  juncture, 
and  Mr.  Rea  proceeded  to  camp,  only  to  find  to  his 
consternation  that  one  of  the  parry  had,  against  the 
advice  and  counsel  of  the  others,  proceeded  forward 
three  miles  in  advance  of  the  party.  It  was  soon 
discovered  that  his  mules  had  been  stolen,  his  wagon 
burned,  his  wife  stripped  and  foully  murdered,  the 
Indians  filling  her  body  full  of  arrows  after  they 
had  scalped  her,  his  baby  had  been  beaten  to  death, 
and  he  himself  was  pierced  by  arrows  in  many  places. 
To  conclude  a  chapter  of  horrors,  his  young  daugh- 
ter had  been  captured  alive  and  carried  off  by  the 
Indians.  Mr.  Rea  promptly  called  for  volunteers  to 
follow  and  punish  the  lawless  band,  and  they  found 
the  charred  remains  of  the  wagon  and  the  body  of 
the  wife  and  infant,  but  no  trace  was  to  be  seen 
of  the  daughter  of  the  unfortunate  man.  Two  years 
later  the  girl  came  to  Fort  Bridger  as  the  wife  of 
an  Indian  chief,  and  she  was  taken  care  of  by  white 
people  and  returned  to  the  care  of  her  father. 

George  Rea  brought  nhe  first  stamp  mill  to  Vir- 
ginia City,  with  this  train,  and  then  followed  mining 
and  prospecting  on  a  large  scale  in  Confederate 
Gulch  and  other  locations.  He  continued  in  that 
work  until  he  went  to  Butte.  He  came  to  Idaho  in 
1882  and  settled  on  the  north  fork  of  the  Snake 
river,  where  the  Rea  postoffice  is  now  located.  He 
entered  land  from  the  government  at  Island  Park 
where  he  continued  to  live  and  be  engaged  in  its 
cultivation  until  he  came  to  Blackfoot  in  1882.  The 
house  he  settled  down  to  live  in  there  was  not  more 
than  a  rude  shack,  but  he  remodeled  it  and  bought 
it,  making  it  into  a  homelike  habitation.  He  died 
there  in  1901,  aged  seventy  years,  and  since  that 
time  his  widow,  who  is  the  immediate  subject  of 
this  review,  has  lived  here  also. 

Mrs.  Rea  is  undeniably  one  of  the  most  interest- 
ing women  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  enjoys 
a  large  popularity  in  the  communities  where  she 


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is  known.  She  is  cordial  and  open  hearted,  possess- 
ing a  geniality  that  makes  her  one  of  the  most  delight- 
ful people  to  meet,  and  is  never  too  busy  to  enlighten 
the  traveler  or  visitor  with  regard  to  conditions  in 
the  early  days  of  pioneer  life  in  Montana  and  Idaho, 
in  which  she  is  all  too  well  versed  for  the  perfect 
serenity  of  heart  and  mind  which  is  the  portion  of 
those  who  have  lived  in  less  exciting  times.  How- 
ever, it  is  evident  that  Mrs.  Rea  has  enjoyed  to 
the  fullest  the  atmosphere  which  characterizes  the 
West,  and  which  was  so  much  more  a  tangible  thing 
in  the  days  of  her  earliest  acquaintance  with  the 
country.  Three  times  Mrs.  Rea  has  been  elected  to 
the  office  of  county  treasurer  of  Bingham  county  on 
the  Republican  ticket,  and  has  filled  the  office  on 
each  occasion  with  all  credit  to  herself  and  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  her  constituents.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  a  devout  Christian,  in 
the  early  days  having  taught  the  Sunday  school 
lesson  to  boys  and  girls  who  are  now  grown  men 
and  women  and  filling  worthy  places  in  their  various 
niches  in  life. 

JOHN  I.  DEAN,  who  ranks  high  among  the  success- 
ful business  men  of  the  younger  generation,  and  who 
is  now  the  proprietor  of  the  Dean  Drug  &  Jewelry 
Co.,  at  Sugar  City,  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city 
only  since  1909,  but  since  that  time  has  succeeded 
in  firmly  establishing  himself  in  the  confidence  of 
the  people  of  this  place.  Although  born  in  England, 
he  is  a  typical  Westerner,  having  been  brought  to 
Utah  when  only  three  years  of  age,  and  his  whole 
training  has  been  along  lines  that  have  made  men  of 
this  section  of  the  country  so  successful  in  commer- 
cial life.  Mr.  Dean  was  born  in  Lancashire,  England, 
December  4,  1889,  and  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
Jane  (Ingram)  Dean.  The  family  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1881,  first  locating  in  Garden  City, 
Rich  county,  Utah,  where  the  father  took  up  land 
and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  The  elder 
Dean  is  now  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City,  as  is 
his  wife,  and  both  have  reached  their  fifty-second 
year.  They  have  been  the  parents  of  ten  children, 
John  I.  being  the  third  born. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Logan,  Utah, 
John  I.  Dean  chose  the  vocation  of  druggist  as  his 
life  work,  and  accordingly,  after  some  preliminary 
study,  entered  the  St.  Louis  (Missouri)  College  of 
Pharmacy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1907,  fully  prepared  to  enter  upon  the  prac- 
tice of  his  vocation.  His  first  field  of  endeavor  was 
the  town  of  Bountiful,  Utah,  but  after  eighteen 
months  there  came  to  Sugar  City,  Idaho,  where  in 
1909  he  purchased  the  established  business  of  the 
Sugar  City  Pharmacy,  which  he  has  been  conducting 
with  well-deserved  success.  *He  carries  a  complete 
and  up-to-date  line  of  drugs,  medicines,  toilet  articles, 
candies,  and  such  other  goods  as  are  usual  to  a  first- 
class  establishment,  and  his  large  and  growing  trade 
is  attracted  from  all  over  Sugar  City  and  the  sur- 
rounding country.  He  has  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
every  detail  of  his  business,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
prescriptions,  which  are  filled  with  the  greatest  care 
and  accuracy.  Like  other  progressive  young  men 
of  this  section,  he  takes  a  deep  and  intelligent  interest 
in  all  that  affects  the  welfare  of  his  city  or  its 
people,  and  is  at  all  times  ready  to  give  of  his  time 
or  means  in  supporting  movements  which  he  believes 
will  work  out  advantageously  for  all  parties  con- 
cerned. Mr.  Dean  has  been  a  supporter  of  Repub- 
lican principles  and  policies,  and,  although  not  a 
politician  in  the  generally  accepted  meaning,  has 
done  his  duty  as  a  citizen  by  rendering  signal  services 


on  the  town  board.    His  religious  connection  is  with 
the  Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints. 

In  August,  1907,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Mr.  Dean 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Anna  Edwards, 
the  estimable  daughter  of  John  L.  and  Gwendolyn 
Edwards,  well-known  residents  of  Willard,  Utah. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dean  are  the  parents  of  three  bright 
and  interesting  children,  namely:  Helen  D.,  born 
in  1908,  at  Bountiful,  Utah;  Royal,  born  in  1909,  at 
Sugar  City,  Idaho;  and  Joseph  Grant,  born  in  1912, 
also  at  Sugar  City.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dean  are 
general  favorites  with  the  members  of  the  younger 
social  set,  and  have  many  warm  friends  throughout 
the  city. 

S.  W.  GIBBS.  As  the  popular  proprietor  of  the 
leading  livery  and  feed  business  of  Blackfoot,  Idaho, 
Samuel  W.  Gibbs  is  well  known  to  the  citizens  of 
his  community,  who  have  recognized  and  appreciated 
the  fact  that  he  has  endeavored  to  give  them  the 
best  of  service.  Mr.  Gibbs  is  an  Idaho  pioneer  and 
veteran  stockman,  and  for  fifty  years  has  been  a 
resident  of  the  West,  having  contributed  in  no- 
small  way  to  the  material  growth  ana  development 
of  this  section  of  the  country.  Now,  at  an  age 
when  most  men  feel  like  retiring  from  the  strife, 
he  is  still  among  his  section's  active  business  men, 
giving  daily  attention  to  the  management  of  his 
establishment.  With  intellect  unclouded,  and  manly 
strength  but  slightly  abated,  with  an  erect  form, 
firm  step  and  clear  vision,  he  goes  about  his  daily 
round  of  affairs  as  in  the  days  when  struggle 
seemed  to  be  a  necessity.  It  is  an  inheritance  from 
a  vigorous  ancestry,  strengthened  by  a  life  of  ac- 
tivity and  healthful  labor. 

Samuel  W.  Gibbs  was  born  in  South  Wales,  April 
r»  1853,  and  is  a  son  of  John  D.  and  Julia  Ann 
(Tompkins)  Gibbs.  His  father  was  born  in  Wales, 
and  his  mother  in  Bristol,  England,  and  in  1863 
the  family  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  coming 
across  the  plains  in  an  ox-team  in  the  train  of  which 
Capt.  Thomas  E.  Ricks,  after  whom  Rexburg,  Idaho, 
was  named,  was  the  leader.  Locating  first  at 
Willard  City,  Utah,  John  D.  Gibbs  followed  his 
trade  of  shoemaker  for  several  years,  and  later  be- 
came a  clerk  in  a  general  store,  subsequently  mov- 
ing to  Portage,  where  he  lived  for  thirty  years,  and 
died  at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy-six  years,  his 
wife  surviving  him  some  time  and  passing  away 
when  seventy-eight  years  of  age. 

The  seventh  in  order  of  birth  *of  his  parents' 
eleven  children,  Samuel  W.  Gibbs  received  his  early 
education  in  the  district  schools  of  Utah,  and  as  a 
youth  took  up  freighting  as  an  occupation,  driving 
a  bull  team  and  mule  outfit  between  Utah  and  Mon- 
tana, in  the  employ  of  F.  M.  Rogers, -a  well-known 
freighter  of  the  early  days.  Gradually  he  accumu- 
lated enough  capital  to  invest  in  the  stock  business 
in  the  Malad  Valley,  Box  Elder  county,  Utah,  which 
occupation  he  followed  for  twenty  years.  The  next 
ten  years  were  spent  on  a  ranch  in  Bingham  county, 
and  in  1906  he  came  to  Blackfoot  and  established 
himself  in  the  livery  and  feed  business,  which  he 
has  conducted  to  the  present  time.  While  other 
pioneers  of  his  day — engaged,  some  in  trade,  some 
in  manufacture,  others  in  speculation,  and  still 
others  in  buying  up  lands  and  converting  them  into 
city  and  town  lots — have  outstripped  Mr.  Gibbs  in 
the  accumulation  of  wealth,  his  enterprise  has 
brought  him  a  fair  competency,  and,  what  is  of  far 
greater  value,  has  left  him  vigorous  in  advanced 
age,  with  as  great  capacity  for  enjoyment  as  be- 
longs to  many  younger  men,  and  with  the  satisfac- 


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tion  of  having  wrought,  with  laborious  hands  and 
to  good  purpose,  in  rearing  to  its  great  develop- 
ment the  commonwealth  of  Idaho.  With  a  fault- 
less memory,  he  recalls  to  ready  listeners  interest- 
ing events  in  Idaho's  early  history.  A  Republican 
in  politics,  he  is  committeeman  ot  his  district,  and 
is  serving  his  second  term  as  member  of  the  city 
council,  his  present  term  expiring  in  April,  1913. 
His  religious  connection  is  with  the  Church  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints.  *  It  is  his  belief  that  the  devel- 
opment of  Idaho  during  the  next  ten  years  will  be 
as  great  as  that  which  has  marked  its  advance  in 
the  twenty  years  past,  and  it  is  his  ambition  to  be 
able  to  continue  to  assist  in  this  growth. 

On  December  25,  1876,  Mr.  Gibb^  was  married  at 
Portage,  Utah,  to  Miss  Sophrona  Lort-tta  McCrary, 
daughter  of  John  M.  and  Samantha  (Wells)  Mr 
Crary,  both  deceased,  who  were  well  known  pioneers 
of  Utah.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibbs  have  had  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Samuel  Willard,  born  October  15, 
1877,  at  Portage,  the  father  of  three  children;  Mrs. 
Loretta  Payne,  born  April  21,  1879,  at  Portage,  Utah, 
a  resident  of  Blackfoot,  who  has  two  children ;  James 
Memorial,  born  March  10,  1882,  at  Portage,  who 
has  two  children ;  John  Duggan,  born  December  28, 
1884,  at  Portage ;  George  Francis,  born  November 
15,  1887,  at  Portage;  William  F.,  born  June  4,  1889, 
who  died  September  17,  1889;  Alice  Matilda,  born 
December  10,  1890;  Charles  Ira,  born  September  24, 
1894,  who  died  October  10,  1894;  Don  Carlos,  born 
November  16,  1896,  attending  the  schools  of  Black- 
foot:  Eberhart  McCrary,  born  November  7,  1899,  in 
Bingham  county,  Idaho,  who  died  in  1900,  at  Tilden, 
Idaho. 

JOSEPH  W.  GOLIGHTLY.  Now.  manager  of  the 
Studebaker  Brothers  Company  at  Preston,  Mr.  Go- 
lightly  is  a  native  son  of  Preston,  of  a  pioneer  family 
in  this  region,  and  has  grown  up  and  advanced  to 
important  responsibilities  and  influence  in  business 
and  civic  affairs  in  the  locality  which  has  been  his 
home  throughout  his  entire  career. 

Joseph  W.  Golightly  was  born  at  Preston  on  the 
first  of  October,  1878.  His  parents  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  this  locality,  and  were  among  the 
earliest  native  born  citizens  of  Utah.  His  father, 
Joseph  J.  Golightly,  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
whence  he  came  to  Idaho  in  1874,  and  was  one  of 
the  prosperous  residents  of  Preston  up  to  his  death 
in  June,  1898,  at  the  age  of  forty.  During  his  earlier 
years  he  had  been  engaged  in  the  candy  and  bakery 
business  but  latterly  was  chiefly  connected  with 
farming.  He  also  took  an  active  part  in  politics, 
and  held  several  offices  and  was  one  of  the  influential 
men  in  his  church  in  this  section.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Millie  Williams,  was  also  a  native 
of  Salt  Lake  City,  where  they  were  married,  and  she 
now  resides  at  the  old  home  in  Preston. 

During  his  youth  in  Preston,  Mr.  Golightly  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  and  was  subsequently  edu- 
cated by  another  course  in  the  Oneida  Stake  Acad- 
emy at  Preston.  While  a  boy  he  spent  much  of  his 
time  on  a  farm,  and  learned  all  the  varieties  of  farm 
life.  Remaining  in  the  country  until  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  of  age,  he  then  entered  upon  his  active 
business  career  «n  the  employ  of  the  Sidney  Stevens 
Implement  Company  at  Preston,  being  connected 
with  that  firm  for  about  four  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  took  a  place  with  the  C.  W.  &  M. 
Company.  About  six  months  later  he  joined  the 
Cache  Valley  Implement  &  Produce  Company,  and 
from  there  entered  the  service  of  the  Studebaker 
Brothers  Company  as  floor  salesman.  He  has  been 
connected  with  this  well  known  concern  since  1905, 


and  in  1908  was  appointed  local  manager,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  instrumental  in  building  up 
and  extending  the  trade  throughout  the  section,  and 
has  made  an  excellent  record  as  an  aggressive  young 
business  man. 

At  Logan,  Utah,  on  December  15,  1002,  Mr.  Go- 
lightly was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  Chatterton,  a 
daughter  of  Wilford  Chatterton  of  Preston.  The 
three  children,  two  daughters  and  one  son,  in  the 
home  circle,  are  named  Emery,  Virginia  and  LaRue. 
Mr.  Golightly  and  family  are  members  of  the  church 
of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  and  for  three  years  he 
served  on  a  church  mission  in  Florida  and  Georgia. 
He  is  a  former  secretary  of  the  Preston  Commercial 
Club,  and  has  been  a  worker  in  all  cooperative  efforts 
for  the  advancement  of  his  home  town.  As  a  Re- 
publican he  casts  his  vote  regularly,  but  has  no  active 
part  in  politics.  Mr.  Golightly  is  one  of  the  enthu- 
siastic automobilists  of  Preston,  and  is  a  well  rounded 
man  who  enjoys  all  the  good  things  of  life,  not  only 
the  wholesome  outside  amusements,  but  also  the 
quiet  diversions  of  his  home.  He  is  an  ardent  be- 
liever in  the  future  of  Idaho,  and  is  always  glad  to 
give  information  to  prospective  homeseekers  con- 
cerning his  own  part  of  the  state. 

EDWIN  D.  FOKD.  The  enterprise  which,  under  the 
form  of  irrigation,  has  applied  water  to  the  fertile 
lands  in  Idaho,  has  opened  a  greater  and  more  per- 
manent store  of  wealth  than  the  discovery  of  the 
richest  lode  in  gold  or  silver  during  earlier  days. 
The  purpose  of  the  following  paragraphs  is  to 
sketch  briefly  the  value  and  power  of  individual 
foresight  and  initiative  in  such  undertakings  as 
exemplified  in  the  career  of  Edwin  D.  Ford  of 
Weiser,  and  also  the  inception  and  successful  estab- 
lishment of  the  Crane  Creek  Irrigation  Land  & 
Power  Company,  which  is  one  of  the  best  examples 
of  business  organization  applied  to  the  practical  prob- 
lems of  agriculture  in  this  state.  The  responsible 
man  behind  the  Crane  Creek  project  was  Edwin  D. 
Ford,  who  had  been  identified  with  the  west  for 
many  years,  and  has  attained  his  present  position 
of  prominence  by  hard  and  conscientious  endeavor, 
and  a  keen  insight  into  the  possibilities  which  lie 
in  the  plain  view  of  all,  but  which  only  the  excep- 
tional few  have  the  power  to  reap  the  fullest  ad- 
vantage. 

Edwin  D.  Ford  was  born  January  I,  1863,  at 
Watertown,  Wisconsin,  and  he  himself  a  pioneer,  is 
a  son  of  a  pioneer  family.  Pioneers  were  his  early 
ancestors  in  this  country,  and  patriots  as  well,  giving 
of  their  vigor  to  the  revolutionary  struggle  and 
later  to  the  War  of  1812.  Pioneers  to  the  middle 
west  were  his  grandfather  and  his  father — the  latter 
as  a  boy — coming  to  settle  in  what  was  then  the 
Wisconsin  wilderness.  They  made  their  way  to  that 
region  overland  by  ox-team,  by  way  of  Fort  Dear- 
born, where  the  city  of  Chicago  now  stands.  The 
father,  E.  W.  Ford,  grew  up  in  the  pioneer  home, 
and  in  his  manhood  enlisted  in  the  Civil  war.  with 
the  Ninth  Minnesota  Regiment.  A  private  when  he 
entered  the  army,  he  was  discharged  with  the  rank 
of  captain.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  Edwin  D.  Ford, 
was  a  Pennsylvanian  by  birth,  and  was  with  her 
parents  among  Wisconsin's  early  immigrants.  They 
were  the  parents  of  six  children,  among  whom 
Edwin  D.  was  the  third. 

Edwin  D.  Ford  was  reared  at  La  Crosse.  where  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  after  a  substantial  edu- 
cation in  local  schools,  he  became  a  wage  earner, 
entering  the  office  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  & 
St.  Paul  Railroad  Company's  freight  department  as 
a  messenger.  During  his  five  years'  service  there 


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he  advanced  to  the  office  of  assistant  cashier.  When 
the  cashier  was  appointed  postmaster  at  La  Crosse 
he  took  Mr.  Ford  with  him  from  the  railroad,  as 
assistant  postmaster,  in  which  capacity  he  served 
four  years. 

In  1890,  following  his  inherited  pioneer  bent,  Mr. 
Ford  came  out  to  the  northwest  to  investigate  the 
country,  and  its  opportunities.  Where  the  route  of 
the  Great  Northern  Railroad  was  planned  to  cross 
the  Columbia  River,  he  saw  a  great  future  for  the 
town  that  would  spring  up  there,  and  thus  he  made 
his  first  permanent  location  at  Wenatchee.  His  fore- 
sight with  regard  to  that  location  has  since  been 
justified,  and  Wenatchee  is  now  one  of  the  most 
vigorous  and  prosperous  of  Washington's  cities.  In 
this  congenial  location  he  established  a  general  store, 
and  was  soon  awarded  the  contract  from  the  Great 
Northern  Company  to  furnish  surveying  parties  with 
supplies.  It  required  some  exceptional  business  abil- 
ity to  fulfill  this  contract,  but  he  did  it  admirably, 
and  delivered  the  supplies  during  a  part  of  the  con- 
struction work  and  all  of  the  survey.  A  great  part 
of  the  supplies  were  freighted  sixty-five  miles  over 
the  mountains  from  Ellensburg. 

In  the  same  year  of  his  location  at  Wenatchee,  Mr. 
Ford  realized  the  great  possibilities  of  land  values 
increasing  through  irrigation,  and  he  consequently 
bought  as  much  land  as  he  could  near  that  town, 
paying  an  average  price  of  ten  dollars  an  acre.  This 
land  was  not  irrigated.  As  soon  as  the  water  for 
irrigation  reached  it,  he  found  that  his  poorest  land 
was  worth  three  hundred  dollars  an  acre,  while 
today  developed  orchard  tracts  on  the  same  ground 
that  Mr.  Ford  bought  at  the  time  for  ten  dollars 
an  acre  are  held  at  two  thousand  dollars  an  acre, 
and  some  of  them  are  not  for  sale  at  any  price. 
This  experience  gave  him  his  first  clear  insight  into 
the  tremendous  difference  between  the  values  of 
western  arid  and  western  irrigated  land.  He  also 
saw  the  wonderful  possibilities  of  the  fruit  industry 
in  this  country,  which  was  then  in  its  infancy,  and  in 
his  mind  he  laid  the  foundation  for  the  big  under- 
taking which  was  to  come  later. 

In  1893  Mr.  Ford  was  married  at  Denver,  and 
in  the  following  year,  since  the  climate  at  Wenatchee 
did  not  agree  with  Mrs.  Ford,  he  moved  to  the 
Cripple  Creek  mining  district  of  Colorado,  where 
he  established  a  general  store.  While  excavations 
were  being  made  for  the  store  buildings  in  Cripple 
Creek  a  vein  of  rich  gold  was  struck  on  Mr.  Ford's 
lot.  As  his  title  to  the  property  did  not  include  a 
mining  claim,  this  lucky  discovery  brought  good 
fortune  to  the  company  holding  the  necessary  title, 
not  to  Mr.  Ford,  the  real  discoverer.  The  mine 
afterward  proved  to  be  an  immense  producer,  known 
as  the  Gold  Coin  Mines.  It  brought  a  million  and 
five  hundred  thousand  dollars  worth  of  gold  to  its 
owners. 

After  remaining  in  Colorado  for  five  years,  Mr. 
Ford  was  attracted  to  Idaho  by  the  activities  in  the 
Seven  Devils'  Mininer  District.  To  reach  these 
mines  he  was  compelled  to  pass  through  the  Weiser 
Valley.  There  he  was  forcibly  impressed  with  the 
remarkable  similarity  between  conditions  here  and 
those  he  had  found  in  Wenatchee.  He  found  the 
climate  to  be  even  better;  the  soil,  on  analysis, 
proved  almost  the  same,  while  the  acreage  was 
greatly  in  excess  of  that  in  the  Wenatchee  section. 
Continuing  his  investigations,  he  found  that  where 
water  had  been  delivered  to  land  in  the  lower 
Weiser  Valley,  phenomenal  crop  yields  had  been 
the  result.  On  the  upper  benches  were  great  tracts 
of  unirrigated  land,  and  in  the  following  years, 
after  being  fully  convinced  of  its  possibilities,  he 
began  the  purchase  of  this  land.  Analyses  revealed 


that  it  was  just  as  fertile  as  that  of  the  lower 
valley,  while  drainage  was  better,  and  his  Wenatchee 
experience  had  taught  him  that  the  higher  bench 
farms  were  in  greatest  demand  and  had  been  most 
successful. 

In  1906  Mr.  Ford  conceived  the  idea  of  a  storage 
reservoir  to  water  more  than  his  own  holdings, 
which  by  that  time  amounted  to  six  hundred  acres. 
It  should  be  understood  that  these  conclusions  which 
are  so  briefly  set  down  were  the*  results  of  land  and 
patient  and  persevering  investigation  and  study  on. 
the  part  of  Mr.  Ford  and  it  required  great  judg- 
ment to  distinguish  between  what  was  feasible  and 
what  was  Utopian.  Having  satisfied  himself  and 
made  all  the  plans,  he  began  attending  auctions 
on  the  site  of  Crane  Creek.  He  employed  survey- 
ors and  engineers,  who  after  thorough  and  detailed 
investigation  declared  the  site  to  be  ideal.  After  the 
report  of  these  experts  Mr.  Ford  bought  land  then 
occupied  by  fourteen  families,  needed  for  the  site 
of  a  reservoir.  At  this  stage  of  the  undertaking  he 
organized  a  holding  company,  and  his  associates 
promptly  elected  him  president  and  general  man- 
ager. With  characteristic  enthusiasm  and  energy, 
he  went  into  the  work  to  perfect  the  water  filings 
and  to  attain  right  of  way  for  the  pipe  lands  and 
laterals. 

The  settlers  on  land  which  would  receive  benefits 
under  the  Crane  Creek  projects  proceeded  to  organ- 
ize the  huge  area  into  two  big  irrigation  districts 
under  the  friendly  laws  of  the  state  of  Idaho. 
Meanwhile,  Mr.  Ford  and  associates  went  steadily 
ahead  with  their  work  as  far  as  it  was  possible  to 
progress  at  that  time,  expending  two  hundred  and 
fifty-seven  thousand  dollars  in  the  building  of  a 
storage  dam,  purchases  of  reservoir  site,  and  land  to 
be  irrigated,  engineering,  water  investigation  and 
other  work,  all  of  which  was  done  under  Mr.  Ford's 
personal  supervision.  The  reservoir  that  is  to  water 
the  district  is  six  miles  long  by  two  miles  wide, 
there  are  seventy  miles  of  main  canals  and  laterals, 
and  the  land  which  will  be  irrigated  comprises  a 
total  area  of  twenty-one  thousand  acres.  Mr.  Ford 
is  still  giving  his  energetic  management  _to  the  work 
which  remains  to  be  done  in  this  project,  and  he 
expects  to  make  Weiser  his  permanent  home.  To 
him  the  irrigation  enterprise  has  for  years  been  his 
most  ambitious  hope,  and  with  its  realization  he 
intends  to  remain  faithfully  at  what  he  considers  a 
post  of  duty,  doing  his  part  in  the  upbuilding  and 
development  of  the  great  Weiser  empire.  On  a 
portion  of  the  site  comprised  in  the  Crane  Creek 
project  is  located  the  townsite  of  Appleton.  located 
on  the  railroad  nine  miles  east  of  Weiser.  Asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Ford  as  president  of  the  Crane 
Creek  Company,  are  Mr.  A.  G.  Butterfield.  the  well 
known  stockman  of  Weiser  as  vice  president;  and 
Mr.  E.  P.  Hall,  as  secretary. 

In  addition  to  the  responsibilities  and  labors  con- 
nected with  the  irrigation  project  Mr.  Ford  has 
filled  his  place  as  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  the  largest  banking  institution  in  Weiser,  and 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  the  Walker  &  Ford  Drug 
Company,  one  of  the  largest  mercantile  establish- 
ments in  Southern  Idaho.  He  is  also  a  practical 
farmer,  and  has  successfully  cultivated  on  the  Crane 
Creek  Reservoir  site,  one  thousand  acres  without 
irrigation,  raising  profitable  crops  of  alfalfa  and 
grain.  His  own  comfortable  residence  is  located  on 
the  Sunnyside  plat. 

In  1893,  in  Colorado,  Mr.  Ford  married  Miss 
Hortense  Ailing,  of  Denver.  Colorado.  Their  son 
Edwin  was  born  in  1901,  and  three  years  later  their 
daughter  Susan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ford  are  both 
sociallv  active  and  popular  in  Weiser.  The  Com- 


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mcrcial  Club  of  the  city  is  one  of  the  organizations 
with  which  he  is  connected,  and  he  has  passed  all  the 
chairs  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is 
interested  in  political  affairs,  both  local  and  national, 
although  independent  of  party  lines.  The  current 
phrase,  "pass  prosperity  around"  would  seem  to  have 
been  Edwin  D.  Ford's  motto  in  his  scheme  for  the 
wide  distribution  of  the  benefits  of  Washington 
county's  desirable  climate,  made  accessible  through 
wisely  planned  irrigation.  His  multitude  of  friends 
and  well-wishers  look  to  the  fullest  expansion  of  the 
enterprise,  which  will  stand  as  a  most  worthy  monu- 
ment to  the  discrimination  and  judgment  of  Mr. 
Ford. 

GUY  EMERSON  BOWERMAN.  A  live,  wide-a-wake 
man,  full  of  vim  and  energy,  Guy  E.  Bowerman, 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Saint 
Anthony,  is  a  commanding  figure  in  the  financial 
circles  of  southeastern  Idaho,  and  has  extensive  busi- 
ness interests  throughout  this  section  of  the  state. 
He  was  born  October  8,  1866,  in  Coldwater,  Mich- 
igan. 

His  father,  Thomas  Emery  Bowerman,  was  born 
and  educated  in  Michigan,  which  has  always  been  his 
home.  He  is  a  carriage  maker  by  trade,  and  for 
many  years  carried  on  a  substantial  business  in  that 
line,  but  now,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years,  he 
has  retired  from  active  pursuits.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Eliza  M.  Dakin,  was  born  in 
Michigan  sixty-eight  years  ago,  in  1844,  and  has 
there  spent  her  entire  life. 

The  second  child  of  the  parental  household  of 
four  children,  Guy  E,  Bowerman,  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Michigan.  On  leaving 
school  he  went  to  South  Dakota  in  search  of  em- 
ployment, locating  in  Dell  Rapids,  where  for  fifteen 
years  he  was  connected  with  a  bank,  serving  first  in 
a  very  humble  capacity,  but  being  promoted  from 
time  to  time  until  he  was  made  cashier.  On  October 
2,  1899,  Mr.  Bowerman,  foreseeing  the  great  possi- 
bilities awaiting  Idaho,  came  to  Saint  Anthony,  and, 
with  others,  organized  the  Idaho  State  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  made  cashier.  On  March  i,  1901,  that 
bank  was  converted  into  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Saint  Anthony,  and  Mr.  Bowerman  was  continued 
as  its  cashier  until  1907,  when  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  institution,  a  position  which  he  has  since 
held.  He  is  likewise  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Ashton;  vice  president  of  the  Fremont 
County  Bank  of  Sugar  City,  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Rexburg;  and  a  stockholder  in  the 
Rigby  State  Bank. 

Since  taking  up  his  residence  in  Fremont  county, 
Mr.  Bowerman  has  been  untiring  in  his  efforts  to 
promote  its  highest  and  best  interests,  doingmore, 
mayhap,  than  any  other  man,  unless  it  be  Thomas 
E.  Ricks,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  conquerors  of 
the  wilderness.  Unassuming  in  manner,  and  pecul- 
iarly unpretentious,  Mr.  Bowerman  has  nevertheless 
been  especially  prominent  in  developing  the  agricul- 
tural prosperity  of  this  part  of  the  state.  He  is 
very  active  in  the  tnatter  of  local  improvements, 
being  a  champion  of  the  good  roads,  and  good 
bridges  movement  and  of  all  enterprises  conducive 
to  the  benefit  of  the  public.  On.  November  5,  1911. 
Mr.  Bowermsm,  who  is  a  warm  personal  friend  of 
Senator  Borah,  was  elected  as  a  representative  to 
the  state  legislature  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and 
is  serving  ably  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  con- 
stituents as  well  as  to  their  honor  and  credit. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bowerman   is   a  member  of  the 

Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Order  of  Masons,  of  the 

Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 

Shrine:    of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows: 

Toi.  m— IT 


of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks;  and  of  the  Knights 
Templar. 

Mr.  Bowerman  married  September  18,  1888,  in 
Mitchell,  Ontario,  Miss  Susanna  E.  Wilson,  and  they 
have  one  child,  (iuy  Kmerson  Bowerman,  Jr.,  born 
August  29,  1896. 

AKTIU  R  R.  SMITH.  As  the  head  of  the  Boise 
Development  Company.  Arthur  R.  Smith  occupies 
an  important  place  in  the  business  life  of  this  city 
He  has  been  located  in  Boise  but  a  short  time,  com- 
ing here  in  1910,  but  in  the  brief  time  he  has  been 
thus  established  he  has  done  much  for  the  develop- 
ment of  Boise  property,  and  is  recognized  for  pne  of 
the  progressive  and  up-to-date  men  of  the  city  today 

Born  in  Norfolk,  Virginia,  in  1871,  Arthur  R. 
Smith  is  the  son  of  H.  L.  Smith  and  Henrietta  K. 
Smith,  both  Virginians  by  birth.  The  father  is  a  well 
known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Norfolk,  where 
he  now  lives  a  retired  life,  and  he  is  now  in  his 
seventy-first  year,  while  his  wife  is  still  sharing 
his  joys  and  sorrows  at  the  age  of  seventy. 

As  a  boy  at  home,  Arthur  Smith  attended  the 
local  schools  and  later  attended  the  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  at  Blacksburg,  Va..  for  a  year.  He 
then  entered  the  service  of  the  Norfolk  &  Western 
Railroad,  in  a  clerical  capacity,  remaining  thus 
occupied  for  five  years,  at  the  termination  of  which 
he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  This  connection 
proved  to  be  a  most  fortunate  one  for  him  and  for 
twenty  years  Mr.  Smith  carried  on  a  lumber  and 
general  manufacturing  business.  He  saw  an  excellent 
opportunity  to  dispose  of  his  large  interests  and 
accordingly  sold  out  and  came  to  Boise  in  ipio, 
where  he  immediately  organized  the  Boise  Develop- 
ment Company.  He  is  president  of  the  concern  and 
his  brother,  H.  L.  Smith,  is  vice-president  and 
secretary.  Since  that  time  they  have  done  much  in 
the  way  of  developing  Boise  property,  and  have  a 
subdivision  known  as  the  Boise  City  Park  which  is  a 
most  excellent  tract,  located  within  six  blocks  of  the 
heart  of  the  city,  and  fully  equipped  in  the  way  of 
sidewalks,  curbs,  city  water  and  electric  lights,  etc 

Mr.  Smith  is  president  and  a  member  of  the  di- 
rectorate of  the  Home  Building  Company  of  Boise, 
and  has  become  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  pro- 
moters of  the  city  and  state.  He  is  a  Democrat  and 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

In  1899  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Edna  Robinson,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Mary  Robinson,  of  that  city, 
where  she  was  reared. 

HIRAM  T.  FRENCH,  M.  S.  It  is  the  earnest 
desire  of  the  publishers  of  this  historv  to  offer 
within  its  pages  a  permanent  mark  of  appreciation 
due  from  them  to  Professor  Hiram  T.  French,  whose 
able  co-operation  has  made  possible  the  compilation 
of  the  subject  matter  incorporated  in  the  work  and 
constituting,  we  are  assured,  a  valuable  contribu- 
tion to  the  recorded  history  of  Idaho.  Prof< 
French  has  been  intimately  identified  with  the  devel- 
opment of  the  great  natural  resources  of  Idaho,  has 
here  attained  to  wide  reputation  in  educational 
circles,  and  his  thorough  familiarity  with  the  state 
gives  authority  and  emphasis  to  his  interposition  in 
the  compilation  and  arrangement  of  the  historical 
material  here  presented.  A  man  of  high  literary 
and  scientific  knowledge  and  appreciation,  of  most 
comprehensive  reading  and  study  and  of  distinc- 
tive intellectual  force,  he  has  done  much  to  exploit 
the  state  of  Idaho,  within  whose  borders  he  long 
maintained  his  home,  and  this  publication  exercises 
but  consistent  functions  when  it  offers  a  brief 
review  of  his  career. 


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HISTORY  OF  IDAHO 


Hiram  Taylor  French  was  born  in  Almena,  Van 
Buren  county,  Michigan,  on  the  ist  of  October, 
1861,  and  is  a  son  of  Warren  F.  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Eager)  French,  both  natives  of  St.  Albans, 
Vermont,  and  both  young  lolk  at  tiie  time  ot  the 
removal  of  the  respective  larmlies  to  franklin 
county,  New  York.  Warren  F.  French  was  a  son 
of  Ezra  French,  who  passed  the  closing  years  of 
his  lite  in  Malone,  New  York,  and  who  attained  to 
the  venerable  age  of  ninety-four  years,  as  did  also 

'wTrr^n  F.  French  became  one  of  the  sturdy 
nioneers  of  Michigan,  to  which  state  he  removed  m 
K  and  he  became  one  of  the  representative 

Sners  of  Van  Buren  county.  He  also  worked 
more  or  less  at  the  carpenter's  trade,  to  which  he 
had  served  an  apprenticeship  m  New  York  state, 
and  he  was  prompt  and  influential  in  connection 
with  public  affairs  of  a  local  order.  He .was  a 
man  of  strong  mentality  and  impregnable  integrity 
and  he  ever  commanded  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  his  fellow  men.  His  political  allegiance  was 
given  to  the  Democratic  party  and  he  was  always 
active  in  political  activities  in  his  community.  He 
served  many  years  as  supervisor  of  Almena  town- 
ship, Van  Buren  county,  Michigan  and  was  also 
the  incumbent  of  other  local  offices  of  trust  He 
was  captain  of  militia  at  the  time  of  the  Mexican 
war  but  was  not  called  to  the  front  m  that  con- 
flict Both  he  and  his  wife,  the  latter  of  whom 
was'  probably  of  remote  Irish  extraction,  passed  the 
closing  period  of  their  long  and  useful  lives  on  their 
old  homestead  in  Michigan,  where  both  died  m 
1900,  each  being  eighty-one  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  demise  and  the  death  of  the  wife  having 
followed  that  of  her  husband  by  only  five  days. 
Both  were  firm  believers  in  the  verities  of  the 
Christian  faith  and  were  earnest  in  the  support  ot 
religious  activities.  . 

Hiram  T.  French  was  reared  to  the  sturdy  discip- 
line of  the  farm  and  his  preliminary  educational 
discipline  was  acquired  in  the  district  and  graded 
schools  of  his  native  county.  In  1881  he  was 
matriculated  in  the  Michigan  Agricultural  College, 
at  Lansing,  the  capital  of  the  state,  and  in  this 
staunch  institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1885,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Science  His  standing  in  the  college  was  shown 
by  the  fact  that  a  few  weeks  after  his  graduation 
he  became  an  assistant  in  the  agricultural  depart- 
ment of  the  institution,  a  capacity  m  which  he  con- 
tinued to  serve  for  four  years.  In  1889  his  alma 
mater  conferred  upon  him  the  title  of  Master  of 
Science.  In  the  same  year  he  went  to  Corvallis, 
Oregon,  to  accept  a  position  in  the  Oregon  Agricul- 
tural College.  He  infused  into  his  work  charac- 
teristic errergy  and  devotion  and  held  the  chair  of 
agriculture  in  this  institution  until  1899  when  he 
resigned  the  position  to  accept  one  of  similar  order 
in  the  University  of  Idaho.  He  exerted  potent 
influence  in  the  development  and  'upbuilding _  of  the 
agricultural  department  or  school  of  the  university 
and  made  it  a  strong  factor  in  connection  with 
the  progress  of  agricultural,  horticultural  and  stock- 
prowing  industry  in  the  state.  He  served  also  as 
director  of  the  government  agricultural  experiment 
station  of  Idaho,  of  which  position  he  continued 
the  incumbent  until  1910.  For  four  years  there- 
after he  gave  special  attention  to  editorial  work  for 
agricultural  papers,  and  then  he  was  called  once 
more  to  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College,  at  Cor- 
vallis, where  he  has  since  continued  his  zealous  and 
indefatigable  labors,  in  cooperation  with  the  depart- 
ment of  agriculture  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


In  politics  Professor  French  is  found  arrayed  as 
a  supporter  of  the,  cause  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  his  first  pesidential  vote  was  cast  in  support 
of  James  G.  Blaine.  He  is  a  Presbyterian  in  his 
religious  faith  and  has  served  his  church  in  various 
official  capacities,  including  that  of  teacher  in  the 
Sunday  school, — a  work  to  which  he  has  given 
earnest  attention  for  twenty  years.  Professor 
French  has  been  a  close  student  of  the  history  and 
teachings  of  the  time-honored  Masonic  fraternity, 
in  which  he  'has  completed  the  circle  of  the  York 
Rite.  He  has  served  as  master  of  the  lodge  of 
Free  &  Accepted  Masons,  has  held  office  in  the 
chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons  and  in  the  council 
of  Royal  &  Select  Masters;  and  has  the  distinction 
of  being  past  eminent  commander  of  his  command- 
ery  of  Knights  Templars,  as  well  as  past  grand 
commander  of  the  grand  commandery  of  the  state 
of  Idaho.  At  the  present  time  he  is  correspondent 
for  the  grand  commandery  of  this  state. 

In  November,  1886,  Professor  French  wedded 
Miss  Carrie  M.  French,  a  member  of  a  family  of 
the  same  name  as  his  own  but  of  no  kinship.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Esther  French,  of 
Lansing,  Michigan,  and  her  father  was  one  of  the 
representative  members  of  the  Michigan  bar  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  about  1880.  Mrs.  Carrie  M. 
French  was  graduated  in  the  Michigan  Agricultural 
College  as  a  member  o'f  the  class  of  1887,  and  she 
passed  the  closing  years  of  her  life  at  Moscow, 
Idaho,  where  she  died  on  the  28th  of  April,  1900. 
She  is  survived  by  one  son,  Ralph  Warren  French, 
who  was  born  March  3,  1891,  and  who  is  now  in 
charge  of  the  United  States  army  laboratory  at 
Fort  Logan,  Colorado. 

The  present  wife  of  Professor  French  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Lura  L.  Cass,  and  she  was  born 
at  Mansfield,  Pennsylvania.  She  came  to  Idaho  as 
a  teacher  of  physical  training  and  was  most  suc- 
cessful in  her  work  along  this  line,  having  been 
graduated  in  the  Possi  Gymnasium,  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  Professor  and  Mrs.  French  have 
three  children,— Carrie  Cass  French,  Helen  Francis 
French,  and  Hiram  Taylor  French,  Jr.,  whose 
respective  ages,  in  1914,  are  thirteen,  eleven  and 
eight  years. 

It  may  consistently  be  said  that  Professor  French 
has  been  the  artificer  of  his  own  fortunes,  as  he 
has  been  virtually  dependent  upon  his  own  resources 
since  he  was  a  lad  of  fifteen  years.  He  defrayed  the 
expenses  of  his  collegiate  course  by  teaching  school 
and  by  applying  himself  to  such  other  work  as  was 
available.  His  mature  life  has  been  one  of 
constant  and  earnest  application,  and  he  has  labored 
with  marked  unselfishness  and  with  high  ideals.  He 
has  been  specially  interested  in  helping  worthy 
young  men  and  women  to  acquire  educations  and 
to  prove  of  value  to  themselves  and  to  the  world. 
His  scientific  work  has  been  varied,  especially  along 
lines  pertaining  to  agriculture  and  allied  industries, 
and  his  personal  investigation  and  research  have 
been  productive  of  valuable  results.  He  has  never 
held  or  had  ambition  for  political  office,  but  keeps 
in  close  touch  with  the  questions  and  issues  of  the 
hour,  with  the  result  that  he  is  well  fortified  in  his 
convictions  concerning  matter  of  public  polity.  He 
has  passed  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  Oregon  and 
Idaho  and  is  deeply  interested  in  the  history^  and 
development  of  the  great  Northwest,  the  while  it 
may  be  said  that  he  has  traveled  extensively  in  the 
United  States,  having  visited  every  state  in  the 
Union.  He  has  a  host  of  warm  friends  in  Idaho 
and  Oregon  and  all  will  read  with  pleasure  this 
brief  record  of  his  honorable  and  useful  career.  ^ 


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